World Happenings Briefly Told Highlights Dozen Items
Dr Annie Jump Cannon famed Harvard astronomer died in Cambridge Massachusetts hospital. Port Arthur Shipbuilding reports contract for six twin screw minesweepers. Italy and Germany promised Yugoslavia Salonika port if Axis pact signed. Berlin plan to wipe Yugoslavia off map reported by Spanish agency. Canadian Red Cross says 4800 parcels for POWs arrived in Geneva. Shortage of cigarettes leads to 10 daily rations. Lt Col Alstoft announces institute details in London. Airways Atlantic plans to fly giant flying boats between Britain New York via Canada.
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Annie Jump Cannon
Harvard
Cambridge
Mass
R. M. Wolvin
Port Arthur Shipbuilding Company
British Broadcasting Corporation
Balkans
Berlin
Yugoslavia
Germany
Canadian
Red Cross
Geneva
Society
Montreal
Cable
R. A. D. Alstoft
Western Command
Navy
Army and
Air Force Institute
London
Paul Benshea
United States
British Overseas Airways
Airways Atlantic
Britain
New York
Canada
Gardening for all gardens with adaptable flowers and care
The article discusses methods for tender vegetables and flowering beds, emphasizing careful fertilizer use, moisture conservation by cultivation, and watering when possible. It covers tools like wire cultivators and Dutch hoes, rock garden design on slopes with weathered boulders, and choosing flowers suited to varied conditions from damp to dry and sunny to shady.
War Headlines and odd wartime anecdotes from Kenya
War in Kenya reports a large portion of settlers in uniform and describes Italian airmen surviving 12 days by eating raw tortoises. Africans and an Arab with an elephant gun captured them. A South African pilot landed on a camel. Elephant and buffalo incidents delayed local operations. Masai cattle trade shifts with the government and a cash gift to the War Chest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abyssinia
Underground Fortress in Soviet Fortifications Exposed
A Red Star report by a special correspondent describes entering a concealed hillside fortress door and finding a warm, well lit labyrinth with a power plant, dormitory, and fire stations. Guns and machine guns form a fortified zone of fire as part of a line of steel and concrete fortifications on an unidentified frontier. It marks the first reference to such fortifications in years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Star
Steel motor cruiser built at Kalgoorlie for defence
A. T. Rogers builds a rivetless steel motor cruiser at Kalgoorlie 300 miles from sea use as pleasure craft and coastal defense vessel. The vessel uses welded plates instead of rivets and stems from Australia’s famous gold mining centre.
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Kalgoorlie
Australia
A. T. Rogers
The Meaning of Dreams offer from Home Service Dept
Dream analysis guidance from a Winnipeg newspaper office promotes a 32 page booklet titled The Meaning of Dreams It explains how dreams reveal guilt fears and responsibilities and offers more booklets on gardening writing dogs budgeting fortune telling and crafts for 15 cents postage.
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Home Service Dept
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave. E
Winnipeg
Man
Fierce camera trick frees 60 Italian prisoners
A Royal Air Force pilot, entering Tobruk as troops advanced, used a concealed miniature camera and a menacing look to force sixty Italian captives out of a cave. He barked the phrase veni tutti, which the prisoners misunderstood as surrender orders, and they followed him into the lights. He later deemed aerial work safer.
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Royal Air Force
Cne
Tobruk
Old Custom Revived in War Time Barber Shops
In wartime Britain barbers report a shaving boom due to blade shortages. Old shaving mugs reappear, and girls with electric razors assist as barbers reclaim the trade. One barber notes rising daily shaves from about twenty to fifty. Regulars bring back mugs kept 25 years, hoping for quick shaves.
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Grandpop
Britain
London
Calamities Spark Wordplay on a Wedding Day
A playful debate unfolds about grammar and timing as a wedding day prompts reflections on events that occur versus take place. The dialogue humorously contrasts seasonal attire and the arrival of a mischievous moth amid the exchange.
