Royal News: Venison Aid and War Time Changes
The King sent Balmoral venison to Scottish feeding centres while London street names approach revision post war. Royal Navy officers receive awards for the Bismarck chase and Dunkirk losses are tallied. Molotov denies claims of Molotov’s son as Moscow radio condemns false reports. Squadron-Lieutenant O'Brien earns the Distinguished Flying Cross after leading a RAF squadron. The King Queen and princesses hosted troops with a Marx Brothers film during a weekend stay.
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Balmoral
Scotland
London
A. V. Alexander
Admiralty
Moscow Radio
Vycheslav Molotov
Molotov
Peter Geoffrey O’brien
Toronto
Royal Air Force
Novel Auction Clears War Production Bottlenecks in Britain
A rapid tool exchange auction aims to speed war effort by reallocating machinery for planes, tanks, guns, shells, and ships. Eighty southwest England firms sent representatives with lists of needed and idle tools, some sold and others swapped with firms in the north and Midlands. The auctioneer claimed to have linked shortages with suppliers in minutes, noting a 5,000 bottlenecks cleared in five minutes in parts of the country.
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Potttenecks
England
Midlands
Planning a Community Play Cast and Royalties
Learn how to select a play for a community troupe with attention to royalty costs and available non royalty titles. The piece notes more women than men in casts, suggests sample royalty plays like The Devil Among the Skins and Sunday Costs Five Pesos, and advises requesting scripts from Mary Ellen, Box 326, Regina, Sask with a stamped self addressed envelope. It ends with a trivia line about Pluto being about 700 billion miles from Earth.
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Electric Light Company
Town Hall
Mary Ellen
Regina
Jumper Ensemble Pattern 4846 For Young Girls
Anne Adams unveils Pattern 4846 a lively jumper ensemble for active juniors. It features a V neck front buttoned jumper with bias skirt panels and a detachable front closure. a contrast blouse with Peter Pan collar and bow. sizes 6 to 14. Send 20 cents to Anne Adams Pattern Dept Winnipeg for ordering. Thousands of Germans Austrians and Italians in Britain register for war work. Eskimos trade mainly in white fox pelts.
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Anne Adams
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave. E
Winnipeg
Man
Britain
Train porters report seven false teeth left in coaches daily
Southern Railway of England workers note an average of seven sets of false teeth abandoned in railway coaches each day. A motorist who tries to beat a train at a crossing may lack wit but is soon seen as a man of parts.
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Southern Railway of England
Canada
Northland
Sub-Arctic
Wings, Ltd
Canadian Pacific Railway Company
Northern Air System
Lac du Bonnet
Manitoba
Waco
Norseman Engine-Cowling Craft Described
Readable text outlines the Norseman with full engine cowling long wing and enclosed cabin, noting its distinctive design features and appearance in the article segment.
Paris Suburb Officials Buy Wooden Shoes For Schools
La France Socialiste reports Paris workers suburb officials order large quantities of wooden shoes or gabots for school children due to a leather shortage. Prices now run about ten times higher than before.
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la France Socialiste
Paris
Arab fighter joins Free French after 1600 mile trek
An Arab combatant walked from Tunis to join the Free French Army. The journey spanned 1600 miles and took five months as he crossed the desert seeking service with Allied forces.
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Tunis
Algeria
Free French
Sunday School Lesson on Faithful Stewards
Golden text from I Corinthians 4 2. Lesson covers Matthew 25 14 30 Luke 169 13 18 24 30 1 Corinthians 16 2 2 Corinthians 4 1 9 Devotional reading Psalm 92 1 5 12 15.
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I. Corinthians
Corinthians
H. Corinthians
Evolution Theory Origins and Early Beliefs
Darwin was not the originator of evolution. His grandfather and others held the idea. In 1801 Lamarck published on the topic. In Japan roadside vendors sell grilled sweet potatoes and children seek them as Americans buy candy or ice cream.
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Charles Darwin
Darwin
Lamarck
Japan
Silk Worms Consume Leaves to Produce Kimono Silk
Five thousand silk worms require 125 pounds of mulberry leaves to yield enough silk for one kimono, illustrating the scale of traditional silk production and the food required for fiber.
Macedonians model liberality in poverty for Jerusalem relief
In a Pauline reflection, Paul cites the Macedonians who, despite trials and poverty, gave beyond their ability to support the Jerusalem poor. They first gave themselves to the Lord and to Paul as God’s agent, embodying cheerful generosity that honors God.
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Paul
Jerusalem
Corinthians
Aweel
Jeems
Glasgow restaurant orders tin mugs amid cup shortage
A Glasgow restaurant owner secures a consignment of tin mugs due to a labor and crockery shortage. In another eatery a waitress says slow service results from tracking cups from tables to the dishwasher to prevent theft by rivals.
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Glasgow
Canadians urged to confront health crisis in daily life
Frank Chamberlain writes that Canada suffers severe health failings with half a million malnourished children, 250 000 with hearing problems, and thousands with heart, mental, and infectious diseases. He cites Defence minister data on fitness and laments media silence amid preventable deaths from diphtheria typhoid and maternal mortality.
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Canada
The
Health League of Canada
Frank Chamberlain
Col
J. L. Ralston
National Defence
New Zealand
Chamberlain
Almost Too Efficient Motorist Finds Gadgets Cut Petrol Use
A London Tit-Bits anecdote describes a motorist who tried an atomizer to halve petrol use, a carburetor saving 30 percent, a different petrol brand saving 20 percent, and sparking plugs saving 10 percent, yet a test run caused the petrol tank to overflow within five miles.
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London
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