World Happenings Briefly Told From The Era
This digest notes diverse items: Das Secidel award confusion, Hyderabad’s Nizam fighter squadron use, two California sea lions seeking refuge in Washington, Dr Mann hosting them, Dr Wilfred Trotter’s death, King George V surgery aid, C D Howe taking war supply control, reduced war risk insurance for voyages east, Berlin school shoe regulation, Canadian Jersey Cattle Club officers elected by mail, with W B Wainwright and T A McCusker named.
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Nizam
Nyderabad
Royal Air Forcs
California
Leron Zoo
Washington
Mann
Wilfred Trotter
Blackmoor
Hampshire
England
C. D. Howe
War Supply Board
J. L. Ralston
Ambitious Byrd Antarctic Expedition Aims for Permanent US Presence
The New York Times reports Admiral Byrd leads a government sponsored 125 man expedition to the Antarctic with tanks air planes snowmobiles prefabricated houses and tents. He seeks colonization as well as exploration amid suspected rich coal and mineral deposits and hopes Little America becomes a permanent US outpost.
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North Star
Boston
South Pole
Germany
Martisansk
Admiral Byrd
Antarctic
State Department
Ad Miral Byrd
Little
America
United States
New York Times
Canada Wins Permit to Export Honey to Britain
Official advice says Canadian honey can be exported to the United Kingdom without individual licenses. Since September 1939 war restrictions halted shipments. UK imports from Canada have historically been large, with 1935 exports exceeding 4.56 million pounds and a 1939-40 output forecast of 22 to 26 million pounds.
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United Kingdom
Dominion Departemnt of Agriculture
Dominion
Canada
Atds
Anne Adams Pattern 4296 Prizes Dutch Look Frock
Anne Adams presents pattern 4296 in a Dutch inspired princess frock with bishop sleeves and double button detailing. Sizes 14 through 42 priced at $4, with fabric needs and order address for the Winnipeg pattern department.
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Anne Adams
Winnipeg Newpaper Union
McDermot Ave
Winnipeg
Valuable Paintings Tell Of Evacuation From Tate Gallery
Dr. John Rothenstein explains in Toronto how Britain evacuated around 100 million dollars in art from the Tate Gallery in London twelve days before war, with the collection split into three parts for safety. He coordinated dispersal plans two years prior and now oversees loans for British exhibits in North America.
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Tate Gallery
London
John Rothenstein
Tate Art Gallery
England
Toronto
Britain
Germany
Rothenstein
Scotland
Germain
Moscow
Art Treasury
Tate
New York
San Francisco
Canada
A Good Representative Head Of British Warplane Mission
Lord Riverdale leads the British warplane mission in Canada on a grim, anxious task to keep free peoples secure. He embodies John Bull through his medium height, stocky build, ruddy face, bald head, and good humor as Britain traces a thousand-year tradition in this duty.
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John Bull
Lord Riverdale
Britain
Canada
Belgium’s movable wall may halt fast tanks on battlefield
The New York Times describes Belgium’s Thinene Wall a flexible steel gate system on wheels. When deployed across wide stretches it blocks tanks by being transported and interlocked, forcing slower progress under shell fire and denying a rapid breakthrough.
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Belgium
Tenais
New York Times
Chinese Printing Preceded Gutenberg by Centuries
The record notes that printing did not originate in Germany but in China where books were printed long before Gutenberg’s movable type, which appeared in 1540.
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Germany
China
Gutenberg
England's Greyhound Tracks Attract Massive Attendance
More than 15,600,000 people attend England's greyhound racing tracks annually. The plague faded from England around 1689 after five epidemics in 140 years. The bald eagle has white feathers on its head, not a real bald head.
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England
Fats from Fish Across the Year and Cooking Tips
The article praises fat fishes like herrings pilchards sprats salmon mackerel and eels for vitamin A and fat content. It notes herring as the chief animal fat source year round though with many bones and suggests peeling fillets to reduce bones. It compares salmon and white fish as lower fat and warns on overheated frying fat.
Inventions and oddities spark curious notes
A Scotsman patents a bag pipe that plays when plugged in. The leaf nosed bat of the West Indies bears a leaf like nose appendage. Its rough tongue rasps fruit. Wild animals rarely die of old age, usually falling to injury disease enemies or starvation. Admiral Byrd undertook a solo world voyage at age ten.
