World Happenings Briefly Told In Ottawa and Abroad
Sugar and Canada totals reach 87008 pounds in 1842 with a House of Commons reply. Air mail for armed forces and overseas civilians expands to air post specials. Princess Margait of the Netherlands christened at Ottawa. Navy reports seven commodores in the Royal Canadian Navy. Italy flooded with German war films dating from the Polish campaign. Japan educates nearly 1000 children in Alberta under a security plan. Dr Karl Landsteiner, Nobel laureate, dies in New York. Dr Joseph Trueta receives Oxford honorary degree. RAF weighs armored vests for protection of air crews amid US bomber usage.
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Alberta
British Columbia Security Commission
Karl Landsteiner
New York
Joseph Trueta
Barcelona
Oxford University
R.A.F
Air Force
United States
Expensive Guests and Hidden Health Costs in Winnipeg
The Manitoba Health Department reports a rat costs two dollars per year in food, suggesting Winnipeg’s rat population mirrors humans and implying spending near half a million dollars annually on rodents. The piece questions the epidemic risk and the city’s expenditure.
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Manitoba Department of Health
Winnipeg Tribune
Winnipeg
Pretty Pinafore Pattern 4407 Offered by Anne Adams
Anne Adams Pattern 4407 creates a cool pretty pinafore with paneled lines and waist seams for a willowy look. Sizes 14 through 42 in misses and womens. size 16 uses 3 1/2 yards of 35 inch fabric. send 20 cents to Pattern Dept Winnipeg Union with name address and style number.
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Anne Adams
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave. E
Winnipeg
Man
Record Rail Shipment Breaks Continental Freight Records
The Dominion Bridge Company BB Extractor war tank, 150 tons and 165 feet long, travels on three flat cars along the Canadian National double track from Lachine to Sarnia Ontario. With a daytime 15 mph speed limit and curve precautions, a seven-man CN crew navigates the five-day, cross-country move to the Government synthetic rubber plant, a milestone for North American rail transport.
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Canadian National Railways
Lachine
Sarnia
Ontario
Dominion Bridge
Plastic Glo-Sign Patented for Signs and Plates
Ottawa grants a patent for a plastic glo-sign by Dr. A. O. Store of Regina Sask. The sign is indestructible and glows in absolute darkness without external light. It is a single solid piece with any color body and transparent lettering. The plastic is suitable for self illuminating signs and easy to obtain.
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Ottawa
A. O. Store
Regina
Sask
Dr. Store
Worms in Damaged Parcel Rile Ottawa Post Office Troops
Postal workers in Ottawa opened a bag addressed to troops overseas and found a damaged parcel with damp sod and hundreds of earthworms. Most worms were dead and aromatic, prompting a small mail disruption at the base post office.
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Ottawa
Tax On Family Crest Tax on crests on china and cars faces fines
An English family crest tax imposes a 90 dollar fine if unpaid and applies to any crest seen on china or vehicle plates. MPs urge repeal as obsolete with critics noting revenue declined from 360000 before World War I to 103500 last year. Varna was once the Black Sea’s favored resort.
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Home Secretary
N. B. Goldie
Warrington
Varna
Black Sea
New Window Screens Offer Prime Plastic Comfort
The New York Times describes a new plastic window screen that resists rust and corrosion in sea air. It won’t need painting or mending and cleans easily with a wash cloth. The mesh is misty white and slightly translucent to admit more light.
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New York Times
Moses Called at Horeb to Lead Israel from Egypt
Sunday school lesson outlines Moses birth, flight and oppression under Pharaoh, then at Horeb experiences the burning bush and God’s commission to deliver Israel. It contrasts Moses’s earlier rashness with his cautious humility as he accepts the task despite self-doubt.
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Moses
Pharaoh
Midian
Thomas G. Selby
Jethro
Sinai
God
Horeb
Egypt
Promised Land
Israel
Jeremiah
Face Many Handicaps The British Farmer's War Struggles
The British farmer endures blackout night farming and bomb crater damage while continuing to plant and harvest. He works under drizzled mists, protected by limited lights, with crop bases converted to defense sites. Excess profits are taxed, coupon farming limits feeds, and land yields rise with 34 bushels per acre for wheat and 80 bushels for oats in 1942.
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Britain
Battle Manners Intent On Bombing At Mareth Line
An account from Tunisia describes a Green Howards company clerk pushing between officers and tossing a grenade into a German trench during the Mareth Line battle. The incident, noted by an American correspondent, is highlighted as a gesture of courtesy amid combat.
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Mareth Line
Tunisia
Green Howards Regiment
Micers
Always On The Job The Modern Father Duty Erosion
The Peterborough Examiner bemoans modern fathers neglecting duties once handled by themselves. It contrasts early fathers as juvenile court, teacher, truant officer, detective, and social arbiter with today’s fathers who abdicate these roles. The piece notes rough but decisive authority, while warning of becoming negligible.
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Peterborough Examiner
Dunn and Bradstreet
Dorothy Dix
Mickie Says Spend Money to Make Money
Local columnist Mickie argues that investing cash is essential to profit, noting practical spending choices and urging readers to allocate funds wisely for better returns in business and life. The piece frames money as a tool to unlock opportunity.
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Communation of Sugar & Canada
House of Commons
Air Post
Margaiet Francisco of
The
Netherlands
Netherlands Reformed Church
Navy
Macdonald
House of Commona
Commodore
Royal Canadian Navy
Italy
England
By William Ferguson
Venus
Regina Man
Reg
Jimmie
Gene Byrnes
Aggie Riley
ANG
By Fred Neher
Sis
Emerson
Vancouver Province
Mickie
Kim
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