World Happenings Briefly Told
A Russian broadcast said a new order enforces foreign worker pay at 75 percent of earnings until contract completion. The British carrier Illustrious, damaged in the Mediterranean, was refitted at Norfolk and returned to British waters. Canada’s timber controller Nicholson and assistant Rochestor met British officials on wartime timber supplies. Mussolini warned Italy faces food shortages and rising inflation. Maj Gen Neethoven van Goor of the Netherlands forces in Britain died after an appendectomy at 68. Over 1500 Salvation Army members serve in the Canadian army per Commons table. The U S war production board bans sewing machines and attachments after June 15. The King and Queen christened two bombers George and Elizabeth during a factory tour.
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Canada
A. Nicholson
England
G H. Rochester
Britain
Mussolini
Rome
Italy
British Broadcasting Corporation
G B. Neethoven van Goor
Netherlands
Great Britain
Salvation Army
House of Commons
United States War Production Board
Moving artificial eye developed by New Orleans doctor
Dr. Theodore J. Dimitry, head of ophthalmology at LSU Medical College in New Orleans, reports a moving artificial eye made of lucite fitted to eye muscles. After 35 years of study he has used it in dozens of cases in private practice and charity patients, though not yet ready for commercial manufacture.
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New Orleans
Theodore J. Dimitry
Department of
Opthalmology
Louisiana State University Medical College
L.S.U
Plays for Summer Readings and Royalty Notices
A reader lists plays for summer reading and production including The Little Foxes The Male Animal Etham Frame The Talley Method Life With Father Arsenic and Old Lace Ladies In Retirement The Lost Colony and more The note includes budget plays from Samuel French with cast counts and royalty terms valid until July 1 1943 and invites replies to Mary Ellen Burgess Box 326 Regina for catalogs and mailing lists.
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Paul Green
Roanoke Colony
Raleigh
Samuel French
Henry
Jack Dalton
Sue
Frederick
Buffalo
Prairies
Little Darling
Mary Ellen Burgess
Regina
Petal Yokes Flatter in Anne Adams Dress Pattern
Fashion moves feminine with Pattern 4026 by Anne Adams featuring scalloped petal yokes and a high skirt. Easy cut dress uses princess back panel and slender front panel with optional belt. Pattern 126 available in misses and women's sizes. send 20c plus name address and size to Anne Adams Pattern Dept Winnipeg Newspaper Union.
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Anne Adams
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave
Winnipeg
Man
German Youth to Work in Munitions and Farms This Summer
Berlin dispatches report the plan to mobilize four fifths of German labor resources. High school boys and girls will work in munitions factories this summer while younger students are assigned to farm work. Some schools will close to allow field camps, and soon most Germans will be involved in war-related labor. The biggest gaps will be filled by war prisoners and civilians from conquered lands.
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Berlin
Basel National Zeitung
Berne
Switzerland
Growth Of Crops Become Inoculation And Supply Of Nitrogee
The article explains how legume crops such as beans and peas fix atmospheric nitrogen with the help of soil bacteria. Bacteria enter legume roots, forming nodules that enhance growth. Details are in War Time Production Series Pamphlet No 32 Legume Inoculation from Ottawa.
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Dominion Department of Agriculture
Ottawa
Traders Cast Out of the Temple Lesson Reflections
Sunday school devotional on Isaiah 56 7 and Matthew 21 12 22 describes Jesus cleansing the temple in Jerusalem. It contrasts the cordoned courts and Gentiles area with money changers and dove sellers, noting the moral force of Christ’s righteous wrath.
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Temple
Mount Moriah
Jerusalem
Kedron
Jesus
Edersheim
Earl of Kent
Christ
Eskimo Saves Wife With Frozen Steaks Substituting Ice
When a doctor ordered ice for his wife and none was available, an Eskimo from the Unga colony obtained frozen steaks from a foods plant and used them in place of ice, reportedly saving her life.
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Unga
Naval naming conventions by ship type noted in 19th century article
The article explains that United States battleships bear state names while cruisers carry city names destroyers honor famous individuals submarines take fish names and mine sweepers bear bird names, outlining a systematic approach to vessel naming.
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United States
Breakfast tips from Health League of Canada
The Health League of Canada stresses the long overnight gap between meals and advises starting breakfast with fruit or juice. It recommends cereals with milk or a cooked dish like eggs or meat, and notes toasted whole wheat bread is richer in Vitamin B. Milk is essential and should be plentiful for cereals or cocoa.
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Health League of Canada
Health League
Victoria hires first woman letter carrier
Postmaster G H Gardiner could not find a man to replace an ill postman and sought help from an employment service. Mrs Florence Blanchard volunteered, wore an arm band and postman cap, and delivered the mail. Gardiner said more women would be employed if needed.
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Victoria
G H. Gardiner
Florence Blanchard
Gardiner
Joy riders warned as speeds threaten tires and fuel
The Niagara Falls Review notes that many joy riders on rubber travel at high speeds. It argues the main consolation is these drivers will soon wear out tires and exhaust gasoline allocations, removing them from the roads.
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Niagara Falls Review
Mongolian Tibetan Manuscripts Found by Burat Institute Expedition
An expedition from the Burat Mongolian State Institute of Language, Literature and Art has uncovered four hundred rare manuscripts. Batavia, capital of the Netherlands East Indies, was founded in 1619.
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Burat Mongolian State Institute of Language, Literature and Art
Batavia
Netherlands East Indies
Poultry and Egg Cash Income Rise From 1940 to 1941
Cash income from poultry and eggs in 1941 is estimated at 18.1 million and 32.1 million respectively, up from 16.7 million for poultry and 28.2 million for eggs in 1940.
RAF Pilots Fly by Compass and Radio Over Channel
R A F fighter pilots operating over the channel and German occupied territory on the continent carry no maps. They fly entirely by compass and radio.
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R.A.F
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Germany
Tilustrious
Mediterranean
United States Navy
Norfolk
George
Elizabeth
Oculist
By William Ferguson
Wastodons
Hermes
Mercury
Air Training Plan
No. 15 Service Flying Training School
Claresholm
Alta
Front Row
H. M. Wardrop
Marchand
E. G. Dundas
Miami
W. H. Way
Brandon
J. B. Ferris Wawanesa
By Fred Neher
Meally
Mickie
Eggs and Poultry
Gene Byrnes
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