World Happenings Briefly Told
The Canadian model airplane record fell in Vancouver at seven minutes forty seconds as a craft sailed far out to sea. Vancouver’s elementary air training school opened eleven months early with twenty four trainee pilots. more to follow. Scott regalia officers met for the first time in 110 years due to current events. Governor General Ryckmans asserted Belgium Congo’s firm resolve to continue until victory. Canada has no wheat holdings data for Britain. E E Perley reported to the House of Commons via Gardiner. The Silver Train drive in Victoria raised $12,119 toward a $25,479 total for training planes, over half the $50,000 goal. Menasco Manufacturing of Los Angeles announced a $750,000 contract to build 400 125 horsepower airplane engines and parts, adding to a prior order. Vice Admiral E A Taylor, MP for South Paddington, was recalled to active duty. he commanded the Renown in the 1919 Princess of Wales tour and retired in 1924.
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Victoria
Canada
Menasco Manufacturing Company
Los Angeles
E. A. Taylor
South Paddington
Renown
Mysterious Salesman Clarifies Offer For Photo Enlargements
A cheerful young man with a suitcase stops a woman at her door and denies selling insurance, toilet preparations, stockings, books, sewing machines, gramophones, cleaners, charitable subscriptions, or political support. He reveals he represents a firm dealing in photographic enlargements and persists politely to engage her curiosity.
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Madami
London
Learn To Speak English Among British War Refugees
Thousands of British refugees in England cannot speak English having fled wartime upheaval. The British War Refugees Fund notes many held high income positions abroad. Over 5 000 refugees from Holland Belgium and Germany joined those returning since the war. English classes are already underway.
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England
British War Refugees Fund
Belgium
Holand
Germany
Holland
Tam and Wife Jailed For Rocking Him To Sleep
In a Scottish tavern exchange Tam’s wife was humorously jailed for rocking Tam to sleep. Macpherson’s quip notes the absurdity of penalizing a wife for such a trivial act. The retort highlights local wit and colorful language.
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Macpherson
Tam
Knitting Engineer Builds Tiny Locomotive Model
Louis E. Worden, a stationary engineer from Middlebury Vermont, knits a detailed miniature locomotive completely except for a missing bell. The yarn model showcases careful craftsmanship and creative skill.
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Louis E. Worden
Middlebury
Vermont
Duke of Windsor to Govern Bahamas with Ancient Seal
Nassau prepares for the Duke of Windsor as governor using a 222 year old seal bearing Destroy the pirates, restore commerce. The note recalls Capt Woodes Rogers in 1718 who pardoned many pirates and hanged eight, ending the pirate era as Nassau shifts to a peaceful, tourism driven colony with 18,000 annual visitors from Miami and ships.
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Duke of Windsor
Bahamas
Woodes Rogers
Nassau Harbor
Rogers
Alexander Selkirk
Robins Crusoe
Juan Fernandez
Bahama Islands
Mexico
Peru
Nassau
Miami
Cool Slim Frock for Matrons
Anne Adams presents Pattern 4340 a tailored gored skirt frock with uncluttered lines and slimming details. It offers short or three-quarter sleeves bow bands and can be worn as an evening length dress. Sizes 16 through 44 with fabric estimate and ordering address in Winnipeg.
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Anne Adams
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave. E
Winnipeg
Letter Writing Advice and Tourism Echoes From A Past Era
A compilation of views on employment letters urging concise, capability driven messages and a long digression praising tourism in Canada and the United States. It cites a sample letter from a finance officer, notes the value of tourism numbers, and describes Walnut Creek Canyon cliff dwellings as a tourist site.
Defence Minister Says Public Met Appeal In Recruiting
Defence Minister J. L. Ralston told a press conference that recruitment in Canada had surpassed expectations and that Canadians overall responded unstintingly to the national war effort. He praised public support but warned that further demands and greater sacrifices lay ahead.
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Defence
J. L. Ralston
Canada
Soldier Settlement Act Bill Extends Mines Rights in Settlements
A bill amends the Soldier Settlement Act to dispose of mines and minerals under soldier settled lands in Alberta and Saskatchewan. The director of Soldier Settlement may grant or dispose of such rights with land. The act retroactive to July 7, 1919 and applies to original soldier settlers.
