World Happenings Briefly Told From Across The Globe
Industrial new enterprises open weekly in Rasa. Mette, once the most bombed depot, ends blackout on the anniversary of the Turkish relief in 1565. French women will receive grants after the war. Townree of the United Association of Great Britain and France notes strikes and lockouts cut output 38 percent in the first eight months of this year. Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps takes over United Church Theological College as a military hospital in Montreal. Young coaches vacation over the August bank holiday week. Cypriot muleteers aid Allied supply in Italy, praised after Monastery Hill at Cassino. Relief materials over 41 million dollars sent to Greece by Britain, the U.S., Canada, Sweden, and Switzerland since the war began. Daylight saving not adopted in South Africa this year, governor says it served its purpose and is no longer needed.
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Rasa
Mette
Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps
United Church Theological College
Montreal
South Africa
Pullman Plans New Postwar Diner With Angled Tables
Pullman-Standard Car Manufacturing announces a postwar railway dining car inspired by fashionable restaurants. Drawings show diagonal 45-degree table placements, vibrationless tables, spot illumination, storage at each table, and inter-car telephone links. Capacity listed as 42, down from 48, with two and four seat tables to improve turnover.
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Pullman Car Company
Pullman-Standard Car Manufacturing Company
Ellis W.teast
Patrons Warned In Boston Barbershop Victory Sign
In a Boston shop a barber warns patrons with a March style sign that he will drop his tools the moment victory bells ring leaving customers partly shaved or cut. The quirky notice names Thomas Console as the chair owner with Voisy branding.
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Thomas Console
Boston
Guam guide grumbles over new roads on island
A Guam native guide from The Calgary Albertan complains that new roads crisscross the island and he cannot find his way home. The report notes a four inch grasshopper with a wingspan near a foot in South America.
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Calgary
South America
Seaweed industry eyed for Scotland and supplies grants
The Scottish Seaweed Research Association is being formed to explore chemicals from seaweed with applications in textiles plastics food medical and dental fields. The development commissioners offer grants up to 25000 pounds while an Engineering Division ship will survey deep sea weeds under Ministry of Supply and Scottish Council on Industry oversight.
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Gulliver
Laputa
Scotland
Scottish Seaweed Research Association Ia
Ministry of Supply
Scottish Council On Industry
St. Thomas Times-Journal
Dieppe raid remembered by French caretaker
The French caretaker at a Dieppe cemetery recounts Allied bravery in the 1942 raid. He notes 753 graves of Canadians British Americans and others and recalls orders for coffins and the remark that Allies deserved to win that day.
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Dieppe
Proper lifting form and lessons from riding to pilots
Guidance on safe lifting emphasizes bending the knees and keeping a vertical back to avoid strain. The piece notes horseback riding builds balance and feel, suggesting it may produce better pilots than driving a car. It also mentions wings on Egyptian mummies as a decorative detail.
London pupils endure exams amid air raid shelters
The London Evening Standard reports southern England students kept calm during public examinations. Girls completed a geography paper from 9:30 am to 2:45 pm, spending only 50 minutes on the paper and the rest in shelters. Another school had girls in algebra move to shelters four times, ultimately finishing while writing on knees in the shelter.
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London Evening Standard
England
Bronze King Edward VII statue returns to Societe Generale court yard
The bronze statue of King Edward VII is back in place at the Societe Generale court yard after being hidden for more than two years. Bank officials had removed it when Germans ordered its melt down for bullets.
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Edward VII
Societe Generale
France
Safe Milk and Water Dangers for Canadian Vacationers
The Health League of Canada urges all Canadians to treat non pasteurized milk and unclean water as disease risks. It promotes home pasteurization by heating milk to 145 degrees Fahrenheit for 30 minutes, then chilling, using a dairy thermometer to verify the temperature.
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The
Health League of Canada
Canada
Acceptable Gift Joke About Cigars
A humorous anecdote about a wife planning a birthday gift for her husband. She reveals she has been taking one or two of his cigars daily from his box for months, without his noticing, and believes he’ll be delighted with her tact in choosing his preferred brand.
Doughboy term links to naval dish and hash history
The word doughboy once named a navy dish after a hash fried item. Torrecelli created the first barometer in 1643, a landmark in atmospheric measurement.
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Torrecelli
David's Temple Plan Denied But God's Promise Extends
Sunday School lesson discusses David seeking to build the temple in a peaceful era, Nathan's rebuke, and God's promise that David's line would endure. It notes David's humble reaction, the prophecy of his son building the temple, and Abrahamic blessings tied to David's dynasty. An abrupt historical aside mentions the earliest shorthand system by Cicero's secretary.
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David
Nathan
God
Abraham
Blaikie
Crisia
Crossword Puzzle No 4901 Clues amid mixed word ends
A dense list of crossword clues spans multiple entries and languages with scattered hints. Clues touch on numbers Greek coins dances plants nobility and classic terms across many categories, suggesting a broad puzzle grid and reader challenge.
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