World Happenings Briefly Told
The British government paid war damage claims totaling £1920000, about 564 million dollars, with discussions on coal shipments and merchant movements. A Japanese colonel described strict army discipline, noting beheadings for disobedience. Margaret Ecker was the only woman news correspondent at Rheims peace signing. Boy Scout membership in Canada reached 100000, up from 93000, while U.S. small business firms declined nearly 20 percent during the war.
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Rheims
Margaret Ecker
Canadian Press
Canada
R. C. Stevenson
Boy Scout Association
Montreal
U.S
Joseph K. Wexman
Committee On Economic Development
Peter Preaches Gentiles Lord of All in Caesarea
Sunday School lesson recalls Peter’s visit to Cornelius in Caesarea where he declares that God shows no favoritism and that Jesus is Lord of all. The sermon emphasizes that those who believe receive forgiveness of sins, with witnesses recounting Jesus life crucifixion and resurrection.
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Peter
Simon the Tanner
Joppa
Cornelius
Caesarea
Moffatt
Jesus
Industrial Hygiene Division Established in Saskatchewan Health
The Saskatchewan Department of Public Health announces the creation of a Division of Industrial Hygiene led by G W Rogers from Ottawa. The division, supported by National Health and Welfare, will offer consultations, chemical analyses, and guidance to reduce occupational hazards across industry including agriculture. Rogers, a Toronto native, brings wartime lab and field experience and has contributed research on methyl alcohol vapor measurements and solvent vapor detection.
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Department of National Health and Welfare
Ottawa
Saskatchewan Department of Public Health
Legislative
Regina
Saskatchewan
Mr. Douglas
Department
Division of Industrial Hygiene
Rogers
Toronto
University of Toronto
Harvard School of Public Health
Philip Drinker
Industrial Hygiene Division
Canadian Association of Scientific Workers
British Force In Occupied Germany Best Administered Zone
Ottawa Journal notes that the British occupy the most orderly and efficiently administered zone in Germany. It argues British soldiers bring imperial tradition to administration with paternal solicitude and a focus on welfare of those under their control. The piece lauds their sense of responsibility and efficiency.
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Germany
Ottawa Journal
Canadian cartoonist Coughlin awarded British Empire Medal
Empire award goes to W. G. Coughlin known for Herbie car toon series in Maple Leaf. Defence list notes recognition for his cartoons showing Herbie in war scenes. No citation given, but likely for wartime contribution. Also a note on animal glue joints with tensile strength over 5,000 psi.
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W. G
Bing) Coughlin
Herbie
Order of the British Empire
Defence Headquarters
CSM
Coughlin
Maple Leaf
Germany
The Canadian Parks A Glimpse From Dr Atwood
Dr Wallace W Atwood Clark University Worcester Massachusetts offers a final summary on Canada's mountain playgrounds. He highlights Lake Louise Mt Athabaska and Columbia Icefield as accessible glacial regions near Jasper Banff highway. He notes rich mountain geology flora and fauna including goats elk moose bears cougars and coyotes. The piece urges readers to seek close up wilderness experiences.
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Lake Louise
Banff
North America
Mt. Athabaska
Columbia Icefield
Jasper-Banff
Canada
No Place Like Home by New Zealand Better Business
A poem reflecting on veterans and wartime return with a critique of safe homecoming. It contrasts soldiers sailors pilots and civilians returning from conflict with the unsettling suggestion that no true home exists for all. The piece closes with a stark commentary on perceived stability under a New Zealand business lens.
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New Zealand
London violinist mistaken for Churchill near Trafalgar Square
Bill Somerville, third violinist with the Lyons Corner House orchestra, was stopped by a woman in his car on Whitehall who asked for an autograph after noting his resemblance to Winston Churchill. He carried a violin case at the time.
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Bill Somerville
Lyons’ Corner House
Trafalgar Square
London
Winston Churchill
Auto- Whitehall
Guam Largest of the Mariana Islands
Guam remains the biggest island among the Mariana group, hosting diverse landscapes and strategic Pacific location. The note highlights its prominence within the archipelago.
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Guam
Mariana Islands
Citizens urged to press for milk pasteurization across Canada
Dr Gordon Bates in Health magazine urges Canadians in eight provinces where pasteurization is not compulsory to contact the Health League for literature and a rescission copy for group approval. He says public action by voluntary groups can push provincial legislatures to pass Dominion-wide pasteurization laws and stresses the duty of ordinary citizens to speak to their elected representatives.
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Gordon Bates
Health
The
Health League of Canada
Dr Bates
Ontario
Health League
Noted British Sculptor Nollekins Highlighted in Newspapers
A London born sculptor Joseph Nollekins born 1737 is profiled as the era’s leading sculptor. His works appear across Westminster Abbey Windsor Castle and national shrines. He sculpted George III the Prince of Wales later George IV and four Prime Ministers among others. He died wealthy at 86 and was known for frugality.
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London
Nollekins
Joseph Nollekins
Westminster Abbey
St. George’s Chapel
Windsor Castle
George III
Prince of Wales
George IV
Duke of Wellington
Canning
Perceval
Pitt
Charles James Fox
Aberdeen
Castlereagh
Erskine
Egremont
Liverpool
David Garrick
Lawrence Sterne
St. Thomas Times-Journal
Single Living With Tokens Guides Meats Rationing
Even under meat rationing one can live alone and enjoy varied meals. The article explains how a weekly eight token value from the standard coupon allows planning meals. It suggests veal or cutlet, sausages, lamb, and fish as ration friendly options with weekend leftovers for hospitality and Sunday supper.
Coventry Plans 15 Million Rebuild To Modern Business Centre
Coventry in England aims to spend 15 million pounds to transform the city after German air raids destroyed the centre. Final five year designs will go to London for government approval within weeks. The project will erase medieval streets and crowded housing to create a showpiece for the Midlands industry. The report notes Canada supplies most of the United States asbestos.
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Coventry
England
London
Electronic hot dogs prep in a box like a juke box
Advances in science promise hot dogs cooked from the inside out by electronics. Patrons insert a dime, pull a lever, and receive a fully heated dog in a crisp roll with mustard applied by the eater. The gadget resembles a jukebox and signals a shift toward the atomic age era.
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Dous Stride
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Jan Sibelius
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Kore
Tokyo
Dublin
British Admiralty
Ministry of War Transport
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Board of Trade Journal
G. W. Rogers
Empire
Churchill
Neil
By Fred Neher
Carter
Thames
Sousa
Advance
Science
BY William Ferguson
Ov Brayton
Superior Wisc
M.S. Holloman
Alexandria
Louisiana
Gene Byrnes
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