From Kitchen Tips to Imperial Ties in Westminster History
Readers receive practical homemaking advice on food storage and recipes for gelatin jelly dishes and jellied meats, plus tips on chocolate ice cream and mildew removal. The column also notes Anne Allan’s invitation for questions and surveys a historical landmark, the Westminster Statute of 1931, defining autonomous dominions within the British Empire and their shared allegiance to the Crown.
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Anne Allan
Canada
Australia
New Zealand
South Africa
Eire
Talking Beauty In Your Ears Diet Guidance
A fragmented column promotes a basic diet plan emphasizing variety and balance. It urges daily portions from seven food groups and includes example meals such as fruit with breakfast and a vegetable plate for lunch.
Fragmented wartime diary excerpt voices resolve and hope
A diary fragment reflects nightly coal use and simple living during hard times. It recalls the Quebec Conference prospects, Roosevelt and Churchill speeches, and a resolve that sacrifices now will yield a better postwar life for soldiers and families.
Public versus private ownership and tax loss impact
The Taxpayers face added burdens when small property owners bear corporation taxes. If taxes rise municipalities may have to cut services or be reimbursed by higher levels of government, reducing local control. Lost taxes affect all municipalities with public utilities or private industries, big or small, and obscure the true cost of private ownership.
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Avile
Marine Girls Are Hannahs
Portsmouth reports that Royal Marines women serve on warships in a women’s auxiliary service. They wear blue uniforms and a brass regimental badge with scarlet cloth. The nickname Hannahe honors Hannah Snell, who in 1745 joined the Marines and fought at Pondicherry with 37 cannon shots fired and 11 leg wounds.
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Portsmouth
Royal Marines
Royal Naval Service
Hannahe
Hannah Snell
Marines
Pondicherry
Wolf Cubs Easter Egg Hunt Collects 1631 Dozen Eggs
For ten years the Wolf Cubs in London Ontario staged an Easter egg hunt. This year they gathered 1031 dozen fresh eggs for distribution to 14 civic institutions, a 427 dozen increase over the prior year’s yield.
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London
Ont
Churchill's Forty Years as MP and Cabinet Member
The note recalls Churchill serving forty years as MP and twenty in the Cabinet. It praises him for more than 3,000 speeches, each a finished piece, and for authoring several major books that secure his rank among the English language's greatest writers.
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Churchill
Return of Canadians to Sport Postwar
The passage advocates active public participation in sports after the war. It argues fitness will curb complacency and urges games be played by everyone rather than watched by a few professionals. It envisions friendly competition improving health and happiness.
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Quebec
Doolkin
Roosevelt
Mir
Mr. Churchill
Information on Price Control and Rationing Answers
Wartime Prices and Trade Board guidance from the Women's Regional Advisory Committee covers notices to tenants under new rentals rules, canning sugar use by boarders, extra sugar for farming needs with required permit details, and tea coupon eligibility for a child born before September 1.
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Prices and Trade Board
Women's Regional Advisory
Ike
Attlee Reflects on War Reset and The Unknown
Deputy Prime Minister Attlee recalls the last war's unpredictability while noting the current conflict is unlikely to end immediately. He stresses that in war, the unexpected often occurs and cautions vigilance.
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London
Attlee
Winston
Churchill
Franklin Delano
Roweevelt
W. L
Mackenzie Ming
Chateau
Frontenac
Fireweed blooms across sparsely treed Quebec Ontario region
Reports describe abundant fireweed in northeastern Canada, named Epilobium by botanists, with farmers and Canadian National Railway workers noting its vibrant growth. The plant, often seen along rail lines, is being explored for its honey potential and elevated interest from new farm areas in the Dominion.
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Ontario
Canag
Domonion
al System
Abitibi
ONG
Quebec City
Wea
Chateau Frontenac
Pacrée Railway Company
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Queen's Own
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Robaa
Tunisia
Royal Weatherts
Gale
National Selective Service
Department OF Labour
Gumparey Mitchell
Labour
A. Macnamara
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