Easter Dividend Gives Hope in Millinery Window
Anabel West, a milliner, helps a hungry, jobless girl by refitting a shabby hat into a hopeful symbol. The reformatted hat inspires the woman to secure a new job, and the girl returns with pay and a story of a generous boss who wants Anabel to create another inspired hat for his wife.
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West
Anabel
Annabel Ald
Tm Ana
Anabel West
Semonathy
Black
Eryone
Annabel
Meta Na Martinet
Annabel West
Huston
Andrew Golong
Amber
Eneter
Anabel Weat
Advavn
Ron Lettie
Farmon Artists
Iis
Ottawa Week at Parliament reviews farm policy and war effort
The Ottawa weekly notes MPs return for a two week recess starting February 17. It highlights debates on the war effort and the 1941 42 farm policy including acreage reduction, prairie comfort with the plan, and criticism from western members. It also reports on the national salvage drive opening April 14 and Butter price pressures as production rises, with dairy groups seeking minimum price and market alternatives.
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Ovfawa
Parliciment Tree
Membe Ume
Prairie Provinces
Peace River
British Columbia
Asley
Commons
Mark Senn
Con. Haldimand
Ontario
Canada
New Democracy
Harry Tlemier
Dairy Products Board
National Dai Council of Canada
Quebec
Maritime Dairy Orguant
Canadian Dairy Farmers’ Federation
Blind Cumberland man tours farms for war savings week
In London the National Savings leader recounts how a local blind farmer named Jonathan trudged from farm to farm with his collie, gathering 610 pounds for district war weapons week. He brailled a complete ledger listing every contributor’s name and address and every step of the fundraising.
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London
Cumberland
Lord Kislderaley
Britain
National Savings Committee
Kinderalvy Gald
Jonathan
Carlisle
Newfoundland Man Admitted After 27th Enlistment Try
An BACON LEWES fisherman and Canadian iron-worker and coal miner, Michiel Lawlor, finally earned enlistment on his 27th attempt after 26 prior rejections. The story notes his persistence and eventual acceptance in England.
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Lewes
England
Cpa
Michiel Lawlor
Newfoundland
St Eloi battle recalled in Canadian forces history
War retrospective notes the 2nd Canadian Division battling a heavy German bombardment around St Eloi crater system in northern France during the First Great War. It cites artillery errors, fierce brigades, and over 3,000 Canadian casualties as the craters were repeatedly contested. The piece quotes Sir Max-Aitken and Eddie Rickenbacker on endurance and readiness.
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St. Eloi
France
Sterenti
Cactions
E.W. Turner
St. Eloi Mound
Gune
Robert Reale
Tien David Watson
Sth
Vancouvery
Winnipeg
Ontario
New Brunswick
Nova Statia
2Nst
Max—Aitken
Lord Reaverbrook
Millions-Trees Shelterbelts Planted Across Plains States
The program aims to plant an additional 95,000,000 trees this spring, part of a six state effort to form shelterbelts along the plains. The belts would span about 16,600 miles and protect 27,920 farms across North and South Dakota, Nebraska, central Kansas, western Oklahoma, and a strip of Texas.
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Lincoln
Nob
Prairie States
Sateipa
Pleerota
South
Dakota
Nebraska
Kansas
Oklahoma
Astrip
Texas
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the Free Press
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Faroe
Manitoba
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Alberta
He Prairies
WW. Gordon
6Th Brigade
D. B. Ketchin
Eddie Rickenbacker
Eastern Air Lines
Teyas
Carroll's
Fearman
Chase & Sanborn
McCormick’s
Waston
Lave
BERNS
Libby
Haddie
Old Colony
Odsex
Aoe Zzoo
BOC
Concentrats
Wmonta
Heeyts
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