BRIEFLY TOLD WAR AND WORLD NEWS ITEMS
Maj. Gen. Sir Arthur Meatt, 82, a veteran of major wars, was killed by enemy action. A 3,500-ton, marine chain, 115 miles long, was built by Dravo Corp to pull ships into dry docks at Portland yard. A Orlando booklet outlines U S Army Air Forces Arctic training methods to prevent freezing. Gen. Douglas MacArthur awarded Knight Grand Cross of Orange-Nassau by Queen Wilhelmina. London hospital moves from Hyde Park Corner to outskirts under new health scheme. W C Barrie, 65, heads Prairie Farm Assistance and Wheat Reduction Board. died in Edmonton. Commander Peter MacRitchie, Canadian naval public relations officer, back in Canada after Normandy trips. Dr Philip C Michel of GE announces ultrafast projectile speed measurement device. Sir Hugh Rigby, 74, saved King George V’s life in 1928. died in a nursing home. Born in Dublin, he served as king’s surgeon general 1928–1930.
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W. C. Barrie
Prairie Farm Aa Assistance and Wheat Acreage Reduction Board
Edmonton
Paisley
Ont
Western Canada
Sir Hugh Rigby
King George V
Dublin
Sunday School Lesson August 13 Focus on Priestly Failings
Golden text Hebrews 5 1 and the lesson from 1 Samuel 1 4 18 examines Hophni and Phinehas Eli's sons as base priests who coveted food and status, despised the Lord's sacrifice, and Trust in divine discipline. A prophetic rebuke to Eli's house underscores that God honors the faithful and rejects those who profane holy duties.
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Hophni
Phinehas
Eli
Belial
Joseph Parker
Aaron
Egypt
God
Jophni
Goars
Rehabilitation of ex servicemen requires planning and tolerance
Veteran rehabilitation goes beyond federal aid and demands careful planning and great tolerance from relatives friends employers and co workers. Stanley E Caldwell Health League of Canada warns in the August bulletin that ex servicemen face personal readjustment and unanswered needs. Employers and coworkers bear responsibility as veterans may shift between discipline and independence seeking security. A Ontario plant medical director notes veterans may last only a month or 80 on the job before seeking change, urging thorough planning and cooperative effort between management supervision and medical staff.
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Stanley E. Caldwell
Health League of Canada
Johnny
Caldwell
Ontario
Fats And Oils Salvage Helps War Production In Canada
Canadian housewives demand quality for home fats but salvaged fats from households remain vital for industry. Salvaged fat, regardless of prior use, provides essential feedstock for synthetic rubber plastics lubricants and munition production, supporting factories and preserving food fat for families.
Ipswich finds eerie inch-long tube may be ancient eel relic
An inch-long tube found in a cottage at Ipswich England is suspected to be an 8 000 year old Babylonia eel artifact.
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Ipswich
England
Tower Bridge Opens Fifty Years Ago Today
The June thirty ceremony marked Tower Bridge opening by the Prince of Wales on behalf of the Queen. London hailed the steel age triumph as the world’s largest bascule with 200 foot waterway and 115 foot span leaves. A Times report praised the smooth lift of the leaves as the crown’s emblem. Bears are known to suffer from arthritis.
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London
Tower Bridge
Prince of Wales
Copenhagen
London Times
Saskatchewan Seeks Uniform Fish Royalty Plan
Saskatchewan government officials discuss a proposed inter provincial conference with Alberta and Manitoba to adopt a uniform royalty on commercial fish. Hon. J L Phelps notes royalties would finance northern fish surveys and hatchery efforts, with costs absorbed by shippers or dealers, not consumers.
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Saskatchewan
Alberta
Manitoba
J. L. Phelps
Phelps
Mr. Phelps
Life On A Submarine From Canada’s Bold Naval Officer
Lieut. Bob Fahrig of Brandon Manitoba, one of the few Canadian officers in the British submarine service, has helped sink two Japanese ships and remains highly enthusiastic about his perilous work. He says the life is hard but worth it and he wouldn’t switch.
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Bob Fahrig
R.C.N.V.R
Brandon
Man
Was well named among those saved in an Anderson shelter
Flying bombs struck a southern England location as six members of the Anderson family were saved inside an Anderson shelter. The group included a 90 year old woman and a 64 year old relative, highlighting a civilian family's narrow escape during the air raid.
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Anderson
England
Water buffalo milk sold pasteurized in Peiping glass bottles
A report notes water buffalo milk is pasteurized and sold in sealed glass bottles in Peiping China. The item highlights a dairy product distribution in the capital city and suggests ongoing dairy industry activity in the region.
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Peiping
China
Unprecedented Cycling Boom In Sweden Surges Since War
Postwar figures show Sweden now leads in bicycles per capita surpassing Denmark and Holland. From 1936 to the war period the nation expanded to about 3 million bikes, equating roughly 435 per thousand residents. Stockholm alone hosts 425000 cycles among 646000 residents. Growth stems from motor ban, rubber shortages, urban expansion, and rising sports interest. Buy War Savings Stamps regularly.
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Sweden
Denmark
Holland
Stockholm
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Sir Arthur (Binny) Meatt
Dravo Corporation
Portland
Nary Yard
Orlando
Fla
Army Air Forces Tactical Training Centre
Arctic
Gen
Douglas MacArthur
Wilhelmina
The
Netherlands
St. George's Hospital
Hyde Park Corner
Peter MacRitchie
Philip C. Michel
General Electric Company
Israel
Switzerland
Java
Coolidge
Canada
Canadian National Railways
Laprairie
St. Johns
Quebec
St. Lawrence
National
Fish
Pte
H. Koebe
Winnipeg
By William Ergusc
Golip
Tulbend
North Pole
By Fred Neher
Wilber
Gene Byrnes
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