Reflections on Refugee Admission and the CCF
A letter argues for careful refugee admission policy and warns against wide open doors influenced by petitions. It recalls Canada’s peaceable frontier and emphasizes newcomers should adapt to Canadian life while avoiding postwar radicalism. The piece also critiques the CCF as socialist and asserts that practical reform requires experienced leadership.
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Canada
Dominion
North American
Hailand
Economic contrasts drawn between urban and small town wages
The article notes average earnings by city size for male and female workers, with urban centres showing higher pay but not vastly different gaps. It also argues that smaller towns offer lower living costs and practical advantages like nearby work, garden space, and reduced transportation and entertainment expenses.
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Plance
Editorial Notes Reflect on January’s Form Filling and Public Habits
The piece laments January as a month of paperwork, notes on word usage, and holidays falling on weekends. It cites progression in rationing sentiment, new automobile stickers, bottle returns, and a campaign against stock racketeering. Weather and road conditions are described as unusually mild for mid January.
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Financial Post
Polish Premier's Wife Sent to Auschwitz Camp
Mme Cecilia Mikolajczyk wife of the Polish prime minister was sent to Auschwitz in Poland by order of Heinrich Himmler as Nazi reprisal. The Telegraph Agency said she endured severe mistreatment while her captors were to be treated as war criminals. She had been under arrest for 18 months prior to removal.
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Leavens
CCF
Ottawa
Canada
Socialist Party
Socialist
North American
London
Cecilia Mikolajczyk
Poland
Heinrich Himler
Oxwiecim
Himmler
Mmne
Mikolajcenyk
Problem Solved Through Community Advice and Expert Analysis
In difficult situations communities seek practical fixes with guidance from experts. Businesses often enlist specialists to assess operations and chart paths to renewed prosperity. A community dock project could benefit from fresh ideas and intelligent input.
Veteran scientist to receive Copley Medal in London
A 71 year old British scientist who studied oxygen deprivation is named recipient of the Copley Medal by the Royal Society. Sir Joseph Burcroft survived dangerous breathing experiments including staying in a nitrogen chamber where a dog died, and he tested toxic gas exposure before the war by sitting in air raid shelters as bombs fell nearby.
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London
Royal Society
Joseph Burcroft
Joseph
Disregarded Orders Officer Won DSO
Lt Col Malcolm MacEwen of the Royal Army Medical Corps refused to abandon his post at Amera North African Advanced Dressing Station on March 17 1942. He treated 100 wounded under continuous bombing and earned the DSO for conspicuous gallantry.
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London
Malcolm Mackwen
Royal Army Medical Corps
D.S.O
Amera
Col
MacEwen
Ladder misplacement on Canadian train prompts porter joke
Walter Legge recounts a Machtimo Provinces trip in the Gran Leader-Mail. On a Canadian National Railways fast train between Montreat and Halifax a porter searches for a missing ladder while a passenger offers his own ladder from an upper berth. The porter quips about fearing a torpedo.
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Walter Legge
Granby Leader-Mail
Machtimo
Canadian National Railways
Montreat
Halifax
Indy
London Woman A War Heroine
Mrs J Eastwood of Camberwell faced loss as three sons served in war. One son John Eastwood returned from German camp on a stretcher without legs and later died from wounds. A second son wounded in Italy also died after repatriation. The third son remained a prisoner in Germany while her home was destroyed in the blitz and her husband hospitalised. She kept her family and worked as a post office cleaner.
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London
J. Eastwood
Camberwell
John Eastwood
Italy
Germany
Navy reforms loom as Canada briefs two Royal Navy cruisers
Navy Minister MacDonald announces Canada will man two Royal Navy escort carriers and train sailors for two medium cruisers. He names a staff reshuffle with Victo Admiral Nettles to London for a new Canadian rank, and notes Lt. Gen. Kenneth Stuart and Air Marshal J. S. Brondner move to the Beltals area.
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Ottawa
Canada
MacDonald
Royal Canadian Navy
Royal Navy
Navy
Naval Chiefs of Staff
C. N
Percy W. Nellen
London
Thas
Rene
Gear Cy Joned
Ehlets Fornemy
Gee
Kenneth Stuart
J. $. Brondner
Beltals Cecenthy
Nettles
Diver
West
Ceiling prices set for cups and tumblers in Gazette
Government Gazette notice fixes ceiling prices for cups suncorn plates and tumblers with new rates effective December 20 and detailed in the bulletin.
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Cade Town
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Business Directory
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Toronto
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Sun
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George Flyer
Guelp
Gray Coach Lines
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