World Happenings Briefly Told From War News
A mosaic of wartime notes reports German subunits targeting churches in the Netherlands and property. an aircraft worker paid 145 pounds at Maidenhead. Royal Canadian Navy medical labs aid ships and isolated bases. Civil defence funds in Eng raise 200 dollars. Desert Highway by J B Priestley is army staged. Galsworthy chair sold for 95. U S troops first on European soil at Salerno with mostly American Japanese battalion. Nigeria builds 30 airfields for Middle East aircraft. Germans lose 232 night fighters in 1943 versus 69 in 1942 per Air Ministry.
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R.A.F
Air Ministry
Smile Awhile Humorous Sketches Navigate War Time Wit
A collage of quips and vignettes mixed with World War I era humor. Jokes range from air raid sirens to traffic on prairie roads and family scenes at home. The fragmentary lines mention civilians, a private late for parade, jokes about gravity and St Peter, and a woman wartime worker.
Rationing Time Table Details Food Coupon Validities
The document lists multiple coupon series across categories Coffee Tea Sugar Butter Meat Salmon Preserves and Syrup with varied issue and expiry dates. It specifies quantities and items like coffee tea sugars butter meat salmon and assorted preserves with expiration patterns through January February and March.
Unusual Bell Collector’s 24 Year Hobby Fascinates Brigh ton
Mrs. Genevieve Farley of Brigh ton has built a collection of about one hundred bells over 24 years. Her hobby traces to her switchboard days and spans bells signaling livestock in Tibet, customers in a New England teashop, and calls for rice and tea in an Oriental mansion.
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Genevieve Farley
Brighton
Tibet
New England
Inks for Marking Graded Poultry Unveiled by Dominion Tests
Red blue and brown inks for marking graded poultry have been developed by the Division of Chemistry of the Dominion Department of Agriculture and found satisfactory in commercial tests.
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Division of Chemistry
Dominion Department of Agriculture
Crossword Puzzle Across and Down Clues
A crossword puzzle list with numbered across and down clues including several language and formatting quirks. Clues cover topics from religion to geography and include multiple spellings and archaic terms.
Multilingual Pvt Lloyd A Taylor Spends Leaves in New York
Pvt Lloyd A Taylor of Philadelphia, a Temple University medical student before enlisting, uses leaves to study seven languages including Latin Spanish French German Greek Japanese and Chinese. He hopes language skills help in service. At an Army Air Base in Britain a gran-hour unit measures production with 350 hours of voluntary work by 52 grandmothers and one great-grandmother performing soldering painting drilling and assembly tasks.
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Lloyd A. Taylor
Philadelphia
New York
Taylor
Temple University
This Army Air Base
New Method Cuts Foreign Language Teaching Time
Northwestern University officials led by Edwin R Place announce a study showing language learning time can be halved using recordings instead of textbooks. The new method aims to reduce elementary speaking training from two years to about one year.
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Northwestern University
Edwin R Place
British Admiralty Used Holiday Photos For Invasion Planning
In May of last year the British Admiralty asked Britons for photographs from continental holidays in peacetime. About five million pictures were sent, aiding invasion plans for North Africa and Sicily by revealing beach textures and slopes. Family photos showing people in water or on rocks helped clarify landing considerations.
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Britain
North Africa
Sicily
Consumer costs rise with fancy food packaging tricks
The text notes that foods sold in containers with special openings and gadgets tend to cost more than those in plain cartons, claiming the higher price does not reflect better quality. It discusses packaging as a price driver rather than a quality factor.
Farm Account Book For War Time Farm Records
A simple useful account book titled Farm Account Book is available from the King's Printer in Ottawa. It covers all farm operations and requires no expert accounting knowledge, offered at ten cents to help record yearly farm transactions during wartime.
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Ottawa
Sunday School Lesson Jesus Answers His Critics
A Sunday school lesson analyzes Jesus defending his actions against critics. Levi’s call and dinner with publicans prompts questions from scribes. Jesus declares his mission to call sinners, not the righteous, and explains why fasting is not required while the bridegroom is present. He also answers Sabbath grain plucking criticisms by citing David and tabernacle showbread.
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Jesus
Levi
Galilee
Pharisees
Maimonides
David
Saul
Blind man Clifton Sears aids church as organist and leader
Clifton Sears of Cummington Massachusetts, though blind, plays the church organ, directs the choir, studies organ in North Amherst, maintains piano practice, runs a magazine agency, operates a chair caning business, and works on surrounding farms in his spare time.
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Clifton Sears
Cummington
Mass
Northampton
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Netherlands
Maidenhead
Pnglard
Pulte
Perth
Australia
Royal Canadian Navy
Medical Researchnit
Bletchley
Eng
J. B. Priestley
John Galsworthy
United States
Europe
Salerno
Nigeria
Middle East
Jones
St. Peter Himself
St. Peter
Hesperus
Wreck
Jutland
Athena
Anciett Che Ch. Four
Stern
Lamb's Pen
Switzerland
VERT
Ontario Coach Lines
Toronto Transportation Commission
Ontario
Gray Coach
T.T.C
Buffalo
U.S
Chicago University
By William Ferguson
Megpritos
Philippines
Oison
Bureau
Pinhead Duffy
Gene Byrnes
By Fred Neher
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