World Happenings Briefly Told
The United States treasury plans to borrow 21 000 500 in the last four months of the year. Glasgow tested fireworks dealer licenses last year vs 105 in the prior year. Lord Woolton said food distribution costs in 1942 were about 180 000 000. Three new rest camps are built in Northern Rhodesia for Africans traveling Cape to Cairo by highway. six more planned soon. Dr. Hanson predicted Edmonton’s population would exceed 200 000 in 25 years. Global sugar output in 1946 and 1941 was about 200 million tons. 11 million from beets and 19 million from cane. Lightweight overcoats planned by British Board of Trade for 1944. no utility overcoat heavier than 22 ounces per yard. The United States Army’s Legion of Merit was awarded to Brig Donald Campion of the British Army for aiding the UN supply program. A Geneva depot will distribute Canadian Legion Educational Service Courses to British POWs in Germany.
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Northern
Rhodesia
Cape
Cairo
British Board of Trade
United States Army
Legion of Merit
Donald Campion
United Nations
Geneva
Switzerland
Canadian Legion
Germany
Good Nazi letter broadcast by Algiers radio reported
A letter by German U S Special Leader Paul Nieren found in Tunis by Allies was aired on Algiers radio and picked up by the Daily Sketch Listening Station. In the note the author says war could be entertaining if equipped like the Russians and fed like the Tommies, with Hitler as an unknown soldier.
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U.S
Paul Nieren
Tunis
Algiers
Daily Sketch
Adolf Hitler
London Daily Sketch
Anne Adams Pattern 4479 for children’s cotton dress
Up To The Minute introduces Anne Adams Pattern 4479 a child’s dress with a neat jacket and bodice top in cotton edged with crisp icic rac. Sizes 2 4 6 10 6 require 2% yards of 35 inch fabric. Send 20 cents to Anne Adams Pattern Dept Winnipeg Newspaper Union 175 McDermot Ave Winnipeg Man. Address and style number needed. Mail delay noted. An airgraph from Canada reached London Thursday. 2532
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Anne Adams
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave
Winnipeg
Man
Start from Sinai and Journey to the Promised Land
Devotional notes on Numbers 10 11 12 16 describe Israel’s exodus from Sinai, the cloud guiding camp and march order, the ark of the covenant carried ahead, and the long wait before entering Canaan. The piece contrasts Israel’s orderly march with other nations and cites the role of women in wartime Britain air wards.
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Sinai
Horeb
Egypt
Judah
Paran
Mount Sinai
Germans Mull Demolishing Eiffel Tower in Paris
Reports from Vichy say Germany weighs a plan to dismantle the Eiffel Tower for metal. About 500 men could render the tower down in six months with work likely to start in October, as German crews already dismantle structures at Lyons and Marseille.
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Paris
Vichy
Lyons
Marseille
Develop Your Voice and Join in the Fun
Readers are urged to sing with friends as a joyful activity accessible to all. A 32 page booklet offers step by step exercises to develop singing for personal enjoyment rather than professional aims. Send 15c to Home Service Dept Winnipeg Newspaper Union 175 McDernist Ave E Winnipeg Man with name address and booklet title.
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Home Service Dept
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDernist Ave. E
Winnipeg
Man
Refugee Twins Join RCAF After War Guest Years Ago
Twin brothers Donald and Stanley Rawlins who arrived in Canada as war guests from bombed London at age fourteen have enlisted in the Royal Canadian Air Force. Stanley serves in the air crew while Donald works in a ground position due to vision limits. They view the enlistment as a means to repay Canada and their family sent a congratulatory cable after they joined.
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Donald
Stanley Rawlins
Canada
London
RCAF
Stanley
Pood Lesson: More Grain for Civilians Instead of Meat
Vancouver Sun argues seven pounds of corn produce one pound of pork but yields 238 muffins. The lesson urges civilians to eat more grain and vegetables and less meat by substituting direct field crops for meat products.
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Vancouver Sun
Col Chaballe Leads Navy Bilingual Military Dictionary Project
Col J H Chaballe MC VD of the Bureau of Army Bilingual Publications has taken a leading role in publishing an English French and French English dictionary of military terms. He oversees the work of compiling terms used by armed forces and allied services.
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Col
J. H. Chaballe
MC. V.D
Bureau of Army Bilingual Publications
Crossword Puzzle Clue List and Answers
Crossword puzzle with horizontal clues and numbers, including measuring instrument shallow vessel worships garment maker and other entries. The grid features various short answers such as ancient Aliens in Attica and tropical blackbird, with clues covering English and foreign terms and miscellaneous wordplay.
Nazis Alarmed By U Boat Losses Across Sea War
The report notes German concern over submarine crew losses, highlighting manpower strain as many sailors perish at sea. The item reflects wartime anxieties about diminishing U boat numbers and morale.
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United States Treasury
Glasgow
Scotland
Lord Woolton
R. G. Hanson
Ottawa
Dominion Geological Surveys Branch
Edmonton
Britain
Trans-Canada Air Lines
John Pearson
T.C.A
Eiffel Tower
By William Ferguson
Bez
Automogice
Home Service
Col. Chaballe
Attica
By Fred Neher
Camp Rodkie
Gabriel
Reg'lar
Pinhead
Feller
Gene Byrnes
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