World Happenings Briefly Told
Jet airliners to cross the Atlantic in five hours at 40 000 feet are being built in Britain. Switzerland and Russia restore diplomatic relations after 22 years. A D McRae predicts gold exceeding 35 dollars an ounce. A Venus de Milo plaster cast sold in London for 12 pounds. BBC seeks announcers. one applicant boasts a voice heard anywhere. Astronomers measure a distant Boötes nebula at 1.2 quintillion miles. French Colonial Purchases Agency seeks Canadian shipyards for steel launches and barges.
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Atlantic
Britain
Venus de Milo
London
Lady Mitchett
Try Something New In Your Garden This Year
The piece urges gardeners to expand seed choices beyond routine crops to include diverse vegetables and flowers. It notes wartime developments, better varieties, and the value of proper soil cultivation, early planting, and sustainable disposal of garden waste to boost yields.
Big Button Factory in Cyprus Plans Pearl Button Run
A large Cyprus plant at Larnaca produces 100000 buttons daily, employs 1000 workers, and currently makes dom nuts with plans to switch to mother of pearl buttons soon. The piece also notes the bighorn sheep and mountain goat have unexpected hair and wool traits.
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Cyprus
Larnaca
Princess Elizabeth Tours Ulster In Royal Drive
Princess Elizabeth began her first solo royal tour outside Great Britain with a 200 mile drive through four Northern Ireland counties. She waved from her car as Ulster crowds cheered at ports and villages from Hillsborough to Dungannon, with schoolgirls singing and locals lining the roads.
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Elizabeth
Ulster
Belfast
England
Scotland
Government House
Hillsboro
Down County
Lord
Lady Granville
Northern Ireland
Down
Armagh
Tyrone
Fermanagh
Portadown
Dungannon
Bann
Two Great Men Eisenhower and Churchill Admire Each Other
The Ottawa Journal praises General Eisenhower and Sir Winston Churchill for mutual admiration and leadership. It highlights Churchill's continued clarity on world affairs and Eisenhower as a superb military commander with modesty and generosity. The piece credits both with fostering Anglo American friendship vital for future peace.
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Eisenhower
Churchill
Richmond
Ottawa Journal
Self-righting lifeboat idea sparked by crock sighting
While helping a woman lift a heavy vessel from a well, William Would notice a broken crock floating in water. The crock kept righting itself, time after time, inspiring the idea for a self-righting lifeboat.
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William
Man Would Memorize 25 Insects Daily for 60 Years
A person learning 25 new insect names per day would require over six decades to commit to memory all species scientists have described and catalogued. The fact highlights the vast diversity of insects and the ongoing work of entomologists.
Special Spider Webs For Land Surveying Instruments
London firm F Barker and Son cranks out fine surveying instruments using spiders webs spun to exact strength in long boxes. Horses hair also serves for another high demand instrument. During World War II the workshops at Sun Dial House remain busy supplying military instruments.
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Britain
F. Barker and Son
Sun- Dial
Clerkenwell Road
London
Michigan Educator Urges U S Learn Canadian History
Dean J. B. Edmonson of the University of Michigan said in an interview that it is highly desirable for United States residents to become better acquainted with Canadian history and geography.
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J. B. Edmonson
School of Education
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor
United States
Dress Clothes Lift Morale And Offer A Million Dollar Feeling
A Scene monthly writer in Muskoka argues dress clothes banish the blues and boost mood and conversation. He notes even distant civil servants in remote areas keep sanity by donning a tux for dinner, seeing it as a link to home and outward life.
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Shingwauk Farm
Muskoka
St. Thomas
Canadian Craft Shops Help Service Men Adapt and Thrive
Supervisor R D i Bob Wallace details the YMCA war service craft shops across Canada and Europe, from Camp Borden to Germany, noting how materials are paid for and crafts empower men to repurpose skills into livelihoods. Key creations include a model steam engine and ornamental pieces, reflecting a shift to personal expression in a machine age.
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RCAF
Army
Bob Wallace
Brantford Collegiate
Toronto
YMCA
Aurich
Germany
Bob
Taylor Statten
Ahmed
Ontario
Algonquin Park
Y.M.C.A War Services
Camp Borden
Petawawa
Kingston
Barriefield
Canada
R.C.A.F
Rockcliffe
Borden
England
Wallace
Farnborough
Hampshire
Civvy Street
Aero Club of Canada air mail stamps fetch London auction
In 1918 three stamps for mail between Toronto and Ottawa sold in London for £225 ($1,012). The stamps depict a Zeppelin in flames after a fighter attack. Dr Lin Yutang, noted author, has developed an Oriental version of the typewriter.
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The
Aero Club of Canada
Toronto
Ottawa
London
Lin Yutang
Editorial urges broad diphtheria immunization and recalls
The Canadian Journal of Public Health editorial calls for lagging diphtheria immunity to be overcome through widespread toxoid use. It notes rising disease and deaths in Canada and the United States, urges recall doses, extended re immunization for adults in certain roles, and stresses that control depends on mass vaccination, not partial measures.
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Canadian Journal of Public Health
United States
Canada
Ottawa
Early Flying Dope Shortage Led to Glue Coated Planes
In the early days of aviation the paint dope was scarce so workers heavily coated planes with glue. As the glue neared drying, an alum and water mixture was applied to shrink the fabric tightly over the ribs.
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Switzerland
Russia
Eers
A.D McRae
Vancouver
BBC
E. L. Woods
College of Pharmacy
University of Saskatchewan
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Frankfurt
Mount Wilson Observatory
Bootes
Maritime Workers Federation
Dundurn
Camp
C. A. Hopkins
Saskatoon
Educatio
Ratner
Charles F. Scott
Regina
Calgary
W. Roberts
BIG Button Business
Princess Elizabeth
By Fred Neher
Gene Byrnes
Corr
NEA Service. Inc
M. Regus Pat
BY William Ferguson
Abcyornis
Madagascary
Norman J
MavnE7esa
Wiscons
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