World Happenings Briefly Told In Wartime News
World events include a Swiss Red Cross holiday program for nearly 200 British children, a Welsh town planting trees to honor victory, Canada housing value figures, a London memorial site for war children, Moscow flight schedules to Europe and Near East, Canada onion seed production leading provinces, Poland war loss estimates to shipping, and cautions near Aldershot NS over unexploded ordnance.
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Moscow
Europe
Tit Near East
B.C
Canada
Arctic Whiteout Named Weather Term by U S Bureau
Leonard J. C. Hedine of the Weather Bureau describes Arctic Whiteout a snow country condition where land features vanish blending earth and sky and horizons become indistinguishable. He warns it endangers airmen in Northwestern Alaska during late winter and early spring and can erase shadows and landmarks. A pilot mistook danger when a reindeer appeared as the plane neared collision.
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Washington
Leonard J. C. Hedine
United States Weather Bureau
Winnemucca
Nevada
Bulletin
The
American Meteorological Society
Alaska
Churchill calls for a breathing space to curb world clashes
Winston Churchill urged a blessed convalescence to halt shifting doctrines driving nations apart. He warned the world is ill after two wars and that united efforts fall short when party strife and fanatics rage. unity of the British Isles and the English speaking world remains a potent, unconquerable channel for shared humanitarian aims.
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Winston Churchill
Churchill
British Isles
Dutch Power Use Brightens as Plants Operate Across Nation
In the Netherlands more than 96 percent of residents rely on electric light and power. The nation maintains 50 power plants actively supplying electricity nationwide.
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The
Netherlands
Good Paint Job Hints For Preserving Farm And Town Buildings
A practical guide on painting homes and farm buildings to protect against moisture. Highlights include sealing sash bottoms and window frames, painting flashings and shutters, keeping doors water tight, using shingle paint for shingles, scrubbing screens, and sealing porch floors and railings to prevent warping and decay.
Threshold of the uncharted future in the air
The New York Times notes near supersonic speeds with planes like the Vam pire at 540 mph and Meteor at 606 mph, approaching sound barrier at sea level. A Lockheed engineer predicts jets at 2,500 mph within five years, demanding new turbines alloys and plane designs.
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Lockheed
New York Times
Costa Rica Facts and Geography
Costa Rica is a small Central American republic between Panama and Nicaragua. It spans about 23 000 square miles with volcanic mountains and low coastal plains. Mount Irazu rises to 11 200 feet offering views of both oceans. Population is about 656 129 with strong Spanish heritage. It gained independence in 1821 and is named rich coast for its fertile soil. Major products include coffee bananas cacao rice maize and sugar cane.
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Central America
Panama
Nicaragua
Eire
Mount Irazu
Pacific Ocean
Caribbean Sea
Costa Rica
Central American
Spain
Leaning Tower of Pisa's Tilt Limits Drop Reach
A weight lowered from the tower’s top edge would strike the ground about 15 feet from the base, indicating the extreme lean affects drop distance.
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Pisa
Remarkable foresight of John Maynard Keynes as economist
Montreal Star notes Keynes faced initial scepticism for The Economic Consequences of the Peace yet proved prescient amid postwar inflation and global downturn. By 1942 he advised Britain as Treasury head, shaped Roosevelt’s New Deal, and remained a key figure at monetary conferences, dying from overwork after returning from Savannah.
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John Maynard Keynes
Versailles
Wilson
Liroyd
George
Clemenceau
France
Keynes
Times
Lord Keynes
British Treasury
Roosevelt
International Monetary Conference
Britain
United States
House of Lords
Savannah
Georgia
Montreal Star
Tudor II airliner to be built in Canada at Malton plant
Britain’s Tudor II will be built at Malton near Toronto. The plant, known for Lancasters and Lincolns, is tooling up to produce the civilian Tudor, a 60 passenger short flight version and a 40 day or 22 night long distance version, with A V Roe of Canada Ltd handling the Canadian end. The long nosed tree snake of the East Indies has keyhole shaped pupils and exceptionally sharp sight.
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Britain
Canada
Malton
Toronto
Royal Canadian Air Force
A. V. Roe of Canada Ltd
East Indies
Peeping Lawyer Relies on 1360 Law
Robert Thompson, 35, bound over for 12 months under an ancient statute punishing night walking and spying by peeping through windows. Stipendiary J. R. MacDonald defends the old law as effective, noting the 600 year old provision remains relevant to public decency.
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Robert Thompson
England
J. R. MacDonald
Halifax Urges Wartime U S British Unity
The Earl of Halifax urged continuous wartime friendship and concerted action between the United States and the British Commonwealth, calling it the rock upon which our house of peace is built at a Pilgrims dinner. A Parliament search is held annually due to the 1605 gunpowder plot.
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Earl of Halifax
United States
British Commonwealth of Nations
Pilgrims
Carries The Man Alexander Sutherland of Shubenacadie
At 84, Alexander Sutherland of Shubenacadie proves the idea that seniors should retire is flawed. He carries mail daily from 6:30 AM to sometimes 11:30 PM, also works in a store, and helps with hay in season, showing active contribution to his community.
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Alexander Sutherland
Shubenacadie
Sutherland
Halifax Herald
War at Sea Claims Thousands of Navy Lives
The London Times notes that during the war over 35 000 Merchant Navy officers and men died delivering food and arms to Britain and aiding Russian allies, while nearly 50 000 Royal Navy personnel were killed defending or keeping sea lanes open. Killer whales are described as pack hunters and are linked to Eskimo superstitions about wolves changed to sea animals.
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London Times
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Switzerland
Red Crees
Brecon
Wales
Benk
Trade Department
Commons
London
Abe Save the Children Fund
Warsaw
Poland
Gdynia
Aldershot Military Camp
Kentville
Royal Canadian Engineer
God
WAR
Rld
Messner
Rochester Times-Union
By Fred Neher
O.P.A
U.N. Security Council
Hafez Afifi Pasha
Egypt
China
Quo Tai-Chi
Reg
Gene Byrnes
Nova Scotia
BY William Ferguson
Thea
Ogg
Elmer
U.S
Smith County
Kansas
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