World Happenings Briefly Told
More than 17 000 priests volunteered to fight for France. Alfred Cardinal Baudrillart wrote in Le Journal. The King will suspend traditional summer courts due to war and promotes the Princess Royal to chief controller of the auxiliary territorial service. Ottawa archaeologist Harlan Ingersoll Smith dies at 67. Nazi Czech authorities order German names for towns. US residents volunteer for Canadian Red Cross blood donation plan. Italian foreign minister proposes anti Comintern bloc excluding Germany. Northern Ireland options on 40600 acres of Canadian flax land.
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France
Alfred Cardinal Baudrillart
Paris
le Journal
Princess Royal
Auxiliary Territorial Service
Harlan Ingersoll Smith
Dominion
National Museum of Canada
Ottawa
Prague
Czech
United States
Canadian Red Cross Society
Late Ralph Hitz’s courteous hotel empire success tale
The travel worn virtues of courtesy friendliness and personal touches helped Ralph Hitz build an $80 000 000 hotel empire with a 15 000 000 annual business and a 70 percent occupancy. His approach shows that making friends pays in any line of work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph Hitz
Hitz
Chris- Wan
Albinen Village Reach by Ladder Above Rhone Valley
A Swiss alpine village Albinen sits 4800 feet high and can be reached only by seven ladders on the route from Leukerbach to Albinen. Locals carry heavy burdens yet youths master the climbs showing locals’ resilience and love of home. The piece contrasts rugged life with a claim There is no place like home or Albinen.
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Rhone Valley
Bernese Alps
Albinen
Leukerbach
Home
Modern housewives praised by chemist for cooking quality
Montreal chemist Maybee told Ottawa’s Society of Chemical Industry that today’s housewives cook meals superior to both their mothers. He argued aging dulls taste and aroma, noting husbands often fail to recognize finer flavors in meals that may be richer and more nutritious.
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Perton
Gor-den Maytes
Montreal
Ottawa
Society of Chemical Industry
Maybee
Five London Inns Enter Royal License Under King
Five London pub owners, the only licensees in Britain under His Majesty, visit Buckingham Palace to renew licenses. They attend the Verge of London, an ancient court at the Palace that oversees kitchen and domestic arrangements within a one mile radius. They present evidence of proper conduct to the Master of the Household.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Buckingham Palace
Britain
Board of the Green Cloth
Palace
Would Be Cheaper For Ruth A Mother's Witty Rebuttal
A university girl asks her mother for money for a new dress after dating Jimmy, claiming she wore each dress once. The mother replies with a sharp retort suggesting she get a new boyfriend and start over instead.
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Air Mall
Jimmy
Ruth
Popular Cowboy Songs Booklets Offered by Winnipeg Union
A Home Service notice invites readers to purchase "Popular Cowboy Songs" with 19 hits and full music and piano accompaniment from the Winnipeg Newspaper Union. It lists the title song plus others and offers additional booklets such as "Good Letter-Writing Made Easy" and "Tap Dancing Simplified" at 15 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sonora
Ozarks
Arkansas
Home Service Dept
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave
Wintnipeg
Man
Plain Truths by Dorothy Thomson on US peace power
Dorothy Thomson argues in Ladies' Home Journal that between 1812 and 1914 ten major wars could have pulled the United States in. She credits British strength with keeping peace and suggests US not using its economic and naval power after the last war reduced chances for a century of peace.
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Dorothy Thomson
The
Ladies' Home Journal
United States
British Commonwealth
Cute Pantie Dress for Tots Pattern 4259 by Anne Adams
Pattern 4259 by Anne Adams offers a toddler dress with an unusual waist seam and a center front panel. Includes short or long sleeves, color options, bloomers or panties, and comes in children sizes 2 through 10. Send 20 cents to Anne Adams Pattern Dept Winnipeg for order.
