Titian Danae Painting Sparkles in Amsterdam Tale
A suspected fifth Titian version of Danae surfaces in Amsterdam during World War II. George Seeger believes the work, found in 1944 and bought for 800 guilders, is a hitherto unknown authentic Titian or his pupil. The Netherlands State Museum tested it and offered an annuity to Seeger if he deeded it to the museum.
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Titian
Amaterdam
Netherlands State Museum
Oenet
New York
Vienna
Madrid
Leningrad
Naples
Danae
Argos
Zeus
Perseus
Medusa
Amsterdam
George Seeger
Concertgebouw
Seager
Miele
Rembrandt
Small break ruins parcels sent to John overseas
A pickle jar leak spoiled more than half of Alice's gift to John at an Ottawa Canadian Army base post office. Tea, cookies, gum, chocolate bars and jelly powder were soaked. Remaining items included soup and beans rewrapped with loss forms. Post office advises sending in sealed metal containers.
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Alice
John
Ottawa
French need Canadian goods, envoy says Edmonton interview
Count de Hauteclouge the French ambassador to Canada said France is desperate for Canadian goods. He warned it may take five years to re organize itself into an efficient economic unit.
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France
Count de Hauteclouge
Canada
Edmonton
Dress ban in Soviet zone targets German military color
The Soviet occupation zone forbids the Wehrmacht uniform and all military color clothing. Marshal Georgi Zhukov signed the order enforcing the dress ban in public and private spaces.
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Wehrmacht
Georgi Phukov
The Black Forest's name tied to fir and pine growth
The article notes the Black Forest in Germany earned its name from the dense fir and pine forests. It mentions that type was set by hand until the mid 1880s, reflecting old printing practices from Gutenberg and Caxton eras.
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Black Forest
Germany
Guntenberg and
Caxton
An Interesting Couple Brockville Bank Manager And His Wife
The Howard Lapps of Brockville Ontario live above the Bank of Commerce. He runs the bank and collects old clocks for twenty five years with two machine shops. Mrs Lapp wins puzzles and contests, toured the world with Canadian Pacific Steamships, collects china and paints. She has fixed rare china and collects buttons and lustre ware. She also sculpts and writes while improving typing and shorthand at a local business college.
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Howard Lapps
Bank of Commerce
Brockville
Ont
Howard Lapp
Lapp
Business College
New Concrete-Piercing Fuse Aids Pacific Artillery
Col. M. D. Mills reveals American artillery in the South Pacific now uses a concrete piercing fuse on shells from 75 mm to 240 mm. The fuse places a high explosive booster inside the nose, enabling shells to crumble pillboxes and fortifications, allowing tanks to advance and preventing enemy reoccupation.
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M. D. Mills
Mt. Rainier
South Pacific
Mills
Baby on board Ottawa returns to Canada with infant aboard
The destroyer Ottawa brings 11 month old Robert Fraser home to Canada after a trip from the United Kingdom. His mother died in a German V bomb attack on England, and the ship’s crew built a crib in the captain’s cabin and provided a tub and washing horse for the infant. Robert stays with his grandparents in Picton Nova Scotia as his father, E Fraser, a motor mechanic from Toronto, accompanies him on leave.
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Ottawa
United Kingdom
Canada
Robert Fraser
E. Fraser
Clinton Street
Toronto
Robert
England
Picton
N.S
Smuts Draws Wide Attention on Return to Pretoria
Field Marshal Smuts speaks on his return home drawing broad notice from audiences in Pretoria and beyond including the British Empire heartland, San Francisco gathering, and the Dominion capital, as listeners recognize his rare intellect.
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Field Marshal Smuts
Pretoria
British Empire
San Francisco
Dominion
Train Jerks On Branch Line As Conductor Explains
A passenger in a day coach voices frustration over repeated starts and stops on a branch line. The conductor explains the engineer is teaching his wife to drive, leaving the passenger jolted from his seat three times.
Bees Journey Far For A Pound Of Honey
A new estimate suggests that to produce one pound of honey bees must fly a distance nearly three times around the globe, collecting nectar across vast landscapes and ecosystems.
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Earth
Shore engine promises fourfold power for world transport
British torpedo expert Benjamin Shore unveils a rotary engine the People claims will transform road, rail, sea and air transport. The design runs at 400 to 800 psi, is one fourth the size and weight, and promises four times the horsepower with greater fuel economy and no cylinders or pistons.
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Benjamin Shore
The
People
Navy uses frigate as floating barracks in Vancouver harbor
Rear Admiral W G Brodeur disclosed that the Royal Canadian Navy is using a frigate docked in Vancouver harbor as floating barracks for sailors awaiting discharge as a housing solution to the city’s shortage.
