Worldwide Briefs Mention British Projects And Celebrations
In five years an apprentice in a Manchester firm was owed £3. A block of offices and flats to rise on No 1 Devonshire Terrace where Dickens lived. A Bristol ministry of labor centre to train builders. British purge of Nazi officials ends with 2710 dismissals or arrests. Lord and Taylor plan rooftop landing strips and hangars for a New York department store. A 100 bed memorial hospital for Royal Rifles of Canada dead in Hong Kong planned for Metapedia Quebec. UK grants to Malta total over $24 million in five years. The first Roosevelt memorial two cent stamp debuted at Warm Springs Georgia.
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Lord & Taylor
Metapedia
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Royal Rifles of Canada
Hong Kong
Malta
Atlantic Air Travel Will Planes Meet Trans Atlantic Demand
A Canadian aeronautical expert B Shenstone of Canada Air Limited says no planes now being prepared for trans Atlantic service are guaranteed suitable but will indicate next generation needs. He notes current Atlantic fares at 16 cents per mile with aims to drop to five cents later, predicts 300000 travelers yearly by 1950, and cites babies and drinkers with hangovers as the hardest passengers to treat aboard.
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Shenstone
Canada Air Limited
Montreal
Britain
Air Ministry
Ministry of Aircraft Production
Atlantic
Tokyo broadcast laments hurried war effort and lost goodwill
A hurried Tokyo radio broadcast flagged by the FCC says Japan failed to win the good will of the Asiatic nations including China Burma the Philippines and the Indies. It blames impatience and rushing as the cause and suggests the war might have ended differently if hearts had been won.
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Tokyo Radio
North America
Japan
Burma
Federal Communications Commission
Philippines
East Indies
Indo-China
India
Tokyo
Joseph and Judah in Genesis Lessons on Family and Faith
The text explains Genesis 39 to 44 with focus on Joseph testing his brothers in Egypt and protecting Benjamin. It notes Simeon’s detention, Reuben’s pledge, and the brothers’ fear over returned money, as Jacob debates sending Benjamin under pressure from family loyalties and survival.
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Joseph
Judah
Egypt
Benjamin
Simeon
Reuben
Jacob
Abingdon
Air Chief Harris says wars will continue despite atomic bomb
Sir Arthur Harris, retiring head of RAF Bomber Command, told the Daily Express that wars would persist until a change in the human heart. He doubted the atomic bomb would end wars, noting no signs of such change and suggesting fear might deter conflict, while calling battleships a relic of this war.
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Sir Arthur Harris
The
Daily Express
Harris
RAF Bomber Command
World newsprint shortage persists amid scarce Scandinavian imports
J Hale Steinman, head of the U S War Production Board printing and publishing division, says prospects of newsprint from Scandinavia are not good for the time being after a survey abroad.
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J. Hale Steinman
United States War Production Board
Raising Livestock Standards to Ease Feed Shortage
The article argues lifting average livestock quality can ease feed grain shortages. By culling low producers and buying better stock, farmers use less feed and gain higher output of meat and dairy. This could boost Canadian beef and mutton sales to Britain and improve farmer prosperity.
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St. Thomas
Spitzbergen Mines Out Of Commission After Arctic War Destruction
Mines on Spitzbergen, a key coal source for Norway, are severely damaged and largely unusable for months. A returning ship crew describes near total destruction at Longyear City, with fires quelling only recently and extensive mining facilities ruined.
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Arctic
Spitzbergen
Norway
Longyear City
Turn engines of destruction to use for welfare
The New York Sun calls a civic rebirth urging Americans to rebuild through hard work and self-reliance. It warns against tyranny and notes that the guns are silent, and consciences must stay vigilant.
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New York Sun
Crossword Puzzle Clue List From Historical Page
A readable crossword puzzle with across hints including distant, moon goddess, goddess of discord, ground grain, and possessive pronoun. Down clues cover animal tooth, Moham medan prince, citadel, sun god, roman emperor, and Greek general.
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Citadel
Persia
Princess Lady Roddick Hosts Iroquois Guests in Montreal
Princess Kawanaroroks hosting 32 Iroquois visitors from Caughnawaga on her Montreal lawn. Chief Peking Fire led the delegation in full regalia, welcomed by Lady Roddick in Indian dress. The hostess, a writer, is described as the only white woman ever made a true princess of the Iroquois parliament.
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Lady Roddick
Montreal
Caughnawaga
Peking Fire
Kawanaroroks
Farm machinery demand unlikely to be met before 1947
F M Morton senior vice president of International Harvester Co spoke in Hamilton Ontario noting demand for farm machinery will likely exceed supply into 1947 due to ongoing labor shortages hindering full production.
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F. M. Morton
International Harvester Co
Hamilton
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Specialism warned by editor on risks of narrow expertise
Dr. Gordon Bates editor of Health magazine and general director of the Health League of Canada argues that specialists have harmed humanity by focusing too narrowly on their fields. He urges broad general education for all children to prevent social and medical missteps and warns against half educated specialists.
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Gordon Bates
Health Magazine
Bates
Health League of Canada
Dr. Bates
Canada
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