Canadian Pacific Builds Second Hospital Car For Wounded
The Canadian Pacific Railway turned over its second hospital car of 76 feet length to Col G A Winfield at Windsor Station Montreal on March 31. The car, built to Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps specs, is designed as travelling hospital space with 28 bunks, a dispensary, and stretcher vestibule. It joins the first car previously in service since February 1941. both cars will operate with standard diners when needed.
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Canadian Pacific
Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps
G. A. Winfield
Ottawa
Windsor
Montreal
George Stephen
Mount Kitchener
Angus
H R. Naylor
H. B. Bowen
Geneva Red Cross
United States
R.c.a.mlc
Canadian Pacific Railway
Medical Services
Col. Winfield
Stephen
G. 8. Kinney
Col
R. H. McGibbon
Second Scholarship Winners Named In Canadian Composers Contest
Robert J. B. Fleming of Saskatoon won the sixth annual scholarship and prize for Canadian composers under 22, earning a $750 Toronto Conservatory scholarship. Fleming also won last year and now studies in Toronto, while three other prize finalists from Vancouver Fredericton Montreal shared the remaining $100. Judges included Sir Ernest MacMillan and Hector Charlesworth. identities remained secret.
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Robert J. B. Fleming
Saskatoon
Sask
Canadian Performing Right Society
Toronto Conservatory of Music
Marjorie David
Tecumseh Ave
Vancouver
Samuel Margolian
Aberdeen St
Fredericton
Samson Rosemarin
St Joseph Blvd
West
Montreal
Ernest MacMillan
Toronto Symphony Orchestra
Leo Smith
University of Toronto
J. J. Gagnier
Godfrey Hewitt
Fr.c.o
Ottawa
Hector Charlesworth
Henry T Jamieson
West Africa rubber boosts supply for war effort
Lord Swinton says West African colonies now produce more than three times Congo rubber, grown from jungle tapping after Far East collapse. He notes natives locate trees, yielding high quality rubber praised by British and U S experts as vital to North African victories. The piece also recalls earliest typewriter inscription and Bay War Savings Certificates.
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Lord Swinton
West Africa
Congo
Far East
United States
Mica shortage drives strategic material effort in Canada
The piece notes mica as a vital strategic mineral used in electrical and war equipment and reports Purdy Mine near Mattawa Ontario as a key North American source. It also describes Allied rail sabotage in France threatening transport and food shipments, with Paris meat rations dropping due to disrupted trains.
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Canada
U.S
British India
United Kingdom
Bengal
Purdy
Eau Claire
Mattawa
Ontario
North America
Paris
France
Gazette de Lausanne
Normandy
Canada Help to Feed Britain Through War Years
Official figures show Canada shipped 1.5 billion pounds of bacon and pork and 350 million pounds of cheese to the British Isles from the start of the war through 1942. Evaporated milk totals reached 100 million one pound tins and 65 million dozen eggs, with 2,225,000 barrels of apples and 125 million pounds of other fruits also sent.
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Canada
Britain
British Isles
Manpower on Farm Defined by Peterborough Examiner
The Peterborough Examiner notes a horsepower equals the work of one and a half horses, while manpower on the farm equals the work of eight hired men done by a farmer his wife and a dog.
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Peterborough Examiner
Germany Faces Severe Wool and Cotton Shortage Under Blockade
The piece explains Germany's shrinking textile intake due to British naval blockade, cutting off wool and cotton imports from Commonwealth and South America. Domestic production and occupied territories supply shortfalls, pushing use of rayon and staple fibres for military clothing. A new 18 month clothing card prioritizes the army, workers, and air raid victims, with stricter limits on coats and suits.
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Germany
British Commonwealth
South America
German Europe
French West Africa
Pricey Imported Fresh Foods Spark Englishman’s Appetite Drop
An Englishman balks at high prices for imported produce. At 11.05 dollars a meal he could buy a peach, asparagus, beans, and lettuce, with dessert and cooking extra. Peaches at 15 per four dozen, asparagus 7 per bunch, green beans 2.50 per pound, lettuce 0.30 per head.
May Come Suddenly Predictions From Viscount Halifax
Viscount Halifax the British ambassador to the United States spoke in Sheffield Alabama warning that as the German war machine falters a large portion could collapse rapidly. He compared ancient olive leaves to modern medals of honor and suggested the end could come sooner than six months ago.
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Viscount Halifax
United States
Sheffield
Alabama
Princess Elizabeth Competes With Studies At Windsor School
Princess Elizabeth aged 17 spends nearly all time on lessons. History, British empire and dominions. land tenure and British agriculture are core studies. Miss Marion Crawford oversees education with German French and English arts taught. weekly French meal times. dancing music and singing with Princess Margaret. scripture lessons guided by St George's canon.
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Elizabeth
Dominions
Marion Crawford
Edinburgh University
Prin
Margaret
Royal School
St. George's Chapel
Windsor
Smart Suit Mates Crochet Pattern For Spring Accessories
Crochet pattern 7513 offers beret and purse designs in a lace stitch with a forward slant beret and metal fastening purse. Uses straw yarn and provides hat and purse directions, material list, and stitches. Send twenty cents to Household Arts Depart ment Winnipeg Newspaper Union 175 McDermot Avenue E Winnipeg Man. Pattern delivery may be delayed due to mail service.
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Household Arts Department
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Avenue
Winnipeg
Man
Replacing Horses Kalinin Urges Farm Technique Talk
President Michael Kalinin told a Kremlin gathering of young farmers to improve teaching methods for cows to plow. He noted non-milk cows are stubborn at first when hitched to plows but some are learning to take the place of horses in farming tasks.
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Michael Kalinin
Soviet Union
Kremlin
Kalinin
Wolf Weights Compared Across Arctic and Texas Varieties
A wildlife note compares sizes with Arctic wolves weighing up to 75 pounds and Texas wolves as light as 30 pounds, illustrating regional variation in the species.
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