Global wartime brief highlights across continents
Reported forecasts place US winter wheat at 598 million bushels. Britain cuts cheese rations to three ounces weekly. Britain uses double summer time to bridge four hour time gap. Allied sources say German labor laws now cover all women in occupied territories. Australia ships large food consignments to American forces in the South Pacific. A Zurich dispatch says German attaché Von Hanack was hanged in February at Hitler's request. Two more Swedish vessels join grain shipments to Greece under Red Cross. British planes pick up youths in France for Allied service. Norsk Ukeblad is confiscated for opposing the regime. Hitler orders brain dissection of the Kaiser Wilhelm Institute upon death.
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US. Agriculture Department
Britain
Desert Sands Grow Cold Nightly Song Reflection
The excerpt quotes a well known song about sands growing cold at night and notes that it is incorrect since they actually grow cold every night. It contrasts this with the thin ice forming on water exposed overnight in winter and mentions sentries fearing the cold as much as the daytime heat.
Radium Deposits Found in Canada Cause Price Drop
Discoveries in Canada of radium deposits have driven down the world price of radium from seventy thousand to thirty thousand dollars per gram, shaking markets and raising speculation about supply and demand among producers and buyers.
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Canada
What Is Private Enterprise What Is Private Enterprise
A reader praises a Royal Bank of Canada advertisement promoting private enterprise as the American democratic spirit in action. The piece argues readers should recognize clear statements over ornate language and urges buying War Savings Certificates.
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Royal Bank of Canada
Risen Lord Sunday School Lesson Explains Mary Magdalene
The April lesson centers on the resurrection narrative from John 20 with Mary Magdalene discovering the empty tomb, Peter and John confirming the find, and Mary encountering the risen Jesus. It links the conveyed messages of the angels to Mary and reflects on the Lord’s triumphant return.
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Mary Magdalene
Christ
Peter
John
Jesus
Mary
R. C. Gillie
Pattern 4340 by Anne Adams for children's wear
Advertisement touts Pattern 4340 featuring a frock, sundress, bonnet and panties in sizes 2 to 6. Includes yardage details for 35 inch fabric and 2½ to 3 yards for different views. Order to Anne Adams Pattern Dept Winnipeg Newspaper Union 175 McDermot Ave Winnipeg Man. 20 cents. mail delays noted. War Savings Certificates suggested as a sound investment.
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Anne Adams
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave
Winnipeg
Man
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Geu
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