World Happenings Briefly In Wartime News Digest
The Vichy radio reports Wilhelm Kolwneyer founder of the Hitler Youth died on the Eastern Front. Churchill tells Parliament Britain will not use retaliatory gas warfare and suspects gas was employed by the enemy. Allied observers and Gen Henri Giraud foresee Allied victory in 1944. Moscow says Laval agreed to cede Nice Savoy and Corsica to Italy after the war. A Scots woman Sally Knox becomes the first woman guard on the LMS. Suburban services run London to St Pancras and St Albans.
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Vichy
Associated Press
Wilhelm Kolwneyer
Hitler Youth Organization
Eastern Front
London
Henri Giraud
North Africa
Moscow
Stockholm
Pierre Laval
Nice
Savoy
Corsica
Italy
Sally Knox
LMS
St. Pancras
St. Albans
Practical two piece pattern 4320 by Anne Adams
Young busy women are urged to order Pattern 4320 a two piece jacket and front panel skirt. The style suits bust and hip curves with a soft bustline and a fit over the hips. Size 16 uses 4 yards of fabric and 35 inch. Send 20 cents to Anne Adams Pattern Dept Winnipeg. Mail delay noted.
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Anne Adams
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave
Winnipeg
Ration Book II Issued In Massive Government Program
Twelve million copies of Ration Book No 2 have been issued weighing 270 tons and filling nine box cars. If piled singly the books would reach 11 miles in the air and their 144 million pages would form a ribbon over 3 inches wide stretching across Canada five times. Government maintained restaurants in Britain offer cash and carry meals that can be reheated at home.
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Canada
Britain
Cigarette Smoking Slows Blood Flow By Degree Study
A test explains smoking cools fingers by 10 to 12 degrees as reduced blood flow slows heat transfer. The finding notes cigarette use affects peripheral circulation and can alter finger warmth.
Western Canadian girls aid war effort in Eastern plants
Western Canadian women from Manitoba Saskatchewan and Alberta work in McKinnon Industries St Catharines Ontario with many adjusting to busy war plant life. They form friendships marry local workers and cope with homesickness by dinners and dances while contributing to radio device and detonator production for the fighting fronts. Editor notes photos of the workers.
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Margaret Mackay
Winnipeg
Manitoba
Niagara Peninsula
McKinnon Industries Limited
St. Catharines
Ontario
Rose Zinkowski
McKinnon Industries, Limited
McKinnon Industries
West
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Finnerall
Garden City
McKinnon
Salt Uses and Rubber Seed Trade Mentioned Together
Salt has numerous uses from wound cleansing to digestive relief and foot care. The East Indies rubber industry relies on wild rubber seeds transplanted from Brazil in 1876, highlighting a colonial-era seed transfer.
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East Indies
Brazil
Beans and classification in class reveal variety
In a classroom discussion on vegetables pupils name several bean types including bread beans string beans butter beans and a child adds human beans. The report also notes Victoria Australia operates two meat hydration plants with a capacity to process 200000 sheep annually.
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Little Jim
Australia
Victoria
Food Saver Book Advise Wartime Cook Help
Advance copy of a 68 page wartime cookbook by Ann Adam Canadian dietician offering 200 tested recipes. Demand will be high and readers are urged to send 10c for mailing expenses to Appleford Paper Products Limited Hamilton Ontario with clipping. Include name and address.
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Ann Adam
Appleford Paper Products Limited
Hamilton
Ontario
Garden Notes on Canadian War Garden Advice
The article warns readers about wartime garden guidance from the United States not always suited to Canadian conditions. It stresses early cultivation to fight weeds and pests, using light fertilizers, and dusting potatoes. It notes planting plans through July for fall harvest and continued sowing through early July, even in drought, as a cost-effective approach.
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United States
Can Éda
Mickie Says A Rattlin Tin Can Ad
A playful note complains about advertising tricks in the paper and the need for honest notices. The column mocks sensational slogans and highlights readers' awareness of what is being sold.
Simon the Sorcerer in Samaria and Peter's rebuke
A Sunday school lesson outlines Philip the Evangelist preaching in Samaria, Simon the Sorcerer’s rise and baptism, and Peter and John confirming the believers and bestowing the Holy Spirit. It notes Simon’s bet for power with money and Peter’s strong rebuke.
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Stephen
Saul
Philip
Sammria
Jerusalem
Philip the Evangelist
Simon
Justin Martyr
Rome
Samaria
Peter
John
Jesus
Youngest Briton POW Jack Hipkin 14 on first voyage
Jack Hipkin of Newcastle, aged 14, is identified as the youngest Briton prisoner of war. Captured on his first voyage two years ago, letters from the camp describe him as cheerful and diligent in study. Separate tests note glass changes shape slowly even at room temperature.
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Jack Hipkin
Newcastle
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House of Commons
American Aviation
Lord Portal
House of Lords
Red Cross
Hot Springs
Virgil L. Pitts
Ration Books
By William Ferguson
Asia
Wey
Harry Nixon
Ontario Liberal Party
Food Saver Book
Mickie
Ughro
By Fred Neher
Ball Park
Reg'lar
Las
Gene Byrnes
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