Nobel prize awarded to Sir Alexander Fleming
Major G R Bennett of the Wartime Information Board staff leaves Ottawa to become press attache at the Canadian legation in Paris. The Nobel prize for medicine goes to Sir Alexander Fleming, discoverer of penicillin. In Britain 155 drillings blinded by enemy action, 32 feet their eight during bombing. Sir Frank Alexander becomes Lord Mayor of London. An RAC motorcyclist injured after collision with a Queen's brother's car. B C government to plant 6,000,000 trees annually for reforestation. Britain expects more fish catches this winter. National Selective Service Montreal manager A Bricault says postwar employment will not fall as after past wars.
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G. R. Benett
Wartime Information Board
Ottawa
Paris
Britain
A. ©. Bricault
Montreal
National Selective Service
Sunday School Lesson for November 5
Golden text proclaims that God shows no favoritism and accepts those who fear him and do good in any nation. The lesson centers on Luke 10 25 37 and Acts 10 9 16 34 35 17 22 31 with devotional reading from Psalm 100, emphasizing divine impartiality and righteous living.
Peter’s Vision Breaks Jewish Food and People Barriers
The passage recounts Peter in Joppa and on a house roof where he sees a skyward receptacle of beasts and hears rise kill eat. He resists, then God declares what he has cleansed must not be called common, guiding him to Caesarea to Cornelius and Gentile listeners for a lesson on breaking ceremonial boundaries and embracing all nations.
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Peter
Joppa
Jaffa
Palestine
Jerusalem
Simon the Tanner
Cornelius
Caesarea
Reciprocal Rights Canada and UK Empowered to Hold Tribunals
A presidential order published in the Federal Gazette at Washington states that Reciprocal Rights Canada and the United Kingdom are empowered to hold their own military tribunals in cases affecting their armed forces in the United States. The United States has been granted similar powers over its forces in Canada.
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Canada
United Kingdom
United States
Federal Gazette
Washington
The
United
U.S
Breendonck Fort To Become Grim Nazi Torture Museum
Postwar Belgians plan to preserve Breendonck Fort near Antwerp as a grisly museum recording Nazi crimes. The site contains cells, torture chambers, branding irons, whips, pulleys, and gas and electric devices. Prisoners built their own coffins as blood and suffering became part of the record.
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Breendonck
Antwerp
Newsweek
Canadian Activated Carbon Powers Soldier Gas Masks
A Canadian chemical plant produces activated carbon from charred coconut shells used in respirators for overseas troops. Fewer than twenty four workers annually yield hundreds of thousands of pounds of activated carbon, refining and activating shells to filter poisonous gases. The product, already five times larger in output than the U.S. before the war, may have postwar uses in air conditioning for offices.
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Quebec
West Indies
Dominion
United States
Military tribunals empowered to govern forces abroad
The Federal Gazette notes tribunals at home and abroad. The United States gains analogous authority over its forces in Canada and the United Kingdom.
Rockets for invasion craft heighten Allied bombardment reach
Britain developed the Landing Craft Tank Rocket as a secret weapon to support troops on beaches. One craft aimed for trial in April 1943, six used at Sicily, then more prepared for north western Europe. The rockets deliver massive fire in seconds, likened to thirty regiments or thirty cruisers in effect. Boskoop, Holland, was a major prewar center for flowers and ornamentals.
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Britain
Combined Operations Headquarters
Sicily
North
Europe
Our Crossword Puzzle No 4907
Puzzle appears to present a legacy crossword with horizontal and vertical clues but is heavily garbled and unreadable in parts. readable items include several classic crossword clues such as Moccasins and King of Israel, while many entries are fragmented or corrupted. The page shows numbering and structure typical of a daily puzzle column.
Bell Chief urges support for Seventh Victory Loan
R C Vaughan chairman and president of the Canadian National Railways writes to all officers and employees urging a quick and whole hearted response to the Seventh Victory Loan. He praises past achievement and expresses belief the record will be exceeded to fund forces in Europe. He uses wartime analogies to stress unity and sacrifice.
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Canadian National Railways
R. C. Vaughan
Aso
Europe
Canada
Trophies Of War From Canada War Trophies
Hundreds of Canadian airmen plan to bring home war trophies with duty free entry approved by the Dominion government. Items include German motorbikes swastikaed buckles pistols mauser rifles Death Head insignia and tin helmets. Some men even consider camouflaged scout cars and amphibious ducks as trophies.
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S.S
Japan orders compulsory sale of family platinum
Tokyo radio reports the munitions ministry has ordered the compulsory sale of all family platinum to offset a shortage of this crucial war material. Citizens are urged to buy War Savings Stamps regularly.
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Japan
Munitions Ministry
Tokyo Radio
Unusual RAF Weather Mission Over Bay of Bengal
RAF officers J D Hastings and Rawlinson pilot a long range aircraft as a flying meteorological station over the Bay of Bengal. They chase cyclones hundreds of miles from land to track storms and provide up to three days warning, improving forecasts beyond ground reports.
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RAF
India
FO. J. D. Hastings
London
N.W
FO. Rawlinson
Quadring
Spalding
Lincs
Bay of Bengal
Britain
Alaska to gain a million residents after war Gruening predicts
Governor Ernest Gruening in Washington DC projected Alaska would add one million people immediately after the war. He noted thousands of service members connected with the north during duty who now seek to settle in the territory as part of its postwar program.
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Territory of
Alaska
Ernest Gruaning
North
Washington, D.C
Seven Hobart aldermen Rear-Ended By Creek Bend Car
In Hobart Tasmania seven aldermen checked a dangerous road bend. Their car skidded off the curve and landed among blackberry bushes in a creek bed. They assessed the situation and reached a unanimous decision on the spot.
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Hobart
Tasmania
Snuff-box Waltz Favored Pianoforte Piece in 1830s
About 1830 a popular pianoforte composition known as the Snuff-box Waltz circulated widely. The tune gained attention among listeners and pianists for its charming motif and graceful phrasing.
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