World Happenings Briefly Told From The War Years
Canada doubles steel output since the Second Great War outbreak. Laurence Dalgleish, who sent the first experimental radio message from a ship at sea, dies near Scalloway. UK officials estimate five to six years to recover a 20,000 teacher deficit. Trinidad Tobago Red Cross raises 17,000. St Paul’s Cathedral organ repair costs 15,000 pounds. Sir Varadachariar named honorary master of the bench at Inner Temple. UK pledges beef industry revival and wheat land repurposing. V weapons blamed for 5,000 casualties, 2,000 injured, 70,000 homes lost in Antwerp. India to build a state ammonium sulfate factory. A new time near a coal region supports dairy industry growth.
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Laurence
Dalgleish
Scalloway
Shetland Islands
National Union of Teachers
Britain
United Kingdom
Antwerp
India
Seek Ye First Godliness A Lesson on Sound Doctrine
Sunday school lesson centers on Matthew 6 33 and teaching from Acts 11 19 26 13 1 3 1 Timothy 6 1 20 and 1 Peter 4 7 4, urging followers to pursue righteousness, fight the faith, and endure trials without shame. It stresses avoiding disputes over words and honoring Christ.
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Lord Jesus Christ
God
Christ Jesus
Pontius Pilate
Lord Christ
Peter
Christ
Royal Navy RCN man salutes CN Rail dining car service
A Royal Canadian Navy sailor back from overseas writes a letter praising Canadian National Railways dining car service for providing two eRES and ham with eggs fresh from shells, a culinary dream compared to UK provisions.
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Royal Canadian Navy
Canadian National Railways
Georgey Porgey in the Mother Goes Rhyme Context
The remark notes that the line Georgey Porgey in the Mother Goes rhyme is meant to refer to King George the First, clarifying a historical allusion within the verse.
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Georgey Porgey
Mother Goes
King George 1
Norwegian tycoon tried to buy freedom after capitulation
Norwegian police stated Olaf Fer mann, a wealthy businessman tied to German collaboration, was arrested and offered 4 million kroner to the Red Cross to secure his release the day Germany surrendered. The sum formed part of a fortune exceeding 11 million dollars amassed during the Nazi occupation, investigators said.
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Olaf Fermann
Red Cross
Germany
Noted musician Max Reger praised by grateful listener
An audience member in Berlin sent Max Reger trout for dinner after hearing him play the piano part of Schubert's Trout Quintet. Reger, pleased by the tribute, thanked the donor and promised his next performance would proceed with her permission, mentioning Haydn's Ox Minuet.
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Max Reger
Schubert
Berlin
Reger
Roger
Haydn
Our Crosswords Puzzle No 4942
Puzzle gives horizontal and vertical clues with misprints and typos. Readers are invited to fill in a standard crossword grid using known words for killer whale archate and various ancient, biblical, and elemental terms while discerning the puzzle’s quirky corrupted word list.
Largest uncut diamond found in Sierra Leone
A 70 carat uncut diamond, described as time beauty and of exceptional color and quality, was found in Sierra Leone by four prospectors in January and is owned by the Sierra Leone Selection Trust Company. An expert says its value could rise to about 2 million dollars once cut, following the Cullinan as the largest uncut diamond record.
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Prain
Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone Selection Trust Company
Edward VII
London Daily Mail
Balloon barrage of 1940s Britain fuels fear and history
The Daily Telegraph recounts Britain’s balloon barrage as a costly yet blunt WW2 weapon. Balloons, each about four dollars, carried improvised mines and aimed at German bombers worth far more. The article notes the system’s appeal faded against anti aircraft fire and other defense innovations. It mentions 1941 usage and public war bond appeals as part of wartime effort.
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Trinidad-Tobago
Bri
British Red Cross Society
St Paul's Cathedral
London
S. Varadachariar
Federal Court of India
Inner Temple
Newcastle Island
Nanaimo Harbor
W. A. Mather
Canadian Pacific Railway
Victoria
Beaconhill Park
America
Chug Tol
Havis
By William Ferguson
Issina
Steppes
Russia
South Africa
Sudan
North Africa
Pampas
Argentina
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