World Happenings Briefly Told
No more cadets will enter Royal Military College Kingston until after the war. Private W Laurin of the Canadian Army fatally injured when run over by an ambulance in southern England. General Otto Ruge reportedly interned in a concentration camp near Dresden. China and USSR sign tea export deal worth 100 million dollars. Canada honey crop 1840 totals 22,633,400 pounds, 21.6 percent below 1939. Royal Australian Air Force enlistments held at five men per hour. Shelter accommodations for 105,000 added since October. overcrowding is easing. Over 155,000 special one dollar passports issued in six months. 250–300 daily from Ottawa offices.
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Royal Military College
Kingston
Ont
National Defence Headquarters
W. Laurin
Canadian Army
Norwegian Telegraph Bureau
Otto Ruge
Norway
Dresden
Germany
British Broadcasting Corporation
China
Soviet Union
Ussr
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Air Department
Melbourne
Royal Australian Air Force
Herbert Morrison
Ottawa
Seaweed Rayon Creates Fire Safe Blend for Textiles
A Leeds University textile expert in Bradford describes a new rayon fabric based on seaweed. It can blend with wool or cotton, dyes and washes well, and is nonflammable. Seaweed offers a convenient alternative to wood pulp and milk in textile production.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leeds University
Bradford
Manchester Guardian
European horse limousine spreads across cities uncovering odd transit trend
A London Daily Sketch writer notes a Europe wide shift to horse drawn transport. A Copenhagen brewer first converted an American saloon into a four seat horse limousine, with a bonnet box and shafts. The trend reaches Holland Belgium and Paris alongside rickshaws and two passenger bicycles. A Paris mule costs about £95 while a horse can cost up to 30 000 francs.
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Europe
London Daily Sketch
Copenhagen
Denmark
Holland
Belgium
Paris
Lincoln portrait by Hicks sold at NYC auction
A life portrait of Abraham Lincoln by Thomas Hicks from Springfield was sold in New York City for 11100 dollars in June 1860 after Lincoln's nomination. A mud puddle and a reckless driver are noted as an improbable coincidence in the same passage.
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Abraham Lincon
Thomas Hicks
Springfield
Lincoln
New York City
New road blocks guard Ulster as tank tests shape defense
Northern Ireland girds for invasion with a thousand and one cement and steel blocks praised as superior to earlier barriers. A Canadian soldier scientist staged a tank test that shattered one block and broke another, guiding new designs. Troops in Ulster focus on winter training and strategy to improve mobility and initiative.
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Northern Ireland
A G. L. McNaughton
England
Ulster
B.T.I
Ireland
Proving Effective Community Pastures Spur Western Progress
Community pastures in the prairie provinces now number fifty five active sites covering over a million acres. About seventy thousand acres are seeded to crested wheat grass with more to come. Livestock on these projects includes thousands of horses cattle and sheep across the 1938 to 1941 seasons, boosting stock numbers and preventing land degeneration while teaching western residents to apply science and initiative.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prairie
Family Herald
Weekly Star
Eligible For Service Population Reveals Foreign Birth Numbers
The eligible for service population includes over seven million male whites born outside the U S with Italians Germans and Russians the leading groups. Most are naturalized citizens and many former Canadians hold papers for business reasons and likely did not consider military draft. New air passenger and mail routes have shortened travel time to South America and Buenos Aires to 24 hours.
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United States
South America
Buenos Aires
Soy Bean Oil Flour Used in Adhesives and Insecticides
Soy bean oil extracted flour is used to make adhesives glue and insulated boards and also employed in manufacturing insecticides. 2391
Must Have Button Front Frock Anne Adams Pattern 4615
Busy housewives get a stylish button front frock Pattern 4615 by Anne Adams offers curved side front bust ease and a smooth waistline. Optional notched collar ric rac trim pockets and adjustable sleeve length. Sizes 34 to 50 cost 20 cents send name address size and pattern number to Anne Adams Pattern Dept Winnipeg Newspaper Union 175 McDermot Ave Winnipeg.
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Anne Adams
Winnipeg
Union
McDermot Ave. E
North Pole at Sea Level vs South Pole Altitude Climate
The North Pole lies at sea level with Arctic rain and about 1,500,000 inhabitants while the South Pole sits at 9,000 feet with Antarctica receiving no rain and no permanent residents.
