World Happenings Briefly Told In Postwar Update
Glasgow to Belfast service resumes after six years of wartime duty. New teachers train college staff must handle kitchens due to shortages. Trans-Pacific air service between Australia and Vancouver may begin weekly. Domesday Book office reopened after wartime shutdown. US imports to Germany drop near 50 percent in last quarter. US BLS reports US city family food bill up about 4 percent mid Oct to mid Nov. Yugoslavia demands purge of Nazi elements before Austria peace. Ernie Sampson claims oyster-opening title in London with 6,000,000 oysters opened at a rate of six per minute.
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Glasgow
Belfast
Teachers Training College
Ernie Sampson
London
Gemini Four Passengers Private Plane Sets 150 MPH
United Kingdom firm unveils the Gemini, a twin engine light aircraft for private owners air taxi or ambulance use. It carries four with luggage, reaches 150 miles per hour, and features quiet operation and strong single engine performance for steep turns and climbs.
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United Kingdom
Empire Digest
London
Gemini
Juveniles Ordered to Pay $800 for Halloween Vandalism
In Prince Rupert British Columbia twenty four youths including two girls must contribute shares to cover $800 in property damage from last Halloween. Convicted in juvenile court Judge W D Vance placed them on suspended sentence for 11 months, the worst Halloween damage in the city’s history. Quinine’s long history is noted as a pre modern remedy.
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Prince Rupert
B.c
Hallowe'en
W. D. Vance
V-2 Test Sparks Desert Firelight at White Sands
Dr L J Paddison and a team tested V-2 weaponry at White Sands New Mexico proving grounds. A night launch lit the desert three miles and residents 150 miles away saw a red glow in the sky. The crew observed no visible shooting stars as explosives formed artificial meteorites during the test.
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L. J. Paddison
White Sands
N.M
Britain tests new jet aircraft in Canada under cold conditions
A supply ministry spokesman says Britain's jet propelled aircraft will undergo tests in Canada and other parts of the empire before final designs are fixed. Cold weather tests have been conducted in Canada with cooperation from authorities, and wind tunnel studies are supplemented by natural climate testing. Australia has more ant species than other continents.
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Supply Ministry
Britain
Canada
British Commonwealth
Empire
Take Care of Your Feet and Simple Foot Exercises
This feature outlines daily foot care and a series of simple exercises to strengthen foot and leg muscles. It emphasizes cleaning, brushing nails, pumice for callouses, and avoiding razor blades, followed by a routine of seated and standing movements to improve balance, arches, and calf strength.
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Stengthen
Spicy Pumpkin Cakes with Honey Meringue Topping
Pumpkin based dessert item featuring 5 cup shortening 1 cup sugar 2 eggs and 1 cup cooked pumpkin. Includes directions for cakes or cupcakes with optional honey meringue topping, spices, and baking in a moderate oven.
New Canadian Passports Require Separate Documents
Starting January 1 new Canadian passports carry higher fees and state Canadian citizenship. Separate passports become mandatory for husbands and wives, ending joint travel on one document to ease travel abroad as citizenship rules expand under the new act.
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United States
Knights Awarded Garter Honors At Buckingham Palace
King George invested six new knights with the Order of the Garter in a ceremony at Buckingham Palace attended by the Queen and Queen Mary. The honorees were Lords Addison Cranborne Mountbatten Alanbrooke Portal and Montgomery. Viscount Alexander Governor Ada was unable to attend.
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Viscount Alexander
George London
Order of the Garter
Queen Mary
Buckingham Palace
St. Geoge’s Chapel
Windsor
Addison
Cranborne
Mountbatten
Alanbrooke
Portal
Montgomery
K Alexander
Ada
General of
Canbe
Quite a Profit In Dublin Apple Sale
A Westmeath grower sent a split apple with a note asking, I sold this apple for a penny. How much did you pay for it? A Dublin woman replied that a trader charged her 9d for it, according to the London Sunday Express story.
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Westmeath
Eire
Dublin
Nate
London Sunday Express
Bakers Seek Slicing Return as WITT Halts Bread
A St Thomas Times Journal item notes bakers frustrated by WITT restrictions delaying bread slicing. The Ottawa Citizen quotes the stance as a family issue involving bread preparation and kitchen tools amid winter chores and street steps.
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St. Thomas Times-Journal Toom
St. Thomas
Ottawa Citizen
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Peterboro
Ont
Jim Jourdin
Jim
Santa Claus
Niagara Falls
New Knights
Alpair Centaure
Req
J. Saphier
New York
By Fred Neher
Union
Little Reggie
Margarita
Chuck Thurston
Peggy
Ato
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