World Happenings Briefly Told From Dorval to Kilkenny
A Dorval airport cargo plane delivered 65000 dollars worth of live chinchillas to Montreal. Canada sold its 103 surplus corvettes. The Soviet Union plans a 20500000 acre rise in cultivation under a new five year plan. Mainichi Shimbun reports 1000 plus tall Japanese women answered a police call for 50 officers. Kilkenny plans removal of Gladstone bust from town hall. Gibraltar opens a police recruit school following UK Metropolitan syllabus. Sir Alexander Fleming receives Harden Gold Medal for public health. Viscount Wavell receives a Tibetan goodwill scarf and letter from Tibet.
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Mainichi Shimbun
Campaign urges cutting wheat and fats to aid starving regions
The Buffalo Courier-Express reports President Tru mans Famine Emergency Committee asking a 40 percent cut in wheat and 20 percent in fats. It notes America is well fed and medical experts warn against overeating. Reducing intake could lower weekly food costs and improve health.
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Buffalo Courier-Express
Truman
Europe
Asia
Alberta Farmer Sails to Establish Ethiopian Experimental Farm
Howard Thompson of Markerville Alberta is commissioned to set up an Ethiopian government experimental farm for three years. His brother, a missionary in Ethiopia, influenced the decision. Thompson will ship nursery stock seeds and plants from Bowden area to Cairo then by air to Ethiopia. He plans to relocate his family, who will need clothing for three years, and the government has provided land, $8,000 and equipment purchases.
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Haile Selassie
Ethiopia
England
Howard Thompson
Markerville
Alberta
Thompson
Bowden
Mr. Thompson
Man plans rubber ball atomic test proposal to Navy
Jean Lussier, who rode the Horseshoe Falls in a rubber ball on July 4, 1928, seeks U S Navy permission to test a new rubber ball design for atomic experiments. He proposes three nested balls with rabbits housed inside for a week and separated by lead, asbestos, and cork shielding.
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Jean Lussier
Horseshoe Falls
United States Navy
Lussier
Naval
Built in a Day Prefab Homes Rise in Nairobi
A Nairobi building firm is mass producing four room prefabricated houses with wooden floors and tiled roofs to tackle Africa's housing shortage. Each unit costs about £160 and can be erected in one day.
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Nairobi
Kenya
Sun sheds enormous mass by fusion and radiation
The sun loses about 4,000,000 tons of mass every second as it fuses hydrogen into helium and emits energy. This is tiny compared with the sun’s total mass of roughly two billion billion tons.
Upside Down Meat Loaf Weekly Menu Idea
An upside down meat loaf offers a party touch for weekend hospitality with sweet potato slices and a rich meat mixture. The plan spans the week from sausages Monday to lamb chops finale with orange halves and baked beets, totaling 2665 tokens.
Operation Elephant: Churchill’s personal flak and rooftop defences
In a Picture Post feature, Churchill’s safety became a military concern named Operation Elephant. An anti aircraft battery accompanied him, proudly called his personal flak. He often stood on the roof with a raid plot, unhappy when alarms fired. The plan to shelter never fully relied on the guns. The piece also notes the seventh century origin of the folding fan.
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Macdonald Hastings
Picture Post
Churchill
Britain
Elephant
Loss Felt Keenly Better Than Meal
The Times of London paid tribute to Rt. Hon. Vincent Massey resigning as High Commissioner in London calling him the father of the Canadian Diplomatic Service. It praised his wartime leadership and service to Canadians in Britain amid the shared struggle for ideals.
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Times of London
Vincent Massey
London
Great Britain
Canada
Massey
the Times
Butter ration hopes rise but improvement still unclear
O W Rodemar, administrator of ration administration in Montreal, said in Vancouver the domestic butter ration may rise from four to six ounces by May 1 but overall improvement remains obscure. He added that any change hinges on Canada's ability to boost production next year. Engineers also reported glass is about 300 times smoother than satin and 475 times smoother than silk.
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Sidney Gedge
London School Board
London
Trafalgar Square
Nelson
Lord Nelson
Gedge
Canada
O. W. Rodemar
Montreal
Vancouver
Rodomar
London to Edinburgh Rail Run Named Longest Nonstop Route
British Railways lists the London to Edinburgh line as the world’s longest regular non stop service at 393 miles, with the London to Carlisle route following at 293 miles. The note cites these figures as the current record.
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London
Edinburgh
Carlisle
British Railways
Fire drills at home could save lives in fires
The St. Thomas Times-Journal argues for in home fire drills after recent residential fires. It notes that panicking leads people to dash for stairs which often burn or trap occupants. Instead, households should plan exits via back or side doors or windows for rescue if needed.
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St. Thomas
Penicillin Losing Strength Against Resistant Germs
Dr. Hans Molitor of the Merck Institute warned that penicillin’s effectiveness is eroding as resistant germ strains spread. He told the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology that the drug may become nearly useless for some diseases within a few years.
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Hans Molitor
Merck Institute For Therapeutic Research
Federation of American Societies For Experimental Biology
Plastic Lined Ship Demonstrates New Material Holoplast
The British plastics industry announces holoplast as a structural material, used in the first plastic lined ship Em pire Antigua launched on the Tyne. Holoplast provides interior boarding for doors walls and non slip flooring, resists water heat changes solvents oils acids and is vermin proof. The housefly is noted to vibrate its wings 20 000 times per minute.
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Tyneside
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George
Tibet
Viscount Wavell
India
Yugoslavia
Peter Karageorgevitch
Alexander
Tito
Loss
London Times
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Reg'lar
Aggie Riley
DAMES
Gene Byrnes
United States
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New Mexico
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