World Happenings Briefly Told
British authorities in Singapore confiscated 12 bags of mail consigned to Germany on the Fushimo Maru. The King and Queen opened the first British Red Cross ambulances for France. Pensions for parents of unmarried fighting men were increased. European blackouts spur new industries including luminous buttons. London evacuee billeting costs cited at 31.15 million dollars. A train wreck in Yugoslavia left 25 dead and 70 injured. Canadian flyers may join the French Air Force. Two men convicted in Rotterdam for wireless weather reports to Germany jailed six years.
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Singapore
Germany
Foreign Office
Buckingham Palace
Red Cross
France
Walter Womerstey
US Department of Commerce
London
Walter Eliott
House of Commons
Ozalj
Yugoslavia
Finnish War Veterans’ Association
Toronto
Rotterdam
Kipling Home Bateman's Endowed to National Trust
Mrs. Kipling leaves Bateman's in East Sussex to the National Trust with an endowment of £5000. The stone house, built early 17th century with mullioned windows and brick chimneys, sits in a former iron industry centre. The estate of about 300 acres also goes to the Trust.
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Rudyard Kipling
Bateman
Lane Bridge
Kiplings
Kipling
Manchester Guardian
Anne Adams Pattern 4384 Shirt for Spring Wardrobe
Anne Adams Pattern 4384 offers a yoked front and back shirt with darts and full lower ease. Choose self fabric or contrast collar for a tailored frock look, options for short or long sleeves, collarless warm weather version, and optional pockets. Available in women's sizes 34 to 48 with fabric estimate for size 36. mail order to Winnipeg Pattern Dept. for 20 cents.
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Anne Adams
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave. E
Winnipeg
Manitoba Red Cross Shipments to England From Winnipeg
Manitoba Red Cross headquarters shipped hospital and surgical supplies to England from Winnipeg Civic Auditorium between March 1 and March 8, 1940. Items listed include 3,012 men’s wool socks, 1,356 men’s wool scarves, 389 seamen scarves, 636 seamen stockings, 730 pullovers, 2,160 pieces, 612 copies, 480 seamen socks, 1,188 dressings, 972 surgical towels, 3,120 triangular bandages, 600 bed jackets, 108 pillow covers, 55 hospital bed gowns, 1,992 items, 1,188 pneumonia jackets, 330 single bed sheets, 156 hospital bed gowns, plus surgical supplies including cotton bandages and pads. Total value noted as 19,189. The text then digresses into unrelated wildlife notes about desert rodents and birds.
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England
Manitoba
The
Red Cross
Winnipeg Civic Auditorium
Seis
Vaccination urged to curb horse sleeping sickness
Saskatchewan authorities advocate April and early May vaccination against encephalomyelitis or sleeping sickness in horses. Dr. J S Fulton outlines the disease, its spread, and the need for two vaccine doses 10 days apart, using chick vaccine from approved providers, to protect both animals and human health.
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J. SS. Fulton
Saskatchewan
Union
University Laboratory
California
The
Man
Lederle, Cutter, Kennedy
Abbott Laboratories
Department of Agriculture
Regina
Goering's General Uproar Over War Plans
Gregory Ratoff recounts Goering summoning his generals to declare a fast victory. All but one small rear general affirm the plan. Goering asks why the lone officer hesitates and the response suggests transferring Czecho-Slovakia into his wife's name.
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Gregory Ratoff
Goering
Connecticut January experiment tests early corn planting
An agricultural station in Connecticut conducts an experiment on January 30 to see how early corn can be planted in frozen soil for New England.
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Connecticut
New England
Final Interview with the Risen Christ and Great Commission
Sunday school lesson centers on Matthew 28 16 20 and Acts 1 8. Richard son and Mackay cited, noting Jesus declares all authority in heaven and earth and commands discipleship baptism in a Trinitarian formula, urging believers to live worthy of their calling.
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Christ
Matthew
Jesus
Galilee
Jesus Christ
William R. Richards
Paul
John Mackay
Gardening guidance for soil care and lawn repair
The text advises delaying work on wet soil to avoid lumping and hardening. It recommends amending soil with well rotted manure or leaves to improve texture, and describes fixing bare lawn spots by removing gravel and reseeding with Canadian grass seed. It lists suitable annuals for sun and shade and emphasizes choosing seeds from quality seed catalogues.
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California
Denmark's Christian X Reigns in 27th Year as Tall Monarch
Since 1448 Denmark has had 19 rulers including 10 Christians and eight Fredericks. The present king Christian X stands six feet six inches, reputedly the tallest man in the nation, as he marks 27 years on the throne.
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Denmark
Fredericks
Hans
Christian X
Jefferson’s seed: seed rice from Italy sparks Southern industry
Thomas Jefferson, third U.S. president, smuggled the first rice seed from Italy to South Carolina, initiating the region’s rice growing. The tale connects scientific curiosity, policy, and agricultural development in early America.
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Thomas Jefferson
United States
Italy
South Carolina
South
Population of Rome at January end listed
Official announcement places Rome's population at 1,330,600 as January closes. The figure is published by the relevant civic authority.
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Rome
Preventive medicine urged to reshape Canada’s health system
Dr Gordon Bates, General Director of the Health League of Canada, in Toronto, argues life expectancy has risen from 30 to 60 years in a century and centers on prevention. He cites Pasteur and Lister, notes medical practice must move toward preventive care, and suggests public health reform with expanded funding and universal access inspired by England’s health insurance model. He warns Canada needs 15,000 doctors and links care to dignity and fiscal feasibility.
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Gordon Bates
Health League of Canada
Toronto
Pasteur
Lister
Bates
Canada
England
Dr. Bates
Canadian National Committee For Mental Hygiene
Readers urged to request complete cancer articles set
Readers are advised to obtain the full series of Dr McCulloughs cancer articles by writing to The Health League of Canada at 105 Bond St Toronto Ont. The notice promotes a consolidated collection for interested readers.
Invisible German search light uses ultra violet rays
A London Daily Express correspondent reports a German invention of an invisible search light. It works by transmitting ultra violet rays directed by a sound locator. Rays reflect from enemy aircraft onto a glass plate to show their course.
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London Daily Express
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Sussex
National Trust Co
Mickie
New Zealand
RO Salas
Durham
Wealth League
DR. J. W. S. McCullough
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