World Happenings Briefly Told
A fleet of fast freighters will be built at Groton Iron Works in Old Groton Connecticut for the common cause of Britain and allies. Miss Rosa L Shaw announces the 1941 Canadian Women’s Press Club triennial convention will be held in Vancouver in June with date to be set. Australia plans add 70 000 munitions and aircraft workers in six months. Alberta Hotel Association votes $25 000 annually for wartime and postwar fund. Cheese disappears from British restaurants unless part of the main meal. public urged to eat potatoes and carrots. U S Navy reveals Great War type submarines reconditioned for service after 12 years. Justice A F Ewing of Edmonton appointed to Alberta Supreme Court appellate division. State Secretary Hull announces eight U S air and naval bases to be built on British possessions in the western hemisphere.
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Britain
Old Groton Iron Works
Old Groton
Conn
Rosa L. Shaw
Canadian Women's Press Club
Vancouver
Australia
Alberta Hotel Association
Food Ministry
United States Navy
Philadelphia Navy Yard
Ernest Lapointe
A. F. Ewing
Edmonton
Supreme Court of Alberta
A. A. McGillivray
Hull
United States
Great Britain
Arctic Tourism Grows With Mackenzie District Access
The Department of Mines and Resources notes rising tourist traffic to the western Arctic with air and water routes connecting Mackenzie District mining hubs. Peak season runs June to August, year round air service, summer pontoons, and winter skis expand reach to Fort Smith Yellowknife Resolution Aklavik.
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Western Arctic
Department of Mines and Resources
Mackenzie District
Northland
Fort Smith
Yellowknife
Resolution
Aklavik
Mackenzie Air Service Limited
Canadian Airways Limited
Territories
Edmonton
Alberta
Prince Albert
Saskatchewan
Goldfields
Port Radium
Great Bear Lake
Coppermine
Coronation Gulf
Waterways
Athabaska
Slave Rivers
Great Slave Lake
Mackenzie River
Hudson's Bay Company
Northern Transportation Company
Yukon
Alaska
Pacific Coast
Saws Used in Egypt Centuries Before Birth of Modern Eras
Ancient tools reveal that saws were in use in ancient Egypt thousands of years before the current era. Early carpenters and stone workers relied on wood and metal blades to shape materials, indicating advanced craft practices long before recorded dynasties.
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Egypt
Influenza Epidemic With Two Virus Types Seen Across North America
The Expositor reports an influenza outbreak across the United States and Canada, not as virulent as 1918 19 but spreading. Researchers have isolated two virus types one mild and one deadly. vaccines and treatments are under development while sulfanilamide shows promise in fighting influenza and pneumonia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North America
United States
Canada
the Expositor
Brantford
How to Make Slip Covers Pin-On Style
A 32 page Home Service booklet explains slip covers for chairs and sofas. It covers pinning, cutting, stitching, and finishing with diagrams, colors, fabrics, and trim. Send 15 cents to Home Service Dept Winnipeg Newspaper Union for the booklet and other titles.
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Fountain of Youth
Home Service Dept
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave. E
Winnipeg
Man
Ancient Greece Rises Anew in Global War Spirit
A Greek language periodical in Montreal extols Greece as the cradle of civilization and fortitude. The piece celebrates Greece joining the fight for freedom, alongside Britain and the United States, renewing Marathon’s war cry with a universal call of Long Live Greece.
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Greece
Hellas
Great Britain
United States
Marathon
Estia
the Hearth
Montreal
Empire's Arsenal Expands From Suez To Singapore
Britain gains a global war effort showing India as a major supplier hub. India produces rifles, machine guns, ammunition, sat lery blankets armour plating shells and anti aircraft gear and plans to make aeroplanes. Since the war began India has shipped vast quantities of munitions overseas and supplied steel for the Middle East and Iraq.
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Suez
Singapore
Australia
New Zealand
India
Burma
Malaya
Suez-Singapore
Middle East
Iraq
Youthful wraparound frock pattern debut
First vote of every housewife goes to the wraparound dress. Anne Adams Pattern 4626 offers a V neck basque wraparound style with cross over front and back tie. Available misses and women's sizes 12 through 40, requires 414 yards of 35 inch fabric for size 16, price 20 cents, order to Anne Adams Pattern Dept Winnipeg Ave E Winnipeg.
