World Happenings Briefly Told From Many Lands
Summary of diverse notes: Canada ships surplus supplies to Dorval. Soviet Union plans to raise cultivation by 20,300,000 acres in a new five year plan. 1,000 types of Japanese women tall surveyed by Mainichi Shimbun. Kilkenny to remove Gladstone bust from town hall. Police recruits open in Greater London syllabus mirrors Metropolitan Police. Fleming awarded Haven Gold Medal 1946. Tibetan goodwill mission sends scarf and letter to Viscount Wavell.
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Soviet Union
Moscow Radio
Nihe
Mainichi Shimbun
Gladstone
Kilkenny
Eire
Giealtar
Metropolitan Police
United Kingdom
Alexander Fleming
Haven
British Royal Institute of Public Health and Hygiene
George
Tibet
Viscount Wavell
India
Food waste warning amid hunger campaign gains support
The Buffalo Courier Express notes President Tru jan's famine relief committee calls for a 40 percent cut in wheat and 20 percent in fats, arguing Americans eat too much even with abundance. Medical experts warn against over eating while millions in Europe and Asia face starvation, and saving on food bills helps finances.
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Buffalo Courier-Express
Trujan
Europe
Asia
Experimental Farm Ties Ethiopia to Alberta Gardener
Ethiopian exile in England led to a Canadian Alberta farmer, Howard Thompson, being commissioned to set up an experimental farm for the Ethiopian government. He is mobilizing stock from Bowden area nurseries, sending seeds to Cairo for flight to Ethiopia, and has received land, funding, and equipment support. He plans to relocate his family and settle in Ethiopia, mirroring Alberta’s landscape.
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Parmer
Esteban
Pion
White Hawpeter Haile Selaame
Ethiopia
England
Howard Thomapaon
Markerville
Alberta
Str Thompson
Phiiopia
Pur Chang Nursery
Bowden
Cairo
Mr. Thompson
Thompson
Man plans rubber ball test to defy atomic bomb idea
Jean Lussier proposes to seek U S Navy permission for an experimental device featuring three concentric rubber balls housing rabbits with food for a week. Aimed to test against atomic blasts the design includes lead asbestos and cork shielding and large diameter chambers.
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Jean Lussier
United States Navy
Lussier
Upside Down Meat Loaf for Weekend Dinners
An upside down meat loaf makes a decorative and economical centerpiece for week end hospitality. It guides using sweet potato, ground meat, crumbs, and eggs then topping with greens, while balanced with sausages, oysters, and varied weekday dishes to stretch provisions and add variety.
Operation Elephant Personal Flak Guard for Churchill
The Picture Post recounts Churchill’s security plan named Operation Elephant. A mobile anti aircraft battery accompanied him, he called it his personal flak, and he posed on rooftops during air raid alarms. Officials later scrapped alarms to avoid exposing the prime minister. The piece notes Japan invented folding devices in the seventh century.
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Churchill Macdonald Hastings
Churchill
Britain
Elephant
Loss Felt Keenly London Times Pays Fine Tribute To Hon Vincent Massey
The Times of London eulogizes Rt Hon Vincent Massey as High Commissioner in London calling him the father of the Canadian Diplomatic Service. It notes his leadership of Canadians in Britain during war and peace, praising his and Mrs Massey’s work for war service families and the Canadian presence. Also mentions ration news and a Montreal official’s remark on future production, plus a note on engineers proving glass smoother than satin and silk.
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London Times
Vincent Massey
Times of London
London
Great Britain
Canada
Wir
Massey
the Times
Nelsons kiss and lifelong payback tale in London tale
Better Than Meal the late sianey Weaxe, longtime solicitor to the London School Board, recalls as a nine year old holidaying in London he climbed Nelson column while scaffolded. He paid a shilling to the workmen and kissed Nelsons face, deeming the elation worth the hungry afternoon. Also notes the worlds longest nonstop railway run between London and Fainburgh at 399% miles, and London to Carlisle at 283 miles per British Railways.
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Sianey Weaxe
London School Board
London
Rela
Trafalgar Square
Nelson
Lord Nelson
Fainburgh
Carlisle
British Railways
Home fire drills urged to save lives in fires
St Thomas Times-Journal argues households should practice fire drills like shipboard safety. It warns stairs burn and trap people, urging exits via back or side doors or a window with a safe landing as a last resort to avoid panic and suffocation.
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St Thomas Times-Journal
Penicillin Losing Punch Against Some Diseases
A forecast says penicillin may become nearly useless for certain illnesses within years due to drug resistant germs. Dr. Hans Molitor of Merck Institute warned in a report to the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology. Also noted is a British plastic material holoplast used in the Empire Antigua ship interior for durable non slip fittings. The housefly’s wings beat about 20 000 times a minute.
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Cor
Hans Molitor
Merck Institute ‘of Therapeutic Research
Federation of American Societies For Experimental Biology
Tyneside
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Dorval
Crporation
Sai
Nairobi
Kenya
Vatties
FBI
Yugoslavia
Peter Karageorgeviteh
Alexander
Loss
Nopea Cansada
O. W. Rinar
Ration Administration
Montreal
Vancouver
Rodomar
By Fred Neher
United States
Moearne
Cemer
Colorado
New Mexico
Arizona
Utah
By William Ferguson
Reg'lar
Gene Byrnes
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