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Royal Canadian Navy
Vancouver
W. G. Brodeur
Pacific Coast
Fur Pelts Booklet Guides Market-Ready Skins
The Dominion Department of Agriculture publishes Preparation of Fur Pelts for the Market by W. M. Ritchie. It covers skinning open and case methods, handling Canadian animals, thawing, and the grading rules for ranch pelts including fox fur details and pelt sizes. Copies available by writing to the department.
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W. M. Ritchie
Dominion Department of Agriculture
Misplaced Sympathy For Germans Draws London Commentary
The London correspondent for the Ottawa Journal cites Wickham Steed warning against pity for the Huns. He notes a British officer’s anger at “sinking to Prussian levels” and cites Field Marshal Montgomery’s letter against fraternization. Reader sentiment varies, especially amid V bomb blasts, while Dr Hermann Rauschning’s Hitler Speaks outlines Germany’s slave state plan and Hess influence.
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London
Ottawa Journal
Wickham Steed
Field Marshal Montgomery
EastEnder
Hermann Rauschning
Hitler
Germany
Cloth shortages drive suicides and relaxed dress rules in India
In Bengal several women reportedly killed themselves after husbands could not buy new clothes. In Hazipur District government workers may go to work in pyjamas to conserve fabric.
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India
Bengal
Hazipur
Teaspoon From Folkestone Canteen Heads to Museum
A teaspoon chained to a counter in a Folkestone services canteen will be donated to the Folkestone museum. It has stirred 2,061,053 cups of tea over four years. Also noted, the island of Djerba off the north African coast is described as the fabled Land of the Lotus Eaters.
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Folkestone
England
Djerba
North African
Prodigious Meal Feat On CN Rail Train For Troops
W W Swinden describes feeding 600 troops in one sitting on Canadian National Railways trains homeward. A commissary kitchen car packs 6 000 pieces of equipment while 2 400 enamel ware and 1 800 cutlery serve the meal.
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Canadian National Railways
W. W. Swinden
Signalling work by English women amid fogs on railways
Large numbers of English women work in railway signalling, a dangerous task demanding clear heads and steady nerves. They operate amid moving traffic in all weather extremes, as stated by British railways.
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British Railways
Postwar shipping demand to favor 17000 27000 ton ships
Ships Magazine casts doubt on building super-colossal liners like the Normandy Queen Mary or Rex to meet postwar demand. It predicts new vessels will be in the 17000 to 27000 ton class as the era of large sea-going liners wanes.
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Ships Magazine
Canadians Help Ship More Food to Europe Under Atlantic Pledge
By eating less meat and sending more food to Europe Canadians are aiding the Atlantic charter pledge freedom from want for all peoples. The article suggests the public believes conditions are worse than many think, implying shortages are at risk if consumption does not adjust.
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Europe
Germans Cling to Defiance From Defeat in Editorial Stance
The Montreal Gazette notes German pride amid surrender and ban on the song Germany Shall Rise Again. It cautions that embittered groups like the Nazis could, from scarce resources and bleak prospects, pose future perils if not redirected into constructive channels.
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Germany
Montreal Gazette
Old Canadian Watch Keeps Time After 71 Years
Ottawa Citizen reports Mr. R Robbins of City Hall exhibit a gold pocket watch made by T. B. Odell Sherbrooke Quebec in 1874. The watch, belonging to Miss Martha White and her mother before, has never been repaired and still runs perfectly in daily use.
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Ottawa
James Neil
Arnprior
R. Robbins
City Hall
Neil
Robbin
T. B. Odell
Sherbrooke
Quebec
Geneva
Robbins
Martha White
Lewis Street
Were the facts less tragic the whitewash would fail
The Victoria Colonist denounces neutral nations for applying a liberal coat of whitewash to their stance on freedom. The piece argues those who did not fight for freedom opposed it and that whitewash cannot hide the underlying truth.
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Victoria Colonist
Surrey town seeks removal of street carnival over nerves
Residents petition to curb a street carnival saying it harms nerves more than wartime bombing. The piece notes loud midway acts including a crooning bearded lady and a mechanical hurdy gurdy amid carnival bedlam. It then states Germans are a little over a quarter of the foreign-born population in the United States.
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Surrey
England
Germany
United States
Hebrew Newspapers in Palestine Count Reaches Eight
A report notes eight daily Hebrew language newspapers operate in Palestine. The tally reflects growing press activity among Hebrew readers and the publishing sector in the region.
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Palestine
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Tito
Colin Dafoe
Belleville
Yugoslavia
Dafoe
Belgrade
Marshal Tito
Brockville Bank
Rotary Elaine
Armack
Christian Science Monitor
Mama- Ma
National Zoo
Washington, D.C
C.N.R
Halifax
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