World Briefly Told Highlights War and Welfare
A fragmented world summary notes India's Ider state limits a frat adhesive and a half pence emerald stamp. The M and B 693 drug allegedly wards against ailments. Britain and the U S fix Bermuda for refugee talks. Pit props from Scotland to British mines. Norwegian patriots claim Nazi HQ hit near Oslo. 14 Nazis killed. Canadian railway troops will serve overseas. Coxswain Robert Cross award for lifesaving. Mrs M Fillingham becomes Britain’s first woman dental surgeon commissioned in Army Dental Corps as lieutenant.
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Ider
India
M. Fillingham
Britain
Women's Forces
Army Dental Corps
Anne Adams Pattern 4260 for slimming dress short form
Pattern 4260 by Anne Adams offers curved side bodice lines and front back seams to slim the waist with front skirt paneling for tall graceful look. Available in men’s sizes 34 to 46 with size 36 using about 3 35 inch yards. Send 20 cents to Anne Adams Pattern Dept Winnipeg Newspaper Union to order.
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Anne Adams
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave. E
Winnipeg
Man
Origin of Idea in Subway Joke About Vitamin B One
A three little morons tale on a subway train features children debating future roles. One plans to be a doctor, another a lawyer, and the third claims to become a vitamin after pointing to a sign labeled Vitamin B One.
Decline of the American Bison Population
An article notes that historic estimates placed sixty million buffalo across about 1,000,000 square miles in the United States and Canada. Today the number has fallen to around 35,000, with roughly 30,000 surviving in Canada.
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U.S
Canada
Garden notes on seed depth spacing and nursery stock
The article outlines avoiding early planting and crowding seeds, giving depth guidelines from three times seed diameter to six to ten inches for bulbs and tubers, and spacing for beans and small seeds. It emphasizes saving part of seed for later planting, thinning as needed, mixing small seeds with sand, and buying nursery stock from reputable sources familiar with Canadian conditions. It ends with a regional aside about two aging archetypes.
Allied Plans For Europe War Effort Rely On Shipping
The piece argues Britain and the U S must build and deploy vast sea transports to project Allied strength into Europe. It emphasizes defeating submarines, expanding tonnage and manpower, and notes Russia’s role while Stalin aims to crush Germany. It stresses sea power as the decisive bottleneck before a decisive push.
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United States
Britain
Herr Hitler
Russia
Africa
Germany
Stalingrad
Kharkov
Atlantic
Red Army
Axis
Stalin
St. Catharines
Terrific Dive Bombing Creates Temporary Blackout
The Leader correspondent reports a London club briefing on dive bombing. A tester with experience from prewar Germany explains repeated high speed dives cause pilot blackout. Each ascent after a dive lengthens the blackout, potentially up to half a minute, risking loss of control at over 300 mph.
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Leader
Ottawa Journal
London
Hitler
Transfiguration of Jesus Reveals Divine Glory on Mount
In Mark 9 2 8 Peter James and John witness Jesus transfigured on a high mountain The event shows his inner glory shining forth and the appearance of Moses and Elijah The disciples awaken from sleep to see this divine revelation amplifying faith amid doubt
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Peter
James
John
Christ
Mark
Casarea Philippi
Jesus
God
William Grist
C. R. Erdman
Moses
Elijah
Hummingbirds Fly In Reverse Say Field Museum Expert
Dr Karl P Schmidt confirms hummingbirds can fly in reverse in authors own descriptive case. The Field Museum zoology chief notes the eye proves the prior doubt about reverse flight. The piece also compares the bird to a pugnacious fighter plane and adds a tip to remove ink stains with hydrogen peroxide and ammonia.
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Hummingbird
Karl P. Schmidt
Department of Zoology
Field Museum of Natural History
Chicago Daily News
JUST A LOAN Nature lends life not fixed for repayment
Quotation from Cicero compares life to a loan from nature with no definite due date and argues against complaint when payment is demanded by nature. The saying reflects acceptance of life's impermanence and the inevitability of aging and death.
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Cicero
Gadget saves cups with lucite handle at Trans-Canada
Trans-Canada Air Lines pilots quicker coffee service by using a lucite handle gadget on paper cups. The device encircles the cup, allowing one cup per passenger while saving about 200000 cups annually. D R Mac Laren demonstrates the tool to Margaret Dickson.
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Trans-Canada Air Lines
T.C.A
Air Line
D. R. MacLaren
Jack Reid
MacLaren
Margaret Dickson
Trans-Canada
Read This For A Break From War News
A brief humorous note urges readers to relax from war and crime reports and suggests enjoying soothing light content as a relief from the day's headlines.
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World
Churchill
Great Britain
Bermuda
Moscow
Oslo
Defence
Ralston
Robert Cross
Spurn Head
Yorkshire
Royal National Lifeboat Institution
Kitchener
Europe
Britieh Airmine
Peter and
By Fred Neher
Gadget
Mickie
BY William Ferguson
IND
Warra Ogale
Detroit Tigers
NEA Service. Inc
Reg
Mike
Gene Byrnes
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