World Happenings Briefly Told
Sir Award Blunt a prominent Indian civil service figure and author on Indian affairs dies at 64. Joseph P Howe, 62, Ottawa Royal Mint foreman dies at home. Congress approves and forwards 1 195,925.70 1942 federal security bill to the White House. A charted canyon near New York depths 560 to 400 feet. Northern Ireland to host four potato factories for meal for livestock. London Daily Herald supports Beaverbrook as minister of supply. Red Cross arranges regular clothing replacements for British POWs. A London bank seeks 4 pounds to cover lieutenant’s account. overdrawing charges dismissed or deferred.
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Sir Award Blunt
Indian Civil Service
Joseph P Howe
Royal Mint
Portland
Congress
White House
Atlantic
New York
Ministry of Agriculture
Northern Ireland
London Daily Herald
Lord Beaverbrook
International Red Cross
Geneva
Bead On Duty Front DSG Honor Returns From Crete Rescue
RAF pilot recounts being shot down off Crete, spending hours in a freezing cave and drifting to a goatherd village. A Sunderland flying boat spotted his distress signal and rescued him and a sergeant pilot, both later honored with a bar to the Distinguished Flying Cross for the Maleme action.
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Front
DSG
Crete
Sunland
Ty Mashlight
Egypt
Royal Air Force
Hurricane Squadron
Maleme
Cairo
Air Ministry
Sersce
Mae West
RAF
Wrehlight
Derrard
Sunday School Lesson July 13 and Pattern 4777 Ad
Readings on Acts 19 and 20 and Ephesians 2 frame the Sunday lesson while a sewing pattern announcement highlights Anne Adams Pattern 4777. The piece blends biblical study notes with fashion imagery noting a front-button cotton dress with tailored detailing and sizes 34 through 48, plus price and order details.
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Anne Adams
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave
Winnipeg
Man
The Vitamins A to D and Their Functions Explained
Medical scientists discuss the growing list of vitamins from A to D and beyond. Vitamin A stored in animal fat supports tooth formation and infection resistance while green leaves and yellow fruits provide it. Vitamin C from citrus protects against scurvy and aids tuberculous or diabetic patients. Vitamin D regulates calcium, sourced from oily fish livers and sun exposure, with milk fortification and irradiated yeast boosting intake. Vitamin E from wheat germ oils supports reproductive health. much remains unknown about this nutrient.
Camel use by early pioneers in British Columbia
About a hundred years ago camels were common among British Columbia pioneers due to scarce horses. A historian notes a farmer's horse fled and leaped off a cliff after sighting a camel. Also, Lake Baikal in Siberia is roughly twice as deep as any other lake measured to date.
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British Columbia
Lake Baikal
Siveria
Special bulbs aid insects and birds in air war era
Special bulbs with infrared coatings replace magnesium flashes for night aerial photography, enabling sharp images without visible light. The feature notes British invention progress in air warfare imaging and mentions approximately 1,500 North American bird species north of Mexico.
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Britain
North America
Mexico
Duke of Aosta ties to Britain amid exile and empire fall
The Duke of Aosta, whose surrender closes Italy’s imperial era in Africa, is half French through his mother the Comte de Paris’s daughter. He is a first cousin of the late King Manuel of Portugal, who died in England, with ties to British royalty through family. The Duke’s brother the Duke of Spoleto spent time in England, fueling talk of a marriage to an Englishwoman as Anglo-Italian links surface. Rubber reclaimers in Britain now process about 250,000 tons of scrap annually.
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Ephesus
Paul
Tyrannus
Asi
Diana
Artemis
Ephesians
Demetrius
Gaius
Aristarchus
Asia
Duke of
Aosta
Africa
Comte de Paris
Amelia
Portugal
Alexandra
Mary
England
Manuel of
Spoleto
Manchester Guardian
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London
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Prom Crete
Anne
Amon
Germany
Et George
Mickie
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Brigid Elizabeth Hitler
der Fuehrer
British War Relief Society
Allan
Iarc Lee
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