World Happenings Briefly Told from Across The Globe
Nearly 500 Dominion officers were guests of the King and Queen at Buckingham Palace. American pilots aided Swedish aviators to fly a heavy bomber. Dr Luke J Fleming, 74, inventor of the Fleming Kas flask, died in Tarrytown NY. Canada saw long distance calls rise 400 percent since 1939 per a Winnipeg conference. Netherlands NCOs in Altengrabow prison camp died after two and a half months. French army in North Africa sent millions of francs to aid resistance in France. Denis Knowles, 35, disabled, volunteered as a miner to help in the war effort. UK university delegates met at Sheffield to discuss industry’s postwar role.
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Sweden
Aftonbladet
Luke J. Fleming
Tarrytown
Troy
Canada
Winnipeg
Altengrabow
London
North Africa
France
19Th
Denis’ Knowles
Great Britain
Sheffield
England
Mountaintop Transfiguration and Faith in Mark 9
A Sunday School lesson analyzes Jesus and the disciples on the mountain and in the valley. It covers Peter’s confession at Caesarea Philippi, the transfiguration scene with Elijah and Moses, the voice from the cloud, and Jesus’ authority. The valley account centers on a boy afflicted by a spirit and the father’s cry I believe help thou mine unbelief, highlighting faith’s role in healing as Jesus commands the spirit to depart and restores the boy.
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Peter
Cerasarea Philippi
Jesus
Christ
Elijah
Moses
Messiah
Canadian Dried Egg Named by British Ministry of Food
Canadian dried egg has been highly complimented by members of the British Ministry of Food. The public allowance is one packet per consumer every four weeks, equivalent to twelve shell eggs. Children under five are entitled to double this quantity.
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Ministry of Food
Rationing Time Table Adapts Coupons Across Foods
A dated rationing notice lists updated coupon validity for coffee or tea, sugar, butter, meat, canned goods, and preserves. Several coupons gain no expiry, others expire Feb or March, with per item quantities specified and references to meat charts and value notes.
Eskimos Could Run Postwar Aircraft Jobs Says Arctic Bishop
Rt. Rev. A. L. Fleming, Bishop of the Arctic, told a Montreal service club that Eskimos, trained for mechanical work, could render vital service to Canadian civil aviation after the war. He cited potential as radio engineers mechanics and drivers at northern air fields.
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Arctic
A. L. Fleming
The
Montreal
Dominion Entomologist Successor Named Crawford
The agriculture department announced H. G. Crawford will succeed the late L. S. McLaine as dominion entomologist. Crawford joined the entomological branch in 1916 and belongs to the American Association of Economic Entomologists and several other societies.
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HW. G. Crawford
LS. McLaine
H. G. Crawford
Dominion
L. S&s. McLaine
Agriculture Department
Crawford
American Association of Economic Entomologists
Crossword Puzzle No 4867 From Our Paper
Puzzle page item with a mix of clues in grid form. Includes horizontal and vertical hints, several numbered entries, and a list of theme entries such as slumber to bonafide words. Reader clues span mathematics, geography, language, and general knowledge across multiple lines.
Affiliate Schools South Africa And Canada To Have Interchange Of Teachers
Major F J Ney of Toronto visiting Cape Town has arranged the first school affiliation between South Africa and Canada. Diocesan Bishops' College Rondescosch will link with Bishops' College Lennoxville Quebec. The pact allows teacher and student exchanges for holidays or mutual scholarships.
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South Africa
Canada
F. J. Ney
Toronto
National Council of Education of Canada
Cape Town
Bishops’ College of
Swift Training Rifle Aids Canadian Marksmanship
A new device used at Army Basic Training Centres in Canada improves marksmanship. The Swift Training Rifle, wooden and realistic, fires no bullets and has a range under an inch. A two prong dart indicates hit, with upper prong showing impact and lower prong showing cant or elevation errors for early rifle instruction.
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Swift
Military District 10
Winnipeg
War Production Board backs aluminum testing for postwar goods
The War Production Board authorized limited aluminum experimentation in postwar civilian models, hoping to spur lightweight car and refrigerator development. Approved trials must not divert manpower, skills, or facilities from war work. Buy War Savings Stamps Regularly.
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War Production Board
United States
Timepiece Tourer Miss Eliza Beth Belyne Remembered in London
Miss Eliza beth Belyne who for over fifty years toured London business houses to set clocks with a 100 year old watch that delivered the exact time within a tenth of a second died at Wallington aged 89. The timepiece went to Greenwich for accuracy certificates and passes to the Worshipful Company of Clockmakers.
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London
Elizabeth Belyne
Greenwich
Relville
Wallington
Company of Clockmakers
Grown Under Ice at Soviet Arctic Stations
The Tourente Star reports cucumbers and greens are grown under the ice at Polar Soviet stations. Heated beds, 300-candlepower bulbs, and windmill power create an artificial habitat below the polar ice, turning Arctic blizzards into a resource for expansion.
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Polar Stations
Soviet Arctic
Postwar Housing Boom Looms in Germany say Geneva Journal
The Journal de Geneve reports a postwar Germany facing a rush to replace some 12,800,000 homes destroyed by Allied bombing with uniform barracks like dwellings as the nation rebuilds after conflict.
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Journal de Geneve
Germany
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Buckingham Palace
Pebry
Ava
Holland Commune
C. D. Howe
Munitions and Supply
H. J. Symington
K.C
T.C.A
Barclay
R. F. George
BY William Ferguson
THEAA
MR. Malpede
Appleford
Limiteo
By Fred Neher
Grace
Zoolie
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