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North Pole
Arctic
South Pole
Antarctic
Distances to Sun and Alpha Centauri
The sun sits 92 million miles from Earth while the nearest star Alpha Centauri lies about 25 billion miles away. This contrast highlights the vast scale of our solar neighborhood and nearby stellar profile.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earth
Hitler Says He Will Not End Career Like Napoleon
The article notes Hitler declares no aim to end his career as Napoleon did, while acknowledging Napoleon also did not foresee an end. The statement frames Hitler's viewed destiny against historical precedent.
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Hitler
Napoleon
British War Guests Highlight Canadian Co education Adaptability
British visitors at a Canadian school show adaptability to co education with Canadian pupils. Principal H F Gulston notes Britons excel in languages and oral English but are weaker in geometry and physical vigor. Teachers observe that after age ten Canadian pupils catch up and help the guests adjust, while accents seem the main visible difference.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. F Gulston
Rosedale School
Canada
Plastic Planes In Canada To Test Vidal Process
The Dominion government has exclusive rights to Vidal plastic aircraft process in Canada and ordered two fuselages for destruction tests. If successful, planes with plastic fuselages and components may fly in Canada before 1941. Plastics aim to cut costs and boost output, turning parts from days to hours.
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Dominion
Canada
Munitions and Supply Department
Ralph Bell
Bell
Preparedness and Faithfulness Lesson From Luke Teachings
Sunday school text focuses on readiness for Christ’s return from Luke 12 35 40 and Luke 12 41-48. It emphasizes watchfulness faithfulness and responsibility of stewards with insights from Peter and the apostles. The piece ties the master servant motif to the call to be prepared and accountable for gifts given.
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Jesus
Peter
Canada Red Cross appeal tops five million in Canada
Norman Somerville announces the national drive for five million dollars has raised 5 904 989 with Ontario at 2 869 236 and Quebec over a million, while Alberta nears its 300 000 goal. The drive states it will continue to support relief for wartime suffering in Britain and Canada.
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Canadian Red Cross Society
Norman Somerville
K.C
Alberta
Dominion
Ontario
Quebec
Prince Edward Island
Nova Scotia
New Brunswick
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
British Columbia
Sommerville
Britain
Canada
Great Britain
Donor Need Arises If Blood Powder Machine Doubles
Dr D Y Solandt of the University of Toronto says a machine turning 100 quarts of blood weekly into powder for transfusions may have its capacity doubled. Operated by Dr C H Best, the device funded by the Defence Department could eliminate typing and withstand temperature, lasting indefinitely. If doubled, the Canadian Red Cross Society would be asked to supply 800 donors weekly.
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Canada
D. Y. Solandt
University of Toronto
Department of National Defence
C. H. Best
Physiological Hygiene
Canadian Red Cross Society
Solandt
Forest timber stock in North Carolina reaches twenty billion feet
U S Department of Conservation statistics indicate about 20 billion board feet of usable timber remain standing in North Carolina forests.
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United States Department of Conservation
North Carolina
The Canadian Mother and Child Book Free Distribution
R E Wodehouse endorses Ernest Couture's The Canadian Mother and Child a 223 page guide to pre natal care baby care and nutrition. It uses a plain style with charts diagrams and recipes and offers free copies from the Department of Pensions and National Health Ottawa.
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R. E. Wodehouse
M.D
Department of Pensions and National Health
Ernest Couture
Department
Dept. of Pensions and National Health
Daly Building
Ottawa
Canada
University of Toronto leads aviation research awards talk
Dr H G Armstrong cautioned at Convocation Hall that aviation medicine and high altitude studies from University of Toronto researchers may decide air combat outcomes. He noted inherent musical ability is common among successful pilots and that training could teach musical skills. Roosevelt will award a trophy for the year’s top aviation contribution to Armstrong and two colleagues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
University of Toronto
Empire Centre
H. G. Armstrong
Royal Canadian Institute
Convocation Hall
Armstrong
FBI Boss Tamm Says Sabotage Espionage Threat Managed
Edward A. Tamm told New York industrialists the FBI has the sabotage and espionage issue well in hand in the United States. He said the identities of foreign espionage leaders are known, arrests are few, and flushing the quarry now would not aid security. The bureau emphasizes careful action to prevent undermining progress.
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New York
Edward A. Tamm
Federal Bureau of Investigation
F.B.I
United
FBI
United States
Tamm
America
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