World Happenings Briefly Told
Experiments to build pre resisting wooden lifeboats for merchant ships are under way by British shipping authorities. Six Northern Rhodesian chiefs experienced flying and showed interest in driving such vessels. Commissioner S T Wood of Ottawa, head of the RCMP, says RCMP operations are expanding in the three prairie provinces. Canada’s telegraph companies handled over 13.66 million telegrams in 1942, up from 12.69 million in 1941. A box of matches shipped from Sicily to England fetched 500 pounds at a London theatre auction for the Merchant Navy Comforts Service. HMS Musketeer, a new fast M class destroyer, marked its first year at sea and its 50,000th mile. A British developed food element called food yeast, with up to 50 percent high grade protein, has been created. Royal National Lifeboat Institution boats have saved 5,288 lives since the war began, averaging 25 weekly, and lifeboatmen have earned 177 gallantry medals. A civilian Swedish hospital with 130 to 150 beds is being built near Oslo, funded by Swedish relief groups, staffed by Norwegians. A photographer’s flashbulb exploded near the Princess Royal during an ATS inspection at Aberdeen, yet she remained unfazed.
Party Games for All Occasions
A Home Service notice offers a 32 page booklet of party games for servicemen gatherings. It describes a mixed music game where players mimic instruments as the leader pantomimes, with forfeits for non participation. Send 15c to Winnipeg News paper Union for the booklet.
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Home Service Dept
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave. E
Winnipeg
Man
Roll Call of Heroism Above Allied Sacrifices
The Detroit Free Press lauds the valor of the British Commonwealth of Nations and notes their fearsome roll of heroism as witness to resolve. It spots the Soviet Union and China as rivals in sacrifice for the common cause amid Axis aggression.
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British Commonwealth of Nations
Detroit Free Press
Soviet Union
China
Army Possibilities
A Betty Grable–like young woman watches troops drill as rifles fire. She shrieks and runs to a soldier who consoles her, saying she was frightened by the guns. He suggests they move to watch the artillery instead, in a wartime scene of courtship and danger.
Mental Illness Book Praised as Family Guide
An American reviewer lauds Edith M. Stern's Mental Illness: A Guide for the Family, published by The Commonwealth Fund New York priced at $1.00. The volume offers clear answers for relatives and suggests distributing to nurses and physicians for wider public understanding and care.
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Edith M. Stern
Commonwealth Fund
New York
U.S
Stern
Caliber of Guns Explained in Navy Cannons
A naval cannon's caliber indicates bore diameter. A 14 inch gun with 45 caliber length has a 14 inch bore and a barrel length 45 times that diameter. The distinction clarifies firing range and shipboard design implications.
Coincidental Reunion of Old Box Cars 471901 471902
Six years after their construction in eastern Canada a pair of box cars numbered 471901 and 471902 appeared together at a Winnipeg war plant loading platform. Rail statisticians say predicting another such pairing is unlikely.
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Winnipeg
Sunday School Lesson on Honoring Parents and National Prosperity
The lesson underlines honoring father and mother as a virtue shaping national life and moral health. It cites Exodus 20 12 Luke 2 48 51 and stresses that respect for authority sustains stability and longevity for the nation while noting Jewish family centrality. A brief biblical reflection and instruction concludes with a note to buy War Savings Stamps.
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F. B. Meyer
Crossword puzzle clues from historical page segment
Puzzle listing with across and down clues including Brae vehicle colloquial sailor Teutonic letters and other terms. Entries reference animals plants and objects such as winged mammals eyes and carpets across multiple numbered hints.
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Sailor
Canadian Flax Quality Surpasses Many Regions in Oil Study
The Dominion Department of Agriculture reports Canadian flax shows superior iodine content in oil seeds trials spanning 54 stations from Alaska to Mexico. Canadian flax ranks highest except irrigation regions in the southwest, and outperforms Great Plains flax by about 12 iodine points.
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Dominion Department of Agriculture
Alaska
Mexico
Canada
Southwest
Great Plains
Prairie
U.S
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