Weekend Visits Cast Light on Local Ties
Guelph resident Sia Maxforie Nelson visited Acen friends on Sangay. Mimosa resident Misa Betty Beck spent the weekend with friend Beat Brice Lasabert. Kathieem Wood from Idingston met at Mr and Mrs John Wood’s home. Roy Buriey of Vancouver stayed with his father and friends. Edwin Morgen and family hosted Marlene and David for the weekend. J Hauck and family from Guelph visited Mr and Mrs Martin Kelly’s home with Sharon Bonnie Gary Li Fearestell Gerry Jack and Dianne.
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Sia Maxforie Nelson
Guelph
Sangay
Misa Betty Beck
Mimosa
Beat
Brice Lasabert
Lies Kathieem Wood
Idingston
John Wood
Roy Buriey
Vancouver
Engagements announced for multiple couples in December and January
Mrs Geo Gilbert announces her daughter’s engagement for January wedding. Mr and Mrs Henry Barden of Eden Mills reveal Lela Aurelia Barden’s engagement to Rees Douglas in late December. Helena Margaret McPhall, daughter of Mrs RP McPhall, to Petty Officer W H Clement, wedding in December.
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Mra. Geo. Gilbert
Henry Barden
Eden Mills
Lela Aurelia
Rees Douglas
Helena Margaret
Mra
RP. McPhall
Peter MccPhall
Campbellville
W. H. Clement
Mra. W. Clement
Mr. Clement
Milton
No Price Increases for Holiday Galley
Wartime Prices and Trade Board bans price rises for holiday meals and entertainment in hotels and restaurants during Christmas. Special meals and entertainment may carry ceilings, with possible authorization for increases not exceeding last year. Higher food or entertainment costs are not grounds for new price hikes.
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Prices and Trade Board
Cost of Living Bonus In Industry Increased
The Dominion Bureau of Statistics reports a 1.4 point rise in the Cost of Living Index. The National War Labor Board orders a 35 cent weekly increase for certain workers or 1.4 percent for others starting with the November 15 payroll. Maximum weekly bonus rises to 4.60 dollars or 18.4 percent of weekly wages. The order affects those under Wartime Wages Control and foremen are the cutoff for existing bonuses. The construction industry provisions remain unchanged.
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Dominion Bureau of Statistics
National War Labor
Tolstai heir serves on Soviet front in bold family tradition
Sergei Tolstai, great grandson and namesake of the 19th century writer, fights with the Russian army on the Soviet German front. He notes the Tolstoi lineage as a historic link to Russia defeating Napoleon during the Moscow campaign.
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Moscow
Sergei Tolstai
Tolstoi
Napoleon
World Trade Alliance forms to regulate exports
The World Trade Alliance in London outlines aims to regulate export distribution to steady rising living standards in all countries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
World Trade Alliance
NSW Judge Rules Wife Pays Costs In Restitution Case
In New South Wales a restitution suit led a judge to order the wife to return and pay court costs if she refused. The ruling argues for justice based on facts and circumstances, not rigid rules, and allows the court to tailor costs. In London an Allied plan offers to replace many non English books destroyed at the British Museum.
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Sydney
New South Wales
London
Posible
British Museum
Govern-oents
Increasing Demand For Food Products Continues Through 1944
A review of Canadian agricultural conditions predicts strong demand for food products into 1944. Meat dairy and poultry needs will strain supplies as war losses deplete livestock, while overall output nears peak under current manpower, machinery, and fertilizers, assuming normal weather.
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Canada
British authorities salvage vast amount from household waste
Local authorities in Britain salvaged and returned to industry or made available for reuse more than 4.5 million tons of valuable material recovered from household waste.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Britain
Scouts Hold Thursday Night Instruction Session
In the instructional period several Scouts passed their Kim’s game test of memory and observation with 16 of 24 articles recalled. First class candidates study first aid under Mr Thompon, while second class candidates work on signaling and fire safety. The next meeting tonight marks the campfire start for 1943 with lunch at Headquarters.
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Monty Ranney
Andrew Nichol
George Ellott
Harold Smith
Thompon
Steraing
SeeTeeee Callided
Believer Says Church Needs Celibates Sparked Two Breaks
In London a cleric Rev. B. T. Davies broke off engagement to Miss C. Ham at Charlton parish due to belief fewer priests should marry. The parish magazine reported the romance ended by his view that unmarried clergy are needed.
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London
B. T. Davies
Charlton
C. Ham
Mr. Davies
Earning Power of Farmers Too Low
A doctored quote from Dr. E. S. Archibald asserts Canadian farmers earn little income, comparable to a Grade 1 stenographer, urging government and industry to seek a lasting rural prosperity and fair tax treatment for producers.
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Canada
E. S. Archibald
Dominion Experimental Farms Service
Don’t Give Live Stock Cold Water On Dairy Farms
An Alberta study urges farmers to provide clean tepid water for cattle in winter. Cold water reduces intake, causing constipation and digestive issues, while warm drinking water improves hydration and overall health for cattle, horses, and swine.
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W. O. Albright
Dominion Expermental Farm
Beaverlodge
Alberta
Dysentery Outbreak Reported Among Norwegian Laborers
London dispatch reports an epidemic of dysentery among Norwegian conscripts forced into slave labor by German authorities. The outbreak marks the first mass illness linked to these coerced workers.
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London
Germany Plunder From Occupied Lands Cited in Commons
In the Commons parliamentary debate Dingle Foot stated that Germany was extracting an estimated annual sum from occupied countries totaling about 15.3 billion pounds, roughly 35.85 billion in present value terms.
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London
Dingle Foot
Ministry of Economic Warfare
Commons
Germany
War Fronts See Mixed Progress Across Ukraine and Italy
Soviet forces probe German lines around Kiev as Vatutin stalls a counteroffensive south of Malin and guerilla actions disrupt railway targets. In Italy Canadian and Indian troops consolidate Moro River bridgeheads amid stubborn German resistance while weather shapes operations. British Foreign Secretary Eden reports a shortened war due to Teheran and Calvo Conference agreements.
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Vatutin
Kiev
Malin
Batttle
Neas Zhitomir
Ivan S. Konev
Kremenchug
Cherasy
Kiev-Kremenchug
Sherhard
Anthony Eden
House of Commons
Teheran
Churchill
Roosevelt
Eden
Japan
United States
China
Italy
Sth
Moro Valley
Hastings
Prince Edward
Ontario
San Leonardo
Adriatic
Ukraine
Radomyal
van Wannstein
Konev
Kirovograd
Krival Rog
Britons face education problems as parents buy children’s school time
The Daily Mail reports British parents pay damages to keep children in secondary schools past age 16. An education authority calls for new legislation requiring students to remain at school to safeguard education.
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London
The
Daily Mall
Engines Altered On Royal Scot Locomotives
Royal Scot engines on the Leeds Glasgow run received tape boilers and new design cylinders to shed nearly two tons of weight per locomotive. The change aims to improve efficiency and performance on the route.
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London
Royal Scot
Peat Moss Uses in Agriculture Industry and Home
A Canadian pamphlet titled Peat Moss or Sphagnum Moss Its Uses in Agriculture In Industry and In the Home reviews peat moss supply and demand in Canada and the United States. It notes strong horticultural use as soil conditioner and fertilizer filler, with other roles in poultry, insulation, packing, and storage. Copies from the Bureau of Mines Ottawa are available free of charge.
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H. A. Leverin
Mines and the Geology Branch
Ottawa
United States
Canada
Europe
Bureau of Mines
Department of Mines and Resources
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