World Happenings Briefly Told
The quinquennial census of the prairie provinces begins in June. In Hayward Harold Sexton was arrested for overcrowding a taxi with 18 passengers. Broadstairs Broadland suffered severe house damage from a sea mine blast. Britons with plane licenses may resume flying from Jan 1 though many areas stay restricted. England reports 14 dozen yellow and white chrysanthemums as the first Channel Islands flowers since 1939. Seized Hitler photographs to decorate darts boards in London. The King awards the Defence Medal to Duchess of Kent for Royal Naval Service command. A 1500 royal prayer book sold for £1000 at Sotheby’s in London. Alberta population up nearly 41,000 last year. return of discharged servicemen a major factor. Strathlochy no sings telegrams but locals shout them across the river near the post office. flood water makes the stream impassable.
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Prairie Provinces
Hayward
Calif
Harold Sexton
Paylad
Bedbugs Attack Poultry and Control Measures
Bedbugs, including allied species, infest poultry at night for blood meals and hide in cracks. They lay up to 200 white eggs per female. nymphs resemble adults but are paler and also feed on blood. Life cycle can take six weeks or longer. spraying cracks with creosote oil or crude petroleum is a simple control, to be repeated after about ten days if needed.
Crochet Pattern 7432 for Squares and Cloth
Relaxing needlework describes a crocheted square usable alone or joined to form a cloth. Twenty squares yield a 64 by 80 inch piece. sizes vary by material. Pattern 7432 includes directions and stitches. send twenty cents to the Household Arts Department, Winnipeg Newspaper Union, 175 McDermot Avenue, Winnipeg Manitoba, write name and address and pattern number.
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Household Arts Department
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Avenue
Winnipeg
Man
Radar for Whaleers Expands Whale Bearing Capabilities
Several British whaling expeditions will receive radar apparatus to take bearings on whales both above and below the water. The program aims to improve tracking efficiency and safety for crews at sea.
London Exhibition Showcases British Precision Engineering
The London Exhibition of the United Kingdom gauge and toolmakers reveals wartime machines adaptable to peacetime use. Highlights include an air operated multiple gauge testing shells at high speed and a cam milling machine achieving one millionth inch precision, with several gauges reaching near that limit.
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United Kingdom
London
Coventry Gauge and Tool Co
Canadian Authors A Drive To End Endow Badly Placed Writers
The Canadian Writers' Foundation, formed in 1931 and incorporated last year, aims to provide capi tal endowment to aid outstanding Canadian authors in aged or infirm condition. Led by Dr. Pelham Edgar of Toronto, the fund notes past support from 1933 to 1943 and currently assists a renowned poet recovering from illness and a novelist rendered unable to use his hands by illness.
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Canadian Writers’ Foundation
Pelham Edgar
Toronto
Wilfred Eggleston
Dominion
Charles G. D. Roberts
Odd industrial accidents strike in place nobody goes
Ontario memorandum from Industrial Accident Prevention Association general manager R B Morley warns about injuries in the place nobody goes. He cites a painter caught by a protruding set screw on a revolving shaft and notes dangers from unseen ceiling areas and unloaded guns, urging extra caution.
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Ontario
R. B. Morley
Industrial Accident Prevention Associations
Temperature ranges for clothing and body comfort
The text notes the human body functions best at 60 to 70 degrees when clothed and at somewhat higher temperatures when unclothed, reflecting comfort differences based on attire.
Campaign backs universal milk pasteurization in Canada
The Dominion Council of Health and the Parliamentary Voluntary Committee on Health endorse compulsory pasteurization of milk across Canada. Ontario already requires pasteurization, and the bodies urge provincial governments to enact similar laws despite federal limits.
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Health League of Canada
Dominion Council of Health
Committee On Health
Ontario
Canada
Senate
House of Commons
Sunday to Saturday dinner plan with lamb and meats
The article outlines a weekly menu using a three pound rolled lamb shoulder for Sunday, lamb curry for Monday, meatless meals with vegetable egg scallop Tuesdays, layered vegetable and cheese bake, hot scones and cabbage salad, steak and kidney pie midweek, Thursday frankfurters with sauerkraut and potatoes, Friday fish, Saturday flank steak with dressing, and optional 6 ounces of cooked meats for lunches or Sunday supper.
A Favored Country Feasts Mark St Marys Holiday
A St Marys resident voices relief from excess holiday meals citing abundant fowl and treats while noting some families shared four turkeys. The column reflects on postwar abundance, gratitude for food and fuel, and awareness of those with less after the war.
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St. Marys
Europe
Atlantic
Oil fields as graveyards of ancient life
Oil fields of the world are described as graveyards for animals and plants that endured millions of years of heat and pressure beneath the earth’s surface.
Train Pipers Train Pipers In Scotland For Canadian Forces
The Piohaireachd Society of Scotland trained 93 Canadian army pipers during the war in Edinburgh Castle courses. Pipe Major William Ross taught 713 pipers from British and Polish forces over six years. Canadians named include Esson Vancouver Sutherland MacKinnon Calgary Sgt Armstrong Seaforth Highlanders D Sutherland Black Watch Duncan Scott Cameron Highlanders Noble Argyll and Sutherland. There are more than 130 species of trees in Canada.
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Piohaireachd Society of Scotland
Edinburgh Castle
William Ross
M.B.E
Esson
Vancouver
Neil Sutherland
Malcolm MacKinnon
Calgary
Sgt. Armstrong
Seaforth Highlanders of
Canada
D. Sutherland
Canadian Black Watch
Duncan and Scott
Cameron Highlanders of
Ottawa
Noble
Argyll and Southerland Highlanders of Canada
Back Seat Driver as Russian Institution Noted
A Kitchener Record column compares a Russian couple who bought a tank and fought in Poland, Czechoslovakia and Germany to a universal trait of back seat driving. The husband drove while the wife bossed, illustrating a shared cultural habit beyond borders.
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Poland
Czechoslovakia
Germany
Kitchener
Cyprus Taken From Turkey in 1878 Amid Reform Plan
The British seized Cyprus from Turkey in 1878 as part of a strategy to implement reforms in Asia Minor.
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Cyprus
Turkey
Asia Minor
Oil Wells in Britain Surge to 240 Against War Time Effort
England operates 240 oil wells producing about 500000 barrels of crude oil annually. The wells were drilled during World War II by an Oklahoma contractor for the British government.
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England
Oklahoma
Japan’s 21 Major Quakes Since 1696 Exceed 1000 Deaths
Since 1696, Japan has suffered 21 major earthquakes each killing more than 1,000 people. The record highlights seismic risk and historical loss across the nation.
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Japan
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Fyland
Channel Islands
Hitler
Defence Medal
Duchess of Kent
Women's Royal Naval Service
Sotheby's Auction Rooms
Navarre
Alberta
Strathlochy
Scotland
Inverness
Alice Brooks
Maj
Allan Brooks
B.C
D.S.O
British Columbia
Britain
United States
Precision Engineering
Geoffrey Francis Fisher
Canterbury
Anglican Church of Canada
Protestant Episcopal Church
U.S
Philadelphia
Archbishop of Canterbury
By Fred Neher
Vas
Earis
Lett
Frankfurters
Country
Asia
By William Ferguson
Sayid
Gene Byrnes
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