War life and global updates in brief worldwide
The Gibraltar government loans the United Kingdom 2.7 million pounds interest free for the war effort. Airmail letters are being carried to armed forces and civilians overseas. Canada reports 500000 prisoner of war food parcel postcards received. Finland resumes paying its debt to the United States, 165945 dollars. J S Walley cites Canada needing 500000 cords of wood next winter. The United States plans 106.6 billion dollars in war spending this year per Donald M Nelson. HMCS Waskesia completes trials and serves with the Royal Canadian Navy. England forms first all woman aircraft salvage team under WAAF. Northern Ireland trains lose 10000 electric bulbs to theft in 1942. a vandalism campaign begins. British shoppers warned that tipping shopkeepers is a criminal offense.
Anne Adams Pattern 4423 For Slim Two-Piecer
Pattern 4423 offers a panel-front jacket and slender skirt for larger women in summer wear. Available in sizes 34 to 46 with 3% yards of 5-inch fabric for size 36 and priced at 20 cents for the pattern. Send name address size and pattern number to Anne Adams Pattern Dept Winnipeg Newspaper Union 175 MacDermot Ave Winnipeg Man. Allow extra mail time.
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Anne Adams
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
MacDermot Ave. E
Winnipeg
Man
Lightning strikes St. Saviour’s Anglican church tower
A bolt of lightning hit the tower of St. Saviour’s Anglican church in Toronto. It tore away part of the tower, entered through a trap door, hopped along rafters to the pulpit, ripped a strip from a wall and finally grounded in the basement.
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Toronto
St. Saviour's
Flooded ammunition salvaged by ATS girls at depot
More than 50 A T S girls at a central depot in northwest England salvaged ammunition valued at 5 000 000 dollars from flood damage.
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A.T.S
Northwest
England
Census Figures Show 54.1 Percent Singles in Canada 1941
Final census figures indicate single persons make up 54.1 percent of Canada's 11,506,655 population in 1941. Quebec has the most single residents by share, British Columbia the highest married ratio. Married 41.2 percent, widowed 46 percent, divorced 0.1 percent. The number of married people rose by 764,953 (19.3 percent) since 1931.
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Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Canada
Quebec
British Columbia
Bureau
Dominion
Ontario
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Only One Left British Seaman Thomas Hamilton 22
Visiting friends he recalled that a twin brother fell at Dunkirk a brother died over Berlin and the rest of his family eight brothers sister mother and father were killed when German bombs hit Middleborough near Newcastle England leaving him as the sole survivor of his kin in the fleet.
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Thomas Hamilton
Hitler
Poland
Dunkerque
Berlin
Middleborough
Newcastle
England
Bombers Consume Fuel on Long Escort Run
The article notes that a 1 500 mile round trip by a large four motor bomber could burn around 2 000 gallons. This exceeds the yearly fuel consumption of many East Coast motorists under rationing. It also estimates that fifteen long raids by 100 Fortresses would use a medium size tanker’s cargo.
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Wall Street Journal
Home Guard Anecdotes Told by Marquess of Donegall
The Marquess of Donegall recounts Home Guard tales from the London Daily Despatch including Brigadier Whitehead’s exchange with a guard at the Admiralty Arch and a new second lieutenant pressured for a salute who reveals his past as a former ambassador. The passage notes China’s vast reach across Asia.
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Home Guard
Marquess of Donegall
London Daily
Whitehead
Admiralty Arch
H.M
Sir Hubert Gough
Sunday School Lesson July Golden Text Exod 2
The lesson centers on Exodus 1 1 22 and 2 23 25 with the focal verse They cried and their cry came up unto God by reason of the bondage from Exodus 2 23 25. Devotional reading Psalm 61 provides reflective guidance.
Israelites Grow From Seventy to a Great Nation in Egypt
Journal excerpt tracks the biblical Exodus narrative from Jacob and his seventy descendants entering Egypt to their later oppression and rapid growth into a vast nation, highlighting the shift from Hyksos rule to native kings and God's response to the Israelites’ suffering.
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Jacob
Egypt
Moses
Dummelow
Joseph
Israel
James Denny
King Cohen Wins Surrender at Lampedusa in Swordfish Flight
Sergt. Sid ney Cohen of the British Royal Air Force forced a landing on Lampedusa during a Malta mission when fuel ran short and navigational gremlins struck. He received the island’s formal surrender after landing at the air port, earning the nickname King Cohen of Lampedusa among his airmen.
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Sergt
Sidney Cohen
Royal Air Force
Lampedusa
Malta
Cohen
Sergt. Cohen
R.A.F
King Cohen of
Carpets Introduced From Persia to France in Early 1600s
The text notes that carpet manufacture was introduced from Persia into France around the start of the 17th century, highlighting the diffusion of textile crafts between regions during that period.
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Persia
France
First Time Bus Ride Ends In Confusion
A suave matron on a Crosstown bus offered the driver a $10 bill then searched for change. She confessed she had never ridden one before. The driver coolly replied that she had not missed by one, highlighting civilian shortages.
Paper Based Plastics Aid RAF Mosquito Aircraft
The article details how paper based plastics replace wood in Mosquito aircraft with plywood layers and resin coating. It notes doors tables and navigator components use this material and its role in aircraft electrical components and seats. It highlights paper as a non conducting insulator for cables and the wartime need to salvage every piece.
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RAF
Sea horses use snapping noises to communicate says scientist
A scientist reports that sea horses produce snapping sounds as a form of communication. The finding suggests acoustic signals may play a role in social interactions and mating behavior among seahorses.
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