World Happenings Briefly Told
John Oxenham novelist and port figure dies. His Hymn for Men at the Front sold 4,000,000 copies. Soviet Russia fulfills Greek wheat orders placed before the Greek Italian war. Italian gasoline ration cut again to 13 percent for small cars. A 100 watt radio station will broadcast warnings at Singapore. Sir William Horrocks dies. he chaired the anti gas committee in WWI. Hitler splits Silesia into Upper and Lower Silesia. UK Commons rebukes government over Daily Worker suppression. South African air force expansion announced. thousands of pilots needed. Canada extends munitions production with a $5,000,000 plant extension at Burnaby.
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John Oxenham
Soviet
Russia
Moscow
Italy
Singapore
William Horrocks
George V
Hitler
Germany
Upper
Lower
Silesia
House of Commons
Daily Worker
Howe
Dominion Bridge Company
Burnaby
B.C
Canada
Safety Work The Importance Of Keeping Badly Needed Men At Work
Senator Charles B. Howard of Sherbrooke urges Quebec Safety League to boost education to keep workers at industry, wives at home, children in schools so accidents do not sabotage Canada’s war effort. He warns against delaying safety work until after the war and calls it vital to national welfare and morale.
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Canada
Charles B. Howard
Sherbrooke
Que
Province of Quebec
Safety League
Howard
League
Turkey buys 22 locomotives for Turkey from Britain
Twenty two locomotives built in Glasgow for war service in France have been purchased by the Turkish Ministry of Communications along with wagons also made for France. The engines resemble those introduced five years earlier by the London Midland and Scottish Railway and are being sent to Turkey with additional wagons from Britain.
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Glasgow
France
Ministry of Communications
London, Midland and Scottish Railway
Britain
Turkey
Home Nursing Classes Begin in Saskatchewan Red Cross
The Saskatchewan Division of the Canadian Red Cross Society starts free Home Nursing Classes for the public. Rosetown reports success with two pilot groups of young women. Organize groups of 15 to 20 with an experienced nurse as instructor and a secretary treasurer. A 25 cent pupil manual is sent from Regina, attendance cards issued, no diploma awarded, but a Governor General signed acknowledgment on completion.
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Saskatchewan
Canadian Red Cross Society
Rosetown
Regina
Red Cross
Slim-line dress pattern for Anne Adams sixes
Anne Adams Pattern 4679 promises slenderness through lines not pounds with a long front panel and curved waist seams. The V neckline and flattered yokes suit sizes 36 through 52, requiring 35 yards of fabric for size 36 and % yard ric rac, available from the Winnipeg Pattern Dept. at 175 McDermot Ave E. Winnipeg.
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Anne Adams
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave. E
Winnipeg
Home Service offers fortune telling fun with tea leaves and cards
A Home Service feature promotes reading tea leaves and cards for entertainment and romance. It explains simple methods, forecasts a windfall and a love interest, and invites readers to order a 32 page booklet and other self instruction titles for 15 cents each from Winnipeg address.
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Home Service Dept
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave. E
Winnipeg
Man
Soviet Pavilion Reopened as Permanent Moscow Exhibit
The 1939 New York World's Fair Soviet Pavilion has been rebuilt as a permanent exhibit in Moscow's Park of Rest and Culture. Five freighters carried the 7,000 ton exhibit across the Pacific to Vladivostok, then 400 freight cars moved it through Siberia to Moscow.
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Moscow
Park of Rest and Culture
Pacific
Vladivistok
Siberia
Secrets of Persuasion in Two Minds
The saying notes success hinges on timely mindset shifts for oneself and others. It emphasizes adaptivity and strategic thinking in negotiating influence and decision making.
Bible’s enormous circulation despite plain cover draws notice
A remark highlights the Bible’s vast distribution despite lacking an illustrated cover. The comment implies widespread readership and enduring appeal beyond visual appeal.
Blank Complaint Book Reflects Fear of Accusation
A preacher kept a large book titled Complaints for Members that held only blank pages. Complainants offered to write faults, but officials never inked them in. After 40 years no entries were made, illustrating reluctance to accuse others.
