Gravesend Trinity House pilots endure war perils at sea
The Trinity House pilots from Gravesend, some serving elsewhere, faced German mines air raids shelling and E boats while guiding merchant ships past Britain's coasts. About 200 pilots at Gravesend endured danger with losses and escapes, hoping to return to Thames work next year.
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Trinity
St. Clement's
Deptford Strand
Trinity House
Britain
Gravesend
Thames
London Evening Standard
World Happenings Briefly Told In One Reported Slice
A lab costing 30000 is to be built at Sault Ste Marie for forest insect study. Canada war effort praised in London Evening Standard editorial. Wheat fed to livestock in Prairie Provinces fell from 60000000 to 46500060 bushels. Sir Thomas Barlow died at 99, physician to three rulers. French Civil Airways show route mileage 47006. Canning output rose in 1944 vs 1943. Royal Navy moved over 10500000 British troops in wartime journeys. Fewer than 3000 lives lost to enemy action. An admiral’s dress sword found in Cardiff rail car among property sent to Lost Property Office. Netherlands Indies sugar and tobacco offered by the Japs for diamonds. Sir John Anderson reports British war debt of 13795000000 pounds to Commons.
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Royal Navy
Cardiff
London
Helpful hints for apple sauce from the agriculture section
Consumer tips suggest salting apple sauce lightly to enhance flavor and reduce sugar. Use leftover canned fruit syrup to replace water and some sugar. Add little water since apples are mostly water. Do not add spices unless serving the same day as spices like nutmeg can make the sauce bitter.
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Agriculture Department
Happy Relations Quote From Belgian Reception
Canadian ambassador W F A Turgeon said relations between Belgians and Canadian troops are the very happiest at a Brussels reception for Allied correspondents. Also present were British American and Allied journalists.
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Belgium
W. F. A. Turgeon
Brussels
Congress Hotel Chicago to Open With Thirteenth Floor
When the Congress Hotel in Chicago reopens on May 1 it will defy superstition by including a thirteenth floor but will omit any room numbered thirteen. The change aims to satisfy superstitious guests while preserving the floor’s structure.
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Congress
Chicago
Jesus Heals a Paralytic in Capernaum
From Gadara on the eastern shore Jesus returns to Capernaum his adopted city. Four men carry a paralyzed man to Jesus, who forgives sins and proves his power by healing the man, prompting the crowd to praise God for such authority among men.
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Jesus
Peter
Gadara
Sea of Galilee
Nazareth
Matthew
Capernaum
Luke
God
Zigabenus
Tunnel to reopen at Niagara Falls under new tunnel
The Table Rock house in Queen Victoria Park will reopen to tourists this year. A new 460 foot concrete lined tunnel under Niagara Falls will be completed at a cost of 45 949 dollars. The tunnel will be chiselled from solid rock 150 feet below the road level and run parallel to the old tunnel which was closed due to erosion. Officials say the new tunnel will withstand erosion for 100 years.
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Table Rock House
Queen Victoria Park
Niagara Falls
Niagara Parks Commission
Table Rock
Pheasants Group Referred to as a Nide
A group of pheasants is called a nide. The note provides a concise definition of the collective noun used for pheasants.
Iron ore finds signal steel growth in Canada
Iron Mine Watkin Samuel, chief engineer at Steep Rock, told the Royal Canadian Institute that cheap electric power could spur a big expansion of Canada's steel and heavy industries. He estimated 31 million tons of high grade iron ore at Steep Rock suitable for open hearth use, with a third ore body not yet estimated.
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Watkin Samuel
Steep Rock
Ontario
Royal Canadian Institute
Dominion
Crossword Puzzle Clue List From Historical Page
Puzzle items include horizontal clues such as To eat short and Soaks as well as vertical clues like Lack and Obstructions. Entries span categories from geography and biology to measurement and art, reflecting a dense crossword grid.
Canadian health official praises Dominion tour and British health plans
Dr. George F. Buchan, Willesden medical officer, completed a coast to coast Canadian tour under the Health League of Canada. He praised Canadian health institutions and health workers, spoke in Montreal and Ottawa, and noted Britain aims for National Health Service provisions while improving housing and nutrition. The tour, arranged by the Wartime Information Board and the British Ministry of Information, included a CBC radio broadcast from Montreal.
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England
George F. Buchan
Willesden
London
Health League of Canada
Buchan
Dominion
Ott
Montreal
Britain
Medical Officers of Health
Vancouver
Charlottetown
CBC
Canadian Wartime Information Board
British
Ministry of Information
Electric light bulb efficiency rises sixfold since 1900
The note highlights a sixfold increase in electric bulb efficiency since 1900 and urges readers to buy War Savings Stamps regularly.
Lumsden Killed in Japanese Air Attack aboard U S Warship
Lieutenant General Sir Herbert Lumsden, once Churchill's special representative at General MacArthur's headquarters, was killed January 6 in a Japanese air attack aboard a U S ship during the Pacific campaign. He likely died during the Luzon invasion in the Philippines.
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Sir Herbert Lumsden
U.S
Pacific
Lumsden
Churchill
Gen. MacArthur
Luzon Island
Philippines
Not Yet Settled Canadian Immigration Policy Postwar
Ottawa reports a postwar immigration policy not settled and unlikely to be debated before the general election. Officials foresee little movement of immigrants for some time after hostilities end as returning service members and their families begin to reunite, a process expected to take considerable time.
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Canada
Ottawa
Relics Found in Wales Highlight Celtic Antiquity
Iron age relics dating from 200 Bc to 50 Ad were presented to the National Museum of Wales by Evan R. Hughes of Caergeiliog. Museum governors say the finds touch life and art in Celtic antiquity at more points than any prior deposit in Wales.
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National Museum of Wales
Evan R. Hughes
Caergeiliog
Wales
Swifts and Swallows Highlight Urban Bird Life
A compact note contrasts swifts and swallows as agile acro bats of the avian world, noting their aerial prowess and shared adaptations for high speed flight. The piece emphasizes their resemblance in form and behavior to bat species.
Ancient burial ground found on King Farouk estate
A Cairo report says an ancient burial ground discovered over two years ago on a King Farouk estate along the lower Nile may yield rich information. Zaaki Yusif Bey from the Directorate of Antiquities noted tomb contents point to a civilization predating the First Dynasty, with hieroglyphics on a perfume bottle stopper naming a king not tied to early dynasties. The find could illuminate Egypt's earliest civilization period.
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Cairo
Farouk
Lower
Nile
Zaaki Yusif Bey
Directorate of Antiquities
London Spectator
Judge questions prisoner on robbery with sole culprit reply
The judge asks if anyone else helped in the robbery and the prisoner replies that he acted alone. The judge comments that a partner complicates honesty and trust in such crimes. The exchange underscores doubts about accomplices.
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Edward VII
George We
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John Anderson
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Commons
By Fred Neher
Monty
Field Marshal Montgomery
Royal Engineers
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Niagara
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Peruse
Earth
Nevada
Iin
By William Ferguson
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Arizona
NEA Service
Russia
Egypt
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Bane
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