World Happenings Briefly Told
British and Allied war updates paint a global picture. Maj Gen Victor Odin returns to Chungking after Canada sojourn. A German escapee is recaptured in Scotland after six weeks. The Warsaw government incorporates Danzig into Poland per Lublin radio. 1944 British Legion aided 7 144 veterans with 3 603 discharged during the war. Field Marshal Montgomery awarded U S Army officers for Western front victories. Ald Corish receives Dublin borough freedom for 25 years as mayor in Wexford. Russian surgeons visit Toronto and promise to model Soviet medical reforms after Canadian methods.
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Field Marshal Montgomery
United States Army
Western Front
British midget aircraft carriers operate in Atlantic since 1943
The admiralty in London disclosed that several merchant vessels equipped with flight decks have functioned as midget aircraft carriers since 1943. While the tiny planes have not scored notable success against U boats, they kept submarines at bay and saved merchant ships from losing aircraft to catapult mishaps.
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Atlantic
Admiralty
London
Churchill Praises Lloyd George As Champion Of The Poor
Prime Minister Churchill paid tribute in the House of Commons to the late Earl Lloyd George calling him a champion of the weak and the poor. He lauded Lloyd George as the greatest Welshman since the Tudors and credited him with launching liberal and radical forces into social betterment and social security.
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Churchill
Earl Lloyd George
Lloyd George
House of Commons
Seed Borne Disease Control Through Seed Treatments
G A Scott of the Dominion Department of Agriculture urges farmers to treat seed with recommended dusts to curb seed borne diseases. Mercury dusts like Ceresan and Leytosan help prevent smuts and blights, though organic mercury is poisonous. Hot water or other methods handle loose smuts. vegetable and root seeds use Arasan Semesan Spergon dusts. Proper seed treatment is a cost effective crop protection strategy.
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G. A. Scott
Division of Botany & Plant Pathology
Dominion Department of Agriculture
Scott
Farm Daughters Join Garden Brigade to Boost Home Veggies
More than 1800 farm daughters enrolled in the girls garden brigade sponsored by the Department of Agriculture. When they begin action across counties, farm families will enjoy fresh vegetables and a stronger sense of the value of a home garden.
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Department of Agriculture
Whiter Bread Aimed By Food Order In Britain
An upcoming food order reduces national flour extractions from 85 percent to 82 percent. Col. Llewellin, Britain's minister of food, says the measure will produce a whiter tastier loaf with little loss of nutritional value.
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Britain
Col. Llewellin
Cleared The Land by Russia's Mine-Sapping Farmers
Anna Antsiferova of a Soviet collective farm helped clear minefields left by Germans after 1943 battles west from the Don. Trained by Red Army men, she lifted 1,430 mines while peers removed thousands more including anti tank and anti infantry mines and unexploded shells and bombs.
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Russia
Anna Antsiferova
Don
Anna
Red Army
Alexander Neupokoyev
Leeds Yorkshire Post
Woman seeks butcher change over teeth breaking meat
A southern England food office received a letter from a woman asking to change her butcher. She blamed her husband breaking teeth on the meat. The piece notes heat increases blood flow and can help many ailments.
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Southern England
Ship Provisions Tight Control Aids War Effort
A 1944 review shows ships leaving four Canadian ports receive food equal for outward and return voyages. The system uses strict per day allowances and surplus accounting, with about $16 million spent mainly on food. The administrator ensures no ship stores enter black markets, underscoring farmers' vital role to supply mariners and convoy crews.
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Canadian
Canada
Father of Eleven Joins the United States Navy
Mark Scully aged 44, father of 11 children including a soldier and a sailor, has enlisted in the United States navy. Previously he earned $49.50 a week as a Hartford Connecticut fireman. His wife will receive $240 a month from his allotment checks.
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Mark Scully
United States Navy
Hartford
Conn
Abraham's Journey From Ur to Canaan Promised Faith
Devotional study outlines Abraham’s call and flight from Ur to Canaan, tracing his move with Terah from Haran through Shechem, and noting Hebrews 11 8 as the core of the Patriarchs’ faith. It covers Genesis 12 1 5 and Genesis 12 6 9, and Stephen’s summary of patriarchal stories.
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Abraham
Haran
Canaan
Isaac
Jacob
Esau
Joseph
Egypt
Stephen
Palestine
Eber
God
Chaldea
Tigris
Euphrates
Persian Gulf
Terah
Damascus
Jordan
Sea of Galilee
Shechem
No raw milk is germ free, pasteurization needed
Careful experiments show raw milk contains germs even under sterile collection. Bacteria in milk from healthy cows sour it and may cause indigestion in babies. diseased cows and contaminated water spread harmful germs leading to serious diseases. Proper pasteurization destroys these germs. The Hawaii Islands formed by volcanic action from deep beneath sea level.
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J. R. Fraser
Mac-Gill University Medical Faculty
Crosswords Puzzle Clue List and Answers
A crossword puzzle item list with horizontal and vertical clues. Includes questions on animals plants colors and common words, with numerous numbered entries and some mispellings but many legible clues such as humpbacked ruminant, predom inant idea, discharges, and celestial or geographic terms.
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Switzerland
Red Cross
St. John Amblance
Victor Odin
China
Chungking
King George VI, Broadcasting Company
South Wales
Scotland
Warsaw
Danzig
Poland
Lublin
The
British Legion
Wexford
Eire
Ald. R. Corish
Chorney Park Hospital
Toronto
By Fred Neher
Reg
Ker T. W. Craine
Germany
Seo
Royal Navy
Rhine
BY William Ferguson
United States
U.S. Pat
NEA Service. Inc
Kwwiz Korner
MR Black
Robert F. Black
White Motor Company
Karke
Ralph J. Watson
Cocreve
Pioneers OF Faith
Health Ee Pre Canada
Hawaiian Islands
Slushy
Carouse
Brown
Goddess of Discord
S& Passage Way
Church Council
Aegean Sea
Balft
Beerle
Cerium
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