World Happenings Briefly Told
Red Cross appeal funds six ambulances donated for overseas use announced in Calgary. Sweden seeks 31 million dollars for defense. Canada and Britain strike a 50 million bushel wheat deal easing surplus. Wells Lifeboat crew awarded pounds for a 22 hour search. Winnipeg grain exchange to stay open through next July. Earthquake hits Aklavik 1 700 miles north of Edmonton. Traffic deaths higher in Britain. March blackout toll low. MacMillan plans to avoid modern German works this year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross
Calgary
Australia
Canada
Britain
Dominion
Royal National Lifeboat Institution
Wells
England
Winnipeg Grain Exchange
J. A. MacKinnon
Admiralty
Dunkirk
Aklavik
Arctic Post
Edmonton
Great Britain
Free Health Book For Readers On Food For Health
A doctor written booklet titled Food for Health is offered free to readers. It provides menus for two adults and five children at 23c per person per day and aims to promote simple healthy living to prevent flu from 1919. Available through doctors, health officers, Red Cross, life insurance reps, or by writing Winnipeg Newspaper Union.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave. E
Winnipeg
Junior Farm Clubs Show Surging Canadian Growth
Vancouver Sun notes the 1939 official report shows junior farm club membership at 45,314 up from 37,254 in 1938, a 21 percent rise. It contrasts with 1981 figures of 21,142, indicating the movement doubled in eight years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
Vancouver Sun
Saskatchewan Red Cross appeals for blankets for French hospital beds
Saskatchewan residents have collected over 250 blankets for overseas aid as the Red Cross calls for emergency supplies. Express firms deliver multiple packages daily to the Regina depot, with more expected from branches nationwide. A further $10,000 was voted to finance overseas commitments through the National Office in Toronto, aiding British and French hospital needs for military and refugee casualties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saskatchewan
Regina
Red Cross
Seaboard
Saskatchewan Red Cross
Society
Toronto
Red Cross of Canada
British Red Cross
W. F. Marshall
Good Table Manners Etiquette Guide Offered by Winnipeg Union
A Home Service notice promotes a 32 page etiquette booklet detailing correct table manners for sandwiches, napkin use, fingers versus forks, and dining at clubs or restaurants. It lists related booklets on tennis, beauty treatments, nursing, swimming, gardening, and ballroom dancing, available for 15 cents each.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Home Service Dept
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave. E
Winnipeg
Man
Carcare on Canberra Road Sees Aid From Ambulance Crew
After the vehicle ran off the road near Canberra no one was hurt but a car sustained heavy damage. Passersby included a nurse, a priest, a doctor, and an ambulance man who all halted to render assistance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Christopher
Canberra
Australia Press Bureau
Tungsten Content Proportion in High-Speed Tool Steel
A technical note states tungsten accounts for 18 percent of the weight of common high speed tool steel. It highlights tungsten’s role in hardness heat resistance and wear performance for cutting tools.
Parthenon color scheme highlighted with red blue and gold
Spiders can survive about eighteen months without food as noted in a decorative historical context. The fragment mentions the Parthenon in Athens and a numeric value 2363 associated with the text.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens
Greece
Polish Black Book details German atrocities in Poland
The New York issued black book charges Germany with attempting to wipe out Poles. It cites 1.1 million civilian deaths and 200 thousand children, 320 thousand military deaths, 4 million deportations, 26 thousand executions and seven million in hunger since the war began. It blames Nazi policies restricting marriage and causing famine to curb Polish population growth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
New York
Future
T. F. Bennett
Anthony Tarnowski
Polish Information Centre
Poland
Stars Proximity Update Narrows Distance to Earth
Astronomers report more than 5000 bright stars are only half to a third as far from Earth as once thought. Improved parallax measurements revise nearby stellar distances, impacting star catalogs and galactic mapping.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earth
Top American Baby Names List Features Ten Popular Male Names
The article lists the ten most popular male given names in the United States including Charles Edward George Henry John Joseph James Robert Thomas and William. It notes these names as the leaders in recent naming trends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles
Edward
George
Henry
John
Joseph
James
Robert
Thomas
William
America
Royal Military College Trims Courses To Two Years
The Royal Military College Kingston will reduce its program from four to two years for the war duration. About 100 graduates annually will finish at Point Frederick instead of 50, with shortened summers and tightened cultural and engineering study. The two year curriculum matches the peacetime four year graduate in military training and enables entry to engineering and arts programs in universities.
