World Happenings Briefly Told
In its 61st year of daily trans continental service a Canadian airline carried 21 569 passengers. The 1944 estimate was 169 734. Buckingham Palace sources said the Duke of Windsor may receive a Crown post but not in the United Kingdom. About 60 000 soldiers were asked in a government questionnaire to give views on army clothing. Canadian POWs reaching Manila from Japan were in better shape than others, according to Maj A C Barwick. A 90 year old English farmer Henry Lawrence runs a 70 acre farm with help, 27 cows, and self purchases. The Bermuda Legislative Council again rejected private cars in a 5 to 4 vote. Allied powers occupying Germany signed a law vesting possibly $1 000 000 000 of German assets abroad in the Allied control council. The government plans free medical care for tuberculosis patients. Dr John J Heagerty spoke at a Rotary Club in Ottawa. A 36 inch two ton cannon built to breach Siegfried Line was deemed too late to aid the Axis defeat.
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U.S
Siegfried Line
Wealth and Covetousness in Jesus Teachings
Christian devotional notes on Deuteronomy 8 17 Luke 12 13 15 and Luke 12 15 warning against covetousness. The lesson explains wealth as God given and cites Jesus parable about possessions. It emphasizes that life does not consist in abundance of things and recalls Moses farewell address.
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Mala
Moses
Jesus
Albert L. Long
The rose as symbol of silence through ages
The article traces the rose as emblem of secrecy from ancient Greece to medieval times and Renaissance confessionals, noting roses painted in halls and ceilings to remind guests to keep secrets in sub rosa. It also mentions the near extinction of the whooping crane and its vanished flocks.
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Collier's
Ninth Annual Scholarship for Young Canadian Composers
The Composers Authors Association of Canada announces the ninth annual scholarship competition for under 22 as of March 31st 1946. Two manuscripts are required one being a song with prizes totaling 1000 dollars including a 750 dollar first prize at the Toronto Conservatory of Music. The junior division offers 25 15 and 10 dollars. Entries from armed services are encouraged and teachers are urged to promote participation across Canada.
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Composers, Authors Association of Canada
Armed Services
Toronto Conservatory of Music
Dominion
Robert Fleming
R.C.A
Fleming
Healey Willan
Toronto Symphony Orchestra
Ernest MacMillan
C.B.C
Air Force
Fund of
Composers Authors and Publishers Association
King Street
East
Toronto
Canada
Association
Composer of Roll Out The Barrel Found In Czech Village
A wide search traced the tune to Jaromir Vejvoda near Prague where he learns of 20 000 pounds in royalties due in London. He led a local brass band and never traveled far. Royalties were paid to the Custodian of Enemy Property and future payment awaits aBritainCzechoslovakia monetary agreement.
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Prague
Jaromir Vejvoda
London
Vejvoda
Britain
Czechoslovakia
Archaeologists Push Back Civilization Timeline
London researchers now date civilization at seven to eight thousand years old, a revision Montreal Star believes may push even earlier. The piece notes anthropologists once place Eskimos with North American Indians in blood and language.
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London
Montreal Star
Health Reforms Cut Disease Burden in USSR
The USSR Bulletin notes radical shifts in public health since Soviet rule. Free hospital and home care reduced epidemics and tuberculosis cases to 40 percent of 1913 levels, with widespread access eliminating prior medical cost barriers.
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Russia
Queen Salote Receives Grand Cross of Empire Order
Queen Salote of Tonga, sovereign of the Friendly Islands, receives the Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire. The article notes Tonga’s long ties with Britain and mentions her wartime aid including £100,000 and two Spitfires supplied to Britain for World War II.
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Tonga Islands
Salote
Elizabeth
South Pacific
Tonga
Britain
Captain Cook
Pasteurization urged to ensure safe Canadian milk
Health League of Canada campaigns for compulsory pasteurization arguing that clean raw milk even under ideal conditions is not reliably safe. Dr John R Fraser notes milk is hard to keep clean from production to delivery while Dr Frank Pedley cites a case of bovine tuberculosis in a baby fed certified milk from a single cow. Dr Adelard Groulx calls for universal pasteurization as raw milk continues to cause infections.
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Canada
The
Health League of Canada
John R. Fraser
McGill University
Frank Pedley
Montreal
Pedley
Adelard Groulx
City of Montreal Health Department
Laundry Problem Promises Automatic Washing in Britain
A shilling-in-the-slot washing machine will soon debut in Britain to tackle the laundry problem. Resembling a radio set, it washes pounds of clothes in 40 minutes, using a simple process from loading to drying and even collecting fallen buttons. Launderettes with 10 to 12 machines will open in many areas, especially in working class blocks of flats.
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Britain
Men Benefit From Not Taking Time Off For Hair Wash
The observation notes men gain an advantage by avoiding holiday breaks for hair washing, implying quicker access to grooming services without missing time off work. It discusses gender differences in routine grooming obligations and work schedules.
Fashioning a Week of Family Meals on Token Economy
A ration era guide outlines a seven day menu using four pounds of lamb for Sunday, thick chops Monday, macaronis and dairy for Tuesday, corned beef Wednesday, veal Thursday, fish Friday, and unrationed spare ribs Saturday. It notes three tokens remain for emergencies.
Rice Industry Pioneer Earns Grant For Australian Rice Growth
Australian fruit farmer John Brady received a Government grant of £300 for aiding the rice industry in Australia by adapting California climate, soil, and irrigation parallels to the Murrumbidgee district. Brady visited California in 1921, planted his first crop later that year, and by 1924-25 produced 16 000 bushels, with last season totaling 75 000 tons to help feed Pacific natives.
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John Brady
California
Murrumbidgee River
Australia
Murrumbidgee
Old Faithful Geyser’s Massive Water Output Highlighted
The Old Faithful geyser in Yellowstone National Park sprays over 1,500,000 gallons of water per eruption and could meet the water needs of a city the size of Denver.
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Yellowstone National Park
Denver
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Buckingham Palace
Duke of Windsor
United Kingdom
Manila
Japan
A. C. Barwick
Vancouver
England
Henry Lawrence
Bermuda Legislative Council
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Germany
Allied Control Council
John J. Heagerty
Rotary Club
Ottawa
Czech
August von Mackensen
Bismarck
Celle
von Mackensen
von Hindenburg
Tannenberg
Masurian
Romania
Weimar Republic
Stahlheim
Veterans’ Organization
U.S.S.R. Bulletin
By Fred Neher
Lamb
Fabbaged
Unrat
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Drury Lane
Anne
T Theatre
John Bull
Cha Royal
Hen Carey
George I
Geyser
Marine
Florida
By William Ferguson
Synea Service, Inc. ,T. M. Rec. V. &. Patoff
Alesss
Beethoven
Eliszt
Haydn
Johann Strauss
Gene Byrnes
Dusan
Pere
Butch
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