Anne Adams Pattern 4308 for full figure slips and bloomers
Guide to Anne Adams pattern 4308 for sizes 34 to 48 detailing a slip with front and back panels for smooth lines, curved hip seams for flare, built up straps, optional square or pointed neckline with lace edging, and matching bloomers. Includes yardage for 39 inch fabric and how to order by mail from Winnipeg Pattern Dept.
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Anne Adams
Anne Adan
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave
Winnipeg
World Happenings Briefly Told In This Issue
Northern Scotland bans civilians as war industries concentrate. Spain approves a law suppressing Masonry and secret societies. Turkish authorities seize anti British leaflets mailed from Istanbul by German agents. An umbrella pierced by a sword is a prized German plane emblem downed by the RAF. Jamaica governor Richards to donate about 2200 yearly salary as war time contribution. Walter Hartmann executed for aiding French agents by revealing Westwall fortifications. Sweden's premier Hansson gets bodyguard over neutrality in Russo Finnish war. US post office allows ordinary letters to Polish territories under Russia and Lithuania. German occupied Poland remains suspended. George Waite reports a $1 108 005 parachute order for Irving Air Chute Co from Canadian War Supply Board. work to be done in Fort Erie plant.
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Scotland
Spain
Istanbul
Royal Air Force
Arthur F. Richards
Kcmg
Kingston
Jamaica
Walter Hartmann
Westwall
Post Office Department
Poland
Russia
Lithuania
Germany
Geo. Waite
Irving Air Chute Company
Buffalo
N.Y
Canadian War Supply Board
Fort Ene
Refugees Deposited Nearly 100 Million in Canadian Banks
The Montreal Industrial Commission estimates about 100.6 million dollars have been deposited in Canadian banks in 1939 by refugees. Most funds belong to refugees from Czecho Slovakia and Germany. No details on how the money was smuggled out. In Canada both funds and owners will be safe.
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Montreal
Czecho-Slovakia
Germany
Canada
Toronto Star Weekly
Chief Scout Baden-Powell in Old Age Reflections
Lord Baden-Powell is 83 and active, insisting age won’t dull his spirit. He compares himself to the late Duke of Cambridge, quipping that knee trouble won’t sink his brains or resolve in guiding the Scout movement.
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Baden-Powell
Boy Scouts
Scout Movement
Duke of Cambridge
Procedure Reversed Pushed Sleighload Of Hay
Kingston witnesses an unusual method as a truck pushes a sleighload of hay across a bare spot at King and Brock streets. The Kingston Whig Standard notes this reversal of practice, a first in local history, when teams of horses could not move the load.
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Kingston
Whig- Standard
King and
Brock Streets
Tattoo trends shift as identity numbers replace names
H. G. Derrick, a Bristol tattooist on Old Market Street, says pre war designs like hearts and arrows are out. Modern couples prefer identity numbers tattooed, a practice that can be erased and re-tattooed if a partner changes.
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H. G. Derrick
Old Market Street
Bristol
Slimming by Calorie Counts Promises 2 Pounds Weekly
A Winnipeg newspaper ad promotes a 1200 calorie daily plan to shed pounds. It compares a high calorie meal to a low calorie Olive Sandwich and describes menus, a 42 item booklet, and mail order offers from the Winnipeg Newspaper Union.
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Dept. Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave. E
Winnipeg
Man
Crompton Father of British Electrical Industry Dies in London
Colonel Rookes Crompton 94 renowned as father of Britain’s electrical industry died in London. He installed the first electric lights at Buckingham Palace and Windsor Castle. As a boy he was a naval cadet in Sebastopol and later served in the Boer war earning the Queen's medal with three clasps. He led the Institute of Electrical Engineers twice and became a Royal Society fellow in 1933.
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Rookes Crompton
Britain
London
Buckingham Palace
Windsor Castle
Sebastopol
Institute of Electrical Igineers
Royal Society
Man mails himself to cross English Channel in stunt
A man attempted to cross the English Channel by mailing himself as a parcel after six days waiting for a passenger vessel from Jersey to Alderney. He wore a parcel label and traveled aboard a mail steamer with a postman tasked to deliver him to his recipient. Julius Caesar famously brought the first giraffe to Rome, sparking curiosity as the first alive on European soil. American camel tracks from 100000 years ago in Arizona are shown at the American Museum of Natural History.
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Man
English Channel
L. Palmer
Juernsey
Aldernay
Julius Caesar
Egypt
Rome
Red Sands
Arizona
American Museum of Rural History
Thermometer markings set at fifty degrees in Honduras
Readable OCR fragment notes that thermometers must be marked no lower than 50 degrees Fahrenheit in Honduras. The line is brief with unclear surrounding context and includes an unrelated numeric token 2349.
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Honduras
Garden of Gethsemane Devotional in Matthew 26
A Sunday school reading reflects Jesus in Gethsemane linking his suffering to human humility. He asks for support from Peter James and John, prays to be spared if possible, yet submits to the Father’s will as betrayal nears.
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Getsemane
Gethsemane
Jesus
Peter
James
John
George Matheon
George A. Barton
Soil Of The Future Farming For Profit And Science
A Cleveland Plain Dealer piece quotes a chemical engineer envisioning future farming driven by money and new schemes. He criticizes acreage reduction as harmful but predicts scientific cultivation could cut current farms by a fifth to feed and clothe the nation while expanding cellulose based industries and plastics. He foresees universal work and abundance.
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Cleveland Plain Dealer
Hitler Rejects Religion Yet Teases Accord With Church
In a passage quoted by Herman Rauschning, Hitler is described as declaring that all religions are alike and have no future for Germans. He suggests fascism might compromise with the church, but vows to tear up Christianity root and branch and annihilate it.
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Mauer
Herman Rauschning
The Pilot Explains Plane to Visitor at Airport
The pilot describes the airplane’s mechanical features and pilot duties to a pretty young visitor. He smiles and asks if she understands, noting one missing point about what makes the craft stay aloft.
Food Poison and Milk Pasteurization Emphasis
A 1930s discussion notes food poisoning from staphylococcus aureus in cream and eggs, often spread by cooks and servers. It argues that physical exams of food handlers are impractical, urges universal pasteurization of milk and cream, and stricter handling standards for dairy and dairy-based pastries.
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James Roberts
Hamilton
Deadman
RJ Wilson
S of Hygiene
University of Toronto
Wilson
Health League of Canada Offers Cancer Articles List
Territorial note invites readers to request the complete set of Dr McCullough cancer articles by writing to the Health League of Canada at 103 Bond St Toronto Ont.
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McCulough
Health League of Canada
Bond St
Toronto
Ont
Thomases Live On Thomas Venue In Port Williams Area
A Port Williams family with Mr and Mrs Thomas Thomas and several children shares a home on Thomas venue. They note it is pure coincidence the house was once owned by C A Thomas.
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Thomas Thomas
Williamsport
Thomasses
Thomas
C. A. Thomas
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Mathon
Sweden
Per Albin Hansson
Willliam Cullen Mryant Aways
Home Service
Electric
Hitler
EISH
Sanada
DR. J. W. S. McCullough
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