World Happenings Briefly Told
Temple church in London damaged by bombing is under reconstruction. The River Clyde saw nearly 40 000 ships piloted in 1944 with total tonnage around 120 million. The mailboat London Istanbul resumes service between England and Belgium. Helsinki reports Finland nationalized its banks. The Soviets order 24 compressors for pipelines 500 miles from the Urals to Moscow. St Leonard's Pier may not be rebuilt after wartime destruction.
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Clyde
St. Leonard's Pier
Freedom of worship in postwar Japan contrasted with seventeenth century persecutions
The Hamilton Spectator recalls MacArthur era religious freedom in Japan and contrasts it with 1614 to 1638 persecutions that wiped out much of the Christian church. It cites Dr. J Ingram Bryan on the cruel history and the martyrdom of about 200000 people.
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Gen. MacArthur
J. Ingram Bryan
Cambridge
Japan
Hamilton Spectator
Dangers From Bulls Guns And Coal Oil Rekindle Fires
The St. Thomas Times-Journal urges caution to prevent needless deaths from three hazards. Bulls are untrustworthy, guns must be handled safely, and coal oil should be used cautiously to rekindle fires.
Australia seeks regular talks with Britain over dominions
The Australian government in Sydney urged frequent discussions with Britain, aiming to establish London machinery for closer consultation among Commonwealth members on trade, finance and defence. Defence Minister Beasley travels to London to push for pre final consultation by Dominion governments on major matters. The article notes the standard gauge of railroads tracing to ancient Rome.
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Australia
Britain
Sydney
London
Beasley
Whitehall
Stone Age House Unearthed by W Gordon Childe in Orkney
Professor W Gordon Childe recalls entering a 3,000 year abandonment site in Orkney on the Atlantic coast. The sand filled dwelling preserved food scraps bones and a calf head. Stone furniture pegs shelves and a central peat hearth reveal Stone Age life in Scotland.
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W. Gordon Childe
London
Orkney
Atlantic
Scotland
Would Save Time Shaw Seeks New English Alphabet
George Bernard Shaw urged Britain to form a committee to draft a single graphic symbol for each speech sound. He argued a simplified alphabet would quickly recoup war costs in time saved, citing how he can write “bomb” legibly far faster with a unified system.
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George Bernard Shaw
Shaw
The
Times
Desperate Hunger Across Europe After Meat Imports
W L Clark notes Europe’s dire need as about 1.4 billion pounds of U S meat head there. He warns children die from hunger and adults resist disease poorly while funds are available yet goods scarce across France Belgium Germany Italy and the Balkans. Denmark has some relief but shortages persist.
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W. L. Clark
Windsor Star
Europe
United States
Denmark
France
Holland
Belgium
Germany
Italy
Balkans
Parrots Questioned for Understanding Language in Study
A discussion on whether parrots truly comprehend speech versus mimicking sounds. Researchers examine linguistic cues and learning methods to determine if parrots grasp meaning or simply imitate patterns.
Decree Ends State Control Over Religion in Japan
Emperor Hirohito accepts Gen MacArthur’s decree separating church and state in Japan. Imperial religious services are revised for Yoshibo’s 1926 death anniversary with grand festivals to be discontinued. Messengers to shrines and mausoleums will stop. Japan experiences about 1500 earthquakes annually, roughly four daily shocks.
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Hirohito
Gen. MacArthur
Japan
Kyodo
Imperial Household
Yoshihoto
Earliest American Christmas Card Claim Examined
Ernest Dudley Chase of Boston, a veteran greeting card designer and collector, claims the 1839 Pease card from Albany may be the world’s first American Christmas card, revisiting records and the Temple of Fancy label while noting Prang’s 1874 marketing and later revival by Bartlett and Davis.
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Ernest Dudley Chase
Boston
Albany
N.Y
England
W. M. Egley, Jr
London
British Museum
J. C. Horseley
Rust Craft Publishers
Chase
Fortes
R. H. Pease
Santa Claus
Temple of Fancy
Pease
Albany Directory
Louis Pang
Prang
Roxbury
Alfred Bartlett
A. M. Davis
Ottawa librarian laments falling home reading trends
F C Jennings Ottawa public librarian notes a decline in library circulation for home reading in November. He says postwar life after V Day and returning servicemen have left people with little time to sit and read.
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F. C. Jennings
Ottawa
Jennings
Weekly meat ration menu for a four person family
The article outlines a seven day meal plan within ration tokens. Sunday features a four pound rolled rib roast with Yorkshire pudding and horseradish sauce. Monday includes roast leftovers, Tuesday offers a macaroni and egg casserole with vegetables, and Wednesday presents a lamb stew with biscuit rounds. Thursday suggests liver or kidney sauté, Friday or Saturday centers on fish and baked sausages with sides.
Ontario Cuts Isolation for Scarlet Fever and Polio
The Ontario Department of Health ordered shorter isolation periods for scarlet fever and poliomyelitis. Scarlet fever isolation drops from 28 to 21 days and polio from 21 to 14, since neither disease is communicable after the first symptoms. Polio cases in Ontario this year fall to 170 from 340 last year.
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Ontario Department of Health
New York State
Ontario
German Gold Transported to Frankfurt for Allied Control
A US army transport plane carried 1,000,000 in German gold from Madrid to Frankfurt and handed it to the Allied Control Council after negotiations. The gold in British and US coins had been surrendered by the German embassy to the Spanish government at capitulation and then moved to Britain and American representatives. Gondolas, Venice’s flat-bottomed canal boats, are about 30 feet long and four to five feet wide.
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United States Army
Madrid
Frankfurt
Allied Control Council
United States
Britain
Venice
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West
Louis Simonar
Shell Lake
Saskatchewan
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Sun
Yorkshire
Jcoupons
Saus
Spain
O.henry, William Sydney Porter
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New Orleans
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