War News Briefs Across Allied Nations
Tea rationing begins in New Zealand with two ounces per person weekly plus hotel and restaurant allowances. Nazi decree bars public from Dutch coast as Allied invasion threats rise. Maj Gen F N Mason MacFarlane named governor and C in C of Gibraltar. Canadian banks report 1941 profits of 16.40 million. Ottawa wartime buildings cost 4.0 million. BBC says Germany offers 100 million marks to Turkey for war material. Canada's Navy plans cadet growth from 8200 to 8000 training slots. Brussels notes 300,000 Belgian workers sent to German factories after Leopold’s capitulation.
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New Zealand
Anne Adams Pattern 4053 Conserves Fabric for Misses
Learn to sew a size 16 dress with minimal fabric using Pattern 4053 by Anne Adams. The design requires only 2% yards of 35 inch fabric, plus a bolero option from an extra yard. Available in misses sizes 12 to 20. send 20 cents to the Anne Adams Pattern Dept Winnipeg.
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Anne Adams
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave
Winnipeg
Man
Pilots Heroic Bruneval Raid Receives Bar to DSC
Wing Cmdr Percy Pickard tall blond pilot led the Bruneval parachute raid in February. He was awarded the Bar to the Distinguished Service Cross for courage and duty. His Whitley squadron included Canadian airmen who aided the operation to destroy a German radio location unit near Bruneval. Casualties were heavy for Germans, light for British.
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Percy Pickard
Bruneval
Pickard
Havre
Costly challenge to own complete world stamp collection
Estimates place the price to assemble a complete world stamp collection between two and three million dollars. No single collector has achieved this feat, highlighting the rarity and breadth of stamps worldwide.
Convertible gun tested in Australia
The Australian radio reported a rifle convertible into a machine gun was tested successfully in Australia. Army Minister Francis Forde announced several thousand would be produced as soon as possible. CBS heard the broadcast.
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Australia
Francis Forde
CBS
McKim's Directory notes 1811 Canadian publications total
The 35th McKim directory lists 1811 publications with 953 weeklies and 107 dailies. Dailies fell by five and weeklies by 31 in the past year while 20 monthlies and 23 miscellaneous titles were added. Foreign language dailies remain strong with 66 titles across 16 tongues.
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Canada
McKim
Toronto
British Columbia
Sunday School Lesson on the Empty Tomb and the Risen Christ
The lesson outlines Luke 24 passages detailing the women at the tomb and Peter’s witness, the Emmaus road encounter, Christ’s sudden appearance in the upper room, and his handling of doubts with proofs of the resurrection. It cites Luke 24 44-49 and notes related scriptures including Matthew 28 Mark 16 and John 20. A final puzzling question asks why drivers aiming nowhere rush to reach destinations fastest.
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Peter
Jerusalem
Christ
Emmaus 4
Luke
Jesus
Food for Health lecture campaign in Montreal reaches 10000
In Montreal a four week Food for Health lecture series draws 10000 women to sessions on nutrition and milk usage. Six thousand are French Canadian, the rest English. Dietitians volunteer while, emphasis lies on milk cheese fruit and vegetables and practical cooking with minimal water to preserve vitamins.
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Montreal
Britain
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Holland
F. N. Mason MacFarlane
Moscow
Gibraltar
Chartered Banks of Canada
House of Commons
Ottawa
BBC
Ankara
Germany
Navy
Macdonald
The
Navy League
Brussels
Leopold
Air Training Plan
Manitoba
No. 7 Service Flying Training School
McLeod
Alberta
L. D. Brune
E. Rosenbaum
G. H. Finch
Birtle
I. B. Benson
la Riviere
Hitler
Bulgaria
W. K. Kelsey
Detroit News
Boris
Aegean
Greece
Turkey
Hungary
By Fred Neher
Bubri
Reg
Aggie
Gene Byrnes
McKim's Directory of of Press
C. T. Pearce
A. McKim Limited
Dominion
Nutrition Campaign
Mickie
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