World Happenings Briefly Told
A small Indian state with 300000 people issued its first adhesive half pence emerald stamp. The so called wonder drug M and B 663 aided warding off pneumonia during Prime Minister Churchill s illness a medical authority disclosed. Britain and the United States agreed Bermuda as the scene of their upcoming conference on refugee problems. In the past year 1 199 918 tons of pit props from Scottish forests, many cut by Canadian foresters, were sent to British collieries. The Moscow broadcast said Norwegian patriots routed a Hitlerite headquarters at Oslo, killing 14 Nazis including the head of the organization. Defence minister Ralston announced a limited formation of Canadian railway troop units for overseas service. Robert Cross the Spurn Head coxswain received the Royal National Lifeboat Institution Gold Medal for saving about 200 lives since the war began. Mrs M Fillingham became Britain s first woman dental surgeon commissioned in the Army Dental Corps with the rank of lieutenant.
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Churchill
Britain
United States
Bermuda
Italians Banned Aerials Still Receive Foreign Broadcasts
Mussolini forbade Italians from using outside aerials yet British broadcasts still reach them via a long wave instruction program. The BBC provided Italian language guidance on building inside aerial frames to counter jamming and other reception issues.
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Mussolini
British Broadcasting Corporation
Tax man crushes hope as a pawn shop threat looms
A. negro in Houston, Texas, told at the collector's office his federal income tax was 65 dollars. He sighed, muttered a warning, and warned the pawn shop with a boastful line, signaling a perilous mood and looming trouble.
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A. Negro
Houston
Texas
Transfiguration of Jesus on the Mount Explains His Glory
A Sunday school lesson recounts Jesus guiding Peter James and John to a high mountain six days after Caesarea Philippi events. Jesus is transfigured revealing divine glory, with Moses and Elijah appearing beside him. Disciples awaken to Christ's radiant countenance, understanding him as the Son of God.
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Peter
James
John
Carlot
Caesarea
Philippi
Jesus
Christ
Adam
William Grist
C. R. Erdman
Moses
Elijah
Gadget saves 200000 cups a year for Trans-Canada
Trans-Canada Airways pilots reduced cup waste by adding a plastic luelle handle to disposable paper coffee cups. The gadget encircles the cup and remains for reuse, saving about 200000 cups annually amid wartime paper limits. D R Mac Laren praises the design while Jack Reid demonstrates it to Margaret Dickson.
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Jack Reid
T.C.A
Luelle
MacLaren
Margaret Dickson
Trans-Canada
Flattering Lines Pattern 4260 by Anne Adams
Anne Adams pattern 4260 offers slimming bodice lines with curved side sections and waist slimming seams. Available in women sizes 34 to 42 with size 36 requiring 34 yards of 35 inch fabric. Send 20 cents, include size name address and pattern number to Anne Adams Pattern Dept Winnipeg Manitoba. Mail delays may occur.
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Anne Adams
Winnipeg
Union
McDermott ‘Ave. E
Man
Four Soviet Flyers Tie Record With German Bombers
Four Russian airmen in the same regiment tally a combined 91 German aircraft, including 50 bombers. Nikolai Arsenin leads with 29 planes shot down, joined by Alexander Smirnov 27, Peter Belyasnik 25, and Andrei Samokhavalov 10. All are 25 years old, in their fifth Red Army year.
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Nikolai Arsenin
Alexander Smirnov
Peter Belyasnik
Andrei Samokhavalov
Arsenin
Red Army
Human Helicopter Hummingbird Sparks Fascinating Proof
The Field Museum notes that hummingbirds do fly in reverse, validating earlier doubts. Dr Karl Schmidt compares the bird to a fighter plane noting its pugnacity, while the Chicago Daily News admits previous skepticism.
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Hummingbird
Karl P. Schmidt
Department of Zoology
Field Museum of Natural History
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Brefly
India
Moscow
Oslo
Defence
Ralston
Robert Cross
Spurn Head
Yorkshire
Royal National Lifeboat Institution
M. Fillingham
Women's Forces
Army Dental Corps
By Fred Neher
PETER_AND
John Witne
Gedget
Trans-Canada Air Lines
D. R. MacLaren
Engbird
Mickie
Orgun
Anne
Reg
Gene Byrnes
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