Fish Dishes and Lobster Meals Featured for Women
Practical recipes highlight fish first for nutrition. Lobster baked potatoes and lobster wiggle meals are detailed with ingredients and steps. A feature notes Anna Mary Robertson Moses, the 80 year old painter known as Grandma Moses, who rose to prominence in New York art circles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Anna Mary Robertson Moses
Cambridge, WY. Joes
Eagle Bridge
Sears Roebuck Mall Onder Service
Moses
Withal
Lady of
Gwendoline P Clarke Seeks Help From Local Farmers
This week marks the third week of farming duties for Gwendoline P Clarke and Partner as they plough fields and tend crops. The writer notes slow progress with Partner, reports potato issues, preparations for cold weather, and household tasks including car maintenance and war work quilting sessions amid early winter conditions.
Canadian War Effort Details New Tank Plans and Defences
The report outlines Canada to build 3000 tanks with 1200 kept domestically and 1800 sent to Britain, plus promotions including Brigadier General Sansom to Major General. It notes new Pacific Defence command under Major General Alexander, Canadian ministers joining international defence boards, and rising wartime production aims. The piece cites higher electric output plans, aircraft output boosts, and a push to expand Canadian industry with a 5.5 million plant in southern Ontario and large defence orders nearing 550 million.
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Canada
RR. O. Alexander
Pacific Defence Command
George PL Vandier
France
United States
Otlss
E W. Sansom
Diviston Ds
Hol
Jon Ralston
National Defence
Ralston
EO de B Panet
Montreal
King
Long Lac
Ogaki
Ontario
Ottawa
C. W. G. Gibson
National Revenue
Canadian Point
Empire
Gibson
Dominion
C G Power
Earl of Athlone
Alice
Hyde Park
Roosevelt
Washington
C. D. Howes
Canadian War Industries Development Program
Edmonton Housewife Enters High School Class
Edmonton resident Mrs Helen Maseiah a housewife continues her education enrolling in a city high school. Despite being ten years older than most students she attends classes regularly and finds it exciting and fun. One day she was kept in for 20 minutes for forgetting homework.
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Edmonton
Helen Maseiah
Weh
Maseih
Housewives Confidence Link expands in Midland region
London reports a housewives service expanding into the Midland region to cooperate with wardens and ARP workers. Members meet in street groups, receive training in ARP and accident aid, and aim to foster confidence and neighborliness amid wartime. A quoted light exchange highlights wartime pressures on women.
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London
Acaystem
England
Midland
A.R.P
U S Woman Tennis Player Turns Farm Study Priority
Fourth ranking United States player Helen Bernhard, a Cornell agriculture freshman from New York City, shifts focus from tennis to farming studies. The wartime era slows big matches as she learns cows and chickens while remaining a lifelong player and veteran of junior tours since age 11.
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Ithaca
Helen Bernhard
United States
Miss Bernhard
Cornell University
College of Agriculture
New York City
Helen
Bermuda
Helen Jacobs
Middle States
Palm Springs
Calif
Ovie Stars
Woman guarding U S food prices Harriet Elliott watches them
Harriet Elliott, the only woman on the U S National Defence Advisory Commission, works to keep food costs down as the nation buys weapons. The 56 year old Quaker, from Carbondale then North Carolina, focuses on preventing out of line prices for meals, plotting, and rent while Uncle Sam buys cannons.
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Washington
United States
Aunt Hit
Hit
Harriet Elliott
U.S. National Defence Advisory Commission
Carbondale
North Carolina
Uncle Sam
War winds blow for art's good
Suzanne Silvesteruys, a Ottawa born sculptress and sister to the Belgian minister to Canada, says wartime upheaval has accelerated American art education. She argues Americans should foster distinctly American art on this side of the Atlantic, emphasizing youth, freshness, and enthusiasm over Europe’s tradition.
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New York
Suzanne Silveteruys
Ottawa
Canada
United States
Europe
Atlantic
Johnson Quote on Friendship Elevating Virtues
A brief quotation from Dr. Johnson praises friendship as the greatest benefit one friend can give another by guarding and elevating their virtues. The line underscores moral support as a defining value in companionship.
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Dr. Johnson
Birds at Risk as Feathers Fill Women Hats
Richard H. Pough of the National Audubon Society warns North American bird life faces a grave three decade threat from renewed feather use in women’s hats. He cites over 40 species illegally offered for sale after surveying New York millinery shops. He urges buyers to demand legal assurances that feathers are lawful.
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New York
Richard H. Pough
National Audubon Society
Pough
Fur trimmed eyeplyeteeen boot shown with rubber lining
A fur trimmed boot with plaid fleece lining and an inconspicuously placed internal slide zipper is displayed as winter footwear. The feature emphasizes warmth and practical design for cold weather.
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New York
Quilter Helpers Save Day With Quick Morning Aid
A writer recalls a frantic SOS from a weekly helper and how a friend arrived to finish a quilt project. The stove was lit and the work completed just as the first quilter arrived, leaving the partner calmly milking cows.
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Son
Britain Uses Sugar Beet to Fuel War Effort Amid War Economy
Beet fields in eastern England supply half a million tons of sugar beets loaded into fleets of lorries. Day and night for four months, sugar factories operate on modern wartime lines to produce sugar for Britain’s export needs, with harvests surpassing 600 000 tons despite a dry August. Modern plant designed for continuous operation keeps the production line moving without pause.
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England
Great Britain
CBC staff go on active service in early war
Article notes CBC reporters and staff joining overseas units at war onset. It lists four pictured members Captain C Wo Cudehirist RCASC now with Overseas Program Unit and others from Canada tied to military and war service. Also mentions secretarial staff sending knitted articles to servicemen.
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CBC
Canada
Canadia
Aatata
Wo Cudehirist
RCASC
Marittmes Press
Tibet
CHO National Office
Victoria’s Winter Playgrounds Draw Tourists and Locals
Vancouver Island's Victoria basks in mild winters with golf on pristine courses, winter tennis, yacht cruises, and Empress Hotel festivities. Canadians and Americans flock to the region for year round outdoor recreation, with the Empress Winter Golf Tournament a marquee event from March to 15 and royal holiday celebrations at the Empress Hotel.
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Vancouver Island
Canada
Evergreen Playground
Victoria
Caemeon
Thousdhds
Canal
Vtoria
United Estates
West
Christyias
Empress Hotel
Bizabetaga
Yule Br Ars
Cnrals
Wassail
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Loester
Ginger Farm
Acton Free Preas
Gwendoline P. Clarke
Ole
Stu Haytte
Pal
Partner
Ccar
Taam
CC. D. Howe
Young Housewife
En—High— School
Housewives
U.S
Pichings
Britain
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