World Happenings Briefly Told In Brief
Uncertain writers may get a screen chance via a British film industry school. Crossing streets outside crosswalks incurs on the spot fines in Russia. An air lunch mix boosts non oxygen altitude by 5000 feet. Franklin letters sold in London for 21600 dollars to A S W Rosenbach. Britain spends about seven million daily on the war. Koenigsberg mayor hanged for leaving post. Chinese petition bans alcoholic liquor to save grain. Lady Mary Palmer marries Major Anthony Strachey at Westminster Abbey. Free bedside phone trials at Christie Street Hospital Toronto. veterans hospitals planned across Canada.
Ancient Roman kiln yields Britain's largest pottery find
Maj. A. G. Wade reports discovery of a two acre kiln in Northeast Hampshire forest yielding many truckloads of fine Roman pottery fragments from the third century. A Home Guardsman inspired the find by recalling his grandfather spoke of pottery there. The artifacts, showing decoration unknown to modern experts, will go to the British Museum.
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Britain
Forest
Hampshire
A. G. Wade
Betley
Home
British Museum
Paris Exhibit Showcases Allied Support Paintings
A Paris exhibit for Allied soldiers displays works by Renoir Degas Cezanne Monet Van Gogh Matisse and Winston Churchill. Churchill's landscape Olive Trees is dated 1938 and praised for its detail though a French critic quips he might have become a greater painter if not devoted to state affairs.
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Paris
Renoir
Degas
Cezanne
Monet
van Gogh
Matisse
Winston Churchill
Churchill
Trans-Canada Airlines launches third daily transcontinental
Mayor Garnet Coulter of Winnipeg delivers Lake Winnipeg gold-eyes to mayors in Regina Lethbridge Calgary Edmonton Vancouver and Victoria as the Montreal to Pacific Coast route expands. Howard Chase TC A Station Manager receives the boxes for shipment on the inaugural flight. The fourteenth passenger Lodestar aircraft brings 42 seats daily between Montreal Winnipeg and the coast, a 100 percent increase in available seats versus before February 1. Extra flight personnel from the air force after overseas tours made extension possible.
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Trans- Canada Air Lines
Montreal
Pacific Coast
Garnet Coulter
Winnipeg
Lake Winnipeg
Regina
Lethbridge
Calgary
Edmonton
Vancouver
Victoria
Howard Chase
T.C.A
C.A
Air Force
German airman seeks aid in North Scotland home
A young schoolmistress in North Scotland, with her mother and sister, greeted a tired stranger at their door. The man spoke no common language until he answered in Latin, saying he was German and had walked miles to the house. He surrendered a revolver and waited as authorities were summoned.
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Scotland
London Daily Mail
Early cars spook horses prompting dummy horse front on vehicle
A historic note says early automobiles terrified many horses causing frequent runaways. One manufacturer reportedly mounted a dummy horse head on the front of a car to fool horses like Dobbin.
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Dobbin
Cadet program to study girls inclusion in postwar youth plan
The Dominion inter service cadet committee in Winnipeg discussed joint cadet training with education heads and stated it favors including girls in cadet training. It will forward a recommendation to the chief of staff after further consideration.
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Dominion Inter-Service Cadet Committee
Winnipeg
Departments of Education
Peter Declares Jesus as Christ in Caesarea Reveal
In Caesarea Philippi Jesus tests the disciples by asking who the crowd say he is and who they declare him to be. Peter answers, “Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God,” a recognition Jesus blesses as divinely revealed. The lesson notes contrast this with social pressures and includes a closing remark on marriage proposals.
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Peter
Jesus the Christ
Matthew
Jesus
Caesarea Philippi
Mark
Luke
Herod
Elijah
Jeremiah
William Frazer McDowell
Berkeley
Christ
God
Simon Bar-Jonah
John
Engineers discuss future of air transport at Winnipeg meeting
Four senior Trans Canada Air Lines officials spoke at the 59th annual general and professional meeting of the Engineering Institute of Canada in Winnipeg. They presented papers on operating a modern air line, airline development, radio and communications in commercial flight, and new materials and processes.
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Engineering Institute of Canada
Winnipeg
Trans Canada Air Lines
J. T. Bain
J. T. Dyment
S. S. Stevens
P. E. Lamoureux
London prints exact copies for postwar German children
Thousands of children's school books are being printed in London for postwar German education for ages six to twelve. They are exact copies of six worn pre Hitler German primers found in a captured town, hidden by an unknown schoolmaster. Over age twelve, new schoolbooks are being written to counter Nazi distortions.
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London
Steel Needs For Cruiser Construction
Construction of a cruiser requires about 5,500 tons of ordinary steel exclusive of the steel in the ship's armor and guns.
Menace of disease highlighted during Health Week in Canada
A message from Earl of Athlone to the Health League of Canada urges barriers to epidemics and health measures as Canada enters a critical period. The patronage aims to boost public service programs to prevent disease and improve national health during Health Week opening February 4.
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Health League of Canada
Earl of Athlone
Canada
Health League
League
Dominion
US Seeds To Aid Spring Planting In Soviet Farmland
The Soviet Union plans a spring planting drive in its occupied agricultural regions aided by 20,000 tons of American seeds. The operation targets rehabilitation after German occupation and destruction during the retreat.
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Soviet Union
Crossword Puzzle Clues Mixed Across and Down
A dense set of crossword hints parsed from a page includes numerous across and down entries such as Solo Amalekite king High mountain To put in relation To recline Squads Thoughtful and many others. Several clues reference historical terms and common word functions across categories like verbs nouns adjectives and symbols.
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Russia
Benjamin Franklin
A. S W. Rosenbach
Philadelphia Bookdealer
John Anderson
Berlin
Koenigsberg
Oder Bend
Chinese Ministry of Food
Mary Palmer
Princess Elizabeth
Lord Selborne
Westminster Abbey
Anthony Strachey
Baron O'Hagan
Christie Street Hospital
Toronto
Veterans Hospitals
Veteran's Affairs Department
Ottawa
By Fred Neher
BY William Ferguson
Sii Hwang TI
Sixte
E.I.C
P. E. LaMouneix
High Mountain
Teutonic Deity
Persia
Germany
Reg'lar
Krow
Gene Byrnes
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