Belfast's Harland and Wolff Shipyard Tops World Capacity
The Brockville Recorder highlights Belfast Northern Ireland as the world’s greatest shipyard now operating at full capacity with over 20 000 employees. It notes Belfast’s historic role in British wartime industry, shipbuilding, and exports while praising Harland and Wolff on Queen’s Island and the enduring impact of Edward James Harland.
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London Newsies Exercise Voices Amid War Economy Endings
London newsboys return to street chatter as war economy loosens print needs. To conserve scarce paper they abandon portable poster boards used since 1853 and briefly revived during the last war. Newsies now mostly display blank frames and call paper names.
What Makes Up The Human Body
What makes up the human body by percentages includes Oxygen 65 percent Hydrogen 10 percent Carbon 18 percent Calcium 1.5 percent Phosphorus 1 percent Potassium 0.85 percent Sulfur 0.25 percent Sodium 0.15 percent Chlorine 0.4 percent Magnesium 0.05 percent Manganese 0.0008 percent Iodine 0.00004 percent A separate line notes a hole formed by a falling meteor in Arizona about a mile wide and 500 feet deep.
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War Week Commentary Maps Fourth European Conflict Emergence
The article outlines rising tensions as Germany presses attacks on Britain on multiple fronts while Norway Denmark and the Balkans shift under pressure. Britain faces domestic critique of its leadership and strategic losses, with Sweden and the Netherlands fearing German expansion and Italy hesitating to join the war. Canada eyes cabinet reshuffles as Ottawa anticipates defense oversight changes.
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Confessions of an Immigrant's Daughter author wins Governor General's Award
Laura Goodman Salverson gains the Governor General's Award for Confessions of an Immigrant's Daughter in General Literature. The book traces a Viking family's migration to Canada seen through a daughter's growing perspective, detailing Icelandic roots and Canadian identity.
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Laura Goodman Salverson
Canada
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Ryerson Press
Voice On The Press And Radio Commentary From Expos
A collection of editorial snips notes how printing the Times for a weekend edition exhausts 225 Canadian acres of pulp wood and mocks radio commentary by unverifiable rumors.
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New York Times
Peterborough Examiner
Canada Growing Older As Population Shifts
The census is expected to reveal an aging Canadian population. A generation ago Canada was known as the young man’s country, but older generations now bear the weight of early century youth.
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Canada
Gardening Tips For Early Spring Planting And Sowing
Old gardeners advise using started annual flowers to mask dying foliage among tulips and spring bulbs. Plan succession sowing for peas lettuce radish spinach first, then carrots beets onions potatoes, and finally beans corn tomatoes cabbage and cauliflower as weather allows.
How To Torture A Luckless Mate
A Kansas City wife uses mailed letters with self addressed postal cards to test delivery. If the card is returned, she learns the letter was delivered. if not, she deduces otherwise.
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