Ottawa Wartime Week Reflects Close Cabinet Activity
Ottawa through the holidays remains focused on total war effort. Prime Minister Mackenzie King stays at Laurier House as ministers coordinate from Britain and Canada while Labor Minister McLarty pushes a basic wage formula with cost of living bonuses. Exports rise to record levels in November with auto parts, meats, furs and newsprint leading gains, while dairy supplies and feed grain policy loom in Ontario and Quebec.
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Ottawa
Mackenzie King
Laurer ‘House
Amet
Septer
Ralston
Howe
Britain
Canada
Labor
McLarty
Labor Department
Prices‘ and Trade Board
Department of Agriculture
Avai
Ontario
Quebec
High School At Home Social At Acton Continuation
The annual High School At Home event at Acton Continuation School drew a large crowd of parents scholars and friends. Principal and Mrs Leitch Miss Bell Miss Jackson Dorothy Steele and Gordon Beatty greeted guests while the Doris Hull Orchestra provided dance music. Luncheon was served by pupils and attendance was strong.
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Acton Continuation School
Leitch
Bell
Jackson
Dorothy
Steele
Gordon Beatty
Doris Hull
War 25 Years Ago Christmas on the Western Front
The 1915 Christmas Day lull on the Western Front contrasted with the 1914 joint celebrations. In 1914 British French and German troops briefly met in No Man's Land but such fraternization was quickly repulsed.
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Western Front
No Man's Land
Christmas 1915 Fronts and Siege At Kut El Amara
On Christmas Day 1915 British troops in Egypt faced action. Tribesmen on the western Egyptian front were repulsed. General Townshend’s force at Kut el Amara held under siege with scarce food in Mesopotamia. Turkish attacks were repelled and German submarines continued to plague Allied shipping with five ships torpedoed announced December 27 in London.
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Sir Charles, Townshend
Kut-el-Amara
Persian Gulf
London
Christmas Farm Letter Reflects War Time Grievances and Cheer
Gwendoline Clarke writes from a farm about Christmas prep and rising prices. She notes taxes paid, scarce change, and hard farming life yet ends with resilience and a wish for a bright Christmas and a hopeful New Year.
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Noel
L. W. Agar
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Acton ‘Free Press
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Mabel
Perdition
Gestapo
Marguerite
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William Powell
Ugly Dino
New York
Alice Faye
Fred MacMurray
Richard Greene
Traveltalk
Suva
Fiji
Fox News
SEA Hawk
Adenture
Errol Flynn
Yvette
Jane Witheps
i.Selectad
Noise Makers
Ty Olivia DeHavilland
Jeff
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Charles Winninger
Massey’s Meat Market
Creatayt
Acton, — Ontario
Footwear
W. D. Talbot Mill
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J. B. Mackenzie & Son
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