World Happenings Briefly Told
Italy will send 40,000 more workers for employment in German industry bringing total to about 110,000. Dutch volunteers to pay a voluntary income tax to arm the Dutch forces. Americans enlisting in the Canadian air force no longer receive a written exemption. Alberta cites large sugar stocks in 1941. A radio controlled anti aircraft plane with 80 horsepower engine and 150 mph top speed. Halifax harbor to host a floating drydock for largest ships. Mail to Canadian soldiers abroad in 1940 reached 5,600,000 letters and 3,260,000 pounds of parcels. January strikes and lockouts involve 1,453 workers and 3,238 lost days. prior month 903 workers and 3,360 days.
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Italy
Royal Canadian Air Force
Alberta
Canada
Halifax
Halifax Chronicle
Mulock
Labor Department
Sunday School Lesson Teach Us to Pray
Sunday school lesson centers on Luke 11 1 asking Jesus to teach prayer. It references Luke 18 and devotional reading Isaiah 62 1 7 guiding mindful prayer.
Persistent prayer and humble supplication in Luke teachings
A sermon compares Jesus parables on persistence in prayer with the parable of the Pharisee and the publican. It stresses prayer as a lifeline to spiritual resources and warns against self righteous pride and contempt, urging humility and mercy before God.
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Jesus
Clever Dog Detects Bomb Sound From Overhead
An English friend of a Galt Ontario resident writes of a war dog that distinguishes bomb sounds from AA fire. The animal flees to a table before bombs land, then the household resumes knitting by the fire. The note contrasts with a claim about Lindbergh and a quote about Simon Newcomb.
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Galt
Ont
Methods To Clear Fog Over Airports Demonstrated
Dr Sverre Petterssen of MIT developed two fog dispersal methods. A heated airport approach clears fog from runways by evaporation. A second method sprayed sulphur chloride into the fog, clearing an area 150 by 30 by 1,500 feet. A comparison notes Napoleon fought on the front lines with his troops, unlike Hitler.
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Sverre Petterssen
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Petterssen
Poster Campaign Fronts Empire With Churchill Image
Thousands of posters feature Prime Minister Churchill in a black hat smiling grimly against a countryside backdrop with tanks and planes. The slogans read Let Us Go Forward in languages across the Empire. A note mentions the Brazilian pygmy marmoset as the world’s smallest monkey at about four and a half ounces.
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Churchill
Empire
Real Strength Of Britain Lies With Ordinary People
The piece cites a New York Times quote praising British war resolve among civilians and small shops, arguing true courage is shown by the common people in shelters and pubs. It notes Italy’s sea power issue at Tobruk, where seventeen sunken ships obstruct harbor clearance.
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Britain
Whitehall
Downing Street
Hell's Corner
Channel
New York Times
Tobruk
Newfoundland Base Not Finished For A Year
Col. Frank Knox announced at a press conference that the United States Navy base at Argentia Bay Newfoundland will not be completed for about a year. He noted that naval planes have already flown from the bay and that the facility can be used in the interim. The construction contract, valued at 4,860,000 dollars, is held by a Boston firm.
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Frank Knox
United States Navy
Navy
Argentia Bay
Newfoundland
Col. Knox
Boston
A Fair Question Junior Dialog About the World’s Shape
A child asks if the world is round and is told yes. The exchange notes the challenge of understanding distant places and the idea of reaching far corners of the earth.
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Junior
Daddy
Saskatchewan Coal Output in 1940 Q3 Reaches 132,532 Tons
Saskatchewan produced 132,532 tons of coal in the third quarter of 1940. Nearly all mining occurred in the Estevan district and the coal is a lignite variety.
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Saskatchewan
Estevan
Bear Tracks Differ From Human Prints
The article notes that bear tracks do not resemble human footprints, countering common storytelling tropes and highlighting distinct wildlife prints observed in the field.
Railways in South Africa Extend Across 14.5 Thousand Miles
A survey notes 14.534 miles of railways exist in the Union of South Africa, while scientists remark that all matter began as gas. The figure and the cosmological claim stand as separate facts in the brief item.
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Union of South Africa
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Lindbergh
Simon Newcomb
Wright Brothers
Hitler
Napoleon
Winston Churchill
Tion
New Air Base
the Marquis OF
Lorne
K.T
G.c.mg
Marquis of Lorne
Canadian Pacific Railway
John A. Macdonald
D’arcy McGee
Georges-Etienne Cartier
Charles Tupper
Dominion of Canada
Atlantic
Pacific
British Columbia
Confederation
Canadian Pacific
Saskatchewan Coal
MMU
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