World Happenings Briefly Told
The United States agriculture department forecast a winter wheat crop of 488,858,000 bushels. Windsor suspended all enemy areas at an emergency city council meeting. Australian revenue for the fiscal year ended May 31 reached a historic high. Canadian Red Cross supplies reached Yellowknife in the far north. Britain imposes weekly bacon limits and spruce for Allied aircraft. a unitary conscription moves forward. Singapore despatch notes 15,000 firms under government control. Defence purchasing board records 275 building contracts totaling nearly 18 million dollars.
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United States Agriculture Department
Windsor
Commonwealth
Red Cross Society
Canada
Yellowknife N.W7
Edmonton
Ministry of Supply
Defence Purchasing Board
Department of Munitions and Supply
Reducing diets and low cal meals offered by Home Service
An old publication promotes a two week reducing menu plan with a 1200 calorie daily target. It highlights a 391 calorie creamed tuna and 400 calorie chocolate pudding lunch totalling nearly 800 calories and suggests a 4 cent tomato aspic lunch, gingerbread with whipped cream, and warns against extras like stuffing and mayonnaise. It advertises a 2 penny booklet and other low cost guides from Winnipeg Union.
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Home Service Dept
Winnipe ‘Union
McDer
Ave
Winnipeg
Modern Hotels Adapt Bicycle Era Service For Travelers
Chicago delegates from 40 states discussed future travel boom driven by American vacation plans. They compared ancient inns offering both rider and beast services to modern hotel needs, urging integrated accommodations for autos and overnight stays as travel shifts to the automobile era.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alto
U Ted
Brandon Sun
A Convenient Place for Interning German and Austrian Women
The Isle of Man, chosen by British officials as a safe internment site, lies midway between England and Ireland in the Irish Sea. The island, once famed for tailless cats and now quiet with fishing and tourism, has a history of Viking disruption and shifting rule, and is home to thousands of internees in a distant isle named Mona meaning distant.
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Isle of Man
England
Ireland
Irish Sea
Norway
Scotland
Mona
Anne Adams Pattern 4463 for sportster dress style
An Anne Adams dress pattern 4463 features a fresh cut youthful design with a back buttoned detail and sash bow. It has front and back shoulder yokes, a side button panel, and can be made in misses and women sizes. Pattern price and order details provided. Mention of German tanks returning to original scrap form appears as a separate note.
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Anne Adams
Anne ‘Adams
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave
Winnipeg
Remarkable Claims on Wood Liquefaction and Sun Lifespan
A quirky column surveys a wood liquefaction claim credited to McGill University’s Professor Hibbert, jokes about a vast sun age and mass loss, and argues economics link prosperity to agriculture. It notes 1939 Canadian income figures and ends with obsidian as primitive natural glass.
Malachi Sunday School Lesson June 23 overview
Summary of Malachi based study notes including Golden Text from Malachi 3 10 12 devotional readings from Matthew 6 and explanations on robbing God verses 7 12 and themes of turning to obedience. It discusses the prophet's method and the faithful few who feared Jehovah and spoke kindly of God.
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Malachi
Malach
Villa
Posey
Fight the House Fly In Summer Warns Health Authorities
As warm weather returns communities face the house fly menace. Medical writers warn of millions of bacteria on a single fly and the risk to homes and babies. The article promotes Wilson's Fly Pads as an effective in-home control to cut germ spread all summer.
Hay Fever Causes and Desensitization Methods
This article explains hay fever origins from windborne pollen including grasses trees and ragweed. It notes inherited sensitivity, outlines primary offenders, seasonal patterns, and suggests avoidance relocation desensitization and injections as treatment with a multi year outlook.
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America
Canada
Ontario
Quebec
Gaspe
Rainy River
St. Lawrence
Gaspe Coast
Lake Superior
Bee Foraging Range And Buffalo Dead Count Report
Between 1870 and 1875 about two and a half million buffaloes were killed annually. Bees will fly eight miles from the hive in search of food. 2364.
Fragmented OCR Mental Health Notice
A damaged OCR fragment mentions health concerns and penalties. It references an entity and a formal charge process though details are illegible. No clear people places or dates are extractable from the text provided.
How A Snake Moves When Crawling Or Frightened
When crawling slowly a snake glides in a straight line by cringing forward the broad plates of the abdomen and then pulling them back again. It actually walks upon these plates. When frightened it travels swiftly through a series of lateral undulations.
Bird tail serves multiple roles in flight and balance
A bird uses its tail as a ranger during flight maneuvers, a brake when landing, and a balancer while perching. In the Himalayas there are 20 000 foot peaks yet unnamed, indicating the high altitude features yet to be formally recorded.
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British Columbia
Allied Plane
Straits Settlement
Exchange Telegraph Agency
Singapore
Home Service
Britain
Dayn
Kerkwoon
Harold Hibbert
McGill University
Frederick Strauss
National Bureau of Economic Research
United States
Strauss
Mr. Strauss
Jones Beach
Long Island
New York City
Inland Revenue Commission
Nature
Ca Vital
By DR
JW. S. Mecull
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