World Happenings Briefly Told
A Russian broadcast said a rec ord established in Germany caps foreign workers earnings at 73 percent with 20 percent retained until work ends. The HMS Illustrious back in British waters after repairs in Norfolk. Nicholaen and G H Rochester arrive in England for wartime timber talks. Mussolini warns Italy faces shortages and inflation risk per BBC. Maj Gen Neethoven van Goor dies at 68 after an appendectomy. Over 1,500 Salvation Army men serve in the Canadian army per Commons. US war board bans sewing machine production after June 15. King and Queen christen two bombers named George and Elizabeth.
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Germany
Mediterranean
United States Navy
Norfolk
British
Canada
Nicholaen
England
G H Rochester
House of Commons
United States War Production Board
George
Elizabeth
Moving artificial eye moves with real eye in trials
New Orleans oculist Dr. Theodore J. Dimitry reports a lucite moving eye fitted to eye muscles, enabling motion. After 35 years of study, the LSU Medical College ophthalmology director says the device has been used successfully in dozens of cases, though not yet for commercial manufacture.
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New Orleans
Theodore J. Dimitry
Department of
Opthalmology
Louisiana State University Medical College
Petal Yokes Flatter Dress Pattern 4026 by Anne Adams
Fashion features a feminine noon look with petal yokes on pattern 4026. The dress uses a princess panel back and long front panel for slimming lines and offers an optional belt and sash. sizes range from 12 to 40 with fabric need listed and a 20 cent order request to Anne Adams Pattern Dept Winnipeg.
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Anne Adams
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave
Winnipeg
Man
German Youth Planned for War Work Across Vacations
Berlin dispatches in the Base Na tional Zeitung report a plan to mobilize German high school boys and girls for a year of factory labor and younger students for farm work. Schools in some sectors will close immediately and field camps will be established. Within weeks most Germans are expected to be engaged in war work, with labor gaps filled by war prisoners and civilians from conquered lands.
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Berlin
National Zeitung
Berne
Switerm
Plays for summer reads and performances
Mary Ellen Burgess lists multiple stage options from three act titles like The Littl Foxes The Male Animal Ethan Frome The Talley Method Life With Father Arsenic and Old Lace Ladies In Retirement and The Lost Colony plus one act selections from Samuel French with budgets and cast sizes for rights through July 1 1943 Includes notes on production and where to request catalogs and mailing lists.
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Ethan Frome
Paul Green
Roanoke Colony
Raleigh
Samuel French
Henry
Jack Dalton
Sue
Frederick
Prairies
Mary Ellen Burgess
Regina
Eskimo Uses Frozen Steaks to Save Wife
A doctor asked for ice for his wife but none was available. An Eskimo from the Unga colony found a frosted foods plant and used a stack of frozen steaks in place of ice, saving her life.
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Unga
Legume Inoculation Boosts Crop Growth for Centuries
Growth of crops shows legumes like beans and peas differ from other plants by their ability to gather nitrogen from air with the help of bacteria.These bacteria enter legume roots, form nodules, and enhance growth, a process explained in War Time Production Series Pamphlet No 32 Legume Inoculation obtainable free from the Publicity and Extension Division Ottawa.
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Coninion Department of Agriculture
Ottawa
The Traders Cast Out of the Temple Lesson
Sunday school lesson recounts Jesus cleansing the temple in Matthew 21 12 14, detailing the Court of the Gentiles traders and money changers as a den of robbers. It compares Jesus gentle image with fierce authority, noting divine power to compel respect. It cites Isaiah 56 7 and Dr Edersheim to illustrate temple practices and moral force.
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Temple
Mount Moriah
Jerusalem
Kedron
Jesus
Dr. Edersheim
Farl
Kent
Christ
Poultry and Egg Cash Income Rises From 1940 to 1941
Cash income from the sale of poultry and eggs in 1941 is estimated at 18.1 million and 32.1 million dollars respectively, up from 16.7 million for poultry and 28.2 million for eggs in 1940.
RAF Pilots Fly by Compass and Radio Over Channel
RAF fighter pilots operating over the channel and occupied territory navigate without maps, relying entirely on compass bearings and radio guidance to locate targets and airfields.
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R.A.F
Health League of Canada urges a vitamin rich breakfast
The Health League of Canada warns against skipping breakfast and urges a fruit or juice to start, followed by cereal with milk or a cooked dish. It notes toasted whole wheat bread for extra Vitamin B and stresses ample milk for cereals, cocoa, or drinking.
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Health League of Canada
The
Health League
Victoria appoints first woman letter-carrier during wartime
Postmaster G. H. Gardiner faced a shortage when a regular postman fell ill. He appealed to an employment service and Mrs. Florence Blanchard volunteered to deliver the mail. She wore an arms band and postman cap and completed deliveries without issue. Gardiner indicated more women could be employed if needed.
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Victoria
G. H. Gardiner
Florence Blanchard
Gardiner
One Consolation Over Joy Riders on Rubber
The Niagara Falls Review states that the excess joy riders on rubber will soon wear out tires and exhaust gasoline allocations due to their high speeds, offering the consolation that they will be off the roads soon.
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Niagara Falls Review
Rare Mongolian Tibetan Manuscripts Found by Expedition
Four hundred rare Mongolian and Tibetan manuscripts were uncovered by an expedition from the Burat Mongolian State Institute of Language Literature and Art. Batavia, then capital of the Netherlands East Indies, traces its founding to 1619.
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Burat Mongolian State Institute of Language, Literature and Art
Batavia
Netherlands East Indies
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