World Happenings Briefly Told
Government considers measures to aid soldier settlers in western growth areas to ease arrears burdens. Rangoon customs uncover opium valued at 1800 dollars in bean pods. Premier Pattullo seeks probe into possible bootlegging of Japanese into British Columbia. A special civil service inquiry committee is named in Ottawa. Sir James Barrie birthplace Kirriemuir to be renovated with National Trust of Scotland. A Queensland lottery winner identified as Louis LaFarr, lumber camp operator at Call Creek, near Vancouver. Police in Blacktown NS held for reference paw prints of dogs linked to two killer dog attacks on sheep flocks.
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Rangoon
India
Customs Department
Pattullo
British Columbia
House of Commons
Fernand Rinfret
Sir James Barrie
Kirriemuir
Scotland
Office of Works
National Trust of Scotland
Queensland
Vancouver
Louis LaFarr
Call Creek
Blacktown
Sydney
N.S.W
New Houses Built in England and Wales Since Armistice
Report notes 3,484,132 houses created in England and Wales since the Armistice as builders continue postwar construction surge. Government figures list regional totals and pace of development influencing housing policy.
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England
Wales
Overseas League Movement Aims to Unite the Empire
Canadians were invited to join the country’s branch of the Overseas League as part of a renewed effort to foster unity among British subjects worldwide. Lord Tweedsmuir opened the event with a London Ottawa telephone exchange, and John G. Bridges from London spoke of organizing Canada anew after past efforts proved futile.
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Overseas League
Sir Evelyn Wrench
Government House
Ottawa
Canada
Lord Tweedsmuir
London
John G. Bridges
Empire Development
League
Dashing Two Piece Pajamas For Sleep Or Lounge
Anne Adams outlines Pattern 4548 a stylish two piece pajama set for Misses and women with a yoke collar optional contrast fabric long or short sleeves and full trousers. The pattern fits sizes 12 to 20 and 30 to 40 with 39 inch fabric usage listed and sells for 20 cents by mail from the Anne Adams Pattern Dept Winnipeg Newspaper Union.
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Anne Adams
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave
Winnipeg
Journey by canoe and train to remote camps through lakes and moose
The narrator recalls a trek from Island Falls to Flin Flon via Eddy Lake and Barrier Lake, noting multiple portages, rail-assisted transport, and various craft from outboard canoes to gas yachts. They meet a wet patrolman named Johannson at Camp 38 who reports abundant moose and a lack of time to visit family. The trip includes tea boiled on a locomotive manifold and a desire for forest solitude away from phones.
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Johnson
Eddy Lake
Camp 6
Barrier Lake
Camp 5
Lake 2
Camp 38
Johannson
Lake One
Lake Mari
Island Falls
Jesus Cleanses Gerasene Demoniac After Stormy Crossing
A Sunday school lesson reviews Mark 5 1 17 and Mark 6 1 17 with the Gerasene demoniac drama. Jesus frees the man from many spirits, heals him, and the swine perish in the sea amid crowd fear and concern over loss of property.
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Jesus
Sea of Galilee
Luke
Depar
Coldest Room In World At Cambridge Station
The Cambridge Low Temperature Research Station in England hosts the coldest room where 100 degrees of frost can be reached. Scientists work in the chamber for no more than 19 minutes at a time.
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Cambridge
England
No footprints left as people leave grease on streets
A reflective line about modern life notes that people leave motor grease on concrete rather than footprints and that moisture from rain or snow falls everywhere, emphasizing pervasive change.
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Earth
Early signs and treatment of rectal cancer outlined
An article emphasizes rectal cancer as a fifth most common cancer and argues early detection offers cure in many operable cases. It lists warning signs such as bleeding, mucus, diarrhea or constipation, and urges immediate medical examination rather than assuming hemorrhoids.
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Miles, Lockhart-Mummery and Jones
England
Editorial Note on Accessing Dr Mullough Cancer Articles
Readers are invited to obtain the complete Dr Mullough cancer articles by writing to the Health League of Canada at 105 Bond St Toronto Ontario. The notice promotes full set access via mail and specifies the organization and address for submissions.
Tempered Epistles From a Ciphered Era
A cryptic line reads Tement epoils gelf and its reverse. The snippet hints at a reversible phrase or cipher rule, suggesting wordplay or coded text reflecting archival linguistic quirks.
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Chantecter
Grouth
By Anne Adans
Flin Fleon
Flin Flon
DR. J. W. S. McCullough
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