World Happenings Briefly Told
Natural and artificial iike come under price crises as wartime controls tighten. 70 horses and wagons will deliver papers in four boroughs. Fort La Prairie, a 10 000 ton freighter, launched at an eastern Canadian port. another hull laid. HMS Jaguar sinking reported. 194 officers missing presumed dead. Ontario girls to eight farmerette camps in Niagara peninsula dairy belt. Willow Run bomber plant in production for US Army. 220 German bank branches closed to free staff for wartime work. Marquesas of Linlithgow returns from a 3000 mile India tour, says workers in the zone are on their toes for the war effort.
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Fort la Prairie
Admiralty
Soas
Ontario
Niagara Peninsula
United States War Department
Henry Ford
Willow Run
Marquesas of Linlithgow
India
Customs seize butter sauce sugar and more from excursionists
Dundalk Customs officers in Eire near the Northern Ireland border confiscated butter sauce sugar canned fruit razor blades and silk stockings from 500 real excursionists attempting to return to Belfast. The seized goods filled the station platform.
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Dundalk
Eire
Northern Ireland
Belfast
New Charm For Matrons pattern 4039 by Anne Adams
Anne Adams introduces pattern 4039 for larger figures with a front panel cut in one, offering lace trim options and contrasting fabrics. Sizes 34 to 48 available. short, darted, or three quarter sleeves with lace edges. Send 20 cents and write size name address and pattern number to Anne Adams Pattern Dept Winnipeg Newspaper Union.
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Anne Adams
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave. E
Winnipeg
Man
Jewelry craftsmen in London back to war work benches
Ageing specialists from Queen Victoria's era return to craft rooms in London to aid Britain’s war effort. They make parts for planes tanks ships torpedoes and bombs along with surgical instruments. Among them is R C Antrobus who led the jewelry trade for war work in the last war and has returned to lead his workshop again.
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London
Britain
R. C. Antrobus
Antrobus
Napoleon
Marie Louise
Rome
Lee's Humble Exit At A Virginia Store
After the Civil War General Robert E. Lee visited a Powhatan County shop and spoke with the proprietor about crops. A crowd gathered for a glimpse of the famed leader, who then apologized to Mr Sanders for drawing attention and hurried away.
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Robert E. Lee
Powhatan County
Virginia
General Lee
Mr. Sanders
Lee
Laughing Moments Echo Across A Satirical Page
A collage of jokes and witticisms shown as a light humor page. Puns on marriage and hospital scenes mix with a quip about a doctor and a tire. Historical notes mention England's militia dating to King Alfred and ancient Chinese tanning practices from 3,000 years ago.
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England
Militia Service
King Alfred
New Tires Rules Prohibit Destruction of Scrap Rubber
The Department of Munitions and Supply announced broader rules making it an offense to burn cut or destroy any tire or rubber scrap from passenger cars trucks motorcycles bicycles airplanes or other vehicles. Authorized dealers must maximize reuse by repairing or reselling usable tires and passing only unusable items to salvage collectors or scrap dealers.
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Department of Munitions and Supply
Coin Operated Mailbox Stamps and Mails in Chicago
A new coin operated mailbox in Chicago now automatically stamps postmarks and mails letters, promising hands free service as technology advances.
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Chicago
British Army deploys mobile bath-houses to curb typhus
The latest precaution against typhus involves mobile bath-houses that travel with portable laundries. They clean clothing and bedding while troops wash, aiming to reduce disease spread.
Sunday School Lesson Friday The Day of Suffering
The lesson covers Gethsemane and trials with the central line Not my will, but thine be done. It cites Luke 22 42 and Mark 14 32 34 44 46 15 1 5 and devotional reading from Isaiah 50 49, highlighting obedience under suffering.
Agony in Gethsemane and Pilate's crucifixion scene
The account in Mark 14 32 43 describes Jesus in Gethsemane with Peter James and John watching and praying as his anguish returns. Pilate questions Jesus and the crowd shouts Crucify him ending with Jesus condemned despite Pilate's doubt.
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Gethsemane
Jesus
Mount of Olives
Gethseman
Peter
James
John
Pilate
Morale and fitness vital to industrial health
Dr A C Ivy of Northwestern University told the Congress on Industrial Health in Chicago that industry must focus on worker morale and physical fitness to boost output. Rest periods, worker recreation rooms, and ongoing experimentation by management are urged to reduce fatigue and keep workers engaged in the war effort.
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A. C. Ivy
Northwestern University
Congress On Industrial Health
Chicago
Ivy
Congress
Sees Record Boom New York Economist Forecasts Postwar Boom
Paul F. Cadman of New York, economist for the American Bankers' Association, told 500 New Jersey bankers that the United States will enjoy the biggest business boom in history after the war if not invaded. He said wartime munitions production is laying groundwork for peacetime industry and that destruction abroad will create demand for American goods.
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New York
Paul F. Cadman
American Bankers’ Association
United States
New Jersey
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Alberta
S. M. Moore
Moose Jaw
G. H. Kruesel
Kerrobert
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