World Happenings Briefly Told
Dr Augusta Stowe Gullen the first woman to earn a medical degree at eight Canadian universities died recently in Toronto. Britain reduces road traffic yet road deaths rise. call for sane behavior. Sweden reports 222 ships lost with 577000 gross tons. unemployment benefit claims rise in June and July. London sets up Poor Man’s Valuer and Poor Man’s Lawyer associations. Direct telephone service links New York and Moscow. Spain’s Monserrat Abbey repairs after civil war damage. Monmouth?
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Augusta Stowe Gullen
Toronto
Poor Man's Valuer Association
London
Poor Man's Lawyer's Association
The
Law Society
Britain
Ministry of Transport
High and Wide Rail Loads Move Canada War Materials
Canadian railways master the transport of oversized war shipments. The 150 ton tank rode three flat cars from Montreal to Sarnia for synthetic rubber plant needs. Other example loads include an invasion barge, an army laundry unit, a 60 foot tug, a large propeller, and a marine boiler with special car fixtures to prevent rolling.
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Canada
Dominion
N. Uonel Railways
Montreal
Sarnia
Fone
National
Owen Sound
CNR
Seaboard
Hermit in Welsh Mountains Lives on Raw Food
Joseph Lloyd James, living as a hermit on a Welsh mountainside, says rationing does not trouble him. For five years he has subsisted entirely on raw food from his small holding.
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Joseph Lloyd James
Smart Slip Covers for Chairs Lets You Refinish Fast
The Home Service guide shows a simple method to transform chairs with colorful slip covers. Pin fabric inside the chair back and seat, trim surplus, baste seams, then stitch and add fringe. Send 15 cents to Winnipeg Newspaper Union for a copy of How to Make Slip Covers.
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Home Service Dept
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave
Winnipeg
Man
Battered satchel yields $60 from three pills
Leroy R Cortell of Los Angeles bought a battered satchel from a passerby for 15 cents. While cleaning it before reselling for 25 cents, he found three neatly folded pills totaling $60. Rationing of food grains such as wheat and rice is in operation in Bombay Indian.
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Leroy R. Cortell
Los Angeles
Cortell
Bombay
Sunday School Lesson on Worship and the Decalogue
The article discusses God as spirit and worship in truth, the Decalogue’s origin from deka and logos, and Exodus commandments one through two. It contrasts polytheism with Jehovah, cautions against idolatry, and reflects on modern idols such as mammon and power amid war losses.
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Gorgen
God
John
Egypt
Moffatt
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New York
Mosrow
Exntain
England
Wales
Scotland
Sweden
Swedish News Exchange
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Spain
Monserrat
Cecil Bigwood
Cecil
Home Service
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Urner
Gene Byrnes
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Archibald Smair
Commons
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