World Happenings Briefly Told
More than 11,000 of the US Indians entered the fighting forces per a interior department India service report. American motorists turned in about 10,000,000 tires under the idle-tire purchase plan announced by price administration. Dr. J. W. Browning 99 Canada's oldest practicing physician died of a heart attack at his Exeter Ontario home. Lt Col Lord Apsley Conservative MP Bristol Central killed in an air crash in the Middle East. Polish navy gains a new submarine the Dzik meaning Boar. Six spies charged with Axis allegiance shot at Constantine Algeria in espionage crackdown. Winnipeg air force notes 1300 used RCAF greatcoats donated to Aid to Russia fund. badges and insignia removed from coats.
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J. W. Browning
Canada
Exeter
Ont
Lord Apsley
Bristol Central
Earl of Bathurst
Middle East
Winnipeg
RCAF
No. 7
Aid To
Russia
Neat Colorful Aprons Pattern 4265 Advertised
Anne Adams Pattern 4265 offers gay aprons sized small to extra large with optional strawberry appliques ruffling or ric rac. View B small uses 2% yards 35 inch fabric, view A 25% yards plus 14 yards ric rac. Send 20 cents to Anne Adams Pattern Dept Winnipeg Newspaper Union for order.
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Anne Adams
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave. E
Winnipeg
Man
Words As Weapons in Churchill and Hitler Oratory
Quentin Reynolds recalls 1933 speeches by Hitler to 500000 in a Hamelin valley, noting his frightening command. He contrasts Churchill’s rhetoric, a strategic weapon used like tanks, delaying until needed to boost morale during London bombing and rally a battered public with courage and conviction.
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Hitler
Quentin Reynolds
Mr Reynolds
Hamelin
Germany
Winston Churchill
Churchill
London
Winston
Legless pilot Colin Hodgkinson returns to RAF front line
Colin Hodgkinson, who lost his legs in a crash and was fitted with steel limbs, has been assigned to a frontline fighter squadron by the Air Ministry. He is the first legless RAF pilot since Douglas Bader, who was captured after his plane was shot down. Buy War Savings Stamps regularly.
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Colin G. S. Hodgkinson
Air Ministry
Fleet Air Arm
Admiralty
R.A.F
Royal dresses and rare manuscripts featured in exhibit
Reports from New Guinea describe sulfa drugs saving wounded soldiers with wounds remaining fresh up to 24 hours after injury. Queen Alexandra dresses, a Victoria coronation robe, and 15 Latin parchments on William Caxton are exhibited in Canada and Britain, donated by Lt Col Flanagan and Lord Kemsley respectively.
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North
Queen Alexandra
Royal Ontario Museum
James W. Flanagan
Costume Gallery
Balmoral
Alexandra
England
Prince of Wales
H.R.H
Princess Victoria
Edward VII
Col
Flanagan
Lord Kemsley
Britain
William Caxton
Caxton
Turnour Suffolk
Caxtons
Amish Wedding Ceremony Ends With Bridegroom Tumble
A Pennsylvania Amish wedding begins at eight with hymn singing for 45 minutes and a three hour ceremony by three preachers. After a full day, the couple is escorted to celebrate as guests toss the bridegroom over the fence at midnight.
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Pennsylvania
Throne wait record ends as Gustav V crowns heir hits sixty
Gustav Adolf of Sweden reaches age sixty as Crown Prince while his father King Gustav V remains king. The piece notes Prince Edward waited 59 years for Victoria's throne and compares historic long waits with Sweden's line of succession.
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Albert Edward
Prince of Wales
Victoria
Edward
Sweden
Gustav Adolf
Gustav V
Sault Daily Star
Greeks Receive Canada Wheat Gifts Ongoing
Ottawa sources report regular monthly shipments of 15,000 tons of wheat from Canada to Greece are proceeding and reaching the Greek people safely as the government monitors the aid program.
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Canada
Greece
Ottawa
One Day’s Ration for 7000 in Toronto Army Mess Hall
A single day’s ration for 7000 men at the Army mess hall on the Canadian National Exhibition grounds in Toronto includes 5200 pounds beef 4950 pounds potatoes 875 pounds butter 656 gallons fresh milk 1400 eggs 1150 pies and 3500 pounds vegetables. Early firearms were named after birds with musket meaning sparrowhawk.
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Army Mess Hall
Canadian National Exhibition Grounds
Toronto
Emotions Shape Nutrition Says New York Pamphlet
A New York City Mental Hygiene pamphlet argues emotions directly influence appetite digestion and health. It notes anger fear anxiety and love affect meals and digestion, urging a relaxed pleasant dining atmosphere and warning that constant stress harms nutrition. It links mood to digestion and stomach ulcers and recalls Louis XIV’s minuet origin.
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New York City
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Interior Department
India Service
Royal Navy
Constantine
Algeria
French Africa
Mickie
Cherchill Lees
Colin Hodgkinson
Will-Yum
By Fred Neher
New Guinea
Philip North
Ontario
King Edward VII
By William Ferguson
Telephone Sea
Nea Sery
Siard
Louis XIV
Reg'lar Fellers
Gene Byrnes
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