Planes Cross Ocean and Zoo Panda Dies in London
Trans Canada Air Lines flew across the ocean more than 265 times delivering 140,000,000 letters and 750 passengers. Ming the London Zoo panda died after six years in captivity. Other items note a £2000 valued rare animal, RAF Coastal Command boats frozen in Northern Ireland, Great Yarmouth subjected to 21 German raids in July 1941, and Royal Navy losses since the war start. Also mentions a Miller Bay hospital to aid tuberculosis among Indians, Liberty ships allotted to Greece, and Oran port turnover to the French after North African supplies.
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Trans Canada Air Lines
Ming
London Zoo
Demand Is Heavy As Britain Hurdles Food Rationing
Britain must maintain current food rations through the year and likely into 1946 says Food Minister J J Lidwellin as production dips and liberated territories strain stocks. He notes no sugar or other ration increases this year and perhaps next, even with wartime end near.
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Britain
J. J. Lidwellin
Canada
United States
Australia
New Zealand
Col. Liewellin
Scotland’s Largest Oatmeal Eater Testifies in Court
James Rae, a farm worker from Gamrie, testified as a witness that he consumes half a pound of oatmeal for breakfast and eats oatcakes at dinner porridge at tea time and oatmeal puddings for supper claiming to be Scotland’s biggest oatmeal eater.
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James Rae
Scotland
Gamrie
The Crucifixion and Empty Tomb Bible Study
Devotional reading outlines Matthew 27 57 28 10 and Luke 8 2 verses, detailing the crucifixion entombment guards sealing the tomb and the empty sepulcher. It notes Mary Magdalene and Mary of James discovering the stone rolled away and the angelic message that Jesus has risen as promised.
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Jesus
Sanhedrin
Pilate
Mary Magdalene
Mary
Magdala
Sea of Galilee
James
John
Peter
Galilee
Matthew
Crossword Puzzle No 4930 Heading for the grid and clues
The page presents OUR CROSSWORD PUZZLE No 4930 with horizontal and vertical clues including rotating piece, Mexican garment, ambers and ambers list, and various word hints. The puzzle features numerous entries across the grid such as Ame r range and Chinese pagoda, with answers spanning months, musical terms, and geographic names. This section mirrors a classic newspaper puzzle layout inviting solvers to fill the grid.
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Amer
Britain's oldest VC holder returns to service in RAF
Robert Scott 74 year old Victoria Cross recipient from the Manchester Regiment is back in uniform as an RAF aircraftman. He serves at the RAF embarkation office where airmen on leave salute him as if he were the CO. Scott earned the VC at Lady Smith for valor with Lord Kitchener present.
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Britain
Robert Scott
Royal Air Force
R.A.F
Scott
Manchester Regiment
V.C
Lady
India to Buy Heavy Machinery From Australia After War
Sir Datar Singh of the Indian trade delegation touring Australia says India is prepared to purchase all the heavy machinery Australia can produce after the war. He notes India will take Japan’s place in buying Australian wool, having bought 4,000,000 pounds last year and expecting more as postwar industrial plans unfold.
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India
Australia
Datar Singh
Japan
Ten year diphtheria survey highlights Canada’s progress
Health League of Canada notes overall improvement from 1934 to 1943 in diphtheria and whooping cough across 40 to 44 cities, but Halifax remains a major concern with 522 cases and 21 deaths in 1943. Other large cities report varying case and death counts, reflecting wartime impacts on disease trends.
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Health League of Canada
Canada
League
Health League
Halifax
Vancouver
Edmonton
Calgary
Regina
Winnipeg
Toronto
London
Windsor
Ottawa
Montreal
Quebec City
Saint John
War badges misuse prompts warning from Windsor Star
The Windsor Star condemns unauthorized wearing of Royal Canadian Air Force badges by women and girls as decorations. It argues badges belong to those who earned them and urges a stop to this practice. The piece notes similar quirky facts about canaries and primate fingerprints.
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Royal Canadian Air Force
Emperor Hirohito May Be Declared War Criminal
Reports from informed sources say Emperor Hirohito could be named a war criminal by the United Nations War Crimes Commission for Japanese atrocities including executions after the Doolittle raid. Delegates urged action, arguing his position as head of state suffices for charges.
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Hirohito
James H. Doolittle
Tokyo
United Nations War Crimes Commission
Joseph W. Hodgson
Still The Best Iodine Antiseptic Finds Edge In Tests
The Mellon Institute announced iodine remains a superior antiseptic, outperforming mercurial compounds. In tests iodine killed standard germ cultures in one minute, while five times as much mercurial antiseptic required longer times to achieve similar results.
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Mellon Institute
Bombed Kent Highlight in Hollingbourne District Ad
A Kentish notice from Hollingbourne Rural District mentions bomb craters and bulldozer work. It directs interested parties to contact May at Halfway Farm Kingsnorth Ashford, phone Ashford 684. The Brandon Sun notes Britain faces exclusive problems with Kent described as the most bombed county.
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Brandon Sun
Great Britain
Kent
England
Hell's Corner
Hera
Hollingbourne
Halfway Farm
Kings‘north Ashford
Ashford
Revival of wax rubbing on stockings gains interest
An old European custom of rubbing wax on stocking heels and toes is being revived to extend stocking life. The term Amen is noted as meaning be it so in Hebrew.
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Ives
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Rac.ap
Miller Bay
B.C
Resources Department
United States War Shipping Administration
Oran
Buckingham Palace
the Hing
Palace
William Thomas Ross Flemington
Backville
N.B
Michael Cornelius O'Neill
Ana
Reg'lar Fellers
Gene Byrnes
Magma
Uealth “ Presents
Aubrey Cosens
Porquis Junction
Ont
Queen's Own Rifles
Canaries
Hirehito
Oce
By Fred Neher
Delng
By William Ferguson
Pat
Pewer
H. Tebes
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