World Happenings Briefly Told
A Moscow dispatch quoted saying both the Red Army and civilians are ready for gun warfare. The Belgian Congo vice governor announced tin production will triple and rubber and quinine output rise. Australia forms an Iranian-like food economy to avoid rationing. Tin size reductions for canned seafood and tinplate bans on chowder packing announced. Ross Mark and sister escape Hong Kong, safe in Chungking. Toronto parents informed. Alan King, 16, awarded Scout Silver Medal for raids bravery in Islington. Katowice could be moved 30 miles south to exploit coal under German plans affecting 200 600 residents. Norwegian Nazi party split. several district leaders deposed and sent to camps.
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BBS
Moscow
Red Army
Belgian Congo
Australia
Toxi Council
Dominion
Ross Mark
Toronto
Philip Chai
Hong Kong
Chungking
Moon Mark
Cable
Alan King
Islington
London
Katowice
Upper Silesia
Reuters
Stockholm
Quisling
Nazi Party
Bomb drop timing and drift data noted
A 500 pound bomb released from a plane traveling 200 mph at 16,000 feet altitude would strike the ground approximately one mile and a quarter ahead of the release point.
Cotton Frock Pattern 4051 for sportswear
Anne Adams Pattern 4051 offers a cotton frock suitable for active wear with a jiffy back buttoning and square yoke bodice. Available in misses and women sizes 12 through 40, size 16 needs 35 yards 35 inch fabric. Send 20 cents with name address and pattern number to Anne Pattern, Winnipeg.
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Anne Adams
Winnipeg
Man
Pony Express Merles Of Romantic Period History Of Erith Columbia
Clarence Harper Tingley dies at 72 recalling British Columbia’s Pony Express era. The piece traces early Cariboo mail routes from Hilly Ballou and F J Barnard, Barnard's Express BX, and Steve Tingley his partner who drove Lord and Lady Dufferin through Fraser canyons.
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Merles
Erith
Columbia
Clarence Harper Tingley
Victoria
Stephen Tingley
Cariboo
Hilly Ballou
Fraser
Ballou
F. J. Barnard
Yale
Barnard
Pony Express
Polish Mother's Sacrifice Refuses War Insurance Cheque
A Creson Pennsylvania mother of a Polish immigrant, whose son died in the Battle of Java serving in the Navy, rejected a $5,000 federal life insurance payout saying the government needs the funds. She and her coal miner husband could manage without it.
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Creson
Java
Miami Herald
Snorre the Seal Allegory Provokes German Censorship
An apparent children’s tale from Norway named Snorre the Seal became a best seller until German authorities detected an allegory. The narrative centers on a Norway seal captured by a killer whale representing Germany, with Uncle Walrus of England aiding the seal. A pair of sea gulls marked like Quislings betray old friends, foreshadowing wartime watchfulness.
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Snorre
Norway
Germany
Walrus
England
Brand of Cain
London flower girls remembered in Pennington-Bickford will
Gray haired flower sellers on Drury Lane receive a yearly seaside eight day holiday funded by a trust from Mrs William Pennington-Bickford estate valued above $100 000.
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London
Drury Lane
William Pennington-Bickford
Regular students train for postwar professions
More than 1,000,000 troops are regular students at education lectures with 20,000 studying to become postwar doctors bankers insurance brokers lawyers architects surveyors auctioneers scientists and technologists.
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Ainy
Printer's Warship and Street Signals in City Notes
By William Ferguson discusses factory paint shops using 100000 gallons of water to purify air for workers painting a pursuit ship. The Brandon Sun notes new residents on the street are foreigners and comments on children obeying parents.
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Saskatchewan
No. 2 Wireless School
Calgary
Alta
E. R. Owen
M. W. Thompson
Prince Albert
E. R. Aldous
Lorle
F. H. Banks
St. Cyr Lake
E. Hunter
Dinamore
A. G. Kelliher
Brandon Sun
Sunday School Lesson May 24 Focus on Passover and Lord's Supper
The lesson centers on Luke 22 7 38 and John 14 1 6 with the Paschal feast and the institution of the Lord's Supper. It recalls the connection between the Passover and the new covenant as expressed in Luke 22 19 20 and references Jeremiah 31 31 and Exodus 24 8 explaining the sacrifice and remembrance. It also notes the betrayal announcement in Luke 22 21 23 and Judas identification in John 13 26.
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Jesus
God
Egypt
A. E. Garvie
John
Judas
Matthew
Mark
A Tailor Shop Incident Becomes a Lesson For Tommy
An actor ordered a suit from a tailor and shared a fabric swatch at home. His son Tommy commented that he preferred the wrong side, noting it would be the side he wears when the suit comes down to him. The exchange highlights a young perspective on preparation and consequence.
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Tauor
Tommy
Beecham backs 50 percent tax on war speeches
Sir Thomas Beecham urged a steep tax on public war talks, criticizing North American readers for consuming six newspapers daily and radio chatter. He urged people to think for themselves and use their own brains. Also noted: maple sap lacks flavor until boiled, and Mount Rainier hosts over 40 square miles of glaciers.
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Thomas Beecham
North America
Mount Rainier
Walk Your Way to Health Says Hygeia Author
FE A Conklin urges daily walking to boost physical and mental health. posture matters, start with a mile, then add half a mile weekly, reaching five miles for seasoned walkers, as a simple path to vitality and relief from melancholy and worry.
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A. Conklin
Mr. Conklin
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