World Happenings Briefly Told
Morsemeat joins French food rations while other meats have been restricted for months. A Notting ham Nottingham and a U S chess player have carried a game by post for four years. Canada reports 1940 retail trade at 2.729 billion dollars, up 12 percent from 1939. Calgary hosts the Canadian Hereford Breeders’ Assoc golden jubilee with Lieut. Col. F. E. Birdsall as president. An Italian parachutist shot as a traitor after landing in southern Italy in February. Army approval of enlistment of non enemy aliens spurs recruiting in Australia as thousands mainly Poles Turks and Greeks enlist.
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Nottingham
England
U.S
The
Institute of Export
Canada
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Calgary
Canadian
Australia
Commonwealth
Quick Course in Piano Playing Offered by Home Service
Self taught piano method uses a life size keyboard chart showing the 12 keys repeated through octaves. The 24 page booklet explains chords notes and practice tunes and costs 15 cents with additional booklets on dance etiquette dreams and guitar playing available.
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Home Service Dept
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
Man
North China motor bus and truck routes exceed 6600 miles
A Chinese railway company runs motor bus and truck services in North China that collectively cover more than 6,600 miles. The report highlights extensive regional reach and logistics capacity.
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China
One in a Million Subscriber Rewards Editor
A Winchester Ontario paper recalls a subscriber who paid two dollars in advance and insisted the editor keep the money. The amount was invested in War Savings Stamps as a bonus, described as coming from one in a million. The note contrasts with others who need reminders to pay.
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Ontario
Fadhter
Winchester
Ont
Press
Rich In Friends Jack Miner Celebrates 76th Birthday
Canadian naturalist Jack Miner marks his 76th birthday amid tributes from colleagues and supporters. The event highlights his long career in wildlife conservation and his work with migratory birds.
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Jack Miner
Miner Celebrates 76th Birthday in Kingsville Canada
Jack Miner, at his Kingsville Ontario home, marked his 76th birthday while reporters photographed him. He praised friends, reporters, and editors for supporting his bird sanctuary and urged friendly cross border tourism to help Canada. He called himself rich in friends and noted his sanctuary benefits 90 percent of nonshooting hunters. He was named National Benefactor and 1941 Essex County Tourist Association president.
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Kingsville
Ontario
Jack Miner
Radio
the Land
Canada
U.S.A
D. Leo Dolan
Dominion Publicity Bureau
Essex
Gardening for pleasing designs with practical tools
The article lists affordable implements to ease gardening from spade and fork to Dutch hoe and cultivators. It emphasizes planning beds, combining flowers with lawn, and using fertilizer or manure to maintain rich green lawns that suppress weeds.
TOTS DRESS UP OR PLAY MODE PATTERN 4720
Anne Adams introduces pattern 4720 for girls sizes 2 to 10 with both dress up and everyday versions. The pantie frock features a gathered front skirt, curved side bodices, and winged puff sleeves. options include sheer fabric with trim or cotton rayon with buttons and a collar. Pattern details, yardage, and ordering instructions are provided for Winnipeg buyers.
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Anne Adams
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave. E
Winnipeg
British Army Officer Wins Defamation Case Over Quisling Claim
William Hewitt, an army officer, won £100 damages from Thomas Thorne after being called a Quisling. The court ruled that labeling a person a Quisling amounts to accusing disloyalty, referencing Vidkun Quisling as a traitor during the German invasion.
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Britain
Quisling
William Hewitt
Thomas Thorne
Vidkun Quisling
Determined To Be Free Drives Yugoslav Unity
The Christian Science Monitor notes that freedom’s call united 16 million people, and toppled a regime unable to match their resolve. It says Nazism failed to keep Yugoslavia divided and instead forged a new cohesion among Serbs, Croats, and Slovenes.
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Yugoslavia
Christian Science Monitor
Good Conduct Expected After German Robbery Death Sentence
A German court sentenced two French workers to death for robbing a German citizen during a blackout in Berlin. The defendants had traveled from Paris for factory work and were urged to show “especially good conduct” in Germany.
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Germany
Berlin
Paris
Worm activity in England to blame for huge soil loss
Estimates suggest worms in England consume and deposit about 320 million tons of soil each year, with significant impact on surface layers and soil structure. Researchers note the role of earthworms in soil turnover and nutrient cycling across fields and pastures.
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England
Sunday School Lesson Verses on Boldness and Spirit
The text cites Acts 4 31 about believers filled with the Holy Spirit and speaking boldly and references Acts 2 14 and Matthew 10 16 22 as devotional readings. The note frames a lesson focusing on courage through divine empowerment.
The Promised Power Arrives in Pentecost Events
The text summarizes Pentecost with wind like sounds and fire like symbols, the Spirit empowering disciples to proclaim Christ. It then describes Peter and John’s arrest by Sadducees, imprisonment, and Peter's bold defense before the Sanhedrin, accusing officials of crucifying and rejecting Jesus.
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Christ
Peter
John
Solomon
Temple
Jesus
Annas
Caiaphas
Alexander
Israel
Jesus Christ of Nazareth
Bell tolls at Eltham church despite wartime ban
Residents near St Barnabas Church in Eltham heard a muffled bell ring in 1940 during the institution and induction of a new vicar by the Bishop of Southwark, despite Britain's ban on tolling.
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St. Barnabas Church
Eltham
England
Britain
Southwark
Sleepless Nights Don’t Stop Baby’s Upbeat Outlook
A playful line hints that babies bring sleepless nights yet bright smiles. Parents share gentle routines and tiny joys amid tiring nights as families adapt to new rhythms.
Preventable crippling focus of Ontario health chief
Reg W. Hopper executive secretary of the Ontario Society for Crippled Children cites at least 24,000 crippled children in Canada and warns 80 percent of crippling is preventable. He urges pasteurization, proper care for infant paralytic cases, and cod liver oil in early life, praising school health education.
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Canada
Reg. W. Hopper
Ontario Society For Crippled Children
Ontario
Department of Health
Hopper
Cereal Committee Recommends Wheat Varieties for Prairie Provinces
A committee on cereal varieties has recommended fitting ten hard red spring wheat varieties into districts best suited for them. The official guidance is valuable unless local conditions call for a different choice. Recent wool shipments from New Zealand to a neutral country since the war began in 1939 mark the first such trade since September.
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Prairie Provinces
United States
New Zealand
Brazil Prohibits Loud Horns Day and Night
Brazil bans loud vehicle horns at all times and forbids horn use between 10 p.m. and 7 a.m. to reduce noise. The rule targets urban disruption and protects residents from nighttime disturbances across major cities.
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Brazil
Beards Tax Enforced in Omsk Following Peter the Great Model
The city of Omsk in Siberia imposes a beard tax inspired by Peter the Greats reforms. Citizens face assessment and payment requirements as part of the new tax regime.
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Omsk
Siberia
Peter the Great
American newsman reports on European views of Nazis
An American correspondent notes that many Europeans loathe the Nazi regime while acknowledging the global climate of hostility toward Nazism and the difficulty in resisting such widespread antagonism.
Scarcity of Pins Strains London Tailors During War
Dispatch from London reports Saville Row tailors scavenging floorboard cracks for pins as rationed supplies dry up. Pins in London are unobtainable with quotas exhausted. prices jump from nine to 30 cents a box. Tailors may revert to primitive pins used in cave men era.
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London
Saville Row
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