World happenings in brief from Churchill cattle to pottery finds
Winston Churchill buys 423 shorthorn cattle for his Kent herd. Two Bristol butchers fined for wasting electricity after using an electric fire to thaw meat. A bus plunges into a canal near Cairo killing 40. Nobel laureate Sir Frederick Gowland Hopkins dies in Cambridge. Ancient pottery finds near Canterbury reveal Lucunus and Mommus works. Stockholm grows to 690,108 in 1946 with 11,000 new residents and 7,400 births.
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Winston Churchill
Fuartwen
Kent
Bristol
England
Stockholm
Simply angelic pattern 7120 for child’s dress jacket
Embroidery friendly pattern 7120 for child sizes 2 4 6 8 10 with transfers charts photos and complete directions. Send twenty five cents in coins to Household Arts Department Winnipeg Newspaper Union 175 McDermot Avenue East Winnipeg Man include name address and pattern number.
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Household Arts Department
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Avenue
Winnipeg
Man
Whaling Harvest Exceeds Expectations
Britain reports a robust Antarctic harvest with over 2000 whales caught by UK crews. The Baalena factory ship led in whales and edible oil, producing about 185000 barrels of oil plus sperm oil and by products. The expedition used aircraft for whale spotting and weather reconnaissance.
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Britain
Antarctic
Balaena
United Kingdom
Crossword Puzzle Clue Fragments From A Mixed Crossword
A jumble of crossword clues appears with scattered terms including Bird s beak cover with water palm leaf var depart facts vilayet iraq redeem gibe gastropod mollusk beverage Nahoor sheep sacred Hindu word Mars name to taste thing found Russian news agency Teoknock cre st land measure scale note venomous snake number Russian trade commune poetry choral composition mental images argent store name noise to exist Daniel Holland river island inhabitant and other garbled entries reflecting a puzzle page.
Heirloom Veil Restored With Human Hair Repair
In Harrismith South Africa a daughter of Mr and Mrs H R Pattinson married recently using a family veil repaired with human hair. The veil had holes and could not be mended by conventional methods. Mrs Pattinson removed long hairs from her own head and repaired the veil so neatly that no mark remains.
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Harrismith
South Africa
H. R. Pattinson
Army Prepares Toys For Christmas Aid To UK Europe
Major General Worthington announced Western Army Command will build new toys and refurbish existing ones in hobby shops for overseas use this Christmas to help needy children in the United Kingdom and Europe.
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Edmonton
United Kingdom
Europe
F. F. Worthington
Western Army Command
Not All Cynics See Ideal Lawns In Seed Catalogs
A fragment notes many people expect their lawns to mimic seed catalog pictures and flowers and vegetables to match catalog images. It also states that 14 cubic feet of warm moist air weighs one pound, with a stray number 2727.
Plan to Cycle Across Canada From London
London men Michael Bradley 38 and Alfred Griffiths 33 plan a cross country cycling tour from London to Montreal Vancouver and back to settle. They budget 150 pounds and will seek odd jobs to fund the journey aiming to reach Vancouver in September before the Rockies snow.
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London
Canada
Michael Bradley
Alfred Griffiths
Montreal
Vancouver
Rockies
Griffiths
England
Bradley
The Car of Tomorrow Predictions by Engineering Director
The director of engineering for a major car company forecasts the automobile of tomorrow with greater streamlining and lower silhouettes, larger windows, shorter engines, front wheel drive or rear engine layouts, air conditioning in future models, and fully automatic transmission across all models.
Princess Elizabeth Granted Freedom of Windsor
Princess Elizabeth receives the freedom of Windsor making her the first woman honored in Windsor in 50 years, following previous freedoms granted to the Prince of Wales now Duke of Windsor in 1920.
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Elizabeth
Windsor
Prince of Wales
Duke of Windsor
Princess Elizabeth
Blames Sun Spots For Inclement Weather
London Ontario astronomer Dr. W C Colgrove says excess sun spots, 250 to 300, raise solar heat and cause precipitation. Weather impact varies by how spots group, with effects depending on regions. He notes three or four years to raise a milk cow.
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London
Ont
W. C. Colgrove
University of Western Ontario
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Cambridge
Lucunus
Mommus
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Nero
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Burgate Street
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Buckingham Palace
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Vilayet
Iraq
Holland Commune
Blackbird
River Island
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Veoberr ii
In-Fashion Beauty School
Portage Ave
Winnipeg, Man
Regina
Calgary
Niests
NEA Service, Inc
United States Navy
Tierra del Fuego
Islands
South America
ANMFS
New Mexico
Little Reggie
MarGaria
Peggy
By Chuck Thurston
Ste-E-E-Rike Tuh
Les Carroll
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