Science Speeds Delivery Of War Supplies Worldwide
The piece details new packing, storage and shipping innovations to move essential war goods to Allied forces and civilians. It covers moisture proof packaging, fibre drums, lightweight shelters, dehydration advances, and space-saving techniques across naval and rail transport, plus private industry involvement and logistical hurdles.
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United Nations
Army Services of Supply
Navy
University of Wisconsin
US Forest Products Laboratory
Arctic
Dried Blood Serum Greatest Advance In Military Medical Science
Major A Lawrence Chute of the Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps returns from North Africa praising Canada’s dried blood serum as the war's greatest medical advance. He cites El Alamein battles where 8000 to 10000 men were treated, notes transfusions under fire, and urges more blood donors to meet wartime needs.
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A. Lawrence Chute
Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps
Canada
8Th Army
North Africa
Red Cross
Chute
Battle of
el Alamein
Radio versus newspaper reading and the Ruhr profile
The piece contrasts radio’s fixed presentation with the newspaper reader's freedom to choose. It argues radio channels content without pages to skip, while the Ruhr region is described as a horseshoe-shaped area roughly 95 miles by 65 miles.
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The
Ruhr
Super Block Buster Explains 4000-Pound Bomb Mechanics
The article describes a 4000 pound super block buster used in night and day raids on Germany. It details its TNT content, how it detonates from 20 000 feet, and the explosive force that destroys blocks within 120 feet with high velocity fragments and pressure.
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Germany
Royal Air Force
Food in Britain wartime meals spark pie and charges
The piece notes a potato cheese pie as a wartime staple and reports restaurant price limits limited to five shillings for a three course meal. It also mentions a six shilling house charge and a two shilling music fee that push some bills to thirteen and a half shillings. A London correspondent shares a tale of trading a fresh egg for a Spanish orange then chocolate rationing. Oil usage by American Indians is mentioned as ancient medicine.
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Britain
L. S. B. Shapiro
London
Victory gardening pays dividends in health and home grown produce
The Brantford Expositor notes that spring brings a gardening urge and ambitious plans but warns that blisters backaches and fading novelty can leave patches overrun with weeds. With will power and perseverance a well kept garden yields vitamin rich vegetables all summer and winter. Experts say home gardening saves money provides entertainment and promotes health.
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Brantford
Berners Street Firefighters Raise Pigs In Bombed District
On a bombed site in Berners Street the Berners Street fire station residents now keep 32 healthy pigs in brick and timber pens built from wreckage. Firemen gather scraps from local canteens and hotels to feed them, claiming no shortage as they’ve raised 20 to 60 pigs in ten months.
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London
Berners Street
Sweethearts Gift Electric Razor Joke from Camp Note
A Northern sweetheart sends an electric razor to her colored soldier beau in a Southern Army camp. He appreciates the gift but finds it impractical for combat, so he returns it with a note asking to exchange for a straight edge razor. He explains he won’t have time to plug in an electric razor when facing a Jap in combat.
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Azalea
Windsor Castle library drive aids salvage effort
Several hundred books from the Royal library at Windsor Castle were donated by the King to the wind sor book salvage drive. Princess Elizabeth and Princess Margaret assisted in sorting the books.
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Royal Library
Windsor Castle
Windsor
Princess Elizabeth
Princess Margaret
News Gathers Slowly A Century Ago The Bombay London Link
In 1842 the India to London dispatches traveled by steamer to Suez and Marseilles, then telegraphed to Paris before fast trains to London, cutting the voyage to about 31 days. Couriers from London handled most news from Marseilles, with frequent delays and occasional seizures by the French.
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Bombay
London
India
Suez
Mediterranean
Alexandria
Malta
Marseilles
Paris
Fast Express
Calcutta
Madras
Ceylon
Europe
England
Cape of Good Hope
Persia
Turkey
Hugh Lindsay
Tax Demand Reaches Shakespeare at New Place
A Stratford dispatch reports the income tax collector has served Mister Shakespeare of New Place with a tax demand. The note oddingly echoes Hamlet’s complaint of law’s delay. Also noted is that Esther is the only Bible book without the word God.
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Stratford-on-Avon
Shakespeare
New Place
Hamlet
God
Painting Lake O'Hara by Carl Rungius Goes to National Gallery
Gift of Carl Rungiuss Lake O Har a an oil painting from Los Angeles to Ottawa s National Gallery enriches Canadian art display. The piece shows a Rocky Mountain lake in color, reflects the artists Banff summer home, and was transferred per the artists wishes. Rungius a prominent American landscape painter elected to the National Academy in 1920 and known for big game studies, has long ties to the Canadian Rockies trails groups.
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Lake O'Hara
Canadian Rockies
Biltmore
Los Angeles
Canada
National Art Gallery
Ottawa
Carl Rungius
Banff
Rockies
Rungius
New York
Montreal
National Gallery
Rocky Mountain Lake
Alia
H. O McCurry
Bunegius
Carl Rungtus
National Academy
Society of American Artists
Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts
Zoological Society of Animal Painters and Sculptors
Europe
United States
Trail Riders
Sky Line
Slippers Crocheted Entirely Of Rags Pattern 7504
Crochet pattern teaches making rag slippers for all sizes from scraps with illustrated stitches and material list. Send twenty cents to Winnipeg Household Arts Department for Pattern 7504. Include name address and pattern number for delivery. The note warns mail delays may occur.
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Household Arts Department
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Avenue
Winnipeg
Man
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