World Happenings Briefly Told From The War Front
A mix of wartime notes reports and fundraisers from the war era. Red Cross in Winnipeg received 15000 dollars at the annual conference. India airfield work employs over one million people. Britain halts tire requisitions temporarily with possible resumption in emergencies. General Montgomery’s flag car sold for 1200 dollars for Churchill aid. Indian shipyards push to full capacity with over 300 vessels under construction. US Navy reveals a periscope camera for tracking enemy ships.
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Sir Bernard Montgomery
Eighth Army
Churchill
India
Canadian Junior Chamber reports nationwide anti-VD drive
W F Reid of Calgary, national president, praised the Health League of Canada for aiding the Junior Chamber of Canada in a venereal disease campaign. He noted the League’s 20 years in the field and distribution of Canadian materials, aiming to have about 50 units active by the end of May in a nationwide effort.
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Health League of Canada
Christian Smith
Junior Chamber of Commerce of Canada
W. F. Reid
Calgary
Junior Chamber
Reid
Canada
Tank Girls Cut Tank Inspection Time by One-Third
British tank girls reduced inspection time from five days to three by meticulously checking each of the 13 000 parts during recon ditioning. They serve as pilots and checkers on field tests guiding drivers, standing in turrets to record firing effects, and training four months in government schools for general engineering skills.
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Britain
Earthquakes Warned By Earth's Safety Valves
The article notes that earthquakes would be more frequent if not for Earth's abundant volcanoes serving as safety valves by releasing subterranean pressure.
Bahamas War Era Speed Boat Heiress Builds Caribbean Fleet
Estelle Carstairs, once a 123 mph speed boat racer, now runs Nassau chartered ships and a Miami to Caribbean line. Her Sonia II freighter once a luxury yacht, carries up to 250 tons of cargo and helped end the Bahamas sugar famine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iad
Nassau
Miami
Carribbean Islands
Bahamas
Miami Beach
Whale Day
England
Jarvis A. Bostwick
Standard 61
Gar Wood
Poppies Bloom Across Europe In War Time Italy
Spring brings red poppies into bloom across Italy and Europe. Allied soldiers advance through fields stained with blood and dotted with poppies, found also in England. The flowers rise five to six inches and measure about an inch across.
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Italy
Europe
England
Canadian farmers plan larger wheat crop in 1944
Dominion Bureau of Statistics crop correspondents report a near 4 million acre rise in wheat seeding for 1944 versus 1943. The increase is concentrated mainly in the three Prairie Provinces, signaling a stronger wheat output expectation for the year.
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Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Prairie Provinces
Australia’s Aircraft Industry Expands With Milestone Planes
Still expanding the Australian aircraft industry has at least two plants turning their 1 000th plane over to the Royal Australian Air Force. The Federal Department of Aircraft Production delivering Beaufort bombers marked its 500th plane last November.
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Australia
Royal Australian Air Force
Federal
Department of Aircraft Production
Be Ye Kind and Forgiving in Philemon Lesson
Sunday School devotional outlines Ephesians 4:32 and the Philemon letter. Paul greets Philemon with Apphia and Archippus, notes Philemon's charity and house church, and urges forgiveness of Onesimus while appealing as an aged prisoner for Christ.
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Philemon
Paul
Timothy
Christ Jesus
Apphia
Archippus
God
Lord Jesus Christ
Moffatt
Onesimus
Christ
Matthew Henry
Philemeon
Jesus Christ
Windsor Destroyer Sets Remarkable Wartime Record at Dunkirk
One of the first destroyers to reach Dunkirk for the evacuation of British troops, the Windsor, made a wonderful record during the war. In eight months she steamed 30,000 miles and in one month 4,060 miles. In 1941 a six month commission involved 16,000 miles and in 1942 she logged 24,000 more.
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Dunkirk
France
Old Windsor
Crossword Puzzle Clue List Invites Quick Solve
The page presents a mixed crossword puzzle with horizontal and vertical clues. Entries range from biblical figures and literary terms to geographic and linguistic hints, including references to the African river and various descriptive words.
Poultry Industry Investment and Hatchery Practices
The article discusses poultry business as a sound investment and stresses protecting baby chick stock through clean housing proper breeding gear feeding and management. It notes experiments by the University of Maryland and American Airlines on transporting eggs and hatching outcomes and mentions a Brandon Sun conclusion that hatching eggs can be flown to Europe. A star cluster is described as a billion trillion miles away.
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Mary
University of Maryland
American Airlines
Washneton
Los Angeles
Europe
Brandon Sun
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Maniicotea Jutmor Red Cross Society
Red Ae
Nnipeg
Windsor
Eng
Ministry of Supply
United States Navy
Wealth League
V.D. Education
Hos Cargo Fleet
Fingtish Speesbeat Star
Betty Carstairs
Estelle V
Lady Nelson
Alfred Williams
Spryfield
N.B
Thomas Williams
Winnipeg
Williams
Prairie
West Africa
R Aswoi
Ingster
BY William Ferguson
Shing Cit
Saye Geno A. Amundson
Steppes
Russia
Gene Byrnes
Great Britain
Eager
Fio
Theuinicy
By Fred Neher
US Moderns
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