World Happenings Briefly Told
Sirens sound in Bootie England prompts alert. London Lord Mayor fund totals 12 521 200 for first year of war. Training planned for 1 000 English Welsh blacksmiths in oxy acetylene use. Hannah Gooderson, 90, former Queen Victoria maid, dies in London. CPR orders 535 cars frames to CCF and NSC. New Zealand adopts conscription after vast volunteer era. Nazi Norway imposes 10 tax 30 income tax on high earners. Joyce Chang wins silver cup at Canadian National Exhibition Scots dancing. Frank M Ross named naval armaments head. E J Brunning named associate director.
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Little Englis
Bootie
London
Lord Mayor's Red Cross
England
Wales
Hannah Gooderson
Queen Victoria
Royal Service
Canadian Pacific Railway Company
Canadian Car and Foundry Company
National Steel Car Company
New Zealand
Administration Council
Norway
Joyce Chang
Frank M. Ross
Department of Munitions and Supply
E. J. Brunning
General Munitions
Curtiss-Wright Reveals Carrier Dive Bomber Nach Power
The Curtiss-Wright Corporation announced a new carrier dive bomber with increased bomb load and enhanced performance for U S Navy tests. The aircraft is designed to operate from carriers and deliver heavy machine guns and large bomb loads at high speed over long ranges to boost fleet offensive power.
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Curtiss-Wright Corporation
United States Navy
Farmer balances losses and gains after field bombing
A farmer lists repairs worth 3 pounds for piggery glass and 1 pound for hedge replanting. He notes a crater 15 feet deep and 30 feet across could become a new pond for the animals.
Not A Prison Old Bailey Not A Prison But A Court
Commentary notes the Old Bailey is not a prison but the Central Criminal Court and that it handles serious cases not as a prison. The speaker laments ignorance, claiming fools persist and some are yet to be born.
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Old Bailey
Central Criminal Court
Bundles for Britain Links Rich And Poor In New York
In a New York City room overlooking Park Avenue the Bundles for Britain headquarters draws diverse volunteers from society. A 1000 letters daily arrive and one donor sent his life savings of 1000 dollars as Queen Elizabeth signs a note praising the aid program for British soldiers sailors and airmen.
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New York
United States
Fashionable
Park Avenue
New York City
Britain
Wales Latham
Churchill
Mrs. Latham
Nina van Vechten
Long Island
Buckingham Palace
Queen Elizabeth
Anne Adams Pattern 4512 For Back-To-School Turban Dress
Anne Adams Pattern 4512 offers a two piece colorfully styled dress with turban. The pattern suits junior misses sizes 11 through 18 and includes details such as a high round neckline and back buttoning. Send 20 cents with size name address and pattern number to Anne Adams Pattern Dept Winnipeg Newspaper Union.
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Anne Adams
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave. E
Winnipeg
Vision of England Peace Earns Deep Resolve
The speaker climbs beech woods and hill pasture to a vale view where a village, stream and church chime evoke a sacred English peace. The moment yields a revelation of what Britain fights for, a deep holy peace enduring beyond war and a hopeful postwar world.
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England
John Buchan
Good Business For Russia In Favor Of Soviets
The Montreal Star argues that the Nazi Soviet pact benefits Russia by extending its frontiers without war and placing it close to Germany. It claims Russia has advanced into southeastern Europe, becoming an enigma to Hitler despite diplomatic efforts.
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Hitler
Russia
Germany
Europe
Montreal Star
New Fish Scale Method Reveals Age and Origin
Dr. R A Nesbit of the United States fish and wildlife service and David H Wallace of the Chesapeake biological laboratory developed a technique using fish scales as virtual biographies. The scales indicate age origin and spawning history, and help detect overfishing in localities for shad and rock.
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R. A. Nesbit
United States Fish and Wildlife Service
David H. Wallace
Chesapeake Biological Laboratory
Wallace
Silk Invention Attributed To Ancient China
A claim from the readable text states raw silk was first produced by Chinese people around 1 million BCE 2376. The fragmentary note emphasizes early silk crafting in ancient China and dates its origin to a distant prehistoric era.
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China
Britain Builds Diamond Cutting Industry Amid War
Britain gains a new diamond cutting sector as Antwerp and Amsterdam lose supply. Refugee workers from Belgium and the Netherlands aid Birmingham’s development to a permanent postwar asset, aiming for 500 workers and up to £1,000,000 in annual exports.
