Christmas spirit guides simple holiday plan
The piece urges quiet, heartfelt Christmas cheer with three rules: look back with gratitude, decorate simply, and plan special menus. It offers liverwurst canapés and a savory turkey dressing recipe, plus tips for table mats and festive décor. It notes a school district in Edmonton keeping one school open during holidays and highlights Gerald Noxon of CBC Canada Carries On.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tiny Tim
Hoya
Vane
Edmonton
England
Midtesey
War 25 Years Ago War 25 Years Ago
A historic reflection describes 1917 as a turning year with US entry bolstering Entente forces. It notes British and Canadian efforts on the Western Front including Ypres, Passchendaele, and the Somme, along with victories in Mesopotamia, Palestine, and East Africa, while Brest-Litovsk and Caporetto shape the wider war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Palestine
Prince of
Jerusalem
United States
Sir Douglas Haig
Plains of
Dow
Ypres
Hindenburg
Phey
Mirssehendive
Oet
Passchendaele
Flanders Plain
Winter Diary From a Canadian Farm
A farm family chronicles sub zero weather and travel woes over Christmas week. They note ice cold temperatures, difficulties meeting relatives, milk and butter shortages, and a Don Gordon speech announced by CBC. The piece ends with a wartime nautical anecdote about the corvette Petunia rescuing 248 people from a torpedoed ship and its cramped crew.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Quebec
Toronto
Kelly
CBC
Donnald Gordon
Thomas
Tooam
Yonah Goren
Armoured Division Maneuvers Showcased Overseas Training
W B Legge and C V Charters report on a major Armoured Division exercise led by Major General E W Sanadm D S Q. The demonstration covered miles of terrain with camouflage and air defense as Canadian forces simulated a break through and seizure of objective hills. The event highlighted officer and troop coordination, with 800 parachute troops landing on a hill and plans for an airborne operation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. W. Sanadm
D.S.Q
Fold Giasser
Laird Bovaird
London
Peel County
McNaughton
Canady
Awaim
Turnbull
Bof Nears
J.M. Rowe
H Owen
W. Hyp
Thrott
I. Q
Bell urges total aircraft output at Canadian plant visit
Ralph Bell Director General Aircraft Production Branch urges full Canadian effort to produce Lancasters at National Steel Car Plant Malton. He warns Britain’s skies saved by RAF control from 1940-41 showing life depends on war production. Copies of his address are distributed by National Steel Car with Aeronautical Lodge 17. Agricultural index notes record crop prospects in Canada.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
Japan
Ralph B Bell
Dept. of Munitions and Supply
Malton
National Steel Car Corporation, Limited
Bella
Canada
National Steel Car Corporation Limited
Aeronautical Lodge
International Association of Machinists
Seed Containers Labeling Rules For Cotton and Jute Bags
A historical order requires every seed mixture container to bear a clear memorandum of seed types and their weight percentages. It also limits printing on seed bags to only information necessary to show seed variety and stock number.
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Tis YS
Chris
Santa Claus
van Iteas
Sour Powests
Boy Wured
Anne Allan
Christ
Max
OUR
Gerald Noxon
Auithor
Cannady
France
Britain
John Grierson
End
National Film Board
BBC
Our Canada
Russia
H. 1
Gordon
Brest-Litovsk
Caportto
Wing and
Paaschendaele
Arthur Curries
Secarpe
Ancre
Ginger Farm
Petunia
Adis
W. BR. Legge
C.V. Charters
Association
Oversnan
C. V. Charters
Jess
Lens
Ita
Lynde
Beacon Hill
Alice ‘Farm
H. Q
Netteri
Y.M.C.A
United States Bureau of Agrysultural
Evans
Thuy
Tay
Oh Cee
Mary and
Dan
Cam
Seeens
Lota
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