World Happenings Briefly Told Inventory and wartime notes
An itemized world update notes Canada plans a rapid survey of research resources by the nations research council. Germany's expansion raises Slavic population figures in the Nazi Reich to 29,006,900. British Guiana sugar output purchased by Britain. Egypt pledges full support to democratic powers. Poland consulates in Canada will continue operations under conquest. Ducks Unlimited funding exempt from U S neutrality act. Canadian military ski unit eyed for Rocky Mountain training. Canadian teachers told to update history and geography texts to reflect Europe’s rapid changes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
The
Nations Research Council
Dome Area of Statistics
Germany
Poland
Nazi Reich
Paria
British Guiana
Georgetown
Briah Guiana
Egypt
Ahmed Maher Pasha
Ieader
Bandist Party
Ottawa
Russia
Rocky Mountains
British Columbia
Euurope
Department of Education
Paris Fashion Adapts for Air Raid Wardrobe
In Paris the well dressed woman now shops for air raid attire as fashion houses close. Shops tailor to air raid customers with rapid dressing outfits, ski gear, corduroy or leather four pocket suits, gas masks, and warm accessories. Practical hoods and a belted thick wool hooded coat promise quick donning from neck to ankle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Relics Found at Haliburton Home Turn Tourists Toward Pool
A Nova Scotia government run museum on the Thomas Chandler Haliburton residence uncovers a century old iron kettle and andirons in Piper's Pool while cleaning grounds. The burnished cauldron and restored fittings return to the Sam Slick kitchen as part of the house's historic display in Windsor Hants County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nova Scotia
Thomas Chandler Haliburton
Sam Slick
Piper
Windsor
Hants County
New Regulations For Mail Exports From Canada
The Foreign Exchange Control Board announces rules for sending goods or property abroad. Applicants must file Form B or Form D for goods or Form K for non goods through a chartered bank. Exemptions include bank drafts and gifts under 25 dollars per person per month. Mailings without Postmaster inspection may incur penalties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Post Office
Canada
Foreign Exchange Control Board
Engineers Push Through Sixth Avenue Subway Tunnels
Marvellous skill of New York engineers and workers celebrated for carrying out a delicate underground overhaul in Sixth Avenue. They diverted and replaced 1000 miles of wires pipes and conduits serving electric power gas water steam heating telephones and telegraph without city disruption. A single misstep could have caused floods or gas leaks amid heavy traffic. The job reduced space for the services to less than a quarter of their former footprint, with modern conveyors installed. London’s underground network is even more extensive with multi level tunnels and escalators. The workers’ unseen precision keeps cities lit powered and connected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Sixth Avenue
Independent
Subway
London
St. Thomas
Robot shouts Go to start Adelaide race
Adelaide racing club tests a start signal robot that shouts Go the instant barriers rise. Inventor E T Booth from Adelaide designed to synchronize the starter’s voice with the lift of the gates. Also noted is a Japan report that a whale skin could yield leather from 100 cattle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adelaide Racing Club
E. T. Booth
Adelaide
Australia
Tanners of
Japan
Predicts Severe Weather Based on Wildlife Signs
A Yosemite Indian chief named Lemme predicts an early fall and heavy winter, claiming signs from yellow jackets field mice and squirrels foretell the weather. The article notes Canada exports a high cheese surplus to England and mentions licensed motorists averaging 3.2328 percent? pounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lemme
U.S. Weather Bureau
Yellow Jackets
England
Centenary of Canada’s first metal rail line observed in New Glasgow
New Glasgow’s Board of Trade prepares a pageant and plaque unveiling to mark the 1839 opening of Canada’s first rail line using iron rails from Albion Mines to Granton. The centenary, delayed a year due to a royal visit, recalls early coal transport on woolen and then iron rails and the Sampson and Albion locomotives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Glasgow
Board of Trade
Canada
Pictou County
Albion Mines
Granton
Borges
Sampson
Albion
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Board of Trades
Whistle While They Work in South African Textile Factory
In Johannesburg a large textile factory uses loudspeakers to broadcast popular and classical music. Girls are allowed to whistle or sing while working, with light opera and Strauss waltzes most popular. The owner notes productivity improved since starting the musical program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johannesburg
Water garden tips grow vibrant indoor plants at home
A Home Service feature explains how to create a water garden with vegetables and bulbs, including sweet potatoes, crocus, narcissus, and hyacinth. It guides placing bulbs in water only at the base, encourages periodic bulb starts, and offers a 32 page booklet for 15c plus other titles from Winnipeg Newspaper Union.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Home Service Dept
Winnipeg
Newspaper Union
Dermot Ave. E
Apron Pair From Easy Pattern 4266 By Anne Adams
This short note promotes Pattern 4266 by Anne Adams for two cheerful housework aprons. It describes heavier and daintier versions in Percale gingham chambray and notes fabric use, panel variety, and pocket usefulness. Send 20 cents with size name address and pattern number to Winnipeg Pattern Dept.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anne Adams
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave. E
Winnipeg
Life of 1939 Canadian Soldier Beats 1914 Conditions
The 1939 Canadian army offers better medical exams and recruitment standards, ample food with varied rations, a lighter uniform with less brass polishing, and enhanced recreation through barracks programs and youth organizations, reflecting improved conditions since 1914.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commissariat Department
Soldier Ia
Y.amlc.a
Labrador explorer Dillon Wallace dies at 76 after long illness
Authority on Labrador Dillon Wallace died following an extended illness. The explorer and author conducted Labrador expeditions in 1905 and 1913 and wrote 26 books from 1905 to 1932, including The Lure of the Labrador Wild and The Long Labrador Trail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dillon Wallace
Labrador
Wallace
Mexico Sierras
Sunday School Lesson October 15
A Sunday school record recounts the Golden text and the temptation of Jesus in the wilderness. It notes Jesus fasting forty days and nights and resisting temptations by citing scripture, with angels ministering after Satan departs.
