World Happenings Briefly Told
Yugoslav troops killed 12 000 Germans and Italians in February per Cairo dispatch. The Dominion reports Canada’s 1942 hay and pasture seed production at 34 700 000 pounds. The University of Manitoba awards a 1 000 fellowship for late Dr E Cora Hind’s western agriculture. Brig A J Orenstein named director general of medical services in South Africa. Encyclopedia Britannica begins Chinese translation over several years. Yugoslav government cites 1 250 Serb hostages executed in Belgrade massacres. British film industry told to cut celluloid use by 25 percent. shorter cinema hours suggested. A new glass allows gas welders to remove glare during operation says Dr E D Tillyer.
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Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Canada
Trim Suit For A Tot Pattern 4281
Anne Adams presents Pattern 4281 a practical small fry outfit with a flaring skirt bodice top and a jaunty cadet cut jacket in children sizes 2 4 6 8 and 10. Size 6 requires 2 yards of 35 inch fabric and twenty cents is needed to order from the Anne Adams Pattern Dept Winnipeg Manitoba with mail delays noted.
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Anne Adams
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave
Winnipeg
Man
Adjutant Defined As A Large Bird By Recruit
A university graduate recruit before a army examination board gave a definition of adjutant as a large bird with an almost bald head and great appetite. The officer fainted but later investigations confirmed the word exactly matches encyclopedia entries.
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Army Examination Board
National
Everyman's
Naval honors for C N S officers in Royal Canadian Navy
Twelve former Canadian National Steamships seamen earned honors or promotions after entering active service via the Royal Canadian Naval Reserve. Three received Military Division of the Order of the British Empire and one the Distinguished Service Cross. Eight CN ships officers were promoted within the Royal Canadian Navy.
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Canadian National Steamships
Royal Canadian Navy
Royal Canadian Naval Reserve
Order of the British Empire
Proposed Motorcade to View Northern Frontier Route
A Calgary report says a western committee in Winnipeg is planning a civilian motorcade along the new Alaska highway this summer to showcase northern Canada and Alaska. Military approval is needed, and officials warn real feasibility awaits the war's end being in sight.
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Alaska Highway
Canada
Alaska
Calgary
Winnipeg
U.S
End of the Old School Tie Gossip Sparked by War
A gossip writer laments the end of the Old School Tie, while a champion counters with neatness. A young wife frets over a flawed pie and a quiet night prompts a mother to note the silence, not the noise, as Betty and John return late.
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Betty
Jokes and quips from a 1950s classroom to dinner table chatter
A collage of light humor sketches and dialogue snippets. Observational classroom tests, military banter, fashion requests, and wife husband exchanges illustrate quick witty exchanges and punch lines.
Jesus Appears to Disciples and Breathes Spirit Power
Devotional teaching summarizes John 20 to 21 and Revelation 1 18 with reflection on Jesus appearing to the fearful disciples in the upper room. It explains the Easter commission and the breath of the Spirit, noting the responsibility to abolish sin and sustain divine inspiration.
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Jesus
Christ
Lyman Abbott
Ontario Premier Names Second Deputy Hipel
Hon. Norman Hipel is named second deputy to Premier Conant. Hon. T. B. McQuesten serves as first deputy in the Ontario provincial government lineup.
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Norman Hipel
Premier Conant
Ontario
T. B. McQuesten
Princess Elizabeth to preside at NSPCC meeting
Princess Elizabeth will chair the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children annual general meeting, one of her first public duties after turning 17 on April 21. The event will occur in May. Telephone links between New York and London were first established in 1927.
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Elizabeth
National Society For Prevention of Cruelty To Children
New York
London
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Cairo
University of Manitoba
E. Cora Hind
A. J. Orenstein
The
Bath
Middle East
South Africa
Belgrade
Balkans
E. D. Tillyer
American Optical Company
NAVAL
C.N.S
N. VY. Clarke
R.C.N.R
Halifax
Canadian National Service
L. G. F. Despres
Montmagny
Que
A. B. Arnison
Torpedo
Vancouver
Pacific Coast
D. C. Wallace
Pictou
N.S
D. C. Robertson
Montreal
C.N.S. 4S
Navy
H.M.C.S
G. A. K. Young
CNS
C.R. Boggs
A. S. E. Sillett
Saint John
N.B
Aeeeee Northrup
Purser
W. J. Marshall
Canadian National Railways
By Fred Neher
George
Jerry
Gerald
Monsieur
Madame
Joe
Moe
Evermore
Princess
Mickie
Charlet
By William Ferguson
Tambora
Netherlands East Indies
ST. Cocks
Thomas Gray
Bis
Sloans Garage
Jimmie
Gene Byrnes
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