World Happenings Briefly Told Highlights
Sir Harry Lauder celebrates 75th birthday with songs for guests. German submarines raise funds for charities. Scandinavia plans 10 passenger helicopters to Britain. Chelmsford gasworks honored by Air Ministry. German Embassy furniture auctioned in Dublin for UN. Lockheed Constellation sets Washington to Burbank record. British yards convert 10 million tons of ships to peacetime use. Japanese policy warns death or long imprisonment for sales to American soldiers. Canadian Paraplegic Association formed to aid veterans with spinal injuries.
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Domet
Japan
Canadian Paraplegic Association
Scientist Oliphant Warns Against Dropping A-Bomb
Professor M E Oliphant of Birmingham urges that the atomic bomb should not be used against cities and argues control is impossible through secrecy. He predicts industrial use of atomic energy within a decade and warns of rapid future bomb development and the need for mutual restraint.
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M. E. Oliphant
Service Club
Rotary
Birmingham
England
Japan
Prof
Oliphant
University O of Birmingham
Tokyo Bay
Great Britain
United States
Peach fuzz to be used in new industrial product
Horticulturist L A Boyd reports a letter from industrial chemists seeking large quantities of peach fuzz. He notes peach defuzzing lines in the fruit belt leave ample fuzz daily, suggesting widespread supply potential for the project.
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L. A. Boyd
New Troy Horticulturist
Michigan Fruit Sponsors, Inc
Boyd
Diphtheria Deaths Raise Alarm in Canada
The Ottawa Journal notes 311 children died of diphtheria last year, with cases and fatalities rising from the prior two years. It urges immunization as harmless, effective, and widely available, arguing diphtheria could be as rare as smallpox if vaccines are used.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa Journal
Canada
Weather blamed for mainsprings in watches
Columbus jewellers and repairers link main-spring breakage to thunder showers. Sidney C. Howard cites climate shifts after storms as causing mainsprings to contract and fail. Robert Smith notes temperature changes affect metals. watches may stop when moved from body warmth to cold, while clocks are less affected. Ruey Rhodes adds delayed breakage after thundershowers and dismisses over-winding theories.
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Columbus
Ohio
Sidney C. Howard
Robert Smith
Battelle Memorial Institute
Ruey Rhodes
Britain Retains Food for Its People After Current Shipments
Food minister Sir Ben Smith said Britain will stop sending food to hungry European countries after current shipments. He noted stockpiles are at a minimum to honor a March pledge and that Britain can supply only its own people. Bananas from Jamaica arrive in early 1946 and South African oranges are due, with Britain sourcing one third of its meat from Argentina.
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Britain
Ben Smith
Jamaica
South Africa
Smith
Argentina
Dream House New Home In Toronto Requires No Dusting
The one story dream residence on Dale Avenue in Toronto’s Rosedale blends radiant heating air conditioning and solar heating to maintain comfort. Built by Mr and Mrs C F Woods the home uses iron pipes in concrete floors as the main heat source and a precipitron device to charge and attract dust and tobacco smoke to eliminate dusting.
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Dale Avenue
Toronto
Swank Rosedale
C. F. Woods
Forest regrowth after a single burn undone by double burn
A forest that regrows after one burn is halted by a second burn that destroys seeds, forcing replanting to restore the area.
India Size Compared to United States
A concise comparison notes that India covers about two thirds of the area of the United States. The fact is stated without additional context or specifics.
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India
United States
Practically Fireproof Fuel Aims to Improve Aircraft Safety
The Cleveland Plain Dealer reports a new high octane fuel that resists ignition until injected into a cylinder and heated to 100 degrees, reducing fire risk after crashes. Demonstrations in a New York office building bolster the makers’ safety claims, with fuel fed by injection and vaporization during compression, hinting at a Diesel-like engine.
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New York
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Charred Arch to be Reassembled as House of Commons Memorial
The scorched arch from the old House of Commons Chamber is being removed, numbered, and prepared for reerection in the new chamber as a memorial to the May 10 1941 fire and the MPs who stayed to continue government despite bombings. It notes 500 materials used in shoe manufacture.
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House of Commons
Britain
The Good Samaritan Lesson on Love Your Neighbor
A Sunday School devotional examines the lawyer s question about eternal life and Jesus response. It links Luke 10 27 to Luke 1 25 37 and Matthew 22 36 39, Mark 12 28 34, showing loving God with all heart soul strength and mind and loving neighbor as key to eternal life.
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Jesus
Theophilus
Walter F. Adeney
Luke
Canadian Paratrooper First Raised Union Jack in Singapore
Lt Col A R Stewart of Vancouver became the first to raise the Union Jack in Singapore after Pacific War ends. A paratrooper with 11 years in China Burma and Malaya he parachuted in three days before occupation, seized a car from a Japanese general and hoisted the flag amid cheering Chinese spectators.
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Singapore
Pacific
A. R. Stewart
Vancouver
Col. Stewart
China
Burma
Hindus Plant Basil To Invite Happiness At Temples
Hindus plant sweet basil around temples and homes to invite happiness, a local practice noted as part of cultural ritual.
Proof Hitler Is Dead Urges No Second Chance
The Windsor Star argues there must be no cessation in proving Adolf Hitler’s death to prevent impersonators from reviving his influence. The piece warns that without conclusive proof, a future pretender with a small mustache could emerge and trap gullible followers.
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Adolf Hitler
Fuehrer
Hitler
Windsor Star
El Paso Man Recounts Army Base Exchange Moment
Grover Cleveland Wilmoth reports an army base examining officer asked a new recruit for his wife's name. The recruit replied he never knew her name because she was always there. A second anecdote notes that in the early 17th century the Europe to China voyage could take two years.
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Grover Cleveland Wilmoth
el Paso
Tex
Europe
China
Health League marks National Immunization Week in Canada
Figures from the Dominion Bureau of Statistics show 758 deaths in 1944 from diphtheria whooping cough and scarlet fever, down from 803 in 1943. Health officials urge universal vaccination as toxoids and vaccines reduce severity and nearly wipe smallpox, prompting a National Immunization Week coordinated by the Health League of Canada and health departments.
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Canada
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Health League of Canada
The
Health League
League
Free German lessons for Canadian troops in Oldensburg
Canadian army troops stationed in Oldensburg Germany receive free conversational German lessons from Horst Magel a former inmate of a Nazi concentration camp and his wife the sole surviving family members Magel teaches under a program with the Canadian YMCA in Oldensburg with classes held two evenings weekly.
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Oldensburg
Germany
Y.M.C.A
Horst Magel
Magel
Poland
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Sir Harry Lauder
Scandinavia
Britain-Scandinavia Air Service
Air Ministry
Chelmsford
London
Dublin
United Nations
Washington
D.C
Burbank
Calif
Hollywood
Dream House
By Fred Neher
Henry
By William Ferguson
Cabols
Jeather
Yokosuka Naval Base
Gene Byrnes
Gabe Ruth
Ticos
Joe DI Maggio
Tris Speaker
Joe Tinker
Hank Greenberg
Mathewson
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