Selected Recipes For Cake Or Bread Loaf
A damaged recipe note lists ingredients including flour baking powder salt sugar graham flour candied orange peel and nuts. It gives mixing steps and says to bake in greased leaf pans at 350 degrees for about one hour and to slice with a long sharp blade after chilling.
Cranberry Shredded Wheat Loaf Recipe
A recipe for Cranberry Shredded Wheat loaf combining wheat cereal, cranberries and walnuts. Mix dry ingredients then add Shredded Wheat cranberries walnuts egg water and fat. Bake in a greased loaf pan at 350F for about an hour. loaf cuts better cold. Dates or cherries may substitute for cranberries.
Foreign museums keep art on loan to New York fair
Directors of the Louvre National Gallery of London and Rijksmuseum Amsterdam have cabled requests to retain paintings loaned to the New York world’s fair. The three collections total 2 500 000 in value and museum heads will not ship the works until given new directions by owners. Perry T. Rathbone, exhibit director, said custody may be kept as long as owners desire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louvre
National Gallery of London
Rijksmuseum
Amsterdam
Perry T. Rathbone
Hole-in-one Bet Pays 50 to 1 for Rye Family
Two years ago Ellis Knowles senior and his son Ellis Knowles junior insured themselves for 100 dollars with Lloyds of London against a hole-in-one. They paid two dollars in premiums and Ellis junior made a ace on the 203 yard twelfth at Apa wamia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ellis Knowles, Sr
Rye
N.Y
Ellis, Jr
Lloyds of London
Apawamia
Popeye Seen As Spinach Advocate In Publicity Tale
Column discusses Popeye as a spinach promoter and notes spinach nutrition. Traces history from Crusades to Renaissance and London trade. Highlights iron content and medicinal uses, while warning against spinach for arthritis gout or kidney stones.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Popeye
Europe
London
Readers urged to request full cancer article set from Health League
An editorial note invites readers to obtain the complete series of Dr McCullough's cancer articles by writing to The Health League of Canada at 105 Bond St Toronto Ont. The notice emphasizes access to the full collection for interested readers.
Priceless British Film Treasures Sent to Safe Storage
The National Film Library of the British Film Institute sent almost 2 million feet of historic film to safety during the war. The collection spans from 1895 to today and includes the coronation film of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth, royal processions, royal funerals, Boer War and World War I troop movements, and the King and Queen’s early 20th century tours of Canada and the U.S.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Film Library of the
British Film Institute
Sussex
George VI
Queen Elizabeth
George V
Victoria
Edward VII
The Red Visitor in Park Lane and the Footman
A provocative tale set in London in which a red visitor knocks at a grand home on Park Lane announcing a revolution. The footman replies that revolutions must be delivered at the trade as men’s entrance, highlighting class boundaries and prerogatives of the aristocracy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thera
Park Lane
London
Glass bricks adorn Singapore Chinese chamber building
Glass bricks will be used in the new Chinese chamber of commerce building in Singapore Malaya. The major use for buttermilk now aside from food for man and beast is in paint.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chinese Chamber of Commerce
Singapore
Malaya
Also Mentioned on This Page
Ducks Unlimited
Mount Lassen
California
Nova
Home Service
Authority On
Temptation
Jesus
Holy
Temple
God
Satan
Fresen Wit
DR. J. W. S. McUllough
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!