World Happenings Briefly Told
The BBC says both the Red army and civilians are prepared for gas warfare. Belgian Congo aims to triple tin output and boost rubber quinine. Australia forms a food council to avoid rationing and plans a planned food economy. Tin sizes reduced for certain canned goods and tinplate use banned for others. Toronto couple Ross Mark and sister escape to Chungking. parents informed. 16 year old Alan King in Islington wins Scout Silver Medal for raids. Katowice may be moved 30 miles south to access coal deposits for Germany. Quisling split leads to Norwegian Nazi leaders deposed and sent to camps.
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BBC
Moscow
Red Army
Belgian Congo
Australia
Australian Food Council
Dominion
Ross Mark
Toronto
Philip Chai
Hong Kong
Chungking
Moon Mark
Cable
Alan King
Islington
London
Katowice
Upper Silesia
Reuters
Stockholm
Quisling
Nazi Party
Bomb drop timing from four planes at speed
A 500 pound bomb released from four planes traveling 200 mph at 10,000 feet will strike the ground one mile and a quarter ahead of the release point. The calculation shows the bomb’s landing spot lies approximately 1.25 miles forward of the release location when dropped from the given flight parameters.
Cotton Frock doubles as active sports wear pattern 4051
Anne Adams Pattern 4051 offers a versatile cotton frock with jiffy back buttoning and a square yoke bodice, with cap sleeve option. Available in misses and women's sizes 12 through 40, size 16 uses 3 1/2 yards of 35 inch fabric. Send 20 cents to Anne Adams Pattern Union, 175 McDermot Ave, Winnipeg, Manitoba.
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Anne Adams
Anne Adams Pattern Union
McDermot Ave
Winnipeg
Man
Pony Express Legends in British Columbia History
The death of Clarence Marper Tingley recalls a romantic era in British Columbia when Stephen Tingley drove for and later ran Barnard's Express the B X on the Cariboo Road. Barnard's and Ballou pioneered pony mail with hardships, linking Yale to Cariboo mines. Steve Tingley, partner and later owner for over 30 years, was famed as the West’s whip and once drove Lord and Lady Dufferin through Fraser canyons on a return trip to Yale.
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British Columbia
Clarence Marper Tingley
Victoria
Stephen Tingley
Cariboo
Billy Ballou
Fraser
Ballou
F. J. Barnard
Yale
Barnard
Pony Express
B.X
Steve Tingley
Lord and Lady Duffferin
Fraser Canyons
Lady Dufferin
Vancouver
Real Patriotism Polish Mother Forfeits Insurance Check
The mother of a Creson Pennsylvania born sailor who died at Java refused a $5000 federal insurance payout. She told officials that the government needed the money, and that she and her coal miner husband could manage without it. The Herald urges readers to reflect on Americanism and wartime sacrifices.
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Creson
Java
Miami Herald
Snorre the Seal Allegory Causes German Censorship in Norway
A Norwegian bestseller Snorre the Seal, a fable for children and adults, depicted a seal from Norway captured by a killer whale representing Germany. An Uncle Walrus from England helps rescue the seal, while two sea gulls with red eye marks betray their former friend. the tale ends with the whale trapped in a rock fissure.
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Snorre
Norway
Germany
Walrus
England
Brand of
Cain
London flower girls honored in Mrs Pennington-Bickford will
Gray haired flower girls on Drury Lane remembered in Mrs William Pennington-Bickford s will. She leaves a trust from an estate above $100 000 to fund an eight day seaside holiday each year for the women.
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London
Drury Lane
William Pennington-Bickford
Regular Students Train At Army Education Lectures
More than one million troops attend army education lectures as regular students. Among them twenty thousand study to become doctors bankers insurance brokers lawyers architects surveyors auctioneers scientists and technologists in post war programs.
Water use noted in shipyard air purification
In a factory painting operation 100000 gallons of water are used to purify air for workers on a pursuit ship. The Brandon Sun notes new residents on our street are foreigners and that children generally obey their parents.
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Brandon Sun
Sunday School Lesson on the Passover and the Lord's Supper
The lesson centers on Luke 22 7 38 and John 14 1 6 with the Paschal feast as Jesus speaks with deep feeling about eating the Passover with his disciples before his suffering He institutes the new covenant through the bread and cup reminding them to remembrance of him and linking the old with the new. Judas is identified as the betrayer at table, with explanations aligning Matthew and Mark accounts.
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Jesus
God
Egypt
A. E. Garvie
John
Judas
Matthew
Mark
Actor Buys Tailor Suit Pattern Observed by Son
An actor enters a tailor shop and orders a suit. He shows a fabric pattern to his son Tommy who remarks on the wrong side noting it is the side he will wear when the suit comes down to him.
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Tommy
Beecham urges 50 percent tax on war speakers
Sir Thomas Beecham proposes a tax on anyone giving a war speech to curb public influence. He criticizes North Americans for consuming multiple newspapers and radio programs daily and urges independent thinking. He notes maple sap lacks maple flavor until boiled and mentions Mount Rainier’s glaciers spanning over 40 square miles.
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Thomas Beecham
North America
Mount Rainier
Walk Your Way to Health Advice in Hygeia
E A Conklin urges daily walking for physical and mental health. He stresses proper posture, gradual distance increases, and warns against avoiding walking when a car is available. Start with a mile, then add half a mile weekly to reach a five mile hike.
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E. A. Conklin
Mr. Conklin
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No 2 Wireless School
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Alta
E. R. Owen
No. 2 Wireless School
M. W. Thompson
Prince Albert
E. R. Aldous
Lorlie
F. H. Banks
St. Cyr Lake
Tae
BY William Ferguson
Denver
NEA Service. Inc
Eder Alltel
By Fred Neher
Merea
Lea
League
Canada
Walking For Health
Mickie
Gene Byrnes
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