Notable retirements and milestones across the empire
Sir Crawford McCullagh retires after 17 years as Belfast Lord Mayor at 78. Eliza Garroway, Bath, celebrates 100th birthday with first portrait. Horace Brightwell, amateur archaeologist, finds traces of a dwelling in England dating to 500 B C. United Church of Canada votes for 1948 conference in Vancouver. Life savings of 152 pounds found in a Hucknall gramophone sale. Britain to import 150000 long tons of newsprint next year and raise to 350000 by 1950. Moak the donkey aids Henry Vermeer in Sumas by calling cows. Britain faces potential electricity rationing as coal stocks run low. Group Captain Louis Leigh named commanding officer at Goose Bay, Labrador.
Children Report on Teachers in London School
In Hampstead borough Burgess Hill school London pupils file end of term reports on teachers. Reports are fully considered by authorities. staff are paid about 480 dollars yearly. Teachers and children exchange feedback as responsibilities are shared and the three Rs remain compulsory.
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London
Hampstead
Sir
John
Burgess Hill
Tormend
Easy Way to Treat Sore Painful Piles
An advertisement promises a simple treatment for piles offering refunds if unsatisfied. It claims a long standing Canada based company with years in business provides relief for itching and soreness.
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Canada
Changed Quickly The Second World War Made Big Difference To South Sea Islanders
Cincinnati Bob Coulter notes World War II reshaped South Sea island life in five years more than all prior 150 years of contact. Villages moved for airfields and hangars, money from GIs transformed economies, and thousands of islanders recruited for labor earned unprecedented wages.
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Cincinnati
John Wesley Coulter
University of Cincinnati
American Geographical Society
Geographical Review
Dr. Coulter
Blind South Dakota girl gains partial sight in Chicago cornea transplant
Fourteen year old Bette Goudy, blind since birth, traveled from Artesian to Chicago where surgeon Dr. Richard Perritt transplanted a cornea from a stillborn baby into her right eye. The operation offers limited vision improvement, with her parents Mr and Mrs Edmund Goudy present during the procedure.
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Chicago
Artesian
S.D
Bette Goudy
Bette
Edmund Goudy
Richard Perritt
Crossword Puzzle Horizontal Clues
The page presents a crossword puzzle with horizontal clues including Retail establishments, Ostrich like bird plural, House in Spanish, Continent descriptor, musical note, native metal release, and other entries. It lists clues such as To expire and All correct abbreviated, plus a note on irregular corrosion in metalwork and an assumed name.
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Eagie’s Nests
Democracy grows in Greenland as voters push for direct rule
The Scandinavian News notes an independent democracy taking shape beyond the Arctic Circle. Greenland, the world’s largest island with under 20 000 residents along 850 000 square miles, seeks a single governor and central council elected by the people, reducing Danish official influence.
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Arctic Circle
Greenland
Denmark
Canadians Boost Wartime Savings Spending in August
Do minion Bureau of Statistics reports show a 24 percent rise in department store sales from July and a 27 percent jump from a year earlier. Radios and household goods led growth as rural households shopped more, with Western provinces posting larger gains than Eastern Canada. Saskatchewan Alberta British Columbia up over 20 percent, Manitoba 17 percent, Ontario 19 percent, Quebec 14 percent, and Maritime Provinces 15 percent.
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Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Canada
Saskatchewan
Alberta
British Columbia
Manitoba
Ontario
Country General
Quebec
Maritime Provinces
Chrome cobalt alloy reveals turbine heat by color
A chrome cobalt alloy changes color with temperature, offering a potential method to measure the intense heat inside gas turbines. The color shift provides a direct, visual indicator of temperature levels previously hard to gauge accurately.
London Underground Trains Return to Bright Red Livery
London’s underground trains and stations have been refreshed after war strains, with vivid red carriages and redesigned interiors. The London Passenger Transport Board moves nearly 10 million passengers daily, showing renewed efficiency compared with advertising panels on coaches that promise postwar goods.
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London Passenger Transport Board
DOING BIG JOB The RCAF maps Northern Canada coast to coast
The Royal Canadian Air Force has photographed more than 370000 square miles of Northern Canada this summer as part of a 20 year project that will continue for many more years.
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Royal Canadian Air Force
Canada
Historic Disraeli House in London Sells as Empty Shell
The last home of Disraeli in London at No 19 Carson Street is offered for sale as an empty shell. Crowds gathered in 1881 outside Curzon Street for news of the Victorian era leader's death. Disraeli also lived at No 2 Whitehall Gardens and 93 Park Lane.
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London
Disraeli
Carson Street
England
Curzon Street
Whitehall Gardens
Park Lane
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Crawford McCullagh
Belfast
Eliza Garroway
Bath
Horace Brightwell
General Council of the United Church of Canada
Vancouver
Hucknall
Eng
Britain
Newfoundland
Moak
Henry Vermeer
Sumas
Wash
Louis Leigh
Lethbridge, Alta
No. 9 Transport Group
Ottawa
R.C.A.F
Goose Bay
Labrador
the Coleman Lamp and Stove Co. Ltd
Toronto
LojRis
Lal
Arctic
A MacKewen Co
Melrose Cottee
London's Underground
By William Ferguson
By Fred Neker
CAMA
South Dakota
J. C. Croan
Entre. CO %CI A
NEA Service, Ing
New York
Pennsylvania
Peggy
Chuck Thurston
Les Carroll
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