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West Indies
Christmas Seals Support Saskatchewan Tuberculosis Fight
The Christmas Seal drive urges readers to back tuberculosis prevention in Saskatchewan. Workers claim eradication is feasible and funding will finance preventive work to curb the disease nationwide.
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Saskatchewan
No Home is Safe from Tuberculosis Awareness Drive
Christmas Seal sponsors an extensive educational campaign in the province reaching through press radio pulpit schools and clubs to inform about the cause treatment and prevention of tuberculosis. Have you contributed?
1940 Christmas Seals Fight Tuberculosis War Effort
The Saskatchewan Anti-Tuberculosis League urges buying Christmas Seals as the scaffold for a wartime in health. Education, clinics, sanatoria operate across Fort Qu Appelle Saskatoon Prince Albert Regina Moose Jaw and more to detect treat and prevent tuberculosis. Traveling x ray units and clinic consultations extend access, with funds from seals supporting these efforts.
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War Office
Saskatchewan Anti-Tuberculosis League
Saskatoon
Prince Albert
Regina
Moose Jaw
Swift Current
North Battleford
Canora
Yorkton
Melfort
Tisdale
Wadena
League
Fort San
Sask
Come Unto Me Rest for the Burdened Soul
devotional piece discusses Jesus invitation in Matthew 11 28 30 and Isaiah 93 7 12. It contrasts law heavy burdens with Christ's easy yoke and light burden, noting rest of soul and inner calm amidst life’s troubles as the core message. Henry Drummond is cited on Christ’s enduring serenity despite outward turmoil.
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Gellen
Matthew Wies
Jesus
Christ
Henry Drummond
Leave Nature Alone Left-Handedness and Stuttering Claim
Dr James Sennett Greene, medical director at the National Hospital for Speech Disorders, reports an investigation of 1200 stutterers find about seven percent left handed. He notes this is close to generalpopulation levels and warns against forcing handedness as it may trigger nervous disruption leading to stuttering.
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James Sennett Greene
National Hospital For Speech Disorders
Dr. Greene
New York Herald Tribune
Britain’s Canning Industry War Boosts Tin Can Demand
The war drives a surge in food packed in tins for the Army and RAF and emergency overseas supplies. Britain’s tinplate industry from South Wales supplies tin containers for a wide market, with exports of decorated tins featuring Royal Family imagery and Empire pictures. Wales remains a major supplier of tinplate to overseas makers, while British canners are now the largest customers.
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Army
RAF
Nnes
France
Great Britain
South Wales
Empire Countries
U.S.A
Britain
Wales
Mishear Sparks Quiet Domestic Mix Up
A brief overheard exchange features a man mistaking a woman for his wife, then correcting himself, revealing a tense domestic moment between two spouses. The playful misinterpretation ends with an unexpected twist as the true speaker clarifies ownership.
Woodworking protections and woodcock features described
The text explains steel walls and tacks being sterilized to keep carpenters safe while using mouth-held tools. It also notes the woodcock’s hinged bill aiding earthworm extraction from soil.
Preventing Accidents in the Aged Population
Dr. J W S McCullough notes eight million Canadians and Americans aged 4 or older, about 8 percent of the population, account for a quarter of 110000 annual fatal accidents. Falls, burns, pneumonia, and auto fatalities dominate among those 65 plus, with prevention seen best taught to children in primary school for lifelong impact.
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Canada
United States
Editorial Note on McCullough Cancer Articles
Readers are invited to obtain the complete set of Dr. McCullough's cancer articles by writing to The Health League of Canada at 105 Bond St Toronto Ont. This notice promotes a medical information collection from a national health group.
Sympathy for Europe and Allied War Efforts
Dorothy Thompson argues Americans should support Britain and the Allies through sympathetic interest and economic collaboration rather than fear of war. She contends Europe may save the United States with imagination and resolve, warning against withdrawal from the European scene.
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United States
Britain
Europe
America
Armerica
Dorothy Thompson
Ice boat speed records noted at 142 mph official
The official ice boat speed record is 142 miles per hour, with an unofficial mark of 163 miles per hour reported for a single boat.
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Wor Risk Office
Institute of London
Berlin
W. B. Wainwright
Vancouver
British Columbia
T. A. McCusker
Prairie Provinces
Admiral Byrd Han
My Anne Adam
SPE
DR. J. W. S. McCullough
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