World Happenings Briefly Told
Loans to Britain by colonies in July total 253 622 pounds as Trade Minister Keane announces rationing of sugar to one pound per person weekly in Australia. Australia plans record vegetable acreage from a nationwide production drive. Dutch citizens donate fighters and bombers to the RAF and claim several air wins. Canada forms a priorities division with Joe Tucker as director. bases in Ottawa. Vichy critics attack Gallic leaders amid tensions. BBC notes 60 000 enemy-territory photos received, prompting a larger support organization.
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R. V. Keane
Britain plans four million peacetime homes after the war
The Ministry of Health in Britain outlines a program to build four million houses after the war. Plans will follow guidance from residents as the ministry collects public ideas on housing. The effort aims to create homes aligned with future living needs and community input.
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Britain
Ministry of Health
Anne Adams Shirtwaist Pattern 4123 for Misses and Women
Anne Adams Pattern 4123 offers a soft shirtwaist with a wide pointed collar and toned bodice. Sizes 14 to 42 are available and size 16 requires 4 yards of fabric. send 20 cents with name address and style number to the Anne Adams Pattern Dept Winnipeg.
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Anne Adams
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermott Ave. E
Winnipeg
Man
Soldiers uncover hidden shower room floor at Camp Robinson
Soldiers at Camp Robinson Arkansas spent months trying to grow grass on a barren lot. They quit and dug up the ground discovering the concrete floor of an old shower room just beneath the surface.
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Camp Robinson
Arkansas
Recruiting Grow: Punjab Youth Join Army Amid War Drums
In Punjab, India, district youths enlist in larger numbers as war looms. Two Indian captains measure a tall recruit who has just been accepted for military service.
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Punjab
India
Cannon To Be Scrapped In New York Parks
Mayor La Guardia announced removal of old cannons guns and tanks from New York parks to be scrapped for wartime iron. He urged other cities to relinquish park mementos as part of a nationwide appeal backed by Robert P. Patterson and Lieut Gen Brehon Somervill.
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New York
F. la Guardia
Robert P. Patterson
Brehon B. Somervill
Army Services of Supply
Selected Recipes Brown Gems and Raspberry Jam Scones
A vintage recipe card outlines two treats. Brown gems use mazda from ingredients list with spices and corn syrup. muffins bake 30 minutes at 350 F yielding 12. Scones mix flour shortening eggs cream corn syrup bake 12 to 15 minutes at 450 F yield 24 with a milk glaze and raspberry jam.
Flying doctors join RAF to study airmen’s ailments
Flying doctors and medical officers fully trained as pilots are being added to the Royal Air Force to allow close study of flying strain and diseases peculiar to airmen during operational duties.
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R.A.F
Four-Leaf Clovers Bring Luck to London Woman
Jeanne Anderson of London Ontario reports a lucky yard search yielding 51 four leaf clovers along with three five leaf and two six leaf clovers found in a single outing. The discovery suggests unusual abundance of rare clover varieties in her back yard.
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Jeanne Anderson
London
Ont
One Big Problem Is How To Make Good Apple Sauce Without Sugar
The article discusses the difficulty of sweetening apple sauce without sugar and its economic impact. It notes that Duchess apples, prized for sauce, are hard to sell due to sugar rationing and changes in consumption, risking lower overall apple use this season.
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Canada
Joseph and His Dreams The Dreamer’s Journey
Sunday School lesson chronicles Joseph from Jacob’s favoritism to the pit and sale into Egypt. It covers the brothers plotting murder, Reuben's intervention, and Judah’s sale to the Ishmaelites, then Potiphar’s household in Egypt, with biblical references to Genesis 37 and 39.
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Jacob
Joseph
James
Reuben
Egypt
Dothan
Gilead
Plain of
Sharon
Judah
Potiphar
Pharaoh
Memphis
Air raid by Allied planes over Western France described
The New York Times notes dynamic American English and reports a routine Allied air raid over Western France. The article describes massed formations blasting Nazi factories and airdromes in a typical daily strike rather than a gigantic 1000-plane assault.
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New York Times
R.A.F
France
Take Care Of Yourself health film reviewed in Health Magazine
Health Magazine reviews the industrial health slide film Take Care Of Yourself from the Health League of Canada. The story follows Jim, a factory worker, and a nurse and doctor as they discuss rest food recreation and exercise. Plant officials may contact the Health League for details.
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Health
Health League of Canada
Grant
Tomb
Great Wall of
China
Jim
Canada
Industrial
The
111 Avenue Road
Toronto
Ontario
Lesson in war memory and peace for Germany
The author argues that learning the true cost of war on German soil is essential for lasting peace. It insists that nations must understand that those who wage war will suffer the consequences, and it notes that China introduced key innovations including silk porcelain tea printing and gunpowder.
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Australia
Johannesburg
S.A
Netherlands
U.S. Wat Production Board
Joe Tucker
Ottawa
Marshalletain
Caesar
BBC
Admiralty
R.c.af
Saskatchewan
No. 5 Air Observer School
F. F. A. Steigel
Richmond
Sask
W. H. Flatt
Lemberg
BY William Ferguson
Uniteds States
Notre Dame Cathedral
Rome
Paris
Brussels
Seine River
By Fred Neher
Reg'lar
Gene Byrnes
Yealthree
Mickie
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