World Happenings Briefly Told
Munitions Minister Howe reports an order for 39 flying boats placed with Canadian Vickers Ltd. Sir Herbert Holt of Montreal donates 250000 for Spitfires. Coventry ruins to be preserved as open space features. UK and US wartime aid and personnel movements briefed. George Cross awarded to Birmingham firefighter William Mosedale for rescue. Air staff officers to join RAF in England.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howe
Canadian Vickers Ltd
George Rousseau
House of Lords
Ministry of Aircraft Production
Herbert Holt
Montreal
Coventry
United States
Claude Dickard
Britain
Sweden
London
Leningrad
Vladivostok
Vancouver
William Mosedale
Birmingham
War Victims Fund Tops Half a Million in Canadian Drive
The Toronto Evening Telegram British War Victims Fund rises steadily with a $20 start from Alderman John Innes and others. It surpasses $502,744.16 and sends £110,000 to the Lord Mayor's National Air Raid Distress Fund for bomb victims in Britain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toronto Evening Telegram
British War Victims’ Fund
Ald
John Innes
Winston Churchill
England
Wales
Scotland
Northern Ireland
George Wilkinson
London
France's loneliest man pacing grounds near Vizille chateau
Albert Lebrun, France's only four term president, lives reclusively near Vizille with his family since last July. He rarely leaves, seen mainly by villagers who nod and call him Monsieur Le President. He faces little attention beyond occasional extremist press criticism for not dissolving Parliament.
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France
Albert F. Lebrun
Vizille
Lebrun
Grenoble
Monsieur
Third Republic
How to Budget and Buy for Better Living booklet offer
Practical spending plan guidance urges one fifth of income saved for rent and essentials with a portion for foolish purchases. It promises money saved on food via sales and occasional fish meals. The Winnipeg Newspaper Union Home Service Dept offers a 32 page booklet for 15 cents plus a list of other available booklets on crafts dreams dances etiquette and guitar.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Home Service Dept
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
Man
Canada Railway Grade Crossings Toll Reaches 153 Dead
A graphic Canada wide report cites 153 fatalities and 485 injuries in 346 grade crossing accidents over the past year. It notes 68 wrecks at protected crossings, and 101 incidents where motorists struck trains. The piece urges safer driving and begins a series with the Canadian Pacific Railway engineering department illustrating costs of carelessness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
Canadian Pacific Railway
Donations Pouring In For Spitfire Fund Across The World
William Mundy reports massive contributions to the Spitfire Fund at Britain's Ministry of Aircraft Production. Donations flood in from Cairo, Falkland Islands, Burma, Basutoland, Hyderabad, Gorakhpur, and across the services, with individual gifts from £6d to £20,000 and sums from foreign holdings and even lavender bags and jewelry. A sailor’s note from H M S illustrates the £0.16s 8d contribution. Washington State apple history closes the piece.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Mundy
Mal
Ministry of Aircraft Production
Ministry
Spitfire Fund
RAF
Uruguay
Cairo
Falkland Islands
South Africa
Burma
Basutoland
Nizam
Hyderabad
Gorakhpur
India
H.M.S
Mess No. 9
John Bishop
Newmain
Lanarkshire
France
Home Guard
Hitler
Airplanes Reach 186 MPH in Russian Commercial Service
Russia begins commercial operation of aircraft capable of speeds up to 186 miles per hour. The move marks a new phase in domestic air travel with faster, more efficient flights across routes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russia
Embroidery Enriches Dress Pattern by Anne Adams
Simple, well fitting lines with tulip embroidery detail define the Anne Adams Pattern 4634 for women sizes 34 to 48. Includes front and back panels, a soft fitted bodice, darts, three quarter sleeves, and transfer embroidery pattern with directions. Send 20 cents to Anne Adams Pattern Dept Winnipeg Newspaper Union.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anne Adams
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave. E
Winnipeg
England's Small Towns Amid War Notion by Ernie Pyle
Ernie Pyle notes that in many English towns the war feels distant with no bombing seen and only a single sugar lump for coffee, while police still wear fore-and aft hats instead of steel helmets, highlighting provincial wartime impressions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Ernie Pyle
RAF cooks endure finger-nail inspections at mess
In a Royal Air Force camp the cooks line up daily for finger-nail inspection before serving meals to troops. The ritual emphasizes hygiene discipline amid wartime duties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Royal Air Force
R.A.F
Ivory-billed Woodpecker Highlighted in Audubon Magazine
The piece notes the ivory-billed woodpecker as North America s rarest bird and says few living naturalists have witnessed one, as discussed by an Audubon Magazine writer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North America
Audubon Magazine
Emmaus on the Road Jesus Reveals Himself in Breaking Bread
Two followers journeying to Emmaus meet Jesus after his resurrection though their eyes are kept from recognition. He unravels scripture, joins for the evening meal, and in the act of breaking bread their eyes are opened. They hurry to Jerusalem to share the risen Lord with the eleven and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emmaus
Christ
Jerusalem
Jesus
Holden
Simon
Postal warning against inflammable mail and enemy impact
Domin ion postal authorities in Ottawa issue a stern warning that posting inflammable substances like matches or lighter fluid is against regulations and punishable by prosecution. They cite shipped parcels igniting overseas troops and warn of dire consequences if ships are lost to enemy actions. Free French officers claim the Messerschmitt 110 was designed from earlier French Potez plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dominion
Ottawa
Potez
The Pharmacist in Decline and the Call to Revive Pharmacy
The piece traces the pharmacist role from Henry VIII’s era as a drug seller to today where drug stores diversify into beverages and general goods. It laments the fading identity as a medical professional and urges a return to core pharmacy through extended education and renewed professional interest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hygeia
England
Henry VIII
Garden spacing and seed quality for Canadian beds
Gardeners should allow half the mature height between shrubs and walls. Spirea Van Houtter needs three to four feet apart. Peony plants require about 18 inches. Emphasizes choosing good seed and practical kitchen garden guidance for lettuce onions celery. Small cultivators can handle 100 by 50 plots. plant long-stem cut flowers like sweet peas and zinnias in vegetable rows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
van Houtter
Canada
East Indian air squadrons in Battle of Britain
The BBC reports East Indian air squadrons playing conspicuous roles in the Battle of Britain and in operations against northern France. They fly Spitfires bought from East India fund contributions. one squadron has downed over 100 enemy aircraft. Churchill built a brick wall around Chartwell in Kent.
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Britain
British Broadcasting Corporation
BBC
France
East India Fund
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G. O. Johnson
M.C
Air Staff
N. R. Anderson
Eastern Air Command
C. G. Power
Home Service
Ench
Washington State
Hudson's Bay Company
Rumania
Poland
Germany
Health League
East India
Chartwell
Kent
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