World Happenings Briefly Told
Saskatoon city council refused to accede to a request from six British Columbia Japanese who wish to make their hore there. Netherlands soldiers in Canada have been granted an increase if pay, it was announced at Juliana barracks, Stratford Ont. Directors of the Edmonton Exhibition Association decided that a fair will be held in 1943 if permission for use of grounds can be obtained from the RCAF. John William Christmas awarded a disability pension in Britain after the last war voluntarily relinquished it while the present war lasts and joined the RAF as an aircraftman. Personal telephone calls to points outside the western hemisphere except Britain have been prohibited by the United States board of war communications. On the recommendation of the Australian government the King extended for one year the term of Lord Gowrie governor general of Australia. His term was scheduled to end Jan 22, 1943. The British ministry of information announced officially that the prime minister does not intend to make a further statement reviewing the war before the summer adjournment of parliament. Prime Minister J C Smuts of South Africa has been awarded the Albert Medal of the Royal Empire Society for 1942. The medal was inscribed Statesman, soldier, scientist, philosopher.
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John William Christmas
Britain
The
R.A.F
Lord Gowrie
Australia
Ministry of Information
J. C. Smuts
South Africa
Royal Empire Society
Our Hours Of Leisure According To Viscount Grey
Viscount Grey argues leisure gains value when preceded by work and that the idle rich do not enjoy leisure as fully as those who have labored. He says true pleasure comes from changing occupations and pursuing activities one truly enjoys, rather than mere entertainment.
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Viscount Grey
Anne Adams Pattern 4138 and 4108 Offered
Advertises Anne Adams sewing patterns 4138 and 4108 with front buttoning darts and back panel. Available in men's sizes 34 to 46, size 36 requiring 4% yards of 35 inch fabric. Send 20 cents to the Anne Pattern Dept Winnipeg Manitoba for orders.
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Anne Adams
Anne
Winnipeg Union
McDermotte Ave
Winnipeg
Man
Victory budget helps Miss Sprung meet higher taxes
Jacqueline Sprung, a Toronto city hall switchboard operator, proposes a personal victory budget to absorb increased income taxes. She trims entertainment, cosmetics, lunches and dresses to keep salaries around 14.40 a week while tax reaches 79.50 in 1942 and she adds war savings stamps to her finances.
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Jacqueline Sprung
Toronto
Miss Sprung
Miss Spring
Orst
Luyiches
Coothee
Sprung
Sikorsky Excalibur flies as early transatlantic test
Oliver Lyttelton is among the first passengers on the Sikorsky Excalibur flying boat in Britain as American Export Air Lines contests Pan American for a transatlantic permit. Noted designer Igor Sikorsky follows a long aviation history from Kiev to Russia and beyond with dream of luxury Transoceanic air travel.
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Oliver Lyttelton
Britain
America
Atlantic
Sikorsky
Excalibur
American Export Air Lines, Inc
Washington
Pan-American Airways
Lord Moore
Mr. Lyttelton
C. R. Morris
Igor Sikorsky
Kiev
Bacon for Britain aids war effort from Ottawa
Ottawa announces Canada will ship at least 600 million pounds of bacon and pork to Britain this year. More meat is now delivered weekly than in all of 1931, demonstrating intensified support for the Allied war effort.
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Britain
Ottawa
Vancouver Island Story of Discovery and Cession
Vancouver Island off the British Columbia and Washington coasts became a focal point for early Japanese shell fire threats. It was first charted by 16th Century Spanish explorers and later ceded to England under the 1790 Treaty of Nootka causing a major shift in colonial control.
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Vancouver Island
British Columbia
Washington
England
Nootka
Carriage Business Booming in Toronto
Louis Back reports a thriving carriage trade in Toronto with 30 wagons and six buggies back in service and orders for 60 more refinishing jobs on high-wheeled steel-tired delivery carts.
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Toronto
Louis Back
Seventeen-Year-Old Merchant Seaman Tangles with War Peril
Johnny Brocklehurst of Stockport England matches his father by surviving three torpedo attacks. He clung to wreckage for 23 hours after the third torpedo strike before being rescued, equalling a First World War record.
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Johnny Brocklehurst
Stockport
Eng
Johnny
Abraham Intervenes as Sodom Story Unfolds
Devotional reading outlines Genesis 18 19 with Abraham’s hospitality to three visitors including Jehovah The lecture notes Abraham pleads for Sodom questioning if the Judge of all the earth will do right The narrative covers the visit to Lot in Sodom the blindness of the wicked and Lot s escape with his family ending with Lot s wife perishing
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Abraham
Sodom
Jehovah
Hebron
Beni Navim
Driver
Dead Sea
Moab
Gomorrah
Peter
Jesus
Lot
Russians Prove Women Capable Across Roles on Volga Trip
British United Press correspondent M S Handler traveled the Volga and the Caspian to witness Russian women working beyond traditional limits. He observed women operating locomotives oil barges and ships while men lagged behind. He asserts women would move into combat if Russia needed them on the front line.
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Russia
Soviet Union
United Press
M. S. Handler
Volga
Caspian
Handler
Candle care tips for refrigeration and varnish coating
A reader offers practical tips on candle storage and preservation. Refridgerating candles can prevent melting and extend burn time. Applying a light varnish coat helps decorative candles resist warm weather melting.
War Time Work Hours and Welfare Suggested for Britain
A British Industrial Health Research Board report urges a 60 to 65 hour work week for men and 52 to 60 for women during war. Special shifts for married women are advised to protect health and reduce turnover. Proposes day nurseries and child welfare as a national program and cites Toronto Star editorial backing for worker facilities like affordable meals medical services rest periods and recreation to support British and American workers.
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British Industrial Health Research Board
Britain
The
Toronto Star
Britain adopts waste-free tire reuse system
Britain begins a direct tire reuse process turning scrap tires into usable articles. The tread and undertread form a rubber compound for soles, heels, baby carriages, tires, prake blocks, washers and more. The tire carcass yields repair patches and other items such as washers and mounting pads to reduce wear.
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Britain
Brandon Sun
Tea economy advice from Eng land on conserving tea
The Brantford Expositor reports a British tip to spread tea on brown paper and warm it for ten minutes before use to double its yield and improve flavor. The advice underscores tea conservation amid shortages.
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England
Brantford Expositor
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Saskatoon
Netherlands
Canada
Juliana Barracks
Stratford
Ont
Edmonton Exhibition Association
RCAF
Western Hemisphere
United States Board of War Communications
Dream of
Sians
London Daily Sketch
BACON
J. Harvey
Ardrossan
Alta
No. 10
Service Flying Training School
Dauphin
Manitoba
R.C.A F
By William Ferguson
Jbat
Austral
NEA Service Inc
Canberra
Duke of York
By Fred Neher
Donald
Abrahams
Genesis
Welleague Canada
Mickie
Gene Byrnes
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