World Happenings in Brief from War-Front News
Reports note Britain’s motorcycle output for services reaching 400 000 since the war began. Prague crowds crowd shops as locals view the first coffee display in seven years. France reports 164 children mined in two months and seaside beaches closed for summer. RAF adopts knot and nautical mile as standard measures when practical. Orange biologist Leon F Witney estimates 15 million U S dogs daily consume as much food as 750 thousand people. Avenue Victor Emanuel in Paris to be renamed in honor of President Roosevelt. Chinese Red Cross pledges £625 for war charities in China through United Aid to China fund. A four engine plane carrying 30 000 gallons of gasoline found near Travemünde. German crews ordered to ready to fly Hitler nonstop to Japan. Elgin National Watch workers donate 2000 to fund Braille watches for 250 blind WWII veterans. Coverage notes Yaprak bomb and small death device under a heavy bomber for precision delivery near target.
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Victor Emanuel
Paris
Roosevelt
Red Cros Committee
China
United Aid To China
Wheat Exports Drive Canada US Wheat Surplus Outlook
The Monthly Review of the Wheat Situation notes Canada and the United States ship bread wheat overseas rapidly as transport allows. With six weeks left in the 1944 45 crop year, Canada exported about 288 million bushels of wheat and flour, and carry-over is projected between 285 and 300 million bushels.
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Canada
United States
Europe
Prague’s New Papers Face Short Newsprint Supply
Ten Prague newspapers began as small single sheets, with a temporary paper shortage expected for weeks due to no newsprint imports. Ownership is political or nationwide in scope, and four papers align with political parties. A British patent mentions a machine gun firing round bullets at Christians and square bullets at heathens.
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Prague
Burns Was Right and Alpine Passes Mentioned in NYT
The excerpt notes Burns praising Scots generosity as oats harvests shift to feed starving neighbors across the North Sea. It also mentions Jenner Pass as a well traveled Alpine route, highlighting its low grade and popularity.
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North Sea
Covenant With Abraham Promised In Genesis Lessons
The Sunday School lesson highlights Gods covenant with Abram renamed Abraham, promising nationhood and land. It notes the call to walk before God, be blameless, and to circumcise all male offspring as an everlasting sign, alongside a stray line about Indias large cities.
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Abram
Jehovah
God
Abraham
Canaan
Our Crossword Puzzle Column Shuffles Facts
Col. Harry Laster of Newark New Jersey recalls a remark from a Soviet officer aboard the Eleazer Wheelock on a European voyage. He notes a Russian captain with a full set of stainless teeth and mentions egg composition facts highlighting water fat protein and minerals.
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Harry Laster
Newark
Europe
Eleazer Wheelock
Laster
Franklin Expedition Remembered Near Beechey Island
Resources officials say the Eastern Arctic patrol aboard the Nascopie will hold a suitable ceremony near Beechey Island to honor the ill fated Franklin Expedition. In 1845 Sir John Franklin sought a Northwest Passage with Erebus and Terror and perished with all hands after Wintering at Beechey Island. Ottawa Journal
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Arctic
Beechey Island
Sir John Franklin
Erebus
Lancaster Sound
Carch
Ottawa Journal
Lockheed sees jet propulsion powering future transport
Hall L. Hibbard of Lockheed Aircraft Corp says jet propulsion can be adaptable to most transport forms including buses and power generators. He notes jet tech, used in the P-80 Shooting Star, could extend to automobiles of the future. The article recalls wartime maritime power and the heavy losses recorded in Ships magazine.
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Hall L. Hibbard
Lockheed Aircraft Corp
Los Angeles
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RAF
Leon F. Witney
Orange
Coma
Travemuende
Hitler
Japan
Women Workers of the
Elgintional Watch Co
Chicago
American Foundation For the Blind
Rague Newspapers
Burns
Jenner Pass
The
Alps
India
Izontal
Arin
Phil Savage
Swift
Olatu
Gene Byrnes
Franklin
Germany
Ships Magazine
By William Ferguson
Amazon River
Christy Mathewson
New New York
Typographical Union
Mathewson
By Fred Neher
Law
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