World Happenings Briefly Told
Official reports place more than 700000 workers in Italy employed making war materials. Sir Hubert Wilkins plans a May 1941 North Pole expedition using a submarine under the ice. Canada’s oldest twins celebrate 93rd birthday in Hanover Ontario. Vice Admiral Sir Geoffrey Blake recalled to be lord commissioner of the British Admiralty at age 58. Rockefeller gift of 1150000 funds UC cyclotron project. Seventy nine of 100 US bombers arrive in Australia per Air Minister J W Fairbairn. New petroleum fields found in northern Syria Eldjesira region near Turkey. Michael Downes Irishman sentenced to six months hard labor for stealing plans from an aircraft factory.
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Italy
Hubert Wilkins
North Pole
Canada
Charles
William Wendorf
Hanover
Ont
Geoffrey Blake
British Admiralty
University of California
Rockefeller Foundation
United States
Australia
J. W. Fairbairn
Syria
Eldjes Ira
Turkey
Michael Downes
No Substitute Yet Crosstie Saga At Patent Office
The Chicago News mockingly notes that despite 2,500 patented crossties that never carried a rail, inventors pursued substitutes for wood crossties while railroads still rely on wood in the twentieth century.
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Chicago News
Efficient Crop Production and Adoption of Varieties
The text contrasts two routes to higher crop efficiency: breeding new varieties and optimizing production conditions. It notes the ease of marketing a new wheat variety versus the slower, more enduring process of teaching producers to apply production methods that yield immediate gains and long term soil benefit. Seedtime and Harvest.
Photo graphic course for blind students at New York Institute
Paul Mitchell describes a new photo graphic course for blind students at the New York Institute for the Education of the Blind. The class studies light by comparing it to heat and sound, using a photo electric cell connected to a sound mechanism so students hear the result when they pass their hand through the light beam.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Institute For the Education of the Blind
Paul Mitchell
Matron's Graceful Yoked Dress Pattern 4403
Anne Adams Pattern 4403 offers a slenderizing soft dress with gay neck yokes and back yoke. Front darts shape the waist while three panels slim the front skirt. Options include long sleeves with bands or short open sleeves and contrasting yoke and sleeve bands. Available in sizes 34 to 48. requires 3 1 39 yards of 39 inch fabric for size 36. Send 20 cents to Winnipeg Pattern Dept. to order.
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Anne Adams
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave. E
Winnipeg
Kipling Estate Batemans Becomes National Memorial
The Batemans estate near Burwash Sussex is willed as a National Memorial to Rudyard Kipling. The National Trust will manage it and allow Mr and Mrs Charles Isted to reside in Oak Tree Cottage at seven shillings weekly. Mrs Isted Kipling’s former maid and Mr Isted’s garden role secure their exclusive life tenancy on historic land.
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Rudyard Kipling
Batemans
Burwash
Sussex
Poet of Empire
National Trust
Charles Isted
Oak Tree Cottage
Aerial Color Cameras In War Photography
Officials in Washington say color photography could be a powerful wartime tool. Color images reveal camouflage and hidden gun emplacements, troops, trains, and trenches that black and white photos miss. Test color photos exposed camouflaged buildings and landscape details unseen in monochrome.
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Army Air Corps
Washington
United States Air Corps
Plain Horse Sense In Daisy The Damsel Of Australia
Daisy the cow gets her tail tangled in rusted hoop iron by a fence at Homebush. An old horse named Dick calmly approaches, nudges her toward a corner, and gently pins the wire down with his hoof until her tail frees. An onlooker calls it plain horse sense.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Australia
Daisy
Homebush
Harmless Impurities Found in Ordinary Faucet Water
A report notes more than 30 kinds of harmless impurities present in typical faucet water, highlighting natural mineral content and minor contaminants. The study discusses the implications for health and suggests standard treatment and filtration considerations.
Canadian Fellowships Awarded by Royal Society of Canada
Six fellowships of 1506 each were announced by the Royal Society of Canada fellowships board. Funded by the Carnegie Corporation of New York they honor Canadian students. Recipients include William Harold Fishman of the University of Saskatchewan with a Edinburgh fellowship researching enzymic hormone action and P Mason Hurley of the University of British Columbia with a MIT fellowship studying geological age by radioactivity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Royal Society of Canada
Carnegie Corporation of New York
William Harold Fishman
University of Saskatchewan
University of Edinburgh
P. Mason Hurley
University of British Columbia
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Musical Adjudicator to Teach at Toronto Conservatory Summer School
Distinguished English baritone touring Canada as adjudicator of musical competitions will teach at the Toronto Conservatory of Music summer school from July 2 to July 30, per an announcement by Sir Ernest MacMillan, T.C.M., principal.
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Canada
Toronto Conservatory of Music
Ernest MacMillan
T.C.M
Snow’s value for soil moisture questioned in Canada
Two agronomists from the Dominion Experimental Station in Swift Current Saskatchewan studied years of data and found that snow’s contribution to soil moisture is over estimated. Melting snow often runs off into sloughs or evaporates while the soil remains frozen until thawing.
