World Happenings Briefly Told From The Evening Standard
Britain builds concrete merchant ships and South Africa plans 24 air schools within months to train thousands annually. The Canadian Women’s Army Corps costs 1.53 million dollars to establish through March 31. The Netherlands first foreign court session in London marks a historical milestone. Attlee urges bold postwar planning for a different world. Woollen uniforms for Australians shift to greenish khaki. A Spitfire pilot survives a fuel fumes incident with no damage. Lloyds underwriters cut Middle East and Far East war risk insurance. An 18-year-old merchant ship survivor Clifford Sherman was last seen singing Britons never shall be slaves.
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J.C. Smuts
South Africa
Canadian Women’s Army Corps
Netherlands Maritime Court
London
Britain
C. R. Attlee
Institute of Underwriters
Lloyd's
Canadian Wheat Board Allows Over Delivery For War Savings Certificates
The Canadian Wheat Board announced allowance of wheat deliveries beyond quotas at country points for producers buying war savings certificates and stamps. The standard delivery quota is 12 bushels per seeded acre and over deliveries must be recorded in permit books until July 31, 1942, noting the purpose as certificate or stamp purchases. Certificates may be bought for the producer, his wife, and any family member.
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Canadian Wheat Board
Pathfinder Notes Ocean and Land Areas and Depths
The piece states oceans cover about 72 percent of Earth with 323 million cubic miles of water. Surface areas include 189.44 million square miles of ocean and 57.51 million square miles of land, plus roughly one million square miles of lakes and rivers. The Milwaukee depth north of Puerto Rico reaches 30,246 feet, and the average ocean depth is about 12,450 feet.
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Milwaukee
Puerto Rico
Polish Blood Registration Sparks Riots and Flight
Newsweek reports that just before the invasion of Russia Poles aged 15 to 60 were ordered to register with local employment bureaus for blood donation to Nazi wounded. Riots ensued as donors fled into the woods and a portion of the population was selected for blood use.
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Newsweek
Hitler
Russia
A Trip To The Moon Night Flyers Possibility Says Scientist
Dr Dinsmore Alter of Griffith Observatory predicts moon visits within 100 years driven by Uranium 235 research at Berkeley. He cites rocket costs around 100 million dollars and notes moon takeoff is easier due to lower gravity. The piece also discusses night vision, color perception, and medical tests for Royal Canadian Air Force and wartime pilots to ensure safe night operation.
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Dinsmore Alter
Griffith Astronomical Observatory
Royal Canadian Air Force
United Kingdom
R. W. Ryan
RC A.F. Medical Services
House of Commons
Ryan
England
Slim dress with panel novelty by Anne Adams Pattern 4790
A line perfect dress features a front panel that flatters the waist with a wide waist girdle and back panel sliming effect. Soft fitted side bodice sections with shirring and a scalloped neckline offer versatile styling. pattern available in multiple sizes, 36 through 50, for 20 cents.
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Anne Adams
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave. E
Winnipeg
Man
London Bomb Blast and a Woman’s Humbling Escape
In a London air raid a passerby witnesses a bomb blast in a nearby square. A young woman emerges from the wreckage wearing plaster dust and one shoe. She calmly instructs, I left my hat on the hall table, please fetch it so I can get a bus.
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Ming
London
German Lieutenant Abandons Spitsbergen North Pole Railway
In 1900 Bauendahl a German lieutenant aimed to build an overhead railway from Spitsbergen to the North Pole with cars suspended from wires. Several miles of supporting poles were erected before the project was abandoned.
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Bauendahl
Spitsbergen
North Pole
Basques Preserve Language Amid Mountain Homes
About 750000 Basques live worldwide and occupy both sides of the Pyrenees. They keep their language distinct though living among French and Spanish neighbors.
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Pyrenees Mountains
English patent in 1619 for a horseless running machine
Two Englishmen in 1619 obtained a patent for a machine designed to operate without horses. The device aimed to replace animal power with mechanical motion, marking an early effort toward autonomous machinery.
