Arab joins Free French after 1500 mile trek
An Arab fighter crossed from Tunis to join the Free French army in a five month journey across the desert. In other notes, Warsaw reports 4755 July deaths and 3500 Jewish losses per German statistics, Brazzaville hosts a cadet school for 125, Australia expands air observer training, Sgt. Geoffrey Painting is missing near 18th birthday, Crimean War guns are scrapped, and 38 Axis vessels are captured by Indian and Empire navies near Indian waters.
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Tunis
Algeria
Warsaw
Australia War Cabinet
Brazzaville
Equatorial Africa
Geoffrey Painting
R.A.F
England
Indian Waters
Royal Indian Navy
Empire Naval
How To Choose and Care for Your Dog
Advice on humane training daily care and diet for dogs. Promotes a 32 page booklet from the Winnipeg Newspaper Union offering guidance on housebreaking feeding grooming and recognizing illnesses with simple remedies and a list of other 15 cent booklets available.
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Home Service Dept
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave
Winnipeg
Man
New U S Airliner Aims Nonstop Trans Oceanic Flight
Sikorsky unveils a 29 ton transport plane designed for 40 passengers and 3000 mile range at 200 mph. It is one of three built for American export lines and to be test flown next month. Navy ordered three planes. interior hailed as Waldorf Hotel on wings. The airline awaits government approval to begin service.
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Igor 1. Sikorsky
Persian Gulf
Sikorsky
Atlantic
Pacific
United States Navy
Navy
Henry Dryfuss
Two-Piece Frock Pattern 4910 by Anne Adams
Pattern 4910 offers a two-piece frock with a trim blouse and a belted waist, featuring a scalloped lapel collar and adjustable sleeve lengths. Includes a frontier plaid wool option and a contrast fabric jacket or skirt, sizes 14 through 42, with plain order details for the Winnipeg Pattern Dept.
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Anne Adams
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave. E
Winnipeg
Man
Ark Royal Named From Tudor Vessel Flagship of Armada Era
The Ark Raleigh designed ship was renamed Ark Royal by Queen Elizabeth during a Spanish threat to England. It served as the Lord High Admiral’s flagship in the Armada era, with 800 tons, 55 guns, and 400 men, bought for £5000. The last Ark Royal, near wartime completion, weighed 22,000 tons and cruised at about 32 knots with 60 aircraft and 1,600 crew.
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Spain
England
Elizabeth
Raleigh
Walter Raleigh
New World
Windsor Star
Sunday School Lesson on Love in Scripture
Golden text from I John 4 19 proclaims we love because he first loved us The lesson references Leviticus 19 17 18 33 34 Deuteronomy 6 4 5 Matthew 22 35 38 John 3 16 13 34 35 and I Corinthians 13 focusing on love in Christian life and conduct
Wartime toys shift to wood as metal goes to munitions
Wartime needs divert metal from toys to munitions, so Christmas gifts will feature more wooden toys and fewer mechanical playthings. Britain still ships plush and woollen animals to Canada and sends engineering construction sets to sustain trade with aims to expand markets after peace.
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Britain
Canada
Government Urges Housewives to Save Coal
The British government urged housewives to conserve coal by avoiding washing dishes and clothes under open hot water taps, and to curb long radios playing and heating of bedrooms all day.
Christmas Seals Move to Aid Tuberculosis Fight
Britain and Canada press ahead with the annual Christmas Seal Sale amid total war. Seals printed in Canada are used in the Mother Country and Dominion to prevent tuberculosis, with both organizations urging the public to Buy and Use Christmas Seals.
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Britain
Canada
Dominion
All Bran Raisin Bread Guide With Flavor Adds
A home baking note explains how to make All Bran Raisin Bread with nutty flavor ideas, assembling an egg mixture with All Bran sugar molasses milk and shortening, then folding in flour and raisins. Bake in a loaf pan for about an hour yields one loaf.
New Commandment Love One Another Defines Discipleship
The article argues Jesus added a new commandment to love one another, not merely as Leviticus 19:18 prescribes, but motivated by the love Jesus showed. It highlights Tertullian’s note that Christians’ love proved discipleship, and contrasts love with empty eloquence in 1 Corinthians 13, noting love’s divine source and fresh meaning beyond mere emotion.
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Tertullian
Paul
Dodo Parable Spells Warning on Air Power and Britain
The St. Thomas Times-Journal recalls the dodo and great auk as wingless birds that fell to extinction after European arrivals, drawing a parallel to Britain’s wartime air power. It notes a new device by a London firm that limits car speeds to legal limits.
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London Times
The
Times
Maritius
Indian Ocean
Labrador
Great Britain
Britain
Dunkirk
British Isles
St. Thomas
Verdi Hair Bid Sparks Charity Laughter
Italian composer Verdi offered a lock of hair for charity after being asked to support a bazaar. He hid behind a curtain while scissors snipped and many locks were sold, yet his own hair stayed intact as his valet appeared bald. Oil wells of Iraq and Iran combined may yield at least 20 million tons of oil each year.
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Verdi
Early Dutch and English settlements used wampum as money
Wampum functioned as legal tender among early Dutch and English settlers in America, serving as accepted media of exchange and store of value in frontier economies.
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America
Canada Health Crisis Urges Action by Health League
Frank Chamberlain argues Canada is unhealthy with half a million children poorly nourished and many suffer impaired hearing, weak hearts, mental retardation, tuberculosis, blindness, and deafness. He cites Defence statistics on fitness, urges prenatal care, stronger school health, rural health units, full-time health officers, and renewed federal grants to improve public health.
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Canada
Health League of Canada
Frank Chamberlain
Col
J. L. Ralston
National Defence
Remarkable Parisian Clockmaker Powers Car Uphill
In Franklin Nebraska Dan Townsends dog stood near a corn binder and was swept into the machine but emerged uninjured and wrapped in corn stalks. In a separate tale Dante Battarini a Roman clockmaker hauled a six passenger automobile up a hill using a rope clenched in his teeth.
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Dan Townsend
Franklin, Neb
Dante Battarini
Sweden’s Bicycle Use Surpasses Two and a Half Million
Sweden operates over 2,500,000 bicycles, equating to five bicycles for every 12 inhabitants. The striking share highlights widespread cycling culture and daily transport reliance across the nation.
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Sweden
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