World Happenings Briefly Told
About 3,506 German prisoners work on farms in Ontario Manitoba and Alberta. London Daily Graphic notes 6,000 Canadian servicemen remain in Britain with some staying five or more years. Canadian milk sales in 1945 hit over four billion pounds and may rise 5 to 10 percent. South Africa appoints a director of food supplies to organize urban cereal rations. British Women's Land Army received 1,400 inquiries in first week of recruiting. Demobilisation year issues 31,500,000 clothing items to men and women leaving service. Reconstruction Minister Howe says aviation facilities in Canada cost more to run than revenue. Eyre poised to compete for British bacon market. Government tightens hog industry control with 350,000 farmers. A new 4.5 million dollar granary to be built in Renfrew for grain from Canada. A lab at Sault Ste. Marie will develop disease cultures to battle forest pests.
Large numbers of Italians seek new lives abroad
Rome reports 15 million Italians seeking better prospects as consulates attract up to 300,000 immigrant applications. U.S. quota is 5,800 annually, with Brazil and Argentina drawing many. France and Switzerland seen as last resorts. Secco-Suardo urges investment at home, warning emigration shifts burden rather than solves unemployment.
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Rome
Italy
United States
South America
France
Argentina
Brazil
Belgium
Switzerland
U.S
Secco-Suardo
Lecco Suardo
Color pictures sent by radio from England to Australia
Wireless progress brings four color photos transmitted from England to Australia. Soon a London procession image could reach Australia the next day, illustrating rapid cross continental color broadcasting.
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England
Australia
London
Discovery of Schwassman Wachmann comet in 1927 aided by 1902 plate
A 1902 photographic plate revealed the Schwassman Wachmann comet photographed in 1902 and identified after its 1927 discovery. The note remarks how artificial light would dull night colors, leaving only moonlight and shadows.
Topics of Canada Water Safety in Prairie Rural Areas
Wealth LEAGUE presents topics on safe drinking water for prairie provinces. Rural wells, mainly shallow dug ones, risk surface contamination. protect tops and sides, inspect pumping and manhole seals, and use chlorine treatment or boiling to disinfect. Regular analyses confirm safety over time.
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Prairie Provinces
Department of Health
History repeats itself in Roman stone transport dispute
In ancient Rome an inventor was barred from using a column transport device because it would deprive workers of jobs. The story reflects a recurring tension between innovation and employment in early imperial industry.
Friendly Gesture Links English and French School Children
Britain's Ministry of Education announces a program to pair English and Belgian schools with each other and to exchange letters between pupils. The plan aims to improve Anglo-Belgian relations through correspondence and holiday exchanges, mirroring a France Britain scheme begun in November. About 15 000 English pupils correspond with French peers and 250 British schools are linked with French schools.
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Belgium
Britain
Ministry of Education
France
Limpet Mine Ties Sabotage to Empire Rival Case Near Haifa
British forces in Palestine report finding a limpet mine like the one used on the refugee ship Empire Rival. After a two day search in the Sedat Yam coastal area near Haifa, dogs uncovered the mine and related frogman equipment. Four thousand troops conducted the sweep as refugees were set to depart for Cypress.
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Jerusalem
Sedat Yam
Empire Rival
Cypress
Haifa
Lightning Strikes Twice Hit on Harrison Barns
Melvin Jordan loses a second barn to lightning while Johnson builds a new barn after wartime delays, only to have that one struck as well in Harrison Maine.
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Harrison
Melvin Jordan
Johnson
Dallas hotel clerk crowned prettiest girl in Dallas
Martha Jane Lee, 21, an information clerk at a Dallas hotel, is hailed as the prettiest girl in Dallas by Harry Conover of a model agency after spending three days in the city selecting five girls. Conover and his wife Candy Jones, a model, were married recently in Hamilton Ontario.
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Martha Jane Lee
Dallas
Tex
Harry Conover
Miss Lee
Candy Jones
Conover
Hamilton
Ont
Wartime price controls urged for moderating efforts
The Windsor Star notes wartime price controls worked due to broad effort and urges Canadians to recapture that spirit. It cites Hon. D. C. Abbott calling for moderation from labor to farmers and warns that without restraint speculative forces could create chaotic conditions.
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Hon
D. C. Abbott
Windsor Star
Training tests at Cobham center select diplomats
A new three day training regime at Cobham Surrey trains future ambassadors via wood joining, brick piling and social tests overseen by psychologists. At Loke d Abernon Manor candidates are numbered guests under observation. 700 tested last summer yield 15 passes, 670 rejects, 15 hold on reserve.
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Cobham
Surrey
Loke d'Abernon Manor
Safes Added as Diamonds and Cargo Grow on South America Route
The British South American Airways Corporation installs safes in its planes after transporting valuable freight including diamonds emeralds money and even snakes. Strong boxes become standard on the London South America run to secure increasing cargo.
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British South American Airways Corporation
British citizenship law to end loss of citizenship on marriage
The British Home Secretary announces changes to citizenship law to stop British women from losing citizenship by marrying aliens. The reform also requires alien wives of Britons to naturalize, aligning women's rights with men after conferences among Commonwealth nations.
Chain Store Incident Stirs Brockville Crowd
A Brockville woman fainted while queuing inside a chain store as customers pressed in to buy soap. She could not fall and was carried to the street where she revived.
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Brockville
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Sault Ste. Marie, Ont
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Military Guard
Dean Acheson
Marshal Tito
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Chuter Ede
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