World Happenings Briefly Told From Broad Dates
A compact roundup notes 71 560 Canadian passengers on a transcontinental route with a UK estimate of 168 734. Britain mentions Army clothing surveys and a Buckingh am Palace link to the Crown. Allied Germany asset control plans seek to seize up to 1 billion dollars. Public health advances promise free tubercular care and a 36 inch cannon is cited as the largest ever built.
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Buckingham Palace
Duke of Windsor
United Kingdom
A. C. Montreal
Vancouver
Wealth and covetousness in a Sunday lesson
A Sunday school lesson centers on Deuteronomy 8 17 18 and Luke 12 15 warning that wealth comes from God and life does not depend on possessions. It recounts Jesus advising against covetousness and refusing a inheritance dispute, urging reliance on Jehovah for power to get wealth. The piece links biblical cross references and notes about parables and historical notions of secrecy symbolized by roses.
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Malachi
Bie
Acts
James
Moses
Jesus
Maz
Albert L. Long
Pelvery Town
Prieve Ghee
Ninth Annual Musical Talent Scholarship Opens for Canadian Composers
The Authors Association announces the ninth annual Musical Talent Scholarship open to entrants under 22 on March 1, 1946. Two manuscripts required, one to be a Cong. Major prize of 750 dollars at the Toronto Conservatory of Music plus merit awards totaling 250 dollars. Junior division offers 25, 15, and 10 dollars for under 16 entrants. Notable past winner Robert Fleming of the RCAF praised for his works and career. Entries to Composers Authors and Publishers Association Toronto.
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Com Canadian Com ‘Authors Association
Armed Services
Toronto Conservatory of Music
Lable
Dominion
Robert
Fleming
Air Force
Fund of
Authors and Publishers Association
King Street
East
Toronto
Canada
Association
Czech Band Leader Learns of Roll Out The Barrel Royalties
Jaromir Vejvoda, a small village brass band leader near Prague, learns £20000 in royalties await him in London for Roll Out The Barrel. The tale notes royalty holdings despite the composer not receiving funds until Czech Slovakia reaches a monetary agreement.
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Prague
Jaromir Vejvoda
London
Czechoslovakia
Public Health Reforms Eliminate Medical Shortages
Since the Soviet system began providing free qualified medical care, epidemics have become rare and the burden of disease has fallen. Relative to 1913, tuberculosis cases dropped by about two and a half times in the USSR.
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Russia
U.ssr
Queen Salote Receives Grand Cross of British Empire
Queen Salote of Tonga, one of two reigning queens in the empire, is awarded the Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire. The Friendly Islands have long allied with Britain since Captain Cook's arrival and supported the war effort with £100,000 and a force of volunteers, including two Spitfires donated to Britain to combat Germany.
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Tonga
Salote
Elizabeth
South Pacific
Brittain
Captain Cook
Britain
Pasteurization Debate Stresses Safe Milk Across Canada
Health officials urge pasteurization for all milk to eliminate disease carrying dirt and germs. Experts like Dr John R Fraser and Dr Frank Pedley warn unpasteurized milk remains risky even under ideal conditions, citing bovine tuberculosis cases and recurring contamination between infrequent cattle tests.
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Canada
The
Health League of Canada
John R. Fraser
McGill University
Frank Pedley
Montreal
Pedley
Adelard Groulx
City of Montreal Health Department
Laundry Machine to Ease Britain’s Laundry Burden
An automatic washing machine called a launderette unit will soon enter production in Britain. It can wash large loads in 10 minutes, fill with water, wash, rinse, damp dry, and even collect loose buttons. Launderettes with multiple machines will open in many areas, including blocks of flats. The article notes men benefit by not needing a barber visit for hair washing.
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Britain
Weekly ration menu for a four person family
The plan outlines a seven day meat powered menu using two coupons for four pounds of loin of lamb Sunday while balancing each day with affordable options. Monday cold chop Tuesday cheese dish Wednesday corned beef with Savoy cabbage Thursday veal cutlets Friday fish and Saturday spare ribs with barbecue sauce. Three tokens remain for emergencies.
Marks Bicentenary of God Save the King Bicentennial
The British National Anthem God Save the King marks 200 years since its last official performance at Drury Lane. Dr Anne, theatre musical director, arranged the setting but the tune likely derives from an earlier work by Dr John Bull with claims also tied to Henry Carey.
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Drury Lane
Anne
John Bull
Chapel Royal
Henry Carey
Australian fruit farmer wins grant for rice industry
John Brady, a Australian fruit farmer, observed California rice conditions matched in the Murrumbidgee irrigation district and received a government grant of £300 for special service in establishing rice in Australia. He planted in 1921 and by 1924-25 yields reached 16 000 bushels, with last year’s harvest of 75 000 tons aiding Pacific famine relief.
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John Brady
Califo
Austral Murrumbidgee River
Australia
California
Murrumbidgee
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Henry Own
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Allied Control Council
U.S
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Janmes Stiles
Collier's
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Montreal Star
Akimos
Freis Marshal August von Mackensen
Bismarck
Slute
Celle
von Mackensen
von Hindenburg
Tannenberg
Masurian Lakes
Romania
Cader
Stahlheim
By Fred Neher
Stion
Roost
Lamb
Ret
Ronea
Cade
Paitheus” GE
Old Farmar
Stone National Park
Denver
By William Ferguson
Boe
Beals
Beethoven
Liszt, Hayde, Johann Steaus
Gene Byrnes
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