World Happenings Briefly Told From Allied and Global News
Four Italian generals and 1 200 officers were among 3 000 Italian prisoners arriving in India for internment. The United States navy arranged to turn over its reserve tungsten to the steel industry to overcome a shortage. The Japanese press predicted Japan would ignore Netherlands notes rejecting participation by the Netherlands East Indies in any new East Asia order. Ontario mines produced a record bullion value of 122 232 970 in 1940. Argentina studies requisition of idle shipping to speed food to Britain. Bulgaria mobilizes new troops including the Sofia Iron division to replace frontline men. Treasures saved from fire raids include Portsmouth charter and Christ Church cover. The Senate ratified a 4&4 treaty among 14 Latin American nations to apportion 15 900 000 bags of coffee exports to the United States. Quebec officials remove weekly hour limits in war industries starting February 7.
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Japan
Netherlands
Netherlands East Indies
East Asia
Ontario
Department of Mines
Argentina
Britain
Bulgaria
Sofia
Portsmouth
Christ Church
London
United States Senate
United States
Quebec
Canadian squadron crafts two channel wireless gear for ground to air use
Wing Cmdr. R. M. McKay of Winnipeg leads a Royal Canadian Air Force unit with a two channel wireless transmitter for ground to air communications. The device, developed in Canada and shown in England, impresses the RAF and is adopted by Britain’s Army Co operation command. It expands squadron operations and promises quicker enemy movement information. pilots praise its reliability and ease of use. McKay, a rapid-rise officer and Manitoba electrical engineering graduate, is heralded as a top technician by his crews.
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R. M. McKay
Winnipeg
Royal Canadian Air Force
Air Arm
Canada
England
Royal Air Force
British Army
Cmdr
McKay
University of Manitoba
R.c.af
Toughened By Training A P S describes Great Britain army drills
Toughened by training 30000 men with 36000 vehicles completed 48 hours of intensive manoeuvres as a new British army tested endurance. Guards Royal Ulster Rifles and south Lancashire units covered country roads in blackout. Ulster commander sent two platoons across country at 5 30 am with farewell remarks.
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Drew Middleton
The
Associated Press
Great Britain
Guards
Royal Ulster Rises
South Lancashire
Viscount Gort
France
Louvain
Lille
Charlie
Liam
Paris
Canary Cage Door Keeps Canary Safe
A lighthearted proverb notes that a cat may seem innocent yet keeping the canary’s cage door closed is prudent to protect the bird from harm.
Hitler mocks Napoleon comparison in career boast
The note reports Hitler denying any intention to end his career like Napoleon did while noting Napoleon also did not wind up his career as planned. The remark frames Hitler's view of his own ambitions and echoes historic imperial figures.
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Hitler
Napoleon
Early 13th Century BC Egyptian Gold Mine Plan Surfaces
A rare surviving map depicts a 13th century BC gold mine in Egypt. The plan reveals geometric layouts, shafts, and ore routes, marking one of the oldest cartographic records of mining in the region.
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B.C
Egypt
Make Your Own Colonial Braided Rug
Easy do it yourself guide from Home Service printed by Winnipeg Newspaper Union offers a 24 by 36 inch rug plan using blue, white and figured fabrics. Includes step by step braiding and finishing, plus a catalog of 15 cent booklets on home crafts and decor available from the same department.
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Home Service Dept
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave
Winnipeg
Man
Apple Sauce Cake With Meringue Topping
A midcentury recipe for an apple sauce cake baked at 350 degrees F for one hour. The batter uses shortening sugar and corn syrup with egg yolks, spices, and thick apple sauce, then topped with a mer ingue made from egg whites brown sugar corn syrup and nuts. An optional butter icing version replaces two yolks with a whole egg and omits the meringue.
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Crown
Mazda
All-Bran Muffins Melt-in Molasses Recipe
A recipe instructs soaking 2 cups Kellogg's All Bran with 1 cup molasses and 1 cup milk for 15 minutes. Then beat an egg into the mixture, sift 1 cup flour 1 teaspoon salt and 1 teaspoon soda, combine, fill greased muffin tins two thirds full, and bake at 400 degrees F for about 20 minutes to yield a dozen muffins.
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Kellogg’s
Lancashire Borough Seeks Will Relief for Peter Birtwhistle Fund
Left Fortune For Poor Authorities of Colne Lancashire ask Ontario legislature to relax terms of Peter Birtwhistle will. Died in London Ont thirteen years ago. Original estate $600000 now $700000, to be paid 1948. Funds sought to aid villagers afflicted by the war, with the will directing aid for the poor without limit.
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Colne
Lancashire
England
Ontario
Peter Birtwhistle
London
Ont
Birtwhistle
Solne
Hairdresser Recycles Aluminum to Aid War Effort
A Canadian barber uses material from old permanent wave machines to craft aircraft components, aiding the Allied war effort and disrupting Nazi hair plans.
