World Happenings Briefly Told
New industrial enterprises have been opened in Russia weekly. Malta ended its blackout on the anniversary of the Mege by the Turks in 1568. French women will receive votes after the war. Townroe of the United Association reports 38 percent less labor disruption in early 1944. Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps takes over United Church Theological College for a military hospital in Montreal. Muteteers aided supply runs for Allied forces at Cassino Monastery Hill. Relief goods worth over 41 million dollars were sent to Greece by Britain the U S Canada Sweden and Switzerland since the war began. Daylight saving not introduced in South Africa this year. Governor says it served its purpose but is no longer necessary.
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Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps
United Church Theological College
Montreal
South Africa
Sunday School Lesson September 24 1900s theme
Golden text Isaiah 60 19 and Devotional reading Isaiah 60 15 22. Explanations cover Davids plan to build a temple not approved by God Nathan’s rebuke and promise that Davids son would build the temple and Davids house endure, Davids grateful reaction, and notes on prudence. Ends with stray insertion on the term doughboy.
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Nathan
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Abraham
Iain
Ti'samuel
Mmust
Hg House
Acceptable Gift Conversation From A Birthday Gift
A wife questions what to give her husband for a birthday. She reveals she has taken one or two of his cigars daily for months, without his noticing, planning to gift him cigars he actually smokes. The exchange ends with implied delight at her tact.
Earliest shorthand system attributed to Cicero's secretary
The earliest shorthand system is traced to about 80 BC when Cicero's secretary devised a method to record speech. The note highlights the ancient origin of rapid writing techniques used for dictation and note taking.
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Cicero
Safe milk and water pasteurization guidance for travelers
Health Canada editorial urges safe milk and water during vacations. It notes raw milk and untreated water carry disease risks and recommends home pasteurization by heating milk to 145 degrees Fahrenheit for 30 minutes, then cooling, using a dairy thermometer to verify temperature.
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Canada
Native guide laments lost on island roads in Calgary Albertan
A Three Island native guide complains that new roads thread through the island, leaving him unable to find his way home and feeling increasingly lost as development expands.
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Calgary
Commonwealth air base plan to connect Australia within 24 hours
The Commonwealth government proposes a post war airline scheme to link any Australian location within 24 hours by air or surface transport. It envisions 22 centres connected by trunk services, each serving a 300 mile radius, with RA AF personnel and 18 modern airliners sufficient. The scheme would reshape life in remote areas.
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Australia
RAAF
Dieppe Raid Admired by French Caretaker
The French caretaker at a Dieppe cemetery praises the bravery of Canadians British and Americans who joined the raid two years earlier. He notes 758 Allied graves on the high grounds outside Dieppe and recalls the Germans’ respect for the Allied effort and their remark that the Allies deserved victory. Torricelli invented the first barometer in 1643.
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Dieppe
Crossword puzzle clues from a historic page
A scrambled crossword list with numbered clues in multiple languages and garbled spellings. It includes entries for dance steps watches words like to close violently and various partial terms such as Greek coin and symbols for iron, with several illegible or corrupted items across 1 to 50 and stray foreign phrases.
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Italy
Cassino
Greece
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United States
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Switzerland
Foreign Economic Administration
Anaasan
Jeanne of
Lalit
By William Ferguson
Ugal
Yellowston Park
Rosa Ponselle
Rosetta
Rose of Sharon
Huns
Torrecelli
Artifeias Angus
Athena
Sean Dlan
Russias
Isa
By Fred Neher
Willis
Gene Byrnes
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