World Happenings Briefly Told
A new bombing and gunnery school of the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan will open at Lethbridge in October. Australia exempts additional farm workers from military service due to labor shortages. Births, Boy Scouts, and Girl Guides are organized by the ministry of food as black berry pickers to aid jam and bottling. Women to help operate South Africa coastal artillery after tests show their suitability. Dr C W Dotman says civilian flood collection starts November 1 in Vancouver. Russian prisoners of war reportedly to receive food inferior to other nationalities. An Elizabeth cross for wartime workers may be issued if recommended by the House of Commons committee. Newcastle Australia reports its first blackout effective enough to confuse a pilot observer until lighting returns.
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Lethbridge
Australia
Ministry of Food
South Africa
CW. Dotman
British Columbia
Vancouver
Reich Ministry of Food and Agriculture
House of Commons Select Committee
Newcastle
No Longer Infant Industry Divorces In Canada Rising
The piece notes rising divorce counts in Canada from 500 in 1921 to over 1 000 by 1932 and above since, with 1939 showing one divorce per fifty marriages amid wartime marriage optimism. It compares with England and the United States where ratios are higher or historically high, and suggests U S statistics have not been published since 1932.
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Canada
Coats
England
United States
U.S
Tree species of Canada include many commercially important types
Among roughly 130 distinct Canadian tree species, at least 35 are of commercial importance. The note highlights the diversity and economic value of Canada's forests.
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Canada
University of Toronto to expand Chinese studies chair
The Winnipeg Free Press notes that the University of Toronto will expand its Chinese studies program with a chair directed by Bishop W. C. White. Canadian and international scholars may shift toward this center as Chinese culture deepens Western ties, aided by wartime diversions of scholars to Canada.
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Toronto
Royal Ontario Museum
University of Toronto
W.C. White
Britain
Canada
China
Winnipeg Free Press
Grateful To Soldiers Five Year Old Child Honors Highlanders
Betty Halloren of Sand Point North Carolina thanks the Pictou Highlanders for adopting her after they found her with crutches and a tubercular condition. They funded her care at a Halifax hospital and she now walks with a cast. The pipe band played a concert at the hospital, bringing comfort to the child.
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Pictou Highlanders
Betty Halloren
Sand Point
N.C
Betty
Children's Hospital
Halifax
Highlanders
How To Make Your Own Rugs rug making guide
A cheerful rug pattern using rose black and ivory yarns on a clothesline base is explained with crochet steps. The 32 page Home Service booklet outlines materials, techniques for woven braided hooked knitted and novelty rugs and extra booklets available for 15 cents each.
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Home Service Dept
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave
Winnipeg
Man
Democracy In Hyde Park Showcases British Public Voice
BR Carnegie witnessed a Hyde Park corner where Ministry of Information officials answer public questions on war pensions and government. The Ottawa journalist called it a rare, telling display of democracy as government hearing the common man, a spirit worth preserving amid wartime effort.
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BR. K. Carnegie
England
R. K. Carnegie
Ottawa
Mackenzie King
Hyde Park
Ministry of Information
Carnegie
Ottawa Journal
Germany Tests Wide Beam Searchlight For Raiders
Germany experiments with a searchlight that has a much wider beam. Three converging beams could hold a squadron of raiders at 10,000 feet. The stage isn’t expected to be completed before next year, so the weapon won’t be usable against the R.A.F. this winter.
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Germany
R.A.F
Diver Awarded Medal for Gallantry at Sea
Giuseppe Gauci, a Malta naval dockyard diver, received the British Empire Medal for gallantry under sea. He dived during an air raid, inspected a damaged hull, and completed repairs before enemy planes arrived. Mistletoe is a parasitic evergreen shrub growing on trees. A Swedish cake named spatt kaka requires 80 eggs.
