World Happenings Briefly Told
Canadian mines hit an all time production high in 1940. A German exile paper in London is published by anti Nazi Europeans. European industrialists admitted to Canada numbered 69 with 4.2 million capital. Wings for Britain fund received 35000 from Searle Grain for a Spitfire. Canada’s airmen rose from under 6000 to over 40000. Evacuation notices issued for areas likely to see fighting if Singapore attacked. Salvation Army chief secretary G W Peacock visited England. Over 60000 Canadians deported since 1902 03, 27995 as public charges. Soldier settlement farms remaining numbered 18765 with 35710872 invested.
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Europe
London
Canada
Britain
Searle Grain Company Limited
Winnipeg
Herbert Ames
Montreal
Boston
Singapore
G. W. Peacock
Toronto
Salvation Army For Canada
England
Canadian Salvation Army
Soldier Settlement of Canada
Mines and Resources Department
Room For Sheep Industry in Canada Opportunities Cited
The Calgary Herald argues expanding Canada's sheep industry could cut imports and boost prairie diversification. It cites 1940 wool production at 18,127,000 pounds versus 101,616,000 pounds consumed, with imports around 83,489,000 pounds. It calls for new mills, labor, and processing capacity.
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Canada
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Dominion
Prairie Provinces
Western
Calgary Herald
Birds change wings in flight unlike airplanes
A curious note explains birds can adjust wing area during flight while humans cannot similarly alter airplane wing geometry. Another observation notes skunks show an unusual fondness for potato chips.
Wellington’s 1819 plan to defend Canada and move capitals
The Duke of Wellington proposed fortifying Kingston and possibly moving the capital from York to Kingston or up the Trent, with a network of canals and railways to link Lake Ontario, Lake Simcoe, and Lake Huron. He favored Penetanguishene as a naval base and a continental transport system to keep forces on the Niagara frontier despite lake navigation. Toronto Star.
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Duke of Wellington
Canada
Kingston
York
Trent River
Trent
Hollands River
Toronto
Lake Ontario
Rideau and
Lake Simcoe
Black River
Georgian Bay
Lake Huron
la Grande Riviere
Lake Erie
Chippewa
Niagara
Wellington
Toronto Star
Fashion Drawing Made Easy Home Course Offer
Learn at home with a 24 page instruction book teaching proportions posing and garment flow for fashion figures. The at home guide covers perspective fore shortening line work fabrics and furs and includes charts and illustrations. Send 15¢ for the book plus notices of other 15¢ booklets available at Winnipeg News paper Union in Manitoba.
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Home Service Dept
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave
Winnipeg
Turks and British Near Full Understanding, Says Times
The New York Times reports that Turkish leaders Saydam and Saracoglu attended a German film showing in Ankara while Berlin pressed a Nazi narrative. The piece notes Britain and Turkey edging toward a full understanding despite German efforts to sway Turkey.
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Ankara
Turkey
Franz von Papen
Poland
Berlin
Saydam
Saracoglu
New York Times
Timing and stock in Canadian gardens
The article emphasizes proper timing over effort in gardening. It advises digging at the right time, buying nursery stock from reputable sources, and sowing steps in stages. Early vegetables include peas lettuce radish spinach with successive sowings every ten days. later crops include carrots beets onions potatoes beans corn tomatoes cabbage cauliflower melons and cucumbers.
Vacancies in Senate Give Conservatives Narrow Majority
Death of Senator J. J. Hughes raises Senate vacancies to three, creating a 47 Conservative to 46 Liberal balance. The Conservatives edge ahead by one seat in Canada's upper house.
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J. J. Hughes
Canada
Anne Adams Pattern 4685 for Misses and Women
Anne Adams Pattern 4685 offers a versatile shirtwaist frock with a novel yoke front panel and side bust-slimming gathers. Available in sizes 14 through 42, shows options for short, long, or three quarter sleeves. Send 20c to Winnipeg Pattern Dept. for pattern order.
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Anne Adams
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave
Winnipeg
Riflemen win Canada Division contest led by Lieut R L Ellis
Lieut R L Ellis commands an Alberta regiment platoon that tops the 2nd Canadian Division in a skill at arms endurance contest. Welsh regiment place second with a prairie infantry unit arriving last Christmas third. Canada bracket honors go to Ellis’s men who also take Bren gun medals. Pte S Relkey of Regina is among the winners.
