World Happenings Briefly Told
The piece notes varied wartime items from 1940 era. It mentions India prohibiting mica exports to Europe with the UK exception, US commerce data on July gold imports, a Jamaica donation for an Ath bombing plane, Bir Montague Norman growing a cabbage patch as wartime thrift, Canada aiming to raise 80 million dollars via the war savings program, and Rev C D Howe stating munitions output rising with a target of 260 planes per month for the Dominion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mansea
Lord Beaverbrook
Kingston
Jamaica
British West Indies
Bir Montague Norman
Te Bank of England
Kensington
Colin C. W. G Gideon
National Revenue
Canada
C.D. Howe
Munions
Dominion
Learn to Play C Major Guitar Chord From Diagram
A Home Service notice explains finger placement on the guitar fretboard for C major. It describes pressing strings close to frets with the left hand and strumming with the right, plus accompanying diagram and steps. It lists the Home Service Dept Winnipeg address and other booklets available.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bedale
Girnew
Nwering
Dany
Winnipeg
Union
Dermat
I Read And Write For You By John Kirkwood
A collage of curiosities and observations from 1939 including a university course on angling titled The Theory and Practice of Freak W Angling, notes on Bible sales in Europe, coffee consumption in the United States, and life in Ivigtut Greenland highlighting its Danish population, utilities, and cultural behavior, with miscellaneous remarks on Hitler and bore personalities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbia University
United States
Ior
Greenland
Ivigtut
Science
Tvngtut
Toronto
Airm
Piano Aid For CASF Unit In Ottawa Area
When word spread that a CASF unit in the Ottawa area needed a piano for recreation five citizens immediately offered their pianos for the troops for the duration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
Star Com clerk travels long daily miles for job
Vivienateara, a clerk in San Francisco, commutes 184 miles daily six days a week from Sacramento, logging a substantial distance each day. The lengthy journey highlights endurance and dedication amid the era’s transportation limits.
Praise For The Beaver Wildlife Engineer Credit
A Utah study highlights the beaver as a natural engineer, with 380 active colonies over 975 miles yielding 1,605 dams averaging 92 feet. Dams regulate streams, reduce floods, curb erosion and trap silt, benefiting muskrats, mink, deer, ducks and upland game birds across Wasatch National Forest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Esides
Game Common Game Commission
Mr. Forsyth
Utah
Wasatch National Forest
Stylish pattern ad for Anne Adam rock double proof
Pattern 4462 offers a trim fashionable look with a button front suit style. Features include slim shaping, front and back panels, and contrast reverses for a chic finish. Available in sizes 34 to 46 with yardage and coin restrictions. write to Adams Pattern Dept Winnipeg Canada.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anne Adam
Nee Adams
Winnipeg
McDermot
Confess Sins and Pray for Healing Devotional Note
A devotional reading guiding repentance and prayer based on James 5 and related scriptures. Encourages confessing sins to one another for healing, with references to Hl. Samuel, Psalm, and John passages for reflection and application.
David sins, Nathan rebukes, and Psalm 32 proclaims forgiveness
The narrative recalls David’s grave sin with Bathsheba and Uriah’s death, with Nathan’s rebuke and David’s confession. It links Psalm 32 to forgiveness as a response to penitence, praising mercy and divine loving kindness. The passage contrasts guilt and restoration, likening it to the prodigal return to the Father’s house.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sim. i. Samuel
David
Uriah
Joab
Bathsheba
Nathan
God
John Trapp
Henry van Dyke
Lion and child in a cage prompt a playful question
A father jokes about a formidable Hon looming near as Elale asks which bus to take home if the lion exits his cage. The dialogue captures a whimsical, tense moment with a child’s wide-eyed curiosity and a caregiver’s lighthearted danger joke.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hon
Elale
Also Mentioned on This Page
Government of
India
United States Commerce Department
Diagran
Aaa
John
Kirkwood
Hitler
Poland
Belgium
Romania
Hungary
China
Japan
British and Foreign Bible Society
London
Virginia
Ville Red Films
Crigina
Stone Kops Direc
New York
Ann Sothern
Maisie
Ann
Wiley Padaff
Flatt
Anne Adams
League
DR. J. W. S. M‘cullough
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