World Happenings Briefly Told From the Empire War News
The King sent venison from Balmoral to communal feeding centres in Scotland. London street names altered since 1835 will be published after the war. Royal Navy officers receive awards for the Bismarck chase including many CBEs OBEs andDSCs. Dunkirk losses cited as 10 destroyers sunk and 75 docked for repairs. Molotov masked German claims on his son. Moscow says false. Squadron leader Peter Geoffrey O'Brien of Toronto earns the Distinguished Flying Cross. The King Queen and Princesses visited troops for a Marx Brothers film over a weekend stay.
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Balmoral
Scotland
London
A. V. Alexander
Admiralty
Moscow Radio
Vycheslav Molotov
Molotov
Ldr
Peter Geoffrey O'Brien
Toronto
Royal Air Force
King
Planning a Community Play How to Choose and Pay Rights
Community theater notes outline selecting a suitable play and cast, noting more women than men and the need for both royalty and non royalty options. It warns against avoiding royalties, cites examples like The Devil Among the Sking and Sunday Costs Five Pesos, and offers a list of non royalty plays from Mary Ellen Box 326 Regina Sask with a stamped self addressed envelope.
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Electric Light Company
Mary Ellen
Regina
Pluto Distance Claim From Earth Sparks Curiosity
A claim states Pluto lies roughly 8 700 990 000 000 miles from Earth prompting questions about planetary scale and astronomical measurement.
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Pluto
Earth
Novel Auction Aims to Clear War Production Barriers
A novel wartime auction exchange in southwest England linked eighty firms with lists of needed tools and idle equipment for planes tanks shells and ships. Buyers and sellers traded items and some tools were exchanged with northern and Midlands firms, instantly clearing bottlenecks according to the auctioneer.
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Britain
England
North End
Example of Liberal Giving in Corinthians Sermon
Devotional lesson cites 2 Corinthians and 1 and 2 Thessalonians to show the Macedonians’ generous yielding despite poverty. Paul notes they gave themselves to the Lord and to God’s service, inspiring communal aid for Jerusalem. The piece emphasizes cheerful giving, spiritual riches, and the responsibility of generosity.
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Paul
Jerusalem
Corinthians
Aweel
Jeems
Hilaron
Canadians often ill cared for health record says advocate
Health League writer Frank Chamberlain says Canada is a sick people not alarmed, detailing malnutrition in half a million children, 275000 with hearing loss, thousands with heart and mental issues, tuberculosis and blind or deaf individuals, urging action after citing defence and infant mortality figures.
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Canada
The
Health League of Canada
Frank Chamberlain
Col
J. L. Ralston
National Defence
New Zealand
Chamberlain
Norseman Aircraft Acknowledges Distinctive Features
The Norseman is identified by its relatively long wing, enclosed cabin, and full engine cowling, distinguishing it from other light aircraft in its class.
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Carlota
Paris suburb officials stockpile wooden shoes for schools
La France Socialiste reports Paris workers suburbs buy gabots to replace leather amid shortages. Shoes now cost about sixteen times their former price, reflecting wartime material scarcities and a shift to wooden footwear for school children.
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la France Socialiste
Paris
Darwin Not Originator of Evolution Theory, Claims Stir
The text argues Darwin was not the originator of evolution theory. cites his grandfather and others, notes Lamarck published on the subject in 1801, and adds separate notes about an Arab fighter joining the Free French Army and about Japanese roadside sweet potato vendors and children’s tastes.
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Charles Darwin
Darwin
Lamarck
Tunis
Algeria
Free French
Japan
Glasgow restaurant orders tin mugs amid cup shortage
A Glasgow restaurant owner orders tin mugs due to a labor driven cup shortage. A waitress says slow service stems from following up cups from tables. A note on silk worms and mulberry leaves hints at disruption in production affecting tableware.
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Glasgow
Almost Too Efficient Motorist Uses Gadgets To Save Gas
London Tit-Bits recounts a motorist boasting about a gas saving kit arsenal. An atomizer promised to halve petrol use, a carburetor cut 30 percent, different petrol saved 20 percent, and sparking plugs added 10 percent. A test run led to an overflowing petrol tank within five miles.
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London
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Winnipeg Newspaper Union
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Southern Railway of England
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Movveluy
I. Corinthians
Canan AG
I Health
Royal Canadian Air Force
Theory of Evolution
Wings, Ltd
Canadian Pacific Railway Company
Northern Air System
Lac du Bontet
Manitoba
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Mickie
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