World Happenings Briefly Told
Australia to send 100000 tons of flour to England in exchange for 25 million bushels of wheat. British munition output in early 1943 rose 49 percent from the same period in 1842. Britain's national farmers union rejects a presidential bid from 144 outsiders. A committee studies training forces for colonial service. A 40 acre per hour lawn mower is developed for airfields by the US Army Corps. Norwegian forests suffer Nazi occupation damage likely irreparable for generations. Field Marshal Jan Smuts wins the Woodrow Wilson award. A Wembley charity soccer match raises 1 million pounds for the Red Cross.
Chocolate with vitamins proves no extra health gain
Eight to twelve year old girls in five English orphanages consumed an ounce of chocolate daily for a year to test vitamin and mineral delivery. One group had plain milk chocolate, the other chocolate fortified with vitamins calcium and iron. Results show little difference between groups, but chocolate is a good vehicle for nutrients.
Apron Pattern 4590 With Initials and Transfer Pattern
Advertisement for Anne Adams apron pattern 4590 with optional initials and transfer pattern. Sizes small to large with fabric needs listed. Send 20 cents in coins to the Winnipeg pattern bureau, 1 McDermot Ave. E. Winnipeg Man. Mail delays noted.
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Anne Adams
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave
Winnipeg
Nazi Medals Announced for Russian Front Commanders
A London broadcast revealed Hitler awarded medals to three Nazi generals and a colonel on the Russian front. The citations cited aiding the German armies to disengage successfully on the Soviet front.
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London
Fuehrer
Hitler
Forty Years Of Flying Marks Airline Progress Since Wright Flight
A Canadian aviation feature recalls the 1903 Wright brothers first flight at Kitty Hawk and the 1909 Baddeck Silver Dart. It notes Trans-Canada Air Lines now covers nearly 5,000 route miles and logs over eight million miles annually carrying passengers mails and express with Lancasters shown in the layout.
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Wright Brothers
Canada
Baddeck
N.S
J. A. D. McCurdy
Trans-Canada Air Lines
Scientific Farming Push Expands Russian Agricultural Training
Pravda reports Russia opens intensive agriculture schools with 3,000,000 trainees across the country. The program targets collective farm chairmen and brigade leaders, prioritizing early scientific sowing and a strong grain push next year. Emphasis on winter work and redoubling spring efforts for underperforming farms.
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Communist Party
Pravda
Deputy Atlee May Assume Churchill Duties Temporarily
With Churchill ill, Clement Attlee now serves as deputy prime minister and may take on some prime ministerial responsibilities for the interim period.
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Winston Churchill
Churchill
Clement Atlee
Origin of the word Jeep explored in New York Sun
The New York Sun reports a plausible origin for the term Jeep in American Note and Queries. The first quarter ton combat car built by American Bantam arrived at Camp Holabird in 1938 marked Go, prompting Army drivers and mechanics to take over.
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New York Sun
American Bantam Car Company
Camp Holabird
Maryland
Army
OSPREY BUILDS NEST WITHOUT LIFTING STICKS
The osprey gathers large sticks by pinching them in its talons just above the ground and then lifts them high before dropping them onto the nest. This curious behavior shows the bird’s method of assembling its structure without picking materials up directly from the ground.
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Odelim bin
Mars Flying Boat Sets Air Record as Transport
The giant Mars flying boat, once seen as a bomber risk due to slow speed, proved exceptional as a transport. It completed a 4,375 mile non stop flight from Maryland to Brazil, carried 35,000 pounds of freight, and lifted a total 148,500 pounds. Other records followed, showing a brilliant turnaround from potential failure to success.
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Mars
Maryland
Brazil
New York Sun
Sunday School Lesson on Jesus Healing Tours in Galilee
Reading highlights Jesus healing a demoniac and Peter’s mother in law, then many cures as crowds gather at sunset on the Sabbath. He withdraws to pray, then begins a broader preaching tour in Galilee, explaining his purpose to evangelize beyond Capernaum.
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Peter
Mark
Jesus
Galilee
God
Luther
Simon Peter
Capernaum
A. S. Peake
Crossword Puzzle Clue List Reflects Historic Bank of Entries
A full crossword compilation lists across clues and down clues including Siamese coins dance step converse tropical blackbird Moh amm edan governor vigorous non metalic element toward the center regulates the food of solar disk to look closely ball shop long elevation cylindrical frankness to the sheltered side Amusement Gannet music as written land measure Brazilian coin paid notice to immerse sacred song compact mass curved molding card game happy unit of parcel of land bristle pain at that time Scotch plaid fabric ermine moccasin thus former Rumanian queen dying coals outbreak sea eagles roman date Arabian seaport pertaining to the Scandinavian countries buckets craze Swiss canton meadow Japanese pagoda to append less well off lake trout law delay to walk awkwardly avarice sounds to remain web like membrane hollow horned ruminant character in Ring of the Nibelung cloth bed Hawaiiias bird
Home Guard Now Budgets A A Guns In London
A London raider downfall reveals Home Guard control of most anti aircraft batteries in Britain. A Home Guard gunner calls firing at Jerry a tonic, noting civilians by day become A A gunners one night in eight.
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Home Guard
Britain
A.A
London
Jerry
London Daily Telegraph
Soldier's Motto Echoes Through Black Frontline Memoir
A fragment echoes a wartime morale line attributed to a Black soldier, recalling a phrase about keeping feet moving and facing doubt. The quote highlights resilience and determination amid hardship in the era.
Boots and cloth sent to Soviet Union aid Russia in 1941 42
Britain rushed aid to the Soviet Union after the German invasion. Within a week Britain sent 500000 pairs of boots and by April 1942 that total rose sixfold, consuming 40000 tons of shipping space. In four days the Quartermaster General’s Department shipped enough greatcoat cloth to span from the White Sea to the Black Sea.
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Russia
Britain
Quartermaster General
White Sea
Black Sea
Weed pests spread through seed and equipment
Practically all prairie weed pests originate from outside sources via impurities in seed feed and fodder. Agencies report spread to new localities by wind and by farm implements or vehicles.
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Australia
England
National Farmers’ Union
US Army Corps of Engineers
Norway
Field Marshall Jan Christian Smuts
South Africa
The
Woodrow Wilson Foundation
Woodrow Wilson Award
Wembley Stadium
Sport
Red Cross
Man
Orville
Wilbur Wright
BY William Ferguson
Joe Dimaggio
Yokohama
Flamingo
Gene Byrne
Lug
Noel L Erd
By Fred Neher
Tom
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