World Happenings Briefly Told
Moscow victory guns boomed over Germany as Red Army triumphs celebrated. Premier Stalin's son Colonel Vasily Bialin cited among heroes of Berlin Battle. UBC conferred honorary LLD on Earl of Athlone at annual ceremonies. Alfred Miller, 92, melon grower, died after supplying 500 melons for a Kaiser era banquet. Britain to use German prisoners in housing program. Works Minister Junean Sandy announced. 204 London police killed and 2,090 injured by Axis air action. 375 killed in armed forces. Convoy of barges sailed 900 miles from Queensland to Jacquin Bay in eleven days. Oldest Irelander on North American continent, Sogeinbjorn Bjorneson, died at 101 in Gimli. U.S. government announced a $247 million Lend-Lease with the Netherlands extending reverse Lend-Lease.
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University of British Columbia
Earl of Athlone
Alfred Miller
England
Great Britain
Junean Sandy
London
Britain
Soviet solar energy program expands across republics
The Soviet Academy of Sciences sets up a commission to study solar energy in industry. Professor Weinberg leads heliotechnic efforts, with solar kitchens, reflectors for medical use, solar baths, and dehydrators in Alma Ata and across Turkmenia, the North Caucasus, the Black Sea coast, and Southern Ukraine. Solar refrigerators prove effective, maintaining subzero temperatures despite 49C ambient heat.
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Soviet Academy of Sciences
Soviet
Heliotechnica
Professor Weinberg
Alma Ata
Kazakhstan
Central Asia
Turkmenia
North Caucasus
Black Sea
Ukraine
Climate of China Temperate yet vast temperature range
The article notes most of China sits in the temperate zone but experiences a broad temperature spectrum from tropical heat in the south to Arctic conditions in the north. Flora, forestry and fauna are shaped by these seasonal climatic variations.
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China
HORMZONT Crossword Puzzle 4938 Abridged Clues
A scrambled crossword list with numbered across and down clues including principal organ of body opera star prophecy Tagalog learn splendor teutonic deity conducte criminal duet Italian petiole shoulders of a bastion antiseptic devoured mountain ridge to announce arder completely artificial language to draw out carefully cutting instrument favorites brought forward for consideration tenth of one s property German river head of the Catholic Church disputes commander of an army grief persis large tob symbol for actinium detective girl s name eaten away lump of clay fronts to hinder red music composer to distrust pertaining to wound flower with tunnel shaped leaves structure continent British general to adjust contract indication masculine polished rod exclamation to check rashness poem molten lava conjunction.
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Actinium
Nehemiah Chapter Readings in Broad Place Assembly
A Sunday school devotional notes Ezra and Nehemiah with memory verse Jeremiah 29 13. It describes Ezra reading the law before all the people at the Water Gate on the first day of the seventh month and the people standing and praising God. It also covers the confessions fasting and worship on the twenty fourth day and remarks that sugar did not come into use until about 600 AD.
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Jeremiah
Ezra
Nehemiah
Uney
Israel
Jehovah
God
Horses Have Toothache and Narrow Escape
The article notes horses suffer toothaches like humans and owners often misread signs such as slower eating, uneaten meals, slobbering, head jerks during drinking, or resistance to bridling. It also recalls Winston Churchill's 1919 plane crash near Croydon, where a late-day flight ended with a ground impact, the fuselage damaged, and Churchill aiding his injured companion.
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Winston Churchill
Croydon
War Office
Churchill
Future for Palestine population goal and wartime losses
Palestine is described as home to 1,035,154 people with a Zionist plan to repopulate to 6 to 7 million. The piece notes three Jewish rabbis serving with U S and Canadian forces have been killed in action, with others wounded or captured since the war began.
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Future For
Palestine
Zionist Movement
U.S
Toy drive at East Moor RCAF yields 150 gifts
LAC Arthur Bailey organized his fellow technicians at East Moor RCAF Station England to craft 150 toys for orphans. Bailey won a pound prize for best toy and donated the winnings to the Prisoners' War Fund.
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East Moor
R.C.A.F
England
Lac
Arthur Bailey
Prisoners' War Fund
Surrender of German forces to Montgomery ends long campaign
The report recalls Field Marshal Bernard L. Montgomery accepting the German army, navy, and air force surrender totaling about 1,000,000 men. In a brief, tacit exchange at his tent, he rejected future concessions and warned of continuing war if terms failed. The piece traces the path from Cairo through North Africa and Italy back to Germany, ending with Montgomery’s stern grin.
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Montgomery
Bernard L. Montgomery
Monty
Cairo
Libya
Tunisia
Italy
England
France
Germany
St. Thomas
Putty Use Over Bare Wood Tips
It is poor practice to apply putty to bare wood. A priming cost of paint applied to the wood first will make the putty adhere better. It is not necessary for the paint to be thoroughly dry before the putty is applied. Painting over the putty after the job is done will help the filler to stay put. Yellow flowers cause air disturbances which can be detected by a pilot flying above a field of them.
Health efforts urged to cut Canadian worker illness losses
The Health League of Canada publishes a 32 page booklet urging industrial health programs to reduce sickness and non industrial accidents. It details personnel, nursing services, examinations, dental and eye care, venereal disease control, TB detection, dispensary setup, and worker education. It notes benefits, costs, and aims for smaller plants and emphasizes voluntary health education to cut absenteeism and boost efficiency.
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The
Health League of Canada
League
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Queensland
Australia
Jacquinct Bay
New Britain
North American
Sogeinbjorn Bjorneson
Gimli
Man
North America
United States
Netherlands
By Fred Neher
Pavare
BaZonenne Zoo
Rca
Fia
Fiz
Jie
Canadian Pacific Railway
Medicine Hat
Swift Current
Broadview
Brandon
Fort William Inch
Orph
Wes
League Canada
BY William Ferguson
Arizona
Avaca Brevice
Ahether
Reg
SY Gene Byrnes
Wie
Sao
Stile & CO
Welt
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