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Kingston
Royal Military College
Sandhurst
Canada
Point Frederick
R.M.C
Windsprite Pledges Ten Cent Stamp Drive For War Bills
A Windsor Star reader offers a quiet patriotic contribution by buying at least one ten cent postage stamp weekly for the war duration. The stamps, affixed to already franked letters, go directly to the Dominion treasury with no repayment expected, an indirect yet outright gift.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
The
Star
Dominion Treasury
Windsor Star
Boys Taught Farming On School Land In England
School program in England sees boys instructed in farming on school land. Program aims to teach practical agriculture skills and work discipline, with instructors detailing crop planning, animal care, and fieldwork to foster rural proficiency.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Treasures of Portugal Highlight 800th Anniversary
A summer autumn exhibition plans celebrate Portugal’s 800th founding in 1140. Highlights cover Moorish expulsion, Henry the Navigator, Gama, Magellan, Brazil’s rise, and global exploration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portugal
Portugese
Prince Henry
Vasco de Gama
India
Magellan
Brazil
Madeira
Azores
Africa
Australian
Abyssinia
Greenland
Ceylon
China
It It It It It It It It It
The lesson recounts Haggai urging Jerusalem’s workers to finish the temple. It notes the 66 years since Solomon’s temple, the people’s discouragement, and the promise “For I am with you” as the basis for strength.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Haggai
Jehovah
Jerusalem
Tabernacles
Solomon's Temple
Alexander Maclaren
Anne Adams Pattern 4462 Frock For Slimming Bodice
New Anne Adams pattern 4462 offers a button front slimming line and long waisted look with pointed side bodice panels. Features include revers cuffs in white lace or eyelet, front and back skirt panels for ease, sizes 34 through 48, fabric yardage 4% yards at size 36, order by mail with 20 cents to Winnipeg pattern department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anne Adams
Anne Adams Pattern Dept
Winnipeg
R Union
McDermot Ave
Drums in Haiti Rites Mirror Western African Traditions
A study finds Haitian voodoo drums closely resemble those used in Western African rites, suggesting strong continuity and conservatism in traditional practice across regions and generations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Haiti
Health League of Canada lauds press and radio support
An editorial in Health, the Health League of Canada’s publication, credits the press for extensive health education and notes the league’s long running news service. It also highlights wartime educational lectures, nutritious cooking campaigns, and free radio time by Canadian stations aiding public health efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. M. Aitken
Canada Starch Home Service Department
Press of Canada
Health
The
Health League of Canada
League
Dominion
Canada
Cancer articles offered free by Health League of Canada
Readers can obtain a valuable set of articles on the cause and control of cancer free of charge by writing to Health League of Canada Dept W.N.Y. 111 Avenue Road Toronto Ontario. Include the request phrase and print name and address plainly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Health League of Canada
Dept. W.N.Y
111 Avenue Road
Toronto
Origins of City Names and Rome Legends
The passage links how names arise suddenly like Athena and discusses legends of Rome and Carthage. It notes Romulus and Remus and the myth of Rome on seven hills with valleys showing extinct volcanic craters and references Aphrodite as causes of the city’s dedication.
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Athena
Zeus
Carthage
Rome
Romulus and
Remus
Seven Hills
Aphrodite
Venus
Dea Amoris
Jiffies Puzzle Baffles Father Teaching Time
A proud father teaches his daughter to tell time by minutes and seconds but the child asks where the jiffies are, highlighting a playful misnomer in time units. The vignette centers on a father and his small daughter exploring time concepts together.
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Ernest MacMillan
Toronto Conservatory of Music
Toronto Symphony Orchestra
Lydia E. Pinkham
Pinkham’s
Home Service
Wrigley
United States
James Roosevelt
Oslo
Norway
Canada Starch
Canada Starch Home Service
Dept. DV
Montreal
TWE Canada Starch Company Limited
DR. J. W. S. Mscullough
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