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Anne Adams
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave. E
Winnipeg
Inadvertently Lost: Parable of the Lost Sheep Lesson
A Sunday school devotional centers Luke 15 showing God loves sinners and seeks the lost. It contrasts the joyous recovery of one sheep with the self‑righteous Pharisees, noting how people drift inadvertently into peril and require rescue.
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Jesus
Mark Twain
Isaiah
Charles Brown
Norway tightens clothing rations with yearlong limits
Berlin digest in the Deutsche Zeitung reports new Norwegian clothing controls allowing each man to buy only one suit and one shirt or equivalent per year. The clothing ration card lists 300 points for the year with specific costs: 240 points for a suit, 60 for a shirt, 200 for a warm coat, 150 for a cotton summer coat, 120 for a wool dress, and 15 for stockings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norway
Berlin
Deutsche Zeitung
Strange Situations in Trade Policy and Law
A Chicago Daily News note highlights odd U S trade and loan rules that favor some nations over others. It argues laws passed to please pacifist lobbies distort policy and voter attention, urging Congress to reform the lawbooks in a national defense context.
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Washington Business Review
United States
Japan
Canada
Russia
Great Britain
Congress
Chicago Daily News
Back To Ancient Times Morale Of Galley Slaves Reproduced
The Sydney Post-Record reports garbled and spurious notes of Churchill’s radio address to Italy printed by Mussolini’s presses in Rome. It criticizes the Fascist regime for forcing Italians to fight under threat of execution and keeping them ignorant of purpose, comparing current morale to ancient galley-slaves in Albania and Libya.
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Sydney Post-Record
Churchill
Italy
Mussolini
Rome
Albania
Libya
Fountain pens endure any strain except days of use by a borrower
A dryly humorous observation notes that modern fountain pens are robust enough to withstand most handling, but suffer when lent to a borrower for even a few minutes. It highlights durability and user trust as central themes in writing instruments.
Banana Bran Nut Bread Recipe Teaches Moist Fruit Loaf
A recipe describes making Banana Bran Nut Bread with bananas, all bran, nuts, and flavoring. It lists vanilla, shortening, sugar, flour, baking powder, salt, soda, egg, and fruit. The instructions mix wet and dry ingredients, then bake in a loaf pan for a single loaf.
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Orciaca
Uae
Titania's Palace: Nevile Wilkinson’s fairy dream
The Coldstream Guards veteran Sir Nevile R. Wilkinson conceived Titania's Palace in 1907 after retirement and a sighting by his daughter. He built a miniature palace with 4,000 tiny pieces including a mosaic ceiling of 250,000 pieces, all packable into boxes for shipping. Also notes the Vatican Observatory as Europe's oldest.
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Sir Nevile R. Wilkinson
Titania’s
Coldstream Guards
Dublin
Nevile
Blood plasma powder to aid transfusion gains use
Health notes describe Dr Bruce Robertson in France during the last war and the development of dried blood plasma by Dr Charles Best at Connaught Laboratories Toronto. The powder can be reconstituted with sterile water and stored indefinitely, enabling easier supply for transfusions. A vacuum machine funded at $5000 speeds drying. Two thousand donors, including University students, will supply plasma.
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Bruce Robertson
Toronto
France
Connaught Laboratories
Charles Best
Best
America
Secret device aids Allied air spotting trained in Toronto
Prof E F Burton says Canadian university trainees operate a secret device using advanced radio knowledge to spot enemy airplanes and estimate their range for Britain. Eleven graduates trained last summer through Riverdale Kiwanis Club now run the device, a key factor in delaying a Nazi invasion threat.
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University of Toronto
Great Britain
E. F. Burton
Britain
Prof. Burton
P. A. Sarjeant
Riverdale Kiwanis Club
Home Guard Acquitted in German Flier Equipment Theft
A 1784 law phrase about the subject taking from the King s enemies was cited as the defense in a case where a home guard faced charges for stealing a German flier s equipment. The guard was acquitted of the theft.
Ocarina Described as Sweet Potato Instrument
The ocarina is a small wind instrument made of terracotta that produces soft flute like notes. It is popularly nicknamed a sweet potato in some circles.
Only U.S. President to die under 50 was Garfield
The author notes James A. Garfield, assassinated at age 49, as the lone president to die before turning 50. The brief historical fact highlights Garfield’s premature death in office.
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U.S
James A. Garfield
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North
Home Service
Club Woman's Guide
Ancient
Empire
Christ
Titania
Sir Nevile Wilkinson
Europe
Vatican
Health League
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