World Happenings Briefly Told On War and Empire
Names streets and memorial ideas in Athens Trafalgar Square design proposal Lord Winster. New Zealand spends 960,000 for landing vessels for Pacific forces. BC Shiplanders Federation estimates 1000 coastal vessel jobs postwar and equal repair work. Royal Aeronautical Society plans annual British Empire Lecture in London. Albergo Massimo d Azegno in Rome renamed Chateau Laurier by Canadian Officers Club. Sourdoughs pursue gold in British Columbia mountains. Dr H V Warren of UBC comments on mining. 50,000x electron microscope installed at McGill for war studies. CN Railway Employees War Services sends 147,946 books to overseas troops with thanks from multiple regions.
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British Columbia
Do Not Want Sympathy on Artifical Limbs Gains
The Vancouver Province notes that many men with artificial limbs are retrained for new industrial roles and succeed through skill rather than sympathy. Some continue sports or arts, while others adapt to unfamiliar trades. The adjustment period is challenging as workers strive to prove their value.
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Vancouver
How to Build a Barrel Feed Mixer
Step by step guide to convert an old barrel into a feed mixer. Cut a door with hinges, install a latch hook, mount on two posts with an iron rod crank, and support off the ground with two by four framing to hold the rod and provide operation.
Greek pilot Vaz fires up cannon test in Canadian Air Force
West front reporter recounts Vaz a Greek pilot known as fighting Creek who volunteered for a cannon test flight. He flew a plane beyond the expected thirty minutes, returning with a smile after confirming the cannons worked. He previously attacked targets east of Cologne including an ammunition train and several other trains before returning home.
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BBC European Service
Vaz
O.K
Germany
Cologne
Wartime Gardens urged to continue kitchen plots into 1945
The Agricultural Supplies Board urges wartime gardeners to keep up home and community kitchen plots in 1945 to ease transport strains. It notes ample seeds and tools and offers a free pamphlet The Wartime Garden from the Dominion Department of Agriculture Ottawa with planting and pest control tips.
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Agricultural Supplies Board
Dominion Department of Agriculture
Ottawa
Big Rail Job and War Lessons for Canada
Canadian National Railways executive vice-president N B Walton declared railways are the nation’s lifeline and warned against wartime mismanagement echoing prewar economic starvation. He praised the railways for their wartime effort in Montreal, noting they rose to the challenge after a decade of hard times.
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Ilverseas
Canada
Douglas Anmron
Margaret Ecker
Maurice Desjardins
N. B. Walton
C.be
Canadian National Railways
Montreal
Walton
Canadian Railways
Cancer Control Society Eyes Canada Wide Cancer Campaign
The Canadian Society for the Control of Cancer seeks to imitate a national coordination body similar to the American Cancer Society. It is backed by the Canadian Medical Association and United Commercial Travellers, with branches nationwide and prairie provinces notably active. The group plans a largely educational national campaign. The Apache Indians historically regarded the dandelion as a favored food.
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Canadian Society For the Control of Cancer
Canada
New York
American Cancer Society
Canadian Medical Association
King George V Cancer Jubilee Fund
United Commercial Travellers
Prairie Provinces
Society For the Control of Cancer
Navy strength reaches ninety thousand men amid wartime recruiting
The Brockville Recorder and Times reports the Canadian Navy now numbers about 90 000 sailors. Recruitment will shift to providing replacements, as the force far exceeds wartime expectations and grows from a small, feeble navy.
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Brockville
Philippines Island Details Highlight Major Land Area Facts
The Philippines comprises 7083 islands with 4642 unnamed. Luzon is the largest island, covering 40814 square miles, identified as the archipelago's top land area.
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Philippines
Luzon
Philippine Islands
Blessed is he that cometh in the Lord’s name
The lesson details Jesus riding into Jerusalem on an ass as a fulfillment of Zechariah and Psalm prophecies. Crowds spread robes and branches, acclaiming Jesus with Hosanna in the highest, while observers ask who he is, answering that Jesus of Nazareth from Galilee is the prophet. War Savings Stamps are urged.
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Israel
Jesus
Jerusalem
Bethphage
Mount of Olives
Matthew
Zechariah
Russia
W. A. Grist
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Lazarus
David
Messiah
Nazareth of
Galilee
Henry Burton
Crossword Puzzle Clue List From Historical Page
The page presents a crossword with horizontal and vertical clues including moccasin, indehiscent fruit, small particle, redact, chess piece, legends of a race, and more. It features entries for many categories such as geographic places, metals, dyes, and names alongside definitions and partial answers.
Cleveland Institute Researches Russian Serum On Cancer
Researchers at the Institute of Pathology at Western Reserve University in Cleveland test a Russian developed serum claimed to cure cancer. The project, led by Dr. Hary Goldblatt, will run at least three years with an estimated cost of 15000 dollars. Dr. Alexander Bogolomets publicized the serum a year ago. Nearly a quart of serum was produced locally for initial experiments.
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Institute of Pathology of Western Reserve University At
Cleveland
Hary Goldblatt
Alexander A. Bogolomets
Health pioneer Justice Riddell led Canada’s fight on venereal disease
The late Mr. Justice W R Riddell who died at 92 in Toronto was a longtime head of the Health League of Canada and its predecessors for 25 years. He championed public health, studied medicine, and helped push federal health action while stressing constitutional flexibility between Dominion and provinces.
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Ontario Supreme Court
Health League of Canada
Toronto
Health League
National Council For
Justice Riddell
Dominion
Department of Health
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