World Happenings Briefly Told From Across The Globe
BCI veterans borrowed 732171 under a loans act with 33 decem ber 1st zt z separate applications. Ontario approved 1166 loans totaling 2026291 dollars. Tass says Russian factories will begin mass production of television nets this year. Cambridge scientists explore the bed of the English Channel to show Britain once part of Europe. U S military government prints 60000 copies of an anthology burned by the Nazis titled Forbidden and Burned to sell to Germans. A silver cross found intact in a Sheffield sack with a note to return it to Chesterfield parish church. John Grierson, former head of Canada’s National Film Board, named controller of film operations at Britain’s Central Office of Information. Air Vice-Marshal Sir Leslie Brown doubts Arctic as a natural defensive shield for North America.
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John Grierson
Canada
National Film Board
British Central Office of Information
Easter sweater suit pattern 7197 for daughters
Advertisement for a children’s Easter sweater suit pattern 7197 sized 2, 4, 6 describing yarn in stockinette with garter-stitch tabs. Includes improved pattern-visuals with charts and photos and complete directions. Send twenty five cents to Household Arts Department Winnipeg Newspaper Union 175 McDermot Avenue Winnipeg Man with name address and pattern number.
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Household Arts Department
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Avenue
Winnipeg
Man
Towel Left Inside After Operation
Mrs Lillian Arthur who had a Caesarean two years earlier developed pains and swelling. Surgeons found a 12 by 14 inch towel in her abdominal cavity wrapped around her intestines bearing the Harrison Memorial Hospital monogram. Her husband Frank planned to sue Bremerton doctors.
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San Mateo
Cal
Lillian Arthur
Lawrence Martin
Arthur
Dominion Cerealist Dr Leonard Newman Retires After 25 Years
Ottawa reports the retirement of Dr Leonard H Newman after 25 years as dominion cerealist he led the cereal division of Agriculture Canada and supervised development of wheat varieties including Renown Regent Saunders Coronation Cascade and Vanguard oats and Garnet and Reward wheats. He was 66 born in Merrickville Ontario educated at Guelph and Iowa State and Cambridge Universities. He held the Canadian Seed Growers Association post before earning an honorary Doctor of Science from the University of New Brunswick in 1936.
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Ottawa
Leonard H. Newman
Dominion Cerealist
Charles Edward Saunders
Newman
Agriculture Department
Experimental Farms Service
Regent
Coronation
Vanguard
Merrickville
Lipton Plan Promises Free Soup Ipa Plan Boosts Sales
Lipton introduces a February to March offer giving a free Lipton Chicken Noodle Soup package with every half pound of Lipton tea purchased. Arthur G. Johnson of Lipton Limited used wide publicity across Canada in daily weeklies and on ninety radio stations. Manufacturers stress consistent quality to ensure loyal customers, noting Lipton Tea's worldwide fame.
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Lipton
Arthur G. Johnson
Thomas J. Lipton Limited
Lipton Tea Company
King and Queen to mark silver wedding at St Pauls
London report states the King and Queen will drive to St Pauls Cathedral on April 26 for a service commemorating their silver wedding anniversary. They wed at Westminster Abbey in 1923, following the 1918 precedent set by King George V and Queen Mary.
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London
St. Paul's Cathedral
Duke of York
Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon
Westminster Abbey
St. Paul's
George V
Mary
Lesson on obedience ends with blunt truth from pupil
A young schoolteacher tells of a lamb eaten by a wolf to a small boy. She argues obedience prevents danger, but the boy bluntly replies that if the lamb stayed in the flock it would have been eaten by them. The exchange exposes hard reality.
Taxi Driver Struggles On 20 Mile Farm Run
In Chattanooga Tennessee E Roberson faced a tough break even on a 20 mile trip with a farmer. The taxi carried the farmer his wife two children 100 pounds of cow feed groceries and a mule team. A tire burst and the taxi stuck in mud requiring two pulls and a gas stop. He earned $5 and paid $4 to the farmer for the rescue.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
E. Roberson
James
Isolated Civilians To Get Dental Care In Canada
Civilians in remote northern and isolated areas lacking civilian dental services may receive treatment from army dental officers at a set fee scale. Dental corps services will be available for relief of pain or denture repair in emergencies.
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Ottawa
Canada
February Brings Fourth Straight February Injuries for Jim Allen
Jim Allen of McIntyre endures his fourth consecutive February injury with a broken leg caused by a horse kick. The report notes lack of civilian medical facilities in isolated areas and cites a request from an approved civilian dental authority for army assistance.
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Dundalk
Jim Allen
McIntyre
Dauphin Woman Leads Manitoba Agricultural Clubs
Edna McConnell of Dauphin Manitoba, the province’s only female agricultural representative, deflects praise while her record backs the claim. She became the first woman in the post in 1941 after John Conner joined the air force, rising from Dauphin extension work to full title in May 1946.
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Winnipeg
Edna McConnell
Dauphin
Man
Miss McConnell
Dauphin District
Manitoba
John Conner
Air Force
Department of Agriculture
Petersfield
Saskatoon
Dominion
Conner
Poorly Packed Parcels From U K Returned to Ottawa
Scores of food parcels sent to Britain were returned to the Canadian Dead Letter Office in Ottawa. The Post Office Department said the parcels lacked proper packing with torn addresses or flimsy paper, prompting the returns from overseas.
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Ottawa
Britain
Canadian Postal Department
Post Office Department
Warden Takes Boy Killer Home
Warden Roy Best plans to raise 12 year old Jimmy Melton, convicted of second degree murder in his sister Phyllis Marie Mellen’s death. Melton faces 12 years to life and was allegedly motivated by family favoritism. Best argues for home placement to keep him from thugs in state care.
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Canon
City
Cole
Roy Best
Giang
Jimmy Melton
Hum
Tim
Jimiy
Pim Gore
Phyllis Marie Mellen
British Pleas Futile For Soviet Wives
Foreign Secretary Ernest Bevin told the House of Commons there is no hope for the Russian wives of 12 British ex servicemen joining their husbands in England. He would not limit the number even if possible and criticized the Soviet attitude as incomprehensible. Backgammon is noted as possibly invented in the 10th century.
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London
Ernest Bevin
House of Commons
England
Britain
Bevin
Crossword Puzzle From Past Page Shows Brace of Clues
A clipped crossword puzzle item lists vertical clues and terse hints like Spanish for and a man’s name, plus terms for body parts, cooking vessels, citrus fruit, and directions. It reads as a puzzle snippet titled Answer To Last Week's Puzzle with cryptic entries and scattered phrases.
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Veterans Business and Professional Loans Act
Ontario
Tass
Russia
Cambridge
English Channel
Europe
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Sheffield
Chesterfield
Sir Leslie Brown
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North America
Randall Bradley
Chicago
Mavis
Guicanes
Sheila Mar
Mrs
Randa Sue
Sandra Sue
Nancy Diane
Helen Marie
Leola Dolores
U.K
Warden
William Ferguson
Buckine Odds
BCS
Wollbrinck
Lohvaraisvilley
HANS
Jerson
Israel
Athamas
Central
Finland
Bokhara
Bashan
Little Reggie
Margarita
Ai Vermeer
Priscilla
Rita
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