World Happenings Briefly Told
Planters on Teveuni island round up 2000 wild cattle for food supplies. Sir Alexander Hardinge resigns as private secretary to the King due to ill health, to be succeeded by Sir Alan Lascelles. Canada released over 4,000,000 pounds of binder twine to the United Kingdom. Maj Gen Browne says no compulsion to enlist in the Canadian Reserve Army. Montreal to be renamed General Henri Giraud Street in honor of his visit. War Services Minister Lafleche notes 250,000 set aside to aid Canadians on offense. Fifty French citizens executed in Paris in retaliation for a German lieutenant's shooting. F B Davis Jr of United States Rubber predicts synthetic tire production reaches one per second by year-end 1944.
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Alexander Hardinge
Alan Lascelles
Develop Your Talent for Fashion Drawing
A home service ad explains fashion drawing as a path to selling merchandise. It urges developing an observing eye, imagination, taste, accuracy, proportion, and ambition. A booklet titled Fashion Drawing Made Easy is offered for 15 cents, with mailing details in Winnipeg Manitoba.
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Home Service Dept
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave. E
Winnipeg
Made history in East Africa march pursuit record
In the East African campaign from March 1 to 17, 1941, General Cunningham's columns advanced an average of nearly 44 miles daily, the fastest military pursuit on record, rivaled only by the Eighth Army’s 1942-43 advance.
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Cunningham
Eighth Army
ROOM FOR EVERYONE
The population of the earth is estimated at two billion and there is room for all to live happily if people learn to get along and avoid quarrels.
Poor Penmanship Me Gie Handwriting Says Expositor
The Huron Expositor in Seaforth argues penmanship in public and secondary schools is unusually lacking though still vital for clear written communication. A high school English teacher’s ultimatum to students improved legibility by insisting on distinct letters and careful formation. The piece laments widespread careless handwriting and warns against scrawling signatures before maturity.
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Huron Expositor
Seaforth
Goebbels Takes Over German Theatres From Private Operators
Berlin dispatches report Propaganda Minister Paul Joseph Goebbels has assumed control of all German theatres. The move targets curbing dissatisfying programs and aligning entertainment with the Nazi war effort.
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Berlin
Paul Joseph Goebbels
Worth The Effort Caledonia salvaged after fire in Firth of Forth
The naval training ship Caledonia formerly Majestic sank after a fire. British salvage, led by Captain C. G. Bonner, sealed hull openings and pumped the ship dry. Eighteen hundred ports and hull breaches were sealed. 40000 tons of steel recovered. Scientists debate whether moon craters formed by meteorites or volcanoes.
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Caledonia
Majestic
Bismarck
Firth of Forth
C. G. Bonner
V.C
Britain
Ottawa Citizen
Moon
In Lapland Sweden 32 Percent Of Trees Over 160 Years Old
In Lapland Sweden researchers report that 32 percent of the forest trees studied are more than 160 years old. The finding highlights the longevity of boreal forests and their potential resilience.
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Lapland
Sweden
Struggle with Pharaoh in Exodus lesson and Moses prayer
Sunday School lesson outlines Moses and Aaron before Pharaoh, taskmasters, and Hebrew officers facing harsher brick quotas. Moses questions God as Pharaoh rejects Jehovah, then God renews promises in Exodus 6 1 7. End with note on RAF bomber command night raid photography.
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Pharoah
Moses
Aaron
Pharaoh
Israel
God
Midian
Fine Marine Oil From Black Argentine Rape Seed
A new crop for Saskatchewan this year is Black Argentine rape grown for its fine marine oil. Five thousand pounds of rape seed are available at ten pounds per acre, covering about 500 acres mainly in northern Saskatchewan. Experienced seed growers will handle the crop under Department of Agriculture guidance.
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Saskatchewan
Department of Agriculture
New Customer Figures Stress Advertising Need
War Production Board official urges merchants to advertise to reach new customers and replace old ones. He cites 104 seconds per new customer and 216 seconds per old customer as alarming rates. Canadian figures mirror this trend with three minutes per new customer and five minutes per old customer.
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War Production Board
Canada
Financial Post
Crossword Puzzle Clue Key List
Horizontal clues include Prevaricator French abbot to surpass to relate crude metal colloquial force of men young amphibian to engrave French coin printer s measure parent to please contorted high mountain to gather to gain page observes pitch appendages non professional Hebrew letter roster insect preposition entwined ignores baskets wings period of time stiff cloth a treenail remains By Vertical to drink Mudworm Part of a church Pauses Preposition Flying mammal Prejudice To grant Overly Heraldic bearing Thin end of hammer head To happen again Stainless Hastens Germinated grain Appellation of Athena Chinese monetary unit Asiatic bovine To mate Wampum Corded tey tile fatrie Pheasant Stood Departed Does wrong Ascetics Artificial Waterway To turn away Bulbous Plant To begin Card game Silkworm Scourge Prophet To find fault Wessel s curved planking Bone
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Teveuni
Fiji
Michaud
House of Commons
United
Browne
Reserve Army
Montreal
Henri Giraud
General Giraud
Caza
Morocco
Dakar
French West Africa
War Services
LaFleche
Commons
Paris
F. B. Davis, Jr
United States Rubber Company
Home Service
Mobile Express
Waybill Coop
Canadian National Central
Waybill
Jack Perry
Phillippe Robitaille
By William Ferguson
Bat Ose
Horse
Carlys
Calif
B. Manes
Kilalea
Esuvill
R.A.F. Bomber Command
Italy
Wessel
Fis
AS Moderns
By Fred Neher
Reg
Gosh
I'M
Pinhead
Gene Byrnes
I Was
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