World Happenings Briefly Told
Army Minister P C Spender announced Australian casualties to the Syrian campaign were 1682 with 297 killed. A British source said German raiders stripped captured vessels, indicating metal shortages for the Reich. BC trade with Japan, frozen, stood at about 8.5 million dollars last year. Corvettes from Canadian yards manned by Canadians aid UK and Canadian waters. A Clermont Ferrand tribunal sentenced Free French followers in absentia from death to ten years. Netherlands East Indies to receive US Catalina flying boats. Vichy troops in Syria and Lebanon likely moved to French Morocco and Dakar. Captain W J Symons VC, now in the UK Home Guard, leads a specialized unit. Red Cross delegate Richard Allen says famine in Europe is overstated.
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Reich
British Columbia
Japan
United Kingdom
Macdonald
Clermont Ferrand
Charles de Gaulle
United States
Netherlands East Indies
Batavia
Reuters
Syria
Lebanon
French Morocco
Dakar
W. J. Symons
Gallipoli
Home Guard
American Red Cross
Richard Allen
France
Europe
Amusing Inquiries Reach RAF Information Bureau Weekly
The Air Ministry Information Bureau handles about 10 000 public inquiries weekly. A woman asked for two Spitfires to chase a German plane from her garden, a businessman sought a bombing raid on a factory map, and Naples mapowners worried about villa damage. A seven year old asked for an Air Force uniform with five pence a week, which was declined but promised later.
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R.A.F. Information Bureau
Air Ministry Information Bureau
R.A.F
London Listener
Germany
Naples
Air Force
Portraits of the Fuehrer Seeker Post Calls for Photos
A Nazi-occupied Poland newspaper advertises a recruitment for a general representative to sell portraits of the Fuehrer. The notice requests applicants enclose a photograph a short autobiography and references for a future post.
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Poland
Fuehrer
Flowers In London Parks Amid War Devastation
A vivid scene shows London parks full of bloom and crowds despite nearby war wreckage. Bombed streets and pockmarked walls contrast with green spaces, while a Canadian visitor feels unreal amid heat wave and near midnight daylight.
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London
England
Nazi Reorganization Faces Widespread French Resistance
Nazi control of French economy meets heavy resistance as coal strikes involve over 20 mines and 100000 workers. Belgian sympathy strikes erupt in Liege while blackshirt guards restore order. Fishermen ignore warnings risking capture at sea. Hitler reshuffles labor moving thousands to the Reich and transferring workers to Holland and Northern France.
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France
Liege
Admiral Darlan
Hitler
Reich
Holland
Protect Positions Extension for Government Employees
An order-in-council extends job protection to government employees who joined the forces since Sept 7, 1939, under two conditions. They must have served in continuing non war positions and been assigned directly to such roles, not as replacements. Earlier orders reserved positions for pre Sept 7 1939 public servants.
Westinghouse Cuts Aluminum Use for 130 Bombers
Westinghouse Electric reduced aluminum consumption by redesigning existing products with substitute materials, freeing over 1.5 million pounds of aluminum from 1941 needs. The effort also saved more than 1.5 million pounds of nickel and 100 thousand pounds of zinc in six months.
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Westinghouse Electric
World's Highest Post Office in Phamsong Tibet
The Phamsong post office in Tibet rises to about 15 300 feet above sea level making it the highest postal facility in Asia. Local officials describe the site as a notable landmark attracting trekkers and researchers.
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Phamsong
Tibet
Asia
Mosquito Diversity Exceeds Sixty Types on the Continent
Entomologists note over 60 mosquito species inhabit the continent with ecological roles from pollination to disease transmission. Researchers catalog habitats, lifecycles and regional prevalence, highlighting species diversity and implications for public health and vector control programs.
Post War Policy Aims for Global Welfare and Security
Merbert Morrison, home secretary, urged postwar policy center on health, diet, education, and peace of mind with effort. He said Britain must spend about £100,000,000 yearly to offset war costs and urged national welfare planning for clothing, housing, schools, and production. Morrison warned democratic leaders to imagine boldly or risk renewed conflict and disintegration, calling for international cooperation among free nations.
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Merbert Morrison
Home Secretary
Home Security
Foreign Press Association
Morrison
America
Dominions
Colonies
United Kingdom
Russia's belt line plane idea gains acceptance
The text notes that eighteen months ago Russia's plan to mass produce aircraft on an assembly belt was dismissed as ridiculous. It argues early models may have been unsafe but now the concept is no longer laughed at, indicating a shift in perception toward mass production of planes.
