Chrysanthemums, From Weed to Autumn Garden Pride
The Chinese weed Chrysanthemum Indicum is identified as the ancestor of cultivated chrysanthemums worldwide. After a global rise in popularity, the flower features in major shows from China to England, Germany, and the United States, with Americans viewing chrysanthemums as the queen of autumn blooms and a staple of both amateur and professional cultivation.
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China
William H Mark
Christian Science Monitor
Siberia
New England
England
Germany
Holland
France
Europe
Chefoo Horticultural Society
Arno Nehrting
Boston
Chefoo
America
Psalm's reassurance guides a jungle survivor's courage
Vern Haugland, AP correspondent, recounts six weeks lost in New Guinea jungle and how the 23rd Psalm sustains him. He recalls food from berries and water in streams, and credits faith with saving him as he aided a shoeless companion. The Christian Science Monitor echoes the theme.
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Vern Haugland
Associated Press
New Guinea
Christian Science Monitor
Bells of Old England ballad by Adaskin brothers
The Royal York's Murray Adaskin and his brother John composed a ballad titled The Bells of Old England inspired by church bells heard in England celebrating North African victory. The Telegram notes the emotional response of Canadians and Americans and quotes lines about freedom and unity.
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Murray Adaskin
Royal York Hotel
Toronto
John
England
Adaskin
Murray
Old England
Scarce Pins and Pins Saving Duty urged by Ottawa
Consumer Information Service at Ottawa urges Canadians to save pins hairpins bobby pins paper clips and other small metal items. These metals steel tin and aluminum are vital for airplanes and tanks and shortages are looming while quality declines. Keep needles in one place clean rusted pins and pick up scattered items to reduce waste and stretch available supplies.
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Consumer Information Service
Ottawa
Nothing To Boast About: Swiss Beat American Wire Trick
American watchmakers boasted of ultra fine wire only to have a Swiss rival bore a hole through the center of the sample when inspected under a microscope. The anecdote contrasts American pride with Swiss precision.
Largest South Africa diamond valued at 150000 dollars
The largest diamond ever cut and polished in a South Africa factory is valued at 150000 dollars. The 21 carat stone, about one inch by a half inch, was recently found in Kimberley diggings.
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South Africa
Kimberley
Important Discovery New Agency Stops Bleeding Quickly
A new medicine from rabbit plasma halts bleeding rapidly, touted as the fastest blood clotting substance yet. Researchers led by Dr. I A Parafentsev at Lederle Laboratories developed a globulin from rabbit plasma that clots 60 000 parts of blood in seconds and contains citrate to prevent further clotting, mirroring human plasma applications.
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Ring
Red Cross
I. A. Parafentsev
Lederle Laboratories
Parafentsev
Roman Wall Unearthed Beneath London Debris
A Times letter notes an ironic find after blitz debris removal reveals the line of the Roman wall between Guildhall and St John Zachary as old bastions reemerge. Sydney R. Jones hopes the wall and its meaning are not lost as London rises again.
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Times of London
Garden of
St. John Zachary
Sydney R. Jones
Sotwell
Wallingford
Berkshire
London
Italy
Britain
Caesar
Hitler
New York Times
Aye-aye Found Only in Madagascar
The aye-aye, a nocturnal lemur about the size of a cat, is native exclusively to Madagascar, shaping its status as a unique primate in the region.
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Madagascar
West Coast Fishermen Oppose Japanese Reentry to Industry
A 40 year old report notes sockeye salmon prices rising from 10 cents to 1 dollar and reports British trade gains. It recalls the 1900 strike when Japanese fishermen delivered catches to canneries, leaving white fishermen angry. The Fraser River season saw over 800000 sockeyes in a single day and a 24 hour halt to allow canneries to keep up.
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Pacific
Britain
Fraser River
Wartime statue washers keep London monuments clean
Oliver Oldfield explains that washing statues remains a steady job in wartime, comparing care of statues to tending a baby. He recalls Peter Pan’s daily cleaning, beeswax treatments, and a chocolate bar left by children, noting few washers remain from the prewar corps of 13 for 240 statues.
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London
Oliver Oldfield
Peter Pan
Oldfield
Peter
The
Crown
Office of Works
The Channel Islands Under German Occupation
The Port of London Monthly recalls the Channel Islands as the only British dominions to fall to the enemy. It notes two years since the Nazi invasion and the Guernsey pier massacre, with islanders living in fraught exile, awaiting liberation from Lord Portsea’s leadership to the youngest child.
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Channel Islands
England
France
Guernsey
Lord Portsea
Port of London Monthly
Hitler avoids Wagner during music talks
The Detroit Free Press notes that although Adolf Hitler admires Richard Wagner, he never acknowledges or discusses a specific Wagner work in his presence. The piece in question is the "Rule, Britannia" March which Wagner allegedly composed and sent to the London Philharmonic Orchestra in 1840.
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Detroit Free Press
Hitler
Richard Wagner
London Philharmonic Orchestra
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K. M. Ward
Montreal
M. J. Cross
Sydney
N.S
C. W. Waern
D. B. Hall
Edmonton
D. Middleton
C. Fraser
Brockville
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Pictou
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