World Happenings Briefly Told
In 1846 the United States war department plans fuller Negro manpower use in peacetime and in future war. Lord Nuffield notes Britain will supply dominions with steady goods flow. A Glasgow porter buys a 10 stone diamond necklace for 5100 pounds for an anonymous Glasgow buyer. European calorie deficits remain widespread. Bertram C. Webber of the Dominic Meteorological Bureau dies in Toronto. Hugh Dalton’s April budget offers little relief to British taxpayers amid 1846-47 outlays of about 4 billion pounds. Bermuda nurses in training in England. three years plus programs announced. Col Arthur Welsh announces Ontario aims for 20,000,000 American visitors this year.
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Capetown
Australia
Britain
Dominions
Glasgow
Foreign Economic Administration
Ml Mons
Bertram C. Webber
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Toronto
Frederick Stupart
Hugh Dalton
Bermuda
England
Arthur Welsh
Ontario
Ontario Tourist Department
United States
Canada
Aga Khan weighed in diamonds at Bombay ceremony
In a grand spectacle before 60000 followers in Bombay, the Aga Khan was weighed pound for pound by diamonds totaling 24343 pounds. A 32 carat blue diamond valued at 200000 topped the lot as proceeds of about 2200000 go to welfare. Rulers and moguls attended, with Iranian officials present. The event marked his 66th year as Ismaili leader. Carrots beets and other vegetables are grown on sod roofs by Alaskan sourdoughs.
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Bombay
Persia
Iran
India
Allah Ho Akbar
Allah Is
Garden Guide Divides Vegetables Into Three Planting Groups
Garden advice categorizes vegetables into hardy, semi hardy and tender groups. It covers when to plant peas onions carrots beets radish spinach lettuce potatoes corn beans cabbage melons cucumbers tomatoes pumpkins and tips for lawn care soil preparation and composting with manures and green manures.
Super Heat Wool Blanket Elite of Britain’s Wool Industry
Britain evolves a super heat material for blankets weighing 33 ounces full size with Fortsan silk cover and fleece stuffing. It is shrink proof moth proof and rot proof, trapping air pockets for maximum warmth at minimal weight. Export oriented production targets, with uses in gowns bed jackets cot covers and more. An archaic line mentions a machine counting names and a foxed snake anecdote.
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Britain
Will Be Greater Canada Can Grow But Process Will Take Time
Windsor Star columnist W. L. Clark argues Canada can support a population far beyond 20 million, noting Britain’s 49 to 50 million residents as a benchmark. Growth may be slow due to immigration trends, but many Europeans seek Canada as a safer homeland for future generations amid fear of war.
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Canada
W. L. Clark
Windsor Star
Dominion
Great Britain
Nothing Wasted Be Sent To England For Wedding
A Northwestern Miller item notes an Ipswich couple once tossed rice at their son’s wedding but later served it as rice pudding in England. The piece ends with a Financial Post quote about Poles abroad and a foreign office assurance that returning troops would face no political persecution. British officials expect early demobilization.
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England
Atlantic
Rom
Ipswand
John Holbawaukee
Wis
Financial Post
Foreign Office
Warsaw
Poland
Nelson Column Endures as London Reaches Milepost Anniversary
The Nelson Column in Trafalgar Square withstood a 145 foot steeplejack ascent and a wartime test, marking a century since erection. The article notes its morale role during the blitz and V-bomb era, symbolizing resilience amid Westminster’s historic center.
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Nelson Colume
Trafalgar Square
Nelson
London
Traffigar Square
Westminster
Copenhagen
Montreal Gazette
Pasteurized Milk Petition Highlights Childs TB Battle
A Vancouver letter from a West Summerland mother details her three year old boy in Crippled Children's Hospital with spinal tuberculosis linked to unpasteurized milk. She urges compulsory pasteurization nationwide, noting rural shortages and TB risk, and cites Health League of Canada claims that pasteurization preserves milk nutrition while eradicating disease germs.
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Canada
Vancouver
West Summerland
Crippled Children’s Hospital
T.B
British Columbia
Dominion
Health League of Canada
Wealth League
Toronto 5
Ontario
Expensive ideas spark unlikely directions
A lecturer muses that since the earth is round one could go east by traveling far west, a remark that humorously suggests such notions could influence taxi drivers to adopt unconventional routes.
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