World Happenings Briefly Summarized
Salisbury couple receive wedding gift from a week long ration. Milnikiel named Poland’s ambassador to Canada. he is a 43 year old economist with no party ties. Czechoslovakia asks the United States for medical radioactive isotopes. In Seoul a large rally greeted the U N Commission with many right wing youths. Earl Mountbatten to resign as governor general of India in mid June. A Dutch painting by Pieter de Hooch sold in London for £3570. Postal Workers' Brotherhood backs higher pay to offset rising living costs. Lady Elizabeth Clyde fined £235 for currency rule evasion in France holiday.
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Elizabeth Clyde
Duke of Wellington
France
Farm Account Book Available For Farmers
A new Farm Account Book is now available at all post offices. It helps farmers keep receipts and expenses for operations, with forms numbered to match income tax return items and guidance on deductions. Free copies are offered to every farmer at their local post office.
Muffin Recipe for Large Yield from Old Cookbook
Sift 2 cups flour with 4 teaspoons baking powder and 1 teaspoon salt and 6 tablespoons sugar. Stir in 1 1/2 cups corn meal. Beat 2 eggs with 1 1/2 cups milk. Add to flour, then 1/2 cup melted shortening. Mix just enough to dampen. Bake in greased muffin pans at 425 F for 25 minutes yields 18 muffins.
Chocolate Layer Cake from Old Recipe Card
Recipe for a chocolate layer cake using flour sugar shortening eggs and buttermilk. Steps include sifting flour with salt and soda, melting chocolate with boiling water, creaming shortening and sugar, beating eggs, mixing chocolate and dry ingredients with milk, adding vanilla, baking two 9 inch pans, and frosting between and on top. Substitutions include corn syrup or honey for part of the sugar and adjusted milk.
Heavy Loads Move Oil Plant by Alaska Highway
The 10 heaviest Canadian trucks haul a 7 000 ton refinery from Whitehorse to Leduc, Alberta. A Los Angeles firm handles transport 60 ton loads over the icy Alaska Highway with a planned 50 hour run, as engineers build an ice bridge to cross Teslin Lake.
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Edmonton
Canada
Alaska
Whitehorse
Y.T
Dawson Creek
British Columbia
United States Army
Leduc
Imperial Oil Company
Mahomet
Los Angeles
Teslin Lake
Ducks Organize Eight Hour Shifts To Break Ice
In Riverside Ontario a flock of ducks rotates eight to twelve birds every eight hours to keep a 15 foot pond in motion and prevent ice from forming. The moving water disrupts ice scum as it forms and the tactic is noted as effective in the local ditch pool opposite a seed grain firm.
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Riverside
Ont
Windsor
Riverside Drive
Norway
Scientists debate return from Moon missions in early spaceflight talk
Dr J A Campbell of Edmonton addresses the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada warning that the key hurdle in space travel is returning to Earth. He notes required speeds to escape orbit and the challenges of reentry and communication after lunar flight.
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Toronto
J. A. Campbell
Edmonton
University of Alberta
Royal Astronomical Society of Canada
Moon
Mars
Earth
U.S. Army
United Kingdom Firm Secures $20 Million Tractor Order
A UK firm has secured a $20 million order for agricultural tractors for the United States, the largest single export order recorded. The first shipment went out this month and weekly deliveries of about $500,000 are planned until completion.
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United Kingdom
U.S.A
Britain
Princess Elizabeth Declines Travel for 1948
The Daily Graphic reports Princess Elizabeth and the Duke of Edinburgh will decline all official invitations to visit the British Commonwealth and the United States during 1948. The German V-2 rocket bombs traveled over 3,600 miles an hour.
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London
The
Daily Graphic
Elizabeth
Duke of Edinburgh
British Commonwealth
United States
Vitamin C sources beyond citrus in common foods
Health News reports Canadians may overlook other vitamin C sources. It lists potatoes turnips cabbage and peppers as cheap year round options plus berries and liver. It cautions about nutrient loss from overcooking and long storage and notes preparation methods preserve vitamin C.
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Health News
The
Health League of Canada
Proper Vegetable Cooking Methods Preserve Vitamin C
The text advises eating vegetables raw or with minimal water and cautions that turnips should be cooked 20 to 30 minutes to keep vitamin C. It recommends boiling water for all vegetables, then boiling, and notes higher vitamin C retention when using a pressure cooker.
Haitian ruler Henri Christophe creates noble titles
Henri Christophe, a former slave who led Haiti, established a self made nobility including the Count of Lemonade and the Duke of Marmalade between 1811 and 1820. These titles formed a ceremonial aristocracy within his kingdom.
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Henri Chistophe
Haiti
Lemonade
Duke of
Marmalade
Crossword Puzzle Clue List Mixed With Miscellany
A dense, partial crossword row lists numerous clues and partial answers across horizontal and vertical sections. The jumble includes references to poets, body parts, metals, animals, celestial terms, music, and geography with scattered numbers and odd spellings.
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Salisbury
England
Jan Milnikiel
Milnikiel
Korea
United Nations Commission
Seoul
Earl Mountbatten
India
Government House
Pieter de Hooch
Postal Workers’ Brotherhood
Civil Service Federation
Burlington
Firehall
Women’s Committee
B. Nault
Ducks
By William Ferguson
Jaurz Kore
Eer
Taiaa
Saake
Elmer
WEA Service
V. S
APA
Japan
Vermont
Little Reggie
Reggie
Margarita
Priscilla
Red Riding Hood
al Vermeer
Central Park
Islington
Marilyn Buschlen
Celebes
New Guinea Seaport
Faroe Islands
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