World Happenings Briefly Told
The French newspaper Le Matin said Air France will resume spring trials for regular North Atlantic service. Germany plans expropriation of march property after the war. Lugerner Tagblatt reports German factories preparing tropical equipment for army use. US airlines year with no fatal accidents. Britain acquired St Donat's fastie from Hearst. A 16 year old fined for smoking during a barrage balloon fill. A French company contracted Romanian oil firms to deliver 200000 tons of gasoline. Fourteen Dominion flyers joined the raid on Sylt with participants from New Zealand, Australia, and South Africa.
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le Matin
Air France
North Atlantic
Germany
Amsterdam
Reich
Berlin
Lugerner Tagblatt
Than
United States
South of England
Dominion
Sylt
Admiralty
Hudson's Bay Company World Fur Trade Chronicle
The Hudson's Bay Company, Britain's oldest fur trading enterprise, traces its royal charter to 1670. The January fur sale at London headquarters drew 600 buyers worldwide, with Persian lambskins reaching record volumes. The company operates 232 trading posts across Canada, including 30 beyond the Arctic Circle, and supplies hunting gear to Indigenous and Eskimo communities while maintaining diverse holdings in Canadian department stores.
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Governor and Company of ‘Adventurers of
England
Hudson's Bay
Britain
Hudson's Bay Company
Charles I
Int Adventurers
London
Africa
Company of Adventurers
Canada
Arctic Circle
Goering Treasures Sell At Sotheby’s For Red Cross Benefit
Two German books once owned by Field Marshal Hermann Goering sold for £19 at Sotheby’s London. One volume titled Bolshevism From Moses to Lenin carried marginal notes by Adolf Hitler and Goering. The other, The Secrets of the Elders of Zion, also bore Goering’s autograph. The purchaser will donate the volumes to the Red Cross for an auction in June. Election day is not a national holiday in the United States.
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Hermann Goering
Sotherby’s
London
Moses of Lenin
Adolf Hitler
Goering
Red Cross
Naming New Battleships in the British Admiralty
The British Admiralty faces a naming dilemma for many new warships. Names must reflect traditional groups such as seaside towns and heroes, with older practice granting prize names as tribute to crews. The first 50 sloops were named after garden figures and soon extended to categories like racehorses and prominent locals.
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Briteh Admiralty
Sowers
Admiralty
Abratian
No Substitute For Mica Found In Research Bulletin
Research notes no adequate commercial substitute for mica despite its many industrial uses. The National Geographic Society bulletin says the nation is the largest producer but imports heavily from British India and South Africa to meet demand. Some laboratory products show promise, but efforts to market them face pressure of war and future position considerations. Mica has long been valued, noted as the first material mined by American aborigines.
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Cleveland Plain Dealer
National Geographic Society
British India
South Africa
The
Bulletin
Handling Shrubbery In The Informal Garden Plan
The plan suggests placing taller shrubs such as spires honey suckle forsythia Wringa or lilac in the back with smaller shrubs and low spires like barberry Gentzia and similar height. Perennial flowers such as risphlox and peonies will come up yearly with little maintenance after establishment. Some text discusses garden applications, plant varieties, and visual effects in display areas.
Becoming Jack fashion pattern sale by Anne Adams
Anne Adams Pattern 4393 offers a soft flower print street wear dress with shoulder darts and a center seam fullness. Neckline is highlighted and a straight hanging jacket finishes the look. Pattern 303 available in multiple sizes. order by mail from Winnipeg Newspaper Pattern Dept.
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Anne Adams
Anne ‘Adams
Winnipeg
Anon
McDermot Ave
Amos the prophet denounces Israel’s oppression in Bethel
Sunday School lesson outlines Amos 5 7 9 5 13 14 9 and 13, highlighting justice at the gate and the fate of Samaria. It recalls Amos the herdsman who denounced unrighteousness in Israel, the gate as center of civic life, and warnings of punishment for bribery oppression and neglect of the poor.
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Amos
Samuel
Israel
House of Israel
David
Saul
Jonathan
Ezekiel
Samaria
Assyria
Judah
Amaziah
Bethel
Moffatt
Periodic examination cuts death risk in insured workers
A 1938 Canada study of 18 000 clerical employees shows routine medical exams halve the mortality compared with general expectations. Deaths were 65 among those aged 65 plus, with male rates at 61 per 1000 and female at 23 per 1000, averaging about 45 per 1000 over 10 years.
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Canada
Selected Recipes Use Rice Krispies Ring Center Dish
Onion and celery are browned in fat then flour salt and chili powder stirred in. Liquid from vegetables added and cooked until smooth. Tomato pulp peas vinegar and sugar simmer briefly. Meat folded in until heated through. Ring Rice Krispies placed on platter with hot buttered center. Yield eight servings.
Abile Chowdel Corn Chowder Recipe Note
A rough recipe fragment lists ingredients including canned corn tomatoes onion parsley and salt with hot water evaporated milk and crumbled sodas. Instructions say to boil the mixture gently ten minutes then add milk and heat. Crackers are stirred in and parsley sprinkled on each serving for six portions.
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Christie's
Freight Farm Products Carried On Canadian Railways 1998
Canada railways moved 19,744,022 tons of farm products in 1998. The total includes 17,532,823 tons of cereals fruits vegetables and mill products and 2.211497 tons of animal products such as eggs butter cheese beets and related items.
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Canada
Foreign languages helped Emil Davies to chair London County Council
Emil Davies, self educated and once an office boy at a dog biscuit factory, rose through learning foreign languages and finance to become chairman of the London County Council. He served as alderman and is noted for lectures at Leeds University, writings on finance and local government, and a career spanning London's financial district.
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London County Council
Emil Davies
Young Davies
Thorny Road
London
L.C.C
LCC
Lord Snell
Davies
Leeds University
America
Electric Eel of Brazil and Guinea Surprises Biologists
An electric eel lives in freshwater in Brazil and Guinea and can reach six feet. Its shock can temporarily paralyze a man or large animal or kill small fish. Separately, Ceylon tea and cocoa growers say they do not seek large war orders as it would disrupt normal business.
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Brazil
Guinea
Ceylon
Editorial Note on McCullough Cancer Articles Access
Readers are urged to request the complete McCullough cancer articles by writing to Hague of Canada at 105 1 Ont. The notice advises avenues to obtain the full series and directs readers to contact the listed address for copies.
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Dr. McCullough
H Ague
Canada
Chinese move on 3000 mile economic barrier for China
Chinese officials plan a 3000 mile economic wall from the South China Sea to Mongolia to block Japanese goods and raw materials. The barrier aims to deter Japan's conquests with economic pressure, while causing hardship for those in Japanese controlled areas. Firms and individuals are blacklist ed for dealings with the enemy and dozens of Chinese factories are branded non native goods.
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South China Sea
Mongolia
China
Chin
Japan
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St. Donat’s Fastie
Williams— Randolph Hearst
Lasher
Mica
Sania
Smature
Batra
Br Wrisi
Geist
Det
Jack
Twlo
Inter
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