Britain to Expand Moving Picture Industry After War
Wartime limits crippled British film. Government controls theatres and imports from the U S rose. Capt C G Waterhouse said postwar support will come, with hopes of 50 percent of screen time in Britain within five years. J Arthur Rank and Sir Alexander Korda predict global distribution and large-scale production in Britain and the United States.
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United Kingdom
United States
Britain
Cg, Waterhouse
Board of Trade
House of Comamons
Alexander Korda
J. Arthur Rank
Gaumont-British
Odeon
Canada
Rank
George Bernard Shaw
Just A Sample Toronto Schoolboys Demonstrate What No Price Ceiling Would Do
After a Toronto snowstorm, schoolkids shovel for profit as prices soar. Two boys earned 21 dollars in a day while six others made 15 dollars clearing one apartment. With schools closed, the white harvest shows price controls at work as kids set flexible rates.
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Toronto
Struggle On as Beaver Dam Washes Maine Central Track
A Maine Central Railroad crew led by Alfred Cowan fights a persistent beaver dam washing shoulder of the track near West Farmington. After destroying the dam, the beavers rebuild each morning, extending a months long disruption with no resolution in sight.
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Maine Central Railroad
Alfred Cowan
West Farmington
Cowan
Beavers
Boastful Yankees Kingpin of Imagined Japanese Inventions
The FCC recorded a Japanese controlled Batavia radio boast claiming four military inventions quoted from Asahi. The items include a bomber plane vastly larger than the B 29, a city destroying ray, a detection radio device for B 29s and submarines, and special chemicals that render enemy engines useless by sticking to fuel.
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Batavia Radio
Federal Communications Commission
Asahi
Washington
Saipan
Bible readers rise amid youths and seniors nationwide
Dr Gallup reports growing Bible readership in the United States with the largest rise among young readers. In 1942 sixty four percent read daily or regularly, and age correlates with higher reading. Among 21 to 29 year olds twenty seven percent rise noted, while overall women, farmers, and regional patterns show higher engagement, especially in the South.
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Dr. Gallup
United States
South
New England
Middle Atlantic States
Chinese Everlasting Lily bloom rarity noted
The lily is said to flower only once every forty or fifty years and only one plant in ten thousand produces a bloom. Giving an Everlasting Lily with one full bloom and one bud is described as a Chinese gesture of high compliment.
Unusual Hobby Grows From Golden Anniversary Photos
Dean J. A. Hill a wool expert and college of agriculture instructor at the University of Wyoming collects pictures of couples celebrating golden wedding anniversaries. He believes longer marriages make couples look alike and says the hobby keeps him in touch with friends who send pictures. He may close the books after finding a couple married a century.
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Dean J. A. Hill
College of Agriculture
University of Wyoming
Dean Hill
Mystery Parachute Pioneer Robert Cocking Tomb Unearthed
In the Ottawa Journal a London letter recalls Robert Cocking the parachute pioneer who died at Burnt Ash field on July 25 1837 during an experimental descent from a Great Nassau balloon. His mossy tombstone in Blackheath churchyard notes the date and an addition stating the stone was erected by a brother aeronaut in 19038. The item ends with a nudge to buy War Savings Stamps.
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London
Ottawa Journal
Robert Cocking
Blackheath
Nassau
Aeronaut
Simplest Crochet Fluffy Ruffies Apron Pattern 7361
Quick easy apron pattern in pastel or white crochet. Uses inexpensive mercerized cotton. Send twenty cents to Winnipeg Newspaper Union for pattern 7361, include name address and pattern number. Expect possible mail delays due to slow delivery.
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Household Arts Department
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Avenue
Winnipeg
Man
Lethbridge Leads in Imperial Order Drive Funds
Campaign headquarters of the Imperial Order of the Daughters of the Empire announced Lethbridge Alberta as the first Canadian community to surpass its objective in the current IODE service library fundraiser.
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Imperial Order of the Daughters of the Empire
Lethbridge
Alberta
Canada
The Many Narrow Escapes of Premier Churchill
A compiled list recounts Winston Churchill’s near misses across years and continents. From 1882 Bournemouth injuries to 1931 New York car collision, the piece highlights battles, plane fires, train derails, and battlefield perils survived by the future prime minister.
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Churchill
John Sutton
Prewer Churchill
Athens
Bournemouth
Switzerland
Cuba
Mr. Churchill
India
Omdurman
South Africa
Lympne
Buc Airrdrome
France
Busy wartime woman serves many roles in village life
Mrs. P. M. Rowell of Northill Grange Bedfordshire holds multiple wartime posts including parish councillor parish chairwoman of the village hall committee president of the women’s institute chief salvage steward vitamin distributor Ministry of Information correspondent volunteer car pool driver and member of several committees and funds while caring for a husband and four children in wartime Britain.
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Women's Institute
Ministry of Information
Women's Voluntary Association
Soldiers’, Sailors’ and Air Force Benevolent Fund
Local Comforts Fund
P. M. Rowell
Northill Grange
Bedfordshire
Britain
London Daily Mail
Writing Letters and Keeping Them For Future Generations
A Peterborough Examiner note advises that lively spontaneous letters rarely require heavy description. It suggests storing prized correspondence in a trunk or cupboard since the modern home offers little space. The article predicts descendants will appreciate such bundles from their forebears.
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Peterborough Examiner
Fortisan Fibre Promises World’s Strongest Material
A British Celanese Ltd special fibre named Fortisan is touted as the strongest in the world. Its wartime applications include parachute canopies and cords for air-dropped supplies. The Firat Worsted Mill in Bradford, built almost 150 years ago, is mentioned as part of the historical context.
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Britain
British Celanese, Ltd
Bradford
England
Saskatchewan's Lady Mayor First Woman Elected In Sutherland
Mrs John T McOrmond becomes Saskatchewan's first woman mayor of Sutherland on January 1 marking a historic municipal milestone. She previously served nine years on council and aims to merge gender collaboration with governance while welcoming Major David Currie VC and family during a civic visit.
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J. T. McOrmond
David V. Currie
V.C
Moose Jaw
Owen Sound
Sutherland
Saskatchewan
Saskatoon
McOrmond
Canadian Pacific Railway
Major Currie
C.P.R
Falaise Gap
David
Mayor McOrmond
John T. McOrmond
Ontario
Queen's University
Kingston
Fort William
Royal Canadian Air Force
Charles R. McOrmond
John McOrmond
Fighting Forces
Gordon
R.C.A.F
R. H. More
Montreal
Physicians killed in 1944 war theatres and early Sydney
The Journal of the American Medical Association reports seventy U S physicians killed in action in 1944 and 113 more died in military service. It also notes the first white settlement in Australia at modern Sydney in 1788.
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United States
Journal of the American Medical Association
Australia
Sydney
1788
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Pioneer
Alice Brooks
D.E. Campaign
Speed Canucks
Western Front
Holland
U.S
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