Canadian Advertising Award Honors John Murray Gibbon
John Murray Gibbon of Montreal recipient of the silver medal from the Association of Canadian Advertisers for outstanding advertising work. Presented by C R Vint, the medal honors an advertising manager noted as a specialist, poet, novelist, librettist and musician for long service to his company and Canada since 1907.
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John Murray Gibbon
Montreal
Canadian Pacific Railway
Association of Canadian Advertisers
C. R. Vint
Dominion of Canada
Oak Beams Carry Britain Through Lease-Lend Ships
The United States sends hardwood shipments to Britain under the Lease-Lend Act including maple, hickory, ash and oak. Oak symbolizes England. legends of Druids and Robin Hood tie to oaken forests, while English ships and fortitude are reinforced by American oaks.
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Britain
England
Robin Hood
Sherwood
Frobisher
Cabot
Drake and
Raleigh
America
New York Times
Protein Is Necessary for Muscle Fire Rebuilds
The article compares hard muscular labor to fires in a forest and argues that lifting dirt burns muscle tissue. It says complete proteins from meat extinguish the blaze and rebuild tissues, keeping the body strong for work.
Gallantry Awards Totals For British Policemen
Since the war began 250 awards for gallantry and 176 commendations have been given to British policemen. The honors include one George Cross and 99 George Medals.
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Great Britain
Sunday School Lesson on Abiding in Christ
Golden text from John 15 4 invites believers to abide in Christ while Jesus abides in them The lesson cites John 14 20 15 1 10 17 21 23 Romans 9 10 1 Corinthians 6 15 20 II Corinthians 5 17 Galatians 2 20 Ephesians 2 20 22 3 17 19 4 15 16 5 29 30 Philippians 3 9 4 13 Colossians 2 6 7 Devotional reading Ephesians 3 14 21
The Vine and Fruitfulness in John Fifteen
A compact study on John fifteen exploring Jesus as the true vine and the branches. It discusses fruit as character and service, pruning for growth, abiding in Christ, the fate of fruitless branches, and the blessings of fruitful prayer aligned with God’s will.
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Jeremiah
Jesus
Christ
Germans seek control of Suez Canal via French holdings
Cairo reports from Vichy say Fritz Keller purchased 25 000 shares from Philip de Wendel and heirs of Octave Homberg on behalf of Goering. Total France stake about 40 percent of 619 848 shares, with remaining largely Dutch British US Egyptian and Italian holdings. Britain maintains canal control during the war.
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Cairo
Suez Canal
Vichy
Fritz Keller
Philip de Wendel
Octave Homberg
Keller
Goering Corporation
France
Netherlands
Henry Deterding
Holland
Britain
Benjamin Disraeli
United States
Suez
London repair shop aids bombed-out families gains staff
Mrs. Lawrence Mitchell opened a small repair shop in London and quickly expanded to five assistants. They work day and night cleaning and repairing worn furniture and carpets used to furnish homes for bombed-out people.
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Lawrence Mitchell
London
RAF Bromley allotment auction raises funds
Bromley Common Allotment Association members in Bromley England collected 32 pounds at an auction of vegetables raised on allotments for the RAF benevolent fund. More than half a million residents live on Mount Etna slopes despite 19 eruptions in the past century.
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Bromley Common
Bromley
England
RAF
Mount Etna
Baby's First Shoes For Lifelong Foot Health
An official of the Health League of Canada urges parents on proper footwear and foot care. He warns that square toes and roomy fits aid growth, discusses dangers of narrow, pointed shoes and high heels, and stresses regular foot washing, drying, and massage to prevent infections and future problems.
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Health League of Canada
British Cabinet Ministers Register as Fire Watchers
Ministers under 60 join the urban fire watching scheme. Herbert Morrison Bevin A V Alexander David Margesson Archibald Sinclair listed among registrants. Also note that over 8000 metal pieces go into a large airplane engine.
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Herbert Morrison
Labor
Bevin
the Admiralty
A. V. Alexander
David Margesson
Archibald Sinclair
Ultraviolet Rays Kill Bacteria Known Since Pasteur
The longstanding knowledge that ultraviolet light can destroy bacteria has persisted since the era of Pasteur, underscoring early insights into germ control and sterilization methods.
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Pasteur
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