World Happenings Briefly Told
Supply Minister John Beasley outlined a rationing plan for consumer goods including clothing. Fifty Canadian nurses, first to join the South African military nursing service, were welcomed in Cape Town. Mussolini's Italian council approved a 1942 43 budget totaling 14 152 180 000 lire for armed forces. Canberra noted Australia could host US and Netherlands forces and British Empire troops in the Pacific. Canada produced 133 735 tons of pig iron in November, up from October and last year.
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John Beasley
Cape Town
Mussolini
Canberra
Australia
United States
Netherlands
Pacific
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Slim Frock To Wear At Home Pattern 4928
Anne Adams presents home frock pattern 4928 designed for larger figures with bias cut front panel and side bodice dips. Square neckline, buttoned sleeve tabs with ric rac trim, available sizes 34 through 48. Send 20c to Anne Adams Pattern Dept Winnipeg Union, 175 McDermot Ave E Winnipeg Man.
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Anne Adams
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave. E
Winnipeg
Man
Play list from Mary Ellen offers many one acts
Letters from the west request a list of plays and Mary Ellen provides non royalty and royalty options. The catalog includes titles like Not Quite Such A Goose and Where The Whirlwind Blows with details on casts and durations. Publishers Robinson Plays and Samuel French Canada are listed with prices and addresses.
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Robinson
Dad
Mariot
Mariette
Hannah
Spain
Mother
Regina
Robinson Plays
Burgess Ave
Toronto
Ont
Samuel French (Canada) Ltd
University Ave
Toornto
Mary Ellen
Australia could self produce drugs from local materials
Australian experts say if imports stop, the country could manufacture most drugs domestically. Frederick Palmer, Canadian Trade Commissioner, notes experiments grow medicines from local plants while Melbourne University studies sedatives to ensure self sufficiency.
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Australia
Frederick Palmer
Physiology Department
Melbourne University
Reconnaissance squadrons log vast wartime patrol miles
Since Australia entered the war its air force reconnaissance units have flown over 4,000,000 miles in patrols covering 75,000,000 square miles across four oceans, highlighting extensive aerial vigilance.
Six-key typewriter built specifically for the blind
A typewriter designed for blind users features only six keys. The device aims to simplify writing by reducing the keyboard to essential inputs, making text entry more accessible for the visually impaired.
Is There An Officer On Board A Corkscrew Requested
A troop train bound for Eastern Canada halted at Bassanc Alberta for water. A soldier leaped from a forward coach calling for an officer. Major hailing from a window answered. The soldier asked for a corkscrew and addressed the Major directly.
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Canada
Bassanc Alberta
Maclean’s Magazine
Canadian plant to raise Lee Enfield rifle output
Production capacity in a government factory will exceed 200000 rifles per year. In Russia during 1940 twenty five thousand flour mills were built and twenty six thousand poor and abandoned mills were repaired and put into operation.
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Russia
Escape From Holland Dutch Boat Carried Eight Sailors To England
Eight Dutch sailors evaded German control by sailing the improvised Orange motor boat from a concealed creek to England. The group, former Dutch officers demobilized by the Germans, drove the craft after camouflage and a night crossing using 60 gallons of petrol. A German patrol demanded their identity but Klaas claimed they were on special duty, prompting Jan to start the engine and reach safety.
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Orange
Jan
Klaas
Piet
Simon
Albert
Cornelis
Henk
Dirk
England
Destructive Weeds Prompt for Organized Fight Against Weeds
The text argues that in the United States weed losses may exceed animal and plant diseases and insect pests combined. If accurate, this supports a coordinated national effort to control weeds and lessen agricultural damage.
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United States
Manitoba and Alberta Boys Earn Pilot Wings at Dauphin
Graduates from No 10 Service Flying Training School Dauphin receive their Pilot's Wings in a ceremony led by Squadron Leader C F Herington. The group includes Manitoba and Alberta youths photographed with the 1 pilots from left to right.
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No. 10
Service Flying Training School
Dauphin
Manitoba
Alberta
C. F. Herington
Sunday School Lesson January 11
Golden text Jesus advanced in wisdom and stature and in favor with God and men. Luke 2 52 Lesson Matthew 1 2 Luke 1 2 reading Psalm 119 6.
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Jesus
Presentation and Simeon’s Consolation in Luke Two
The text recounts the infant Jesus being presented at the temple and redeemed by five shekels, Mary offering doves or pigeons for purification, and Simeon’s prophecy of Jesus as a sign to be opposed and the sorrow that will pierce Mary’s soul.
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Temple
Jesus
Jerusalem
Mary
Simeon
Israel
Christ
Joseph
Holman Hunt
Behol
Air raids ease fear as civilians adapt, ambassador notes
Polish Ambassador Jan Ciechanowski argues that people grow calm after brief exposure to danger and become less fearful whether in offices or elsewhere. He notes torpedoes can travel underwater until a ship’s shadow reveals them and then rise, while new machine gears increasingly use plastics over metal.
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Jan Ciechanowski
U.S
Mickie Says Prospects For Business Strong
A cautioned editorial in a local column notes that readers with funds to pay for advertisements are seen as good prospects for business. It argues that those able to pay for space will likely support local ventures and sustain commerce.
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A. J. Dolding
D. M. Matheson
Brandon
D. W. McLachlan
Virden
H. A. Stackhouse
Holden
M. C. Hyslop
Edmonton
J. W. N. Harley
L. W. Woolf
Hill Springs
J. K. A. Haslop
R. G. Tighe
A. W. Sterrenberg
Consort
J. W. Millar
J.C. Leslie
Calgary
E. G. Booth
M.S. J. Boulton
Let
By Fred Neher
Mr. Encore
Holland
Flying School
Mickie
AAI
Gene Byrnes
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