World Happenings Briefly Told Amid War Efforts
War effort notes from Scotland show five widows and old age pensioners surrender pensions. McNutt predicts women will fill 30 percent of US wartime industrial jobs by year end 1943. Dutch exempted from bicycle requisitions by Germans. Canada launches Catalina airplane Prin cess Alice. Norway to deport 1000 Jews per Quisling appeal. Pianos recommended for scrap due to metal value. Alberta egg production to rise in 1942. Rockefeller funds Manitoba drama extension. Eire iron foundries lose skilled workers to Britain for scrap iron.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul V. McNutt
United States
Eire
Britain
Dublin
Dominion fats drive launched nationwide for war needs
A Canada wide campaign to collect fats and bones is announced by National Salvage Director Charlies LaFerre with Oils and Fats Administrator Phyllis Turner. The drive targets 35 million pounds of fat annually, urging sustained household participation and cooperation from meat dealers, renderers, and packers to recover glycerine for explosives and other war materials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Savage Division
Department of Nations War Services
Wartime Prices and Trade Board
Charlies LaFerre
National Salvage
Phyllis Turner
Canada
Women’s Shirtfrock Pattern 4000 by Anne Adams
Anne Adams Pattern 4000 offers a smart shirtwaister with a notched collar and dart controlled bodice. The panelled front skirt features pleats with options for three quarter or short sleeves in sizes 34 through 48. Send 20 cents to Anne Adams Pattern Dept Winnipeg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anne Adams
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave. E
Winnipeg
Man
Private Smith Faces Repeated Canteen Charge
Private Smith is brought before his commanding officer for the tenth time on a disorderly conduct charge in the canteen. He asks for an earnest friendship to grow from their acquaintance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Smith
C.O
Enterprising Professor Runs 200-Spider Silk Ranch
A U S professor develops a 200-spider silk ranch to supply fine webbing for spyglass components and precision instruments. Spiders are milked for silk, wound onto 100-foot reels, and sold for 2494 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Gift parcels lift POW spirits in Algiers release
Nor man Halliday an Englishman expresses gratitude as Allied forces free him and other English, Norwegian, and Canadian prisoners in Algiers. Canadian Red Cross parcels arrive every two to three weeks to augment rations and sustain prisoner morale and welfare.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norman Halliday
Algiers
Red Cross
Proper Food Affects Canada’s General Well Being
A discussion on nutrition stresses food's role from infancy to old age in shaping health and daily life. It outlines basal requirements, differences by age and activity, and the need for protective foods like milk, fruits, and vegetables to build bones, blood, and resistance to disease.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
Shake- Spear
Nutrition Services
Westerner Buys One Dollar War Dinner at Carlton
Leonard Lyons reports in the New York Post that hotel and restaurant prices rose recently. A Westerner at the Carlton ordered a three dollar dinner and asked if it could be served on rye or white bread. Send Your Dollars To War.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Leonard Lyons
New York Post
Carlton
Country Editor Carl Broome of Brantley Enterprise
The Country Editor profiles Carl Broome of Brantley Enterprise Georgia a weekly. It lists his duties from editorial work to advertising sales collecting and news editing then setting type printing binding and distribution. He also maintains books handles bills and repairs presses and linotype in spare time he hunts fishes and plays checkers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl Broome
Brantley Enterprise
Georgia
Mr. Broome
Wives Build Ships for Canada’s Merchant Navy in Pictou
Nova Scotia farm wives and fishermen’s spouses join their husbands to build ships for Canada’s merchant navy. The S S Victoria Park was christened at the Pictou yard by Mrs. Robert Fraser from Sylvester after working on the vessel from keel laying. Physicians estimate a 60 year old heart beats about 2 250 000 times.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nova Scotia
Canada
Pictou, N.S
S.S. Victoria Park
Robert Fraser
Sylvester
Sunday School Lesson on Jesus Birth and Shepherds
A devotional reading reframes the Nativity story with Luke and Matthew insights. It notes shepherds’ fear, angelic praise, and the sign of a babe in a manger, urging readiness to receive God’s revelations and highlighting universal joy from Bethlehem to all people.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jesus
Bethlehem
David
Christ the Lord
Martin Luther
Christ
Luke
Matthew
Palestine
William P. Merrill
Coffee ban in Cairo after its 1500 introduction
Historical note recalls Cairo’s early ban on coffee as an intoxicant soon after its 1500 arrival, reflecting religious and social concerns that framed coffee culture in the city.
Women Urged to Apply for Control Tower Posts in Canada
The Civil Service Commission opens 32 control tower jobs across Canada in Edmonton Regina Winnipeg Toronto Ottawa Montreal and Moncton with salaries of 1200 dollars yearly plus a cost of living bonus. Applicants aged 18 to 30 need aviation experience or related work and may need a pilot’s license.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Civil Service Commission
Canada
Edmonton
Regina
Winnipeg
Toronto
Ottawa
Montreal
Moncton
N.B
Civil Aviation Branch
Department of Transport
Deserves Better Name for Alaska Highway Probed
The Hamilton Spectator argues the Alcan name will degrade to oilcan and urges renaming the great Alaska highway to a more fitting title such as The Northland Road.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Hamilton Spectator
Mickie Says We’re Getting a Live Shower of the Boss
Local readers are urged to renew subscriptions to support the Grand Old Family Newspaper. The note invites mail renewal and promises ongoing community coverage and updated issues.
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Stockholm
Hitler
Norway
Vidkun- Quisling
Supply Ministry
Alberta
C. W. Traves
Rockefeller Foundation
University of Manitoba
Prats
Spider Ranch
Canadian Red Cross
By Fred Neher
Shakespeare
Cairo
Mickie
By William Ferguson
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Texar Rana
Arkansas
Reg'lar
DE Florist
Missus Dugan
MR. Seedpod
Gene Byrnes
Riel
Prof
Ignor DU
Furn
Ash
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