World Happenings Briefly Told From The Times
One o clock time gun at Edinburgh Castle resumed its daily signal in Italy caused destruction of 800 main bridges and hundreds of secondary spans. Canadian Red Cross says over 500000 blood donations are needed yearly. A London bus driver earned a bronze badge in the national safe driving competition after 27 years without an accident. The King and Queen and Princesses visited Burlington House for a Royal Academy preview. Germans claim Tirpitz was blown out by a 120 feet by a 12000 lb bomb, sinking in a Norwegian fjord with a thousand crew lost. Royal Navy docks are being built in South Africa with the first capetown dock towed to its destination. A gas model airplane by HV Faulkner of Vancouver clocked 122 mph, a new world record. The Netherlands Princess Irene Brigade to be demobilized after training in Stratford Ontario.
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Elizabeth
Margaret
Burlington House
Tirpitz
Royal Navy
South Africa
Frst
Capetown
HV. Faulkner
Vancouver
Williams and Clark
Los Angeles
Netherlands
Princess Irene Brigade
England
Stratford
Ont
Sunday School Lesson Devotional Reading Psalm One Genesis One
The text combines a devotional lesson on Psalm 95 and Genesis 1 with a paraphrase of creation days and the creation of man, followed by a fablelike anecdote. It ends with a father’s counsel to his son about honesty and sagacity, stressing keeping one’s word to stay trustworthy.
Penicillin hailed as cure for carbuncle and throat infections
Sir Alexander Fleming told doctors that penicillin could stop carbuncle spread in two days. He predicted sore throats would vanish after taking a penicillin lozenge bought at a drug store. He also foresaw penicillin lipstick by enterprising druggists and praised the drug as nonpoisonous and impossible to overdose.
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Alexander Keming
A Good Lesson on Small Efforts and Big Results
A single bee collects only a teaspoonful of honey in a season, yet many bees together achieve substantial production. The quote highlights how small individual efforts multiply into meaningful results when pooled.
German naval experts captured at secret Austrian base
A group of German naval experts working on new secret weapons at a hidden experimental station near Topitz Lake in the Austrian Alps has been captured. They had been testing midget submarines and other devices, with equipment used in experiments sunk in the lake’s 1000 foot depths.
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Topitz Lake
Austrian Alps
Old Hand Portrait of a Telephone Job Interview
A woman applying for a telephone company position recalls prior work with a professional strong man. She says she used to perforate phone books so he could tear them in half, highlighting a humorous anecdote during the interview.
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Jou
Peacetime Signals Rise Amid Wartime Restrictions Easing
The New York terrarricane notes England loosening wartime rules as peacetime signs appear. Lights including Big Ben glow again. A parts maker for air planes and submarines shifts to combs. The Loch Ness monster sighting reappears. The aviation interim agreement takes effect with 30 nations, Canada and the United States among signatories.
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New York
England
Big Ben
Washington
Canada
United States
Houdini Heir Hardeen Died After Secret Pact Ended
The famed magician Houdini died earlier and left his brother Hardeen the right to his tricks. Hardeen, 69, passed away in a New York hospital in 1928, having kept to a will that his tricks die with him.
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Houdini
New York
Theo Hardeen
Harden
Hardeen
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Russell T Kelley
Red Crane Blood Donor Service
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Red Cross
London ‘Transport
Goa
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T. W. Kirkham
G. T. Featherstone
Percy W. Baldwin
Clamor
Nebraska
Earth
Beewuean
Britain
Screts of Houdini the Magician
Reg'lar Fellers
Gene Byrnes
Soem
By William Ferguson
Nteater
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Red Lake
Minnesota
By Fred Neher
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