World Happenings Briefly Told From The Month
A Milwaukee chub group provides 300 pies monthly for servicemen at army canteens. Caliza Lavalier born in Quebec in 187? anniversary commemorated provincewide. Italian occupation authorities suspend postal traffic between Switzerland and US and between Switzerland and France Spain and Portugal. Company C 79th Ordnance Battalion Camp Swift Texas cooks from four nations. mess officer from a fifth. Malta’s defenses overwhelmed by Axis raids March to May per Air Vice Marshal Sir Keith Park. Dr. Allen Peebles appointed director of statistics and research for the labor department. Vichy radio cites Paris terror roundup. explosives and incendiaries seized in France. Sir Reginald Blomfield, 86, British architect, dies in London. created Menin Gate Memorial and Lambeth Bridge.
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Malta
Sicily
Keith Park
Sir Reginald Blomfield
London
Menin Gate
Menin
Belgium
France
Lambeth Bridge
Button-Up Jumper Pattern 4077 by Anne Adams
The junior miss pattern makes a quick jumper with a tie belt and buttoned front. Available in junior sizes 11 to 17, it includes a blouse option with short or long sleeves and uses 1 1/2 yards of 54 inch material for the jumper and 1 1/2 yards of 35 inch for the blouse. Send 20 cents to Anne Adams Pattern Dept Winnipeg Newspaper Union.
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Anne Adams
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave. E
Winnipeg
Man
Quick Work In Iraq Opens New Railway Line to India
A railway line over 120 miles long linking Iraq with India was completed at a pace of about one mile per day despite desert heat sand storms and heavy rain. Indian surveyors sappers and railwaymen handled the work with rolling stock and rails supplied from India. A 50 mile pipeline laid by British engineers in a fortnight also promises long term aid to Iraq.
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Iraq
India
Russia
Canadian corvet insignia reflects Mountie naval career
Montreal and Halifax commander Lt Cmdr Robert A S McNeil leads a Canadian corvette with a distinct insignia showing a Mountie riding a submarine. The design honors his RCMP background and features two former RCMP crewmen, with painter F D Rickard and AB Al Taylor contributing to the emblem.
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Britain
Cmdr
Robert A. S. McNeil
Montreal
Halifax
Corvet
McNeil
R.C.M.P
C. J
Chuck) Rathgeb
Toronto
Elmer Armstrong
Ottawa
Cmdr. McNeill
Regina
Atlantic Coast
Rum Patrol
F. D. Rickard
Niagara Falls
AB. al Taylor
Danish Army Delivers Blankets to Germans On Eastern Front
In a curbed action General Hermann von Hanneken orders Danish forces to surrender all woollen blankets it does not require. The report notes a harsh occupation dynamic. An aside mentions ancient people imprisoning fireflies in coconut shells for light.
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Hermann von Hanneken
Misplaced Sympathy Compared to Lions in Roman Arena
A Chicago News critique argues that feeling sorry for Nazis mirrors pity for a lion in a painting killed in a Roman arena. The piece uses a disturbing image of a child weeping for a victimless beast to condemn misplaced compassion.
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Chicago News
Excessive use of gears wastes gasoline
Driving in low gears causes the engine to run faster and consume more fuel per mile than cruising in high gear. Efficient operation favors higher gear use to reduce gasoline consumption.
Royal Bank Figures Reach New High
The Royal Bank of Canada reports a year ending November 30 with total assets of 1 291 615 947 dollars and deposits by the public exceeding one billion. Liquid assets rise to 906 440 239, while current Canadian loans reach 255 148 401 as profits dip slightly to 3 390 123 after taxes and allocations. dividends total 2 625 000 with 315 000 added to the Pension Fund and 400 000 for bank premises.
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Dominion
United States
Bank of Canada
Canada
Dominion Government
Man Sharpening a Goose Feather Stolen from Gallery
Paris radio reports the Rem Brandt painting Man Sharpening a Goose Feather has been stolen from an Amsterdam art gallery. Police investigate the theft and seek leads regarding the missing artwork.
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Paris
Rembrandt
Amsterdam
Sunday School Lesson January 10 on Nicodemus and New Birth
The devotional text discusses Nicodemus the Pharisee visiting Jesus by night and the dialogue about entering the Kingdom of God. It explores reasons for nighttime talk, the Sanhedrin context, and Jesus’ emphasis on being born anew for eternal life.
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John
Jesus
Nicodemus
Pharisee
Patrol Officer and Soldier Confront Over Salute
A major orders Patrick Malone to salute after he passes unmarked. Pat answers that he avoids extra attention since he lacks a pass and is not supposed to be out. The exchange highlights military discipline and procedural constraints in the field.
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Patrick Malone
Pat
Health of UK people praised amid wartime data above prewar levels
The British chief medical officer reported that the nations health remained good and sometimes improved during war. June quarter death and infant mortality rates were among the lowest since prewar years. typhoid and diphtheria controls showed progress. Glasgow faced a smallpox outbreak with rapid vaccination and containment. Ellesmere Island noted as the northernmost part of the empire.
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United Kingdom
Prss
Ministry of Health
Journal of the
American Medical Association
Glasgow
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Army Lanteens
Caliza Lavalier
Quebec
Switzerland
Spain
Portugal
79Th Ordnance Battalion
Camp Swift
Texas
Allen Peebles
The
Unemployment Insurance Commission
Labor Department
Vichy Radio
Canadian Pacific
C.P.R
Drake Street
Vancouver
Sheila Clifford
Violet Taylor
Emma Chipman
Stella Slusarski
Poland
By Fred Neher
Chicago
Mickie
Royal Bank
Royal Bank of Canada
British Empire
Ellesmere Island
Arctic
GOD
Gary Sclagl
By William Ferguson
ST Lons
IRS
IMPEC
NEA Service
Gene Byrnes
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