World Happenings Briefly Told
A lend lease pact between the United States and Iceland was announced in Reykjavik. Maj Gen W Clark assumed command of all American ground troops in Britain. The Vancouver police board considers a squad of twelve trained policewomen for wartime crime. Hal Roach is ordered to active duty as a major in the US Army Signal Corps. Sugar from the United States has appeared in Moscow stores. Edmon ton aviation circles discuss a possible new airport to handle heavy traffic. Draft boards pause induction of married men with dependents until other manpower is used. Edith McKenzie leaves Winnipeg for Washington to join the British purchasing commission.
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W. Clark
Britain
Hal Roach
U.S. Army Signal Corps
United States Selective Service Headquarters
Conquerors Of Egypt Through the Ages
Newsweek outlines Egypts long succession of rulers from 720 BC Ethiopians and 670 BC Assyrians to Persians 145 years later Alexander the Great who founded Alexandria and Roman rule after Cleopatra in 30 BC Arab dominance until 1517 Turks Napoleon 1801 and British invasion in 1882.
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Egypt
Alexander the Great
Alexandria
Cleopatra
Napoleon
Lord Nelson
Newsweek
New York
Foamglass: Lightweight opaque insulation glass from Pittsburgh Corning
Pittsburgh Corning Corp announces start of foamglass production in western Pennsylvania. The cellular, buoyant glass weighs ten pounds per cubic foot, is fireproof and vermin proof, odorless, water resistant, and floats indefinitely. Made by firing ordinary glass with carbon to create sealed cells.
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Pittsburgh Corning Corp
Pittsburg Plate Glass Co
Corning Glass Works
Pennsylvania
Sundress or Jumper Pattern 4113 by Anne Adams
Advertisement notes a versatile Anne Adams pattern 4113 offering a sundress or jumper outfit with back buttons. Available in junior miss sizes 11 13 15 17. fabric needs 24 yards of 35 inch material for sunfrock and 14 yards for blouse. Send 20 cents to pattern dept Winnipeg to order. Anticosti Island sized info included with St Lawrence note. pattern code 24735.
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The
Conservation Corps
Anne Adams
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave. E
Winnipeg
Man
Salvaging London wreckage as Parliament records blight
Salvage teams at the House of Commons work above debris after a May 11 1941 air raid that destroyed the chamber. The Clerk of Works logs damage including casualties Captain Elliot and a guard, with Westminster Hall beams damaged and Big Ben’s glass lost. Tanks built from debris will be produced for war use.
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House of Commons
Commons
Australia joins UN pooling of copra and palm oil supplies
Will Pool Resources Australia Agrees To Share Vital Australia joins a UN pooling arrangement for copra, coconut oil and palm butter. Supplies will be allocated by an agreed formula to nations in need with Australia buying and shipping all allocated stock. The munitions department will control government imports.
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Australia
United Nations
Melbourne Radio
W. J. Scully
Commonwealth
Munitions Department
Made Good Road Strip Unchanged After A Decadeplus
A cotton road strip laid in South Carolina over a dozen years ago has seen no repairs from normal traffic and remains in excellent condition.
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South Carolina
Daily Vitamin C Needs and Skin Thickness Note
The article stresses daily vitamin C intake as the body cannot store it in large quantities. It suggests tomatoes, tomato juice, cabbage, or citrus like oranges and grapefruits when available. It also mentions whale skin thickness ranges from two inches to two feet.
Dartmouth taxi owner adds horse drawn carriage in modernizing move
L. E. DeYoung of Dartmouth Nova Scotia puts a new landau into service pulled by a pair of dapple grey horses to replace an old worn auto and says more horses are on order. The note also mentions the Moslem University of Al Azhar in Cairo founded in 970.
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L. E. DeYoung
Dartmouth
N.S
DeYoung
Al-Azhar
Cairo
Egypt
Tlingit Nation Sues for Vast Alaska Territory Rights
The Tlingits claim title to most of south eastern Alaska including Juneau Ketchikan Skagway Petersburg Wrangell and seek 35000000 from the U S for lands and fishing rights lost to white settlement The group says the Czar of Russia recognized their title and cites the 1867 Treaty of Cession during U S ownership of the region with its mining sites and canneries as major industry.
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Alaska
Russia
Juneau Ketchikan
Skagway
Petersburg
Wrangell
United States
Allies suspect Spain aiding Axis submarine campaign
Allied naval authorities say Spain may be aiding the Axis submarine campaign in the Atlantic by receiving fuel from Germany and Italy at Spanish ports and transferring it to Spanish ships bound for American waters. These ships allegedly rendezvous with Axis submarines at sea to refuel them, a claim Spain’s skippers call hijacking. The evidence is hard to prove as a neutral violation.
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Spain
Atlantic
Germany
Italy
Newsweek
Noah Covenant Lesson On Genesis 9 And Gods Promise
A Sunday school devotional surveys Genesis 6 9 focusing on God’s covenant with Noah and all living creatures. It explains the never again flood promise, human life sacredness, dietary note, and the rainbow as the covenant sign linked to God’s grace and peace.
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Noah
Moffatt
Earl of Lincoln
Haven
Earth
Magnesium Profits in Plane Building Surprising Weight Use
Magnesium stands as the lightest structural metal with over 1000 pounds used in building a single average-sized aircraft, highlighting its crucial role in aviation engineering.
Sun light cautions and skin health by Dr Norman Wrong
Dr Norman Wrong of the University of Toronto warns against excessive sun bathing while noting skin protection heat regulation and sensory roles. He says moderation boosts infection resistance and prevents rickets, but severe sun burn and cancer risks exist, citing Australia as example. A Toronto official notes fines for unregistered schoolboy workers. Migratory birds favor night travel to Canadian northlands.
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Norman Wrong
Health Magazine
The
Health League of Canada
Wrong
University of Toronto
Australia
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Iceland
Reykjavik
Vancouver Police Commission
Moscow
Edmonton
Edith McKenzie
Women's Amateur Athletic Federation of Canada
Washington
British Purchasing Commission
Anticosti Island
St Lawrence
Long Island
St. Lawrence River
London
Houses of Parliament
Mother of
RCAF
No. 5 Air Observer School
BY William Ferguson
Fakis
Mmore
T Takes
Ez Korte
NEA Service
Mrs Pip
By Fred Neher
Officer
Alaska Territory
God
Peter
Puddinhead
Gene Byrnes
League of Canada
Unemployment Insurance Commission
Commission
Toronto
Canadian Northlands
Mickie
League OF Decency
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