Canada Turns Tobacco Into A Major Crop Across Regions
Canada nearly meets its tobacco demand with domestically grown leaf. In recent years 110,356 acres yielded 141,384,000 pounds, valued at about 50 million dollars, supporting around 300,000 workers. The industry relies on improved varieties, fertilizer trials, and pest control, with processing including curing, aging, blending, and packaging for cigarettes. Quebec and British Columbia contribute high quality leaf.
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Rome
Canada
Soothsayer Claims Hitler Alive in Argentina Town
Neapolitan seer Achille d'Angelo predicts Adolf Hitler survives and hides in a western Argentina riverside town. He claims Hitler escaped by submarine from Denmark days before V E Day and resides with four men and a woman at a wealthy Argentinian home, amid his occult following.
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Rome
Achille d'Angelo
Adolf Hitler
Argentina
Denmark
D' Angelo
Hitler
der Fuehrer
Flour Gift Ties 50 Year Golden Anniversary Cake
Brantford Ontario recalls old days as Mr and Mrs J Carter celebrate a golden wedding after using flour from their original wedding cake. The sour leftovers from fifty years ago helped shape the current cake and memory.
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Mrs. & J. Carter
Casket Buried For 250 Years in Bridlington
Bridlington, Yorkshire, buried under the town hall road a casket with 1947 city records and a letter from Mayor F. F. Millner to a future man not born for 200 years. A paving stone above directs not to dig up the casket until 2197 and notes the life of the town for the atomic age.
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Bridlington
Yorkshire
F. F. Millner
Swedish Housewives Use Holiday Fund for Paid Trips
A government fund of 500000 kroner set aside for Swedish housewives’ vacations covered two weeks of fully paid holidays. Last summer 16731 women utilized the program, traveling within the country with all expenses paid.
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Experimental Farms Service
Stockholm
Shoelace Saves Cyclist From Tram Car in Auckland
A motor cyclist in Auckland owes life to a shoelace that caught in a bolt on the front of a tramcar. Dragged about 30 feet with his head two inches from the wheels, he survived the collision due to the improvised restraint.
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Auckland
Crossword Puzzle Horizontal and Vertical List
Crossword puzzle clues with horizontal and vertical entries covering numbers words and names from 1 to 63 across and down including archaic and thematic terms about metals animals and language and a wide range of knowledge areas
World Happenings Briefly Told
A run of diverse items covers postwar cotton output, an 80 year old engine overhaul, a gift to St Bartholomews Hospital, and a Maine man’s 1947 film tally. Also noted is a record Dolly Varden trout in Idaho, pest control outlook for grasshoppers, atomic powered ships forecast, Greece outlawing strikes, and Pakistan Boy Scouts seeking royal patronage and Jinnah as chief scout.
Bomb Could Equal Two Million Tons
Glasgow University physicist Dr Curran opened an atomic energy week and said an atomic bomb could be equivalent to 2,000,000 tons of high explosives and could be smaller than some bombs dropped on Germany.
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Glasgow
8S. C. Curran
Glasgow University
Curran
Germany
Colored aluminum factory opens in Lanarkshire Scotland
A new Lanarkshire factory will soon produce colored aluminum. The material is scratch resistant, remains bright, and cleans easily with a duster. The process is applied to costume jewelry, fancy goods, and furniture.
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Lanarkshire
Scotland
Doctors Use Electric Shocks To Revive Boy
Cleveland physicians revived a 14 year old boy after a chest operation when his pulse stopped. After reopening the incision they massaged the heart and provided mechanical respiration. Two series of electric shocks applied to the exposed heart restored a normal rhythm and the boy fully recovered.
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Chicago
Cleveland
The
Journal of the
American Medical Association
Ancient Etruscan Dentistry Replaced Two Teeth with One Ox Tooth
For ancient dentistry, Etruscan dentists about 2300 years ago carved an ox tooth to substitute for two human teeth and secured it in the jaw with gold supports, creating a functional false tooth.
Next War To Be Fought By Germs
Nobel laureate Dr. Arthur H. Compton warned in Los Angeles that future war could be biological, with germ warfare rivaling atomic threats. He noted homes and factories would be intact, defenders dead, and speculated the Russians may pursue disease as a weapon once bomb development peaks.
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Los Angeles
Ali
Arthur H. Compton
America
Washington University of
Burglar Takes 1948 Auto For Joy Ride In Indianapolis
A discriminating burglar stole a new 1948 model from an Indianapolis agency showroom and apparently sought only a joy ride. The car was found behind the building undamaged but with 400 extra miles on the odometer.
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Indianapolis
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