World Happenings Briefly Told
Stephen Henry Horgan inventor of the half tone engraving program died in Orange New Jersey. The University of Leningrad opens August 31 with 3 500 students the five year course cut to three. Fall and winter shoe prices show no general retail increase per wartime board. Lady Edward Spencer Churchill great aunt of the prime minister killed in auto accident her daughter Beryl Lady Cowdray injured. Norwegian interior minister orders vital plants to form defence corps to guard against deliberate damage. The Economist estimates 480 million dollars of British property destroyed by bombers in first two war years. Britain’s citizen advice bureaux have answered their millionth question since 1912.
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Stephen Henry Horgan
Orange
University of Leningrad
Edward Spencer Churchill
Beryl Lady Cowdray
Economist
London Financial
Great Britain
Britain
Patterned dresses and patterns for children by Adams
The advertisement outlines Pattern 4705 in two versions with front buttoning for easy dressing and laundering, plus Pattern 4708 for children sizes. It notes fabric yardages, collar options, and a request to mail twenty cents with name address and style number to Anne Adams in Winnipeg.
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Anne Adams
Chidren
McDermet Bee
Winnipeg
Man
Fire Watchers List Shows Fire Sense Of Humor
A London humor piece lists equipment for air raid fire watchers. It details gear such as belts with sandbags water buckets axes stirrup pumps whistles ladders shovels blankets and spare water tins with matches to handle incendiaries.
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London
Advertising Blotters Cause Nervous Reactions On Talbot Street
Readers complain about advertising bills littering cars on Talbot Street. They dislike white blotters under windshields which resemble police parking tickets and cause nervous shocks until they are recognized as ads. The St Thomas Times-Journal reports the tendency to toss these notices after entering vehicles.
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Talbot Street
St. Thomas Times-Journal
Police Department
Lost Stripe Soldier Seeks Return of Pet St Bernard
Sgt Michael Cassidy’s patrol dog Vig St Bernard named after Canada’s first WWI casualty lost a stripe as punishment for leaving Camp Shilo Manitoba for several days.
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Michael Cassidy
Camp Shilo
Man
Conserving Rubber Through Proper Tire Inflation And Driving
Firestone engineers show that underinflation and high speed significantly shorten tire life and waste rubber. Tests indicate 27 psi yields 70 percent of normal mileage, 24 psi drops to 33 percent. speeds from 30 to 60 mph double wear, 70 mph cuts mileage further. Regular tire rotation every 5 000 miles helps balance wear.
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Firestone
Firestone Fire & Rubber Company
Tire wear and speed impact on tire mileage
Firestone engineers report that tread wear increases with speed. At 40 mph waste is 22 percent of normal tread mileage, and at 50 mph waste nearly doubles the 40 mph loss, underscoring normal-speed wear as most cost effective.
Sunday School Lesson on Revelation 7 9 17 and 4 8
The lesson centers on Revelation 7 9 17 and 4 8 with a focus on the worship before God and the Lamb. It emphasizes the seal of the faithful, a vast, count-free multitude from all tribes and tongues, and the evangelistic zeal of the early Church as the gospel spreads amid persecution. Dr Swete notes life before the throne is life lived in divine presence.
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John
Jesus
Patmos
Cady H. Allen
Swete
Military purchases reveal massive July food and supply orders
The general purchasing branch of the munitions and supply department lists July buys for defense forces: potatoes 6,000,000 pounds, bread 4,200,000 pounds, beef 8,400,000 pounds, vegetables 2 500,000 pounds, evaporated milk 1,000,000 pounds, butter 800,000 pounds, acon 700,000 pounds, cheese 400,000 pounds, coffee 120,000 pounds, tea 100,000 pounds, eggs 500,000 dozen. Barracks stores added 150,000 knives and forks. Clothing totaled 8,000,000 dollars, fuels and equipment 30,000,000 dollars, and transport orders run to millions with negotiations for over 20,000,000 dollars in materials. Cleaning supplies included 500,000 bars of soap, 30,000 mop cloths, and 200,000 tins of cleansing powder.
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Navy
Army
Air Force
General Purchasing Branch
Munitions and Supply Department
Defence Department
Chiang Kai Shek predicts finish next year in war abroad
A Chongqing dispatch reports General Chiang Kai Shek telling Singapore that the Sino Japanese war would end in the coming year and thanking Malaya's 2,500,000 Chinese for aiding the prolonged struggle. Malay leaders call Britain Week and hold mass meetings to show loyalty while raising funds for the Lord Mayor's Fund.
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Chiang Kai-Shek
Singapore
Chungking
Chiang Kai- Shek
Japan
Malaya
Britain
Lord Mayor's
Public Health Unit Marks Ten Years of Service in Manitoba
A review in the Canadian Public Health Journal lauds the St. James St. Vital Health Unit for a decade of work across two Greater Winnipeg municipalities. Programs include home nursing school inspections dairy licensing medical care immunizations and child welfare with annual costs around 14 000 dollars and a population of about 24 000 served.
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St. James-St. Vital Health Unit
Manitoba
Public Healt Journal
Winnipeg
Greater
Department of Health
Capacity Of Burma Road Far In Excess Of Estimates
Daniel Arnstein, a veteran American truck and taxi operator who surveyed the Burma Road for the U S Government, says its capacity far exceeds the 300 000 tons a month figure. He notes the road is good and can operate efficiently with capacity limited only by Rangoon port someday.
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Daniel Arnstein
Chungking
United States
Arnstein
Rangoon
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Nme
NUS
Pressan
Thompany
God
Antic
North Pole
South Pole
Ealth Educate
Burma
B.C
Canada
Middle Island
Lake Erie
Mickie
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