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Alberta
Saskatchewan
House of Commons
Actress Mary Boland Returns to MGM in New Moon
New York profiles Mary Boland as her hobby of growing rare orchids is noted by Wiley Padan. Boland, a pioneering MGM actress, began on the silent era lot under Thomas Ince and now appears in the Nelson Eddy led musical romance New Moon. Jeanette MacDonald contributes her Mane Antoinette fan from her collection for a scene in New Moon.
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New York
N. Y
Mary Boland
Wiley Padan
Boland
Thomas Ince
Santa Monica
Ince
Moon
Jeanette MacDonald
Mane Antoinette
Wicked and Righteous Paths In Sunday School Lesson
The lesson surveys Psalm 1 and Matthew 7, contrasting the righteous anchored on God with the unstable wicked. It cites the chaff and rock parables, noting adversity tests all, but the upright endure while the wicked perish, and cautions that worldly wealth holds little value beyond life.
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Moffatt
Jesus
J. E. McFadyen
Editorial Defends Voluntary Health Societies Role
A Health League editorial argues government must not absorb voluntary health societies. It says private groups enable public participation in national health movements and often pioneer progress beyond what governments achieve. It contrasts Britain and Canada with Germany where such bodies wane.
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Health League of Canada
Great Britain
Canada
Germany
Bomb Proof Head Gear Heads to London Stores
A new Contra Blast Bandeau arrives in London shops. Resembling a helmet with the top removed this aerated rubber head gear protects the ears and skull from blast and gunfire. It covers the forehead and ties under the chin in brown blue or black and costs about 1.20 Canadian.
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London
Wonders Of Science Promise Self Sufficiency Even In War
Dr Robert C Hockett of Massachusetts Institute of Technology argues the nation can become virtually self sufficient if imports are cut. He says plastics can replace rubber wood glass and metal and rayon substitutes silk and cotton in fabrics. He adds a chemist can make gowns fur coats tiles teeth from coke lime soy beans sour milk and small amounts of formaldehyde and carbolic acid.
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Hackett
Nebraska inventors patent deaf aid built into teeth
Two Nebraska inventors have patented a deaf aid device housed within a set of false teeth. The unit includes a microphone, storage batteries, and two contacts that touch the jawbone to pick up vibrations. Sound is transmitted via the mouth bones to the auditory system, and the apparatus is concealed by the teeth.
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Nebraska
Cancer articles offered free by Health League of Canada
Readers may obtain a valuable set of articles on the Cause and Control of Cancer free of charge by writing to The Health League of Canada Dept W.N.Y. 111 Avenue Road Toronto Ontario. Include a request for Dr. McCulloughs articles on Cancer and print your name and address plainly.
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The
Health League of Canada
Dept. W.N.Y
111 Avenue Road
Toronto
Ont
Red Cross relief operations stall in occupied France
American Red Cross relief efforts in German occupied France are suspended awaiting U S government decisions on feeding occupied territories The main Bordeaux offices are closed The mercy ship McKeesport diverted to Marseilles will ship supplies only to unoccupied France The two following ships await a clear unloading site due to the changed situation abroad
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Red Cross
France
United States
Bordeaux
McKeesport
Bilbao
Spain
Marseilles
Britain’s Food Supply Maintains Wartime Rations Outlook
Robert Boothby told the House of Commons Britain’s wheat stock is ample for months and a winter march toward larger tea and sugar rations may be possible if enemy attacks on the islands are repelled. He announced vitamin B1 and calcium salt will be added to bread to fortify the wartime diet.
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Britain
Robert Boothby
House of Commons
United Kingdom
Boothby
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Vancouver
Tare
Emerg
Pierre Ryckmans
Belgian Congo
E. Ee. Perley
Qu'Appelle
Gardiner
Merce
By John C. Kirkwood
United States Travel Bureau
San Francisco
Walnut Creek Canyon
Arizona
Forest Rangers
Nelson Eddy
AV Palats
MgMs
H.B Warner
DR. J. W. S. Mscullough
Wonders of Science
America
Robert C. Hockett
Mobile
Hockett
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
American
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