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Anne Adams
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave. E
Winnipeg
Finnish pilot claims world record by shooting six Soviet bombers
Windsor Star reports via Helsinki correspondent that a young Finnish air force lieutenant flew a high pursuit plane and shot down six Soviet bombers in one morning before returning to base. The feat surpasses Billy Bishop's 1918 Western Front record of five in a day, though two of Bishop's kills were by mid air collision.
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R. M. Harrison
Windsor Star
Helsinki
Hig
William Avery Bishop
V.C
Western Front
Billy Bishop
Vickers
Writer Turned Artist Charles Norman Holds Major Show
Charles Norman, former Associated Press feature writer and poet, began painting two and a half years ago in his Greenwich Village apartment. His watercolors earned him a one man show, now displayed at the Julien Levy Gallery, a leading New York venue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Norman
New York
Greenwich Village
Julien Levy
Norman
Associated Press
Britain Honors German Prisoners Ration Adequate at Home
War Secretary Oliver Stanley told the House of Commons that German war prisoners in Britain receive the same daily ration as British troops at home under the 1929 convention. He noted no complaints about bread but said prisoners prefer rye bread and arrangements are being made to provide it.
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Great Britain
Oliver Stanley
House of Commons
Calgary student named 1940 Rhodes Scholar
Neil V. German 23 of Calgary a University of Alberta third year student has been named 1940 Rhodes Scholar officials of the Alberta Rhodes Scholarship Committee announced The scholarship will not be tenable until the end of the Second Great War it was stated
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Neil V. German
Calgary
University of Alberta
Alberta
Rhodes Scholarship Committee
Parable of the Two Sons Explored in Sunday Lesson
The lesson centers on the parable from Matthew 21 28 32 and contrasts the first son who repents and obeys with the second who promises yet yields no action. It emphasizes genuine obedience over mere profession and notes Jesus teaching that publicans and harlots repent before the priests and elders.
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George A. Buttrick
God
George
A. Buttrick
Jesus
the Baptist
John
King's Pigeons Serve in War and Fortify Pigeon Service
Pigeons from the Sandringham loft carry vital wartime messages under active service. One bird returned with an SOS from an RAF pilot in trouble at sea, relayed to the pilot's base and prompt aid organized. The birds were recruited by the air ministry’s National Pigeon Service, and the King accepted the service badge featuring a blue enamel and gilt crown.
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Sandringham
R.A.F
Berodrome
Sandringham Lofts
Air Ministry
Population Boost Lord Riverdale Sees Canada Absorbing 40 Million
Lord Riverdale head of the British air mission to Canada asserts the dominion can easily accommodate 40,000,000 people. He links the empire youth air training scheme and repopulation of Canada to winning the war, noting airmen and planes built in Canada are vital and could strike fear in the enemy.
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Lord Riverdale
Canada
Dominion
Nutrition and Hearing Ties in British Child Studies
British tests on about 7 000 children show middle ear disease and defective hearing are far more common in poorer conditions. Despite higher wax and hearing checks, improving diet for a year did not cut incidence. Authors urge improving social conditions and nutrition to prevent deafness.
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Canada
Great Britain
Cancer articles available from Dr McCullough via Kaine offer
Readers may obtain the complete set of Dr McCullough's cancer articles by writing to the Health League of Canada at 1615 Bond St, Toronto, Ontario.
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Faltoria
Dr. McCullough
Kaine
Health League of Canada
Bond St
Toronto
Ont
Red hair and facts from North America statistics
The passage notes that about three percent of North Americans have red hair with little fluctuation over years. It cites Canada’s annual consumption of rained foods averaging about 45 400 000 in value. It states an elephant’s work equals six to eight horses in strength.
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North America
Canada
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Asahi
Galeazzo Clano
Japan
Germany
Northern Ireland
America
G. F. MacLeod
Comel University
Sika
Home Service
Weill-Koewn
United State
Magerine
Rhodes Scholar
Russcam
VIA
Warwegian Treatory
Mikes
Christ
Wealth League
DR. J.W. S. McCullough
Nutrition and Hearing
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