World Happenings Briefly Told
Windmills from Britain are being sent to Kenya to aid the colony s extended dairy and stock farming industry. Ninety six per cent of Norwegian publishers have ceased activities rather than submit to Quisling regulations. British Overseas Airways to maintain empire air communications are at present operating routes extending over 40 000 miles. One company of the Veterans Guard of Canada stationed at a prairie city boasts 27 personnel within its ranks who won decorations in the Great War. General Sir Claude Auchinleck C in C India said in New Delhi that the cost of maintaining prisoners of war in India amounted to 11 340 000 in last three years. The Canadian army has its own factory of statistical machines which sort out men and materials tabulating returns on virtually every phase of army supply in a few minutes. People of the Gold Coast have sent 30 000 to Britain to buy fighter aircraft their latest donation brings total to 140 000. There are some 60 Canadian Rhodes scholars in the armed forces and any equal number in government and other war services. Rhodes scholars were in khaki at Dieppe and in Sicily. An Italian prisoner of war who dived into a river to rescue two youths thrown from a canoe has been presented with the certificate of the Royal Humane Society by the lord mayor of Cambridge England.
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Royal Humane Society
Cambridge
England
Germans cancel order for Swedish granite monuments
Nazis notify Swedish stone industry to halt granite quarrying intended for victory monuments and Nazi buildings. A large wartime contract had authorized blocks of red, black and grey granite stored in Sweden awaiting delivery.
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Sweden
Easy To Sew Anne Adams Pattern 4493 For Junior Miss Sizes
Pattern 4493 offers a simple button front frock with easy to fasten lines. Available in junior miss sizes 10 through 18, requires 35 yards of 35 inch fabric for size 13, and costs 20 cents plus mailing delays noted by Winnipeg Pattern Dept. Sailfish speed 68 miles per hour mentioned as a separate fact.
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Anne Adams
Winnipeg
McDermot Ave
Fort William Girls Pipe Band From India to Canada
The Fort William Girls Pipe Band now ranks among Canada’s busiest musical groups with five engagements weekly. Their Indian connection remains strong including leopard skin from a leopard shot in India for the bass drummer. The age range is 13 to 19, led by Mrs. P. MacGregor Mrs. R. McGowan and Mr. C. Dykes.
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India
Lakehead
Fort William
Canada
Brandon
Shilo Camp
Portage la Prairie
Fort Garry
Winnipeg
Orpheum Theatre
Central
United States
Gracie Fields
P. MacGregor
R. McGowan
C. Dykes
Within Range Of Guns British Troops Relax In Sicily
London psychologists describe a practice for soldiers suffering nerve shock in Sicily. They say short rests in the battle zone to prevent brooding accelerate recovery using drugs like luminal or veronal. Scientists note Florida as a peninsula with seas on both coasts.
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Sicily
London
Florida
Speed Grain Shipments Cut Bottlenecks In Canada
The Feeds Administrator announces emergency measure to move wheat oats and barley for livestock feed directly from western Canada to Eastern Canada without cleaning at Fort William or Port Arthur. Grain with up to one per cent dockage is eligible for free freight and current subsidies to relieve lake head terminal congestion. Buy War Savings Stamps Regularly.
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Canada
Fort William
Port Arthur
Lake Head
Sunday School Lesson on Righteousness and Deuteronomy Teachings
The lesson centers on Proverbs 14 34 and Deuteronomy chapters 1 to 3 and 11. It highlights God’s acts in leading Israelites from Egypt and the need to keep His commandments to prosper. It explains the land’s rain fed fertility, warns against idol worship, and notes the sun’s 25 day rotation as a miscellany.
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Egypt
Nile
Palestine
Canaan
Gladstone
Crossword Puzzle Across and Down
The puzzle lists clues for across and down entries including names like Ancient country and Heavenly body with answers covering ancient lands, celestial terms, animals, and common words. Clues range from sizes of type to musical terms and geographic hints, with a final reflection on poetic language and repeats.
Aid To Russia Fund Seeks Clothing Supplies For War Effort
The British government allocates 12 million pounds toward clothing Russia with Mrs Churchill's Red Cross Aid to Russia Fund supplying half a million. Purchases include woollen cloth fur coats dresses suits and overcoats. Large consignments sent and more planned as shipping allows amid Britain’s rationing. A note on early American straw hat industry begins in Massachusetts in 1804.
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Russia
Great Britain
Locomotives for Russia and Persia Supply Route
Britain ships many locomotives to aid the Russian Army and expands transport through Persia to Russia. By November 10 1941 the Southern Railway Company delivered its 1000th freight car for Persian route supplies, built in ten weeks with cross-company help. A new telescopic sight for rear gunners widens fighter arc.
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Britain
Persia
Russia
Southern Railway Company
Great Britain
Also Mentioned on This Page
Kenya
British Overseas Airways
Empire Air Communications
Veterans Guard of Canada
Prairie City
Claude Auchinleck
C.-In-C
New Delhi
Gold Coast
Dieppe
BY William Ferguson
Fal Unt
Harry H. Hess
Falls City
Nebraska
Reg'lar Fellers
Duffy
Secrit Weapons
Gene Byrnes
Pitchfork
Durin
Sitjy
Canadian Army
Saskatoon Light Infantry
Pte. P. T. Leachman
Prince Albert, Sask
Israel
Ireland
Tion
the Sun
Edge
Shack
Satan
Lively
Chaldea
Jin
Massachusetts
By Fred Neher
Junior
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