Britain’s Moving Picture Industry Aims Higher After War
Britain’s film industry, battered by both world wars, plans a postwar expansion. Government measures kept studios in use for wartime needs, with 11 big studios idle. Officials expect renewed production, while leaders like Sir Alexander Korda and J Arthur Rank envision British films dominating once conditions improve. Rank seeks global distribution and large projects such as Caesar and Cleopatra with cross‑trademark filming planned in Britain and the United States.
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Bitain
Sens
United Kingdom
United States
Britain
Capt
C Waterhouse
Board of Trade
House of Commons
Alexander Korda
J. Arthur Rank
Gaumont-British
Odeon
Canada
Rank
George Bernard Shaw
Toronto snow shoveling kids prove price control works
After a big Toronto storm, school children shovelled snow for money. Two boys earned 21 dollars in a day and six others 15 dollars for clearing a single apartment. With schools closed, the white harvest shows how price ceilings influence local labor.
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Toronto
Beaver Dam Dilemma Haunts Maine Central Crew
A Maine Central Railroad crew led by Alfred Cowan struggles for months with a persistent beaver dam near West Farmington. Each morning the beavers rebuild the dam after the crew destroys it, washing out the shoulder of the track with impounded water and forcing repeated repairs.
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Beaver Colony
Maine Central Railroad
Alfred Cowan
West Farmington
Cowan
Beavers
Belgians Endorse Laissez Faire Policy in Congo
In the Belgian Congo the policy forbidding native advancement is relaxed allowing Congo lese negros to pursue any vocation and rise to any position based on ability and choice. The change marks an emancipation from former restrictions, signaling broader social mobility.
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Belgian Congo
Japanese Radio Boasts Of Inventions Marching On
The FCC recorded a Japanese controlled Batavia radio boast listing four alleged inventions. It describes a plane far larger than the B 29 and capable of directing explosive pilotless craft and torpedo boats. It also claims a city destroying ray and a detector for B 29s and subs plus a chemical agent that sticky gasoline to disable enemy engines.
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Batavia Radio
Federal Communications Commission
Asahi
More Bible Readers Increase Among Young Adults
Dr Gallup reports a rise in U S Bible readers from 59 percent in 1942 to 64 percent last year. Growth is strongest among 21 to 29 year olds with 48 percent reading in 1942 and 57 percent last year. Reading rises with age and women and farmers read more. South leads, New England the lowest.
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Dr. Gallup
United States
South
New England
Middle Atlantic States
Chinese Everlasting Lily blooms once in decades
The Chinese Everlasting Lily is said to flower only every forty to fifty years, with about one in ten thousand plants producing a bloom. Giving a plant with one full bloom and one bud is regarded as a high Chinese compliment.
An Unusual Hobby of a Wyoming Wool Expert
Dean J. A. Hill, a wool expert and college instructor at the University of Wyoming, collects photos of couples celebrating golden wedding anniversaries. He notes longer marriages may cause couples to look alike and uses the project to stay in touch with friends. He plans to stop when he finds a hundred-year couple.
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Dean J. A. Hill
College of Agriculture
University of Wyoming
Dean Hill
Parachute Pioneer Robert Cocking Remembered in Ottawa Journal
A London letter in the Ottawa Journal recalls Robert Cocking, who died July 25 1837 during a failed balloon parachute descent at Burnt Ash field. The tombstone in Black Heath churchyard notes the 1903 erection by a fellow aeronaut. The piece urges buying War Savings Stamps.
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London
Ottawa Journal
Robert Cocking
Blackheath
Nassau
Aeronaut
Simplest Crochet Fluffy Ruffles Apron Pattern 7361
Quick and easy crochet apron pattern 7361 uses inexpensive mercerized cotton in feminine pastels or white. Provides directions for apron stitches and glamour for entertaining. Send twenty cents in coins to Household Arts Depart Winnipeg Newspaper Union for pattern 7361. include name address and pattern number. Pattern delivery may be slower due to mail.
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Household Arts Department
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Avenue E
Winnipeg
Man
LODE Campaign Reaches Objective in Lethbridge
Campaign headquarters announced Lethbridge Alberta became the first Canadian community to exceed its goal for the Imperial Order of the Daughters of the Empire LODE service library drive.
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Imperial Order of the Daughters of the Empire
Lethbridge
Alberta
Canada
The Many Narrow Escapes Of Premier Churchill
Premier Churchill dodged snipers and bombs across continents as he pursued politics and war reporting. The list recounts narrow escapes from 1892 Bournemouth to 1931 New York including crashes, derailed trains, and battlefield perils faced by Winston Churchill.
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Churchill
John Sutton
Remier Churchill
Athens
Bournemouth
Switzerland
Cuba
Mr. Churchill
India
Omdurman
South Africa
Lympne
Buc
France
One Woman Holds Wartime Roles Across Village
Mrs. P. M. Rowell of Northill Grange Bedfordshire is described as a parish councillor chairman of the village hall committee president of the women's institute chief salvage steward vitamin distributor Ministry of Information correspondent and driver in the volunteer car pool. She also serves with the Women's Voluntary Association parochial church council church social committee Soldiers Sailors and Air Force Benevolent Fund local comforts fund and a first aid party while caring for a house a husband and four children.
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Women's Institute
Ministry of Information
Women’s Voluntary Association
Soldiers’, Sailors’ and Air Force Benevolent Fund
Local Comforts Fund
P. M. Rowell
Northill Grange
Bedfordshire
Britain
London Daily Mail
Writing Letters and Saving Them for Future Generations
A Peterborough Examiner piece extols writing letters with liveliness and spontaneity. It notes modern homes lack storage but suggests keeping a few bundles in a trunk or cupboard for descendants.
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Peterborough Examiner
Fortisan fibre touted as world’s strongest from Britain
British Celanese, Ltd. manufactures Fortisan a special fibre described as the strongest in the world. The fibre is intended for wartime uses including parachute canopies and cords for dropping supplies from aircraft.
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Britain
British Celanese, Ltd
First Bradford worsted mill Erected About 150 Years Ago
The earliest Bradford worsted mill was built about a century and a half in Bradford England marking a key milestone in local textile industry history.
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Bradford
England
Saskatchewan's first woman mayor serves Sutherland
Mrs. John T. McOrmond became the first female mayor of Sutherland Saskatchewan on January 1, after nine years as a town councillor. She welcomed Major David V. Currie VC, visiting his Saskatchewan birthplace. She advocates women working with men for governing the community.
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J. T. McOrmond
David V. Currie
V.C
Moose Jaw
Owen Sound
Sutherland
Saskatchewan
Saskatoon
McOrmond
Canadian Pacific Railway
Major Currie
C.P.R
Falaise Gap
David
Mayor McOrmond
John T. McOrmond
Saskahewan
Kiston
Ontario
Queen's University
Kirston
Fort William
Luther
Royal Canadian Air Force
Charles McOrmond
John Ormond
T Branch
Fighting Forces
Gordon
R.C.A.F
R. H. More
Montreal
US physicians killed in action in 1944 report
The Journal of the American Medical Association notes in its current issue that seventy United States physicians were killed in action in theatres in 1944 and 113 others died during military service. It also mentions the first white settlement in Australia on the site of modern Sydney in 1788.
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United States
American Medical
Ciation
Australia
M Jern
Sydney
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