World Happenings Briefly Told
A roundup of small items includes a Toronto court fine for radio license failures and a London butterfly sale yielding £42, a Cardamine butterfly selling for £22. Other notes mention Halle's Leuna plant shifting to baking powder, China funding Oxford scholars, mosquito nets trade, U.S. rubors, Magna Charta returned to Britain, tax reforms in Germany, and Paul H. Nadeau winning a Canadian astronomy medal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oxford Circus
London
The
Royal Astronomical Society of Canada
Paul H. Nadeau
Quebec
Canada
The Years Ahead guides Canadian YMCA planning
The Years Ahead, a Canadian YMCA study, receives unanimous praise as a million dollar book. The National Council outlines a plan of one night conferences in major cities to spread its recommendations across Canada in 1946.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Y.M.C.A
Charles Bauckham
Sterling Trusts Corporation
National Council
Niagara Falls
Canada
Winnipeg
Saskatoon
Regina
Calgary
Edmonton
Victoria
Vancouver
New Westminster
Moose Jaw
Lethbridge
Y M.C.A
National Council of the
Ymc.a
United States
Nickel Man Emil Bussemey Dies at 70 in Waterbury
Emil A. Bussemey known as the Nickel Man of Oakville district dies at 70. A real estate dealer and builder, he gave nickels to children on Halloween starting 1929 after an accident. His gesture grew from one bell to 587 nickels in 1938, a local legend among youngsters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emil A. Bussemey
Hallowe'en
Oakville
Waterbury
Conn
Bussemey
Hallowe’en
Bussemeys
Hallowen'en
Art Treasures and Taxed Islands in Odd Contours
British Museum curator Yvonne Hackenbroch revealed she concealed six years a donation by Viscount Lee of Fareham to the University of Toronto Hart House. The collection of medieval gold silver enamel and manuscripts awaits her catalogue. Meanwhile the 200 inhabitants of the untaxable Turbot and Tura islands thwart a tax raid by deserting to Aran and pooling livestock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Viscount Lee
University of Toronto
Ireland
Hart House
Yvonne Hackenbroch
British Museum
Fareham
Canada
Lord Lee
Miss Hackenbroch
Elizabeth
Tura
Turbot
Galway
Aran
Galway Bay
Galway Council
Markets Available But Meats Short Owing To Canada Supply
Lt. Col. J H Tremblay Canadian trade commissioner for north west Europe says western Canadian farmers plan to exit livestock making supply tight though markets exist. He notes English bacon could be available if supply could meet demand as he tours the Dominion gathering export data for France Belgium and Holland before moving to Paris.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. H. Tremblay
North West
Europe
Col. Tremblay
Dominion
Paris
France
Belgium
Holland
Health Week Focuses on Canadian Public Health Efforts
A nationwide Health Week urges Canadians to organize for health with support from federal provincial and municipal health departments schools churches and service clubs. It highlights the need for broader education on preventive medicine and cites gaps in milk pasteurization laws and pre-marriage medical exams as examples of insufficient public health action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dominion
Canada
Health League of Canada
British Fashion Outlook Seeks War-Era Materials Use
Designers urge the Board of Trade and ministries to adopt wartime materials for next year. Photoluminescent satin glows in darkness and covered night landing paddles on carriers. Plastic fabrics for tropical zones promise vast design possibilities for officers and apparel care with damp cloths removing stains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Trade
Britain
Royal Air Force
Canadian nurses send coats and capes to Dutch peers
One thousand coats and four hundred capes were sent by Canadian nurses to nurses in Holland. Miss C H Menalda, president of the Netherlands Nurses Association, expresses deep gratitude in a letter to Miss Fanny Munroe, praising the generosity and distributing the clothing to hospitals and nurses in need. The shipment was organized by provincial nurses associations and routed through the Canadian Nurses Association. The article adds a historical note that the Saxons were first mentioned by Ptolemy in the mid second century.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nurses of
Canada
Holland
Fanny Munroe
Canadian Nurses Association
C. H. Menalda
Nurses Association of the
Netherlands
Miss Menalda
Nurses Associations
Farm Problems The Illustration Station Program Expands
The Illustration Station program of farm organization and production advances across 209 private-farm units in Canada. Supervisors operate from Experimental Stations in Agassiz and Creston B C Beaverlodge Lacombe Lethbridge Indian Head Scott Melfort Swift Current Fort William Kapuskasing Central Experimental Farm Ottawa Lennoxville Norman Dia Ste Anne de la Pocatiere Makamik Fredericton Kentville Charlottetown and other sites. Most Middle Ages mystery plays used masks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dominion Experimental Farms Service
Agassiz
Creston
B.C
Beaverlodge
Lacombe
Lethbridge
Alberta
Indian Head
Scott
Britain to Import German Scientists for Industrial Drive
Industry Britain plans a broad scientific drive importing leading German researchers to aid development across housing, clothing, and transport. Equipment from Germany will feed research bodies. 250 experimental houses near Watford will test heating lighting and ventilation and study building acoustics. A £750,000 grant will support over 30 trade research associations in diverse sectors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Britain
Germany
Department of Industrial and Scientific Research
Watford
Hertfordshire
Canadian Physical Education Convention Held in Jasper
The national meeting of the Canadian Physical Education Association will take place in Jasper Alberta from June 21 to 23. Officials announced the event marking the first time the conference is held in Alberta.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canadian Physical Education Association
Jasper
Alta
Alberta
Knife Rack Care and Storage Guidance
Keep knives in a wooden rack inside the kitchen drawer to protect blades. Avoid rubbing blades against other knives or utensils as this dulls edges and reduces cutting efficiency.
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Toronto
Perons
Leuna
Halle
Government of
China
Oxford University
Japan
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
New York
Connecticut
Bogart
Louis Bromfield
Lucas Telephone Co
Mansfield
George Hubler
Lancas
Bromfield
Hubier
Humphrey Bogart
Lauren Bacall
Health Ee Canada
Judy Jamieson
Ont
Lillian Jamieson
Coats
Ptolemy
By William Ferguson
Olande
Yore
Alaska
Continental
U.S
Ataesan
Elmer
New Zealand
Physical Education Assn
By Fred Neher
Reg'lar
Gene Byrnes
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