World Happenings Briefly Told
Churchill on his latest visit brought Roosevelt a gift of three rare prints two ships and one New York scene. Over 2,600 worn-out tires replaced daily during Eighth Army North Africa advance at London salvage exhibit. Roger Harold Strumm pins his son M L Strumm with pilot's wings at Souris Man. Wellington killed serving as Commando captain in Italy. Dr Johan Mowinckel dies in New York at 72 former Norwegian prime minister and League of Nations president. Canada wheat use halves for war needs not feed or alcohol. Odense fined 1,000,000 crowns for German corporal death, second such fine. Oliver Lyttleton says Canada launches ships equal to Britain's output.
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Churchill
President Roosevelt
New York
Eighth Army
North
Africa
London
Duke of Wellington
Iron Duke
Napoleon
Waterloo
Italy
Johan Ludwig Mowinckel
Norway
League of Nations
U.S
Home Course in New Ballroom Dances for Home Service
A Winnipeg notice offers a 32 page booklet on ballroom dances with steps and variations. It emphasizes relaxed posture and balance for partners and includes diagrams for waltz tango and rumba. Send 15c in coins to Winnipeg Newspaper Union with name address and booklet title.
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Home Service Dept
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave. E
Winnipeg
Man
Local cattle show brings clash between sharp-tongued visitor and Sam Potts
A peculiarly unpleasant man at the cattle show provoked hostility with boasts of superior knowledge. He taunted old Sam Potts, who retorted that the man knows nothing about pigs and boasted of the biggest pig his father raised, while adding that the man was also the noisiest.
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Sam Potts
Old Sam
Air Transport Now Completes Trans Atlantic Crossings Every Twenty Minutes
Collier's Weekly reports U S Army and Navy air transport services have advanced to the point where military cargo planes now begin or complete a trans Atlantic crossing on an average of every 20 minutes.
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Collier's Weekly
Army
Navy
Railway Appointment Named CN Atlantic Region V P GM
The CN Y A appoints a new vice president and general manager for the Atlantic Region following W A Appleton's retirement after 53 years in railway service. The appointee succeeds Appleton and will oversee CN operations along the Atlantic corridor.
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Canadian National Railways
W. A. Appleton
Skagway to Fairbanks Gasoline Pipeline Serves Bases
The U S army reveals a 1000 mile emergency gasoline pipeline from Skagway Alaska via Whitehorse to Fairbanks has supplied thousands of gallons to interior air bases in Alaska and Canada since January. The line operated by Standard Oil of Alaska on a dollar a year cost-plus basis greatly eases supplies and reduces railroad burdens. Buy War Savings Stamps Regularly.
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U.S. Army
Skagway
Alaska
Yukon Territory
Fairbanks
Canada
Army Engineers
Skagway - Fairbanks
Whitehorse
Alaska Railroad
Standard Oil Company of Alaska
Children Fear Less If They Learn Confidence at Home
Dr. S R Laycock of the University of Saskatchewan says fears in children arise from home, school, and community experiences not inheritance. He urges parents to model fearlessness, boost self reliance, meet affection needs, and avoid punishment, noting fears signal emotional insecurity at home. India ranks as both largest cocoa nut producer and consumer with 1,500,000 acres under cultivation yielding 3,500,000 units.
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S. R. Laycock
University of Saskatchewan
National Committee For Mental Hygiene (Canada
Health League of Canada
Laycock
India
Sabbath Teaching on Keeping the Sabbath Holy
This Sunday school lesson emphasizes Exodus 20 8 11 and Mark 2 27, stressing the Sabbath as a holy day set apart for rest and worship. It notes labor six days and rest on the seventh, warns against idle living, and explains blessings promised in Isaiah 58 13 14 for honoring the Sabbath as a Godward act.
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Jehovah
God
McConnell
Isaiah
Population Counts of British India Provinces and States
Britain India comprises eleven provinces with about 300 million people and over 500 states ruled by hereditary princes totaling about 93 million inhabitants.
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India
Bolivia Flag Description Three Horizontal Color Bands
The flag features three equal horizontal stripes in red green and yellow. It is the national emblem of Bolivia and appears in official contexts and government buildings. The colors symbolize Valor, Hope, and Prosperity as part of Bolivia's national identity.
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Bolivia
Woman Designer Pioneers New Tuber Culosis X ray Camera
Miss Kathleen Clarke a radiographer in Britain developed a miniature X ray camera to detect tuberculosis. After three and a half years of work the device is used by London's Minister of Health to simplify examinations. Patients are photographed and films projected to allow doctors to spot signs quickly.
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London
Kathleen Clarke
Britain
One-man War Contractor Cares for Bomber Pigeons
Harry Dallaway, an 80 year old resident of Herne Bay, runs a paper route and makes baskets for pigeons carried by bombers during raids, a unique personal wartime effort in Britain.
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Britain
Harry Dallaway
Herne Bay
Ontario to link health and education in fitness program
Premier Drew announced a health and education fitness plan for Ontario. He told a reception for Health Minister Dr R P Vivian that authorities would be backed to the limit to combat disease among youth. He cited C A Reynolds's survey of youth training with cadet corps and Sea Cadets, aiming to make this training permanent.
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Ontario
Drew
R P. Vivian
Col
C. A. Reynolds
Moon Mass Set at 0.81 Earth Units
Astronomers have determined the moon’s mass as 0.81 times that of Earth. The finding solidifies calculations of orbital dynamics and celestial mechanics for satellite motion and tidal effects.
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Earth
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Moose Jaw
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Buckingham Palace
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Mohne
Germany
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Gene Byrnes
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