Sunday School Lesson on True Greatness Through Service
The lesson centers on Mark 9 and 10 45 in which Jesus teaches that true greatness comes from humble service not status He uses a child as a symbol of dependence and care reminding the disciples that receiving such a child is equivalent to receiving Christ and God The discussion contrasts selfish rank seeking with a serving spirit urging readers to value guidance and support over recognition.
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Mount of Transfiguration
Capernaum
Jesus
Peter
Shipping losses push Japan to abandon Pacific holds
Newsweek reports Jap shipping is surging toward a crisis with annual losses of about 2,000,000 tons while shipbuilding tops 1,300,000 tons. Southwest Pacific garrison of 135,000 faces supply shortages as Australians capture prisoners in deteriorating condition. Inner defenses unlikely to loosen soon.
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New Britain
New Guinea
Solomons
U.S
Rabaul
Southwest Pacific
Newsweek
New York
Poles in Britain claim 1500 Nazi planes shot down
Polish air squadrons based in Britain since 1940 report shooting down more than 500 Nazi planes. The force now numbers about 12 000 men, with total Polish airmen credited for upwards of 1 500 enemy planes since the war began.
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Britain
Poland
World Happenings Briefly Told
Production of wheat for 1944 in Australia is estimated at 70 000 bushels. Lifeboats of the Royal National Life Boat Institution at Harwich England rescued 31 men from planes and vessels in distress during November. London's anti-aircraft barrage for one night cost 450 000. Sir Harold Mackintosh, chairman of the National Savings Committee, disclosed. Berliners now call their city the Reichs city of ruin. A Budapest despatch said. Unemployment insurance benefit claims in December surpassed any month in 1943 per the Dominion bureau of statistics. The first South African WAAFs arrived in Britain wearing khaki with an orange shoulder bar. Hon Herbert Amscoms said Japanese will not be allowed to return to British Columbia after the war. Of 37 German POW candidates for the British Institution of Mechanical Engineers, 34 passed. A National Jewellers Association official estimates at least 500 000 watches and clocks in Britain are out of service due to repair shortages.
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London
Harold Mackintosh
National Savings Committee
The
National Jewellers’ Association
Britain
Britain plans pre fabricated homes postwar for rapid civilian relief
The government outlines plans to build thousands of short life post war homes to house civilians and returning soldiers. Housing experts favor rapid construction with a ten year life and a long term policy for sturdier housing when conditions improve. The exchequer has received over £57 million in interest free loans.
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Ministry of Works and Planning
Ancient Brahmin Priests Gather for Sun God Prayer
Two thousand Brahmin priests gathered on the Jumna river shore to petition the sun god for world order and happiness. It marked a rare 300 year restaging of the mahayana rite for world purification, the first since the 17th century in Benares during Hindu persecutions by Aurangzebe.
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Jumna
Benares
Aurangzebe
Major Patricia Curtis Leads CWAC Staff In Ottawa
Postwar CWAC poll shows domestic life as preferred goal for many members. Promotions follow for Corporal Gertrude Wurtz and Sergeant Joyce Hodgins in Ottawa. Detachable ambulance fittings arrive for Regular Army trucks. A war service film and a medical journal for army doctors are announced.
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Patricia Curtis
New Westminster
B.C
Canadian Women's Army Corps
Judge Advocate General
Ottawa
CWAC
Gertrude N. Wurtz
Daniel Wurtz
Kelvington
Sask
Canadian Women’s Army Corps
Wurtz
Directorate of Staff Duties
Bie Ae
Joyce Ethel Hodgins
Allan Hodgins
Moosomin
Hodgins
Queen Meets Repatriated POWs at Southeast England Depot
The Queen held her first meeting with repatriated prisoners of war at an R C M C depot in southeast England. She listened to their stories and urged them to fill the blank in their lives.
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R.C.M.C
England
Chinese actors refuse Japanese roles in atrocity films
Some Chinese actors in Hollywood decline to play Japanese parts in atrocity pictures. They argue the stance stems from fear that such films will heighten racial prejudice against people of the yellow race, a practical concern rather than resentment toward Japan.
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Hollywood
Rayon Becomes World Second Most Used Fiber
Rayon now ranks as the second most widely used fiber globally while cotton remains in the lead. The shift highlights growing textile material diversity and market demand for rayon in industry wide production and fashion.
Canadians Marry English Girls While Abroad
Military authorities report thousands of Canadians married English women during time stationed in England, reflecting a notable social link formed amid wartime service.
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England
Aircraft production to shed workers as industry strengthens
The London Daily Mail says British aircraft production will cut personnel as the program enters a healthier state. Thousands long employed in aircraft work will be called to service or reassigned, following a record output year and improved labor conditions. The sandal is the earliest type of footwear.
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London Daily Mail
Crossword Puzzle Clue Pack from Xx Our Paper
A dense word list with clues across and down including terms like Tibetan priest Bedouin Arndillo and other entries across various lengths. The puzzle mixes language words and definitions with several obscured or misread letters challenging solvers and offering a broad lexicon.
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