British war effort and social notes mix reach through 1943
Angel Orfanidis gives 25 lying pults to acr men in England. Herbert Morrison signals a slight blackout relaxation but Piccadilly stays restrained. Windsor's head coachman Fred erck Mould retires after 38 years. Police recover a stolen car and safe from a service station theft. FBI turns over 174,558.62 dollars seized from Nazi saboteurs to the U S Treasury. A sawdust fuel car by a British firm promises 20 miles per two pence. Oliver Lyttleton says 1943 will be peak war production with a larger munition workforce.
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Federal Bureau of Investigation
U8. Treasury
Ministry of War Transport
Oliver Lyttleton
House of Commons
A Colorful Anne Adams Apron Pattern 4246
Pattern 4246 by Anne Adams offers long smooth bodice lines with scalloped or straight straps. Sizes small to large provide 32 to 42 inch bust ranges. View A uses 1 1/8 yards and View B uses 1 1/8 yards of 35 inch fabric with optional contrast. Send 20 cents in coins to Anne Adams Pattern Dept Winnipeg Newspaper Union.
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Anne Adams
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave. E
Winnipeg
A Tough Life John Q American in Wartime
In a 1943 Eagle Magazine sketch, John Q American awakens to a frog in his throat and a failing radio. He endures a thin blanket and a leaky shower as he braces for more hardship, while accepting wartime woes with stubborn humor.
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John Q
John Q American
Eagle Magazine
Jesus Feeds 5000 and Reveals Life Source
Sunday School lesson recounts Jesus feeding 5000 with five barley loaves and two fishes. Philip questions cost, Andrew notes scarcity, Jesus blesses, distributes, and gathers leftovers into twelve baskets, revealing him as life source and prophet.
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Jesus
Sea of Galilee
Jerusalem
Philip
John
Andrew
Peter
Jehovah
Dumas On Why Writers Are Not Called To Parties
An amusing remark about authors and actors performing at social events. Dumas explains that everyone sticks to their own trade, noting he waited for the general to fire a cannon before telling wry stories at a dinner hosted by Madam Aubernon.
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Alexander Dumas
Madam Aubernon
Dumas
London Answers claims Germans pulped Shakespeare works
The London Answers reports that Germany has ordered all copies of Shakespeare to be destroyed. It cites a prewar view of Shakespeare as Aryan praise turning to a claim that he is not literature, noting a humorist comment on the shift.
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London Answers
Argentina Produces Nine Million Tons of Corn Last Season
Argentina produced 9 million tons of corn in the last agricultural year. The figure reflects strong yields amid favorable weather and export demand.
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Argentina
London Gazette honors sea hero Captain Kelly and crew
The London Gazette lists awards for gallantry at sea to Captain P. A. Kelly of the SS Lady Hawkins and three crew members Robert Clayton Charles Bolivar William Burton. They aided a lifeboat after the Lady Hawkins was sunk by a U boat in the Atlantic.
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London Gazette
P. A Kelly
Lady Hawkins
Canadian National Steamships
Robert Clayton
Hantsport
N.S
Charles Bolivarable
Upper la Have
William Burton
Carpenter
Hamilton
Ont
Kelly
Quiet Minds and Stevenson Clock in a Thunderstorm
A quoted line from Robert Louis Stevenson notes that quiet minds remain untroubled and continue at their own pace amid fortune or misfortune, likening steadiness to a clock during a thunderstorm.
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Robert Louis Stevenson
Boots sizing clash sets service apart in early war notices
The British Air Ministry and War Office claim they can fit airmen or soldiers with any boot size but the Admiralty faced a recruit wearing size 13 who had to buy his own footwear.
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British
Air Ministry
The
War Office
Admiralty
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Chile
Acrmen
England
Herbert Morrison
Home Security
London
Piccadilly
Frederck Mould
Windsor “Greys
Mickie
Soe
Ae Mori
Finland
Dentists
By Fred Neher
Kr.c.af
RCAF
Anna Neagle
Great Britain
R L. Sanderson
Elstow
Sask
J. W. Russell
Speers
A. F. Birkbeck
Welwyn
J. A. Wise
Vancouver
B.C
10Th Ave
J. Ho Bambridge
Waskada
Manitoba
By William Ferguson
United States
Jesus the Bread OF Life
SEA Heroes
Hali
Fax
Order of the
Attlantic
Cppleford
LAPER
Amilton
Toronto
Montread
Reg
Gene Byrnes
Sissy
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