World Happenings Briefly Told From War Fronts Across Oceans
Planes of Trans- Canada Air Lines crossed the ocean over 265 times delivering 1406,000,600 letters and 7 passengers. Ming the London Zoo panda died after six years. valued at £2000. RAF Coastal Command bases in Northern Ireland frozen as sea iced over for first time in 50 years. Great Yarmouth suffered 21 German raids July 9 1941 with 219 deaths. Lords Bruntisfield reports Royal Navy losses since war start: 47,000 killed or missing, 13,000 wounded, 5,500 prisoners. A 150-bed RCAF hospital at Miller Bay to aid TB among Indians. Liberty ships allotted to Greece. 14 ships total. Oran port turned over to the French amid North African supply movement.
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Lord Bruntisfield
The
Admiralty
Wembley
Royal Navy
British food rations to stay steady through 1946 says minister
Food Minister J J Liewellin warns Britain's food position remains difficult despite higher farm output. Declines in Canada the US Australia and New Zealand plus liberated territories strain supplies. No sugar ration increase expected this year or possibly next, though overall shortages may ease slightly.
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Britain
J. J. Liewellin
Canada
United States
Australia
New Zealand
Col. Liewellin
Scotland’s Biggest Oatmeal Eater Claims in Court
James Rae, a farm worker, testified at Gamrie court that he consumes half a pound of oatmeal for breakfast, oatcakes at dinner, porridge at tea, and oatmeal puddings for supper. He called a buck rake a farm implement.
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James Rae
Scotland
Gamrie
The Empty Sepulcher and Resurrection Message
Devotional lesson outlines the crucifixion entombment and guards at the tomb. It recalls the sealing by Pilate and the guard, the women at the tomb Mary Magdalene and Mary of James, the angelic message of Jesus having risen, and the promise to meet the disciples in Galilee.
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Sanhedrin
Pilate
Jesus
Mary Magdalene
Mary
Magdala
Sea of Galilee
James
John
Peter
Galilee
Matthew
Britain's oldest VC holder returns to service in RAF
Robert Scott 74, a Boer War veteran and Victoria Cross recipient, rejoined while serving as an aircraftman in the RAF embarkation office. Rejected in 1939, he sought a way back through a wartime advert for men over 40 and resigned to enlist for RAF ground staff after his wife encouraged him.
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Britain
Robert Scott
Royal Air Force
RAF
Scott
Manchester Regiment
V.cc
Ladysmith
Lord Kitchener
Pretoria
Kilkeel
County Down
Belfast
R.A.F
India to Buy All Australian Heavy Machinery After War
Sir Datar Singh of the Indian trade delegation touring Australia says India will purchase all heavy machinery Australia can supply after the war and take Japan’s place in wool imports. India bought 4,000,000 pounds of Australian wool last year and expects higher postwar industrial needs as plans develop.
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India
Australia
Datar Singh
Japan
Ten Year Diphtheria Survey Highlights Canada Wide Trends
A Health League of Canada review of diphtheria and whooping cough from 1934 to 1943 shows Canada generally stable with war tied surges. Halifax worsened, reporting 522 cases and 21 deaths in 1943, far above its 1934 levels, while other cities like Toronto Montreal and Winnipeg posted varying figures. The report urges continued immunization and education and notes possible moves toward compulsory legislation. The piece ends with unrelated notes on stocking wax revival and a Hebrew phrase.
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Health League of Canada
Canada
League
Health League
Halifax
Vancouver
Edmonton
Calgary
Regina
Winnipeg
Toronto
London
Windsor
Ottawa
Montreal
Quebec City
Saint John
Heroic Canadian sergeant led tanks in charge
Sergt. Aubrey Cosens from Porquis Junction Ontario led six tanks in a charge after his officer was wounded. He personally killed 20 Germans and captured many more before being killed. He served with the Queen's Own Rifles.
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Aubrey Cosens
Porquis Junction
Ont
Queen's Own Rifles
War badges should be earned not worn by all
The Windsor Star argues badges of the Royal Canadian Air Force should be confined to those who earned them. It contends that women and girls wearing pilot wings or rank insignia cheapens their meaning and calls for an end to unauthorized display. The piece notes relatives have no right to use earned decorations. It adds unrelated science notes about Canaries, orangutans, and chimpanzees being classifiable by fingerprints.
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Royal Canadian Air Force
Windsor Star
War crimes charge eyed for Hirohito by UN panel
Reports say Emperor Hirohito may be named an Axis war criminal by the United Nations War Crimes Commission due to Japanese atrocities including the Doolittle raid killings. Delegates urged action, with precedent from charging German ministers guiding the move.
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Hirohito
James H. Doolittle
Tokyo
United Nations War Crimes Commission
Near
Commission
Joseph W. Hodgson
Still The Best Iodine Antiseptic Proved More Effective
The Mellon Institute announced experiments showing iodine is a superior antiseptic, killing standard germ cultures in one minute. Five times as much mercurial compounds were required to achieve results far slower, confirming iodine’s greater effectiveness.
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Mellon Institute
Bomb crater clearance ad from Kent farm notice
Classified advert from a Kentish paper shows Hollingbourne Rural District bulldozer at work to fill bomb craters. May of Halfway Farm in Kingsnorth Ashford accepts inquiries via phone Ashford 584.
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Brandon Sun
Great Britain
Kent
England
Hell’s Corner
Hollingbourne
Halfway Farm
Kingsnorth Ashford
Ashford
Crossword puzzle clues across and down form a themed grid
A mixed list of crossword clues is presented for horizontal and vertical entries. Items include rotating piece, Mexican garment, wing, head organ, Indian pillar, Levantine sailing vessel, goddess titles, and many more with references to months and cultural terms.
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Amer
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Ming
London Zoo
Sunderland
Catalina
RAF Coastal Command
Northern Ireland
Great Yarmouth
RCAF
Miller Bay
Resources Department
United States War Shipping Administration
Oran
By Fred Neher
Buckingham Palace
Palace
William Thomas Ross Flemington
Sackville
N.B
Michael Cornelius Oneill
Alta
Wealth League
By William Ferguson
Americas
Wea Service
Tebbs
Harrison, Ohio
Reg'lar Fellers
Pinhead
Rae
Pinnhead Duffy
NAVY
Canaries
Emperor Hirohito
Ture
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