World Happenings Briefly Told
The London Daily Mail notes Vatican radio plans a Russian broadcast each Monday night. Stalingrad restoration nears 950 buildings. 20 new restaurants open. Admiral A M Peters named sea command at Gibraltar. 1943 wood clip priced around 26 cents a pound. Normandie to be upright at New York pier by mid July. Belgian pro-Nazi circles in Brussels say funeral cards announce their own deaths. Sweden to ship 2000 tons turnips carrots cabbage and 1000 tons Hungarian peas to Nazi occupied Norway. Many mines swept to Sweden’s west coast endangering shipping. Montagu Norman reelected Bank of England governor for 24th term. Basil G Catterns deputy governor. Nazis looted Norway about 9 billion crowns in three years of occupation.
Choose Anne Adams Pattern 4334 for summer dress
Readers can order Anne Adams pattern 4334 for a cotton year start dress in misses and women sizes 14 to 40. Size 16 requires 3 yards 35 inch fabric plus 1% yards braid. send 20 cents to the Anne Adams Pattern Dept Winnipeg Newspaper Union 175 McDermot Ave E Winnipeg Man. Allow for mail delays.
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Anne Adams
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave
Winnipeg
Martyr to science dies from X-ray dermatitis
Harold Suggars died in a London hospital from dermatitis caused by X rays suffered while assisting Ernest Hammack. He retired in 1938 after 35 years of work, bearing a seven inch chest scar, a false eyelid, failing sight and relentless skin irritation.
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Harold Suggars
London
Ernest Hammack
Suits The Soldier
The War Office allows service members on leave to travel light. Soldiers may leave behind arms and equipment not voluntarily carried. Holiday travelers need not bear gear beyond what they choose to take.
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War Office
Glasgow Herald
Belgian Air Force in England Surpasses Belgium Prewar Size
The Belgian Air Force stationed in England has grown larger than the Belgian air force that existed before the Nazi invasion, reflecting shifting defense deployments and wartime needs.
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England
Belgium
Christ's Agony in Gethsemane and the Disciples' Failure
A devotional study of Jesus praying in Gethsemane after the Last Supper. It notes Jesus sought Peter James and John for support, their sleep and Peter's denial, and Jesus' plea to watch and pray to avoid temptation, while illustrating the human need for companionship.
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Christ
Gethsemane
Matthew
Jesus
Judas
Kedron
Mount of Olives
Peter
Zebedee
James
John
Walter Raushchenbusch
Coal trucks now carry sugar and potatoes to war plants
Empty trucks bound for New York mines now haul sugar potatoes and materials for war plants on the outbound leg. The reversal of freight flows aids wartime needs and increases utilization of rolling stock.
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New York
Jack Miner Celebrates 7Sth Birthday in Canada Ambassador of Good Will
The press credits Jack Miner with boosting Canada’s tourism and bird life awareness. For 35 years he toured Canada and the United States on lecture circuits, promoting bird life, sanctuary work, and reforestation. His efforts inspired windbreaks and migration studies, earning him widespread recognition as a continental missionary.
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Jack Miner
Canada
Dominion
U.S
North America
Improved sea light for life jackets aids ships
The life jacket light used by the Merchant Navy has been simplified and improved. A spring clip secures the light to the jacket shoulder, the battery sits in a pocket, and a captive plug activates the lamp with two fingers. The device can be seen from far at sea and has saved many lives.
Seeing Is Believing West Coast Pacific Moment
Two New Jersey boys joined a group sent to the West Coast and viewed the Pacific Ocean for the first time. One asks if the Pacific is larger than the Atlantic. the other confirms it after a moment of looking out over the water.
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New Jersey
West Coast
Pacific
Pacific Ocean
Atlantic
Will Welcome Change In War-Torn Summer Work
The Globe notes returning soldiers with farming experience will seek summer fieldwork after a year or two in the army. It argues a change is as good as a rest and highlights renewed labor in rural tasks.
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Toronto Globe and Mail
Diaries of German Dead Reveal Quiet War-weary Mood
Maurice Hindus argues letters from German dead show widespread war fatigue and moral disintegration among civilians, yet no urge to revolt against Hitler. Diaries of Nazi officers and notes collected by Russians underscore a harsh wartime realism with no expectation of German collapse or uprising.
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Hitler Maurice Hindus
Germany
Hitler
Field Kitchen Trailers Presented by Viscount Bennett
Five mobile field kitchen trailers were presented to the home guard of an English county by Viscount Bennett on behalf of the Canadian Red Cross to honor close cooperation between the home guards and a Canadian corps stationed in the county.
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Home Guard
Viscount Bennett
Canadian Red Cross
Home Guards
Diphtheria toxoid protection urged for Canadian children
The Health League of Canada urges vaccination for all children from six months to twelve years. Early treatment markedly reduces deaths, with three injections over three weeks likely conferring lifetime immunity. In 1942 Canada reported 2,905 diphtheria cases, up nearly 300 from 1941.
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The
Health League of Canada
League
Canada
Hitler Youth Enrollment Reaches One Million In Berlin
The Berlin radio announced that over 1 009 000 German youths aged 14 or older were sworn into the Hitler Youth. Arthur Axman, NS party chief, led the principal ceremony at the Berlin Opera House and broadcast the event to youth groups nationwide.
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Berlin
Hitler Youth Organization
Arthur Axman
National Socialist Party
Berlin Opera House
Axman
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London Daily Mail
Vatican
Stalingrad
A.M. Peters
Gibraltar
Sea Command
Admiralty
Prices Board
House of Commons
Navy
Knox
New York Pier
Inbel
Brussels
Norway
Sweden
Montagu Norman
Bank of England
Bank
Basil G. Catterns
British War Office
By Fred Neher
Junior
Mickie
RDS
BY William Ferguson
INI
Reg'lar
Gene Byrnes
AMNT
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