British admiralty reports torpedo damage to battleship Queen Elizabeth
World happenings briefly note the Queen Elizabeth sustained torpedo damage in January 1942. Other items include Jamaica and Bodmin Moor smuggling history up for sale, Turkey ready to import Canadian machinery, and a government tribute to Newfoundland's European war effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jamaica Inc
Bodmin Moor
Cornwall
England
John Anderson
House of
Paria
Lenton
Dominions Office
Newfoundland Commission of Government
Payins
Newfoundland
Mary Churens
Behold I Send My Messenger Across Malachi Prophecy
Sunday school lesson centers on Malachi 3 1 6 marker and Luke 1 2 and Galatians 4 4 5 noting the coming of a messenger cleansing refining and redemption. It cites Luke 1 12 18 and Galatians 4 4 5 detailing salvation mercy covenant and adoption through Christ.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Malachi
Covenant
Levi
Jehovah
Luke
God
Israel
Looting of Polish Treasures Exposed in Warsaw Exhibit
Tass dispatch from Warsaw notes a document signed by Adolf Hitler ordering Polish crowns and scepters taken to Germany. The exhibit Warsaw Accuses shows German destruction of museums, sarcophagi, and Egyptian mummies, with ruined palaces and statues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tass
Warsaw
Adolf Hitler
Germany
Alotys
Silk Worms in Backyard Cultivation Hints at Canada War Shift
A New Industry item notes a woman in Cnisrwaca Ontario raising silkworms on mulberry trees in her yard and stocking silk stockings for her family. Experts doubt mulberry silkworm culture will spread widely in Canada, as wartime needs favor stocking lines over tree and worm cultivation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cnisrwaca
Canada
Famonton Journal
Crossword Puzzle Clues Mixed With Word Fragments
Puzzle lists scattered clues from across a crossword including grand parents preacher's stand and college grounds. Some entries appear garbled with missing letters and misprint like V7 Symbol for sodium is Sanity.
British Vitality Shows Lowest Infant Mortality in 1944 London
London reports the lowest infant mortality rate in England and Wales in 1944 despite widespread bombing and strained wartime hospital services. Britain’s birth rate for the year was the highest since 1926, promising a new generation despite six years of total war. Boston Post notes high English language study among Japanese soldiers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
England and
Wales
Britain
England
Boston Post
Britain's largest flying boat SS Shetland unveiled after wartime secrecy
The Shetland flying boat, 110 foot hull, designed for global patrols, reportedly faster than the US Mars and completed with flight success. A second hull under redesign will become a two decked transatlantic airliner with a promenade and cocktail bar.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Britain
John Buchanan
Short Brothers
United States
Mars
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United Kingdom
Jean Nerotra
Petain
Michael Clemenceau
Innsbruck
Austria
Trojean Alps
U.S. Seventh Army
Borotra
Paris
British Information Service
New York
Reg' Lar
Dinessme
Gene Byrnes
Shetland
By William Ferguson
Robin
PERL
Valentine States
Arizona
Tve
Baby
By Fred Neher
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