World Happenings Briefly Told From The War Fronts
The German release of the last French veterans from prison camps is reported. Australia to send an overseas army of women for non combatant service when ship space allows. Axis losses total about 4 007 000 tons sunk or captured by Aug 16. Queen Wilhelmina named Associate Dame Grand Cross of St John. John Coates, famed British tenor, dies at 76 after illness. he toured North America in 1925 26. Leaflets in southern England aid Spitfire Fund drives. Royal Australian Air Force to form new squadrons abroad at three week intervals to hit 23 overseas units by May. Buckinghamshire parents warned to keep children from cinemas and pools amid infantile paralysis outbreak. Japan bars three American film types from Sept 1 showing.
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Australia
Admiralty
Wilhelmina
Netherlands
Order of St. John
London
John Coates
Britain
Northwood
Eng
Canada
United States
England
Royal Australian Air Force
Buckinghamshire
Ministry of Health
Just An Old System and the Pigeon Post History
London Daily Telegraph columnist known as Peterborough notes the peacetime and wartime use of the pigeon post. The method began in 1870 between London and Paris, with letters sent to Tours for photographic copying onto thin paper, then reduced and carried by pigeons. On arrival the photographs were enlarged to read the imprint clearly.
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Middle East
Peterborough
London Daily Telegraph
Fan
London
Paris
Tours
California Law Keeps Car License Number For Life
An article notes that starting January 1, 1942 California motorists must retain their license number and plate for the life of the vehicle. It also mentions Los Angeles prohibiting shooting at rabbits from moving street cars and a Minnesota town restricting dancing by women under 21 in a Christian Science Monitor excerpt.
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California
Los Angeles
Minnesota
No More Soup Bones Abandonment by Navy Storage Move
The soup bone practice was dropped by the US Navy as a defense measure. The Bureau of Accounts and Supplies announced ships will remove bones from beef to relieve storage space aboard warships.
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Bureau of Accounts and Supplies
Canada Turns to Sugar Beets for Beet Sugar Rise
Canada reports 80 000 acres of sugar beet plantations in 1940 and 1941 across Ontario Alberta Manitoba with potential growth into Quebec. A record 825 344 tons of beets yielded about 213 602 511 pounds of refined sugar, 185 percent of national output. Manitoba leads newborn beet sugar, Alberta uses irrigated land at Raymond and Picture Butte, while Ontario runs factories in Toronto Chatham and Wallaceburg serving Kent Lambton Essex Elgin and Middlesex counties.
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Canada
Ontario
Alberta
Manitoba
Quebec
F. Mimmock
Central Experimental Farm
Ottawa
Winnipeg
Raymond
Picture Butte
Toronto
Chatham
Wallaceburg
Kent
Lambton
Essex
Elgin
Middlesex
The Smaller Towns Loneliness and Neighborliness
The piece argues loneliness is a state of mind. crowds do not guarantee friendship. It praises rural life for real neighborliness and personal warmth found in villages, settlements, and lone households, contrasting with urban isolation and the crowded city’s dehumanizing effects. It notes younger rural people crave city life, while city dwellers feel distant and selfish.
Second-hand clothing pricing and coupon limits set
Prices are fixed by coupon value under a revised clothing rationing scheme first announced in June. Exempt fabric classes apply. A Board of Trade official said the move aims to stop a potential racket in second-hand clothing. Buyers of second-hand suits exceeding 52s will surrender 26 coupons, the standard for new suits.
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Board of Trade
Britain Faces Shortage of Beds and Pillows
Beah orage reports beds mattresses and pillows growing scarce across Britain as manufacturers warn that beds with inferior springs will not be generally available. Large London stores struggle to obtain bedding and pillows remain scarce due to a prior shortage of feathers imported from China before the war.
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Britain
London
China
Versatile Anne Adams Pattern 1765 forChildren’s Sailor Dress
The Anne Adams pattern 1765 offers a sailor style dress with front buttons square side panels and three neckline options. It includes two sleeve styles plus a sleeveless version and a low back for sun. Optional trim ideas include contrast collar braid embroidery and ric rac with a matching sailor cap. Sizes 2 4 6 8 and 10 require 2 1/2 yards fabric and 1/2 yard contrast plus 1/4 yard braid. Send 20 cents to Anne Adams Pattern Dept Winnipeg.
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Anne Adams
Winnipeg
Newspaper Union
McDermot
Ave. E
Man
Some English Humor on War Time Quips and Home Front Anecdotes
A collection of tongue in cheek notes about wartime Britain and neutral views. The foretaste contrasts Swiss calm with German policing quirks and cites a surge in Canadian post offices from 3,470 at confederation to over 12,000, reflecting wartime logistics and public sentiment.
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Canada
Confederation
Inday School Lesson on Love and Salvation
A devotional note highlights 1 John 3 18 and 4 7 21 and Hebrews 13 18 stressing practical love as proof of salvation. It cites Expositor s Greek Testament and Horton s The Proof of Love to urge Christians to show compassion toward a brother in need and to live as Jesus did.
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John
R. F. Horton
World gramophone sales push Churchill speeches worldwide
The article notes high demand for Winston Churchill speeches on gramophone records across Australia Canada India New Zealand and South Africa with Americans also accessing his line Give us the tools and we will finish the job. It lists popular records by Paul Robeson Tauber Webster Pooth Joe Loss and others and cites Great Britain shipping over 4.6 million records last year. It adds music figures including Paul Whiteman Richard Crooks and Ernest Lough. Also mentions an AFS trainee fireman at Harrow-on-the-Hill and a trivia about Coffee in Bacon county Georgia.
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Winston Churchill
Gramophone
Australia
Canada
India
New Zealand
South Africa
Mr. Churchill
Paul Robeson
Richard Tauber
Webster Pooth
Joe Loss
Great Britain
Paul Whiteman
Richard Crooks
Ernest Lough
Temple
Auxiliary
Harrow-on-the-Hill
Health league urges Canada to adopt national health program
An editorial in Health calls for a progressive national health program, arguing that patriotism should focus on human welfare over natural patrimony. It blames failing education for public-service apathy and warns democracy’s free market harms if selfishness runs unchecked.
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Health League of Canada
Canada
Boiler ordeal ends with slippery escape attempt
In Chicago heat a 47 year old Joseph Hergerth crawled from a scrubbed boiler after spending three hours inside. He called for help as companions pulled him free but he remained trapped. Firemen planned a cut, a worker supplied grease, and he again pressed through the opening aided by five men.
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Chicago
Joseph Hergerth
Joseph
The Duke Pats Soldiers With Car Seat Gift
The Duke of Connaught, former governor general of Canada, ensures a seat in his car for foot-sore soldiers. He orders the front passenger space, typically used by a footman, to be reserved for weary hitch hiking soldiers.
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Duke v. Connaught
Canada
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Arion
Ace
Mickie
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