World Happenings Briefly Told
Despatches from Prague report synagogues in Prague closed by German authorities. The French minister to Thailand M Garaud was dismissed for failing to support Vichy. RAF officers receive higher daily pay. Canadian and Scottish YMCAs expand canteens and rooms for troops in Scotland. Over 100000 Irish workers have left to join British war industries. Vichy signs a treaty with Romania for Romanian oil in exchange for war materials. Canada’s MacKinnon cites Argentina trade gains. Seventy Americans join a US civilian technical corps aiding Britain in radar work. RAF uniform allowance increases to 45 pounds from 40.
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Royal Air Force
YMCA
Scotland
Eire
Vichy
Rumania
France
United States
Britain
England
Air Ministry
Britain bears cost and runs POW camps in India
India has absorbed 84 900 European prisoners of war for Britain with about 30 000 arrived, including 3 000 officers. No German military prisoners yet, but German internes and Italian generals and an admiral are noted. Camps hold 3 000 each with dedicated wings, hospitals, and staff. seven group camps of 12 000 prisoners lie under construction or established.
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India
Britain
Winnipeg women push for national nutrition policy
At a Winnipeg meeting local women’s groups adopted a resolution urging the Dominion government to establish a national nutrition program and protect consumers from undue price increases in essentials. The resolution will be submitted to the National Council of Women for endorsement nationwide.
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Dominion
Women's Organizations of
Winnipeg
Canada
National Council of Women
Emperor penguin spends life at sea on ice
The emperor penguin of the Antarctic rarely touches land, living on solid ice and swimming in open water when not ashore. The Ottawa branch of the royal mint opened in 1908 by Earl Grey, then governor general, who struck the first coin.
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Antarctic
Ottawa
Royal Mint
Earl Grey
Popular School Text Books Bring Big Royalty snarled by Hall and Knight
A London letter notes the huge long term profits from famous school texts like Hall and Knight's Algebra, a book selling for decades and yielding substantial royalties. It contrasts successful school texts with fiction bestsellers and general authorship earnings, underlining rarity of sustained hits.
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Charles Pendlebury
London
Ottawa Journal
Hall
Unusual Three Piece Ensemble Pattern 4804
Parisian style Anne Adams design Pattern 4804 offers a three piece ensemble including a bow turban a hand bag and a tailored frock with a shirt waist bodice and four piece skirt. Sizes 12 to 20 with yardage for size 16 and pricing 20 cents. Order to Winnipeg Pattern Dept. Winnipeg Man.
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Anne Adams
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave. E
Winnipeg
Man
Bread consumption in Britain rises through the years
The London Daily Sketch reports that Britons eat about three 2 pound loaves per week per person. Bread Officer F A Bates notes consumption rose from 180 pounds per person in 1924 to 212 pounds in 1936 and about 312 pounds yearly at the present rate.
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Britain
London Daily Sketch
F. A. Bates
England
Daily Sketch
Mr. Bates
Linlithgow Reappointed Viceroy of India to 1943
The Marquess of Linlithgow is reappointed Viceroy of India for the period ending in April 1943. He has served as Viceroy since 1936 after succeeding the Marquess of Willingdon, who had been Governor General of Canada.
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Marquess of Linlithgow
India
Marquess of Willingdon
Canada
Linguists In Demand Among British Officers
British officers who can speak Russian are rare and highly sought after. The New of the World notes few Russian Army officers master any language other than their own. French once served as a second language among officers, even in high society. Russian is described as one of Europe’s most difficult languages.
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Imperial
St. Petersburg
Europe
War Aid From Skeena Chief to UK High Commissioner
Indian Chief Aids War Chief Edward Gamble of the Kit katla Indian Bank by sending $100 to the United Kingdom high commissioner in Canada for the prosecution of the war. Also notes on polished silver as a light reflecting surface and Novgorod as the first capital of Old Russia.
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Edward Gamble
Kitkatla Indian Bank
Skeena River
United Kingdom
Canada
Novgorod
Old Russia
Calgary’s only woman carpenter defies views in shop
Miss Falkenlove born in Denmark moved to Calgary at age 10 now works with her father in his downtown carpenter shop. She uses lathes, bandsaws, and planers making frames and refrigerator doors while facing curious looks. She recalls early nerves around high speed blades but now she is skilled and steady.
