World Happenings Briefly Told
Sub-Lt Stuart Grant Moore of the Royal Canadian Navy is mentioned in despatches. his Vancouver home is cited. Australia requisitions all tea supplies from merchants and traders. Prof W L Carlyle retires after 25 years as Duke of Windsor’s Pekisko ranch manager. Switzerland begins meat rationing and bans slaughter without permit. Captain Archibald Donald of Montreal wins a 40 minute battle with a Nazi submarine and receives the Order of the British Empire. Manitoba Premier John Bracken outlines a post war plan for employment and public works. About 200,000 Canadian airgraph messages have crossed the Atlantic to UK forces since the airgraph system began. Ogden shops at Calgary, Prairie Arsenal, run by Canadian Pacific Railway, now produce naval guns, per Sir Edward Beatty during inspection.
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Stuart Grant Moore
Royal Canadian Navy
Moore
Vancouver
Ogden
Calgary
Prairie Arsenal
Canadian Pacific Railway
Edward Beatty
G.be
Goering Hosts Lavish Party Amid Berlin Palace Guarding
The St. Catharines Standard reports Hermann Goering held a large gathering at a palace near Berlin. The menu included Italian oysters and French champagne, while a heavy guard kept onlookers away from the feast as top Nazi figures enjoyed a luxurious war period.
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Goering
Ber-lin
St. Catharines
Italy
France
Air Brakes For Bombers Improve Dive Control
Scientific American explains that using flaps or air brakes in bomber aircraft helps limit diving speed to prevent dangerous high centrifugal forces during recovery. Lower dive speeds reduce recovery radius and allow closer bomb release with greater aiming certainty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scientific American
Farmers Feed War Effort At Canadian Plant
Thirteen tons of potatoes twelve tons of meat two tons of butter and seventeen kinds of vegetables are needed each month to supply 4,000 meals daily at a Canadian explosives filling plant. The figures show the vital role of farmers in the war effort.
Cotton Frock Pattern 4993 From Anne Adams
Pattern 4993 offers a long waisted cotton frock with side bodice sections dipping below the waist. Instructions suggest calico or gingham, optional belt, and contrasting shoulder yokes sleeves pockets for a gay look. Orders to Anne Adams Pattern Dept Winnipeg Newspaper Union, Winnipeg Man with size name address and 20 cents.
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Anne Adams
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave. E
Winnipeg
Man
Times Have Changed Barber Talks Dwindle in Modern Salons
The Portland Oregonian notes barber shops no longer entertain customers with politics religion or sports. Barbers are quiet, offering conversations only if prompted by patrons. yet the barber remains informed. A separate item mentions Princess Juliana of the Netherlands donating blood for a transfusion program, marking her third voluntary contribution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland Oregonian
Armea
Juliana
Netherlands
Safe Powder Promises No Nitro Glycerin Use
Universal Powder Company at Olympia Washington touts a new safer powder that contains no nitroglycerin and claims a machine gun bullet will not explode it. Vice president C F Ramsey notes no military orders and says the secret mixing formula makes it more powerful yet safer than nitroglycerin with only a detonator able to cause an explosion. A job applicant quips about Chaos hindering orders while promising to pull it through.
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Universal Powder Company
Olympia
Wash
C. F. Ramsey
Ramsey
Mighty Works Of Jesus Sunday School Lesson
Golden text asks what manner of man Jesus is for commanding winds and sea. Lesson cites Matthew 8 27 Matthew 23 34 Mark 4 35 41 Luke 8 26 56. Devotional reading uses Psalm 19 1 6.
Jesus Calms Storm and Exorcises Demons on Galilee Shore
The piece recounts Jesus calming the storm on the Sea of Galilee and commanding demons at the Gadarenes. It notes disciples’ fear, Jesus’ rebuke, and the era’s belief in evil spirits inhabiting beings and animals.
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Jesus
W. W. Sidey
Lake of Galilee
Mark
Son of God
Selected Recipes 11 Round Steak Dish
A 1 inch thick round steak is seasoned with mustard corn starch salt and pepper then seared in Mazola. Onion carrot and canned tomatoes with corn syrup are added and the dish is baked covered for about 1½ hours. Serves four.
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Benson's of Canada
Mazda
Graham Muffins Recipe from Crown Brand Syrup
A vintage recipe card describes making Graham muffins with corn syrup egg salt raisins graham flour sour milk and all purpose flour. It lists steps to mix bake and yield 12 large or 18 medium muffins noting a 375 degree oven for 20 minutes.
Narcotics Situation Improves in Canada War Effort Cited
An editorial in The Canadian Medical Association Journal credits wartime narcotics control to the Narcotics Division and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. It notes shortages for illicit dealers, drying up of morphine, heroin, and cocaine sources, and urges physicians and druggists to guard supplies. In Toronto, 18 addicts using 54 aliases secured 300 prescriptions from 76 physicians. Illicit drug prices rose sharply, cocaine imports dropped from 2192 to 819 ounces between 1939 and 1940.
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Canadian Medical Association Journal
Canada
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Toronto
Federal Report
Louvre Palace in Paris: France’s National Art Gallery
The Louvre Palace in Paris serves as France’s national art gallery and museum, housing a vast collection of masterpieces and drawing worldwide attention for its historical significance and cultural wealth.
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Palace of the Louvre
Paris
National Art
Museum of
France
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W. L. Carlyle
Duke of Windsor
Pekisko
Alta
Switzerland
Archibald Donald
Montreal
John Bracken
Manitoba
Atlantic
United Kingdom
Ruskley
Gene Byrnes
Olchio IE
Princess
By Fred Neher
Graham
South Wales
New York State
Cosine
Doe
Uealty League
Auta
Mickie
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