World Happenings Briefly Told
The BBC will hire women as engineering technicians to operate control room equipment and recording gear. Ernest Bevin appeals former miners to volunteer for coal pits to help ease dwindling stocks. Four transatlantic airlines may serve Britain to North America by summer’s end. Air Marshal Bishop calls civil aviation critical to Canada’s armed forces. Italy’s grain chief foresees wheat harvest at 268,225,000 bushels, up on last year. Britain eyes a large 1941 crop with strong hay and fodder yields. A Edmonton group formed the Son a Occupied Countries. The 2nd Armored Regiment moves from Listowel to Camp Borden for training. Britain’s health ministry has seized about 30,000 empty houses to house bomb victims. 10,000 furnished so far.
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BBC
Ernest Bevin
Britain
England
W. A. Bishop
Canada
Babato Visco
Italian Grain Guild
Italy
Germany
Edmonton
Sona of
2Nd Armored Regiment
Active
Bennett Barracks
Listowel
Camp Borden
Western Canada
British Ministry of Health
Onion excitement crosses oceans in a sharing tale
A quirky note from Glasgow recounts Ontario onions reaching Britain where farmers prize crops for per acre yield. The scarce bulbs inspire humor as households share with Aberdeen relatives and a visitor at an office weighs a single specimen, proving onions spark unusual enthusiasm.
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Canada
Britain
Glasgow
Ontario
Aberdeen
Health Advice Sparks Conflicting Doomsday Diets
The St Thomas Times Journal contrasts two doctors urging drastic routines. One prescribes a weekly day of rest, excluding Sunday church time, while the other promotes strict dieting, avoiding alcohol and excess pies to reach a century. The piece wryly notes the appeal of pie over longevity and ends by urging workers to push hard before vacation.
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St. Thomas Times-Journal
Hitler aims for Eurafrica unity in Nazi plan
A Sault Daily Star analysis argues Hitler seeks a merged Europe and Africa into a single economy, with a central German core and satellites like France and Italy. It cites Haushofer influence and a Vichy report of Ukraine as breadbasket for a new autarchy, warning of intensified oppression.
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Siers Pie
Europe
Africa
Hitler
British Commonwealth
United States
France
Italy
Haushofer
Hess
Britain
Vichy
Stalin
Ukraine
Sault Daily Star
The Soldier Poet In A English Military Hospital
A Birmingham soldier on leave from a northern hospital recalls a poet among the wounded. As anaesthesia faded the poet begged for pen and paper to write. He lamented lost inspiration and later, after another operation, wrote only the line What a horrible smell in a dazed attempt to capture memory.
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Birmingham
Consciouness
Cure for Worry Brain Surgery Promises Relief
An English surgeon performed a temple brain cut to separate worry and emotion centers, claiming a changed, happier disposition after the procedure. Critics warn the cure could make patients irresponsible and unable to worry at all.
Fearful Horses and Bowing Kings In Odd Fragments
A collection of fragmented lines notes horses fear mice affecting sleep behavior and mentions ex-King Carol repeatedly bowing his head. The text also claims that half of milk production costs go toward feed, labeled as a general statement amid miscellaneous clipping.
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Carol
Beavers Foil Workman on Canadian National Railways
Calgary Albertan relief piece laments Mr Hoffman's struggle with beavers obstructing a rail line through Algonquin park. Despite trying a water wheel, tin cans, a lit lantern, culvert work, and a fence, beavers block progress, repair the dam, and even enact a blackout. The beaver, Canada’s national mascot, is praised for perseverance.
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Aug Hoffman
Hexigen
Canadian National Railways
Algonquin Park
Beavers
The
Vancouver Sun
Hoffman
Mr. Hoffman
Canada
Calgary
Bombed British papers continue edition after raid hit plant
The London News Chronicle and The Star, both produced in the same Bouverie Street plant, were damaged in a raid but kept publishing. Censor notes that machinery was destroyed by two direct hits, one high explosive and one oil bomb, with no casualties. The Daily Sketch offered facilities, and the two papers moved to a rival plant while News Chronicle and Star continued as morning and evening editions.