Canada eyes plastic fuselages for Anson trainer
Tests at Bendix Field New Jersey show plastic fuselage components for the Anson trainer may speed up Canada’s Empire Air Training Plan production. If flying tests succeed Canada could order about 100 plastic fuselages as an experimental step, replacing heavier metal versions and cutting costs.
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Bendix Field
Canada
Munitions and Supply Department
Ottawa
Dominion
Ralph P. Bell
Meighen denies postwar socialism in Toronto speech
Senator Arthur Meighen argues against the claim that universal socialism will follow the war. He says a new world order could emerge only if dictators prevail, and questions democracy’s future if property and profit are diminished. He warns that a world with no incentive to toil is not worth fighting for.
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Arthur Meighen
Toronto
Federation For Community Service
Man of the Century Winston Churchill Named
Time magazine names Winston Churchill as man of the year in 20th century terms. The essay notes his unparalleled leadership and historical impact suggesting no rival could surpass his exploits soon.
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Time
Winston Churchill
Versatile Glycerine Finds Numerous Barn Uses
Glycerine, a little known chemical, has many barn uses. It aids deep wounds when mixed with tincture of iodine and soothes dogs feet with tannic acid. A touch of formalin helps preserve fish bait.
Parable of Dives and Lazarus on Wealth and Neglect
A Sunday lesson examines Luke 16 19 31 The rich man Dives and Lazarus contrast in how wealth and indifference to the poor reveal moral duty The beggar is carried by angels to Abraham's bosom and the story critiques lavish living without compassion.
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Dives
Lazarus
Jesus
Lydia
Europe
Nile
George Clark Peck
Abraham
Mustard gas used by Japan in China war signals warning
Winnipeg Free Press reports that on January 10 Japanese forces used mustard gas against Chinese troops for the first time in the war. The dispatch suggests Axis powers may revert to gas and urges Britain to reimpose universal gas masks for citizens as a precaution.
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Orient
Chungking
China
Japan
Abyssinia
Italy
Germany
Great Britain
Winnipeg Free Press
Education in Britain Shows 5 Million Children in School
A Board of Education survey reports over 5,000,000 children registered for instruction in England and Wales despite air raids. Fewer than 250,000 attend part time, with 4,609,000 in elementary and 413,000 in secondary schools.
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England and
Wales
Board of Education
Nail technique to avoid plaster cracking when heated
A compact tip states heating the nail to a high temperature before driving it into plaster prevents the plaster from cracking or breaking.
Spinach tops iron sources in Health chart says study
Ontario Health Dept chart finds spinach remains the best iron source for children and adults with half a cup cooked giving one fourth to one third of daily needs. Prunes baked potatoes meat eggs dates and raisins offer varying iron amounts while white bread and milk contribute little.
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Ontario
Department of Health
Ulster Ulster raises 30 million in War Weapons Week
The Toronto Globe and Mail notes Ulster raised 30 million dollars in War Weapons Week to fund destroyers for the British Navy. Contributions ranged from large gestures to modest gifts, illustrating broad support and a voluntary system behind Britain’s war effort.
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Ulster
Northern Ireland
Southern Ireland
Waterloo
Trafalgar
Britain
Toronto Globe and Mail
Viscount Simon Outlines One Course for Victory
In a local war weapons week address Viscount Simon the British chancellor urged persistence until victory. He warned of Hitler’s aggression and lamented 80 million Germans living under tyranny, saying German law and courts fail to shield them from edicts of those in power.
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Viscount Simon
Hitler
Lighthouse with Mirror Reflects Distant Light Off Scottish Rock
A lighthouse on a rock off Scotland lacks lanterns. Instead a large mirror in the lantern room reflects a powerful beam from a lighthouse 500 yards away, sending a visibility range of miles.
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Scotland
Gifts For War Effort Reach One Million Two Thousand
The Finance Department announced that unsolicited contributions to Canada’s war effort from all provinces and many U S regions have reached 1 002 000 dollars. The total reflects broad support across the country and neighboring areas.
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Canada
Canadian
United States
Finance Department
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Mickie
Canadian Redrow Society
Home Service
Meighen
Man of the Century
Pleesah
Montreal Star
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