World Happenings Briefly Told In One Glance
Jamaica reports sugar crop this year will exceed 176000 tons the largest in decades. A police squad patrols East End Newcastle England every Sunday to curb street gambling. Soviet union builds vast network of research centers and labs on atomic energy. Great Western Railway locomotives in South Wales coalfield being converted to oil. Emma Chapman of Algakirk Lincoln England dies at 102 worked in sugar fields and walked a mile to pension. Platinum worth 3000 flown London to Rio by British South American Airways. Dried egg powder parcels fall from truck in Bristol. Hugh Savage publisher Cowichan Leader urges expert flag selection by heraldry specialists. Winston Churchill named in Golden Book for war leadership aiding Jewish brigade formation.
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Jamaica
East End
Newcastle
England
Soviet Union
Great Western Railway
South Wales
Emma Chapman
Algakirk
Lince
London
Rio de Janeiro
British South American Airways
Two Ways To Do It Pattern Description From Anne Adama
A fragment outlines pattern 4941 for a jumper blouse sundress in size 6 with details on fabric, measurements and coin costs. It mentions pattern submission to Anne Adama Pattern Dept Winnipeg Manitoba and notes about early handwritten books before printing in Europe.
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Anne Adama
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
Tis Mcbermot Ave
Man
Lost Race Woman of Early America Unearthed in Arizona
Tucson and Ottawa papers report the discovery of Mrs Anasazi, a 600 year dead woman dug up by anthropologists led by Dr Emil Haury and EB Sayles. The excavated life reveals a one room apartment, weaving, pottery making, stone tools, and meals, with 5,000 inhabitants and a mysterious 11th century abandonment likely due to pressures rather than war.
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Tucson
Arizona
CP Feature Service
Ottawa Evening Citizen
Murray Sinclair
Anasazi
Emil Haury
Arizona State Museum
University of Arizona
EB Sayles
Ahe
Archaeologic Field School
Point of Pines
America
Dr. Haury
Calgary tops restoration of prehistoric past
Calgary shows originality in reviving its prehistoric past with a dinosaur exhibit and reconstruction at St George's Island near the Bow River. The display features glass cases containing herbivorous dinosaurs and bones, reflecting the city’s progressiveness and attracting visitors.
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Ity
Calgary
Ottawa
National Museum
Dominion
Ed Deer River
Drumheler
St. George's Island
Mail in the Sky: Clerks to Sort US Mail Aboard
A Telegram excerpt from turn of the century markets a bold plan where postal clerks would sort mail in sky lifters behind locomotives and later aboard aerial mail cars. The Post Office Department and Air Transport Association aimed to model fast service with 3s foot tying, as youths eager for speed anticipated jobs.
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Slerk
Post Office Department
Air Transport Association
Telegram
Plan biggest telescope named for Sir Isaac Newton
British optical engineers aim to construct the 100 inch telescope as a national memorial to Sir Isaac Newton. Estimated cost ranges from £1,500,000 to £2,000,000. Construction will take several years to complete.
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Isaac Newton
Vital Interest Immunization Message From Health League
Health League of Canada with Health and Education Departments and media calls attention to immunizing children against diphtheria whooping cough scarlet fever and smallpox. Poliomyelitis cases rise drawing national concern. vaccination cannot create immunity. Diphtheria whooping cough scarlet fever preventable. parents must immunize now with health departments and physicians ready to help.
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Health League of Canada
Departments of Health and Education
Charles Hacker Brantford Acrobat Still Active at 81
One of the era's best known acrobats, Charles Hacker, now 81 and a Brantford resident for 50 years, remains in robust health. He once partnered in the first head to head balancing act on wheels. The article notes a thought about electricity in lightning and storage batteries.
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Brantford
Charles Hacker
Crossword Puzzle Fragments from 44 Eletemation
Fragments from a crossword puzzle page show terse clues and partial entries including names and terms. The readable bits include scattered letters and puzzled references such as Eletemation and Tsuen prt with fragmentary words like Moving and iter en B Solty.
Christ or Chaos Debate Stirred at Sudbury Church
In Sudbury Ontario Captain the Rev J J O Leary told St Clement s listeners that ignorance of world affairs threatens peace and warned clergy could be hanged after priests from the Sault Ste Marie diocese urged an education drive. He urged more prayer for peace or another conflict on Canadian soil.
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Sudbury
J. J. O'Leary
St. Clement's Roman Catholic Church
Sault Ste. Marie
Father O'Leary
Empire Victory sails for Antarctic whale season
The 21,846 ton Empire Victory, largest cargo ship, has sailed from Liverpool for the 1946 47 Antarctic whale season. It carries converted U boat hunting gear to hunt whales and six infantry landing craft to tow captured whales between the whale dory fleet and the parent ship. India holds the largest thing in the world.
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Antarctic
Liverpool
Eng
Empire Victory
Empire Dory
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Hugh Savage
Cowichan
Duncan
B.C
Winston Churchill
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Anne
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Ars Nae
Ola
Reg'lar
Gene Byrnes
Orange Peace Tea
Christ OF
Chace
Whale Factory
India
Mecca
Percy Ae
Russ
John Rainose
Laker
The
Tropics
By William Ferguson
By Fred Neher
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