World Happenings Briefly Told
The Vatican radio program in Russian is reportedly broadcast every Monday night. Stalingrad sees 954 buildings restored and 20 new restaurants opened. Admiral Peters of Gibraltar named to a sea command. Wool price forecast at 26 cents a pound for 1963. Normandie to be righted at New York pier by mid July. Belgian pro Nazi circles in Brussels receive funeral cards. Sweden to send 2000 tons turnips carrots cabbage and 1000 tons Hungarian peas to Norway. Mines at Sweden’s west coast threaten shipping and fishing. Montagu Norman re-elected Bank of England governor for 24th term. Basil Catterns deputy governor. Nazis looted Norway to 9 billion crowns in three years of occupation.
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Montagu Norman
Bank of England
Basil G. Catterns
Vivid Banding Trim Pattern 4334 From Anne Adams
The Anne Adams pattern 4334 offers a flexible cotton year starter with a front skirt panel in one with the bodice. It features Gay banding for yokes and pockets and is available in misses and women sizes 14 through 40.
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Anne Adams
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave. E
Winnipeg
Man
Soldier on leave to travel light per War Office order
The War Office permits service members on leave to travel light, allowing them to leave behind arms and equipment if they choose. The policy states soldiers going on holiday need not carry arms or gear beyond what they voluntarily take. The note appears in the Glasgow Herald, referencing the Belgian Air Force in England now larger than Belgium’s pre invasion force.
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War Office
Glasgow Herald
England
Belgium
Christ's Agony in Gethsemane and the Disciples’ Failure
Sunday school lesson recounts Jesus withdrawing to Gethsemane with Peter James and John. He prays for strength while the disciples fail to watch with him, and he urges them to watch and pray lest they fall into temptation. The piece notes Jesus’ humanity and longing for friendship.
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Christ
Gethsemane
Matthew
Jesus
Judas
Kedron
Mount of Olives
Peter
Zebedee
James
John
Walter Raushchenbusch
Jack Miner Celebrates 78th Birthday and Canadian Tribute
Jack Miner marked his 78th birthday on April 10. Widely praised for publicizing Canada and boosting tourism, he is hailed as Canada s Ambassador of Good Will. For 35 years he toured Canada and the United States with lectures on bird life and visits to his sanctuary, promoting windbreak plantings and forest conservation across the prairies.
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Jack Miner
Canada
Dominion
U.S
North America
Diaries of German dead reveal fatigue and control
The piece notes German civilians and soldiers who hate the war and suffer hardship but show no sign of revolt or remorse for Nazi crimes. It cites diaries of dead Germans, including Nazi officers, as evidence, with large Russian collections confirming the findings.
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Nearnet Wither
Maurice Hindus
Wtters
Germany
Hitler
Canadian Red Cross gifts to English home guard
Five mobile field kitchen trailers were presented to the home guard of an English county by Viscount Bennett for the Canadian Red Cross to honor close cooperation with a Canadian corps stationed in the county.
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Home Guard
Viscount Bennett
Canadian Red Cross
Home Guards
Health League Urges Diphtheria Toxoid for Canadian Children
The Health League of Canada calls for every child from six months to twelve years to receive three toxoid injections at three week intervals before summer vacation. They warn diphtheria remains dangerous and death rates drop dramatically when treatment begins within two days. In 1942 Canada saw 2,905 cases, up nearly 300 from the prior year.
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Health League of Canada
League
The
Canada
Hitler Youth Ceremony Broadcast From Berlin Opera House
The Berlin radio announced that over 1,000,000 German youths aged 14 were sworn into the Hitler Youth by Arthur Axman, chief of the National Socialist party. The principal ceremony occurred at the Berlin Opera House with Axman broadcasting to youth groups nationwide.
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Berlin
Hitler Youth Organization
Arthur Axman
National Socialist Party
Berlin Opera House
Axman
Improved Merchant Navy life-jacket light with quick delivery
The life-jacket light for merchant sailors is simplified and more efficient. A shoulder mounted spring dip keeps the light attached in heavy seas, with a battery pocket and a two finger switch. The device enables long distance visibility and has saved lives at sea.
Coal Trucks Turned Sugar and Potato Carriers
Coal trucks that once travelled empty from New York to the mines now haul sugar potatoes and other materials needed by war plants on their outbound trips.
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New York
Two New Jersey Boys See Pacific for the First Time
Two New Jersey boys traveled to the West Coast and viewed the Pacific Ocean for the first time. One asks if the Pacific is over twice as big as the Atlantic, and the other confirms with a gaze and a simple remark.
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New Jersey
West Coast
Pacific
Pacific Ocean
Atlantic
Will Welcome Change
The Globe and Mail notes soldiers returning after service will enjoy farm work this summer. Many young men with farming experience will be glad to return to the fields, as a change is as good as a rest.
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Torento Globe and Mail
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A M Peters
Gibraltar
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Brussels
Norway
Sweden
Harold Suggars
London
Ernest Harnack
British War Office
By Fred Neher
Junior
Mickie
Healt League
INN US
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Reg'lar
Gene Byrnes
Amit
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