Date of Easter and its historic rules across centuries
The text explains that Easter falls on the first Sunday after the full moon on or after March 21, with variations if the moon matures on a Sunday. It cites 1942 examples with full moons on March 2 and April 1, and outlines Ash Wednesday and Good Friday timing, plus historical notes on the word Easter and the Council of Nicaea and the 668 Canterbury reform aligning England with Rome.
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Israel
Rome
Nicaea
Alexandria
Theodore
Canterbury
England
Vancouver Adopts Disaster Unit Similar to Portland Car
The Vancouver fire department develops a 76 item disaster unit modeled after Portland’s car donated three years ago by Agron M Frank. Captain J Anderson organized the effort as war clouds rose, noting uses in flood and fire relief. The vehicle carries oxygen masks lighting gear stretchers and a portable spray for burns among other tools.
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Fire Department of
Vancouver
Pacific
Portland
Oregon City
Agron M Frank
J. Anderson
Vancouver Fire Brigade
Toronto Star Weekly
Goodyear Produces Tire From Reclaimed Rubber in Canada
R W Richards of Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company of Canada describes a new Toronto factory tire made entirely from reclaimed rubber. He notes the tire is not released for sale, requires more testing, and is an emergency tire with service potentially lower than crude or synthetic rubber tires. The product is in an experimental stage with development progress undetermined.
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R. W. Richards
Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company of Canada, Ltd
Goodyear Company
Toronto
Obituary for Andrew Soutar A Prolific British Writer
Andrew Soutar dies at 61, hailed as a fast talker who used a dicta phone to produce about 23,000 words daily, far above the typical 3,900 words a day of most novelists. He set a remarkable output record in the literary world.
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Andrew Soutar
Czechoslovakia's Masaryk warns on Nazi resolve
The CzechoslovakianForeignMinister Masaryk declares in a bold statement that Nazi aims to enslave the world can crack once Germany realizes the Allies will persevere for any length of time. The message underscores defiance and resilience in the face of aggression.
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Ian Masaryk
Germany
Poppies Growed On Battlefields and Volcanic Plug Formations
Poppies have long appeared as a weed on neglected lands across western Europe, including World War I battlefields, seen as a natural plant rather than supernatural. A volcanic plug forms when plastic lava is forced through openings in the earth's crust and then hardens.
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Europe
Propagandist claims on Japanese morale and radio blitz
Edward Hunter asserts that able propagandists within Korea and Japanese expatriates can undermine Japan from Rangoon to Changsha and in the United States. He warns Occidental voices are ineffective and notes Chungking’s limited radio campaign could grow into a major factor in Japan's eventual defeat.
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Edward Hunter
New York Post
Japan
Orient
Rangoon
Chungking
Changsha
U.S
United Nations
Man Uses Varied Animal Milks and Oil Dilution Note
A historical note lists milks from camel cow goat Hama reindeer sheep water buffalo yak and zebu. It also notes crankcase oil in an automobile engine dilutes less when using a more volatile gasoline.
Spitfire Alloway Avenge Death Wins Brisk War Record
The Spitfire Alloway named for Frt.Lt. Hamilton Alloway of Winnipeg earned Britain a fine war record after 40 operational flights. It escorted bombers over German-held territory and destroyed at least two, possibly three, enemy aircraft in aerial combat before a collision wrecked the ship.
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Alloway
Hamilton Hammy
Winnipeg
Britain
Basutoland
Messerschmitts
Starving Children and Nazi Atrocity Quote from Niagara Falls Review
The Niagara Falls Review quote condemns Nazi aggression and notes starving European children. It claims Greece faces daily deaths and Finland sends 1,200 children to Denmark to escape hunger while invoking Hitler’s words about mothers.
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Europe
Greece
Finland
Denmark
Hitler
Niagara Falls Review
Do Not Waste Anything Government Bulletin
The bulletin urges conserving scraps for armaments, noting one third of rubber and 50 percent of steel can be reused. It stresses that copper brass lead and zinc demands can be met by careful conservation of odds and ends. It adds unrelated facts about the electric eel and human teeth water content.
