World Happenings Briefly Told
Grounded for low flying over Verdun aerodrome a trainer pilot Flight Lieutenant George Buzz Bearting faces disciplinary action. Manitoba sent over 5 000 pounds of honey to Great Britain for civilian use. Swedish war losses exceed 25 percent of merchant fleet as of 1939 per consul Nils Jaenson. The Desert Victory film drew 70 000 Moscow viewers in two days. German rationing grows complex with families needing 50 to 100 cards. Malta’s briar pipe industry endured wartime raids with full production. Eskimo trapping families may pay income tax as returns are prepared. Britain tests radio telephone to aid engine crews and conductors. A memorial gate will honor Dutch who died escaping to Britain or in war attempting escape.
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George Buzz Bearting
Verdun
Que
London Chronicle
Meaning of Dreams booklet offered by Winnipeg paper
Dream symbols explained by psychoanalysis in a 32 page booklet. Subconscious urges surface in dreams such as trains and attractions to others, warning impulses and symbols. Send 15 cents to Home Service Dept Winnipeg Newspaper Union 175 McDermot Ave Winnipeg Man with name and address.
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Home Service Dept
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave. E
Winnipeg
Man
Nazi mines threaten Rome in Bari radio broadcast
The Bari radio report, monitored by the U S government, claims German sappers mined all major public and private buildings in Rome. It says explosives lie under ministries, bridges, hotels, and the aqueduct, with refugees claiming the Nazis aim to leave only memories of Rome. The broadcast notes vast underground water reserves.
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Pietro Badoglios
Bari Radio
Rome
United States
Battle of Jutland Ships Involved Amid 1916 Conflict
The 1916 Battle of Jutland saw 252 ships engaged between fleets on both sides. A reader note adds a figure of 2542, casting doubt on ship counts and prompting archival clarification.
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Jutland
Honest Living and the Law of Honesty in Scripture
A Sunday school lesson centers on the Ten Commandments and honesty. It cites Exodus 20 15 Leviticus 19 11 13 Luke 19 1 10 and Matthew 6 24 33, discussing fair wages, honest trade, and the Jericho encounter with Zacchaeus as a call to reparations and integrity.
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Jesus
Jerusalem
Jericho
Zacchius
Annas
British Justice For 11 Year Old In Hereford
In Hereford England an 11 year old boy received seven years in a reformatory along with the birch after a flawed lower court proceeding. The King's Bench condemned the magistrates who imposed the penalty including two women, highlighting civil rights during wartime.
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Hereford
England
Birch
King’s Bench
St. Catharines
Weston Shops win loan pennant for fifth Victory Loan
The Canadian Pacific Railway Weston Shops in Winnipeg Manitoba received the loan pennant from W S Hall for subscriptions of 1330 dollars representing 1708 employees. Weston exceeded its fourth loan total by more than fifty thousand dollars and has contributed 176 apprentices to the armed forces since the war began.
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Victory
Canadian Pacific Railway
Weston
Winnipeg
Manitoba
W S Hail
L. B. George
Hall
W. Holland
Carman
Raiway
George
Canada
Navy
Army
Air Force
Mr. George
Ordnance of Engineering Corps
Air Force Blue
Weston Shops
War criminal lists swell in London quislings feared
More than 25 000 names sit on the so called war criminal books in London identifying quislings and occupational offenders. The first parlors were monastery rooms used for conversation with outsiders.
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London
Wanted Right Time at Army Air Forces School
A lieutenant newly in charge of a meteorology department at an AAF navigation school notices his secretary’s morning calls for the time. She learned the post fire department rings daily to set the noon siren, using the secretary’s wall clock as the check.
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United States Army Air Force
The
Post Fire Department
Scots astonished by Senoussi Arabs parade
Crowds in Barce Scotland gathered to watch a marching band. Instead of a Scottish regiment they saw a newly formed Senoussi Arab band, eliciting astonishment among spectators.
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Barce
Scotland
The echippus: earliest four toed horse lineage
The echippus marks the first known stage in horse ancestry. It notes the frequent use of letters e t and a in English and mentions Borneo’s lack of railroads and limited roads.
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Borneo
Crossword Puzzle Clue List From Historical Page
A mixed list of crossword clues with numbers and partial answers including Crone cicatrix god of love and many more along with scattered entries like Julius Verne character and Babylonian deity. The fragment appears as a puzzle column with varying word lengths and references.
Wartime Royal Encounter and Contemplations on German Invasion
The Halifax Herald reports a Glasgow royal visit where Queen Elizabeth comforted stoker Hugh McCutcheon with a handshake after his wary reply about seagoing again. The piece reflects on enemy-occupied cities and questions future German withdrawals, warning of lingering Vandals and Huns in Europe.
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Halifax Herald
Glasgow
Hugh McCutcheon
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Great Britain
Canadian Red Cross
Nils L. Jaenson
Sth
Tripoli
Moscow
Germany
Malta
Mounted Police
Britain
Netherlands
Home Service
Pennant
Post Department
BY William Ferguson
Nese Placerville
California
HAM
Alpine Highway
U.S. 68
AIR, Cook
Reg U. & Pat
MRS. HARRY_HELD
Ne're Playin
Wildcats
Appin
Gene Byrnes
Wey
Broses
Crone
Cicatrix
God of Love
Babylon An
the Sun
Instrument
Ventures
South American Republic
Girl's Name
Solar Disc
Celebes
Stoker
Paris
Marseilles
Brussels
Antwerp
Rotterdam
Amsterdam
Denmark
Copenhagen
Saint John
By Fred Neher
Harry
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