Islands Of The Aegean Once A Cultural Centre History
EB G Berry of Manitoba University notes in The Ottawa Journal on the Dodecanese story. Germans seized Coa Leros fell Samos days later Barons Patmos Icuria Furas Lipsos were claimed. Samos later fell. Cos Patmos Chios linked to ancient figures Polycrates Pythagoras Homer Hippocrates. Small islands hold strategic value and cultural legacy.
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EB. G. Berry
Manitoba University
Ottawa Journal
Aegean Sea
Coa
Leros
Samos
Barons
Patmos
Icuria
Furas
Lipsos
Dodecanese
Italy
Asia Minor
Mount Mycale
Polycrates
Pericles
Sames
Hved
Pythagoras
Rhoecus
Theodorus
Cos
Aesculapius
Epidaurus
Greece
Hippocrates
Mausolus
Caria
Knights of St. John
Rhodes
John
Elba
St. Helena
Napoleon
Nero
Scala
Chios
Glaucus
Mediterranean
Doctor Says Laughter Beats Meal For Health
A doctor asserts a hearty laugh offers more nourishment than a meal. The remark suggests using humor to cope when food coupons run out, promoting laughter as a comforting remedy.
ForestShare: Ten Percent of Samos Land Forested
A report notes that roughly ten percent of the land area on Samos island is covered by forest. Local authorities consider forested land a key environmental asset and discuss conservation measures. The finding draws attention to terrain shifts and potential impacts on agriculture and biodiversity.
CBC to Launch Two CBC Networks for Canadian Artists
The CBC will inaugurate a second network to air more Canadian artists coast to coast. Acting chairman Dr Augustin Frigon says spending on programs and artists will reach a new high with artist fees totaling 1,000,000 dollars, up from 900,000 the year before. The temporary Trans Canada and Dominion networks will run on staggered schedules with private and CBC stations, expanding the national broadcast reach before permanent setup next autumn.
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Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Augustin Frigon
CBC
Trans-Canada
Dominion
National
Thrives On Danger Says Churchill Biography Excerpt
The New York Times notes George Churchill has long sought risk. At 18 he survived a fall from a tree, at 21 a Cuban bullet barely missed him, at 23 he wired into Afghanistan, at 24 forced entry into Sudan, later dodged Boer fire in South Africa, and at 41 he left a cabinet post to serve in the trenches with the Grenadier Guards.
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Churchill
New York Times
Afghanistan
Sudan
South Africa
Grenadier Guards
Chocolate distribution to Canadian troops in the Med
More than 131 tons of chocolate were distributed to Canadian troops in the Mediterranean theater during a recent month.
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Mediterranean
Hedge Apple Drug Shows Promise For Heart Treatment
University of Western Ontario researchers in London Ontario claim hedge apple fruit from Texas and Oklahoma yields a new cardiac stimulant. Isolated as a flavone glucoside with vitamin like properties it increases heart action and capillary resistance without raising pulse rate in animal tests.
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London
Ont
University of Western Ontario
Texas
Oklahoma
Canada Sees Tuberculosis Kill Sixteen Weekly
Canada faces a steady toll from tuberculosis with sixteen deaths each week nationwide. Medical officials pledge renewed efforts in prevention, screening, and treatment to curb the disease this year.
Fats For Block Busters Alone
German raider slips past coastal defenses and strikes a Midlands town as RAF and RCAF bombers hit a German industrial center. Citizens saving two ounces of fat weekly aid munitions production. ten pounds of fat can create five anti-aircraft shells or fifty pounds glycerine for bombs.
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Midlands
RAF
RC A.F
Operations Of The Canadian Army In Various Theatres After Four Years Of War
Four years of war yielded concrete Canadian Army gains including Sicily Italy and Kiska operations shared with British and American forces. The 1st division landed in Sicily marking major offensives after years of mobilization and training. Kiska operation joined Pacific command with US troops though no opposition occurred as Japanese withdrew. The army moved from expansion to readjustment slowing training and consolidating forces. Losses and aging required replacements while home establishment condensed allowing reinforcements to overseas. Call-ups under the National Resources Mobilization Act continued with age shifts and new medical grading to seven counts averaging grade two. Major changes included Brig. Chris Vokes rising to head the 1st Division and Maj.-Gen. Guy Simonds moving to command an armored division.
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Frank Flaherty
Sicily
Italy
Italin
Kiska
Pacific
High Command
Britain
Pacific Command
Alaska
Northwest
Canada
Guy Simonds
Chris Vokes
Kingston
Ont
Tiny whistle saves bomber crew in North Sea rescue
FO. Keith Reynolds of London Ontario navigated a Boston bomber that crashed in the North Sea on return from a raid. Reynolds and FO. Jackie Taylor of Vancouver split in dinghies. Taylor was rescued quickly, Reynolds later found alive by fishermen after 90 minutes. Reynolds kept signaling with a whistle as rescuers arrived.
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Keith Reynolds
London
Reynolds
Jackie Taylor
Vancouver
Taylor
Music writer dead and brief royal note
Thomas Joseph McCarthy aged 58 lyricist of Alice Blue Gown and Rio Rita died in New York. Lady Jane Grey reigned England for nine days in 1553.
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Thomas Joseph McCarthy
New York
Jane Grey
England
Keeping Fit Son of Canada Battles Cold at Base
Air Marshal W. A. Bishop V.C. and Flying Officer W. A. Bishop of Ottawa are pictured at an R.C.A.F. fighter base in Britain as they swing a large axe in the ongoing campaign to stay warm during wartime duty.
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Canada
W. A. Bishop
V.C
Ottawa
R.C.A.F
Britain
Postwar Agriculture Seen Essential Worldwide
Experts foresee agriculture as pivotal in the postwar era, with food producers tasked to feed millions who are starving and to replenish livestock and horses lost during the war.
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Europe
Crochet Hats Delight With Flowered Beanie Pattern 7665
Learn to crochet a bewitching Dutch cap and scalloped beanie in one flat piece using slipper stitch. Pattern 7665 lists hat styles, stitches, and materials with crochet flowers that hold sequins. Send twenty cents to Household Arts Cement in Winnipeg for the pattern and include name, address, and pattern number.
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Household Arts
Winnipeg
Wilon
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CBC Network
Lady Banting Christens Liberty Ship
Lady Banting
Toronto
S.S
New Heart Medicine
Shilo
Manitoba
O.c
Tiny
Flier
Ape
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