World Happenings In Brief From Around The World
International news briefs note Britain grants five year exemption from military service to underground coal miners. Canada plans four hundred thousand dollars for tourist advertising and Manitoba cooperatives face five percent tax. Allied discovery of Adolf Hitler platinum treasure in a German bank valued at thousands of dollars. Soviet Red Star reports Col Romanyuk’s stratosphere jump. Calf clubs urged to exhibit at the Toronto Royal Fair.
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Adolf Hitler
Red Star
Col. Romanyuk
Toronto
Canadian Council of Boys’ and Girls’ Club Work
Winni
Actress Lamour Loses $1100 Cigarette Case at Party
Hollywood reports film actress Dorothy Lamour lost a cigarette case worth 1100 dollars at a cafe party hosted by producer Walter Wanger. The case features 50 rubies and 30 diamonds and was reported to the sheriff. Pierre Renoir, the noted French painter, was mentioned as having painted on porcelain.
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Hollywood
Dorothy Lamour
Walter Wanger
Sheriff's Office
RCAF Receives First Sikorsky Helicopter
Air Force Headquarters announced the first of three Sikorsky sky helicopters ordered by the RCAF arrived at Rockcliffe. The second and third deliveries are due later in the year. The craft, similar to the helicopter used in the Newfoundland Belgian airliner rescue, will be flown by an RCAF pilot from the Sikorsky plant in Bridgeport New York. It will briefly touch down at Dorval en route as pilots receive training at Farmingdale New York. The first helicopter will go to the Central Flying School at Trenton for instruction, the second will stay at Rockcliffe, and later units will support training, rescue operations and combined efforts with other government departments.
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Air Force Headquarters
R.caf
Rockcliffe
Newfoundland
RCAF
Sikorsky
Bridgeport
N.Y
Dorval
Air Force
Farmingdale
N Y
Central Flying School
Trenton
Canadian Army
Navy
Mounted Police
White Man's Life Changes Indians Stature of Indians
Dr. Frank Tisdale testified before a joint senate and house committee that Indians near Norway House are shrinking in size due to adopting white men’s diet. Records from Hudson Bay store show a shift to smaller clothing as reliance on bought foods rises and pelts decline.
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Norway House
Frank Tisdale
Toronto
Senate
House of Commons Committee On Indian Affairs
Hudson Bay
How Chinese Eat Their Porridge
A Scot visiting a Soho Chinese restaurant reports dragons and incense in a setting with a cat footed waiter serving porridge. After a brief struggle, he yields to a spoon as London Chinese adapt porridge with milk and sugar.
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London
Soho
Glasgow
Glasgow Herald
Bulletin boards for youngsters to save wallpaper from pin ups
If youngsters are pin up enthusiasts, provide bulletin boards made of soft wood for thumb tacks. This helps protect walls from thumb marks and damage.
Crossword Puzzle From Horizon 4 Clues Incomplete List
A crossword puzzle page presents scattered clues and partial entries across horizontal and vertical sections. The readable items include several partial definitions and odd spacings, with references to musical dramas rivers and plant names amid missing letters and garbled entries.
Kids Target Cats As Ransom Case Grows
Kirkland Lake Tech Township police seek youths accused of kidnapping cats. Mrs Walli reported paying $1 ransom for her released cat, and another feline is now missing prompting police inquiry into the growing case.
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Kirkland Lake
Tech Township
W. Walli
Apple Pie Reigns as Prince of Pies Through Ages
A note on apple pie tracing its names from old English terms like apple sticklin and apple hogan to its enduring recipe. The piece asserts pies baked today mirror those from six centuries ago.
Survey Shows Modern Miss Shows Cooking
Newark New Jersey Rutgers University freshmen prefer journalism study 21 percent of 378 firstyear students chose journalism. Home economics was selected by 9 percent.
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Newark
N.J
Rutgers University New Jersey College For
Women’s shoe sizes shift from two and a half to five
An older generation had average feet of size two and a half while today the average woman wears a size five. The change reflects a trend in footwear distribution, with smaller sizes less stocked now than four decades ago.
Many Descendants From the Rose Family
The rose has greatly influenced global floriculture as many popular flowers trace their origins to the rose family, forming distinct botanical lineages and varieties.
Dodd's Kidney Pills Promoted In Vintage Ad
An old advertisement urges relief for backache and rheumatic pain by using Dodd's Kidney Pills. The copy claims kidneys fail to remove acids and poisons, causing backache and headaches, and promotes the blue box with the red band as safe and non-habit forming.
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Dodd
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