World Happenings Briefly Told
Danish nurses volunteer for Finnish front with a Ped Crane ambulance unit. sixteen selected. UK war bonds and certificates pass £27 million. Australia to prosecute workers dismissed under compulsory training plan. Alberta ranchers gain about $170000 from 1940 cattle quota to US. Paris council renames Moscow Street Helsingfors Street and bans Communist members. Atlantic coast grain elevators hold over 15 million bushels of Canadian wheat for UK. Canadian Red Cross sends $5000 to Dr F W Routley in England for Finland relief. Sir Robert Borden honored with stained glass window at All Saints Ottawa. Sheffield to open mental clinic with drill to ease war worries.
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Defence Department
Alberta
United States
Stock- Inen
Paris
Moscow St
Helsingfors St
Atlantic Coast
United Kingdom
Canadian Red Cross
F. W. Routley
England
Finland
Congregation of All Saints’ Anglican Church
Ottawa
Robert Borden
Canada
Sheffield
Dr. F. Kennedy
British Women Volunteers Honor Dowager Lady Reading
The Dowager Lady Reading pays tribute to British women volunteers of the Women’s Voluntary Services for Civil Defence. A September report shows over 96 000 new volunteers, totaling nearly 500 000 since June 1938, with 11 000 interviewed in London that month and as many as 1 000 treated daily.
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Redding
Lady Reading
Women's Voluntary Services For Civil Defence
London
Opportunity for Farmers in British bacon trade
The piece urges Canadian farmers to become Britain's bacon supplier, noting Alberta's likely hog expansion and grain feed advantages. It explains live weight versus grain, freight cost effects, and warns that grain prices must rise before feed becomes scarce. Also mentions Maine’s limited state contacts, Tokyo’s barge population, and Cleopatra as Queen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Britain
Alberta
Jessen
Financial Post
Canada Bird Banding Exceeds Forty Thousand This Year
The Dominion reports bird banding has grown to about 40 000 birds recorded this year with 16 years of effort yielding 380 000 bands and over 25 000 recoveries. Canada cooperates with the United States to track migratory birds under the Migratory Birds Convention Act.
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Canada
Dominion
Buriay
Department of Mines and Resources
National Parks Bureau
Ottawa
United States Bureau of Biological Survey
Washington, D.C
I N
United States
Domoinion
Dominion Department of Agriculture
North America
Pilgrim Fathers
Plymouth
Mays
Anne Adams Pattern 4171 Princess Housefrock for Women
Auctioned advertisement announces Anne Adams Pattern 4171 for a cheery princess line housefrock. It promotes youthful styling, scalloped neckline, easy ironing, and a flat for donning with guidance to use the Sewing Instructor. Available in misses and women's sizes from 14 to 44 with fabric yardage and 20 cent pattern price. Orders to Anne Adams Pattern Dept Winnipeg Newspaper Union.
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Anne Adams
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Avé
Winnipeg
Take it away Join a club to cure nerves and fatigue
A Home Service appeal advises nervous individuals to join clubs or church groups and improve health with regular walks and Vitamin B rich foods. It promotes a 32 page booklet by a well known physician on nerves and related problems and offers it for 15 cents, with other booklets available at the same price.
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Home Service Dept
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave. E
Winnipeg
Man
French pilot hailed as new Richthofen after Brest duel
German pilots report a daring French single seater ace who downed a German battleship-like plane in air combat above Brest. He later dropped a bag with fallen German airmen’s belongings to staff at the Siegfried Line and claimed Germans were buried with honors, calling himself not an enemy. Admiration spreads despite German media silence.
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Richthofen
Brest
Sters
Siegfried Line
Radio-equipped American Homes Reach Over Twenty Million
The latest statistics show about 21.5 million American homes have radio receivers. The figure underscores radio’s widespread presence in households across the nation.
Think For The Children Safety Message
Drivers must give children wide margin of safety at crossings and be prepared for stopping or sudden changes. Do not rely on children walking straight ahead. Allow time and space for missteps or changes of mind. A L Potter Independence Kansas USA.
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A. L. Potter
Independence
Kansas
U.S.A
Portuguese River Boats Gain Longer Rudders
In a democracy debate a disagreement over river navigation leads to no halt in practice as crews adjust rudders on Portuguese boats, keeping passage through waterways steady despite loss of life.
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Portugal
Oat Flour Bread Glories Highlighted by Welsh Scientists
Scientific bakers in Wales report oat flour bread offers superior nutrition and value compared to ordinary wheaten bread. The finding comes as Scots abroad enjoy oats-based meals and bread gains renewed interest for health benefits.
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Family Herald and
Weekly Star
Scientific Bakers of
Wales
Jaws Generate Electricity Claim About Voltages
A fragment asserts that jaws produce electricity when eaten and claims approximately minus one thousandth of a volt is generated at each jewel. The text is unclear and speculative with minimal verifiable detail.
Sunday School Lesson on Marys Child and Kingdom Entry
A Sunday school reflection contrasts Marys newborn Jesus with the call to humility and childlike faith. It cites Isaiah and Matthew to show how the coming of the Christ opens a new era while stressing that entrance to the Kingdom requires gentle, teachable, unpretentious spirit like that of a child.
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Mary
Bethlehem
George Jackson
Matthew
Kingdom of Heaven
Mark
Capernaum
Mount of Transfiguration
Jesus
Francis Greenwood Peabody
Canadian pilots lead air raid feats in new war
A Canadian led the Kiel Canal air raid soon after the war started and another Canadian navigated the leading aircraft on the first British flight over Berlin. The piece notes pilots are going places again, as they did in the Great War.
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Kiel Canal
Berlin
Salt Mining Output in the United States
More than eight and one half million tons of salt are mined annually in the United States. About half of this is dry land salt and half is extracted from brine.
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United States
Safe disinfection method for dishes in wartime kitchens
A correspondent asks for a safe disinfectant for dishes and utensils. The answer states chemicals cannot reliably sterilize due to residues and hidden germs. Boiling water or live steam is presented as the safe, cheap, effective method, requiring no chemicals when fire is available.
Editorial Nota on Dr McCullough Cancer Articles
Editorial note suggests contacting The Wealth League of Canada in Toronto to obtain the complete set of Dr. McCullough cancer articles by writing to 105 Bond St.
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Nota
Friendly Nations Tie Finland and Sweden in Friendship
The article argues that Finland serves as a buffer between Russia and Sweden, sharing close ties with both nations. It notes Finland as a Scandinavian and Baltic state with frontiers to Norway and Sweden, seen as a shield against Russian imperialism and communism, highlighting European interest in Finland’s independence.
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Finland
Sweden
Norway
Soviet Union
Poland
Austria
Europe
Manchester Guardian
Engineer A Real Hero
An Alsatian locomotive engineer named Durkel earned the Croix de Guerre after stopping his train to aid a crashed French observation plane. He dragged an unconscious officer from the wreck as German fighters swooped in, displaying remarkable bravery near the battle lines.
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Durkel
Diverse dwelling terms reflect many living spaces
The list catalogs a wide range of housing terms from asylums to mansions, huts to palaces, illustrating how many names describe human shelter across contexts and eras.
Bridegroom Exchanges Good Quarters for Half
A light editorial note defines a bridegroom as a bachelor who marries. A brief line mentions South America's population around 77,000,000, though the text is fragmentary.
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South America
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Tokyo
Cleopatra
Reypt
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British Broadcasting Corporation
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Danzig
Cheery Princess Housefroch
Anne Adam
Home Service
the Child and the
Turkey
DR. J. W. S. McCullough
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