Construction bid filed for Glasgow perocilin factory
An application for a £626000 perocilin plant in Glasgow is reported. Other items note a London Street chapel once used by Dickens, a Roosevelt cenotaph in Greece, Group Captain Bader leaving the RAF, Canada greeting Princess Elizabeth on 20th birthday, Middleton England blackout, Victoria and Albert unsuitable for postwar use, Viscount Alexander’s place in Canada’s governor general line, and nets damaged by sunken war remnants at Dungeness Bay.
Mission Church Built by Eccentric Blacksmith Sold by Inheritors
Isaac Bennett of Stockport spent ten years and his lifetime savings constructing a church titled Harvest Home with handmade pews and fittings. After his death the two sisters who shared his home, Betty and Florence Marsland, sold the pews and pulpit and now contemplate the building’s fate.
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Isaac Bennett
Stockport
England
Bennett
Betty
Florence Marsland
Betty Marsland
Asking the Blessing Fades from North American Homes
The Fort William Times-Journal notes a shift away from giving thanks to the Creator before meals. It argues polite manners persist while gratitude for daily bread is rare, contrasting with enduring fears about future food security and the loss of Providence as the source of sustenance.
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North America
Fort William
Ten-year-old Shane plays encore on liner Aquitania
Shane, the son of Canada’s governor general, struggled to reach the piano pedals yet captivated a mainly British audience aboard the Aquitania with the Blue Bells of Scotland and then For He’s a Jolly Good Fellow as the crowd called for an encore.
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Shane
Canada
Govenor-General
Aquitania
Scotland
Britain
Halibut Displays Right-Sided Eye Adaptation
The halibut shows both eyes on its right side, a notable adaptation for bottom dwelling. This alignment allows better forward vision while lying on its left side during movement and feeding.
Canada Needs These Men Moral and Spiritual Leadership
An editorial notes that history shows nations falter from moral decay and cites a United Church booklet urging a national pension fund for aging ministers and support to attract youths to the ministry. It argues Canada requires moral and spiritual leadership across creeds to guide the nation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
Greece
Rome
United Church of Canada
United Church Pension Fund
Dominion experimental farms show world leading system
The Ottawa Citizen highlights thirty-one Dominion experimental farms stations and sub stations, detailing diverse scientific work from early maturing vegetables and disease resistance to rose breeding, tomato and corn crosses, irrigation effects, and hybrid wheat yields, underscoring the farms' economic value to Canada.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dominion
Manchuria
Dominion Experimental Farms
Ottawa Citizen
Fair Exchange Across Borders in Wartime Exchange
A WWII era anecdote describes German soldiers on the Swiss frontier exchanging gifts with Swiss officers. The Germans send fertilizer to the Swiss commander, who returns a platter of golden Swiss butter with a card praising the exchange. The tale ends with a note on birds needing room to take off like airplanes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Empire Digest
Monk in Florence Invents Early Spectacles in 1135
An Italian monk in Florence created early spectacles around 1135, marking a pivotal invention for vision aid. The device connected lenses to a frame, enabling clearer viewing for scholars and craftspeople of the era.
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Florence
Italy
Belgian woman saved Allied airmen via The Comet Line
Mile. Andre de Jongh, a 29 year old Belgian woman, ran 34 perilous journeys to the Pyrenees and back to Belgium guiding 180 servicemen to safety. She swam the Somme 20 times when no boat was available and endured Gestapo detention in 1943. Her family faced arrests and internments for aiding the Allied cause.
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Belgium
Pyrenees
Spain
Europe
Mile
Andree de Jongh
George
Mlle
de Jongh
Somme
Line
Paris
Gestapo
Germany
Ravensbruck
Mauthausen
Suzanne
Manchester Guardian
Message in a Milk Bottle Signals FBI Case
After Pearl Harbor a water soaked note was recovered from the Pacific in a milk bottle. Tests failed to reveal text until six words emerged: Two quarts of milk, no cream. The message indicated a potential FBI matter.
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Pearl Harbor
Pacific Ocean
FBI
Cabinet of Gems in Florence Shows Saint Chorus Carving
The Florence gallery houses a cherry stone artifact bearing a carved chorus of saints. Carved figures count about 70 heads, forming a dense miniature tableau acclaimed for its craftsmanship and religious imagery.
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Florence
Italy
World police force urged by United Nations council
The Providence Journal argues for a temporary world police force as the UN Security Council and military staff committee discuss a global force. It notes that member nations would provide personnel and equipment, with size set by the committee, and stresses action in the coming critical months amid delays in formal plans. April is noted as the second month in the ancient Roman calendar.
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United Nations
U.N
Security Council
Providence Journal
Birds of Canada Travel Vast Distances in Winter
Shorebirds migrate far from Canada with Least Sandpiper nesting in Alaska and wintering in South America. Plovers and sandpipers travel great distances, with adults migrating before young. Some Arctic nesters visit Europe and Asia as stray sightings.
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L. L. Snyder
Royal Ontario Museum
Arctic Circle
Alaska
South America
Europe
Asia
England
Aleutian Islands
Asiatic
Iron Duke Beached Since 1939 Refloated for Scrapyard Voyage
The 24 year old HMS Iron Duke, flagship at the Battle of Jutland under Admiral Jellicoe, was refloated at Orkneys after lying beached since October 1939 and will sail to the scrap yard. The note about forks entering English dining in James I’s reign is included as unrelated trivia.
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H.M.S
Iron Duke
Britain
Orkneys
Jutland
Jellicoe
Conflicting Views on Feminine Education in 20th Century Debate
Two specialists clash over what girls should study. Sir Robert Watson-Watt argues for stronger technical training to enable women to work in radio and atomic era science, while Dame Louise McIlroy urges cooking education as essential for nutrition and overall capacity, saying girls should learn to cook before other subjects.
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Robert Watson-Watt
Womens Engineering Society
London
Louise Mclroy
John Orr
Louise
Defence and fishery notes on modern hunting gear
A discussion on the leap from ancient weapons to modern firearms and the resulting edge in hunting. It notes game animals struggle to defend against rapid-fire gear, while camouflage and instinct remain their main defenses. It ends with a note on submarine sound camouflage in fishing experiences.
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Fish and Game Bulletin
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Glasgow
London Street
Charles Dickens
Franklin D Roosevelt
National Cathedral of
Douglas Bader
RAF
Governor-General
People of
Princess Elizabeth
Middleton
Royal Yacht
Victoria and Albert
Viscount Alexander
Champlain
Dungeness Bay
Hythe
Fair Exchange
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Yorkton
Sask
Albert Houston
Chapman, Ont
By Fred Neher
Congress
Catherine Falvey
Somerville
Mass
Nuremberg
World Police Force
James I
BY William Ferguson
AREN
NEA Service, MC
T. M. Reg
William Msintoshi
San Francisco
Chfoswi
Gene Byrnes
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