Steamboat Tahoe Sinks Japanese Sub Amid Sanitation Run
On December 20 the Oakland steamer Tahoe rammed a surfaced Japanese submarine off the Farallones during a garbage run. Captain Vartnaw and Chief Engineer Boldt led a swift response as oil and debris surfaced, the sub twisted bow, then the Tahoe resumed its sanitary service.
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Oakland
Calif
Alcatraz
Farallones
City of
Golden Gate
William Warmaw
Vartnaw
Richard Boldt
Tahoe
Collier's Weekly
Quick Thinking Simpson Sips Whiskey in Bluff
A teetotaler named Simpson sends his boy to fetch whiskey for a secret use. The hotel keeper challenges the request, asking who it is for. The boy reveals the cork is needed to make a fishing float, exposing a humorous misdirection.
Gospels Likely Written in Aramaic Not Greek
Dr. Albert T. Olmstead of the University of Chicago argues that the gospels originated in Aramaic rather than Greek, the language Jesus spoke, challenging common scholarly assumptions. The assertion highlights the linguistic roots of early Christian texts and invites reevaluation of original wording and translations.
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Albert T. Olmstead
University of Chicago
Jesus
Women of Belgravia form home defence learning rifle use
Mistresses and their maids, business girls and civil defence workers attended Belgravia's women's home defence force meeting in London. Dr Edith Summerskill urged preparedness for invasion, stressing that women should learn to fire a rifle not for offence but to be ready in an emergency. The move reflects growing informal support for women’s units across the country, despite lacking official government backing.
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Belgravia
London
Edith Summerskill
Food Stowed Away Through Lifetime
A statistician in Your Life magazine estimates the average person stores about 1400 times their weight in food and drink, equaling nearly 150 tons over a lifetime. The claim invites readers to reflect on long term eating habits.
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Bruce Cole
Life Magazine
Verne’s Twenty Thousand Leagues About Sea Journey
From its title readers often misread the work as a measure of depth but the novel actually chronicles a voyage spanning 20 000 leagues beneath the sea detailing travel across oceans and encounters with the submarine Nautilus and Captain Nemo.
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Jules Verne
Bar owner promotes War Savings stamps to customers in London
A Chelsea bar owner who runs a savings group displays War Savings stamps on the counter and tells patrons that if they can afford a drink they can buy a 6d stamp, encouraging savings with the offer.
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Chelsea
London
Navigability of the Amazon and Geological Time Span
The article notes the Amazon river is navigable for ocean steamers for 2 300 miles and cites geologists tracing world history back about 1 500 000 000 years. The two facts are presented as separate historical observations.
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Amazon River
British Admiralty chief notes heavy toll on German submarines
A W Alexander reports that thousands of German mariners have been killed or captured as the submarine war continues. He recalls the destruction of U-100 commanded by Schepke after a three hour chase by British destroyers, with depth charges and a ram destroying the sub and only six crew saved.
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Alexander
Schepke
Kiel
Twain’s Berlin Ticket Gag Nets $500 Tale
Mark Twain paid fifteen times the fare on a Berlin street car, discarding tickets before inspectors could see them. He bought new tickets each time, delaying payment, and used the incident to craft a story that earned him five hundred dollars.
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Berlin
Mark Twain
Mark
Mozart advises starting with ballads for young composers
Mozart tells a young man to begin with ballads rather than a full symphony. He notes he wrote symphonies early but emphasizes learning step by step and asking the right questions.
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Mozart
Telephoning From Mexico and Caution on Discourse
The piece notes how times force caution in long distance calls from Mexico with operators reading a speech warning against discussing weather, military matters, or anything that could aid the enemy. It reflects wartime censorship and communication limits.
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Mexico
Chilly Courtroom Note Names Breeze Blizzard Jury
Ingram, the clerk of court in High Point North Carolina, shut a courtroom window and found jurors John Breeze and H B Blizzard on the panel. The stenographer was Miss Ida Snow.
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High Point
N.C
John Breeze
H. B. Blizzard
Ida Snow
Earth Moves About 1000 Miles Each Minute in Orbit
The sentence states that the Earth travels around the sun at roughly 1000 miles per minute. This describes a constant orbital velocity and highlights the vast scale of planetary motion within our solar system.
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Bardia
California
Simpson
Dob Saye
Admiralty
A W Alexander
Cardiff
Wales
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