World Happenings Briefly Told
The ban on entry into tree protected areas on the Firth of Forth has been lifted. The Ashford chamber of trade bought 126 stears for Victory Day celebrations. Canada’s shipbuilding peak last year produced easels worth 414 million. A bedstead once used by Bonnie Prince Charlie sold for about 800 at Moy Hall. Bombed Liverpool sites are being converted into play areas for children. Britain buys timber in Rio Grande do Sul for rebuilding London and other cities. Canada’s Mutual Aid goods move globally with a maple leaf insignia. Fijian farmers supplied fresh fruit and vegetables to military forces for 398000 during 1948. Natives exempted from communal duties to focus on this work. Russia honors Sgt Maria Oktyabrskaya as Hero of the Soviet Union, first woman tank driver to receive the award.
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Chamber of Trade
Ashford
Kent
Eng
Canada
Russia
Maria Oktyabrskaya
Soviet Union
Mos_row
Samuel Anoints David and Kingly Rise Told in Lesson
Devotional lesson outlines I Samuel 16 1 5 11 18 and Psalm 72 1 19 with David anointed by Samuel at Bethlehem and later crowned over Judah. It notes Samuel’s hesitation before Saul’s replacement and the Lord’s gaze on the heart not outward appearance, plus a lament for Saul and Jonathan.
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David
Samuel
Saul
Bethlehem
Jesse
God
Sons of
Eliab
Judah
Gilboa
David Saul
David Rands
Jonathan
Hos
Sedeh
Hebron
Sulfa Drugs Now Used In Farm Animal Treatment
At the American Veterinary Medical convention Dr W T Thorp of Pennsylvania State College reported extensive research shows sulfathalidine and sulfaguanadine yield very good results for swine enteritis. Sulfathalidine gave favorable results on 75 calf scours cases. Rulfamerazine is noted for calf pneumonia. The U S Army reports a new influenza vaccine reduces incidence by about 75 percent and may be used in an epidemic.
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American Veterinary Medical Convention
W. T. 8. Thorp
Pennsylvania State College
United States Army
Churchill Crocodile Tank Fires 450-Foot Flaming Assault
British authorities unveiled the Churchill Crocodile flame throwing tank. The 41 ton weapon fires lethal flames up to 450 feet and around corners, designed to destroy fortified positions on the Atlantic Wall and save infantry lives. It mounts on a Churchill chassis with fuel carried in a trailing armored trailer. The device can be jettisoned and the tank continues as a standard Churchill. The weapon first saw action at Dieppe and was introduced to German forces shortly after D-Day on Normandy beaches.
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Normandy
Hitler
France
Army
Atlantic Wall
Dieppe
Australian wartime laundry device speeds troops wash
An Australian ingenuity powered equipment adapts to Pacific war needs. It combines washing and drying to handle tropical clothing and gear, enabling a complete cycle in about 25 minutes for a 24 man unit.
Penicillin to Prisoners Headlines Allied Aid
Penicillin is being flown to German prison camps to aid wounded British soldiers captured in Normandy and on other fronts.
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Normandy
Ban gor woman hits 1,000,000th Red Cross dressing
Mass Carre Hrutchins, 83, of Bangor, Maine, claims a record by making surgical dressings for the Red Cross since World War I. She recently completed her millionth dressing for use in the current war. Sweetcom, frozen within four hours of picking, stays fresh six months to a year.
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Mass Carre Hrutchins
Bangor
Maine
Red Cross
Sweetcom
Crossword Puzzle Clues From Tidied Inventory
Crossword puzzle clues and partial entries list many items including Greek and Hindu names, articles, animals, rivers, planets, and phrases. The scattered terms mention Glacier Creek etc with odd spellings, implying a clipped game puzzle page fragment from a newspaper.
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Firth of Forth
Bonnie Prince Charlie
Moy Hall
Moy
Invernesshire
Scotland
Liverpool
Rio Grande Do Sul
London
Globe
Frank X. Jennings
St. John
Jennings
Churchill
By William Ferguson
Gio oFess
Tan
Ess
Gene Byrne
Celebes
Astute
Hersiah Ben
Apollo
By Fred Neher
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