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Falkenlove
Calgary
Miss Falkenlove
Denmark
India’s Tea Trade Near Two Hundred Million in Canadian Funds
India’s annual tea trade nearly reaches 190 million Canadian dollars, signaling robust export activity. The report notes strong demand and steady pricing, with policy context shaping future shipments and market access across key regions.
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India
Sunday School Lesson on Spirit Led Sons of God
Golden text Romans 8 14 proclaims that those led by the Spirit are sons of God The lesson surveys numerous scriptures from Genesis to Revelation including Genesis 1 2 Psalm 51 11 Isaiah 63 10 14 Joel 2 28 29 Luke 11 13 John 3 5 8 14 16 Acts 1 8 2 1 4 32 33 4 31 10 44 48 19 1 7 Romans 8 9 12 17 26 28 I Corinthians 12 1 13 II Corinthians 13 14 Galatians 5 22 26 Revelation 1 10 22 17 with devotional reading John 14 12 21.
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Joel
The Promise and Fruit of the Holy Spirit
In Acts 1 8 the disciples seeking worldly power are reminded not to rule but to receive the Holy Spirit power. Paul notes Fruit of the Spirit and urges living and walking by the Spirit with virtues like love joy peace longsuffering kindness goodness faithfulness meekness and self control for a righteous life.
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Israel
Assyria
Babylonia
Persia
Greece
Rome
Jesus
Christ
Paul
Italian forces surrender after propaganda morale collapse
Brigadier Arnold Minnis of the British engineering forces in East Africa cites Nazi lips and a winter end to the war as a key driver of the Italian collapse in Africa. He notes the Italians were "cleaned up" and that he is now in Canada en route home seeking work.
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Africa
Arnold Minnis
East Africa
Abyssinia
Canada
Rats as Disease Vectors Highlighted in 1939 US Survey
A Journal of the American Medical Association report notes the brown rat as the reservoir host for typhus fever in the Southern United States. The 1939 outbreak in Nashville with 75 cases concentrated near rail grain facilities suggests railcar spread, calling for stricter rat control measures.
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United States
Journal of the American Medical Association
Nashville
Tennessee
Pick and Shovel Corps Women Do Heavy War Work
About a hundred women navvies, all volunteers, work 60 hours a week earning 13s to 4 15s. They construct drainage and pavings, operate tractors and mixers, and lay concrete pipes as part of a national effort. Led by an ex London evacuee mother of 13, they form a self styled corps with an assistant forewoman and other roles.
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Pick and Shovel Corps
F. Wright
London
Labor Exchange
Margaret Blake Slim
Betty Fulcher
The Housewife Seeks Frying Pan Journey
Verse excerpt shows a housewife asking where her frying pan has been while claiming to be part of a bomber that flies over the sea, reflecting a playful, surreal travel image from the poem.
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London
Berlin public opinion prickly over RAF raids
Something New Reports from Berlin claim continuous RAF raids irritate German public opinion. London Punch notes this is the first sign of any German public opinion forming amid the raids.
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Berlin
R.A.F
London Punch
First Stool Pigeon Bird Used to Trap Passenger Pigeons
Historical note describes a bird tied to a stool to lure passenger pigeons into nets. The trick used decoy birds to draw flocks, aiding hunters in collecting large numbers for market.
In Winter Stars Look Brightest
The text notes that winter skies reveal more bright stars due to favorable viewing conditions and longer nights, explaining how atmospheric clarity and seasonal darkness enhance starlight visibility.
Corn on the Checkerboard Parable
A classic tale explains that placing one grain on the first square and doubling on each of the 64 squares would exhaust all grain in Canada and the United States before completing the board. The story illustrates exponential growth and limits.
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Canada
United States
Chess boom in Britain as soldiers and watchers play
The piece notes a rise in chess activity in Britain with soldiers fire watchers and wardens taking up the game to pass time. It also states that nine tenths of the world's potato production is grown in Europe.
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Britain
Europe
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