Thanksgiving at Home Amid War Time Fears and Feasts
Homebound readers are urged to keep a traditional Thanksgiving, open doors to troops, and share meals while wartime limits persist. The article blends holiday recipes for turkey pie and cake with notes on CBC performances by Jacques Navarre, urging comfort and unity during hardship.
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Europe
Russia
Ritts
Teng
Claire Wallace
Todd ‘Russell
Oni
CBC
Cucumbers in Cream and homemaking tips from readers
Readers submit a recipe for Cucumbers in Cream using six cucumbers with butter flour milk and seasonings, plus a method to prep boil and serve. A reader suggests crisp topping options for fruit puddings using breakfast flakes to reduce sugar. Anne Allan invites questions to the Acton Fare Press homemaking column.
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Mra. D. Me
97 Miles Without A Curve
A survey of Canada's CN rail lines lists the longest tangents. The longest is 57.6 miles from Camrose to Alliance Alberta on a Western Canada branch. Other long tangents include 51.8 miles Komoka to Chatham Ontario and 46.9 miles on the Continental Limited route in Saskatchewan. The Atlantic Region tangent runs 50.29 miles near Kent Junction to Calamount New Brunswick. In the U.S. Durand to Grand Rapids Michigan yields 28.03 miles the longest CN tangent on American tracks.
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Morehan
Canadian National Railway
Western Canada
Camrose
Alliance
Alta
Central Region Main Line
Komoka
Chatham
Ont
Western
Continental Limited
Cutarm
Melville
Sask
Kent Junction
Calamount
N.B
Atlantic
Durand
Garand Rapids
Mich
Canadian National Railways
United States
Thanksgiving Week-end at Ginger Farm
A Chronicle style reflection on a festive country weekend with bright autumn colors, visitors, and farm life. The writer notes pleasant weather, contrasts with war news, jokes about a nephew's violin, and rural chores including chicken pens, drilling a well that hit quicksand and delays in work. The tone blends nostalgia, humor, and quiet resilience.
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Fiature
Fas TV
Axia
Germany
Hitler
Asi
Toan
West's Big Crop Suffers From Fall Showers
Heavy rains and labor shortages slowed harvests across Alberta Saskatchewan and Manitoba delaying the 1940s Western grain crop. The three provinces face a crop valued at about 42 444 000 bushels with oats and barley yields far above normal while flax rises sharply. Local stores schools and air trainees pitched in to aid harvest as weather worsened.
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Winnipeg
Canada
Alberta
Saskatchewan
Manitoba
United States
Lethbridge
Winnipeg Free Press
Albert
Department of Agriculture
Free Press
Galloglasses: Heavy-armed Irish Foot Soldiers
In the 11th century the term Galloglasses described heavy armed Trish foot soldiers who fought the English, noted for their battlefield role and distinctive equipment.
Good Neighbor Envoys Wings of goodwill move southward
A columnist notes thousands of Canadian birds migrate south through autumn, visiting the U S and Mexico before wintering in South America. The piece compares robin arrivals in March to autumn departures, and recalls swallows and bobolinks as prelude to the long journey northward in spring.
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United States
Mexico
Caribbean
South America
Hoyal Ontario Museum
Dieppe Gallantry Praised At Central Aircraft Open House
The Royal Canadian Air Force hosted an open house at Central Aircraft Limited in London. More than 6 000 residents heard officers recount Dieppe heroism including stories from Col Merritt and Pilots Reid and Walker. Ralph Bell praised wartime output and urged dedication to achieving air superiority.
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Troyal Canadian Air Force
Central Aircraft Limited
Dominion
London
EB. B. Reid
Canada
Saarbrucken
Germany
Fit
Reid
Dieppe
Witicor
South Saskatchewan
Piment
Merrit
Col
Merritt
Col. Merritt
England
Ralph P. Bell
W. J. McDonough
Central Aircraft
Plastics as Metal Substitutes Face Warfare Material Limits
The September issue of CLL Oval argues plastics cannot fully replace metals in wartime. Scarce raw materials and shift toward essential war production restrict plastic use, with many common items like combs, salt shakers, and cutlery facing gradual withdrawal from retail shelves.
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CLL
Oval
Fertile Regions Map Earth's Vast Areas and Deserts
The text outlines large land area figures with regions described as fertile, wastelands, steppes and deserts. It states areas such as 1,000,000 square mites, 10,000,000 square miles, and 5,000,000 square miles, though the source is garbled and lacks clear context.
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