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Alberta
Dominion Experimental Station
Swift Current
Saskatchewan
S. Barnes
E. S. Hopkins
Gardening Advice on Timing and Spacing for a Successful Garden
The article explains wait for safe ground before sowing most crops, notes hard frost risk, and urges proper spacing. It covers seed handling for tiny seeds, benefits of seed catalog details on frost resistance and bloom time, and recommends hardy annuals and low maintenance flowers for those with limited time. It highlights eres mari golds portulaca and origin poppies as easy edging choices that thrive in sun and light soil.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
Best Exercises for Health and Beauty
Tiny wrinkle fears about hips fade with simple outdoor style workouts. The program targets outer thigh muscles and includes a sit and pull knee motion done 14 times then 28 to 36 reps, plus a bracing whole body routine. A 32 page booklet lists more slimming, posture, and health topics available for 15 cents from Winnipeg Newspaper Union.
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Home Service Dept
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave
Winnipeg, Man
Sunday School Lesson on Peaceful Future
The Sunday lesson centers on Micah 4 3 and Isaiah 11 6 10, urging nations to renounce war and transform weapons into plows and pruning hooks. A devotional reading invites reflection on the prophecy of a harmonious world where swords become tools of agriculture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Micah
Micah and Isaiah on a Peaceful Messianic Era
An analysis compares Micah 4 1 5 with Isaiah 2 2 4 noting similar visions of future peace. It explains latter days prophecies as messianic, describing Mount Jehovah as supreme, nations streaming to Jerusalem, and universal worship under Jehovah’s law with swords beaten into plowshares.
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Micah
Jehovah's House
Mount Morigh
Jerusalem
Esiselen
Israel
Jacob
Jehovah
Selected Recipes for Creamy Chicken and Mushroom Dish
Cook chicken and mushrooms in a saucepan. Add hot stock with crushed crackers and onion, heat until smooth. Pour over the chicken mixture and simmer on low ten minutes. Stir in beaten egg yolk and cream, add pimiento, heat briefly, then serve. Makes six portions.
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Christie's
Classic Coconut Macaroons Recipe with Corn Flakes
Mix 2 egg whites with 1 cup sugar and 1/2 teaspoon vanilla. Fold in 2 cups Kellogg's Corn Flakes 1 cup chopped nuts 1 cup shredded coconut. Drop spoonfuls on greased sheet bake 350F for 15 to 20 minutes till set. Yield about 11 to 12 macaroons, remove from pan at once.
Edison Chooses A Summer Getaway
A wife urges Thomas A. Edison to rest after a long day at work. She challenges him to pick the place he would most like to be and go there. He promises to depart the next day and, however, returns to his laboratory the following morning.
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Thomas A. Edison
Mr. Edison
Submarine Blockade Sieve Underrated by Berlin Broadcast
Berlin radio claimed the Queen Elizabeth fled Clyde for security in New York but overlooked Germanys submarine blockade proving itself a sieve as vessels faced scrutiny and disruption.
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Berlin
Clyde
New York
Germany
Captive Lions Grow Beautiful Manes Despite Less Muscle
Captive lions show more striking manes though their muscles are not as developed as wild counterparts. The difference in environment appears to influence mane fullness and overall appearance.
Canada must not cut health services during war says Dr Bates
Dr Gordon Bates of the Health League of Canada warns that maintaining health services is essential to winning the war. He cites Germany’s decline in health due to reduced care, food shortages, and war spending, arguing Canada must intensify rather than cut health efforts on the home front.
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Canada
Dominion
Gordon Bates
The
Health League of Canada
Germany
Bates
Martin Gumpert
Berlin
New York
Gumpert
Editorial Request for Dr McCullough Cancer Articles
Readers are advised to write to The Health League of Canada in Toronto to obtain the complete set of Dr McCullough’s cancer articles. The notice directs patrons to send requests to 105 Bond St. Toronto Ont for full compilation.
Ice Patrol Faces Severe Spring Challenge
The International Ice Patrol confronts its toughest spring and summer since inception as Halifax cannot provide ice hazard reports this year. Transatlantic ships will rely on Boston and New York bases, widening distances to ice fields. Cutter General Greene will offer oceanographic services from St Johns Newfoundland.
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Naval Hydrographic Office
Halifax
Boston
New York
General Greene
Coast Guard
St. Johns
Newfoundland
No American-Built Planes Entered Battle in World War II
A terse wartime note states that no aircraft built in the United States saw combat in the conflict. The observation reflects production and deployment gaps rather than broader strategic outcomes.
Times We Live In Reflect On Present Moments
A reflective note on living in current times describing moments of wonder and routine. The piece offers broad observations about life, progress, and daily experiences without specific events or named figures.
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Education For the
Kipling
Western
John Goss
Home Service
British Consols Export ¢ Legion
Toverseas
MacKenzie & CO. Ltd
Bannatyne Ave
Health League
DR. J. W. S. McCullough
War-Time Health Service
International Ice Patrol
Missing Cooperation of Canada
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