World Happenings Briefly Told
Former RAF crews may apply for their flying log books for personal retention. The 16th century windows of King’s College chapel Cambridge replaced after the blitz. A 14 foot oak tree sapling sent to be planted in the Garden of Remembrance in Kentish Town parish church. Poland census shows 75 people per square mile in Warsaw area. Original manuscript of Alice in Wonderland sold in New York for 50000 to A W Rosenbach. Twenty eight girls and twelve men from British universities go to France as guests under a students exchange scheme. Mayor Curzon sent 15800 courteous letters to Hendon children imitating soldiers. King’s Prize for best plowman went to F Wakefield at Cippenham Court Farm Slough for 31 years. British railway employees cultivate 21150 allotments alongside tracks, yielding a 99000 dollar harvest. Tom Johnston says Scotland should supply all souvenirs for visitors, not from Japan or Birmingham.
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Garden of Remembrance
Kentish Town
Whitewater Jack MacNicol Promotes Western Irrigation Plan
The St. Catharines Standard lauds Toronto M.P. John R. MacNicol known as Whitewater Jack for advocating a vast irrigation project to water Saskatchewan and Alberta. It notes his travels, water conservation advocacy, and support from CCF leader M. J. Coldwell, arguing the plan could transform western Canada similar to agricultural successes in U.S. states.
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John R. MacNicol
Toronto M.P
Canada
Toronto- Davenport
Dominion
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Ottawa News
MacNicol
House
North and West
Prince Albert
King
P.M
St. Catharines
Not Quite Bankrupt Anecdote From Lincoln Journal
The Lincoln State Journal recounts a dinner with cream of tomato soup, rib roast, mashed potatoes and broccoli, sweet rolls with butter, apple pie à la mode, coffee, and dessert. A speaker references a bankrupt nation before noting Ducas of France patented a motion picture device in 1864.
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The
Lincoln, Neb
State Journal
Ducas
France
Prairie premiers urge rapid removal of trade restrictions
Alberta Saskatchewan and Manitoba urge the Trade and Tariff Committee to lift restrictions swiftly. A 3 500 word brief by Social Credit CCF and Coalition economic reps argues exports are vital to Canada and that war changes do not justify higher costs. It calls for tariff cuts on farm machinery and other production inputs and for removing living cost barriers while noting Canadian industry now faces world competition with strengthened position.
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Alberta
Saskatchewan
Manitoba
Trade and Tariff Committee
EC. Manning
T. C. Douglas
Stuart Garson
Canada
Social Credit
CCF
United Kingdom
United States
Prairie Provinces
U.S
New Light May Redefine Length Standards
A tiny green light ray from mercy atom made of gold could set a more exact measure of length with wave lengths not exceeding 0.000000150 inch. Dr. Jacob Wiens of the US Navy electronics lab in Berkeley and Dr. Luis W. Alvarez announced the development. They used a cyclotron to transmute gold into mercury reversing medieval alchemy goals.
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Jacob Wiens
United States Navy Electronics Research Laboratory
Berkeley
Calif
Luis W. Alvarez
University of California
Wiens
Alvarez
Princess Elizabeth Attends Hyde Park Cadet March Past
Princess Elizabeth wore a navy blue coat and hat while taking the salute from between five and six thousand army cadets in Hyde Park London. Maj Gen R E Urquhart, commanding the 1st Airborne Division at Arnhem and now director of the Territorial Army and the Army Cadet Force, stood at the saluting base. Contingents from every country cadet association in the United Kingdom participated and county representatives were presented to the princess at the ceremony.
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Elizabeth
London
Hyde Park
R. E. Urquhart
1St Airborne Division
Arnhem
Territorial Army
Army Cadet Force
Country Cadet Association
United Kingdom
Feed Costs Dominate Egg Production
The article states feed accounts for 50 to 60 percent of total production costs for eggs, with labor around 20 percent.
Empire State Building’s Seven Miles of Elevator Shafts
The Empire State Building in New York reportedly contains seven miles of elevator shafts. This detail highlights the building’s complex vertical transit system and grand scale.
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Empire State Building
New York
Nursing Consultant Mrs Abernethy’s UNRRA Greece Post
Mrs C A Abernethy, once a poor farm wife, became nursing consultant for UNRRA in Greece after long service in Newfoundland public health. She replaced Mrs True after True died in an Italian plane crash, then led a hospital in northern Newfoundland and managed medical administration across a large territory before taking the Greece assignment.
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C Ass Abernethy
UNRRA
Greece
Saskatchewan
Manitoba
True
Italy
Abernethy
Public Health Service of
Newfoundland
Labrador
MNRRA
Sun Spots Science Explains Radio Waves Disruption
Carnegie scientists H W Wells J W Watts and D E George report electrically charged gases from sun spots racing to the ionosphere at Kensington Md during March magnetic storms. They observe clouds alter the F layer height causing radio signal fading and long distance reception changes.
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Carnegie Institution of Washington
Earth
H. W. Wells
J. W. Watts
D. E. George
Ionosphere Laboratory
Kensington
Northern view on Operation Muskox challenges Ottawa glare
Moose River Ontario worker J Ost en Ogilestone ridicules the Canadian Army project Muskox as a northern rebuke to harsh conditions. He says people live healthily in tents near North Bay and Moosonee, and doubts the north is so dire. The piece notes vast Arctic publicity persists while locals share simple, rugged realities.
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J. Osten Ogiestone
Moose River
Ontario
Ogilestone
Ottawa Journal
North Bay
Moosonee
James Bay
Oglestone
Operation
Muskox
Shangri-La
Hamilton Spectator
Letter from Dublin Sister Describes Frugal Grocer
A June 1941 Dublin letter from the sister of Mrs. Fred Driver, delivered to Wimbledon London, recalls a grocer who would not cut a few pounds off a ham and insisted she take the whole ham.
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Dublin
Fred Driver
Wimbledon
London
Food Production A Lucky City Urges Global Fish Distribution
C J Morrow of Lunenburg Nova Scotia urged the Fisheries Council of Canada to treat fish as food and push international distribution. He called for resumed global controls, exemptions on fishing equipment, and a long term marketing plan to prevent famine and sustain living standards in Canada’s industry.
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Ottawa
C. J. Morrow
Lunenburg
N.S
Fisheries Counct of
Canada
Dominion
Morrow
United States
Cuba
Australia
J S Eckman
Vancouver
Eye health tips link butter and orange foods to night vision
The Nutrition Division links vitamin A to eye health and night blindness prevention. It notes butter as a good source and lists carrots squash pumpkin red peppers tomatoes and yellow corn as rich options. It advises daily, sizable servings whether cooked or raw. Armenia adopted Christianity as state religion in 303 A.D.
Luck And Honesty Reunite Wife With Purse In Ottawa
A serviceman’s wife gets back a purse containing $338 of her husband’s gratuity money, their marriage license and papers after it was found in a waste-paper basket at an Ottawa fruit store. The honest shopkeeper turned the find over to police, who restored it to the relieved wife.
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Ottawa
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A. 8. W. Rosenbach
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Hendon
England
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Buckinghamshire
F. Wakefield
Cippenham Court Farm
Slough
Tom Johnston
Scottish Tourist Board
Scotland
Japan
Birmingham
Western
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Gene Byrnes
Willie
Mrs. Abernethy
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Shanghai Littl
Charlies
J. W. Murphy
Fortune Magazine
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San Francisco
China
Okinawa
Central Reserve Bank
Chungking
Armenia
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Sienry- Ming
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