British and World Notes From Canada and Europe
The Dominion Bureau of Statistics begins an inventory of Canadian research resources. Germany’s Polish population brings 29 million Slavs in the Reich. British Guiana’s sugar output to 1940 is bought by Britain. Egypt pledges full wartime support to democracy. The Polish consulates in Canada will remain active after occupation. Ducks Unlimited funds not covered by Neutrality Act aid. Canadian ski unit eyed for Rockies training. British Columbia teachers told to update history and geography texts.
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Canada
National Research Council
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Egypt
Ahmed Maher Pasha
Sandist Party
Ottawa
Germany
Russia
Ducks Unlimited
Rocky Mountains
British Columbia
Europe
Department of Education
Paris Air Raid Fashion: Shelters Dress for Wail Sirens
In Paris fashion houses pivot to air raid wear as sirens sound and lights fail. Boutiques offer ski trousers, windbreaker jackets, four pocket corduroy coats, gas masks, and practical hooded wool garments. Shooters, cards, and quick-dress techniques feature in mid night alarm ready outfits.
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Paris
Ciic
Relics Found At Haliburton Home In Nova Scotia Pool
Workmen uncover a historic iron kettle and andirons in Piper's Pool near the Thomas Chandler Haliburton house. The items, part of the Sam Slick era kitchen, are restored as the Windsor area vessel of tourism grows. A caldron and iron plate enhance the find.
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Nova Scotia
Thomas Chandler Haliburton
Sam Slick
Piper
Windsor
Hants County
New Regulations On Mailing Goods From Canada
The Foreign Exchange Control Board announces rules for Canadians sending parcels or letters abroad. Export of goods by mail requires Form B or Form KD licenses via a chartered bank. non goods require Form K. Exemptions include bank instruments and gifts under 25 dollars once per month. Postmasters must inspect exempt contents to avoid penalties.
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Post Office
Canada
Foreign Exchange Control Board
Centenary of Canada’s first metal rail railway observed in Nova Scotia
New Glasgow board of trade prepares to mark the 100th anniversary of Canada’s first metal rails laid in 1839 on the Albion Mines to Granton line. The event includes a pageant and plaque unveiling, delayed a year due to a royal visit.
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New
Sampson
Albion
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Board of Trade
Whistle Working Enhances Effort in Johannesburg Factory
In a Johannesburg textile factory loudspeakers play popular and classical music for the female workers. The girls may sing while working, preferring light opera and Strauss waltzes. The owner notes performance improves since the musical program began.
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Johannesburg
Engineers praise for modernizing New York underground network
New York engineers and workers completed a delicate project on Sixth Avenue to lay a new Independent Subway branch without disturbing city utilities. They diverted and replaced about a thousand miles of gas mains and other lines, with only one minor error corrected by a washer, and achieved significant space savings.
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New York
Sixth Avenue
Independent
Subway
London
St. Thomas Times-Journal
Water garden ideas and home plant guides offered
A Winnipeg newspaper notice promotes a 32 page booklet Making Plants and Flowers Grow Indoors, with tips on water gardens and growing bulbs indoors. It invites readers to send 15c for the booklet and lists other pamphlets available at 15c each from Home Service Dept., Winnipeg Newspaper Union.
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Home Service Dept
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave. E
Winnipeg
Robot shouts Go to start Adelaide race
Adelaide's A Robot The Adelaide Racing Club experiments with a start shout device by E. T. Booth of Adelaide. The invention aims to synchronize the starter's voice with the lifting of the gates. Also notes Japan tanning finds whale skin yields leather akin to 100 cattle.
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Adelaide Racing Club
E. T. Booth
Adelaide
Australia
Tanners
Japan
Early fall and heavy winter forecast by Yosemite chief
Prediction claims an early fall and heavy winter based on weather lore involving yellow jackets field mice and squirrels. The note cites Canada’s cheese stock and England’s consumption patterns as context amid disparate figures and observations.
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Lemme
U.S. Weather Bureau
Yellow Jackets
Apron Pair From Easy Pattern
Easy Adams pattern 4266 offers two housework aprons in percale gingham or chambray. One heavier ric rac trimmed model, one daintier ruff edge, with a central panel and back strap join. Sizes small medium large. yardage details and 20 cent order to Winnipeg Pattern Dept. Winnipeg.
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Anne Adams
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave. E
Winnipeg
Life in 1939 Canadian Army Proves More Modern
The 1939 army offers stricter medical exams, better food, and ample variety with a daily ration of under 4½ pounds per man. Recruits wear streamlined khaki replacing heavy brass buttons and puttees. Recreation is emphasized with in-barracks and external organization support from the Y.M.C.A. and others.
