World Happenings Briefly Told
Butchers in Britain will receive 20 percent less meat for making sausages and pies. The Countess Spencer becomes Lady-in-Waiting to the Queen. The coronation chair is being transported back to Westminster Abbey after bombing safety checks. The German occupation plundered cattle from 38 Italian provinces. Yellowknife could become Canada’s next gold field. UN shipping pool to end March 2 1946. Russia to hold elections February 2 1946. Holland floods wipe out crops and tools worth millions. India to produce 100 million penicillin units monthly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Britain
Westminster Abbey
Influence of Timothy in Timothy and Titus home life
The lesson outlines Pauls letters to Timothy and Titus focusing on Timothy's Christian upbringing by Lois and Eunice, his ordination gift, and counsel to stir gifts. It notes Timothy's faithful lineage, sacred writings from childhood, and the call to practice sound doctrine and virtuous conduct.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Timothy
Paul
God
Jesus
Lois
Eunice
Christ Jesus
Ephesus
Rance
Titus
Strikes Seen Coloring View Of American Workers
Dave Boone notes in the New York Sun that the common impression is of widespread strikes. He argues the public would think American workers are the most abused, overworked, underpaid and victimized, while portraying employers as cruel and criminal figures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dave Boone
New York Sun
Simon Legree
Gargantua
Jesse James
World Comes Back to Chateau Laurier Globe
The famed terrestrial globe in the Chateau Laurier lobby returns after ten years. It had been borrowed during the war at the request of the King, via the Minister of National Defence and CN Hotels general manager Robert Sommerville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chateau Laurier
National Defence
Robert Sommerville
Canadian National Hotels
Radar's wartime breakthrough spurs weather forecasting growth
A 1940s radar advance by the Weather Service traced hazy splotches on scope to geographic storm regions. The Caribbean radar network, built to guard the Panama Canal, revealed that unidentified patterns matched active thunderstorms. The finding boosted forecasts and air safety potential.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R.af
Caribbean
Panama Canal
March Of Ideas On Global Cooperation And Prosperity
A New York Times editorial argues nations cannot prosper alone. It urges embracing a commonwealth of nations, with shared duties and opportunities, and warns against security through armament or isolation as international problems grow in scope and importance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commonwealth of Nations
New York Times
Corporal’s Perfect Alibi Fails Second Time at Sea
A repatriation rumor tells of an unidentified corporal who cried out at the dock against crewed troop ships. He was forced aboard with protests, and the next day at sea a draft officer later discovered the same man aboard, though he had a perfect alibi. Officials caution such ruses won’t recur.
Worrying Only Profitable If It Prompts Action
Health Magazine notes that concern about sickness or misfortune is useful only if it motivates corrective steps. If worry exceeds that point or fails to trigger action, it becomes useless and may lead to real future concerns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Health
Universal Suffrage Law Expands Russian Election Access
The Supreme Soviet enacted direct secret universal suffrage for the February 10 Russian parliamentary vote. The law guarantees rights regardless of race faith sex residence property or former occupation and lifts former limits on clergy merchants aristocrats and kulaks while raising candidate age to 23.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Supreme Soviet
Moscow
Housing Boom Pushes Canada to Record Building Pace
Canada faces a critical housing shortage as a wartime population shift and material delays collide with a historic building surge. Officials warn a shortfall may persist into 1946, with veterans housing prioritized, while labour and materials remain the limiting factor. The government projects up to 50,000 housing units begun or completed in 1945 and possibly more.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
New Brunswick
Montreal
Toronto
Reconstruction
Howe
Mr. Howe
First Air Mail Era Opens With Pigeon Link
In 1894 America started regular air mail using homing pigeons to link Santa Catalina Island with Los Angeles. Marconi's wireless ended the venture in 1898.
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America
Santa Catalina Island
Los Angeles
Marconi’s
Wireless
Radar type radio system to link Rock Island lines
Canadian National in Winnipeg reports the first application of radar components to a railway communication system on the Rock Island Lines. The Sperry Gyroscope Company develops the radar based system, designed for military and naval radar operations and released by the U.S. Government.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rock Island
Canadian National Pailways
Winnipeg
Rock Islands
Sperry Gyroscope Company
U.S
Buffalo Bill era meat market for buffalo hides ignored
In Buffalo Bill's time there was no market for buffalo meat after the skins were removed, leaving the carcasses to rot where they lay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buffalo Bill
Awful Life in a Pacific Island Camp for Dutch Family
Doctor C A Dereede recalls his time in the Tjideng camp at Batavia where about 10 000 Dutch and English women and children were held by the Japanese. He says being surrounded by so many women was a nightmare yet his wife suffered jealousy from others while he remained detached and married with two daughters.
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C. A. Dereede
Tjideng
Batavia
Churchill to halt writing amid political concerns
Newsweek reports former Prime Minister Winston Churchill will not write books or articles for now to protect his political position and avoid heavy income tax. If he resumes writing, it would likely be published after his death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newsweek
Churchill
Heart disease myths and facts
Dr. Walter Modell of Cornell Medical College argues in Hygeia that heart disease does not doom most patients. Many live long productive lives, and fame of heart attacks reflects rising longevity and prevalence rather than inevitability. Causes remain largely unknown except in tertiary syphilis cases. It is treatable and manageable with proper rest, diet, and medical evaluation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Modell
Hygeia
American Medical Association
Dr. Modell
Department of
Pharmacology
Cornell University Medical College
New York
Middle Ages Women Wore Ring Type Brooches
Women of the middle ages wore ring type brooches where the pin rested in a fabric loop through which it passed, securing the ornament.
Carat to Ounce Conversion Noted at 142 Carats Per Ounce
A reference states there are about 142 carats in one ounce. The note clarifies the weight conversion used in jewelry grading and gemstone measurement.
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Countess Spencer
Victoria Memyss
Queen
Buckingham Palace
Alan FE. Cameron
Dominion
Canadian Institute of Mines and Metallurgy
Yellowknife, N.W.T
United Nations’ Shipping Pool
United Maritime Authority
Washington
The
Moscow Radio
Russia
Supreme Soviet of
Soviet Union
Holland
Indian Institute of Science
Bangalore
India
Joshua
Broken Mill
Australia
Prices Board Consumer Branch
March of Ideas
Corporal
By Fred Neher
Reg'lar
Pinhead
Gene Byrnes
Fritz Klein
Lueneburg
Germany
Belsen
Klein
Doctor
Tre
Ea Service
BY William Ferguson
Peru
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