World Happenings Briefly Told From The War Fronts
The ides broadcast records Hitler Youth founder death on the Eastern Front. Churchill says Britain will not retaliate with gas warfare as enemy gas use is suspected. Allied observers predict Allied victory in 1944. Laval signs accord ceding Nice Savoy Corsica to Italy after the war. Sally Knox, 23, becomes the first woman guard on LMS suburban services of London.
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Ides
Prema Re
Wichela Kelmeyer
Hitler Youth Organization
Churchill
Britain
London
Poaltion To Know
Henri Giraud
North Africa
Moscow
Stockholm
Pierre Laval
Nice
Savoy
Corsica
Italy
Sally Knox
L.M.S
St. Pancras
St. Albans
Young Two-Pieces By ANNE ADAMS Pattern 4320
Anne Adams offers a two piece pattern 4320 for misses sizes 22 14 16 18 and 20. The jacket features a soft bust and smooth hip line while the front panel skirt can use contrasting fabric from an old dress for a sew and save option. Order by size name and address with 20 cents in coins stamps not accepted. Pattern Dept Winnipeg Newspaper Union 175 McDermot Ave Winnipeg Man. Mail delivery may be slow.
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Anne Adams
Anne Adama
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave
Winnipeg
Man
Ration Book No 2 Hundreds of Millions Issued
Twelve million copies of Ration Book No 2 issued weighing 270 tons would fit nine box cars. If piled singly the books would reach 11 miles high and their 144 million pages would form a ribbon over 35 inches wide across Canada. Government maintained restaurants in Britain offer cash and carry meals reheatable at home. Tests show cigarette smoking cools fingertips by 10 to 12 degrees due to slower blood flow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
Britain
Salt uses and rubber industry note from 1876 seedings
Salt has many uses from wound cleanser to emetic and mouthwash. It relieves burns hives and bites and aids digestion and indigestion. Salt baths stimulate tired feet and serve as tooth cleanser and eye bath. The East Indies rubber industry relies on wild rubber seedlings transplanted from Brazil in 1876.
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East Indies
Brazil
Mis Contribution In Class On Vegetables
In a classroom discussion pupils classify vegetables with beans taking focus. The teacher asks how many kinds of beans they can name and responses include broad beans string beans butter beans and a humorously added human beans by a child. The report notes Australia’s Victoria state operates two meat hydration plants with 4 capacity for 200,000 sheep annually in this processing system.
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Little Jim
Australia
Victoria
Western Girls Enrage War Work In Eastern Canada
Western Canadian girls arrive at McKinnon Industries in St Catharines Ontario to join Eastern war plants. The piece notes homesickness and adjustment challenges, their split from home, and their roles in making radio devices and detonators while integrating into Garden City life.
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Rose Zinkowski
Winnipeg
Manitoba
St. Catharines
Ontario
McKinnon Industries, Limited
Ont
McKinnon
West
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Garden City
Niagara Peninsula
War Gardens and Practices for Canadian Gardens
A guide on war gardens noting US guidance may not fit Canadian conditions. It advises using Canadian approved varieties, early cultivation to combat weeds, and timing for late plantings through June and July including beans carrots and beets. It emphasizes continuous care, fertilizer, and pest control to protect crops.
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United States
Canada
Food Saver Book Advance Copy Promises Wartime Help
A 68 page wartime cookbook by Ann Adam, a noted Canadian dietician, offers 206 tested recipes. Send 10c to Western Division, Appleford Paper Products Limited, Hamilton, Ontario with clipping to secure a copy as demand is expected to be high. Include mailing expenses and print name and address clearly.
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Ann Adam
Appleford Paper Products Limited
Hamilton
Ontario
Sunday School Lesson May 14 Focus on Acts 2 4 25
Devotional material outlines the Sunday lesson from Acts 2 4 25 with related readings and comments. It recounts Philip the Evangelist preaching in Samaria, Simon the Sorcerer’s baptism and zeal, Peter and John confirming the new believers and denouncing Simon’s money driven attempt to buy spiritual power, reflecting early church challenges and inclusive gospel outreach.
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Stephen
Saul
Philip
Samaria
Jerusalem
Philip the Evangelist
Simon
Justin Martyr
Rome
Peter
John
Jesus
Youngest Briton POW 14 on first voyage amid capture
A 14 year old Briton held as a prisoner of war in Jack Hipkin of Newcastle is reported. He went to sea at 12, was captured on his first voyage two years ago, and letters from his camp say he remains cheerful and studies diligently.
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Jack Hipkin
Newcastle
Glass Slowly Changes Shape At Room Temperature
Tests indicate glass alters its form and dimensions gradually even when kept at room temperature, revealing ongoing thermal and structural behavior in ordinary conditions.
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Lord Portal
House of Lords
Red Cross
Hot Springs
Virgil L. Pitts
Young
Ration Books
By William Ferguson
Summer
NEAS
Margaret Mackay
McKinnon Industries Limited
MIS
Harry Nixon
Ontario Liberal Party
Food Saver Book
Mickie
enaRiess
SUCRE
By Fred Neher
Ball Park
Ision
Reg'lar
Gene Byrnes
Chargin
Hucks
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