World Happenings Briefly Told
Robert Stewart aged 68 British checkers champion and world record holder died at his home in Scotland. Newfoundland naval and artillery contingents arrived at a west coast port, the Dominion's office announced in London. About 250000 tons of abandoned streetcar tracks could be torn up for scrap steel in the U S defence program. Ernest Bevin urged those over 65 to register at employment exchanges in Britain. An American Red Cross mission distributed nearly 20000 tons of food valued at 4 million dollars in six months in Spain. Douglas Williams of the American Division of the Ministry of Information will tour the Far East to speed film and news service. Norwegian German shipping and social welfare officials in Oslo left due to ill health after Norwegian demonstrations against quislings. Sir Charles Portal and RAF officers awarded the Order of the Polonia Restituta by the Polish government. Newfoundland Red Cross exceeded its jam quota by over 50 percent, sending 12288 pounds of strawberry jam to troops overseas.
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United States
Ernest Bevin
Britain
Red Cross
Spain
P M S Special Train Guarding Britain’s Leader
A camouflaged wartime train near London serves as Churchill’s mobile command. The P M S Special, built early in the war for the King and Queen, now moves Churchill’s schedule with a sleeper saloon and several coaches. Attendants call him the hardest worker with cat-naps between tasks.
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London
Britain
British Isles
Churchill
Mr. Churchill
Rotary Club of Hankow under Japanese Occupation
The Rotary Club of Hankow maintains diverse membership during occupation with seven Americans, twelve British, thirteen Chinese, five Germans, one Japanese, one Russian, three Swedes, and one Swiss.
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Rotary Club of
Hankow
Sweden
The Rock Island of Oahu and daylight saving milestones
The passage notes Oahu Hawaii as Americas stand point island about 2100 miles from San Francisco. It also records England’s first daylight saving bill introduced in 1908 and that it did not take effect until May 1916.
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America
Island
Oahu
Hawaii
San Fran
England
Pedestrians Face Motoring Perils Amid Railing Barriers
A reflective note highlights how barriers and railing structures can impede pedestrians, leaving some people fenced off from safe, smooth movement and underlining the dangers of road sharing for walkers and drivers alike.
New Nova Scotia Moss Could Spark Canadian Industry
Officials of the fisheries research board of Canada report abundant Irish moss along the Nova Scotia coast. If developed economically, a Canadian Irish moss industry could save imports and bring U S dollars home. The moss is harvested by hand, dried and bleached, with uses in clarifying oils and beers, stabilizing chocolate milk, and aiding many other products.
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Alan Harvey
Nova Scotia
Fisheries Research Board of Canada
Canada
Dominion
Europe
United States
London Owns Farms The City Feeds Itself During Blitz
London councils and citizens farm thousands of acres in the Green Belt and parks to supply hospitals and institutions. The London County Council runs 4 000 acres with 1 500 cattle 3 000 pigs 7 000 poultry and 550 sheep producing eggs milk meat and vegetables at record levels during the blitz. Individual Londoners grow food on allotments totaling 450 acres while boroughs cultivate 200 acres.
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London
London County Council
World’s Most Powerful X-Ray Tube For Cancer Research
Dr Clyde K Emery of Los Angeles announces a new X-ray tube built for cancer treatment and study. It reportedly delivers 2 000 000 to 3 000 000 volts, with a treatment chamber protected by three feet of concrete and lead shielding. The porcelain tube sits in a steel tank insulated by compressed air.
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Clyde K. Emery
Los Angeles
Giant Cheng Kang Highway Opens Through Tibetan Terrain
Tibetans marvel at the Cheng Kang Highway finished between Tachienlu and Wasikow. The 20 mile rocky defile required 250,000 tons of rock removal by Canadian engineers. Thousands of masons and earth carriers labored for over a year. inns are lacking so the old eight day route is used by coolies and chair travellers. American automobile arrival lowers two man carrying fare from 362 to 140 dollars.
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Tachienlu
Wasikow
Arrest of German vendor in Copenhagen cited by Die Zeitung
An old woman newspaper vendor in Copenhagen is reported by Die Zeitung to have been arrested for attracting customers with a call about Nazi bombers over London. A Surrey man boasts of catching four rats with two tails, while Mr. Churchill pursues a different target with a small moustache.
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Die Zietung
Copenhagen
London
Surrey
Mr. Churchill
Galleries in Officers Mess Display Historic Paintings
A Royal Air Force bomber station in England decorates its mess with an eclectic mix of priceless works. Titian, Velasquez, Pellegrini, Barolozzi, and a 1736 portrait of General Wade share wall space with 17th century English portraits of Charles I and II. The cage room features engravings, modern pieces, old masters, a Japanese Sesshu Oda work titled The God of Happiness Playing With Innocent Children, and a gift from a Japanese officer attached to a squadron.
