Air Cadet Unit Welcomes New Staff at Macdonald
Button Boab leaves as Officer and F O G L A Da verne is posted to No 3 BAG school at Macdonald. F/O Collins bids farewell after gunnery duties. Incoming are S/L L J Gower as chief instructor from No 3 B 443 school at Macdonald. Cadet squadrons from Fort William and Rainy River visited. OC F/O L Mcintosh leads. Beachcombers, Gorse, Henry and Jarvis make sharp fielding plays.
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Fort William
Rainy River
Mcintosh
Gorse
Henry
Jarvis
City Youths Urged to Help Harvest on Farms
In daily broadcasts and CBC Prairie Region urging city men students and others to spend vacations working on farms. The help is sorely needed as crops require labor. A young urban worker gathers hayfield sun and aids the farmer while earning pocket money.
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CBC
Prairie Region
Laugh at Yourself and Find Cheer in Action
A veteran speaker recalls teaching observation to boys and learning to laugh at personal missteps. He cites Jimmy Durante and William James to argue that acting cheerful can create genuine mood, reducing fear and improving life through self familiarity and brave practice.
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Jimmy Durante
Durante
Wiliam James
Canada Diversity and War Efforts Show Steady Shifts
The 1941 census shows Canada still a mosaic with British Isles origin at 5.7 million and French origin at 3.5 million, while Asian groups fall under 1 percent. The piece notes rising European origin births, ongoing Imperial War Graves Commission efforts, and new subsidies and programs for fuel, agriculture, and interprovincial worker transfers as WWII continues.
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United States
Canada
Dominion
British Isles
Tapping Woes in Canadian Wires Across Main Routes
The analysis outlines the difficulty of tapping carrier current telephone lines across Canada. It explains that parallel tapping would require heavy equipment and vehicle access, with up to 24 channels per wire pair. Observability, channel counting, and precise sampling would hinder eavesdropping, and wartime measures include scrambled teleprinter messages to thwart any interception.
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Canada
Mr. Ross
Victory Through Air Power at Gay Theatre This Week
Walt Disney's Victory Through Air Power will be shown at the Gay Theatre on Thursday Friday and Saturday this week. Added feature Riders of the Deadland with William Boyd.
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Thurs
William Boyd
Saving five million pounds of butter by delaying June 1 coupon
A government move postponed a butter coupon due to take effect June 1 allowing a five million pound saving. The action reflects wartime controls on food supplies and rationing adjustments.
World of Wheat and Seed Growers Convene in Canada
A discussion on wheat surplus and price signals argues free trade can balance supply and demand. The article notes feeding grain to livestock reduces human output and details the Canadian Seed Growers' Association annual convention in Saskatoon starting June 20 with 2,600 seed producers boosting farmer income.
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Canadian Seed Growers’ Association
Saskatoon
Canada
James Robertson
C.M.G
Robertson
Nuts by the Million For CN Track Maintenance
The Canadian National System requires 12,634 sectionmen to maintain 24 000 miles of track. About 37.2 million nuts and bolts are needed to fasten splice bars at track joints, and sectionmen spend at least one day monthly tightening these bolts.
Thread color restrictions lifted for spool cotton wholesale trade
The prices board has removed all limits on the number of colors of spool cotton threads sold by wholesale and retail trades. Restrictions on colors of industrial cotton threads still in short supply remain in force for manufacture.
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Prices Board
Fewer Glass Containers Planned for Olive Packing
The article notes a shift in production as fewer glass containers will be produced this year for olives. This change may affect retailers and consumers relying on olive packaging.
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