The devil riding horse nickname for pirate bug
The pirate bug is locally known as the devil's riding horse in the southern region, a colorful sobriquet reflecting its feared reputation and distinctive behavior.
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Pirate Bug
Matron's Trim Buttoned Frock Pattern 4726 Ad
Anne Adams pattern 4726 creates a neat house dress with button front and yoke shoulders. Cut in cotton or rayon print, it features side paneling to slim the figure and optional patch pockets. Available in sizes 34 to 48, fabric needs and a 20 cent order to Anne Adams Pattern Dept Winnipeg.
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Anne Adams
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave. E
Winnipeg
Man
Words Of Inspiration From A Churchill Meeting
Air Marshal W. A. Bishop V C recalls visiting Downing Street for a chat with Mr. Churchill. He describes him as strong fearless determined stern and courageous, a unflinching leader of freedom in the world today.
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Downing Street
Churchill
W. A. Bishop
V.C
Conversational Skill Tested by Unplanned Guests
A light anecdote describes how inviting guests disrupts listening to a favorite radio program and showcases the challenges of poised conversation in casual settings.
English Gentlemen Adorn Hats with Gift Handkerchiefs
A historical note recalls young Englishmen once wearing handkerchiefs edged in gold in their hats, given as tokens by young women, reflecting fashion and courtship customs of the era.
Sharing Possessions In Early Jerusalem Church
Devotional summary of Acts 4 32 35 and 4 33 focusing on the first Christian community’s unity and generosity. It contrasts voluntary shared possessions with the Essenes and Therapeutai practices and notes the apostles’ witness to the resurrection and the value of the gospel alongside material aid. The piece cites John Gardner on the significance of the gospel beyond money.
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Dead Sea
Palestine
Egypt
Jerusalem
John Gardner
Swift the Dean and the forgiving kitchen tale
The anecdote portrays Jonathan Swift’s amiable nature toward his servants. When a joint arrived overdone, Swift asked the cook to “take this mutton to the kitchen, and do it less.” She objected that it was impossible, to which he replied that if faults are to be made, they should be ones that can be mended.
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Dean Swift
Swift
Cotton use in autos tops hundred million pounds
The article notes that 89,000,000 pounds of cotton are used in manufacturing 1,000,000 automobiles. This cotton comes from 558,000 acres harvested for the crop.
Paris Rats Claim Dwarfed by German Army Size
A quip asserts ten million rats in Paris rival the size of Hitler’s army, reflecting wartime exaggeration or satire about enemy strength and urban infestation.
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Paris
Hitler
Coronary thrombosis often not fatal says New York doctors
Doctors Masters and Dack analyze 415 coronary thrombosis cases showing most patients return to work after attack. In large private and public ward series, 75 percent had one attack, 22 percent a second, and many resumed full or light duties within months. Women show similar recovery to men.
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Masters
Dack
New York
New Flour Aims to Preserve Vitamins in Milling
Dr F F Tisdall of Toronto told a Winnipeg Canadian club audience that Dominion researchers perfected a new white flour retaining about 75 percent of essential vitamins. He credited Dr H L Newman for a rust resistant wheat flour milled by a new process, doubling vitamin retention compared with standard milling. He said costs to switch would be small and Canadians could gain substantial vitamin B supplies annually. He highlighted pension and health surveys showing many lack proper nutrition and warned Britain and Canada if fed properly could still face a food shortage despite surpluses.
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F. F. Tisdall
Toronto
Federal
Department of National Defence
Winnipeg
Tisdall
H. L. Newman
Dominion
Department of Pensions and National Health
Canada
Great Britain
Pride of Old Country Sparks Australian Hospitality
An officer of the mercantile marine returning from Australia says Britain's reputation is higher than ever there. In port cities his uniform elicits invitations to lunches, dinners, picnics, motor runs, and other hospitality, reflecting Australian pride in the Old Country.
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Mercantile Marine
Australia
News of the World
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Salonika
Greece
Vienna
Rock Gardens
Kenya
Ministry of Information
Maginot Line
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the Ench
RAF
THE
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Golder
British Isles
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