World Happenings Briefly Told Across The Globe
Australia agreed to send 560000 tons of flour to England requiring 25000000 bushels of wheat. Bruen output of munitions in early 1943 rose 40 percent versus 1942. Britain's farmers union rejects nonmember presidential candidate proposal for 1944. A committee is formed to study nurse training for colonial service. US Army engineers develop a lawn mower to trim 40 acres per hour for airfields. Nazi occupation raids threaten Norway’s forest industry. Field Marshal Smuts wins Woodrow Wilson award for distinguished service. A £57000 donation from an England Wales soccer match completes RED CROSS war fundraising. The New York Sun notes a theory on the term jeep in Note and Queries. The first Bantam GP quarter-ton combat car model arrived at Camp Holabird in 1938. In four millennia only 268 years were entirely war-free.
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Jan Christan Smuts
South Africa
Woodrow Wilson Foundation
Woodrow Wilson
Wembley Stadium
Red Cross
New York Sun
American Bantam Car Company
Camp Holabird
Maryland
Army
Sunday School Lesson Deep Look at Jesus Healing and Galilean Tour
The lesson outlines Jesus healing the sick at sunset on the Sabbath and a preaching tour through Galilee. It notes Jesus seeking solitude to renew strength, Peter’s reaction to crowds, and the aim to preach in synagogues before opposition blocks further travel. It mentions prayer as power and a note on American Samoa forest coverage.
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Mark
Peter
Origus
Jesus
Galilee
God
Luther
Simon Peter
Capernaum
Peake
THIS CURIOUS WORLD By William Ferguson is BEFORE STRIKE
A curious world note by William Ferguson discusses an event labeled before a strike. It highlights a situation prompting curiosity about timing and actions surrounding the anticipated labor stoppage. The item hints at social or economic tension influencing daily life and choices.
Nazi medals and broadcast reveal awards to German generals
Reported in London broadcasts that Adolf Hitler awarded medals to three Nazi generals and a colonel on the Russian front. The citation states these awards were for enabling German forces to disengage on the Russian front. A transport plane can carry dehydrated vegetables to feed a battalion for a week.
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London
Fuehrer
Hitler
Weed Pests and Seed Contamination Spread Across Prairies
Weeds on prairie farms spread from outside sources mainly as impurities in seed feed and fodder. Agencies note their movement to new areas by wind and farm equipment or vehicles. The refrigerator railway car for perishable goods appeared in 1857.
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Prairig
Churchill duties may pass to deputy prime minister Atlee
The newspaper notes that Deputy Prime Minister Clement Attlee may temporarily take on some of Winston Churchill's prime ministerial duties if Churchill is indisposed. It highlights Atlee's role as deputy and his potential to assume functions as needed.
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Wits
Apron Pattern 4590 With Initial Transfer and Sizes
Pattern 4590 offers initials transfer and two Dutton back closures for a smart apron. Sizes small 92 34, medium, large. required yardage listed. send 20 cents to Anne Adams Pattern Dept Winnipeg. Canada war mobilization note and a sock knitting tally by Mrs. Hannah Spencer of Galt Ont.
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Anne Adams
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermott Ave
Winnipeg
Man
Canada
Crossword Puzzle No 486 with 16 Roman date clue mix
Readable clues include Roman date to Arabia port and various vertical entries such as Pain at that vial and Scotch pla fabric. Other lines mention Ermine and Moces, article Thus and form e Rume queen with dying coals outbreaks seas and a Japanese pagoda. Hawaiian bird bed clues round out the puzzle.
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Lawdelay
Also Mentioned on This Page
Australia
England
Bruen
Britain
National Farmers’ Union
US Army Corps of Engineers
Norway
Fesus
John
American Samoa
By William Ferguson
Joe Dimaggio
Yokohama
Arabia Port
Lia
Cnlan
By Fred Neher
Tam
Reg
Pop
Gene Byrnes
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