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Commissariat Department
Y.M.C.A
Ther
Labrador Explorer Dillon Wallace dies at 76
Authority on Labrador Dillon Wallace, famed for expeditions to Labrador in 1905 and 1913, author of 26 books from 1905 to 1932, including The Lure of the Labrador Wild and The Long Labrador Trail, died after an extended illness.
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Dillon Wallace
Labrador
Wallace
Mexico Sierras
Jesus overcomes temptation in the wilderness
Biblical lesson recounts Jesus fasts for forty days and is tempted by the devil in the wilderness. He resists each attempt with scripture and declares worship of God alone. Angels later minister to him as the tempter departs.
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Jesus
Holy
Temple
Satan
Selected Recipes for Graham Flour Nut Cake Mix
Sift flour with baking powder salt and sugar then blend with Graham flour candied orange peel and nuts. Add eggs milk and shortening, mix. Bake in two greased leaf pans 7x3x215 inches at 350 F for one hour. Chill before slicing with a long sharp blade.
Cranberry Shredded Wheat Loaf Recipe
A recipe for Cranberry Shredded Wheat Loaf with flour, baking powder, salt, sugar, Shredded Wheat, cranberries and walnuts. It instructs beating an egg with water and fat, combining with dry ingredients, then baking in a loaf pan at 350 degrees for about an hour. Variations include replacing cranberries with dates or canned cherries.
Paintings Held Back by Foreign Museums at World’s Fair
International strain prompts Louvre, National Gallery London, and Rijksmuseum Amsterdam to request retention of paintings loaned to the New York world’s fair masterpieces exhibit. The three institutions loaned art valued at about 2.5 million dollars. Perry T. Rathbone, exhibit director, says no shipments will occur without explicit instructions and that custody may be kept as long as owners desire.
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Louvre
National Gallery of London
Rijksmuseum of
Amsterdam
Perry T. Rathbone
Insurance pays 50 to 1 on golfer’s ace
Two years after insuring himself and his son for 100 with Lloyds of London against a hole in one, Ellis Knowles Sr. of Rye New York and Ellis Knowles Jr. paid one dollar yearly premiums each totaling two dollars. Ellis Jr. scored a hole in one on the 208 yard 12th at Apa wamis.
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Ellis Knowles, Sr
Rye
N.Y
Ellis, Jr
Lloyds of London
Apawamis
Rackling Fish Uses Feelers Fins and Mouth Taste
The rackling fish can taste using its feelers and fins as well as its mouth. A curious comparison notes there are three times as many perts in a piano as in an automobile.
Spinach Through History and Health Facts
The article attributes Popeye as a spinifex ally for spinach growers while outlining spinach benefits and risks. It traces spinach from medieval Europe to today, noting high iron content and nutritive value, its laxative effects, and cautions for arthritis gout and kidney or bladder stones. It also highlights traditional preparations and the plant’s chlorophyll benefits.
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Popeye
Europe
London
Readers urged to request full cancer article set
Editorial note directs readers to write to The Health League of Canada at 105 Bond St Toronto Ontario to obtain the complete series of Dr McCullough’s cancer articles.
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MccCullough
Health League of Canada
Bond St
Toronto
Ont
Priceless British Film Archive Moved for War Safety
The National Film Library of the British Film Institute sent nearly 2 million feet of priceless films to a safe storage during wartime. The collection spans from 1895 to today and includes the Coronation of George VI and Elizabeth, King George V’s procession, funerals of Queen Victoria and King Edward VII, Boer and Great War troop movements, and the 1939 King and Queen tours of Canada and the United States.
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National Film Library of the
British Film Institute
Sussex
King George VI
Queen Elizabeth
George V
Victoria
King Edward VII
The Perfect Footman Revolt Nailed by Tradesmen Entrance Reply
A red visitor to a Park Lane house proclaims the revolution is here. The footman, rooted in class caution, retorts that all revolutions must be delivered at the tradesmen's entrance. The exchange mocks aristocratic exclusivity with sharp humor.
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Park Lane
London
Glass bricks chosen for Singapore chamber of commerce building
The new Chinese chamber of commerce building in Singapore Malaya will feature glass bricks as a key architectural element. Officials cited modern design and durability as reasons for the material choice.
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Chinese Chamber of Commerce
Singapore
Malaya
Buttermilk Finds Major Use in Paint Production
The article notes buttermilk’s growing employment beyond food for people and animals, highlighting its use as a key ingredient in paint.
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Poland
Nazi Reich
British Guiana
Georgetown
States
Mount Lassen
California
Nova
Home Service
England
Authority On
Temptation
Health League
DR. J. W. S. McCullough
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