World Happenings Briefly Told
Four Italian provinces Florence Livorno Pisa and Pistols returned to Italian government control. Princess Alice wife of the governor general accepts honorary life membership to the national council of women. Edward Bailey director of the geological survey of Great Britain retires.
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Florence
Livorno
Pisa
Alice
Governor General
National Council of Women
Edward Bailey
Geological Survey of
Great Britain
Malta
Bridge Engineer Rimmington Named Western Region Chief
Harry S. Rimmington, long time in the McKenzie and Mann and Canadian rail groups, is appointed bridge engineer for the western region of Canadian National Railways. He succeeds W. Walkden who retired under pension rules. Rimmington began as a rodman in 1907 in Winnipeg, rose to design and assistant engineer before this promotion.
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Harry S. Rimmington
McKenzie and Mann Company
Canadian Northern
Canadian National Railways
WC Owens
Mr. Rimmington
W. Walkden
Winnipeg
McKenzie and
Mann
Western Region
Farm Wages Rise Across Provinces in year to May
Dominion Bureau of Statistics Ottawa reports higher farm wages in all provinces as of May 15 from the previous year. Wages at that date roughly equal August 1944 peak values, indicating the continuation of an upward trend.
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Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Ottawa
Clinic at Trans-Canada Air Lines hosts mid conference experts
Delegates at the Mid-Canada Air Conference posed with a panel of experts in the Trans-Canada Air Lines Clinic at Stevenson Field. The group included W F English Winnipeg vice president T CAL 3 RE Main Ottawa F R Meisch St Paul Northwest Airlines architect W T Piper Piper Aircraft Douglas and C R Patterson Toronto Aero Nautical Institute of Canada.
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Mid-Canada Air Conference
Trans-Canada Air Lines
Stevenson Field
W F. English
Winnipeg
T.cal
Department of Transport
Ottawa
F. R. Meisch
St. Paul
North
West Airlines
W. T. Piper
Piper Aircraft Corporation
Lock Haven
Penna
Charles Nichols
the Tribune
Charles S. Glasgow
Douglas Aircraft Corporation
Santa Monica
C. R. Patterson
Toronto
Aeronautical Institute of Canada
Mr. English
No civilized place left to go for immunity says allergist
Dr Buenaventura Jiminez of the University of Michigan warns hay fever sufferers who seek relief by moving north may outpace northern and high altitude areas. He says continued migration leads to broader pollen sensitization and eventual inability to find relief. He recommends diagnosis and home treatment to defeat pollens by immunization.
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North America
Buenaventura Jiminez
University of Michigan
Jiminez
German V-2 makers claim 3800 rockets fired at Allied targets
Werner von Braun and Walter Dornberger said in a London Daily Express interview that they launched 3800 V-2 rockets against Allied targets and prioritized Antwerp over London. They described rocket work starting in 1932 and two meetings with Adolf Hitler where films were shown to prove London could be bombed.
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London Daily Express
Werner von Braun
Walter Dornberger
Antwerp
London
Garmitsch- Partenkirchen
von Braun
Adolf Hitler
Fuehrer
Londag
The King Bird Fights Hawks Crows and Eagles
A king bird roams territories chasing hawks and crows and even eagles yet flees when a tiny hummingbird attacks proving surprising bravery in a small rival.
Britain Needs Eggs Seeks 100 Million For UK Supply
John A. Peacock director of egg supplies for the British ministry of food says the United Kingdom will need 100,000,000 eggs this year and Western Canada could supply about half. W. A. Brown notes the British government will pay six cents a dozen more for eggs from Sept 15 to Dec 31.
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United Kingdom
John A. Peacock
Ministry of Food
Peacock
Western Canada
W. A. Brown
Dominion Poultry Marketing and Production Service
The Coldest Spot Near Fort Goca Hope
The coldest point in North America is thought to lie near Fort Goca Hope on the Mackenzie River about 20 miles south of the Arctic Circle.
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North America
Fort Goca Hope
Mackenzie River
Arctic Circle
Perth man recounts 57 days in German POW confinement
Fit Lt P McManus of Perth Ontario describes 57 days in solitary German custody after his Halifax crew attacked off the Norwegian coast. He endured no light or air, sparse rations, mock executions, and relentless interrogations before reaching a prisoner of war reception center in England.
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McManus
John McManus
Gore Street
Perth
North Sea
Norway
Germany
Coastal Command
England
The Hitler Myth Persists Beyond the Man
The piece argues the Hitler idea endures beyond Hitler himself. It contends the belief lives in Germans who supported him and that the idea’s fate depends on those believers, not on the discovery of a burned corpse, as reported by the Baltimore Sun.
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Hitler
Thos
Baltimore Sun
Heels Rise Across Europe Aimed at Height of Louis XIV
The French king Louis XIV reportedly inspired the invention of high heels to overcome his short stature. He ordered elevated shoes to gain several inches in height. The fashion soon spread, with women adopting heels far more widely than men.
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Louis XIV
France
Europe
Genesis 8 22 Lesson on seedtime harvest and day and night
Sunday school lesson cites Genesis 8 22 and Genesis 3 9 65 focusing on God’s judgment and mercy. It notes Noah and the ark, offerings after the flood, and divine vows that seedtime harvest day and night shall not cease. Psalm devotional references accompany the memory selection.
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Noah
Jehovah
Ane Travels Ten To Fifteen Miles
Ane journeys ten to fifteen miles by air using a device described as airpf in a writing sky context. The phrase appears as a two word sentence fragment within a broader description.
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Ane
Brigadier General Completes Century-Span WWI History
In Rimpton England 83-year-old Brigadier General Sir James Edmonds finished the official history of the Great War, a project begun decades ago. The work spans more than thirty volumes and decades of research.
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Rimpton England
James Edmonds
Lyons Den columnist tours Europe writing on travel
Leonard Lyons of the Lyon's Den in the New York Post is abroad in Europe. He shared a self mocking anecdote about booking a flight to Italy where a Margaritair officer mispronounced his name LYONS spelling it out with phonetic letters and a playful reference to cats.
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Leonard Lyons
New York Post
Europe
Malert
Italy
Lyons
Ladislaus
Yakutsch
Omega
Napoleon
Szabo
Crossword Puzzle Puzzle Clues and Answers
A dense crossword segment presents horizontal and vertical clues with many misprints. Entries cover fencing sword cry of sorrow pennant Gaelic sea god newly married woman shut in obscured head organ sun god Norse goddess etc through various misaligned numbers and garbled text.
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Dominion
Eves
Piccadilly Circus
Englefield Green
Surrey
Tokyo
Britain
Bavaria
Bohemia
United States
By Fred Neher
William
AIR
Ararat
BY William Ferguson
NEA Service
Father
Humminegbird
Ireland
Holland
Wife of Geraint
Izfslg
Goddess of Discord
Zoolie
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