British chess champion Robert Stewart dies at 68 in Beotland
World happenings report notes Stewart a British checkers champion and reputed world record holder died at his Beotland home. Also: Newfoundland naval and artillery contingents reach a west coast port. 250000 tons of abandoned streetcar tracks may be scrapped for US defence. Bevin urges 65+ workers to register. Red Cross in Spain distributes 20000 tons of food valued at 4 million. Douglas Williams to tour Far East to speed news service. Polish award to RAF officers. New Brunswick Red Cross ships 12288 pounds strawberry jam for troops overseas.
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Robert Stewart
Beotland
Newfoundland
Dominion
London
United States
Ernest Bevin
Britain
Red Cross
Spain
Oslo
Charles Portal
Royal Air Force
Order of the Polonia Restituta
New Brunswick
Camouflaged PM Train Serves Churchill in Grimy Rail Yard
A dusty, inconspicuous special train near London serves Prime Minister Churchill. The PM's Special, built early in the war for the King and Queen, now moves at a moment's notice across Britain. It includes a sleeper and carriages, stocked larder and cigars, used for eat-naps during long work periods.
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Churchill
London
Britain
British Isles
Potato Peelers Replace Soldiers in Modern Warefare
The munitions and supply department states new potato peeling machines reduce the need for soldiers peeling potatoes. Army recently purchased 155 units and plans to shift labor from manual tasks to automation.
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Munitions and Supply Department
Army
German Office Building Shaped Like a Steamship
A unique German office building mirrors the profile of a steamship, standing out as an architectural curiosity. The design emphasizes maritime motifs and bold facade choices in a modern urban district.
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Germany
Paintings Shine Amid RAF Station Mess Carved From War Rooms
An RAF bomber station in England displays a diverse art collection in its ante room dining room and mess. Notable works include copies of Titian Venus and Adonis Velazquez Venus a Pellegrini Venus and Cupid a Barolossi nymphs at Mercury’s shrine and a 1736 General Wade portrait. The 17th century English school portraits and a Sesshu Oda needlework piece complete the varied display. A Japanese officer donated The God of Happiness Playing With Innocent Children.
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Royal Air Force
England
Staion
Connolmseur
Titian
Venus
Velasques
Pellegrini
Barolossi
Mercury
Europa
General Wade
Charles Tin
Charles II
Sesshu Oda
God of Happiness
Chikren
British Expert Says Germans Face Oil Shortage Soon
A British government oil expert warned that unless Germany seizes Soviet Russia’s Caucasus oil fields early in 1942 its blitzkrieg will falter. He projected shortages for the German armed forces within six months and cited peacetime consumption, current crude imports, and synthetic plants bombed across Silesia and Czecho-Slovakia as factors.
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Soviet Russia
Caucasus
Germany
Silesia
Czecho-Slovakia
Europe
London Farms Supply Metropolis With Local Food During Blitz
London residents cultivate 4000 acres supplying hospitals and institutions with meat vegetables milk eggs and fruit. The London County Council reports 360000 eggs 550000 gallons milk 351 tons meat 1668 tons vegetables and 81 tons fruit produced in the blitz year plus park and allotment efforts across boroughs and central London with 430 acres under allotment cultivation.
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London
Green Belt
Plitz
London County Council
Multinational Notary Under Occupation and Curious Rat Tale
The text notes a notary operating under Japanese occupation with members from seven nationalities: seven Americans twelve British thirteen Chinese five Germans one Japanese one Russian three Sweden and one Swiss. It also mentions a Surrey man claiming to catch a rat with two tails and a quip about Churchill pursuing a rat with a small moustache.
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Notary Ciup
Hankow
Sweden
Surrey
Turban and bag ensemble pattern 4804 by Anne Adams
The Anne Adams Pattern 4804 offers a misses size dress with shirtwaist style, tun turban, and matching bag. Details include a scalloped hem, front belt, optional sleeves, and two pattern parts for the bag. Available sizes 12 to 20. 2½ yards fabric for size 16. Send 20 cents to Winnipeg Pattern Dept. Also notes England's daylight saving bill introduced in 1908 and enacted May 1916.
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Anne Adams
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermon Ave. E
Winnipeg
Man
Hebrews Lesson on Covenant and Sacrifice Recounted
Devotional notes explain the tabernacle and the shift to a perfect sanctuary through Christ. It details Hebrews 9 and the concept of a new covenant mediated by Jesus, with emphasis on sacrifice and remission through his blood. Visibly, Mrs. Keith Munro tours Buckingham Palace four times since the war, with honors to her family.
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Paina
Christ
Keith Munro
Gravesend
Buckingham Palace
Alexander Munro
Police
Canada Cuts TB Deaths Through Modern Methods
Dr. G J Wherrett reports in the Canadian Public Health Journal that modern TB control reduced deaths across Canada from 1921 to 1939 by 38 to 64 percent depending on province. Early diagnosis through surveys and more sanatorium beds, now about 11 000, improve outcomes with Ontario showing strong results.
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Canada
G. J. Wherrett
Canadian Public Health Journal
Alberta
Quebec
Ontario
Ught
Wherrett
Three Year Old Reunited with Mother In Canada
A three year old Canadian war guest Simon Christ Pher Dew failed to recognize his mother Mrs. Peter Dew when they were reunited after a year apart. She, wife of a Royal Engineers major, arrived from England and the boy asked if she was his mummy before confirming she came from England as well.
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Simon Christ Pher Dew
Canada
Peter Dew
Royal Engineers
England
Botanist reports weed pull stats from ten foot square plot
A botanist records pulling 37 639 weeds over five years from a plot measuring ten feet by ten feet. The remark contrasts pestering drivers with pedestrians who face dangers on the road.
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Ministry of Information
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Peally
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Duke of Kent
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Duke
Banff Springs Golf Course
J. A. Lowther
R. M. Deyell
Sir Louis Gregg
Canadian Pacific
Evactice
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