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Giuseppe Gauci
Malta Naval
Canadians Outfit Spitsbergen Evacuees By Red Cross In London
Twenty women and two brides evacuated from Spitsbergen arrived in London and were outfitted within minutes by the Canadian Red Cross with underwear nightgowns stockings and cardigans from Canada. A second group of twenty women and children was expected as Red Cross workers prepared complete kit outfits to place them with British families for the weekend.
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Canadian Red Cram
Spitsbergen
England
Lofoten
Canadian Red Cross
Canada
London
Toronto
Cadogan Square
Red Cross
Slimming Embroidered Frock Pattern 4874 by Anne Adams
A season's first dark afternoon dress pattern 4874 by Anne Adams offers slimming lines and floral embroidery on the bodice. Includes easy transfer embroidery, optional motifs, and a buckled sash. Available in women's sizes 34 to 48. order by sending 20 cents to Anne Adams Pattern Dept Winnipeg Newspaper Union Winnipeg Manitoba.
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Anne Adams
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermon Ave. E
Winnipeg
Man
Pays To Advertise A Bride In Arkansas-Desperate Widow's Payoff
An Arkansas woman seeking a husband paid $9 for a match and married. He joined the Army, was killed, and she collected $3,000 life insurance plus a widow's pension for life. The tale is cited to claim advertising pays, per Montrose Herald. Canada boasted over 160 tree varieties by comparison.
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Arkansas
Montrose
South Dakota
Herald
Kellogg’s All-Bran Promises Relief for Digestive Trouble
Reader Howard E Nichol of Pease Saskatchewan says Kellogg’s All-Bran cured sluggish digestion. The ad touts bulk from the cereal as the cause of relief, warns it works gradually, and suggests daily use with water. Made by Kellogg’s in London Canada with breakfast or muffin options.
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Howard E, Nichol
Pease
Saskatchewan
Kellogg's
London
Canada
Sunday School Lesson on Revelation 21 7 and 22
Devotional note outlines the vision of the New Jerusalem as the presence of God with humanity. It cites Revelation 21 7 22 and Isaiah 11 1 0, explaining the bride imagery, the voice from the throne, and the promise that overcomers inherit all things. The passage emphasizes God as dwelling with his people and making all things new.
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Paradise Lost
Paradise Regained
New Jerusalem
John
Ezek
God
Whitfler
Trail Finders Canadian Army Drivers In England Use Highways Without Sign
Canada army dispatch riders in southern England learn road patterns with maps as their guide. Lieut. Dave Croll, ex Windsor mayor, authored a Dispatch Rider Primer and Alphabet of Map Reading to aid navigation.
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England
Dave Croll
Windsor
Ont
Lieut. Croll
Ontario
HealthLeague of Canada to Air 13 Radio Dramas
The Health League of Canada will launch a 13 episode radio drama series this autumn. Produced under Rai Purdy direction, the plays dramatize medical heroes and efforts against disease. Stations across Canada, over 38, will carry works like The Life of Louis Pasteur and Conquest of Diphtheria.
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Health League of Canada
Playright
Rai Purdy
Louis Pasteur
Lord Lister
Frederick Banting
Insulin
Canada
Iceland Called North's Gibraltar By War Correspondent
Associated Press reporter Drew Middleton writes Iceland now houses more British American and Norwegian forces than Britain had for the 1940 Dunkirk defense. The island bristles with guns airfields and warships as US marines join British troops in a heavily fortified island key to Atlantic supply lines. Submarine sinkings along the northern route have reportedly fallen, with no merchant ships lost in seven weeks.
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Teeland
Drew Middleton
United States
Atlantic Ocean
Iceland
Britain
Gibraltar
America
Malta
Mediterranean
Eire
Greenland
Atlantic
Maupassant translations banned in wartime Japan
Japanese authorities banned translations of Guy de Maupassant as dangerous liberal ideas during a wartime emergency. The decision cited potential to mislead readers despite literary value. The text also mentions mosque foot washing and etymology of hiccup.
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Guy de Maupassant
Japan
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