Ottawa area notes on housing, training and ration policy
Ottawa report notes top soil removal at nine sites for new Pensions and Health Rehabilitation centres, with one building slated for spring occupancy. It mentions staff gender mix, pre Christmas shortages, and a rock-throwing incident after a long beer line. Also covers new trade training courses for armed forces instructors, ration gift permissions, and Canada’s food and agricultural developments amid wartime recovery.
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Jatlana
Netherlands West Indies
Ottawa
Madame X
Food Controls and Wartime Projections Across Canada
The article surveys wartime rationing and resource measures, noting added food categories for easing and seed shortages for 1944. It highlights dairy and meat supplies, childcare initiatives, and industrial restrictions, plus housing data showing bath facilities by province and city size. It also cites wheat and oil production figures and international aid shipments to Greece.
Fresh Air for Sheep in Poorly Ventilated Pens
The article urges ample fresh air for breeding ewes and warns against draughts. It recommends open doors in winter, ventilation when doors are closed, ceiling outlets, and 8 to 10 inches of outlet per sheep. Buildings should be on dry, well-drained ground with clear air outlets.
Churchill Defends Language Against Unseemly Word
Kingston Whig Standard notes Prime Minister Churchill shielding English from a rising slang term used in America and sparking debate in Parliament. It cites his refusal to answer a question phrased in coarse language and argues for a more pure form of English in government discourse.
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Churchill
America
Wenn
Wiu
Arally
Magh Molson
Stooge
House of Commona
Prine Minster
Novelio Show a Big Success in London Arc de Triomphe
Ivor Novello, the composer and co star of a sparkling musical revue in Arc de Triomphe, brings wartime audiences a show that blends drama and music. The Parisian opera singer story focuses on love and career, held together by bright songs rather than a strong plot.
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London
Ivor Novella
War era Christmas evokes toy shortages and taped hopes
A humorous commentary on wartime shortages as Santa Claus toys become improvised with wood and cardboard. Parents face imagination gaps while children stage make believe battles using broom handles and garden tools, and the morningNap tradition fades under air raid concerns.
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Santa Claus
Little Johnny
Urge Farmers Hold Marketing of Sows
Hog marketings have reached a peak with record slaughter. The Meat Board urges plants in Quebec Ontario and the Prairie Provinces not to slaughter sows and to prioritize regular hogs to relieve congestion. Canadian and U S hog deliveries exceed stockyard and packing plant capacity.
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The
Meat Board
Quebec
Ontario
Prairie Provinces
Canada
West
Gardiner
United States
Beef and Pork Eaten in Canada
The article compares beef pork lamb and other meats in Canada from 1935 to 1982 noting per head consumption increases and total domestic meat use. It cites beef veal mutton tongue liver and other parts with per person figures and export effects on pork. It also tracks wartime shifts and official estimates of total meat consumption per head.
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Canada
Dominion
Federation to Examine Proposals to Boost Coal Output
Will Lauther, in a presidential address to the Mine workers' Federation Conference in London, stated the Federation would review every proposal to raise coal production.
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London (Cp
Will Lauther
Mineworkers’ Federation
Federation
Y M C A Canteen Feeds Thousands Amid Blitz Trials
Miss G W Rolfe receives the British Empire Medal for heading the Y M C A canteen at Waterloo Station. Her staff of 140 serves over 7 000 meals daily to hungry servicemen passing through London, often with only minutes to spare. The canteen survived bomb damage and moves to the basement during bombardment, while providing concerts and sleeping rooms for 450 including service women.
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London
Miss Rolfe
Three Great Discoveries Marking Bacon's Era
The essay notes three pivotal discoveries that defined Bacon's age printing gunpowder and the compass enabling mass learning, artillery advances, and global navigation. It argues these innovations transformed literature warfare and geography, spurring rapid world change and the rise of modern exploration.
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Bacon
Europe
China
Pulde
Englishwoman builds vast pea business in Britain
Ella H Gasking, 43, wife of a doctor, transformed a Sheffield venture into Batchelor's Peas Ltd, now valued at over 3.275 million dollars. Starting in a kitchen, she developed popular cooking and canning methods, built a model cannery in Yorkshire, and employs about 2,000 women and 500 men. An international firm offered 750,000 pounds for the enterprise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Ella H. Gasking
Horatio Algerske
Britain
Batchelor’s Peas Ltd
Yorkshire
Millionaire Joe Rank Remembered as Generous Hull Builder
Obituary notes Joseph Rank head of a 26 million pound milling empire died at his home in Reigate Yeath Surrey England. Born in Hull he started sweeping a windmill and built a vast business while giving away large sums to Methodist causes and the city. His sons Arthur Rank and J Ve Rank became prominent in film and horse racing.
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Reigate Yeath
Surrey
England
Joe Rank
Joseph Rank
Wull
Hull
John Wealey
Joseph
Arthure Rank
Britain
J. Ve Rank
Hla Scottish Union
St. Loger
Yon
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United Nations
Ifrom
Department of Agriculture
Vancouver
Greece
International Red Cross
North West Territories
Pel
New Brunswick
Nova Scotia
B. C
Novello
Y. M. C. A. Canteen
DFAS
Satall
Big
Miller
R.A.F
Aritist
Beaufizhrten
R.A.F. Coastal Command
Spitfires
Fighter Command
Ous
Canadian National Railways
Medical and Hanical Denents
Esrope Waith
Royal Canadianrmy
C.N
R.C.A. I.C
K. E. Dowd
E. R. Battley
Halifax
Canadian National Steamships
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