World happenings briefly told
The British government proposed to grant Malta 106000 pounds for postwar rebuilding. The U S agriculture department estimated this year’s corn crop at 3185141000 bushels. The British submarine Proteus returned after sinking enemy shipping in the Mediterranean. The cycle trade body in London prescribes examinations for repairers. Canada reports 2.5 billion dollars in war material production yearly. Canada to accredit a king Haakon representative in London. Alberta municipalities urge employment for ex soldiers over relief in their annual resolutions.
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Admiralty
Proteus
England
Mediterranean
Union of Alberta Municipalities
Smart Suits For Tots Pattern 4230
Anne Adams offers pattern 4230 for children sizes 4 through 12 with a double breasted jacket and panelled skirt with optional suspender straps. The pattern provides yardage for size 6 and costs 20 cents sent to the Anne Adams Pattern Dept Winnipeg Manitoba.
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Anne Adams
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave. E
Winnipeg
Man
Inquiring Around is Hard Way to Run Your Farm
A humorous classified note notes that asking around is a tough method to manage a farm. It jokingly suggests hiring a housemaid selling a baby buggy or buying a pup as quicker options.
Whistling in War Camps and the Penny Black Stamp
An internment camp near a busy waterway amused guards by a band tune at passing pleasure boats, as prisoners learned to hum a song without the words. The piece notes the song’s name remains undisclosed. It also recalls Great Britain issuing the world’s first postage stamp, the Penny Black, on May 6, 1840, and its relative rarity.
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England
Great Britain
Selected Recipes Golden Delights Cookies and Bars
Dessert items include sandwich cookies made with brown sugar corn syrup and jam, baked at 375F for 12 minutes, yields 50. Also bars from melted toffee and cream over oven popped cereal, cut into 8x8 inch pans, yields 64 bars.
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Crown
Opal and Sapphire Colors Tied to Simple Elements
The text explains that precious stones are made from basic elements. It gives opal as an example being flint and water and describes sapphire color as iron acting on aluminum. It also notes that orange peel contains more vitamin C than the juice.
Smile Awhile Jokes and Quips From a Humorous Page
A late night humor collage features quick one liners and pun filled exchanges. Cartoonish dialogue pairs set up domestic misunderstandings and playful wordplay about mistakes ignorance and daily life.
Love and Leadership From Moses to Joshua in Bible Times
A devotional piece narrates Moses among bulrushes and Pharaohs’ danger, then Joshua’s farewell pledge to serve Jehovah. It contrasts maternal love, divine deliverance, and the choice of loyalty, ending with a humor note on crickets as guards and a wartime joke.
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Amram
Jochebed
Eli
Pharaoh
Miriam
Moses
Joshua
Israel
Promised Land
Shechem
Billy Sunday
Jehovah
How to Make Your Own Rugs Home Service Guide
Learn to warp a wooden frame with nails and weave a Navaho style rug using candlewick yarn and muslin. The 32 page booklet includes complete directions, diagrams, and patterns for hooked and crocheted piles, Braided rugs, and frame construction. Send 15c for the booklet to Home Service Dept Winnipeg Newspaper Union.
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Home Service Dept
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave
Winnipeg
Man
Marine returns tale of password forgotten at sentry
Joe V. Godfrey, a United States Marine, recounts meeting a Marine who forgot the password at a sentry post on Solo Mon Islands. The puzzled guard begged not to shoot as the man declared his service. The punch line involved a mispronounced L and the phrase sparkle sparkle sparkle. The piece ends with a prompt to buy War Savings Stamps regularly.
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Joe V. Godfrey
United States
Solomon Islands
Silver Paper Shields Arctic Navy Ships
London reports British Navy ships bound for the Arctic are lined with silver paper to protect crews from the cold. The treatment is said to keep cabins warm and unaffected by the climate as vessels proceed to northern waters.
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Arctic
London
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Malta
US. Agriculture Department
Incorporated Institute of Cycle Traders and Repairers
Canada
Howe
Norwegian Telegraph Agency
King Haaker
Mickie
Canadian Pacific Railway
Board of Transport Commissioners For Canada
Board
By Fred Neher
Harriet
Mable
Mandy
Pitcher
Bjordes
yYes
Japan
C.O
Mum
Home Service
By William Ferguson
North America
THE
BASKE
Taiames
NEA Service, Inc
Zegypto
Reg'lar
Kher
Mre
Gene Byrnes
Pat
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