World Happenings Briefly Told
The war production board ordered civilian radios and phonographs discontinued after April 22. Britain and the United States coordinate aid to Greece while Rome reports Italian losses in the Balkans. Romanian despatches note four female students were court martialed and sentenced to forced labor. No steel for baby carriages and lawn mowers. Manitoba rejects fishermen recruitment for British Columbia. A radio Oberammergau broadcast marks a historic British stage and screen portrayal of Christ.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States War Production Board
Bucharest
Oberammergau
Christ
Britain
Plays for Public School Audiences Outlined by Regina Teacher
Mary Ellen Burgess lists nursery and school plays available through Thomas Nelson and Sons and French Royalty titles. The note details scenes, cast sizes, prices, and where to secure: Nine New Plays for Children, My Little Play Book, Pattern Plays, Eight Modern Plays, Plays from Literature, non royalty titles, and royalty titles with costs from 20c to 10 dollars. It invites readers to request specifics with a self addressed stamped envelope.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rose Fyleman
Little Theatre
Cinderella
Father Christmas
John Hampden
Princess and the
Wood Cutter
Robin Hood
Micheal
Eldorado
Catherine Parr
Henry VIII
S Palace
David Copperfield
Thomas Nelson and Sons, Ltd
Wellington St. West
Toronto
Ont
King
Chancellor
Sabra
Mary Ellen Burgess
Regina
New Apron Wardrobe Pattern 4803 by Anne Adams
Busy homemakers can build a complete apron wardrobe with Pattern 4803. Versions A B and C offer everyday work, heavy tasks, and dainty tea aprons with decorative details. Available sizes small to large with fabric amounts and edging required. Send 20 cents and order to Anne Adams Pattern Dept Winnipeg Union.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anne Adams
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave. E
Winnipeg
Man
18th Century Europe Wears High Heel Shoes and Wedges
The article notes that European fashion in the 1700s favored elevated footwear including high heels and wedges. It highlights social display and silhouette as drivers of this trend among classes and courts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Europe
Tea taster urges sugarless tea to savor flavor
C. J. Brown, official tea taster for the department of national revenue, advises against adding sugar to tea to enjoy real flavor. He notes that cutting sugar by two thirds could save 32 000 tons for other uses while hundreds of tons of tea are bought annually for the fighting services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. J. Brown
Department of National Revenue
Fighting Services
Farm Land Values Rise Across Canada in 1941 Estimates
Official report shows occupied farm land values up to 25 dollars per acre in Canada. Increases occur in the Maritimes, Quebec, Manitoba, and British Columbia. Alberta unchanged. Ontario and Saskatchewan fall by one dollar per acre. Dominion average remains below pre 1929 levels. A China in Maine and another in Texas noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
Maritime Provinces
Quebec
Manitoba
British Columbia
Alberta
Ontario
Saskatchewan
Dominion
Last Commando Raid on Norway Runs Exactly On Time
British Navy commando raid on Norway near year end proceeded nearly to plan. An officer admitted a minor hitch, arriving at 8:31 instead of 8:30 and leaving the job finished at 2:45 p.m. instead of 3:00 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norway
Airscrew ban shifts wording to propeller in official use
The British air ministry bans the term airscrew from all official correspondence to avoid confusion with aircrew. Propeller will now be the accepted term. In 1815 Tambora eruption, 38 cubic miles of solid material was ejected from the volcano in the Netherlands East Indies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
British Air Ministry
Tambora
Netherlands East Indies
Jesus Questions Followers on His Identity at Caesarea Philippi
The gospel lesson recalls Jesus taking disciples north of Galilee to Caesarea Philippi. He asks who people say he is and then who the disciples believe him to be. Peter replies that Jesus is the Christ, the Messiah, the Anointed One, and Jesus then explains the necessity of the cross for his messianic mission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jesus
Messiah
Mark
Caesarea Philippi
Luke
John the Baptist
Elijah
Peter
Christ
Selected Recipes and Coconut Crisps Instructions
A collection of recipe instructions including cake batter with eggs sugar almond flavoring pastry flour corn starch salt and baking powder plus butter hot milk bake at 300 to 325 degrees F for an hour. Also a coconut crisps recipe with butter brown sugar corn syrup oats cocoanut flour baking soda and an egg baked 12 to 15 minutes yields about eight dozen cookies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Benson's
Canada
Mazda
Health in Industry Focus of Toronto Postgraduate Course
A three day postgraduate medical course at the University of Toronto covered industrial health. It targeted industrial physicians and followed a parallel nursing course. Dr J G Cunningham highlighted lost time due to respiratory and blood vessel ailments, wounds, burns, and skin diseases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
University of Toronto
School of Nursing
J. G. Cunningham
Division of Industrial Hygiene
Ontario Department of Health
Cunningham
Ontario
Not Classed Official Oliva Dionne Receives Gasoline Allowance
Oliva Dionne, father of quintuplets, will receive the same gasoline allotment as other drivers when rationing starts April 1. Ottawa officials say his status as guardian does not place him in a special government category and he is assigned 300 to 380 gallons per year. A separate note advises kindness to children, while another line mentions La Paz cathedral seating 12 000 worshippers.
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Oliva Dionne
Dionne
Ottawa
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Germany
Washington
Russia
Balkans
Great Britain
London
FR. Kilbourn
Department of Munitions and Supply
Tee
Pry
By William Ferguson
England
Texas
Mexico
Lone Star
United States
Maine
Tle Olatum
By Fred Neher
Jesus the Messiah
Reg'lar Fellers
Johnsons Creek
Gene Byrnes
Millers Pond
WEA
Father of Quints
la Paz
Bolivia
Leazar
Baily Mall
Streess
Mickie
Royal Order OF Good Fellers
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