World Happenings Briefly Told
A roundup of wartime items includes 600 enemy planes destroyed by British anti aircraft fire since the war began, Italy nationalizing enemy owned industries, Ireland rationing sugar at one pound per person weekly, and Canada’s 1941 tobacco crop estimated at 74,875,700 pounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Britain
War Office
Italy
F. E. W. Birchfield
New Westminster
B.C
Royal Air Force
House of Com
Russia
London
Ingr
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Spectacular Reign Ends As Reza Shah Steps Down
The Hamilton Spectator reports Reza Shah Pahlavi abdicates in favor of his 21 year old son ending a 16 year rule. Reza Khan rose to power in 1921 after command in anti Bolshevik operations and renamed Persia Iran. Reforms brought real changes but harsh measures affected officials and people.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reza Shah Pehlevi
Iran
Mohammed Reza Pehlevi
Hamilton Spectator
Reza Shah
Lord Ironside
Reza Khan
Teheran
Persia
Ahmed
French Riviera
German police dissolve Catholic church choirs in Bromberg
The official gazette reports that the German secret police have dissolved and forbidden all Catholic church choirs and other church societies in Bromberg, deeming them hostile to the state and nation. Bromberg refers to the Polish city of Bydgoszcz.
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Bromberg
Bydgoszcz
First Chinese Immigrants to British Columbia Arrive Before 1870
Historians note that the earliest Chinese immigrants to British Columbia likely landed before 1870, marking the beginnings of a long community in the region. Their arrival predates formal mining and railway work that later drew large Chinese populations to the province.
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British Columbia
Unclear Crater Lake Waterways Interest Cited
Report notes absence of known inlet or outlet to Crater Lake in Oregon, highlighting questions about its hydrology and water supply connections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crater Lake
Oregon
Complete Literature From Ancient Greece and Modern France
The text argues that only ancient Greece, modern France, and England sustain a grand, complete national literature. It contrasts Latin, German, Italian, and Spanish traditions as limited or decayed, noting gaps between 1550 and 1750 for German and mid seventeenth century for Italian and Spanish.
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Greece
France
England
How to write vivid letters and sewing patterns for readers
A Winnipeg Newspaper Union Home Service note advertises a 32 page booklet Good Letter Writing Made Easy with 24 sample letters and 15c price plus lists more booklets on advertising, games, fashion drawing, rug making and music. It also promotes Anne Adams Pattern 4777 with size options and yardage, offering sewing guidance and a cost of 20c.
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Bill
Clear Lake
Home Service Dept
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave. E
Winnipeg
Man
Anne Adams
McDermott Ave. E
Savior Came to Give His Life a Ransom for Many
Devotional lesson based on Luke 19 1 10 and Matthew 20 25 28 explains that greatness is service not domination. Jesus seeks and saves the lost as he dines with Zacchaeus, a publican, showing mercy to sinners and illustrating the atonement through a shepherds care.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jesus
Christ
Zacchaeus
Jericho
Jerusalem
Zaccheus
Palestine
England
Zachs
John Watson
Incident in history warning on Germany defeat
Douglas Miller in the Atlantic Monthly states that Germany can be beaten and that treasonous views exist inside Germany. He argues that global humanity will outgrow aggression as German military gains rely on a superior mechanized force while democracies were passive, but the fall of fascist power is not the end of civilization.
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Douglas Miller
The
Atlantic Monthly
Germany
Mahogany From Tropical American Mahogany Trees
A note explains that mahogany originates from the mahogany tree native to tropical America and is valued for its timber.
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Tropical
America
Five French Lads Brave Channel To Reach Free French Forces
The New York Times recounts five French youths, each under 19, who crossed the English Channel in two small canoes to join Free French forces in Britain. They fought tides for two nights and a day, hid sails from patrol planes, and one boat sank after striking a rock but the boys survived.
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The
New York Times
English Channel
Britain
France
Champlain
Canadian
Marne
Verdun
Time Signals Keep Global Clocks Synchronized
International wireless time signals from Germany and partners supply four scientific clocks in Canada. Officials report daily signals from Ottawa via Anington New York Bordeaux Mon Grade Chile Nauen Rio de Janeiro and Rugby England under an international agreement.
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Dominion Observatory Daily International Wireless Wars
Germany
Chck
Time Sig
Ottawa
Anington
N.Y
Bordeaux
France
Mon Grade
Britain Abolishes Tossing Rice and Confetti at Weddings
Britain bans the old wedding custom of throwing rice and confetti due to shortages of food seeds paper stocks and general wartime regulation. The change aims to ease resource strain while upholding wartime discipline.
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Britain
Mickie Says Boss Sez Real Man Pays Up
A clipped quote shows Mickie saying the boss defines a real man as someone who pays the paper bill when hard up and later settles the debt and thanks the paper. The item reflects social norms and attitudes in the period.
Toronto leather worker credited with inventor of police billy
Alonzo Tripp, 70, a Toronto leather worker who lived at 103 Gerrard Street East, died suddenly at home. He is credited with inventing the leather covered police billy and wrist strapped baton used by police, and he produced other gear for the Toronto and Provincial Police. Two of his brothers served on the Toronto Police Force.
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Billy
Alonzo Tripp
Toronto
Gerrard Street
Tripp
Vitamin B1 deficiency in Canada prompts diet remedies
A Canadian Medical Association Journal article warns that low vitamin B1 signals broad B complex deficits. It cites Halifax Toronto and Edmonton surveys showing inadequate diets and urges restoring B1 through whole wheat bread or vitamin fortification to boost national efficiency.
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Canadian Medical Association Journal
Halifax
Quebec
Toronto
Edmonton
Red Cross Parcels Sent Weekly to POWs in Europe
Dr. F W Routley national commissioner of the Canadian Red Cross in Toronto says the organization sends 15,000 parcels weekly to prisoners in enemy occupied Europe. Each parcel costs 1.90 to assemble and 2.50 for transport, and provides a week's supply of food totaling 2,300 calories per day.
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Canadian Red Cross
Europe
F. W. Routley
Toronto
Canada Britain cheese contract compares with New Zealand tonnage
Canada and Great Britain plan shipments of 50 000 long tons in the current production year. The figure seems large but is small next to New Zealand's 160 000 long tons agreed for export.
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Canada
Great Britain
New Zealand
There is one other USA in the world
A concise note states there is another U.S.A. within the world, specifically identifying the Union of South Africa as the unique example labeled as the sole United States in the global context.
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U.S.A
The
Union of South Africa
Record shows 90 percent auto owners buy new cars every 22 to 30 months
Records indicate that about 90 percent of automobile owners have purchased new cars within a 22 to 30 month period in the past.
Cork’s Chief Sources Located in Spain and Portugal
The article notes that Spain and Portugal provide the main supply of cork. It discusses the geographic distribution and importance of cork production in these regions.
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Cork
Spain
Portugal
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OGDEN
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Home Service
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Ring Poner
Teeter
Christ Our Savior
R.A.F
Durham
Atracobra
Catalina
St. Lawrence Starch Co. Limited
Port Credit
Ont
Japan
the London Star
Mickie
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