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Royal Air Force
England
Staion
Titian
Velasquez
Pellegrini
Barolozzi
Mercury
Europa
Wade
Charles I
Charles II
Sesshu Oda
German Oil Shortage Months Says Expert
A British government oil expert warned that Germany would need to alter blitzkrieg tactics or curb industrial oil use unless it seizes Soviet Russia's Caucasus fields by early 1942. He projected shortages within six months across the German armed forces and industry, noting peacetime oil use and current Nazi allocations, while highlighting synthetic plants and bombed facilities. The expert said control of 25 million tons yearly Caucasus output could resolve Europe oil problems. Ancient horns noted as premodern war trumpets. Canada’s Quebec ranks second in mineral production.
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Soviet Russia
Caucasus
Germany
Silesia
Czecho-Slovakia
Europe
Dress Turban Bag Ensemble Pattern 4804 by Anne Adams
Ensemble pattern 4804 includes a frock turban and a bag in misses sizes 12 to 20. Size 16 uses 2% yards fabric and 2 yards contrast. order by mail to Anne Adams Pattern Dept Winnipeg.
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Anne Adams
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermon Ave. E
Winnipeg
Man
Mrs Keith Munro Visits Buckingham Palace Four Times
Mrs Keith Munro wife of the Gravesend chief constable has visited Buckingham Palace four times since the war began Her son Fra Lt Alexander Munro who earned the DFC and bar accompanied her on two visits and her husband received the police medal for gallantry and later the OBE
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Keith Munro
Gravesend
Buckingham Palace
Alexander Munro
D.F.C
Police
Orchids Arrive From Bomb-Torn Britain to U.S.
Several shipments of rare and costly orchid plants have been brought from bomb-torn Britain to the United States, signaling continued cross Atlantic trade in ornamental species despite wartime disruption.
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Britain
United States
Sunday School Lesson on Hebrews Tabernacle and Salvation
The lesson explains the tabernacle as a temporary tent of worship awaiting a permanent temple. It contrasts the Holy Place and Holy of Holies with the later perfect sanctuary and Christ’s superior once for all sacrifice. Hebrews 9 shows Christ as mediator of the new covenant and the necessity of his blood for eternal redemption.
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Christ
Wheat Pool Committees Donate Ambulance Gift to Red Cross
Saskatchewan Wheat Pool committees totaling 1 178 members raised 1 750 to fund an ambulance for the Red Cross for use in Britain or war zones. Committees met in June and July last year and decided to contribute as a unit to support the national war effort. The ambulance will carry a plate crediting 1 000 Wheat Pool committees in Saskatchewan.
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Wheat Pool
Saskatchewan
Saskatchewan Red Cross
Great Britain
Red Cross Society
Saskatchewan Wheat Pool
Canadian Red Cross
Marriage Customs In Java
The article describes a Java marriage ritual where the bride is at the altar, the groom arrives after removing sandals and crushing a duck egg on a rock, the couple then faces away and walks to opposite ends, and they exchange betel nut pellet missiles to decide house leadership. The ritual emphasizes wifely obedience and playful, symbolic actions.
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Java
Milk bottle case ties Toronto bottle to Cardiff sale
A Co operative Wholesale Society branch in Cardiff was fined after selling milk in bottles with a false trade inscription. The bottle traced back to Toronto and became the center of a recent court case.
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Toronto
South Wales
Co-operative Wholesale Society
Cardiff
Health advances cut tuberculosis deaths across Canada
Dr G J Wherrett reports in the Canadian Public Health Journal that modern TB control reduced deaths by 64 percent in Alberta to 33 percent in Quebec, with Ontario showing about 60 percent between 1921 and 1939. Early detection through surveys and expanded sanatorium beds improve outcomes, notably in Ontario where no waiting lists exist and the national death rate is 63.8 per 100 000 while Ontario is 28.
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Canada
G. J. Wherrett
Alberta
Quebec
Ontario
Canadian War Guest Reunited With Mother After Year Apart
Three year old Simon Christopher Dew, separated from his mother Mrs Peter Dew for a year while visiting as a guest of Canada, failed to recognize her at a public reunion. The Royal Engineers major’s wife explained their English origin as the boy asked where she had come from.
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Simon Christopher Dew
Canada
Peter Dew
Royal Engineers
England
Machines and War Song Notes and Arctic Harbor Fact
The munitions department says soldiers need no longer peel potatoes as potato peeling machines are now used and 155 were bought. Petsamo harbor in Finland stays ice free due to the Gulf Stream. A botanist reports pulling 37 639 weeds from a ten by ten foot plot in five years.
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Munitions and Supply Department
Army
Petsamo
Finland
Arctic Circle
Also Mentioned on This Page
Robert Stewart
Scotland
Newfoundland
Douglas Williams
Ministry of Information
Far East
Oslo
Charles Portal
Order of the Polonia Restitutta
Ment
Eanning
New Brunswick
Cisco
Cheng-Kang
Reon
Aafp
Canadian Rockies
Duke of Kent
Banff Springs Hotel
Canadien Rockies
Duke
Banff Springs Golf Course
J. A Lowther
R. M. Deyell
Sir Louis Gregg
Canadian Pacific
Civies
Wheat Pool Ambulance
The
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Ing
Mickie
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