World Happenings Briefly Told
Grapes sell for 28 shillings a pound in Dublin. Liverpool firm Miss Exameline Berry Bourne mouth plans self-pumping bicycle wheels. A notable heiress left most of a $1,000,000 estate to reduce national debt. American airmen wear armor on missions over Germany with hardened rear shields. World jamboree of Boy Scouts to be held near Paris within six months after Europe’s war end. Ontarians top electricity users globally. Admiral Burrough named naval commander of Allied expeditionary forces under Eisenhower. An Adelaide clock factory shifts from grenades to alarms. Goebbels holds $1.55 million in Buenos Aires and bonds in Osaka. Hess rumored to have $400,000 in Sao Paulo.
Infra-red drying cuts coat-drying time for painted items
A London report says a newly developed infra-red tunnel process dries articles that have been coated in paint in one sixtieth of the normal time. It notes a military general purpose car can be dried in 30 minutes after spray painting with two coats of enamel.
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London
Dairy firm in Massachusetts makes Russia’s battlefield rations
A Southboro dairy products company produces Dvinaya Tushenka a canned meat and vegetable hash used as a type of K ration for Russia's armed forces.
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Southboro
Mass
Russia
Armoured 9000 Diesel Locomotive Remade For War Service
The Canadian National Railways 9000 diesel locomotive, a famed unit built in the 1920s and once the world’s largest of its kind, was fitted with armour and camouflaged as a box car for a secret armoured train. It served in British Columbia until the wartime threat faded and is now returned to passenger service with armour removed.
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Canada
Canadian National Railways
Transcona
British Columbia
Cln.r
Point St. Charles
North America
Montreal
Vancouver
Newspaper man duped by Gestapo rents Paris apartment
Dick de Rochemont of Time and Life discovered his Paris apartment had been occupied by the Gestapo while he was in unoccupied France. The concierge claimed no key then moved his belongings. The Gestapo paid three months’ rent in advance and kept the rooms until Paris was liberated, leaving 15 days of rent paid when de Rochemont returned.
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Dick de Rochemont
Paris
France
Gestapo
de Rochemont
New York
Not Good Business A Chinese Example of American Misdirection
A Detroit Times critique notes American packaging for China as ineffective and culturally misaligned. It contrasts white wrapping for U S products with Germany's red packaging and laments the persevering American self confidence hurting trade relations. The column also mentions a fact about snakes with elastic jaws that can swallow prey much larger than their mouths.
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China
Detroit Times
Sunday School Lesson on Mercy and Kingdom Parables
Memory selection from James 1:17 opens a service titled Matthew 12 14 devotional reading spanning many chapters. It covers mercy versus sacrifice human beings versus property healings accusations of Pharisees parables of the sower tares mustard seed leaven hidden treasure pearl of great value dragnet judgment and events from John the Baptist beheading to the feeding of the five thousand and Jesus walking on water.
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Jesus
Kingdom of Heaven
Matthew
John the Baptist
British ship line plans to scrap first class for postwar era
The London Daily Mail reports a top British line intends to remove first class on future ships, expecting air travel to dominate postwar passenger traffic. Cargo ships will dominate, with limited low priced sea travel for enthusiasts. Also a note that one bushel of potato eyes seed yields 10 to 15 bushels.
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London Daily Mail
Britain
Powder reveals thieves with violet light
British scientists devised a violet light powder sprayed around a bank vault that remains invisible yet makes thief's clothes glow. A suspect would involuntarily confess when the powder marks him under violet rays, as reported by the New York Herald Tribune.
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New York Herald Tribune
Crossword Puzzle Clues From A Historical Page
A compact crossword list presents across and down clues covering Tibetan priest Silkworm mine entrance and more. Many entries range from animal names to daily objects with twin clue sets for vertical and horizontal positions.
Library Of Information Serves Farmers and Students
The Dominion Department of Agriculture library recorded 36866 loans in the year ending March 31 1944. The total includes books pamphlets periodicals microfilms photo prints pictures and inter library loans with staff supplying information for biographies and other requests.
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Dominion Department of Agriculture
Health Is a Priceless Asset Promoted Across Canada
Health Week promoted by the Health League of Canada highlights that health is a priceless asset. Public health efforts expand sanitation, nutrition, and immunization while media and organizations push health education. Canadians are urged to adopt lasting personal and communal health habits for a fitter future.
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Canada
Health League of Canada
League
Dominion
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Dublin
Liverpool
Exameline Berry Bournemouth
Eng
Germany
Boyacouts
Pares
Europe
Pierre Delsuc
London Economist
United States
Harold M Burrough
Eisenhower
Bertram Ram
Adelaide
Australia
Goebbels
Buenos Aires
Osaka
Bank of Japan
Rudolf Hess
Sao Paulo
Brazil
Fire Department
Reader's Digest
By Fred Neher
James
By William Ferguson
Africa
Pythagoras
Keeper of Records
Ireland
Snake
Geraint
Persia
Peter
Yugoslavia
Ivan Subasic
Marshal Tito
Library of Information
Wealth League
Reg
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