World Happenings Briefly Told In Ottawa And London
Dingle Foot announces relief talks for starving Greece via Swedish Red Cross in the British House of Commons. A Toronto shipyard reports a government order for 27 folding boats for soldiers. Entry and inspection control expanded to sanitary and medical facilities under a pensions and national health order. Knights of Columbus open a bureau in Canada House to assist Canadian servicemen in London. Senator W. H. Sharpe dies in Ottawa on his 74th birthday. Canada produced 1.5 million gallons of apple juice in 1939, half from Nova Scotia plants. U.S. halts benzene in motor fuel, needed for synthetic rubber. Russia mobilizes 150 million people for a summer food battle.
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Knights of Columbus
Canada House
London
W. H. Sharpe
Manitoba
United Kingdom
Ottawa
Canada
Nova Scotia
United States
Russia
Neat and Trim A M Frock by Anne Adams Pattern 4003
Fashion note describes a women's frock pattern 4003 by Anne Adams with bias side panels for a longer torso effect. Features scalloped neckline sleeves and optional belt, neck to hem panel, fabric guidance, sizes 34 to 48, and mail order details from Winnipeg Pattern Dept. Pattern costs 20c.
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Anne Adams
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave
Winnipeg
Man
Historic Patent of Henry VIII Found in Peterborough Diocese
A 1541 patent establishing the Bishopric and Cathedral of Peterborough was discovered in the diocesan registry during a waste paper search in Peterborough England. The find highlights the original royal document dated September 4 1541 and its link to the cathedral.
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Peterborough
Eng
Britain Ent Les Skilled Men in Service Finds Wasted Talent
The Committee on Skilled Men in the Services chaired by Sir William Beveridge reports Britain wastes trained manpower. Interviewing over 400 skilled workers, it finds the navy and air force use skills better than the army, which releases thousands to industry and plans 40 000 more.
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Britain
London
Sir William Beveridge
Navy
Air Force
Army
RAF
Do Not Waste Steam in Britain War Factories
Dozens of accumulators store steam during air raids to keep plants ready. Thousands of tons of fuel saved in iron and steel works sugar refineries breweries dairies dyeworks and laundries use accumulators to store energy during off peak periods and release steam to restart production after alerts.
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Britain
Brush With Danger By a Young Canadian Bomber Pilot
Squadron Leader Lyall Price, 22, son of Major General C. B. Price, recounts a perilous flight in which his RCAF bomber, starving for fuel from the starboard tank, shed guns and gear overboard to lighten the craft. With engines failing to offload a heavy bomb, he still maneuvered to land safely at a coastal airfield near Westmount, Quebec.
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Lyall Price
C. B. Price
R.C.A.F
Price
Price Is
Westmount
Que
Britain strips iron railings for war salvage drives
Britain’s scrap campaign targets iron railings around nine London churches to produce tanks planes and ships. Owners receive about 6 dollars per ton, with payments after the war. Children collect wool remnants for market rates in a nation mobilizing resources.
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Britain
England
London
Beets Lead Utah Agriculture In Featured Chorus
Sugar beets are the chief crop of Utah. Tomorrow is the happiest day in the average man's life. About 50 species of fish are able to give electric shocks. Australia has the only known black opal field in the world.
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Utah
Australia
Canada Scraps Rubber Drive Launched By Government
Supplies Controller Williamson urged all Canadian businesses to appoint an aggressive, responsible person to organize a nationwide scrap rubber hunt. He noted armed forces and wartime industries need rubber while large amounts waste in factories and offices. The government will buy scrap rubber and direct it to essential war uses through the national salvage committee.
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Canada
Williamson
National Silvage Committee
Cadet Corps Linked With Home Guard For National Defence
The National Cadet Association and the Home Guard join to allow boys as young as fourteen to train as cadets. The move broadens cadet groups beyond schools to include boys from clubs and other organizations, linking them to local Home Guards for future defence.
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Britain
National Cadet Association
Home Guard
Cadet Association
Home Guards
Triumphal Entry and Weeping Over Jerusalem Explained
This Sunday school lesson explains Jesus riding a colt into Jerusalem to reveal his peaceful kingship, the crowd’s Hosannas, and his tears over a city that would soon reject righteousness. It contrasts ideal Zion with its hypocritical reality and cites Mark Luke and Isaiah passages for preparation and interpretation.
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Jerusalem
Jesus
Bethphage
Bethany
Mount of Olives
David
Mark
Jesus of Nazareth
Olivet
Herod
Zion
God
Vitamin B in bread eyed to boost Canadian diet
Dr. L H Newman of the Dominion Cerealist explains at the Health League of Canada that boosting thiamin in flour or bread can raise daily Vitamin B intake. White bread has low B1. methods include high potency yeast and milling to retain more B1. Canada seeks flour milling methods over synthetic additions. Boulder dam water flow bolts noted. Stephen Graham linked to graham bread.
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L. H. Newman
Dominion Cerealist
The
Health League of Canada
Newman
Central Experimental Farm
Ottawa
Ontario
Great Britain
Food Ministry
United States
Boulder Dam
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Dingle Foot
Ministry of Economic Warfare
House of Compmons
Swedish Red Cross
Toronto
Department of Pensions and National Health
Reg
Gene Byrnes
MR. Lenadole
I&s
Europe
Oos
NEA Service. Inc
No. 2 Wireless School
Calgary
Alta
Anderson
E. R. Owen
A. W. Anderson
Selkirk
E. R. Anderson
Pine Falls
A. Anderson
Flin Flon
By Fred Neher
Will Yum
Wotta
Endian
Stephen Graham
Graham
Mickie
Kle
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