Churchill buys 43 shorthorn cattle for Chartwell herd
Winston Churchill purchases 43 shorthorn cattle to expand his Chartwell herd in Kent. Bristol butchers fined for wasting electricity after using an electric fire to thaw meat. A bus accident near Cairo results in 40 deaths as a bus plunges into a canal. Nobel laureate Sir Frederick Gowland Hopkins dies at Cambridge. Pottery finds from Gaul unearthed in Canterbury off Burgate Street. Stockholm population grows by 18,507 in 1946 to 690,108, with 11,000 moving in and 7,400 births.
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Winston Churchill
Chartwell
Kent
Bristol
England
Stockholm
Chi Burehs Pattern 7120 for Childs Dress Jacket
Learn to sew and embroider a winged frock and bolero for children with pattern 7120. Includes embroidery transfer, charts, and photos for easy needlework. Send 25 cents to Household Arts Depart ment Winnipeg Newspaper Union 175 McDermot Ave Winnipeg Man with name address and pattern number.
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Household Arts Department
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot
Winnipeg
Man
Plan to cycle across Canada from London to Vancouver
Michael Bradley, a 38 year old singer, and Alfred Griffiths, a 33 year old store manager from London, plan a cross country cycling trip starting in London. They will ride two cycles, carry £150, seek odd jobs to fund the journey, and aim to reach Vancouver in September before the Rockies snow.
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London
Canada
Michael Bradley
Alfred Griffiths
Montreal
Vancouver
Griffiths
England
Bradley
The Car of Tomorrow Predictions by Engineer
The director of engineering predicts future autos with a lower silhouette and wider bodies, air conditioning in upscale models, larger glass areas for visibility, shorter engines with higher compression, front wheel drive or rear engine layouts, and fully automatic transmission across all models.
Princess Elizabeth Receives Freedom of Windsor
Princess Elizabeth is granted the freedom of Windsor marking a rare honor for a woman. Windsor has bestowed this freedom only twice in the past year, previously to the Prince of Wales who is now the Duke of Windsor in 1920.
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Elizabeth
Windsor
Prince of Wales
Duke of Windsor
Whaling Harvest Exceeds Expectations
Britain reports a robust Antarctic whaling season with over 2,000 whales caught and 185000 barrels of oil produced. Thefactory ship Balena led in whale and oil yield, and 14 expeditions contributed to the harvest. Aircraft aided whale spotting and weather reconnaissance.
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Britain
Antarctic
Balaena
United Kingdom
Green Cross Trademark Ad Skims Through Dealers
A compact notice urges readers to ask their dealer for the Green Cross trademark product. The brief promotional item emphasizes brand identification and dealer guidance without specifying product type or regional details.
Crossword Puzzle Clue List and Theme Notes
A dense list of crossword clues and partial answers across horizontal and vertical entries. Clues include birds beaks, water covering, games, names, numbers, geographic and historic terms, with several garbled phrases and stray letters. The puzzle mixes languages and appears to include many misread OCR fragments.
Heirloom Veil Repaired With Human Hair
In Harrismith South Africa a daughter of Mr and Mrs H R Pattinson used strands from her own hair to mend a centuries old heirloom veil. The delicate fabric had holes and ordinary repairs failed but the head hairs matched so well that the veil emerged with no visible repair.
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Harrismith
South Africa
H. R. Pattinson
Army Plans Christmas Toy Drive for Overseas Work
Maj. Gen. F. F. Worthington announces Western Army Command will build new toys and repair old ones in hobby shops for distribution to needy children in the United Kingdom and Europe this Christmas. The effort underscores the army’s planned holiday contribution abroad.
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Edmonton
United Kingdom
Europe
F. F. Worthington
Western Army Command
Not All Cynics In An Age Of Cynicism
A fragmented note on public expectations for lawns and seed catalogs contrasts with cynicism, while a stray measurement line mentions 14 cubic feet of warm moist air weighing one pound.
Blames Sun Spots For Inclement Weather
London Ontario astronomer Dr. W C Colgrove says a high number of sun spots 250 to 300 cause weather problems by raising solar heat and reducing Earths water bodies leading to more precipitation. The impact varies by grouping and location with effects spanning years per dairy milestones.
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London
Ont
W. C. Colgrove
University of Western Ontario
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