World Happenings Briefly Told In Wartime Canada and Europe
Shipbuilding firms in Canada speed up with prefabricated parts. AFL leader William Green calls end to defence strikes. Polish forces receive first Allied supplies in a Russian camp. Sweden suffers two more freighter losses with 11 crew dead. HMIS Baroda launched by Lady Russell. Churchill reportedly keeps a Tommy gun in his car for parachutists amid London raids.
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Russia
Sweden
Holland
Baltic
HMIS
Baroda
Royal Indian Navy
Lady Russell
Guthrie Russell
India
Churchill
Downing Street
London
A Home Frock That Is Gay Pattern 4923
Anne Adams promotes pattern 4923 a youthful frock with a basque waist a dipping neckline back buttons and optional sleeve lengths. available in misses and women's sizes 12 through 40 the design offers contrast trim pockets scalloped skirt and hem facing. send 20 cents to Anne Adams Pattern Dept Winnipeg Newspaper Union with size name address and pattern number.
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Anne Adams
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave. E
Winnipeg
Man
Coal and clay fuel cakes gain use in SE England stoves
A fuel innovation uses a cake made of three parts coal and one part clay. Moulded the size of a grapefruit and baked, the cakes burn almost as well as pure coal, helping save coal in southeastern England regions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
High Food Value Apples Contain Sugars and Minerals
Apples contain sugar readily converted by the body and supply calcium phosphorus and iron in mineral form. They also provide water in its purest form, contributing to diet through multiple nutrients.
Army Girls In Britain Get New Slim Uniforms
Britain's Auxiliary Territorial Service, the largest women’s army unit, will adopt a slimmer uniform with square shoulders and a panel skirt. All tunics gain belts and brass buckles, sleeves feature cuffs, and officers’ and enlisted gear align. Each ATS member trades in an old uniform for a renewed set to refresh strength by next June.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Britain
Auxiliary Territory Service
Poplin
A.T.S
A.T S
Invasion Threat Warns of War Impact on England
A speaker warns that nine hundred years of relative peace end with German victory. He cites the English Channel as a shield previously, urges awakening to the stakes of war and defeat. He lists life, property, homes, women, liberty, and future as dependent on defeating Hitler.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
English
Europe
Hitler
Amateur Play Advice and Sample Chekhov Proposal
A reader receives guidance on staging a low budget play focusing on action and everyday life. Suggestions include choosing comedy or tragedy, using Chekhov's The Marriage Proposal, and creating convincing scenes from familiar domestic moments. Contact Mary Ellen in Regina for more information.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anton Chekov
Canada
Mary Ellen
Regina
Coming of Gods Son in Sunday School Lesson
A devotional study discusses the promised savior from Isaiah and Luke, noting the future birth of a son from David's line. It reflects on Jesus as the universal savior and the prophetic purpose behind the birth, citing Longfellow and 1 Peter 1:20.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House of David
Isaiah
Longfellow
Christian Evangelist
David
Jesus
Mitchell
Jehovah of Hosts
Link Found Between Economic Boom and Mortality Rise
A New York Institute of Life Insurance chart notes 12 periods with higher death rates and 12 periods of rising business activity in 40 years, with mortality following business cycles. The 1941 figures are not ready, but a future uptick is anticipated. Possible factors include faster living during good times and aftereffects from malnutrition in downturns.
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Institute of Life Insurance At
New York
Rare British Empire badge collector holds vast trove
Charles B. Hill-Tout of Victoria builds the empire collection with about 11 000 badges 4 500 buttons and over 150 medals the largest in Britain. He began during the Great War and describes search as the most fascinating part of the hobby noting discoveries in attics junk shops and factories.
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Charles B. Hill-Tout
Victoria
Great Britain
Mr. Hill-Tout
British Empire
Mr. Hill- Tout
Hill-Tout
Subscriptions Urged As Costs Rise For Paper Ink And Fuel
Malcolm Larkin, a 30 year old Liverpool merchant navy trimmer, recalls being torpedoed twice in one night. He reached port 20 minutes after his wife learned he was missing. He described a muffled explosion, a sinking ship, and jumping overboard to grab a cork bale before rescue. He was later aboard a rescue ship when a second hit occurred and he was eventually brought home. He wondered if the war would bring Germany’s victory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Malcolm Larkin
Chester Street
Liverpool
Britain
Jerry
Toads Found in South America by Glasgow Scientist
Toads measuring six inches long and three inches wide were discovered in South America by Dr. C. W. Parsons of the University of Glasgow. The report identifies the specimens and notes their unusual dimensions.
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South America
C. W. Parsons
University of Glasgow
How ancestors lived without vitamins many centuries ago
The piece tracks historical dietary habits from pork and cornmeal to the shift toward fruits and vegetables. It notes sun exposure, fresh air, and early vitamin ideas from Sylvester Graham and Atwater, plus 1930s surveys by Dr. Cummings showing widespread diet deficiencies across the U S with only a minority having good nutritional patterns.
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Ganges
India
Sylvester Graham
Graham
New York
Atwater
United States
Cummings
Diet of the Coast Eskimos Focuses on Marine Mammals and Fish
Eskimos along the coast mainly rely on marine mammals and fish for sustenance, with occasional use of caribou to vary their diet.
Civilian air raid casualties reach thirteen thousand in Britain
Civilian air raid casualties in Great Britain for the six months ending September 30 totaled 13 381 killed and 13 182 injured, Home Secretary Herbert Morrison disclosed. The prior year period showed 8 180 killed and 10 408 injured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Britain
Herbert Morrison
Home Secretary
Auction Yields 1350 From Bananas for Aid to Russia
Mrs. W. B. Weshead grows 100 bananas in a Brighton hothouse sold at auction. Proceeds totaling 1350 benefit Aid to Russia fund. The piece notes time zone differences with the sun rising earlier in the east than the west.
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W. B. Weshead
Brighton
Aid-to-Russia Fund
Sambro Island Lighthouse, Canada’s oldest standing beacon
The oldest lighthouse in Canada stands on Sambro Island at Halifax harbor’s entrance on the Nova Scotia coast.
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Canada
Sambro Island
Halifax Harbor
Nova Scotia
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Women's Amateur Athletic Federation of Canada
William Green
American Federation of Labor
B.B.C
RCAL
Royal Canadian Air Force
Anson
Oxford
Airspeed
B.C
Mickie
Mealtiva
Reg Lar
Gene Byrnes
Pinhead Ickly
Poppa
Nde
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