World Happenings Briefly Told 1942 War Year Summary
More than 3 500 000 marriages in the United States in 1942 set a record. Senator G P Graham died raising Senate vacancies to 13 with Liberals 45 Conservatives 36 vacant. Wartime board bans further manufacture of formal wear. Germans plan inland Meuse defense. French Communist party aligns with Fighting French. Admiral Standley reaches Moscow after talks for US Soviet war collaboration. Canadian universities may force war service for poor academics. Victoria Cross awarded to Captain Robert St Vincent Sherbrooke for defending convoy bound for Russia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G P. Graham
Brockville
Senate
G. P. Gilmour
McMaster University
Robert St. Vincent Sherbrooke
Russia
Slip For Matrons Pattern 4239
Anne Adams offers pattern 4239 sized 36 through 52 with built up straps and bias cut side bodice. Send 20 cents in coins and include size name address and style number to Anne Adams Pattern Dept Winnipeg Newspaper Union 175 McDermot Ave Winnipeg Man.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anne Adams
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave. E
Winnipeg
Man
Copy Girl Barbara Rexford Gets Her New Nickname
In Minneapolis Star Journal history the first copy girl Barbara Rexford earned the nickname Miss Boy after an editor shouted the phrase to call her to the composing room. The tip of the hat to her clever moniker became a staff staple as the joke stuck.
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Minneapolis Star Journal
Barbara Rexford
Miss Boy
Port of Sousse Origins and Brindisi Drink's Roots
The port of Sousse in Tunisia traces its founding to Phoenician times about 30 ice ago. Brindisi is a drinking song whose name comes from the Italian word for toast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sousse
Tunisia
Proper Nutrition As Health Ammunition Campaign Begins
The Canadian Nutrition Program launches nationwide with emphasis on calories alongside vitamins and minerals. It notes calorie needs rise with activity, age, and season, and promotes foods like cheese, whole grain cereals, Canada Approved Bread, and potatoes in their skins as sources where calories accompany protective nutrients.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wise
Nutrition Services
Canada
Humorous exchanges highlight social foibles and wit
A collection of light jokes and anecdotes about marriage, manners, and everyday encounters. A husband teases his wife about sighting pretty girls while a teacher’s physiology joke, a hostess compliment, and several playful barbs and puns appear through quick dialogue.
Seven tips to extend sheet life and care
Consumer Information Service offers seven ways to prolong sheet life. Proper beds with edges tucked under reduce wear, loosen sheets before removal, use a mattress pad, reverse sheets to distribute wear, cover bare springs with heavy cloth, wash promptly to remove oils, and avoid using sheets as laundry bags while encouraging War Savings Stamps purchases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Consumer Information Service
Canadian Girl Guides Seek Photos From Across Dominion
The Provincial Office in Regina requests pictures of Guide life from all parts of Canada for snapshots of camp life and training. Stores report delays due to material shortages and urge salvage of unused pins. Saskatchewan acknowledges quilts and clothing donations from multiple guides and units for overseas shipment.
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Girl Guides
Toronto
Dominion
Saskatchewan
Hamilton Street
Regina
Canada
Regina Company
Rose Valley Company
Beatrice Millard
Fifth Lane Company
Ridgedale
1St
Yorkton Company
Sunday School Lesson on John 5. Wouldest thou be made whole
Devotional card cites John 5:6 golden text Wouldest thou be made whole. Lesson emphasizes John 5 and Psalm 116:1-8 as guiding readings for reflection and prayer. The compact card invites personal renewal through scripture and faith.
Cure at Bethesda and Sabbath Healing Narrative
A Jerusalem pool scene at Bethesda hosts the sick and paralyzed around its porches near the sheepgate. Jesus heals a man of 38 years, telling him to take up his bed and walk, drawing debate over Sabbath law and divine authority.
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Bethesda
Jerusalem
House of Mercy
Jesus
Moses
Christ
All Bran Cookie Jar Gems
A recipe for All Bran cookies blends shortening and sugar, adds egg, applesauce, and spices, then folds in flour bran cereal and nuts. Drop by teaspoonfuls on a greased sheet and bake at 375 degrees F for 15 to 20 minutes yields about three dozen cookies.
Gems of Thought and History Reflections
A compilation of moral reflections by Addison Luther Eddy Philps and Quintilian notes on virtue justice and divine guidance. It juxtaposes quotes on justice love and honesty with a brief factual aside about cucumber origin in northern India.
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Wendell Philps
Mickie Speaks on Newspapers and Town Life
The speaker argues a town without a newspaper cannot thrive as ads and printing bind the community. He stresses that a home paper needs reader interest and local advertising to survive.
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United States
Prices and Trade Board
Meuse
France
Belgium
Communist Party
William H. Standley
Moscow
Kuibyshev
Washington
Soviet Union
Underworld
New York
Hiram
Dora
Arthur
Joe
By Fred Neher
AS Moderns
Guide Life
Prom
the Dominion
Jesus the Great Physician
Britain
Joseph Addison
God
Martin Luther
Mary Baker Eddy
Quintilian
India
Mickie
Sone
QU. Se
Vorubaland, Africa
Girl Zed
By William Ferguson
Boots
Martin
Gene Byrnes
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