Army engineers build mahogany base aluminum surfaced road in Dutch Guiana
Radio News reports United States Army engineers constructed a highway in Dutch Guiana on a base of mahogany and surfaced with aluminum, chosen for cost and availability amid the region's abundant aluminum ore. The note recalls Australia’s first wheat silos at Cockatoo in 1839 carved from rock and bottle shaped.
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Radio News
United States Army
Dutch Guiana
Australia
Cockatoo
Fighting Canada's Battles In Northern Manitoba And Saskatchewan Bushlands
An in depth look at the Flin Flon Mine in Manitoba’s north, detailing employee governance through the Welfare Board, career paths from muckers to foremen, year round operation, safety measures, medical care, and the town’s growth with Flin Flon as its fourth largest community.
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Canada
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Flin Flon
Robert Service
Yukon
Lou
Welfare Board
National Safety Council of America
St. John Ambulance Association
Supply Depot Rapidly Erected in Britain for U S Army
A small Royal Engineers team converted 200 acres of farmland into a major American Army supply depot in Britain in ten weeks. The complex features 14 miles of railways, seven miles of roads, tarred sheds, and a network of concrete roads, a feat the Telegraph notes would normally take a year.
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Royal Engineers
Britain
London Daily Telegraph
World Happenings Briefly Told In Canada And Britain
Alberta fur production topped five thousand dollars with mink leading at seventeen hundred thousand dollars. A Glasgow seaman born a year ago was delayed dating a donor due to torpedo damage. Churchill aide fund reaches almost four and a half million pounds. Canada reports two thousand five hundred sixty seven prisoners of war employed in wood cutting and related work. Britain holds three hundred fifty seven thousand six hundred thirty Italian POWs in custody. Calcutta opens airgraph filming station serving Bengal and neighboring regions. US Army requires a single document to rejoin civilian life, replacing seven forms and five letters.
Wise Men Quest and Herod Fear in Bethlehem Tale
A devotional on Matthew 2 1 12 recounts the Wise Men from the East seeking the newborn Jesus in Bethlehem during Herod’s reign. They honor the child with gifts, are warned in a dream, and depart by another route. The piece closes noting Greek origins of mathematics with Thales about 600 B C.
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Jesus
Herod the Great
Bethlehem
Judea
Matthew
Caspar
Melchoir
Balthazar
Kepler
Arabia
Persia
Herod
Jerusalem
Greece
School of
Thales
Crossword Puzzle Clues Horizontal and Vertical List
A list of crossword clues covering horizontal entries from 1 to 65 and vertical entries from 1 to 64, including definitions for weapons, fabrics, plants, animals, places, and common words. The puzzle features terms like Hippolyta appellation, sandstone mix, and Nile region references.
Royal Navy halts German imports from prewar sources
Britain reports success in its air and sea front against Germany with the Royal Navy cutting off key pre war imports. It states percentages of supplies blocked including oil eight percent cotton ninety eight percent maize ninety nine percent natural phosphates ninety five percent. Nearby Chinese writings claim 3000 years ago mention banana cultivation.
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Great Britain
Germany
Royal Navy
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Mink
Glasgow
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Wolframite
France
Ireland
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CME
Manhattan
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Kikoer
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