World Happenings Briefly Told
A roundup notes British and Allied wartime events including the Indian army’s seven VC awards, new moisture proof radar seals in development, London adding 61 utility buses, and secret DRX explosive use. Rome appoints Prince Filippo Andrew Doria Pamphili as mayor under Allied government. Sixty eight civilians killed in UK air raids in May with 75 injured. Sierra Leone government stocks rice in West Africa for potential shortages. Two British POWs escape to Sweden after 13 attempts. May ends London without an air raid warning since 1942.
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Prince Filippo Andrew Doria Pamphili
Rome
Handicraft Work Promises Growth for North American Craft
Allan Eaton of the Russell Sage Foundation told the 15th annual Canadian Handicrafts Guild meeting in Toronto that handicrafts aid the national economy and offer social educational therapeutic and esthetic value. He cited U S rural programs supplying surplus cotton for mattress making and noted 3 700 000 such items in two years. He urged retaining immigrant crafts to enrich a rich western handiwork culture.
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Canada
United States
Allan Eaton
Russell Sage Foundation of
New York
Toronto
Canadian Handicrafts Guild
Ontario
Eaton
North America
Europe
Women Run Britain's Largest Bomb Factory
Women make the world's biggest bomb a 12000 lb factory buster at remote sites under Danger Area notices. Each worker has a medical history chart and is weighed weekly to detect fume absorption. Special facial anti toxic make up is required. Ninety percent of explosives plant workers are women.
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Britain
Wartime Goop Idea Tries Weekly Motor Mute
In wartime guidance Mexican motorists must idle their cars one day a week. Citizens choose a preferred motor less day and receive a sticker indicating the selected day.
Color source and fast-growing roselle plant note
The text states emeralds and rubies derive color from chromium oxide and notes the roselle plant can grow up to two inches per day as a source for a jute substitute.
Britain’s Rocket Ships Fire Explosives Quickly at Beaches
Allied reports reveal rocket ships developed after the Dieppe raid in 1942 discharge vast quantities of explosives onto beaches much faster than warships. Disclosed at Allied Expeditionary HQ the weapons boost morale though their physical destruction is limited. The ships, first used in Sicily, remain a British naval secret weapon.
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Dieppe
France
British Information Services
Sicily
Coconut mailed home to Wiltshire wife by overseas soldier
Mrs. James Mould of Wiltshire received a coconut from her husband serving abroad. The shell bore her name and address engraved, and the coconut arrived through the mail unwrapped.
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James Mould
Wiltshire
Insect Life Through Ancient Fossils at ROM
A summer overview notes insects exceed other animals in abundance today and date fossils show their ancient origin. Royal Ontario Museum displays include dragonflies preserved in limestone and Baltic amber specimens of ants bees flies locusts and beetles. Insects were widespread and plentiful in ancient times.
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Royal Ontario Museum
Noted stained glass artist George Parlby dies in London
George Parlby aged 88, renowned for stained glass work in Victorian and Edwardian London, passed away in London. His pieces adorn numerous English cathedrals and churches. Separately, historians note ancient Chinese attempts to predict eclipses as early as 2000 BC.
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George Parlby
London
Nebuchadnezzar’s plan for Daniel and companions
An old Sunday school lesson recounts Nebuchadnezzar’s siege of Jerusalem in 606 BC and the selection of Daniel and three youths for Babylon’s Prince’s College. Daniel refuses royal dainties, proposes a ten day pulse diet, and proves wiser, healthier. God grants them learning and wisdom.
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Nebuchadnezzar
Daniel
Danie
Jehoiakim
Babylon
Jerusalem
Land of
Judah
France
Belgium
Czechoslovakia
Prince's College of
Ashpenaz
God
Hananiah
Mishael
Azariah
Japs Struck By Allied Air Strikes In Burma Action
Allied forces supported by air power attacked Japanese detachments in northern Burma as troops moved to blow up a railway bridge near Mandalay. Hurricanes strafed the gunners with mixed initial results but army intelligence later confirmed 150 Japanese infantry killed or wounded in the engagement.
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Mandalay
Harold Holland c
Winnipeg
Uttoxeter British Restaurant Clocks 1000 Dinners Daily
The Uttoxeter British Restaurant serves over 1,000 dinners a day and during its eighteen months of operation has not lost a knife, fork, or spoon.
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Uttoxeter
Early Chinese gas lighting via bamboo tubes from salt mines
The text notes that ancient Chinese likely used piped natural gas for lighting by running it through bamboo tubes from salt mines, and that it takes roughly 45 gallons of water to fill an average bathtub.
Scattering Flower Seeds as a Simple Delightful Hobby
A Halifax Herald note describes the hobby of scattering flower seeds along roads, alleys, and rail tracks. Return visits in the season reveal blooms that brighten dull surroundings, and even if the gardener does not return, others reap the benefits of the thoughtful effort.
Sugar shortages loom for years after war industry shift
Officials warn inadequate sugar supplies will persist for years. Extrape remains at about 10,000,000 tons annually, while Java and the Philippines together produce 2,500,600 tons, but many refining facilities are destroyed. Demand shifts and wartime losses pressure cocoa and tea markets, with China expected to cover deficits in India and Ceylon.
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Extrepe
Java
Philippines
China
India
Ceylon
West Africa
Crossword Puzzle Clues Mixed Across and Down
A mixed set of crossword clues lists horizontal entries from 1 to 66 and vertical entries from 1 to 63. The puzzle includes familiar terms for animals vegetables colors notes languages and compounds along with mythological and scientific terms.
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Indian Army
Indiare
Pew
United Kingdom
Ministry of Home Security
Sierra Leone
British West Africa
Stockholm Tidningen
Sweden
Poland
Palermo
Y William Eiguion
Heaven
A. i. Eri
Gene Byrnes
Burma
Tell
Halifax Herald
Mohammed
Askance
Island
Iril
King of Crete
Fiz
Fis
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