World Happenings Briefly Told
Britain to give Malta 10 million pounds for post war rebuilding. U S agriculture estimates corn crop at 3,185,141,900 bushels. British submarine Proteus returns after sinking ships in the Mediterranean. Cycle traders in London require examinations for repairers. Canada producing war materials at 2.5 billion dollars annually. Canada to accredit a King Haakon representative in London. Alberta municipalities urge employment for ex soldiers over relief.
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Malta
Mediterranean Island
US. Agriculture Department
Union of Alberta Municipalities
Smart Suits For Tots Pattern 4230 From Anne Adams
The pattern 4230 offers a paneled skirt with optional laser straps and a double breasted jacket with contrast options for children sizes 4 through 12. Size 6 requires 1 yard 54 inch fabric for the skirt plus a % yard contrast. price is 20 cents and orders go to Anne Adams Pattern Dept Winnipeg Newspaper Union.
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Anne Adams
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave. E
Winnipeg
Man
Love That Saves A Hebrew Babe In An Ark
Sunday school text recounts Amram and Jochebed hiding their son Moses. To save him from Pharaohs decree their daughter Miriam watches as she places the child in a bulrush ark sealed with pitch. Love moves them to a resourceful act of salvation.
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Amram
Jochebed
Eli
Pharaoh
Miriam
Moses
Joshua
Israel
Shechem
Billy Sunday
Humorous Vignettes and Biblical Excerpt Highlight Community Jest
A collage of light quips and a Bible passage shares jokes about manners, marriage, and miscommunication. It closes with Joshua 24:14 15 in a sermon context, urging loyalty to Jehovah as crickets in Japan act as quiet watchers.
Hidden Tune Baffling Prison Camp Guards
Guards at a World War I internment camp near a busy waterway joke on visitors by having boats sing a popular tune. Prisoners learned to hum but never the words, as guards refuse to name the song, keeping the gag alive.
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England
Selected Recipes Golden Fancies Sandwich Cookies
A cookie recipe yields 950 sandwich cookies. It uses shortening brown sugar corn syrup hot water and pastry flour with baking soda. The mixture is rolled into balls flattened with a fork and baked at 375 degrees F for 12 minutes then joined with strawberry jam.
Toffee Cream Oven-Popped Cereal Bars
Melt toffee with cream in a double boiler then pour over oven popped cereal in a buttered bowl. Mix well, press into shallow buttered pans, and cut into small bars when cool. Yields 64 bars from two 8 by 8 inch pans.
Simple Elements in Gems and Fruits
The text explains opal as comprised of flint and water and the blue of sapphire as iron affecting aluminum. It notes vitamin C occurs more in orange peel than in juice, illustrating surprising simple element facts about common substances.
Penny Black stamp issued by Britain in May 1840
Great Britain released the world s first postage stamp on May 6 1840 known to collectors as the Penny Black. It is noted as not as rare as later issues despite its historic stamp rate.
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Great Britain
Silver Paper Lining Ships Aids Arctic Voyages
London reports British Navy ships bound for the Arctic are lined with silver paper to provide warm quarters for crews. The treatment is said to be unaffected by climate and already used on vessels proceeding to polar waters.
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Arctic
London
How to Make Your Own Rugs Navaho Pattern Rug
Home Service offers a 21 by 33 inch Navaho style rug woven from candlewick and muslin. Instructions cover frame setup with 87 nails, warp and weft weaving, and a 32 page diagram booklet with other rug projects. Send 15c to Home Service Dept Winnipeg Newspaper Union 175 McDermot Ave E Winnipeg Man.
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Home Service Dept
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave
Winnipeg
Man
Homecoming Marine Recalls Password Gaffe at Sentry
Joe V. Godfrey, a United States Marine, returns from the Solomons with a tale of a Marine forgetting a password at a sentry post. The guard attempted to verify allegiance and joked about pronunciation, shouting a playful cue “Sparkle, sparkle, sparkle.” Buy War Savings Stamps regularly.
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Joe V. Godfrey
United States
Solomon Islands
Also Mentioned on This Page
Admiralty
Proteus
Mediterranean
Incorporated Institute of Cycle Traders and Repairers
Canada
Howe
Norwegian Telegraph Agency
Haakon
Mickie
Canadian Pacific Railway
Board of Transport Commissioners
Harriet
Mable
Ates
Mandy
Pitcher
C.O
Mum
Japan
By Fred Neher
As Moderns
Home Service
BY William Ferguson
North America
Smyrna
SAOOY
Reg'lar
Aggie
B. Golly
Shes
Gene Byrnes
J.D
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