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Hitler
Government to Plow Greek Farmland at Fixed Per Acre Charge
Government announces a program allowing Greek farmers to have their land plowed by state services for a set charge per acre. The plan aims to support farm productivity and stabilize cultivation costs for farmers facing drought and reduced labor resources.
Northwest Territories gains first hydro power at Prosperous Lake
Hydro electric power lights Yellowknife and NH mines Con Negus Rycon as Prosperous Lake plant begins supplying 4200 horsepower. Projects started April 1940 with a $600,000 cost, including dam tunnel penstock powerhouse and a 33 000 volt line. Domestic supply planned alongside industrial use.
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Yellowknife
Department of Mines and Resources
Con
Negus
Rycon Gold
Northwest Territories
Prosperous Lake
Ptarmigan Mines Limited
Yellowknife Gold Mines Limited
Thompson-Landmark Gold Mines Limited
Striking Anne Adams Pattern 4681 Frock for Gala Wear
Fashion note promotes Anne Adams Pattern 4681 with striking contrast lines, soft gathered bodice panels, high waist scalloped seaming, and versatile sleeve options. Available in misses and women sizes, requires 3 yards of fabric for size 16. send 20 cents to Winnipeg Pattern Dept. Includes trivia on boiling water and kelp seaweed length.
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Anne Adams
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave. E
Winnipeg
Ramsay Company Offers Free Patent Information
Ottawa based Ramsay Company patent attorneys provides a list of inventions and full information sent free to inventors. Address at 273 Bank Street.
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Ramsay Company
Bank Street
Ottawa
Canada
Be Ye Kind and Forgiving as Christ Commands
Devotional lesson outlines the sin of causing others to stumble and the duty to forgive. It covers Luke 17 warnings, the necessity of forgiveness, and gratitude shown by the ten lepers who obeyed Jesus and were healed.
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God
Moffatt
Jesus
Jerusalem
Galilee
Samaria
Siamese and French clashes seen as World War phase
The piece explains confusion over Sino-French border fighting in French Indochina. It states Siamese and Japanese allies maneuver to gain strategic bases and frontier access, aiming to threaten Singapore via the Malay Peninsula, while not yet striking Britain directly.
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Japan
Singapore
Malay Peninsula
Britain
Chicago Daily News
Officials mull buying five Stratoliner planes
British officials weigh purchasing five 33 passenger Stratoliners from Transcontinental and Western Air to ferry pilots back to the United Kingdom after flying aircraft from Canada to Britain.
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Transcontinental and Western Air, Inc
Canada
Great Britain
Pitcairn Islanders Donate 244 Walking Sticks
About 200 Pitcairn Island residents gifted 244 walking sticks to maimed men. The sticks are well crafted and the wood was obtained after a 100 mile voyage by small boats to a nearby island.
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Pitcairn Island
The
Bounty
Half a Billion Pennies Vanish from Royal Mint in 80 Years
The Royal Mint reports that about 500 million pennies have disappeared over the last eight decades. The finding highlights long term loss through circulation and perhaps hoarding or melting, with no immediate count of missing coins.
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England
Royal Mint
Understanding Warm and Cold Blooded Animals and Humans
The article explains warm blooded versus cold blooded animals, noting constant body temperature in warm blooded species and environmental adaptation for cold blooded ones. It discusses human cold tolerance, fat under the skin, and thyroid influence, with caution about staying warm in damp or frosty conditions.
Laundress Learns She Married Queen Relatives Cousin
Jean Crawford of Largs Ayrshire wed Capt Patrick Drummond Scott aged 27. Scott's mother was Ernestine Bowes Lyon, making the couple relatives of the Queen. They met at a Largs dance and married two weeks later. Mrs Scott said the discovery changes nothing and they are happy.
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Jean Crawford
Largs
Ayrshire
Capt
Patrick Drummond Scott
Ernestine Bowes-Lyon
Mrs. Scott
Sun Directly Overhead at Tropic of Cancer in June
The sun is directly overhead only along the Tropic of Cancer and then barely reaches its zenith, occurring solely in June when travelers reach the southern edge near Cuba.
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Cuba
Chimney Swift Takes Its Name From Nesting Habits
The chimney swift earns its name from its favored nesting in chimneys. Its roosting and breeding behavior links the bird to human structures in urban settings.
Edible fruit of the aliee tree resembles a cooked egg
When heated the edible fruit of the aliee tree in tropical regions takes on the appearance of a cooked egg.
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The
Tropics
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United States Navy
Tion
Home Service
New England
Hydro
North
Kellogg's
Cadaen
Laundress
Lydia E. Pinkham
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