British and World News Flare Across The Globe
British authorities at Singapore confiscated 12 bags of mail to Germany aboard the Fushimi Maru. The King and Queen inspected British Red Cross ambulances for France in Buckingham Palace quadrangle. Pension increases for families of deceased servicemen were announced. European blackouts spur new industries including luminous buttons. London evacuee billeting costs were pegged at 31.15 million dollars. A Yugoslav avalanche wreck killed 25 and injured 70. Finnish War Veterans in Toronto reported French acceptances of Canadian air force volunteers. Rotterdam sentenced two men for secret weather reports to Germany.
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Singapore
Germany
Buckingham Palace
Red Cross
France
Walter Womersley
Milnister
U.S. Department of Commerce
London
Walter Elliott
House of Commons
Ozalj
Yugoslavia
Finnish Wear Veterans' Association
Toronto
Rotterdam
Kipling Home Bateman's Bequeathed to National Trust
The Kipling Bateman's estate in Burwash East Sussex is left to the National Trust by Mrs. Kipling with a £5000 endowment. Bateman's is a mid sized stone house with mullioned windows and a 1634 porch built in the early 17th century. The estate, about 300 acres, reflects its iron industry area and Kipling's life there.
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National Trust Co
Rudyard Kipling
Bateman’s
Burwash
East Sussex
National Trust
Sussex
Lane Bridge
Kiplings
Kipling
Pook’s Hill
Manchester Guardian
Anne Adams Pattern 4384 Shirtwaist Dress Ad
Advertisement for Anne Adams Pattern 4384 shirtwaist in Spring wardrobe style. Details include yoked shoulders, darts, options for collar styles, short or long sleeves, pockets, and sizes 34 through 48. Pattern cost 20 cents. mail orders to Winnipeg Pattern Dept. with size name address and number.
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Anne , Adams
Anne Adams
Winnipeg
Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave. E
Manitoba Red Cross Week Shipment to England From Winnipeg
Manitoba Red Cross shipped extensive hospital and surgical supplies from Winnipeg Civic Auditorium between March 1 and 8 1940 to England. Items include wool socks scarves stockings sweaters bedgowns sheets and cotton bandages among others with high unit counts for relief and medical use.
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England
Winnipeg
Manitoba
The
Red Cross
Winnipeg Civic Auditorium
Vaccination urged to fight horse sleeping sickness in Saskatchewan
Saskatchewan officials warn encephalomyelitis threatens horses and humans. Vaccination with chick vaccine is advised this April to early May, two 10 cc doses ten days apart, with veterinary supervision preferred. Broader vaccination could prevent year to year spread and protect public health.
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Fulton
Dvs
Haw
Saskatchewan
JSST
Union
University Laboratory
California
The
Lederle, Cutter, Kennedy
Abbott Laboratories
Department of Agriculture
Regina
Goering’s Generals Debate War Win Speed Tale
Gregory Ratoff recounts Goering urging rapid victory with his generals. All shout belief except a minor commander who dares suggest a safer ploy to place Czecho Slovakia in the wife’s name, highlighting caution over conquest.
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Gregory Ratoff
Goering
Interesting Experiment Planting Corn in Frozen Soil
In Connecticut on January 30 an agricultural experiment station seeks to learn how early corn can be planted for New England.
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Connecticut
New England
Final Interview and Great Commission Sunday Lesson
A Sunday School lesson discusses Jesus final interview in Galilee, his authority in heaven and earth, and the global commission to make disciples. It notes baptism in Jesus name early on, later expanded to Father Son and Holy Spirit, and emphasizes teaching obedience to all Christ commanded.
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Matthew
Jesus
Galilee
Jesus Christ
William R. Richards
Paul
Christ
John Mackay
Gardening When To Start It In Wet Soils And Seed Choices
Garden work depends on soil moisture with early digging risking lumping and hardening. Use manure and leaves to improve humus, fix bare lawn spots with fresh earth and Canadian grass seed, and choose seeds suited to local conditions from Canadian seed catalogues.
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Lawas
Denmark's Reigning Monarch Tops Line of Danish Rulers
Denmark has had 19 rulers since 1448. The current king Christian X reigns in his 27th year and stands six feet six inches tall, reputedly the nation’s tallest man.
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Denmark
Fredericks
Hans
Christian X
Jefferson Secretly Introduced Rice Seed to South Carolina
Thomas Jefferson reportedly smuggled Italian rice seed to South Carolina, helping start the region’s rice industry. An official notice claims Rome’s population at January end reached 1,820,600.
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Thomas Jefferson
United States
Italy
South Carolina
South
Rome
Preventive medicine urged as path to longer Canadian life
Dr Gordon Bates of the Health League of Canada in Toronto argues life expectancy has risen from 3 to 60 years over 160 years and promotes a shift to preventive medicine. He cites Pasteur and Lister, compares costs of illness, and calls for reorganized health departments and universal access inspired by England’s health insurance model.
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Gordon Bates
Health League of Canada
Toronto
Pasteur
Lister
Bates
Canada
England
Dr. Bates
Canadian National Committee For Mental Hygiene
Editorial Note on Dr. McCullough Cancer Articles
Readers desiring the complete set of Dr. McCullough's cancer articles may secure them by writing to The Health League of Canada, 105 Bond Street, Toronto, Ont.
Invisible search light shown by Germans using UV rays
A London Express correspondent reports a German invention that uses ultra violet rays as an invisible search light. Rays reflect off enemy craft onto a glass plate to reveal their course, aiding navigation and targeting.
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London Daily Express
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New Zealand
Spaire
Tay
Elates
Bea Hive
Tvory
Durham
CEM
of Canada
Oy DR
JW. S. McCullough
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