Brisk War Era Brief Highlights From Global Fronts
The Gold Coast focuses on pearl kernel processing to aid Allied vegetable oil needs. Canada’s national income hits a April peak at $736.00. Jewish doctors urge Soviet physicians to help the Red Army and humanity. Egypt’s transport revenue reaches a record high. A transport firm gains 81.15 points since the war began. British decorations are awarded to Soviet armed forces. A South African doctor develops cheap plaster casts costing one-fifteenth the old price. The British Legion acquires Nayland sanitarium for TB treatment. Canterbury’s dean notes a £75,000 drive to build a hospital after Stalingrad. A plan to provide artificial limbs for injured children is issued. Rolls-Royce, the fishing trawler turned minesweeper, has cleared 182 mines since March 1941.
Dutch Catholic bishops issue pastoral letter against Nazi forced labor
Open defiance signals in Holland as Catholic bishops publish a new pastoral letter read across churches on May 16. The document condemns conscripting Dutch workers for labor service and rejects Nazi crusade rhetoric against Bolshevism, urging Christians not to curb faith by violence.
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Holland
Anne Adams Pattern 4400 Sunfrock for Misses Sizes
Advertisement for Anne Adams pattern 4400 featuring a neat woven outfit with a placket front jumper and white or plaid blouse. Pattern available in misses sizes 12 to 20. size 16 jumper needs 2 1 2 yards of fabric and 1 1 2 yards contrast. Send 20 cents to Anne Adams Pattern Dept Winnipeg Newspaper Union 175 McDermot Ave Winnipeg Man. Delays possible due to mail.
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Anne Adama
Anne Adams
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave. E
Winnipeg
Man
Western red squirrel jumps a hundred feet between trees
A western red squirrel demonstrates remarkable agility by leaping up to 100 feet between trees, showcasing its extraordinary forest mobility and balance as it moves through mature woodland.
Sterilized Cigarette Wrappings Aid Wound Healing
Dr. M. Ellis of the British Colonial Medical Service reports at Lagos Hospital that boiled sterilized cigarette package wrappings are used to dress open wounds and ulcers. The non irritant material allows wound inspection without uncovering lesions and is believed to speed healing.
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Lagos
Nigeria
M. Ellis
British Colonial Medical Service
Ellis
Postal Regulation Change Adds Penalty for Matches in Mail
The postal rules banning mailing matches or inflammable lighter liquids were amended to allow summary conviction with a fine up to 100 dollars and up to three months imprisonment, or both.
Second Epistle of John Study and Exposition
A devotional outline on 2 John and 3 John focusing on authorship, audience the elect lady and her children whether a church, exhortation to truth and love, warning against deceivers who deny Christ in the flesh, and Meyer’s closing admonition about valuable letters.
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John the Apostle
John the
Apostle
John
Smyrna
Jesus Christ
Jesus
F. B. Meyer
Works in reverse lease lend in reverse discussed
Britain bears the cost of airdromes barracks hospitals and other buildings erected for American use total about 600 million dollars. The remark suggests a concept of lease lend in reverse and reflects on wartime financing dynamics.
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Britain
Ever Happy Wang Changshi Sings for War Relief Passes $1,000
Wang Changshi known as Ever Happy lost his sight and both legs in fighting the Japanese. For five years he has sung across China to raise funds for war relief, a total that recently topped the $1,000 mark.
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Wang Changshi
China
Victoria woman joins shipyard rivet crew in progress
A 21 year old Mrs. Del Eliott of Victoria narrates her shift from nurse to riveter in a half built frigate. She tunes skill to toss hot rivets to a tin funnel container and to a teammate as accuracy grows. She recalls aiding a riveter with 1 200 rivets in a day.
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del Eliott
Victoria
Lone
Churchill Painted for Recreation After War Fame
The St. Catharines Standard notes that Winston Churchill took up painting after the war and, under the alias Charles Morin, showcased works in Paris in 1920. Critics predicted a bright future, and Churchill is praised as exceptionally gifted and skilled, even as a bricklayer in unions.
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Churchill
Paris
Charles Morin
Union
St. Catharines
Saskatoon tuberculosis survey finds twenty active cases
The Saskatchewan Anti Tuberculosis League survey in Saskatoon reports twenty adults with active tuberculosis and about thirty more as real suspects under constant check. Many previously infected individuals are under observation as the clinic continues exams of 29,850 people with about 10,000 remaining. The effort found two cafe workers with active disease and will recheck all food handlers while issuing certificates when examinations show no disease.
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Saskatoon
Saskatchewan Anti Tuberculosis League
Harvey C. Boughton
Boughton
Saskatchewan
R. G. Ferguson
M.D
O.B.E
Anti-Tuberculosis League
Christmas Seal Fund
Worth the expense says large RCAF deployment abroad
The Toronto Star reports Col. Ralston told parliament that more than 40,000 RCAF personnel have been sent overseas including air and ground crews. The Commonwealth Air Training Plan totals over 150,000 personnel with expenditures currently at 40 million dollars per month.
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The
Toronto Star
Ralston
R.C.A.F
Commonwealth Air Training Plan
Squirrels Named From Latin Word Sciurus Meaning Shade Tailed
The origin of the name for the squirrel family traces to the Latin sciurus meaning shade tailed. The term highlights the creature's distinctive tail feature and long-standing linguistic roots in taxonomy.
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Sciurus
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