World Happenings Briefly Told In Wartime Canada and Britain
Rates in Britain limit take home to under twenty dollars yearly after taxes. FO Christopher G Ford one of RAFs tallest pilots at six feet seven inches. England and Equatorial Africa train armies and air forces for fighting France. Canada considers cost of living bonus akin to the Canadian system. France orders births 1912–1921 to register for labor service. Chaplain Levi Gethin Hughes named honorary chaplain to the King. Canadian farm wages rise by Jan 15 versus 1941 and 1942. Sask coal output December 1942 falls 10 000 tons from 1941.
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Paris
Levi Gethin Hughes
Britain
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Saskatchewan
Junior Miss Style Pattern 4221 for Anne Adams design
Front line military trim fitted junior miss style with side front buttoning and skirt panel. Back draped valet complementing the ensemble. pocket hankie adds contrast. Pattern 4221 available in junior misses sizes 11 13 15 17. size 13 uses 3 yards of 39 inch fabric. Send 20 cents to Anne Adams Pattern Dept Winnipeg Newspaper Union 175 McDermot Ave Winnipeg Man.
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Anne Adams
Winnipeg
McDermot Ave. E
Man
Editor urges readers to pay subscriptions
A cheeky column reflects on asking readers to settle unpaid subscriptions. The writer pokes fun at self in the act of doing the “dirty work” of collecting dues and maintaining the paper.
Glycerine Substitute Unveiled For War Explosives
Scientists at the U S Department of Agriculture regional station in Philadelphia developed a syrup from apples that substitutes glycerine in tobacco processing and could free millions of pounds of glycerine annually for bombs and other war explosives. The project began a year ago to find a sugar substitute but yielded a wartime chemical use instead.
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U.S. Department of Agriculture
Philadelphia
Forty Million Gift Creates Nuffield Foundation
Lord Nuffield the British motor magnate and philanthropist caps his gifts with a 40 million dollar endowment to form the Nuffield Foundation. The fund will support medical research and teaching, health services, industrial science education, social studies, and care for the elderly. He has already donated over 60 million dollars to other trusts.
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London
Lord Nuffield
Nuffield Foundation
Seven Saint Valentines and the art of the greeting card
The article traces multiple Saint Valentines and the unclear origin of Valentine’s Day while noting the evolution of cards from lace and silks in the gay nineties to modern printed masterpieces. It observes wartime demand increasing valentines among youths and ends with a Canada war savings message urging immediate action.
Jesus Delays Then Raises Lazarus Faith Among Bethany Friends
Sunday school lesson on John 11 and 1 Peter 1 3 12 emphasizes Jesus loves Martha Mary and Lazarus and delays to reveal God's glory The Bethany visit follows Lazarus death with Martha expressing belief that Jesus can restore life yet confusing resurrection future with present faith The discourse contrasts belief and faith and reflects on seeking comfort in near rather than distant salvation
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Jesus
Lazarus
Bethany
Martha
John
God
Thomas
Palestine
Jerusalem
Mary
Tests to grow Russian dandelion rubber in dominions
Canada is believed to be best for cultivating the Russian dandelion rubber plant with tests conducted across Great Britain Australia India New Zealand and the United States to identify successful growing regions.
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Canada
Dominions
Great Britain
Australia
India
New Zealand
United States
Endangered Canned Goods Hint at Grocery Shortages
A reader notes a trend that salmon and tomatoes once common on grocers shelves are thinning. The observer suspects these staples may soon vanish from stores, reflecting broader supply pressures.
German military genius myth questioned after Stalingrad
Ottawa Journal contends that German prowess in World War II was overblown as Stalin’s strategy trapped forces at Stalingrad and Rommel’s desert tactics failed without air and armored superiority. The piece argues “genius” myths faded once odds turned and cites Egypt, Libya, and broader strategic failures.
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Russia
Hitler
Stalin
Napoleon
Stalingrad
Caucasus
Egypt
Libya
Rommel
Montgomery
Churchill
Germany
Ottawa Journal
Horthy Sells Property Stirring Hungarian Politics
The London Daily Sketch reports Admiral Horthy Regent of Hungary selling a large part of his property by private treaty. The move unsettles Hungarian political circles who say it signals an end of his regime and a plan to move his remaining fortune abroad. Much of his fortune is already in Argentina.
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London Daily Sketch
Admiral Horthy
Hungary
Horthy
Mannequin Parade Sparks Party Dress Plan
Mrs. Brown and her husband attend a mannequin parade where a striking evening gown draws her eye. She imagines the gown at their party next Saturday and urges her husband to buy it, while he agrees and suggests inviting the model.
Housing and Health
The article in Better Health stresses good home ventilation as essential to health. It links stuffy air, overcrowding, dampness and smokiness to nasal congestion and vulnerability to germs, noting poor ventilation harms physical and mental fitness and that air quality affects disease risk. Buy War Savings Stamps Regularly.
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Better Health
Central Council For Health Education
Great Britain
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Valentine
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Sradua
Martinique
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U.S
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Thomas Jefferson
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