World Happenings Briefly Told
Chinese interests establish air mail and passenger service linking Chungking with Rangoon and Burma. The Treachery Act imposing the death penalty for aiding the enemy passes the Senate. The Brazilian Red Cross donates sugar to the British Red Cross. Air mail service between the United States and New Zealand completes a world route via Australia. Griffith Brewer, ballooning pioneer, elected president of the Royal Aeronautical Society. Lord Beaverbrook says public contributions for warplanes total about 9.16 million dollars. Leiston pupils in Savings Week contribute 585 pounds. Kenneth A. McLeod, Edmonton contractor and early Alberta figure, dies in Vancouver.
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Senate
Red Cross
British Red Cross
British Broadcasting Corporation
United States
New Zealand
Australia
Griffith Brewer
Royal Aeronautical Society
Lord Beaverbrook
Britain
War Efforts Across Ontario Rally Support And Scrap Drives
The report notes widespread wartime mobilization in Ontario with scrap drives funding the Red Cross and home guard. In Hamilton the Boy Scouts raised 700 dollars from scrap sold to munitions firms. Toronto forms Save Your Scrap League as Port Credit women prepare 8000 tins of strawberry jam for soldiers in Britain.
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Red Cross
Ontario
Kitchener
Stratford
Hamilton
Home Guard
Save Your
Toronto
Port Credit
Britain
Man Wins Suit Over Tennis Club Nuisance
C. M. DeYoung sued a Halifax tennis club for balls hit into his yard causing discomfort and inconvenience. The court ruled in his favor and awarded $100 in damages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. M. DeYoung
Halifax
N.S
Know Their Geography
The piece traces rising public interest in maps spurred by current war events and historic mapmaking. It notes how names like Narvik Murmansk Albania Memel Pradesh have entered common knowledge, linking modern curiosity to ancient and medieval mapping milestones from Anaximander to Mercator.
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Narvik
Beverioe
Rethel
Tron Ore
Norway
Split
Petsamo
Hansa
Famagusta
Memel
Murmansk
Albania
Mercator
Africa
Manchester Guardian
Girls' Style Has Waistband Pattern Featured
Anne Adams designs a port frock for daughters and mothers alike with a front-pointed waist girdle and bias skirt panel. Pattern 4495 comes in junior sizes 8 to 16, with two neckline options and optional trims. Send 20 cents to Anne Adams Pattern Dept Winnipeg Newspaper Union, 175 McDermot Ave. E. Winnipeg.
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Anne Adams
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave. E
Winnipeg
Temporary silos for quick preservation of surplus crops
The article describes several temporary silo methods to conserve surplus crops and feed. Trench and pit silos are topped with straw and soil, a practice used for centuries, with a modern twist using three or four rounds of snow fence lined with roofing or heavy building paper.
North China farmers halt goat and sheep farming over ban
Due to a ban on exporting goats and sheepskins by ship, North China farmers refuse to raise goats and sheep, shifting farming plans. The policy disrupts livelihoods and may affect local meat and skin supplies.
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North China
British patents protect inventors only in the British Isles
A report notes that early patent law limits inventor protections to the British Isles rather than extending across the empire. The piece discusses implications for inventors aiming to secure rights in colonies and dominions of the era.
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British Isles
The
Empire
Tin type photographers in a paper age and Byrd’s polar cruiser flop
Sidewalk tintype photographers offer quick portraits on sensitized paper with a darkroom setup, charging 15 cents. Admiral Byrd’s Antarctic snow cruiser, built by 35 year old Charlies Meyer, failed due to insufficient power and soft ice, though could work on solid frost. In Western Pennsylvania and Philadelphia youths form small companies to learn business skills through Junior Achievement, linked to a national network of thousands of future industrialists. The article also notes the centenary of Nicolo Paganini, famed violinist, whose legends and miracles drew crowds and inspired rivals like Henri Ernst.
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Coney Island
Admiral Byrd
Antarctic
South Pole
Charlies Meyer
Meyer
Pennsylvania
Junor Achievement
Nicolo Paganini
Paganini
Europe
Satan
Henri Ernst
Sunday School Lesson on Psalm 19 and Divine Law
The passage emphasizes the ideal of acceptable words and thoughts to God. It surveys Psalms 19 1 6 and 119 9 16 noting the perfection of the law of Jehovah as reviving the soul and enlightening the mind. The reflection cites Philips Brooks and Bruce Taylor on sin destiny and Christ Incarnation as restoring the soul.
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Philips Brooks
Christ
God
R Bruce Taylor
Put To Queer Use The British Government’s Waste Drive
The British government has launched a program to reuse discarded items for war needs. Waste paper, food, bones, and metal become compulsory, with old love letters becoming cartridge wads and other materials repurposed for munitions and equipment.