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Britain
Germany
Belgium
Netherlands
Antwerp
Amsterdam
Africa
Birmingham
The Lighthouse Tragedy Ballad Found in Boston Harbor
Maurice Babcock Jr. reports discovering a yellowed single sheet titled The Lighthouse Tragedy on Middle Brewster island. The ballad, possibly Benjamin Franklin’s first literary work, relates the 1704 drowning of Boston Light keeper George Worthylake, his wife Anne, and daughter Ruth.
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Benjamin Franklin
Maurice Babcock, Jr
Boston Light
Franklin
Babcock
Middle Brewster Island
Mussolini seizes Somaliland amid overconfident rhetoric
The quoteCiri Mussolini boasts of controlling British Somaliland while acknowledging noise and distraction across a continent. The speaker laments rapid urban chaos with crowded roads, urging no clear direction as people hurry toward uncertain aims.
Tobacco Troubles And Trends In Virginia Farms
The Virginia tobacco sector faces losses from wartime markets and prices, prompting a three year plan to cap production at 618 million pounds annually. A 650 million pound carryover remains, pushing growers toward crop diversification including food, poultry and dairy. Tobacco remains a major US industry with high consumption figures and widespread outlets. Consumers still show varied buying patterns across seasons, affecting purchases of luggage, silverware, and refrigerators. A travel note mentions a Winnipeg to Churchill Arctic cruise via Lake Winnipeg. Practical advice suggests using a damp frozen sponge on the forehead to ease fever.
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United States
Canada
Britain
Europe
China
Ofirginia
Virginia
Sunday School Lesson Devotional on John 14 23
The lesson centers on the golden text John 14 23 where love for Jesus means keeping his word and ensuing divine abiding. It includes a devotional reading and references Psalm 139 and 1 John 2 24 28.
Omniscience and Faith in God’s Boundless Knowledge
The text reflects on Psalm 136 1-6 and the divine omniscience that sees all acts and thoughts. It uses an analogy of a musician guiding a child's discord into harmony to illustrate how God lays his hand to bring beauty from life. It argues that belief in God’s infinite knowledge is a rational anchor, even if fully comprehending it is beyond human understanding.
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Moffatt
Jean Ingelow
God
Patriotism as Duty Warns of Empire Resolve
In a Royal Society address Lord Queensborough defends enduring patriotism beyond danger, praising the soldier’s honor in peace and war. He argues loyalty to Sovereign and flag should persist in all conditions and cautions that abandoning the Empire would leave the world under Hitler’s heel.
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Royal Society of St. George
Lord Queensborough
Hitler
Canada and Britain Domiciled Residents Face U S Fingerprinting Rule
The United States announced that all Canadian residents and British subjects in Canada visiting the U S must be fingerprinted. Short stays under 29 days require one finger print, longer visits require all four fingers and thumb. Identification cards may replace some border formalities, with prints taken for card issuance and no formal printing for others.
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Canada
United States
Ottawa
Legation
Prairie recruits praised as potential sailors by Navy official
Lieut. John V. Farrow stated at a press conference that prairie recruits make fine sailors. He attributed this to roots in sea life and urged youths to use compulsory militia training before awaiting a navy call, noting 15 000 people on the navy waiting list.
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John V. Farrow
Naval
Navy
Asthma Causes and Treatments Across Ages
The article explains asthma origins including family history, infections, and environmental triggers. It discusses thymus-related asthma in children, testing for sensitivities, managing by eliminating foods and allergens, and using X rays to control thymus asthma.
Readers can obtain cancer articles free from Health League of Canada
Readers are invited to request a valuable set of articles on the Cause and Control of Cancer by writing to The Health League of Canada Dept W.N.U ill Avenue Road Toronto Ont. Include a simple request and your name and address.
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the Health League of Canada
Dept. W.N.U
Ill
Avenue Road
Toronto
Ont
Quebec Minister Reports Salt Water Salmon Thrive in Fresh Water
Fisheries Minister Pierre Emile Cote says salt water salmon can live and grow in fresh water after a Gaspe peninsula tour. At Gaspe aquarium he observed fish kept in fresh water seven years reaching up to 6% pounds, noting they typically migrate to salt water to spawn and return promptly.
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Pierre Emile Cote
Quebec
Cote
Gaspe Peninsula
Aquarium
Gaspe
Noted Naval Journalist Hector Bywater Dies in London
Hector Charles Bywater aged 56, prominent naval affairs expert and journalist, died recently in London. He served on the News Chronicle staff and before that was naval and shipping correspondent for the Daily Telegraph. His career included wartime intelligence work and extensive travels in Canada, the United States, and Europe from 1898 to 1914.
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Hector Charles Bywater
London
Bywater
News Chronicle
Daily Telegraph
Canada
United States
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Lake Winnipeg
Hayes River
Hudson's Bay
DR. J. W. S. McCullough
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