Minesweeping Of Sea Lanes Nearly Ended
After two years of effort the international minesweeping mission has cleared 140000 square miles of sea from danger to merchant shipping. The Royal Navy leads a fleet of nearly 2000 vessels under the Mine Clearance Board with Britain, the US, France, and Russia represented. Flotillas of eight ships sweep about 25 square miles daily, though magnetic mines with delayed fuzes require at least fifteen sweeps.
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Royal Navy
Europe
Admiraity
London
Britain
International Routing Authority
Making Success Of Defeating Disease
Canada has cut diphtheria deaths from 900 yearly to 270 and the rate continues to fall. Health statisticians credit immunization campaigns for children against diphtheria whooping cough and scarlet fever. Authorities urge all parents to immunize their children early in life.
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Canada
Seattle family budget 1939 to 1347 living costs rise
A University of Washington report compares 1939 and 1347 living standards in Seattle. A family with a $2,200 budget in 1939 would need about $3,835 for the same standard of living, a 74 percent increase.
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Seattle
University of Washington
Bears lose tree climbing ability except heaviest species
The statement notes that all bear species except the heaviest cannot climb trees. It contrasts tree-climbing capability with body weight, suggesting only the largest bears retain this behavior.
Miner Rescues Kitten Trapped in Australian Mine Shaft
Perth based miner Harry Dahlin, 61, saved a kitten stranded by the Maritana shaft in Western Australia. For six months he lowered food and water 25 feet down the shaft, using rope and a wire cage, until the cat climbed in and was hauled to the surface.
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Perth
Australia
Harry Dahlin
Maritana
Western Australia
Dahlia
Kitty
Pickles Dominate Homes In Survey By Homemakers Guild
A Home Makers Guild of America survey finds eight of ten homemakers serve pickles weekly while two in ten use them daily. Men eat more pickles than women with whole sweet varieties favored by both. bread and butter and dill are runners up. Over half of families preserve pickles at home. Noahs Ark is believed to have been a 20 000 ton ship.
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Home Makers Guild of America
Arabs surround Palestine map shows regional forces
A map depicts Palestine almost entirely ringed by Arab League states except for the Mediterranean coast. It notes Arab military strength as unknown for Saudi Arabia and Yemen, while the Jewish side fields about 75,000 fighters from Hagana. Irgun opposes partition but would ally with Hagana if attacked from outside.
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Palestine
Mediterranean
Saudi Arabia
Yemen
Hagana
Irgun
Smaller Turkeys Promised By Dominion Poultry Lab
Saskatoon area biologists at the Dominion Experimental Farm unveil plans for a 12 pound turkey strain within five years. Lead researcher R M Blakely reports breeding and nutrition work aims to cure deformities from rapid growth and produce evenly weighted birds for markets. The project centers on improved feeds and controlled housing to raise healthier turkeys despite coyotes and other challenges.
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Dominion Experimental Farm
R. M. Blakely
Blakely
United States
Mr. Blakely
United States Department of Agriculture
Handy Gadget Simplifies Small Household Repairs
A multi purpose tool combines a screwdriver point and adjustable hammer. The device lets a user spin a screw home with a finger flick, reducing labor and hand twisting.
1921 Lizzy Rolls 9320 Mile US Tour Ends In Seattle
A 1921 model T Ford touring car driven by Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Hielscher completed a four month 9320 mile United States tour. The couple, aged 81, returned to Seattle in a rainstorm, after being feted by Ford in Detroit and a civic parade in Minneapolis. The car’s total mileage reached 144143 since purchase for $490 twenty six years ago.
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Seattle
United States
J. R. Hielscher
Ford Motor Company
Detroit
Minneapolis
Shaw's valuation of postcards too low
When George Bernard Shaw proposed selling his postcard ecards as souvenirs for stamps the postmistress said she had been selling them for $2 while he suggested 4s to 50 cents, prompting a modest rebuke on value.
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George Bernard Shaw
Children Faithful To Dad's Instructions
OKLAHOMA CITY. Farmer Earl Carter left his stalled car and told his children Caroline Sue, 11, and Jesse Don, seven, to wait beside it while he searched for a garage. Twenty hours later police found them, hungry but faithful to Daddy’s orders. The girl recalled, Daddy said to wait.
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Oklahoma City
Earl Carter
Caroline Sue
Jesse Don
Food for U.K. ration shares in 1946
Report shows Canada supplied 57 percent of wheat and flour to the United Kingdom ration in 1946. It provided 38.6 percent of bacon and ham, 45 percent of canned salmon, 24.2 percent of cheese, 16 percent of apples, 15 percent of eggs, and 11 percent of evaporated milk.
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Canada
United Kingdom
War brides seek new label as Canadian marriages thrive
About 40,000 British and European women who married Canadian servicemen abroad and settled in Canada resent being called war brides. A Veterans Affairs survey finds most marriages successful with only a small share unhappy. Red Cross notes 1 percent failure rate, while 67,000 overseas wives and children now live in Canada.
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Ottawa
Department of Veterans Affairs
Canada
B. W. Browne
Canadian Red Cross Society
Red Cross
Prairie Provinces
West
United Kingdom
Europe
Dominion
Customer Returns Mail Order House Mixup in Oregon
In Astoria Oregon Donald Riswick ordered a model 3 A 2 R house but received 3 A 1 R instead. Five large Portland factory trucks delivered the unit and Riswick found the living room faced the yard with a river view through the kitchen window. He spent about six thousand dollars with another four thousand planned to make it livable and urged the company to fix the order. Coral absorbs water like a sponge.
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Astoria
Ore
Donald Riswick
Portland
Columbia River
Riswick
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Mark T. McKee
U.S
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