World Happenings Briefly Told
Savings groups in English and Welsh schools raised £15,000,000 since the war began. Tea rationing began in New Zealand with a weekly two ounce allowance per person plus supplies for hotels and restaurants. A Nazi decree bans coastal regions in Holland as the Allied invasion threat grows. Maj Gen F N Mason MacFarlane named governor and commander in chief of Gibraltar. Chartered Canadian banks report net profits of $16,402,769 for 1941. Ottawa buildings for wartime needs cost $41.095 million. The BBC confirmed Germany supplied 100 million marks to Turkey for war material. Navy Minister Macdonald asks to raise Canadian sea cadets from 3,200 to over 8,000. Brussels reports 300,000 Belgian workers sent to German factories since Leopold’s capitulation.
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New Zealand
Holland
F N Mason MacFarlane
Moscow
Gibraltar
Banks of Canada
House of Commons
BBC
Ankara
Germany
Navy
Macdonald
Navy League
Canada
Bulgaria and Bulgaria’s King in Hitler’s Chess
W. K. Kelsey argues in the Detroit News that rumors of a Bulgarian revolt are likely premature. King Boris holds bargaining chips that Hitler cannot easily repay with promises. An offer of access to the Aegean through Greece would anger Turkey. Romanian land would inflame Romania, already hostile to Hungary. Bulgaria’s economy is largely self-sufficient, limiting economic pressure. If Boris remains firm, he may stay free of entanglement and gain time as rumors swirl about Horix’s conscience.
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W. K. Kelsey
Detroit News
Bulgaria
Boris
Hitler
Aegean
Greece
Turkey
Hungary
Horix
Anne Adams Pattern 4053 Dress and Bolero
Sew simple design uses minimal fabric. Pattern 4053 offers misses sizes 12 through 20 and includes a dress and optional bolero. Send 20 cents for pattern and mail name address size and style number to Anne Adams Pattern Dept Winnipeg Manitoba.
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Anne Adams
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave
Winnipeg
Man
Canada to Issue 14 Postage Stamps July 1 With War Themed Designs
A new 14 value postage stamp set replaces the current issues on July 1. It adds a 16 cent air mail and special delivery stamp violet blue depicting a Trans Canada airline. Denominations range from one cent to one dollar with portraits of King George VI, wartime scenes, grain elevators, Parliament buildings, a Ram tank, a Canadian corvette, a munitions plant, a destroyer, and the coat of arms. All stamps are single color and patriotic in tone.
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Canadas
Trans-Canada
Canada
George VI
Sophia
Dominion
Rocket bombs touted as superior to dive bombing by Aeroplane
The magazine Aeroplane says Russians use rocket bombs on Hurricanes or Stormoviks, claiming they are more effective against tanks and mark a major tactical advance. It notes the system fires from a tail rocket apparatus with electrical trigger, delivering high hit probability but reducing bomb charge weight and payload versus large cannon fire.
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Aeroplane
Britain
Stormovik
Paratroop Leader Percy Pickard Receives Bar to DSC
Wing Commander Percy Pickard tall blond pipe smoking pilot who led the Bruneval raid in February was awarded the Bar to the Distinguished Service Cross. The citation praised his courage and duty. Pickard commanded a Whitley squadron with Canadian airmen and parachutists who destroyed a German radio unit at Bruneval, fought to the beaches, and returned across the Channel with light British casualties and heavier German losses.
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Percy Pickard
Bruneval
Pickard
Havre
Women Railway Porters Aid War Time Rail Traffic
A male observer notes women in dark blue trousers jackets and caps working in a vast goods yard. Britain's railways adapt to wartime traffic moving large volumes of iron ore coal limestone and pig iron. Women take a large part in transporting munitions and supporting steel production.
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Britain
The Empty Tomb and the Risen Christ
A devotional outline surveying Luke 24 with emphasis on the women and Peter’s witness, the road to Emmaus encounter, the disciples’ fear and joy at Christ’s sudden appearance, and the proof of Jesus’s flesh and bones as he eats in their presence. It links Luke 24 to Acts 1 and related gospel passages for reflection.
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Peter
Jerusalem
Christ
Emmaus
Luke
Jesus
King Edward VII Sled Sells For Eighty Dollars At Auction
A four seater sled formerly owned by King Edward VII sold for eighty dollars at the auction of the late Lords Daresbury properties. Seismologists face a curious problem as spiders invade delicate instruments and distort earthquake records.
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Edward VII
Daresbury
Air Cadet League forecasts 50 000 youths next year
Group Captain D C Hume national director of the Air Cadet League of Canada forecasts a force of 50 000 teenage cadets within the next year. He cites the league's first anniversary progress with over 15 000 enrollments in 135 squadrons across Canada. Provinces hosting squadrons include Ontario and Quebec leading with 33 and 32 units respectively.
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Canada
Air Cadet Organization
D. C. Hume
Air Cadet League of Canada
Hume
Ontario
Quebec
Saskatchewan
Alberta
British Columbia
Nova Scotia
Manitoba
Prince Edward Island
New Brunswick
Stamp collectors seek complete world issue set
The text notes no person has a complete world stamps collection and estimates a total cost of two to three million dollars would be required to acquire such a collection.
Montreal nutrition lecture urges cheese and milk in daily diet
In Montreal, 10 000 women attend a four week Food for Health Health for Victory course led by volunteer dietitians. The talk emphasizes milk as essential and argues Canadians eat too little cheese, urging higher consumption and practical kitchen uses.
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Montreal
Food For Health
Britain
Convertible gun tested in Australia sparks rush to manufacture
An Australian radio report said a rifle convertible to a machine gun was successfully tested in Australia. Army Minister Francis Forde announced several thousand would be produced as soon as possible. CBS heard the broadcast.
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Australia
Francis Forde
CBS
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Ottawa
Brussels
Leopold
By Willam Ferguson
ILLEL
Mother
Ditmars
N. Y. Zoological Park
Air Training Plan
No. 7 Service Flying Training School
McLeod
L. D. Brune
E. Rosenbaum
G. H. Finch
Birtle
I. B. Benson
la Riviere
By Fred Neher
Air Cadet League
Nutrition Campaign
Mickie
Reg
Aggie
Dinhead
Gene Byrnes
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