Ju jitsu course sparks resolve in Kerrigan tale
In a rainy city setting Jack Kerrigan debates self defense and love as Frank drums up enrollments. He recalls Millie and confronts a street assault, proving his prowess while seeking respect and affection. Kerrigan stands as the exemplar in a lesson on protecting and impressing women.
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Ack Kerrigan
Frank
Jack
Millie
Jack Kerrigan
Selected Recipes From Melrose Bakery Creations
Recipe notes describe two cakes using butter or shortening sugar flour and Melrose baking powder with coffee and buttermilk bases. First cake blends strained coffee with whipped egg whites and walnuts, baked 25 minutes at 350 degrees with coffee icing. Second cake uses buttermilk and flavor extracts, baked 35 to 40 minutes, described as very nice.
TRAIN WATCH MAKERS
The British Ministry of Education launches a national college for the revived watch and clock industry. The sector employs 10,000 and aims to manufacture 2,000,000 timepieces this year with a plan for 5,000,000 next year.
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Ministry of Education
Britain
Iron Duke laid for scrap after long naval career
The Iron Duke flagship of Britain's Grand Fleet arrives at Faslane to be broken up after a long service that included Jutland. Demilitarized in 1930, she later served as a gunnery training vessel before final scrapping amid shifting naval power and atomic era fears.
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Lord Jellicoe
Jutland
Faslane-on-the-Clyde
Britain
Vanguard
Normandy
Atomic age toys loom over Christmas 1946
A Buffalo Courier Express preview warns that postwar toys reflect atomic-age fears with items for boys like a Buck Rogers death ray pistol and radar games and for girls a child’s electric washing machine. The piece notes 125 days until Christmas and mulls parents fleeing with children to the hills to avoid dangerous toys.
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Pittsburgh
Santa Clause
Johnny
Betty
Santa
Pop
Junior
Buffalo Courier-Express
Prefabricated Houses Aim for Frequent Upgrades
The New Yorker notes makers of prefab homes expect buyers to trade in their current houses every few years for newer models. They rail their hope on irresistible advances like improved door handles and cigar lighters prompting future homeowners to upgrade.
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The
New Yorker
Knowledge Grows Through What We Hear
A succinct thought notes that eighty three percent of a man’s knowledge comes via hearing and listening, underscoring the impact of spoken information on learning and understanding.
Teen frock and matching hat pattern 4766 details
Dress and hat for teen ager to sew by herself. Pattern 4766 in sizes 10 12 14 16 requires 2 yards 39 inch fabric for size 12. Send 20 cents with size name address and style number to Anne Adams Pattern Dept Winnipeg. The eyes of a whale remark follows the pattern note.
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Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave. E
Winnipeg
Man
Luxembourg Palace Squeals as Peace Conference Noise
The Luxembourg Palace hosts a world peace conference with pervasive loudspeakers in halls corridors and even the fist aid department. Delegates from Russia Britain and the United States endure hour long speeches with translated recordings looping through the building and courtyard traffic horns and motorcycle escorts adding to the din.
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Luxembourg Palace
Marie de Medici
Russia
Britain
United States
Denmark's Greenland a Vast Arctic Colony
Greenland, the second largest island, lies northeast of Canada within the Arctic circle. It is Denmark's sole colonial possession with 736,518 square miles total area, most ice, few ice free lands, and a population around 16,630 including 400 Danes. The Eskimo live in igloos in winter and portable huts in summer. men row kayaks and women steer umiaks. Greenland was discovered and colonized by Norsemen from Iceland in the 10th century.
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Greenland
Arctic Circle
Canada
Iceland
Europe’s Wheat Output Falls Short of Needs
The Agriculture Department reports Europe’s wheat production this year will be about 830 million bushels, 30 percent higher than last year but well below the prewar average. Most gains come from western Europe and the Mediterranean, leaving Europe reliant on the United States and other exporters next winter and spring.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Europe
United States
Mediterranean
Illinois Central Expands Rail Service With Modern Cars
G G Truesdale of the Illinois Central Railroad outlined plans for up-to-date rail travel at a Kiwanis luncheon in Chicago. He described touch opening doors, scientifically designed coach seats, roomettes replacing upper and lower berths, private toilets, heat resistant windows, chimes for porters, and electric dining cars.
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Kiwanis Club
Chicago
G. G. Truesdale
Illinois Central Railroad
Truesdale
Illinois Central
E. O. Hooton
Harvard University
Anthropology
Smiles and Snippets at a Social Slice
A series of quick vignettes and jokes unfold from a florist gag delaying a wedding to a mother tucking in a child and a window cleaner quip about Norah. The snippets touch on neighbors, humor about Africa, a bull in a pasture, and quick exchanges illustrating everyday gaffes and wit.
Rubber exports from Netherlands East Indies post surrender
Since Japan’s surrender, 3366 long tons of crude rubber have been exported from the Netherlands East Indies. The dispatch underscores ongoing postwar trade adjustments and resource flow from the colony to Allied markets.
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Netherlands East Indies
Dodd's Kidney Pills Advertised for Back Pain Relief
An old advertisement promotes Dodd's Kidney Pills as a remedy for backache and rheumatic pain caused by kidney imbalance. It claims kidneys release acids and poisons causing symptoms and urges demand for the blue bottle with a red band sold everywhere.
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Dodd
London barrage balloons test radio waves over Chelsea
A London letter notes Chelsea hosts RAF balloon tests for ultra short radio waves. The Chelsea balloon, with BBC links, carries instruments to record pressure temperature and humidity reaching 1500 feet with readings every 200 feet, a figure once kept secret.
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London
Ottawa Journal
Chelsea
R.A.F
BBC
Brain senses finger burn in eight ten-thousandths of a second
A finger burn sends a pain signal to the brain in roughly eight one thousandths of a second, illustrating how quickly sensory information reaches the brain.
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