World Happenings Briefly Told
The Gold Coast concentrates on palm kernel processing to aid vegetable oil needs. Dominion Bureau of Statistics cites a national income rise to 736 million for April. Jewish doctors urge support for the Red Army. Egypt reports transport boom and rail revenues reach record levels. A British transport firm gains 115 points since the war began. Soviet decorations include 12 DSOs among army navy air force and merchant marine. A South African doctor finds a cheap efficient plaster method costing one fifteenth the old price. The British Legion acquires a 200 acre Nayland estate for TB treatment for service-discharged women. Canterbury’s Dean says a Soviet aid committee will raise 75 000 pounds for a 500-bed hospital in Stalingrad’s rebuild. A plan for artificial limbs for injured schoolchildren is prepared by Britain’s health ministries. Rolls Royce, a fishing trawler turned minesweeper, tops Royal Navy minesweeper scores with 182 mines sunk since March 1941.
Dutch Catholic Bishops Issue Pastoral Letter Against Nazi Repression
Dutch Catholic bishops published a new pastoral letter denouncing forced labor conscription and Nazi violence. Read aloud in Holland churches on May 16, it rejects the Nazi crusade claim against Bolshevism as a catchword and urges Christians to resist oppression without erasing faith.
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Holland
Anne Adams Pattern 4400 Sunfrock and Jumper Ad
Advertisement for Anne Adams Pattern 4400 Sunfrock and Jumper in misses sizes 12 to 20. Describes jumper with placket front and blouse in white or plaid cotton. Pattern available by mail from Winnipeg Pattern Dept. Includes mailing details and note on mail delays.
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Anne Adams
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave
Winnipeg
Man
Squirrel Demonstrates 100-Foot Tree Jump Between Pines
A western red squirrel showcases remarkable agility by leaping about 100 feet between trees. The feat highlights the species’ strong bounds and forest agility.
Sterilized Cigarette Wrappings Aid Wound Healing
Dr. M. Ellis of the British Colonial Medical Service reports in Lagos, Nigeria that boiled sterilized transparent cigarette package wrappings are used to dress open wounds and ulcers. The wrappings are non irritant and allow wound inspection without uncovering, potentially boosting healing rates.
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Lagos
Nigeria
M. Ellis
British Colonial Medical Service
Ellis
Postal rules amend penalties for mailing matches and lighter fluids
Regulations prohibiting mailing matches or inflammable lighter liquids have been amended. Summary conviction carries a fine up to 100 dollars and up to three months imprisonment, or both.
Exposition of John Epistles II and III in Sunday Lesson
The lesson surveys II and III John focusing on authorship and audience. It discusses the elder as John the Apostle or Presbyter and the elect lady as either an individual or a church, plus themes of truth, love, obedience, and warning against deceivers denying Christ’s incarnation.
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John the Apostle
John the
Apostle
John
Smyrna
Jesus Christ
Jesus
F. B. Meyer
Lease-Lend in Reverse Outsized British Costs Revealed
The article notes Britain financed numerous wartime facilities including airfields barracks and hospitals for American use at a total outlay around 690 million dollars, illustrating a reverse lease-lend arrangement between the allies.
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Britain
Ever Happy Wang Changshi Raises Funds for War Relief
Wang Changshi known as Ever Happy has journeyed across China singing to aid war relief. He lost his sight and both legs defending the country and his campaign recently surpassed the $1000 milestone.
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Wang Changshi
China
Rivet Work Inspires Victoria Woman in Shipyard
Del Elliott a 21 year old mother from Victoria recounts joining a shipyard crew to pass rivets in a half built frigate. She adapted from nursing to welding tasks, improving from short tosses of cold rivets to placing hot rivets accurately across the line. She recalls watching a riveter drive 1,200 rivets in a day and feeling pride in her contribution.
Genius and Talent Churchill Shines as Painter and Bricklayer
The article notes a postwar painter named Churchill who exhibited in Paris in 1920 under the alias Charles Morin. Experts lauded him as having a bright future, while also praising his skill as a union bricklayer. The piece extols him as an Englishman of extraordinary gifts and calls him the greatest of his age.
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Churchill
Paris
Charles Morin
Union
St. Catharines
Mickie Says The Home Paper Stands On Its Own
A terse editorial voice argues the home newspaper is free of outside influence and has no axe to grind, urging readers to support it amid troubled times.
Saskatoon Health Clinic Finds Twenty Active Tuberculosis Cases
A Saskatchewan survey in Saskatoon by the Anti-Tuberculosis League reports twenty adults with active tuberculosis and up to thirty more probable cases under watch. Fluorography screened 29,850 people. about 10,000 remain unexamined. Food handlers inRestaurants are being rechecked and certificates issued for those cleared.
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Saskatoon
Saskatchewan Anti-Tuberculosis League
Saskatchewan
R. G. Ferguson
M.D
O.B.E
Anti-Tuberculosis League
Christmas Seal
Worth the expense in wartime air force overseas
The Toronto Star reports Col. Ralston told parliament over 40 000 RCAF personnel have been sent abroad including air and ground crews. The Commonwealth Air Training Plan comprises over 150 000 personnel and spends about 40 million dollars monthly. The note on squirrels links the common name to sciurus Latin meaning shade tailed.
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The
Toronto Star
Ralston
R.C.A.F
Commonwealth Air Training Plan
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Gold Coast
Canada
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Soviet Union
Red Army
Egypt
British Legion
Nayland
England
Canterbury
Joint Committee For
Stalingrad
British Board of Health and Health Ministry
Rolls Royce
Royal Navy
By William Ferguson
Awad& Their
ENT
Alexander the Great
U.S
Irving Bauman
Mrs. Burkhardt
Debs Garrs
Bobby Riggs
Reg Lan Fellers
GOV Mint
Gene Byrnes
Canadian Pacific
D. C. Coleman
Canadian Pacific Railway
Alexander Anderson
Ogden
Calgary
H. A. Connolly
S. G. Blaylock
Consolidated Mining and Smelting Co
L. J. Belnap
Consolidated Paper Co
Mr. Coleman
W. A. Mather
Western Lines
West Coast
Mickie
By Fred Neher
Beall League
Harvey C. Boughton
Tion
Boughton
Sciurus
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