World happenings briefly told from the war era
A collage of wartime briefs notes German church closures in the Netherlands and confiscated property, a Maidenhead worker fined for speaking about secret duties, police calming a Perth crowd at a sale, Royal Canadian Navy lab advances for ships, civil defence funds donated in England, J B Priestley’s new army play Desert Highway, Galsworthy chair auction, early US troops with Japanese descent at Salerno, Nigeria airfields supporting Middle East war efforts, RAF night fighter losses in 1943, dawn of flying car concepts.
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Netherlands
Maidenhead
England
Rationing Time Table for Food Coupons
The notice lists valid coupons for Coffee oF Tea and Butter Purple Meat Brown Salmon and D orange, with specific dates January 6 to February 29 and expirations. It details values for sugar, jams, honey, syrups, molasses, corn syrup, and maple sugar, plus multiple coupon series and expiry dates.
Maiden Speech Echoes Old and New Bounds
A veteran senator reflects on a new member’s maiden speech with mixed verdicts. He notes the good points were old, while the new ideas were not good, delivering a judicial quip on the exchange. The brief exchange captures attitudes toward reform and tradition inside the chamber.
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Senate
Sunday School Lesson Jesus Answers Critics
A 1917 devotional lesson summarizes Jesus critics from Mark 2 and 3, detailing responses to accusations about eating with publicans and sinners, fasting, and plucking grain on the Sabbath. It notes Jesus’ teaching that compassion and need override rigid ritual. It cites Biased are ye and the bridegroom parable, with references to Matthew 5.11 and Psalm 37.1-8.
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Jesus
Marke
Lavi
Temus
Gree
Maimonides
David
Saul
Tumbling Mustard Spreads Across Prairie Provinces
Mustard seeds from central and southern Europe arrived around 1887. Each pod holds about 120 seeds and a single plant can yield up to 1,500,000 seeds. When ripe, pods break, seeds scatter along the road and blow across the prairie, with heads possibly traveling for miles and over winter dropping seeds at intervals.
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Prairie
Europe
Britain Finds Room for Refugees in Housing Push
Britain reports it is housing refugees as 60 000 non British refugees have entered various parts of the United Kingdom since May 1940 and arrivals continue at a steady rate. The Foreign Office disclosed that 40 000 Polish refugees are being moved from Iran to the Far East and South Africa India Palestine and Mexico through governmental efforts.
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Britain
United Kingdom
Foreign Office
Iran
Fast
South Africa
India
Palestine
Mexico
Sault Star
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Perth
Australia
Royal Canadian Navy
Medical Research Unit
Bletchley
Eng
J.B. Priestley
Army
John Galsworthy
United States
Salerno
Nigeria
Middle East
Air Ministry
Nikam
Negritos
Wei
Kel
Prairie Provinces
United
Rey
Stern
Great Lake
By Fred Neher
Ello
Weather Bureau
Pinhead Duffy
Gene Byrnes
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