Wartime Britain and Europe In Brief
Mepney of London has contributed nearly $42,000 in pennies to the Red Cross. An Anglo American wartime inventions exchange pact is announced. Belgium reports clandestine papers like The Churchill Gazette. De Gaulle returns to London after Syria and Africa visit. A paper control order enforces use of both sides of notepaper for government letters. Ivan Maisky receives the Order of Lenin on his ambassadorship anniversary. Crete reports executions by Nazis for alleged sabotage. Over 100,000 workers moved to construct camps and airfields for U.S. forces in Britain, Bevin says.
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Mepney
London
Moet Gliteed Berougha
Red Crosse
Britain
Ivan Maisky
Great Britain
Order of Lenin
Jumper Pattern 4160 for Anne Adams Kids Wear
Anne Adams Pattern 4160 offers a dirndl style jumper with a loped top and optional contrast waistband and sash. Available in children's sizes 4 6 8 and 10 with yardage details for size 6. Order by sending 20 cents to Anne Adams Pattern Dept Winnipeg Newspaper Union 173 McDermot Ave Winnipeg Man.
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Anne Adams
Winnipeg
McDermot Ave. E
Man
Britain Uses Convicts To Aid War Production Amid Labor Shortage
The Home Office notes convicts are drafted to harvests and war industries under supervision. Prison labor produces boats parts radio gear gas masks and weapon components while courses fit inmates for industry. Women prisoners join the effort and officials say no manpower is wasted. The fifth Earl of Angus was nicknamed Bell-the-cat.
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Mechanica
Home Office
Fifth Earl of Angus
Bell-the-cat
Chinese defendants in Liverpool magistrate court oath debate
Traditional fashion oath by breaking a saucer divided opinion as up to hundreds of Chinese witnesses could be called. Only two saucers found. Magistrate called it an extravagance. A witness oath alternative favored, while charges accuse Chinese sailors of assaulting five police and damaging property on a northern port ship.
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Liverpool
China
Kitten Decorated for Gallantry With Miniature Victoria Cross
Sooty the navy kitten honored for gallantry at Dieppe during bombardment. The black and white feline wore a tiny Victoria Cross medal, a detail first noted alongside mentions of Hanno the Carthaginian explorer from 450 B.C.
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Sooty
Dieppe
French
Hanno
Two Words That Changed a Life in Mark Chapter Two
The Sunday lesson explains how Jesus calls Matthew the publican from a life of wealth to follow him. It notes Pharisees’ objections to Jesus dining with publicans and sinners and contrasts self righteousness with Christ's mission to seek sinners.
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Capernaum
Matthew
Jesus
Egypt
Damascus
Christ
Mark
Selected Rice Krispies Toffee Chews Recipe Card
Melt toffee with cream in a double boiler. Pour over Rice Krispies in a buttered bowl. Fold well and press into a shallow buttered pan. Cut into squares when cool. Contains 12 1 percent toffee and a 5 percent Kellogg's Rice Krispies mix.
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Kellogg's
Apple Muffins With Spiced Fruits and Syrup
A vintage recipe yields 12 muffins using 2 cups flour 4 tsp baking powder 1 cup chopped apples and spices. Mix dry ingredients with apples then combine with egg corn syrup milk and Mazola. Bake 25 minutes at 400 degrees F and brush with melted butter before serving.
World diamond output of 1929 would form 52 foot cube
If the 1929 diamond production were melted into a single gem it would equal a 52 foot cube weighing about 11 percent of a ton, illustrating the vast scale of output in that year.
Night Pasturing Boosts Farm Horse Work Capacity
Night pasturing during the busy work season allows farm horses to perform more work than they could otherwise. The practice improves stamina and productivity for draft and work horses in rural operations.
Indians Lose Market Stump In Sale Of Seneca Root
War dents Seneca root trade in central Alberta where Stonies Crees and Chippewas dig the crop. Once sold to German and Chinese buyers, now limited orders from New York shrink demand as stockpiles grow.
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Stump
Alberta
Germany
Canada
China
New York
Russian woman pilot credited with shooting down bomber
Lieut Valeria Khomyakova was credited by Tass with shooting down a German Junkers bomber at night over the front lines. She attacked the enemy plane and disabled it with gun bursts, then chased it as it dived and crashed. The Suez Canal was 13 years in construction.
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Valeria Khomyakova
Tass
Junkers
Khomyakova
Winter in Russia Extends Half the Year Across Vast Lands
A historical account notes that half of Russia endures six to nine months of winter with permafrost from the Arctic to 50N, where ground barely thaws. It cites Krupp-like conditions in Crimea, Verkhoyansk’s 67 30N brutal cold, and travelers like George Kennan detailing Siberian winters.
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Russia
Arctic
Crimea
Verkhoyansk
George Kennan
Siberian
Siberia
Black Sea
Caspian
Aral
Asiatic
Taimyr Peninsula
Yana Bay
History of the Carrot in Ancient Agriculture
A brief account traces carrot use to pre Christian times, noting early cultivation as cultures settled into farming. The original plant allegedly grows in moat districts of Europe and western Asia, where wild varieties persist today.
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Europe
Aala
Last Supper duration and Japanese word endings
Leonardo da Vinci spent about two years completing the Last Supper. In Japanese, every word ends with a vowel or the consonant n.
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Leonardo da Vinci
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United States
Belgium
Churchill Gazette
Charles de Gaulle
Syria
Africa
Mediterranean
Crete
U.S
Bevin
Mickie
AFO
Miss June Turner
Winnipeg Women's Air Force Auxiliary
By Fred Neher
Kitten
Alcan
Alaska
W. H. Hoge
Suez Canal
History OF the Carrot
BY William Ferguson
Reg'lar
Riley
Hue
Gene Byrnes
Joann SJ
Pawney
Tawa
Mans
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