World Happenings Briefly Told
Manpower officials search prisoner ranks to boost labor for Australian war industries. Col. John Fitzgerald Preston named officer commanding a west coast fortress. Rural and urban residents to aid Manitoba grain harvest. Canadian Shipping Board seeks extra space to export farm products to the British West Indies. University of Toronto sets 16 for first year medical faculty admissions. Lost national registration certificates can be duplicated via post office affidavits. AT-13 training plane flights labeled successful by US war department. Tungsten deposits near Balma BC hailed as the most outstanding discovery in recent years by the provincial mines department.
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Canadian Shipping Board
British West Indies
Balma
Nelson
B.C
Provincial Department of Mines
British Columbia
Salt in Subsurface Could Strengthen Roads
Scientific American notes rock salt used beneath road surfaces originated in Nova Scotia to prevent frost damage. The method stabilizes sub-grade soil, yielding a firmer road bed and longer wearing surface life.
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Nova Scotia
Scientific American
Gay Two-Piece Pattern for Summer Style
Anne Adams Pattern 4119 offers a versatile two piece dress with collar option and multiple misses sizes 12 through 20. Requires 35 yards of 35 inch fabric for size 16. pattern costs 20 cents, orders go to Anne Adams Pattern Dept Winnipeg Manitoba. Alaska Eskimos craft parkas from birds' skins in traditional hooded coats.
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Anne Adams
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave
Winnipeg
Man
Fur seals adapt mammals toward aquatic life in 2474
The article notes fur seals and other mammals increasingly adapted to marine life by the year 2474. It discusses anatomical changes and ecological implications for marine ecosystems.
Remarkable Jolley twins in Canadian war service
The Jolley family from Saskatchewan stands out as the only father and son to both win wings in the Second Great War. Flight Lieutenant Jack Jolley, now with the RCAF Chaplaincy Overseas, and Sergeant Pilot Jack Percy Jolley in Britain, with their mother active in Red Cross work back home.
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Canada
Jack Jolleys
Saskatchewan
Jack Jolley
Iceland
R.C.A.F. Chaplaincy Service
Midlands
Jack Percy Jolley
Saskatoon
Britain
Red Cross
England
Jolley
London
St. Chad's Theological College
Regina
Royal Navy
Royal Engineers
France
Reading
Church of England
The
Prairies
R.C_AF
Ham Returns to England to Take Higher Rank
Ham arrives in England from Iceland to assume a higher position and the clerical calling. He has shared one London leave with Jack, Junior, and awaits the next assignment. C P R opens a blood clinic at its Montreal hospital for donor facilities.
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Ham
England
Iceland
London
Jack
Junior
Dominion
The
C.P.R
Montreal
Gandhi’s stance mocked as line of patent medicine
Chicago Daily News ridicules Mahatma Gandhi for urging passive resistance while Indians must endure British and American troops in India. It notes Gandhi favors troops defending India against Japan but rejects Indian costs or authority, contrasting plainspoken ideals with perceived fakery.
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Mahatma
India
Japan
Chicago Daily News
Call and Promise of Abraham in Genesis
Devotional piece on Abraham’s call to leave Ur and Haran, Genesis 12.1-5, with commentary on faith and reward. Explains the origins of Hebrew identity, the divine summons, and Abraham’s 75 year old departure to Canaan with Sarai and dependents, highlighting faith over hardship.
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Palestine
Eber
Abraham
Terah
Haran
Abram
Kent
Hamon
Israel
Christ
Sarai
Canaan
Indian Girl Enlists in Canadian Women's Army Corps
Mary Greyeyes a 21 year old Cree from Leask Saskatchewan became the first Indian girl to join the Canadian Women's Army Corps in Saskatchewan She left Muskeg Lake reserve to serve as a cook in the corps.
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Mary Greyeyes
Leask, Sask
Canadian Women’s Army Corps
Saskatchewan
Muskeg Lake Reservation
Salt Tablets Aid War Workers In Hot Weather
Health experts in Canada urge salt intake for hot toil as salt tablets distributed near drinking fountains aid workers in munitions plants. About 5,000 dispensers exist with 1,500 tablets each and 1,000 more planned this year to help combat dehydration and water loss in summer heat.
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The
Health League of Canada
Modern machine revives thatching mat production
A machine invented 46 years ago is revived to produce thatching mats at two yards per minute costing seven cents a yard. It speeds roof work for buildings and stacks to one fifth the time and half the cost, while Britain considers shorter socks to conserve material.
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Britain
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Col
John Fitzgerald Preston
Royal Canadian Artillery
West Coast
Manitoba
University of Toronto
Canada Gazette
Fairchild Company
Magerstown
United States War Department
Alaska
Jolleys of
Day Stars
Sask
Bethune
Climax
Bienfait
Oxbow
Key Indian Reserve
Pelly
Lumsden
Western Canada
We4mg
Europe
R.C.A F
Prairie Parson
West
South Saskatchewan Border Regiment
Estevan
Sq. Lar. Lightbourne
RCAF
R.C.A.F
C.P.R. Blood Donations
Mahatma Gandhi
Mohandas K. Gandhi
By William Ferguson
Ando
By Fred Neher
Reg
Gene Byrnes
Great Britain
Mickie
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