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London News Chronicle
the Star
Bouverie Street
Daily Sketch
News Chronicle
Star
Glasses Found After Plane Accident Barrage
A. Stewart Clark of Hamilton Ontario found his glasses in the centre of his garden and concluded they must have fallen from a plane. Investigation traced the loss to W. C. Warren, chief instructor at a nearby airfield, who had scattered Victory Loan circulars the day before. The glasses were returned unbroken.
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A. Stewart Clark
Hamilton
Ont
W. C. Warren
War Dispatches Cast Damascus Tyre in Holy War Light
Damask and Tyre names appear in war dispatches signaling a broader Holy War framing. The report notes heightened religious undertones influencing the conflict narrative and public sentiment across fronts.
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Damascus
Tyre
Simple Slip for Larger Women Pattern 4763 Ad
Anne Adams presents pattern 4763 to fit mature figures with a one piece back and high waist seam for neat lines. Front panel and gathered side bodice provide ease without bulk. lace edging adds femininity. Available in seven sizes. size 36 uses 25 yards of 39 inch fabric and 3 1/2 yards lace edging. Send 20 cents and details to Anne Adams Pattern Dept Winnipeg.
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Anne Adams
German decree orders Dutch to surrender metal goods
Commissioner Seyss-Inquart issues a decree forcing Netherlands public enterprises shops and citizens to hand over copper nickel tin and lead items by August 10. Household articles such as ashtrays bird cages flower pots and stands are listed as examples. The note also states whole milk is to be homogenized under 2500 pounds of pressure.
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Seyss-Inquart
Netherlands
Turning Point in Europe Gospel Mission
Sunday school lesson recounts Paul and companions crossing from Asia to Europe via Macedonia and Philippi. It highlights the harbor voyage, the gathering by the river where Lydia is converted, and the broader act of spreading Christianity into Europe as a pivotal moment.
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Tras
Digeon Sea
Europe
Paul
Maacedonia
Christ
Silas
Timothy
Luke
Jesus Christ
Trona
Samothrace
Neapolis
Macedonia
Philippi
Lydia
Thyatira
Detroit Boy Wins 1941 National Spelling Championship
Louis Edward Sissman a 13 year old Detroit eighth grader won the national spelling title at the National Press Club in Washington defeating 28 finalists. Phyllis Davis of Akron Ohio was runner up after a three hour contest. The field started with 2 500 000 local bee entrants and narrowed to two by round 103 before Sissman captured the crown.
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Detroit
Louis Edward Sissman
Newsweek
New York
National Press Club
Washington
Siasman
Phyllis Davis
Akron
Ohio
Louis
Phyllis
Wheat kernels cleaned by method used on ores
Theodore Earle, a mining engineer, borrows a long used ore cleaning method to remove the rough outer hulls from wheat kernels without harming the kernel. The hulls are light fibrous and tough and contain practically none of the wheat’s nutritive elements.
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Food Industries
Theodore Earle
Church bells tuned by chipping edges to reach correct note
Church bells are tuned by removing small edge chips until the bell produces the proper musical pitch. The method emphasizes precise material removal based on auditory feedback, enabling accurate resonance without full casting.
Chlorophyll touted as cure in medical claim study
Dr Benjamin Gruskin reports 1200 infection cases from peritonitis to colds treated with chlorophyll with high success at Temple University Hospital Philadelphia. Treatments include chlorophyll in salt water for infected surfaces and chlorophyll nose drops for mild colds, packs for sinus infections, and pastes with lanoline for skin diseases.
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American Journal of Surgery
Benjamin Gruskin
Gruskin
Temple University Hospital
Philadephia
Britain's civilian radio locator corps to run RAF device
The Radio Locator project expands to Canada and the United States as Britain seeks 10 000 volunteers. Canada has already sent about 1 000 radio men overseas and more recruits are being trained via the RCAF emergency plan and universities. The labor department will boost radio mechanics training while volunteers may join through the British mission in Ottawa or the Montreal transit pool at Lower Canada College.
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Britain
Royal Air Force
Canada
United States
R.C.A.F
Labor Department
Free Press
Ottawa
Montreal
Lower Canada College
Hitler’s Resolve to Rescue People From Hidden Grievances
A condensed passage notes Hitler’s determination to save various groups from grievances they did not know they had, portraying a radical mission to reshape suffering into loyalty. The remark frames his approach as uncompromising and liable to drastic actions.
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Hitler
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