World Happenings Briefly Told
BBC dispatch notes Red army and civilians prepared for gas warfare. Belgian Congo aims to triple tin output with boosted rubber and quinine. Australian food council moves toward planned food economy to avoid rationing. Tin size reductions for canned seafood and ban on tinplate for certain soups announced. Toronto pair flee to Chungking. parents notified. London youth Alan King awarded Scout Silver Medal for raid bravery. Katowice may be moved 30 miles south to access coal deposits. Quisling faction split in Norway with district leaders deposed and sent to camps.
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BBC
Moscow
Red Army
Belgian Congo
Australia
Australian Food Council
Dominion
Ross Mark
Toronto
Philip Chai
Hong Kong
Chungking
Moon Mark
Cable
Alan King
Islington
London
Katowice
Upper Silesia
Reuters
Stockholm
Quisling
Nazi Party
Bomb drop timing figure for 500 pound ordnance
A historical calculation states that a 500 pound bomb released from a plane moving at 200 miles per hour at 10 000 feet will impact the ground about a mile and a quarter in front of the release point.
Cotton Frock Pattern 4051 by Anne Adams
Advertises Anne Adams pattern 4051 for a cotton frock suitable as active sports wear. Describes jiffy back buttoning square yoke and optional ear sleeves. Available misses and women's sizes up to 40, fabric yardage 355 yards 35 inches for size 16. Send 20 cents to Anne Adams Pattern Dept Winnipeg Newspaper Union.
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Anne Adams
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave
Winnipeg
Man
Pony Express Stories Of Rentvnue Period in British Columbia
Clarence Harper Tingley of Victoria recalls BC’s Pony Express era. Stephen Tingley drove for and later ran the Barnard Express on the Cariboo Road for over 30 years. Barnard’s line carried mail, formed carriages, and aided westward travel, including Lord and Lady Dufferin’s journeys with Tingley as the famed whip.
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British Columbia
Clarence Harper Tingley
Victoria
Stephen Tingley
B.X
Cariboo
Billy Ballou
Fraser
Ballou
F. J. Barnard
Yale
Barnard
Pony Express
Steve Tingley
The
Lord
Lady Duffferin
Fraser Canyons
Lady Dufferin
Vancouver
Immigrant mother declines Navy survivor payment
The mother of a Polish-born Creson soldier killed at Java refused a $5,000 federal insurance payout, saying the government needed the money and she and her coal miner husband could manage. Her act highlights patriotism amid wartime rationing and hardship.
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Creson
Java
Miami Herald
Snorre the Seal Allegory Sailed Then Captured by War
A children and adults tale from Norway titled Snorre the Seal became a best seller until German readers detected its allegory. The story centers on a seal and an Uncle Walrus aided by England to outwit a killer whale. the seal and Walrus trap the whale in a rock fissure. Two sea gulls named Quislings with red marks above one eye betray their former sea friend.
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Snorre
Norway
Germany
Walrus
England
Cain
London flower girls remembered in Pennington-Bickford will
Gray haired flower sellers on Drury Lane receive a trust from Mrs William Pennington-Bickford. The estate valued above 100000 dollars funds an eight day seaside holiday for the women each year.
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London
Drury Lane
William Pennington-Bickford
Regular Students in Army Education Lectures Reach 1 Million mark
Over one million regular students attend army education lectures. among them about 20,000 pursue postwar careers as doctors bankers lawyers architects surveyors auctioneers scientists and technologists.
Water use figures in shipyard air purification tale
The Brandon Sun quotes figures about factory paint shops using 100000 gallons of water to purify air for workers painting a pursuit ship. The article also notes concerns about new residents being foreigners and children obeying parents.
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Brandon Sun
Sunday School Lesson on the Last Supper and Betrayal
The lesson centers on Luke 22 7 38 and Luke 22 14 18 with focus on Jesus longing to share the Passover, the Institution of the Lord's Supper, and the betrayal by Judas. It links the old covenant with the new through sacrifice and Covenant in Jesus blood, noting references to Jeremiah 31 31 and Exodus 24 8.
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Jesus
Egypt
A. E. Garvie
John
Judas
Matthew
Mark
Actor Orders Suit and Learns Lesson from Son
An actor visits a tailor to order a suit and shows a small fabric pattern to his son. The boy comments that the actor is looking at the wrong side, noting that the side he sees will be the side the wearer sees when the suit is made for him.
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Tommy
Beecham Urges Tax on War Speech
Sir Thomas Beecham proposed a 50 percent tax on anyone giving a war speech. He criticized North Americans for reading six newspapers daily and listening to radio, urging individuals to think for themselves. He also noted maple sap lacks maple flavor until boiled and mentioned Mount Rainier’s glaciers cover over 40 square miles.
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Thomas Beecham
North America
Mount Rainier
Walk Your Way to Health Says Hygeia Editor
E A Conklin in Hygeia urges daily walking to boost physical and mental health. He advises proper posture, starting with a mile and increasing by half a mile weekly to reach five miles without strain.
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E. A. Conklin
Mr. Conklin
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