World Happenings Briefly Told From The War Front
The British motorcycle industry has built 460 GH motorcycles for the services since the war began. A huge four engined plane carrying 30,000 gallons of gasoline was found near Travemunde. Women workers at Elgin National Watch Co Chicago gave 2000 dollars to aid blind veterans. A Paris street will be renamed Avenue due President Roosevelt. A Chinese Red Cross fund contributed 625 dollars to war charities in China through United Aid to China. Canadian National Railways appoints Mr Howard as general supervisor of apprentice training based in Montreal.
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Chinese Red Cross Committee
China
United Aid To
Travemuende
Hitler
Japan
Women Workers of
Elgin National Watch Co
Chicago
The
American Foundation For the Blind
Canadian National Railways
E. R. Battley
A H. Williams
Mr. Howard
England
Canada
C.N.R
Fort Rouge
Winnipeg
Transcona
Western Region
Western
Howard
Engineering Institute of Canada
University of Manitoba
Montreal
Genesis covenant and Abraham's name change across generations
The passage recalls God's covenant with Abraham promising land and blessing to his descendants, with a name change from Abram to Abraham and the obligation of circumcision. It mentions God’s promise to make nations of Abraham’s offspring and to be their God. The final line notes India's 38 cities over 100000 population.
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Abram
Jehovah
God
Abraham
Canaan
Weed Control Rotation Reduces Weeds on Manitoba Farms
An eight year mixed farming rotation at Dominion Illustration Station in northern and eastern Manitoba cuts wild oats sowthistle mustards stinkweed and other annual weeds to non threatening levels. The rotation sequence includes summer fallow grain grain hay pasture sod fallow grain grain with one year of pasture in eight proving highly effective for weed control.
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Dominion Illustration
Manitoba
Soldier’s letter to colonel ends with Army Form 2132 reply
A discharged soldier writes angrily after four difficult years of service telling his former colonel to go to blazes. The colonel responds that any troop movement inquiries must be entered on Army Form 2132, a copy enclosed. The note ends with a nudge to buy War Savings Stamps regularly.
OUR CROSSWORD PUZZLE SOLUTION CLUES FOR No 4947
The reader is presented with a dense list of crossword clues and answers including Earth sweetened drink Philippine savage to be obliged to rapidly Gens of cattle utter contentment Ancient Egyptian monarch Large umbrella South American tuber Basket To alter Printer s measure To scoff Swift Malaysian vessel Mineral Prophet Atmosphere Turkish regiment To shoot from cover Symbol for selenium Lofty mountain Certain Feast Russian rulers Eggs Fruit French cole To plead Withered Female sheep Convulsive sigh Wise bird To descend Ornamental plant Above Drink Reverberation Sleeveless garment Also Tree Without Sloping walk Pares Corolla leaf Feeble minded Checks Period of time Clamor Ventured Showers Scotch for fear Issued copiously Mesopotamia Is mistaken Stripa of type metal To annoy French priest To cut short Hail To scold Sticky Substance Spat To petition Hebrew letterer.
Health experts urge factories to lead in adult wellness
A Health League of Canada report by Dr. J. G Cunningham argues industry is well placed to improve adult health through factory based preventive care. It notes the value of industrial physicians and nurses, the role of federal and provincial health staff, and estimates waste from preventable illness far exceeds that from major hazards. Copies are free to Canadian firms.
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J. G Cunningham
Ontario Department of Health
Health League of Canada
Departments of Health
Cunningham
G. Brock Chisholm
National Health
C. M. Hincks
National Committee For Mental Hygiene
Cage of Birds Carried by Montgomery in Campaign
During the Italian campaign Field Marshal Sir Bernard Montgomery is described as carrying a cage of canaries and love birds with him. The anecdote highlights a personal habit amid military operations and reflects the era's human detail in war reporting.
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Sir Bernard Montgomery
Jap Ethics Peculiar Ideas in Respect to Probity
Excerpt recounts a boyhood episode with Prince Fumimaro Konoye in 1937 Japan and a later tale of an Osaka bank president who dumped worthless bonds on friends, was found guilty, but lauded by a higher court for protecting financiers. The piece, cited by Major Compton Pakenham in Newsweek, critiques cynicism in truth and trust.
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Japan
Fumimaro Konoye
England
Konoye
Osaka
Compton Pakenham
Newsweek
Serpent Spirit of a First Class Seat Rescue
In wartime England a U.S. sergeant escorts an elderly woman at a crowded railway station. She protests a third class ticket to a first class seat. He tells her to sit, stands in the corridor, and later prevents her from being moved by showing he holds a First Class seat. The conductor departs, smiles rise, and the woman recalls her Civil Defence duty.
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England
Fremont Soldier Loses Wallet Finds It Intact in Bank
Sgt. Lavern Monk of Fremont reports losing a wallet with 923 in cash while on furlough. The wallet is recovered later at a bank with the full amount still inside.
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Lavern Monk
Fremont
How a Japanese Baka bomb guided from a bomber
The account describes a small arming aerial device carried under a heavy bomber. It travels toward a target and is released near impact. The pilot inside the device then directs it toward the designated area while the parent bomber departs.
Allies fly jet propelled aircraft over Norway reports
Swedish radio says Britons conducted exercises and demonstrations with jet propelled aircraft in Norway. The broadcasts note sightings of jet propelled planes over several Swedish provinces, with the radio suggesting the aircraft may have been German in origin but flown by Allied crews.
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Norway
Oceanic Powers’ Merchant Fleets Sink Beneath Waves
Ships magazine notes Japan Germany and Italy once boasted a combined merchant marine over 20 million dead weight tons. Most of it now lies at the sea bottom as ancient traders advertised goods by mural inscriptions before printing emerged.
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Japan
Germany
Italy
Ships Magazine
Tree Fruit Prospects Slack in Canada Despite BC Outlook
An official report forecasts Canada’s total tree fruit production toward a low normal season. Eastern Canada suffers poor crops due to adverse weather, while British Columbia remains favorable for apples and cherries. Apple crop down 52 percent from 1944, pear at a record low, plums prunes and peaches down about 24 percent.
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Canada
British Columbia
Jet propulsion could power cars and trains admits Lockheed executive
Hall L. Hibbard of Lockheed Aircraft Corp in Los Angeles predicts gas turbine engines will serve as adaptable power units for railways buses electric generators and possibly automobiles of the future. The P-80 Shooting Star jet fighter program backs his claim.
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Hall L. Hibbard
Lockheed Aircraft Corp
Los Angeles
Burns Was Right Until Oat Fields Green Are Harvested
A New York Times note quotes Burns remarking that Scots sacrifice porridge to aid North Sea neighbors. It reflects on Scotland's enduring grandeur and global esteem amid famine.
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North Sea
Scotia
Burns
Newark Officer Ponders Russia After Europe Visit
Col. Harry C. Laster of Newark returns from Europe aboard the Eleazer Wheelock and cites a Soviet captain with stainless steel teeth as the damndest sight. He notes a hen's egg composition as 66 percent water, 10 percent fat, 13 percent protein, and 11 percent minerals.
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Harry C. Laster
Newark
N.J
Europe
Eleazer Wheelock
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Christy Mathewson
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