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R. L. Ellis
Alberta
Prairie Infantry
England
Western Ontario
Lieut
Ellis
Pte. S. Relkey
Regina
Gila Monster Named Poisonous Lizard of Southwest
The Gila monster, native to Arizona and New Mexico, is the only lizard known to be poisonous. Its tenacious grip cannot be broken by a man without a prying tool.
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Arizona
New Mexico
Signpost Points to Poles and Cities in Montreal Area
A signpost in Montreal marks directions to the North Pole and South Pole as well as London and Paris. Separately, reports note some grasshopper species fly to heights reaching 2,000 feet.
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Montreal
Canada
North Pole
South Pole
London
Paris
Sunday School Lesson On Pilate Herod And The Crucifixion
The Sunday school lesson reviews Pilate’s trial of Jesus, Herod’s involvement, and Jesus’ crucifixion with emphasis on the motives of envy and the crowd’s demand for Barabbas. It cites Luke 23 and John 19 and notes Jesus’ first words from the cross asking for forgiveness.
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Pilate
Judea
Jesus
Cesar
Galilee
Jerusalem
Herod
Barabbas
Tiberius
Golgotha
Luke
Canadian Navy Men Return Home on Leave
Toronto based Royal Canadian Navy and RCNVR members arrive on leave. Stoker H H Hunt recalls intense service on Canadian ships. They recount an auction of a fallen comrade’s effects where a knife sold for 20 dollars and a silk piece for 12 dollars, with 450 dollars sent to the widow and 150 dollars raised by the canteen fund.
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Toronto
Royal Canadian Navy
R.C.N.V.R
Stoker
H. H. Hunt
Training For Students Ottawa Plan Outlined In Commons
War Services Minister Gardiner outlined plans to fit university student military training into a four month compulsory program. Students would receive 110 hours per term and two weeks of summer camp training, amounting to one month of training per year.
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Ottawa
House of Commons
War Services
Gardiner
Martian Moon Gravity Lets Humans Jump Far
A hypothetical on one of Mars tiny moons shows gravity so weak that a person could soar about 1000 feet into the air. This extreme scenario highlights how orbital bodies influence jump height and ascent limits.
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Mars
Pneumonia Belts and Preventive Measures Highlighted
Toronto Star notes pneumonia death rates cluster in two belts in North America. It contrasts eastern Atlantic coast and four mountain states with colder climates and lower humidity, cites sulphanilamide drugs reducing deaths, and outlines prevention: clearing infection foci, protective foods, rest, and bed rest at onset of cold or flux.
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Toronto Star
North America
Quebec
Prince Edward Island
Nova Scotia
New Brunswick
Atlantic
Colorado
New Mexico
Arizona
Nevada
Saskatchewan
Alberta
South Dakota
South Carolina
Georgia
United States
Vegetable Products in Canadian Manufacturing Output
Canadian manufacturing relies on vegetable products across many sectors including flour milling grain foods bakery goods sugar beverages and vegetable based fibres. The industry supports both domestic output and foreign trade through diverse lines such as rubber footwear tobacco oils and textile fibres.
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Canada
Photography Exhibit Opens for Indian Art at Imperial Institute
The India Society postpones a winter exhibition of Indian art due to the war and instead presents 250 photographs spanning 2000 years of Indian sculpture and architecture. The Imperial Institute hosts the show opened by Secretary of State for India L. S. Amery.
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Royal Academy
India Society
London Daily Sketch
Imperial Institute
State For India
L. S. Amery
Wavell Urges Peace Effort After War
General Wavell, noted as a Libya hero, urged his troops to apply wartime energy, self sacrifice, and cooperation to peace efforts. He asked them to imagine the world they could build once the war ends.
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Wavell
Libya
Beetle Diversity: Over 100000 Known Species
The record notes that more than 100,000 beetle species are known to science, highlighting their vast diversity. It discusses the breadth of beetle families and the long history of cataloging these insects.
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Mickie
Home Service
Senate
Alberta Regiment
Christ
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