World happenings and historical notes from various regions
A snapshot of global items including a 3 000 000 bushel potato contract cancelled in Prince Edward Island, naval promotions for 52 Royal Canadian Navy air crew officers, postwar Indian industry growth in tools chemicals plastics and medical supplies, a moose census planned by the Royal Ontario Museum, and a Lucknow man unearthing 700 old silver coins. Also reports a Berlin mine collapse with 10 workers buried, Gandhi receiving a gift watch, Portugal's 1 400 000 pound destroyer squadron upgrade, Vancouver junior board of trade’s national award, and autograph hunting origins in the 14th century.
Cougar College Aims To Train BC Cougar Hunters
British Columbia government plans a Cougar College on Vancouver Island as part of a new predatory animal control program. Jimmy Dewar head of the BC Game Commission will run the school with five imported cougar hounds from Arizona priced at 500 dollars each to form kennels for training.
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Vancouver
British Columbia
Vancouver Island
B.C. Game Commission
Jimmy Dewar
B.C
Bowen Island
Dewar
Arizona
Big Cuban Crop May Boost Sugar
Ottawa reports sugar beet crops frost damaged but Cuba’s crop is 10 percent larger than forecast. The extra Cuban supply could realize the phantom 800000 ton allocation and boost Canada’s future sugar dividends, easing U S decontrol pressures. Much of Cuba’s output is already in Canada.
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Ottawa
Cuba
Canada
United States
63,637 Dwellings Built in Canada in 1946
Ottawa reports a revised 1946 dwelling total of 63,637 new units in Canada, up from 48,599 in 1945. The figure revises a preliminary 62,660 and details breakdowns into single homes, semis, rows, duplexes, triplexes, apartments, business premises, other types, and conversions.
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Ottawa
Canada
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Murder mystery urged for late night reading
A Calgary Albertan suggestion promotes reading a murder mystery at 2 am, paired with a quirky note about a window shade snapping shut and zipping to the top. The item reads as a light, humorous editorial aside within the newspaper.
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The
Calgary Albertan
Woman Mayor in Soap Lake Takes Charge in One Horse Town
Maggie Waltho, the 270 pound mayor of Soap Lake, fired the town marshal James Rigas and took his station wagon. She declares a woman can run the town and will be marshal until a better one comes along. She denies ordering the marshal’s resignation over punch-board confiscations and says she will carry a shillelagh if needed.
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Soap Lake
Wash
Maggie Waltho
Waltho
Maggie
James Rigas
Rigas
Wartime housing chief claims women enjoy housework
Sir Thomas Bennett, Britain's wartime controller of temporary housing, says in England that men who helped with housework during the war found it wasn’t as bad as women imagine and that many women actually love housework because they can come and go as they like.
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Woman Magazine
England
Sir Thomas Bennett
Britain
Bod kin and hairpin early fashion term noted
A historical reference identifies the bod kin as the forerunner of the modern hairpin, reflecting early fashion naming. It highlights how simple hair fasteners evolved into contemporary terms and items.
Crossword Puzzle Clues Mixed With Historical Terms
A compact listing of crossword clues with horizontal and vertical entries including man’s nickname fortification tapering wood and various terms from languages and myth. The readable fragments present a dense set of prompts for fill in the grid, with several entries referencing ancient currencies and deities.
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Syria
Walking Record From New York to San Francisco Set in 1929
Abraham L. Monteverde of Mays Landing New Jersey completed a 3415 mile cross country walk in 79 days 10 hours 10 minutes. The journey began in New York and finished in San Francisco marking a notable endurance feat for the era.
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New York
San Francisco
Abraham L. Monteverde
Mays Landing
N.J
Miniature motorcycle for paratroops exported
A miniature motorcycle once dropped with paratroops at Arnhem is now being built for export. The design served with British units and is slated for international sale, signaling interest in compact light motorcycles for airborne operations.
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London
Arnhem
Orange Coffee Cake for a Gala Sunday Brunch
A simple to bake crowd pleaser. The recipe blends orange zest juice and almond extract with a light cake batter. Corn flakes crumbs top the batter for a crunchy finish. Bake at 375 degrees for 20 minutes yields 9 squares.
Veterans market gowns made from flour sacks.
Three World War II veterans formed the Mc Queen White and Dickinson Co to turn flour sacks into fashion. After surveying tastes they bought 20,000 yards of sacks in three designs and produced flour sack frocks worn by women in China Greece Poland South America and the Philippines, proudly made in Vancouver.
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Vancouver
McQueen, White & Dickinson Co
Milady
China
Greece
Poland
South America
Phillipines
Ontario to Require Front and Rear License Plates in 1948
Ontario motor vehicles will have licence plates on both ends starting in 1948, ending a gap since 1943. The Ontario Highway Department awarded the contract to the Ontario Reformatory at Guelph for plates featuring easy to read white characters on a navy blue background.
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Toronto
Ontario Motor Vehicles
Ontario Highways Department
Ontario Reformatory
Guelph
Piccard Seeks 12 Hour Bathysphere Dive Off West Africa
Swiss scientist Dr Auguste Piccard plans a fall descent in a bathysphere to three miles below the ocean off the West African coast. He aims to remain for 12 hours to study fish and plant life, continuing his deep sea exploration after earlier stratosphere flights in 1932 and 1934.
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Auguste Piccard
West African
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United Kingdom
Jones
Royal Canadian Navy
FLCN
India
Royal Ontario Museum
Lucknow
German Air Ministry
Berlin
Mohandas K. Gandhi
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Junior Boards of Trade
Montreal
Pyradeete
Mee
Aes
Geenotent
Cougar College
British Labor Party
R. H. S. Crossman
Mr. Bevin
Gregor
BY William Ferguson
Reg
U. S
North Pole
America
Lowa
Leiels
Peggy
Little Reggie
NEA Service
Lia DI
IBLE
Margarita
Reggie
Ina
Wasber
Apne Freno
Acanitaz
Chuck Thurston
Les Carroll
Ed Cath Hn
Ontario
VA ReMiy
Fashion Beauty
Portage Ave
Winnipeg, Man
Regina
Calgary
Edmonton
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