World Happenings Briefly Told
Labor shortage in Vienna leads to seventh and eighth graders learning streetcar operation. Howe presents credentials to Haile Selassie in Addis Ababa. Nazi looting in France totals £200,000,000. Ukrainians in Canada urged to enlist. Fire inquiry clears saboteurs in Normandie capsize. Australian union donates £10,000 to Liberty Loan. Argentine ships send war materiel to UN. Bomber unit crest adopted with emblem of an arm grasping a spanner and the motto Abendum Wemen dum.
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Vienna
Britain
Ethiopia
RF. G. Howe
Haile Selassie
Addia Ababa
Foreign Office
France
Germany
Canada
Ukrainian Association
United Nations
Juan R. Pichetto
Department of Labor
Coronation Scot Streamlined Locomotive Returns to Britain
The Coronation Scot streamlined locomotive that toured the United States in 1939 before its World's Fair display has arrived back in Britain aboard a freighter at a southwestern port. It will strengthen Britain’s stock of train engines.
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United States
Britain
Matron's Slim Spring Ensemble by Anne Adams
Plan Pattern 4994 offers a sheer silk or rayon frock with a matching jacket. Features include a soft neckline with scallops, waist darts to shape the bodice, optional sleeve lengths, and hip-flattering skirt panels. Pattern 4904 fits sizes 36 to 48 with fabric yardage and order details.
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Anne Adams
Makes Perfect Mount The Russian Cavalry Praised
A Pole living in Russia notes the Russian cavalry horses are small but sturdy and can exert themselves on little food. He recalls a two hour gallop, then a night in cold to toughen the colt. If it dies, not worth keeping. if it lives, it becomes a perfect mount for Cossacks. He cites 18th century practices learned by Napoleon.
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Russia
Napoleon
Lordon
Williams
Preparing a Play Prodn The Director’s Property Lists
Mary Ellen Burgess outlines early preparation for a stage production detailing floor plans furnishings period accuracy and prop inventories. She stresses director responsibility for space layout period items piano tea setting and personal props with checks before curtain up and invites inquiries.
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Mary Ellen Burgess
Regina
Breathing in a Day: About 35 Pounds of Air Inhaled
The statement notes that a person in normal health inhales roughly 35 pounds of air in a single day. It reflects average respiration volume and metabolic activity across a typical adult.
Reforestation Plan Aims 10 Million Trees Annually
Lands Minister A Wells Gray announces a bold 1942 reforestation program for British Columbia. Spring planting begins February 15 on denuded areas with hundreds of workers clearing land and planting Douglas fir, Western hemlock, and red cedar, backed by accelerated nursery production to enable large scale artificial reforestation.
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British Columbia
A. Wells Gray
Children Resist Nazis Reported by Allied Center
The inter Allied information centre in New York cites Western Europe reports of growing child resistance to German occupation. Dutch refugees describe youth sabotage networks in the Netherlands, including tampering with vehicles and railway signals. Belgian youths honor RAF dead by leaving flowers on graves, while Norway hears of possible Nazi plans to conscript 10 to 18 year olds amid growing opposition.
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inter-Allied Information Centre
New York
London
Europe
Britain
Belgium
Royal Air Force
Vidkun Quisling
Norway
Sunday School Lesson on Wisdom and Warnings
The lesson emphasizes Proverbs 20:1 that wine mocks and folly follows. It contrasts restraint with excess using Genesis 43:34 Psalm 104:14 15 Proverbs 31:4-7 Ecclesiastes 2:1-3 10 11 Isaiah 56:12 I Corinthians 10:6 7 and Psalm 16:1-6 as devotional reading. It urges prudent living and awareness of temptations.
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Ecclesiastes
Corinthians
One Reason for Drinking in Bible and History
Discusses biblical and historical examples of drinking for various aims. From Joseph in Egypt with a feast and Benjamin favored, to Psalm 104 praising wine for gladness, to Proverbs advising restraint, and 1 Corinthians warning Christians by Hebrew wilderness examples. The piece cautions against excess and misuse of wine across eras.
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Joseph
Egypt
Canaan
Benjamin
B.C
Modern Winnipeg lockers aid home food preservation
Private family refrigerated lockers are now part of a large Winnipeg cold storage plant service. Families place fresh vegetables or meat in their lockers and retrieve them weeks or months later while still fresh. Locker counts rose from 300 to 500 with few vacancies. The plant offers fast freezing for game during hunting season and optional plucking and cleaning. A new 27 ton daily ammonia refrigeration unit serves the facility downtown.
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Winnipeg
Cornwall loses tin lead to Federated Malay States
Cornwall England, once the world’s chief tin source, yielded top status in tin production to the Federated Malay States in the later years of the prior century.
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Cornwall
England
Dental care tips from Dr Zimmer man in NYU lecture
Dr. Zimmerman urges better tooth care highlighting that by age 25 most lose four teeth, seven by 30, and about 10 by 40. He notes inadequate brushing technique, recommends gentle gum massage, cleaning crevices, and brushing after meals or at least twice daily with a stiff brush and common toothpaste. He links bone health to green vegetables and milk rich in calcium and phosphorus.
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M. H. Zimmerman
School of Dentistry
New York University
Zimmerman
Faithful Dog Guards Wellington Bomber Mascot
A Canadian bomber squadron keeps a huge Irish wolfhound as mascot. When the pilot officer from Montreal goes on an attack another officer takes charge of the dog. The wolfhound watches the Wellington bomber from the cockpit area and greets the returning flyer with audible barks above the engine racket.
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Montreal
Canada
Dog thief caught milk bottles from Chatham porch
The Sangster family of Chatham Ontario identified the thief as a dog. The canine repeatedly stole bottles of milk from their back porch, carrying them away in its teeth with apparent ease.
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Sangster
Chatham
Ont
Carbon Still The Same Element Across Vast Value Gaps
A ton of charcoal sells for about $20 while a ton of low grade diamonds could fetch around $75,000,000 though both are made entirely of carbon.
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William Ferguson
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