Legacy of Australia Torch of service for war orphans
Australia highlights Legacy, a voluntary group aiding children of fallen soldiers since 1923. Legatees act as big brothers and trustees, finding work and guiding welfare for hundreds of wards, with doctors, lawyers, and dentists offering free services. A Junior and Intermediate Club care for age groups, while camps and sports build character.
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John McCrae
Flanders Fields
Flander
McCrae
Legacy Club of
Australia
Melbourne
Legacy
Legacy Club
Florence Nightingale
Glochidia Attach to Birds and Other World Facts
Glochidia small mussels attach to birds feet for travel. About half of France works in farming. UK Health Ministry and MRC set up cold research unit at Harvard Hospital to study colds. Ships may use radar in fog near land. British National Savings has 290000 Smiths 200000 Jones 150000 Browns 130000 Williams. Belgium shows autos. world has 2796 languages. Chinese language users number 488573000. British Museum preserves 14 foot prehistoric elephant fossil.
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Ministry of Health
The
Medical Research Council
Harvard Hospital
England
Jam price debate in Windsor Star urges supply and demand
W L Clark argues production should stay steady to push prices down. Jam sells for 68 cents per eight ounce jar in Windsor area with shoppers reluctant to buy at the current price, while many can’t afford it. The piece notes accidents rising to fourth in causes of death.
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Boston Way
W. L. Clark
Windsor Star
Star Threatens Suit Over Communist Accusation
Film star Myrna Loy threatens to sue Mathew Woll, vice president of the American Federation of Labor, after he labels her a Communist sympathizer. The dispute centers on televised remarks and public comment about Loy’s political views and affiliations.
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Myrna Loy
Mathew Woll
The
American Federation of Labor
The Silver Bible of Uppsala a Gothic treasure
One of Sweden's oldest treasures, the Silver Bible in Uppsala, 1400 years old, a priceless Gothic manuscript. It traces Gothic language origins from Wulfila's 4th century translation and a lavish 6th century copy for Theodoric the Great. Only fragments remain alongside the sole continuous Gothic text.
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Sweden
Uppsala
Wulfila
Italy
Theodoric the Great
One Good Reason Pearson Says Canada Delivers Rationed Meat Abroad
Lester B. Pearson the retiring Canadian ambassador to the United States told Americans by radio that Canada will not supply meat domestically. He noted Canada is rationed and sends its surplus to overseas areas where it is more needed.
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Lester B
Mike) Pearson
United States
Canada
Dominion
Ancient Egyptians Mastered Yarn Manipulation With Needles
Ancient texts hint that Egyptians thousands of years ago practiced advanced yarn work using needles. The skill likely contributed to textile arts and daily craft. This glimpse suggests sophisticated craft techniques in early Egyptian culture.
Fairy Tale Shopping Centre Planned Near New York Site
A 20 acre utopia near Flushing, New York, promises moving sidewalks underground, year round climate, and vast retail space. With 1,500,000 sq ft of stores, 5,000 car roof parking, a 4,000 seat theatre, nursery, five and ten, supermarket, and extensive services, the plan aims to serve a million customers, attracting 250 million in annual sales and self financing in 25 years.
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Flushing
New York
Utopia
Lester C. Tichy
Webb and Knapp
Junior
Hubby
North Shore
Young British schoolboy aims to beat speed record
A 14-year-old British schoolboy named Alexander Watson builds a model racing car in his home cellar with miniature roads and hopes to surpass the UK speed record of 74.3 miles per hour. He is the youngest member of the British Model Car Club which holds monthly meetings at an airfield in Bedfordshire about 100 miles away, which he visits by bicycle to watch contests.
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Willi
Alexander Watson
Alexander
British Model Car Club
Bedfordshire
England
United Kingdom
Permanent Battle of Britain Memorial at Westminster Abbey
A permanent Battle of Britain memorial will be built in Westminster Abbey beside a memorial chapel to be completed next summer at the end of the Henry VII chapel, which is currently under repair.
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Westminster Abbey
Mystery Of The Brigantine Mary Celeste Still Unsolved
The Mary Celeste mystery endures seventy four years after its 1872 voyage from New York with alcohol cargo to Genoa. Captain Briggs his wife and child and crew vanished leaving a perfectly intact ship with minimal clues as to their whereabouts or fate.
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Devon
Benjamin S. Briggs
New York
Genoa
Fanny
Dei Gratia
Gibraltar
Brigg
North Atlantic
U.S. Hydrographic Office
Arnhem Anniversary Honors Airborne Heroes at Ruined School
One hundred survivors of the British 1st Airborne Division and 100 relatives gathered in a ruined school to mark Arnhem's second anniversary. Queen Wilhelmina led a foot pilgrimage to a bridge monument, wreaths placed, and thousands observed from the Rhine embankment. Pilgrims later visited Arnhem cemetery where relatives found graves among 2000 crosses and school children laid wreaths.
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Arnhem
1St Airborne Division
Wilhelmina
Netherlands
Rhine Bridge
Harlier
Britain
Fur pelts outlook for 1946 47 in Canada seen ample supply
Canadian fur farms expect a large pelts market in 1946 47 with estimates of 96 300 standard and new type fox 54 200 new type fox 303 700 standard mink and 15 300 new type mink to be marketed. Fox and mink stockpiles have risen from early year levels due to pup births and breeding.
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Ottawa
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
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Gilbert Mant
Ecentl Australia
Royal Australian Navy
France
Jones
Belgium
British Museum
Star
Germany
North America
Curt Brochardt
Pearl Harbor
Toronto
Aylmer
Ont
T. L. Kennedy
Ontario
Earle Spafford
Imperial Tobacco Company of Canada
Beatrice Percy
W. L. White
Battle of
Household Arts Department
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Avenue E
Winnipeg
Man
Chie Bausehs
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