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Russia
Destruction of Swedish Property Bombed in Britain
The American Swedish News Exchange in New York reports German bombing of Swedish property in England and Ireland. Destruction includes Vice-Consulates in Liverpool Belfast Manchester and Sheffield. Liverpool and London Seamen's churches are also struck.
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England
Ireland
Swedish News Exchange
New York
Exchange
Liverpool
Belfast
Manchester
Sheffield
London
Matrons Trim Waistband Pattern 4810 by Anne Adams
Anne Adams Pattern 4810 offers a youthful but full-figured style for sizes 36 through 50. Features include a minimized bust width via scalloped buttoning, V-neck trim with ric rac edging, shoulder and waist darts, and a just-wide waistband with a front-panelled skirt to enhance height. Send 20 cents for pattern, include size name address and pattern number to Anne Adams Pattern Dept Winnipeg Newspaper Union.
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Anne Adams
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave. E
Winnipeg
Man
Russia Expects Long War Core of Soviet Strategy
The Soviet Union plans a protracted multi front conflict, leveraging vast resources and manpower to wear down enemies. This contrasts with fascist blitz theories favoring a sudden decisive strike. The view emerged from discussions with Red Army officers in Spain and translated Soviet military texts.
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Soviet Union
E. Cecil-Smith
Red Army
Spain
Pigeons and Mosquitoes Noted For Longevity and Fevers
A short excerpt notes homing pigeons used by the U S Army live about eight or nine years while mosquitoes can remain active for several days after each full meal, reflecting observations of animal behavior and insect feeding.
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U.S .Rmy
Sunday School Lesson on James and Pure Religion
Devotional notes discuss James 1 27 and 1 17 18 with reference to Psalm 15 and the origin of gifts from God The author explains faith and works as taught in James 2 14 17 and contrasts Christian faith with the Shema The piece cites Ruskin and The Expositor s Greek Testament to connect belief to action
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James
God
Dummelow
Ruskin
Brightest Stars Speaking in Windsor Excerpts by Holmes
Miss Beatrice Gordon Holmes, renowned British banker visiting Windsor Ontario, reflects on wartime Britain. She contrasts limited food with resilience, describes blackouts, and notes personal losses while planning for a future where life may end tomorrow. She cites surviving as part of London’s 99 percent and recalls her office’s burnt hall and equipment moved to homes.
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Windsor
Ont
Beatrice Gordon Holmes
England
Great Britain
Coventry Clock Strikes Again Amid Coventry Cathedral Ruins
The Coventry Cathedral clock, over three centuries old and weather sensitive, has been repaired by J. W. Eliot. With the electric power cut, the clock now chimes only the hours, its dulcet tones filling the air near the lime trees beside the roofless walls of the once famed cathedral in Coventry.
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Coventry Cathedral
J. W. Eliot
Coventry
Birmingham Main
Park of the Red Creek Seats Carved in Rocky Slopes
In the Park of the Red Creek near Denver Colorado seats are hewn from rock in a natural slope that leads toward a stage, forming a unique outdoor seating arrangement.
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Red Creek
Denver, Colo
Immunization Campaign Cuts Cape Breton Diphtheria Cases
Cape Breton Island led a 1938 school vaccination program against diphtheria in Glace Bay expanding to towns and rural areas. Data show 127 cases with 13 deaths in 1938, down to 35 cases and six deaths in 1939, and 16 cases with no deaths in 1940, underscoring the need to immunize preschool children early.
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Cape Breton Island
Canadian Public Health Journal
The
Health League of Canada
Glace Bay
Cape Breton County
Slavery Under Hitlers New Order Reported in Poland
The Polish Social Information Bureau details harsh treatment of Polish workers in Germany. A penny pamphlet claims 1,000,000 Poles were moved to German labor camps to strip Poland to an agricultural hinterland. The report notes RAF raids shifted German war production and Polish industry now serves the German war machine.
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Polish Social Information Bureau
New Order
Germany
Poland
R.A.F
London Daily Telegraph
New Colonel Demands Quick Meal Obedience
A newly promoted colonel hosts a dinner for his regiment and jokes that soldiers should attack the food as if it were the enemy. A sergeant slips away with wine, replying he is obeying orders since “when you don't kill the enemy you take them prisoners.”
Britain's famed Lawrence of Arabia rejected for front line duty
In World War I the famed Lawrence of Arabia was deemed unsuitable for frontline service due to anemia and short stature, preventing him from serving at the front.
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Britain
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