World Happenings Briefly Told
Despatches from Prague report synagogues in Prague closed by German authorities. The French minister to Thailand M Garaud is dismissed for not supporting Vichy. RAF pilots’ salaries range from $3.48 to $6.28 daily. YMCA groups aid troops in Scotland. Over 100000 Irish workers leave to British war industries. Vichy signs treaty with Romania for Romanian oil payment. Canada expects immediate results from Argentina trade deal. Seventy Americans join Britain’s radiolocator program in England. RAF commissioned men will receive a uniform allowance of £45 instead of £40.
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Royal Air Force
Scotland
Eire
Rumania
France
United States
Britain
England
Air Ministry
India Accepts Responsibility for 4000 European War Prisoners
India has taken responsibility for housing 4,000 European prisoners of war for Britain. About 30,000 have arrived, including over 3,000 officers. No German military prisoners, but German internees exist. Italians include 25 generals and an admiral, with a second admiral soon expected.
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India
Britain
Reappointment Keeps Linlithgow as Viceroy of India
The Marquess of Linlithgow is renewed as Viceroy of India through April 1943 after serving since 1936 following the late Marquess of Willingdon. The Ottawa mint opened in 1908 under Governor-General Bar Grey who struck the first coin. India’s annual tea trade approaches 100 million Canadian dollars.
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Rea
Marquess of Linlithgow
India
Snce
Marquess of Willingdon
Canada
Ottawa
Royal Mint
Bar Grey
The Realms of Royalties in School Texts
A London letter notes the vast fortunes tied to popular school texts like Hall and Knight's Algebra, enduring for decades. It contrasts fiction success with texts that persist and reward authors and publishers over a lifetime, while most school books fail to endure.
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Charles Pendlebury
London
Ottawa Journal
Hall
Bread consumption rises in Britain says Daily Sketch
The London Daily Sketch reports bread consumption increasing over years. Bread Officer Mr Bates notes per person weekly intake rose from about 3 2 1 loaves in peace years to higher totals, with 180 lbs per year in 1924 and around 212 lbs by 1936, projecting continued rise at current rate.
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Britain
London Daily Sketch
F. A Bates
England
Daily Sketch
Mr. Bates
Learn Home Ballroom Dances At Home Service
A Winnipeg Home Service notice offers a 12 page booklet with diagrams for popular dances like rumba tango fox trot waltz and shag. It promises steps posture rhythm and positions with a 15 cent copy plus other booklets available at 1 5 10 with titles on advertising design games fashion drawing rugs and piano play.
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Home Service Dept
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave
Winnipeg Man
Noay School Lesson Devotional Scriptural Citations
Devotional reading cites multiple Bible verses from Romans John Acts 1 and Revelation to discuss being led by the Spirit of God as sons of God. Mentions Romans 8 9 12 17 and 1 Corinthians 12 1 13 among others.
Unusual three piece ensemble by Anne Adams pattern 4804
Pattern 4804 offers a chic three piece ensemble including a dress bag and turban with a shirt waist bodice and four piece skirt. Size 16 requires 2 1/2 yards of fabric and 2 1/2 yards contrast. Send 20 cents to Pattern Dept Winnipeg Newspaper Union. Also mentions British Columbia lobster anecdote and Canada’s first post office at Hall.
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Anne Adams
Anne
Adams Pattern Dept
Winnipeg
Newspaper Union
McDermott Ave. E
Man
The Promise of the Holy Spirit in Acts 18
The interview with the risen Jesus shows the disciples seeking political restoration for Israel but Jesus redirects them to spiritual power. They must await the Holy Spirit before proclaiming the gospel, for true transformation comes not by words or sacraments but by spirit led living. The fruit of the Spirit in Galatians 5:22-26 defines this righteous conduct.
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Israel
Assyria
Babylonia
Persia
Greece
Rome
Jesus
Christ
Paul
Linguists In Demand Among Russian Officers
The New World notes a shortage of Russian officers who speak foreign languages. Few in the Russian Army know any language beyond Russian, whereas French was once common among officers and widely used in the Imperial Palace and St. Petersburg society. Russian is described as one of Europe’s most difficult languages.
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Imperial Palace
St. Petersburg
Europe
Rats Spread Disease Warns Public Health Officials
A Journal of the American Medical Association report highlights the brown rat as a disease host linked to typhus fever in the Southern United States. 1939 saw record cases, with Nashville noting an outbreak of 75 tied to grain warehouses near railway lines.
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United States
Journal of the American Medical Association
Nashville
Tennessee
Corn on Chessboard Paradox Stuns Riddling Minds
A classic puzzle explains that placing one grain on the first square and doubling on each subsequent square would require more corn than exists in Canada and the United States to fill the 64 squares, illustrating exponential growth and limits of abundance.
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Canada
United States
In winter the stars look brighter and more visible
The note asserts that winter skies reveal more bright stars due to clearer conditions and longer nights. It mentions no specific people places or organizations and lacks concrete dates or events.
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