World Happenings Briefly Told
The Free Belgian news agency reports 38,000 foreign Jews in Belgium were conscripted for work in Germany. Australia develops a new butter processing method reducing space by one-fifth. Swedish crews in the Baltic gain higher war risk bonuses. Buddhists in Ceylon cancel the Kandy Perahera to keep roads open for military transport. A German naturalized Briton returns a 49 pound bronze plaque commemorating a WWI death. Kandahar condemns profiteers by ear-pinning shopkeepers overcharging. U S railroads salvaged over 1.6 million tons of scrap metal in six months, with yearly total near 3.5 million. Canada buys 25 miles of anchor chain worth over $200,000 for warship production.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Free Belgian
Belgium
Germany
United States
Flying Magazine devote RAF issue to British air power story
Flying magazine releases its September 278 page edition entirely to the Royal Air Force and the British air ministry. RAF leaders contribute articles on bomber, fighter, and support commands, operations in the Middle East, and training plans, with foreword by Air Secretary Sinclair and editor William B. Ziff arranging the collaboration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Flying
Royal Air Force
British
Air Ministry
R.A.F
United States
Archibald Sinclair
William B. Ziff
Aviation Authority
Germany
Ziff
London
RAF
Middle East
Commonwealth Air Training Plan
Charles Portal
England
Arthur Harris
Bomber Command
Italy
United Nations
Renault
Perris
Saskatchewan Leads Dominion Creamery Butter Production
Saskatchewan tops Canadian provinces in creamery butter output for the period June 29 to August 1 with 114,602 packages. Alberta ranks second with 94,276 and Quebec third with 91,589 packages. Saskatchewan again led Dec 1 1941 to Aug 1 1942 with 398,862 packages, 89 percent first grade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saskatchewan
Canada
Dominion Department of Agriculture Marketing Service
Alberta
Dominion
Quebec
Anne Adams Pattern 4140 for Misses and Women
Pattern 4140 features a smoothly fitted waist and back seam with optional lace trim. Self fabric or ribbon straps, sizes 16 to 42, priced at 8.40. Send 20 cents to Anne Adams Pattern Dept Winnipeg Union, 175 McDermot Ave. E, Winnipeg Man. 2478 with size name address and pattern number.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anne Adams
Winnipeg Union
McDermot Ave
Winnipeg Man
Doings of Jan the Dutch Barge Dog at Angersleigh
Mrs Ida Burton’s dog Jan assists the war effort at Angersleigh Eng by having his light fluffy coat hair woven into mittens for soldiers. The barge dog’s owner collects the fur to aid troops.
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Jan
Ida Burton
Angersleigh
Eng
Segregation Planned for Foreign Workers in German Factories
Foreign workers in German factories will be segregated by nationality in the future after findings that subversive elements of one nationality are "infecting" others. The move targets preventing cross national influence amid wartime concerns.
Health groups urge wartime discipline for disease controls
Medical writers warn epidemics may rise like wartime patterns and urge health boards to enforce vaccination for smallpox typhoid and diphtheria. They cite past influenza outbreaks and call civilian defence programs to prioritize immunization and tuberculosis prevention.
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Health League of Canada
Sunday School Lesson on Sodom and Lot’s Choices
The lesson recalls Abraham and Lot separating due to their growing flocks and Lot choosing the well watered Plain of the Jordan. Lot’s association with Sodom leads to degradation, warning to flee, and the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah. The devotional notes ponder natural catastrophe as possible eruption driven by underground gases near the Dead Sea.
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Sodom
Abraham
Lot
Jordan
Zoar
Gomorrah
Brimstone
Dead Sea
Population Within 350 Miles Of New York Shocks Nation
The Commerce and Industry Association of New York reports that about one third of the U.S. population and half the nation’s wealth lie within a 350 mile radius of New York. It notes 432 cities with 10,000 plus people within that radius, comprising 39.3 percent of such cities nationwide, and a total area population of 40,359,340 or 30.7 percent of the U.S. population.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S
New York
St. Thomas Times-Journal
United States
Commerce and Industry Association of
Montrealer seeks court order for bailiff to ride taxi
A Montreal resident petitioned the superior court to allow a bailiff to ride in the taxicab during working hours and seize amounts due from each passenger. The hearing on the application was postponed.
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Superior Court
Our Forefathers and Nearly 43,000 Lascars on British Ships
Our forefathers endured scarcity through the centuries while modern Britain employs over 43,000 lascars, East Indian sailors, on its ships. The contrast prompts reflection on hardship versus comfort across generations and empires.
Mickie Says Look to Save Home News Items
A friendly plea from the home newspaper urging readers to save local notices and items for the paper rather than sending them to an outside correspondent. The request emphasizes keeping local content within the community press.
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Australia
Baltic
Ceylon
Afghanistan
Kandahar
Shipbuilding
Munitions and Supply Department
Wilson
Mordweore & Generc
Empire
Sholto Douglas
Fighter Command
Britain
Europe
Atlantic Ferry Service
Frederick W. Bowhill
Ferry Command
Frederick
Department of Transport
Dorval
Que
R.af
R.c.alf
Lac
A. Gettler
Winnipeg
J. Morrison
Winnipeg Women's Air Force Auxiliary
The
Women's Auxiliary
Pilots and Observers Association
Earth
Moon
By William Ferguson
Zi Kooven
Fish
By Fred Neher
Wealth League
Gene Byrnes
Orden
Walter Ross
West
Wallace
Ross Ranch
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