World Happenings Briefly Told On War Fronts And Ships
Ice price controls tightened by wartime board officials. The 10,000 ton freighter Fort La Prairie launched at an eastern Canadian port with another ship laid down immediately after. The admiralty reports 194 officers and crew missing or presumed killed on the destroyer Hams. Jaguar reported sunk on May 6. Ontario girls from schools assigned to eight farmerette camps in the Niagara peninsula fruit belt in June. The Marquess of Linlithgow says Indian workers are ready to support the war effort after a 3,000 mile air tour.
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Fort la Prairie
Admiralty
HAMS
Jaguar
Ontario
Niagara Peninsula
Marquess of Linlithgow
India
New Charm For Matrons Pattern 4030 For Plus Sizes
The pattern 4030 by Anne Willatne offers a larger neck to hem cut for the Prom suit with center front finished. It can trim and shape with lace trim and collar emphasis. Sleeves options include short, cap, or three quarter, in sizes 24 to 48. Send 20 cents and provide name address style number to Winnipeg Pattern Dept.
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Anne Willatne
Waite
Winnipeg
Jewellers Return to War Work for Britain’s Battle Effort
Age no handicap London craftsman Antrobus leads ex-retired jewelers back to benches to fashion instrument parts for planes tanks ships torpedoes and bombs. Up to 30 skilled men aged 60 to 80 work in one workshop while Antrobus organized wartime jewelry trade before.
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London
Britain
Pes
R. C. Antrobus
Antrobus
Napoleon
Napoleon I
Marie- Louise
Rome
Antrobus Tras
Smile a While Frazzled Dialog Sparks Laughs in Clinic
A humorous dialogue prompts amusement as a nurse reports a patient’s quick arm movements and a doctor notes a patient turning a corner. A married man comments on doughnuts not like his mother’s recipe while a bride recalls her mother's call for the recipe.
Agony in Gethsemane Explored In Sunday Lesson
The article reviews the moment in Gethsemane when Jesus prays with Peter James and John as betrayal looms. It explains his deep distress and the disciples’ role in offering presence and watchfulness before Pilate’s interrogation and the crowd’s shout to crucify.
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Gethermane
Jesus
Mount of Olives
Gethsemane
Peter
James
John
Pilate
Lee’s Humble Exit From Powhatan Store Scene
After the Civil War General Robert E. Lee visited a Powhatan County shop to discuss crops. A crowd gathered for a glimpse of the revered commander. Lee apologized to the proprietor Mr. Sanders for drawing away customers and left promptly.
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Robert E. Lee
Powhatan County
Virginia
General Lee
Industrial health push links morale to factory output
Dr. A C Ivy of Northwestern University told the Congress on Industrial Health in Chicago that morale and physical fitness drive production. He cited fatigue from heavy factory work and urged enforced rest periods, recreation rooms, and ongoing personnel experimentation to maintain worker welfare and performance.
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A. C. Ivy
Northwestern University
Congress On Industrial Health
Chicago
Ivy
Congress
Customs seize butter and silk stockings from rail tourists
Dundalk officers seized tables of butter sauce sugar canned fruit razor blades and silk stockings from five hundred rail excursionists about to return to Belfast. The confiscated goods filled the station platform.
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Dundalk
Eire
Northern Ireland
Belfast
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Prices and Trade Board
Anne Adams
Pity Baal
Air Training Plan
Saskatchewan
No. 7 Service Flying Training School
McLeod, Albert
SM. Moore
Moose Jaw
G. H. Kruesel
Kerrobert
W. D. Hunter
Saskatoon
G. Towell
Prince Albert
By Fred Neher
Gable
Pessons Mare
Reed
Health League
Ickie
Depres
Gene Byrnes
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