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Britain
Herbert Morrison
Vancouver man 77 seeks RAF pilot role in empire defence
Edwin Baggs of Vancouver, age 77, offers his services to Air Minister Power. Rejected for active service in the first Great War for age, he declares himself as active as younger men and urges flying as the best path for Empire defence. Power replies the RCAF pilot age limit is 28.
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Edwin Baggs
Vancouver
Air
Power
Baggs
Empire Defence
Royal Canadian Air Force
No Longer Free France Defies Totalitarian Threats
The Christian Science Monitor argues that democracy will not concede to fascist pressure. It warns fascist leaders will spare bodies but not minds, attack institutions, and pursue collaborators who prefer Nazi rule to freedom. France embodies a global struggle for liberty and will not abandon Liberté, Fraternité, Egalité.
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France
Europe
Paris
Christian Science Monitor
Synthetic rubber forecast by Dr Gustave Egloff
Dr Gustave Egloff, a nationally known petroleum scientist, asserts the United States can produce all the rubber it needs from its own oil wells. He estimates a potential synthetic rubber supply of 200 billion pounds, about 200 times the nation’s natural rubber use last year.
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Gustave Egloff
United States
Canadian Dairy Output Falls in 1939 Across Most Provinces
Dairy products produced in Canada in 1939 are estimated to value $217,716,029, a decline of $8,439,267 or 3.7 percent from 1938. All provinces show declines except British Columbia.
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Canada
British Columbia
Venezuela Cuts Duties to Spur Tire Plant
Venezuela lowers import duties on crude rubber and special cords and fabrics to attract investment for a domestic tire manufacturing facility. The move aims to create local jobs and develop the automotive supply chain.
Needs No Runway Demonstrated At Willow Grove Pa
The Pitcairn Autogiro Company unveiled a rotor plane that requires no runway for take-off or landing. Harold F. Pitcairn described the aircraft as independent of ground obstacles and size, needing only one eighth the space of a standard field. The "jump take-off" rises about 20 feet vertically before a normal climb, with potential use in military scouting and contact work.
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Willow Grove
Pitcairn Autogiro Company
American Rotor Plane
Manufac
Harold F. Pitcairn
Giro
North Dakota Farmer Plans 15 Acre Wildlife Refuge
A North Dakota farmer proposes fencing off 15 acres of his farm to create a wildlife nesting area. He says the refuge will protect grouse Hungarian partridge pheasants and other birds and help control insect pests on the farm.
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North Dakota
Torpedoes Travel Fast in Naval Use
A British and Royal Canadian Navy torpedo features a hollow steel body with an explosive head. It measures 22 feet long and 21 inches in diameter, weighs over one and a half tons, and travels about 50 miles per hour.
Night driving hazards and headlight practices in 1938 traffic
Night driving proved far more deadly in 1938 with 19 200 US deaths and 1 545 Canadian fatalities, while dusk and darkness accounted for 59 percent of US fatal crashes. The report urges proper headlight maintenance and use of upper beams only when no oncoming traffic exists, notes sealed beam improvements for 1940 cars, critiques city lighting, and calls for safer night driving through continued study.
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United States
Readers can request cancer articles from Health League of Canada
Editorial note invites readers to obtain a free set of articles on the cause and control of cancer by writing to The Health League of Canada Dept W.N.Y. at 111 Avenue Road Toronto Ontario. Request line includes please send me Dr McCullough's articles on Cancer and spaces for name and address.
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The
Health League of Canada
Dept. W.N.Y
111 Avenue Road
Toronto
Ont
No Better Time Flying Of Flag In Canada
Brantford Expositor argues a patriotic display by flying the flag in Canada would boost wartime spirit. The piece insists the Union Jack banner symbolizes enduring ideals and should be raised publicly to inspire Britons and Americans visiting Canada.
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Canada
Brantford Expositor
Jamaica Exports 1100 Tons Bananas in Five Months
Jamaica shipped over 1,100 600 bunches of bananas to other countries in the first five months of this year, highlighting a strong export pace for the sector and signaling continued demand abroad.
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Jamaica
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Burmes
Leiston
England
Kenneth A. McLeod
Edmonton
Alberta
Mickie
Mage
Lewis Stone
Fay Holden
New York, N. Y
Hardy
Cecilia Parker
Renee Fen
Er Aban de Baldwin
Dt Williams
Fiaé
Diana Lewis
By John CG Kirkwood
Philadelphia
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Word of God
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Turer
Nealth League
DR. J. W. S. Mscullough
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