World Happenings Briefly Told
Mary Countess Minto widow of a Canadian governor general died at Godalming Surrey. German forces occupied islands after cattle herds were moved to England. Britain rejected Gandhi's call for nonviolent resistance to Germany. Canadian newspapermen need Washington permits to visit the U S. Names of Germans Austrians and Italians listed as admitted British nationality in May. Viscount Finlay? killed in action in France. A Canadian Red Cross hospital valued at 1 million dollars handed to the Army Medical Corps in London. Monastery lands in Bessarabia distributed to landless peasants per Soviet radio. Red Army entered Bessarabia June 8 1941. Ontario government cedes 70 acres for assembling army vehicles overseas.
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Mary Countess Minto
Canada
Godalming
Surrey
Channel Islands
England
Islands
United States
Washington
Eaternial Affairs Department
London
Viscount Fincasve
France
Queen's Own
Highladern
Earl of
H. C. Nixon
Ontario
Dominion
Lawless Assassins Sime and Nation's Fibre Urged
The Manchester Guardian quotes Bodney Smith’s 4th century sermon on invasion urging patient suffering and noble action. It frames present dangers as tests of character, saying times will reveal true values and springs of the heart. The piece compares the sermon to contemporary national mood and calls for resilience.
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Sime
Heaven
Bodney Smith
Manchester Guardian
Polish settlers in Canada and Swedish timber treatment
Polish settlers in Canada total about 155000 with 65 percent on the land and 35 percent in heavy industries, including about 85000 Poles in Manitoba Saskatchewan and Alberta as productive farming settlers. A Swedish method to impreg nate timber with arsenic aims to resist decay and insects. A Forbes Australia race features contestants catching grasshoppers and returning to start. A Dutch motorist in Singapore before the war claimed 300600 miles searched for happiness without success. Bee
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Canada
Colonization Department
Canadian National Railways
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Singapore
Bee
Just A Year Ago Book On King and Queen Visit Canada
Vancouver Province notes BR Carnegie's Just A Year Ago a book about King George and Queen Elizabeth's 9000 mile Canadian and American pilgrimage a year after their visit. Foreword cites universal cheers and a working newspaperman’s candid notes, musings, and recordings of the trip.
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BR. K. Carnegie
King George
Queen Elizabeth
Canada
George
Elizabeth
Futhor
Ottawa
Andy
Carnegies
P. C. KR
Vancouver Province
Wear-Everywhere Summer Dress Pattern 4489
Anne Adams Pattern 4489 offers a button front dress with panelled front and back skirts and optional horn pockets. Gathers at shoulders and waist, collar and short sleeves with possible ric rac edging. available in misses and women's sizes 16 to 46 for $4 plus 21 cents postage to Winnipeg Pattern Dept. Winnipeg Newspaper Union.
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Anne Adams
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave. E
Winnipeg
Parallel of Nazi Germany to Mongol Conquest, 7th Century Echo
The Legionary likens Nazi Germany to the Mongol empire, arguing Hitler mirrors Genghis Khan in ruthlessness and method. He claims both regimes share efficient organization, treachery, and annihilating aims, with the Mongol a destroyer and Hitler a similar butcher.
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Hitler
Genghis Khan
Ruth Nichols Classroom Riot Warning Names Phillipa
In Waynesburg Pennsylvania Ruth Nichols calls the name Phillipa in a high school room. A minor riot is likely to result as thirteen students are named Phillipe six boys and seven girls.
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L Ruth Nichols
Phillipa
Waynesburg
Mins Nichol
Phillipe
Canadian National Exhibition 1940 Promotes War Effort
The 62nd C N E in Toronto urges Canadians to work together during the crisis and support war aims. The British Section expands to boost Inter Empire Trade while the Federal Government stations troops at summer camps and asks the fair to carry on. Visitors are invited August 23 to September 7.
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Toronto
Canada
C.N.E
Outdoor grills and Abe Lincoln film in 1940s Canada
The piece notes summer home cooking shifts to outdoor grills with price ranges from 3.50 to 49. It mentions Abe Lincoln in Canada and the US reception of the film, plus a discussion on radio use in World War II and a portrait of Helen Keller at 60 describing her life and abilities.
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Canada
Abe Lincoln
Raymond Massey
United States
Mimdg
RKO Radio Studios
America
New York
Frisco
Helen Keller
Sunday School Lesson July 28 Exploring Wisdom and Temptation
The lesson centers on godliness as the chief part of wisdom with Proverbs guidance on reverence for God, parental instruction, and avoidance of drunkenness. It emphasizes spiritual harvest in Galatians 6 7 9 and faithfulness in trials, citing Isaiah and Mark devotionals for daily living.
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Isaiah
Salt Riches Across The World And Canada’s Huge Reserve
A Winnipeg Free Press item notes global salt use runs to about 30 million tons yearly and explains salt comes mainly from mines and brine. It highlights Bohemia and central Europe sources, plus Canada’s Windsor region with enough salt to last the world nearly 100 thousand years, underscoring salt’s vast abundance.
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Serea
Europe
Bohemia
Louisiana
Canada
Windsor
Ontario
Winnipeg Free Press
Elevator shoe factory runs overtime demand
A Brockton Massachusetts outfit that makes shoes designed to add height found broader appeal than expected. The inner construction aims to add inches, drawing interest from workers across many fields. Meanwhile German workers are asked to remove leather shoes at work and wear felt slippers to save leather.
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Brockton
Mass
Germany
Health League editorial urges wartime health funding and public duty
The Health League of Canada editorial in Health argues that disease and death rise in war, condemns reduced health spending, and urges no cut in national health expenditures. It calls citizens to shared responsibility, insisting postwar humanity depends on health efforts now and personal health preservation.
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Health League of Canada
Germany
The
Dept. W.N.Y
111 Avenue Road
Toronto
Timber marking method replaces paint gun in engineering
A proposed timber marking technique using a gun marks timber instead of an existing method. The note includes a quotation about memory and effort: a mind is like a bank account, you cannot withdraw what you have not deposited.
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Mahatma
Lawless Assassins
Forbes
Australia
Bhooki
Over the
Shott
Portland Oregonian
DR. J. W. S. McCullough
England and
Wales
Mickie
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