Notable wartime items and recognitions in brief
A pie of the month club in Milwaukee serves 300 pies monthly to servicemen. The 100th birth anniversary of Calixa Lavallée was observed in Quebec. Swiss French and other postal links are suspended by Italian occupation authorities. Company C Texas cooks from four nations. mess officer from a fifth. Malta faced heavy Axis air attacks from Sicily-based bombers in March to May. Dr. Allen Peebles named director of statistics and research for the labor department. Vichy police seized explosives and incendiaries in Paris and other French areas in a terrorism roundup. Sir Reginald Blomfield, British architect, died in London, creator of Menin Gate Memorial and Lambeth Bridge.
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Malta
Sicily
Keith Park
Sir Reginald Blomfield
London
Menin Gate
Menin
Belgium
France
Lambeth Bridge
Jeep jumper from Pattern 4077 by Anne Adams
Anne Adams offers Pattern 4077 for junior misses in sizes 11 through 17. The two piece set includes a beltlike jumper and a blouse with short or long sleeves, with yardage listed for 54 and 35 inch fabrics. Send 26c, size name address and pattern number to Anne Adams Pattern Dept Winnipeg Newspaper Union.
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Anne Adams
Anne
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
MacDermot Ave. E
Winnipeg
Man
Quick Work to Iraq Opens New Rail Link
A new railway line over 120 miles long connects Iraq with India to speed up supplies to Russia. Built at a remarkable rate amid desert heat, sand storms, and heavy rain, the project was executed entirely by Indian crews with rolling stock from India. A 50 mile pipeline by British engineers was laid in a fortnight, a further engineering triumph benefiting Iraq.
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Iraq
India
Russia
Reiln
Canadian Corvette Flag Brings Mountie Symbol to Sea
The Canadian corvette commanded by Lt Cmdr Robert A. McNeill features a paintwork of a mounted policeman riding a submarine in cowboy style. McNeill, and crew Sub-Lt C J Rathgeb and Gnr Elmer Armstrong, are former RCMP men. The insignia, painted by F D Rickard with design help from AB Al Taylor, marks McNeill’s police and naval career and the ship’s 18 months of Atlantic convoy service.
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Britain
Corvet
Cmdr
Robert A
McNeil
Montreal
Halifax
Atlantic
R.C.M.P
C. J
Chuck) Rathgeb
Toronto
Elmer Armstrong
Ottawa
McNeill
Regina
Atlantic Coast
Rum Patro
F. D. Rickard
Niagara Falls
AB. al Taylor
Danish army blankets request from German forces
The Danish army has had to deliver to the Germans on the Eastern Front all woollen blankets it does not need, after a curt demand from General Hermann von Hanneken commanding the occupation troops. Ancient prisoners fashioned light from coconut shells in a related note.
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Hermann von Hanneken
Misplaced Sympathy in a Chicago News quote
The Chicago News compares sorrow for Nazis to a child's pity for a lone lion in a Roman arena painting. It notes the tender-hearted child wept for the underdog lion not sharing in the kill, drawing a pointed parallel about misplaced compassion.
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Chicago News
Excessive gear use wastes gas says driving guide
The guidance explains that using first and second gears too much makes the engine run faster and consume more fuel per mile than keeping the car in a higher gear. It warns against unnecessary downshifting and encourages smoother, higher-gear driving to save gasoline.
Royal Bank Hits New High In Annual Balance Sheet
The Royal Bank of Canada reports a year ending November 30 with total assets surpassing 1.29 billion dollars and deposits over a billion, marking all time highs. Liquid assets rise to 906.44 million, deposits reach 1.181 billion, and profits total 3.29 million after taxes and allowances, with dividends of 2.625 million and funds set aside for pensions and premises.
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Royal Bank of Canada
Dominion
United States
Bank of Canada
Canada
Dominion Government
Famous Painting Stolen From Amsterdam Gallery
The Paris radio reports that Rembrandt’s famous painting Man Sharpening a Goose Feather has been stolen from an Amsterdam art gallery. Authorities investigate and seek leads on the missing work.
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Paris
Rembrandt
Amsterdam
Sunday School Lesson January 10 Reflections on Nicodemus
A Sunday school devotional outlines John 3 1 16 focusing on Nicodemus the Pharisee and the night visit to Jesus. It discusses the significance of timing caution and the approach to understanding new life in Christ.
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Desay
Nicodemus
Pharisee
Jesus
Salute Confusion Between Major and Pat Malone
A strict exchange unfolds as a major questions Patrick Malone for not saluting. Pat answers he avoids unnecessary attention since he is not supposed to be out without a pass, highlighting military discipline and security norms.
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Patrick Malone
Pat
Health of UK people cited as war era improvement
The British Ministry of Health chief medical officer announced at a press conference that the nations health remained strong and even improved during wartime. June quarter death rate was among the lowest since 1927 1930 and 1933. infant mortality likewise low. Typhoid cases rose through 1941 then fell in 1942. cerebrospinal fever declined. Diphtheria vaccination reached 3 million under fourteen. Glasgow smallpox outbreak contained by vaccination. 41 cases eight deaths. Ellesmere Island named the northernmost part of the British Empire.
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United Kingdom
Ministry of Health
Journal of the American Medical Association
United Kingsdom
Glasgow
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Company C
79Th Ordnance Battalios
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Texas
Allen Peebles
The
Unemployment Insurance Commission
Labor Department
Vichy
Treins
Canadian Pacific
C.P.R
Drake Street
Vancouver
Sheila Clifford
Violet Taylor
Emma Chipman
Stella Slusarski
Poland
By Fred Neher
Chicago
Ras
Mickie
Royal Bank
League
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British Empire
Ellesmere Island
Arctic
By William Ferguson
John
Sigmund
Momstor
U. & Pat
MEA Service
Gene Byrnes
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