World Happenings Briefly Told Summary
Arthur Bishop, 18, son of Air Marshal W A Bishop, has enlisted in the RCAF. Canada weighs wheat imports, electric power rationing discussed, Manitoba probes four month training absences, and Alberta BC Saskatchewan coal outputs for July rise or fall.
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Arthur Bishop
W A. Bishop
Royal Canadian Air Force
RCAF
England
Treasury
Henry Morgenthau
United States
F. L. Jeckel
Ottawa
Winnipeg
Federal
Department of Munitions and Supply
H. J. Symington
Montreal
Trans-Canada Air Lines
Canada
Fighteen
Manitoba
National War Services
Alberta
British Columbia
Saskatchewan
Two-Piece Pattern by Anne Adams for Fall Wardrobe
Anne Adams Pattern 4868 presents a two-piece fall outfit with a long slim top and inset belt, V neck, and optional sleeves. The set can be made in matching or contrasting fabrics, with sizes 12 through 40 and fabric yardage of 4 1 2 yards for size 16. Send 20 cents to Pattern Dept Winnipeg Union, 175 McDermon Ave, Winnipeg Man.
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Anne Adams
Winnipeg
Pene Union
McDermon Ave
Christmas Turkeys Parade in Majorca Showpiece
In Majorca Balearic Islands shoppers buy Christmas turkeys early to display them publicly. The birds are walked daily by their buyers to showcase their size and appearance.
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Majorca
Balearic Islands
Early Siberian Migration Theory Cited by Scientists
Some scientists contend that the first humans reached the New World by crossing the Bering Strait, outlining a migration route from Asia during prehistoric times.
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New World
Bering Strait
Illegal Polish press survives Nazi occupation amid hidden networks
Nazi rule reduced Polish publications from 2200 to 16 Polish language papers but illegal presses thrived with as many as 28 titles and a wide range of formats. Daily sheets relay BBC news, weeklies offer inside Polish info, and monthly reviews analyze the war. Readers risk death.
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Poland
Polanh
BBC
Warsaw Ghetto
Married men fare better under economic stress says study
Prof. Goodwin Watson reports 539 unemployed men surveyed in New York January February 1934 show married men with dependents maintain higher morale and a more cheerful outlook. Occupational morale and life satisfaction indexes favored those with responsibilities, religious participation, and roles in teaching writing selling or executive work.
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American Psychological Association
Goodwin Watson
Teachers’ College
Columbia University
New York
Adjustment Service
Watson
Medical typhus vaccine trial in Bolivian mining regions
Three eminent scientists and thousands of Bolivian miners take part in a high Andes test of a cheaply produced vaccine for typhus fever. Discovered by Dr Harold R. Cox at the US Public Health Service Laboratory in Hamilton, Mont, the study aims to prove the vaccine as a wartime cure for the disease.
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Andes
Harold R. Cox
US Public Health Service Laboratory
Hamilton
Mont
Leather coats sought for seamen on Atlantic duty
Word from Toronto says leather coats are urgently needed for sailors on trawlers minesweepers destroyers and battleships to keep them warm against the Atlantic cold this winter.
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Toronto
Atlantic
Onions Peelers Lived Quietly in London for Five Decades
Peter Tyler of London earned his living as a professional onion peeler for over 50 years. He could peel up to three quarters of a ton of onions in a single day.
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Peter Tyler
London
England
Alleged Spy Ring Claims Germany Had Bomb Secrets in 1938
A newspaper report recounts claims from an alleged spy ring that Germany possessed bomb secrets dating to 1938. The disclosures involve a chain of German contacts and alleged wartime intelligence operations.
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Germany
Prosecution Opens In Spy Ring Case
United States Attorney Harold M. Kennedy opens a federal case against 16 alleged spies led by Hermanin Lang. He alleges the ring planned to spread across the western hemisphere and involved Norden bomb aiming devices dating to 1938. The trial proceeds before Judge Morti mer Byers with a jury.
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Germany
United States
Harold M. Kennedy
Mortimer Byers
Hermanin Lang
Kennedy
Sunday School Lesson on Revelation War in Heaven
The lesson explains Michael and angels battling Satan in heaven, Satan cast to earth, victory credited to Christ’s atonement and persecuted saints. It connects John’s vision of a glass sea with Exodus imagery and describes the victorious church in glory with harps of God and praises for Jehovah’s triumph.
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Satan
Heaven
Michael
Michae
Israel
God
Christ
Dummelow
John
Aegean
Red Sea
Moses
Erdman
Jehovah
Rome
Lincoln’s awkward compliment to Falstaff actor
In a waiting room scene, Lincoln hides from an admirer after praising the actor who played Falstaff. Noah P. Brooks recalls Lincoln’s remark that pleasant fame brings requests. The president muses the actor wants a consul post in London after their cordial correspondence.
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Lincoln
Falstaff
Noah P. Brooks
Brooks
London
Windsor Castle forms 1000th royal pig club for bacon
Windsor Castle members of the royal household form a pig club, the 1000th registered with the National Pig Breeders Council. They own 52 pigs bought and managed by Mr Ritchie, using castle scraps. Sir Ulick Alexander chairs the club as keeper of the privy purse. The pigs are middle white and large white breeds noted for bacon.
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Windsor Castle
Royal Household
National
Ritchie
Royal Farm
Windsor
Man Keeps Car Running On Kerosene After Startup
Jimmy Engler, a New York service station operator, has solved his fuel problem for his own use. He fitted his car with a kerosene tank and a small auxiliary gasoline tank. The gasoline is used only to start the motor. after starting, the gasoline line is shut off and the car runs on kerosene.
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Jimmy Engler
New York
Health reform calls echo Canada and US leaders
A Health League of Canada official says Canada and the United States must clean up national health focusing on disease prevention and health programs. Dr Victor G. Heiser urges modern health departments with vaccination garbage disposal pasteurized milk and clean water. He cites Halifax fund aid and claims death rates fell sharply after implementing preventive measures.
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Canada
The
Health League of Canada
United States
Victor G. Heiser
America
Heiser
Health League
Halifax
N.S
Massachusetts
Canada Expands Air Raid Siren Program Across Dominion
Ottawa officials announced a nationwide push to expand air raid warning sirens as part of a broader protection program. A British firm plans to supply sirens for Canada while authorities keep the most vulnerable areas confidential. Discussions continue on where additional equipment may be needed and when services will be extended.
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Canada
Ottawa
Dominion
Toronto
A.R.P
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Miegal
War Savings
Berlin
Canadian War Savings
L. H. Newman
Dominion Cerealist
Associated Countrywomen of the World
Newman
Wilder H. Ripley
Calgary
Pasadena
Calif
S. R. Howard
Lethbridge
Alta
Edward Prince of Wales
Ripley
Banff Springs
Banff
Canadian Pacific Photo
Tf Canada Vitales Interest
National Health
Mickie
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