Fitness Drive Emphasizes Duty to Nation and Youth
Major Eisenhardt, new National Director of Physical Fitness, notes Canada’s Physical Fitness Act and progamme linking wartime stamina to peacetime health. He cites Britain and the US in balancing work rest and play through Pro Rec in British Columbia, training teachers and organizers to expand athletic and recreational activity for youth and communities.
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Axis
Canada
British Columbia
Major Eisenhardt
B.C
Britain
United States
National Council On Physical Fitness
New Candy Type Rations for Lifeboats Developed by U S Navy
U S navy scientists reveal a three tablet emergency ration for lifeboats and rafts. The daily allotment weighs about one third of a pound, replacing the two thirds of a pound current biscuit and pemmican based ration.
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United States Navy
Navy
Mystery Stamp and Ancient Symbol in Historical Note
A man frets over a forgotten memory mentioning a four cent stamp for a letter. The text notes the rose as a favorite emblem on Greek and Roman banners and shields. It adds a detail about a British bombsight containing 4200 parts with tolerances as tight as .0008 inch.
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Greece
Rome
Grave Decorations Across Sicily Told By Italian Women
Letter from Sergeant E Hollingshead R A overseas describes Italian women placing flowers on graves along roads near Sicily, honoring Canadians killed in action. He notes the graves as lasting reminders of sacrifice and compares wartime love across nations.
National Tourist Advisory Committee Named in Canada
War Services Minister LaFleche announced the formation of a national tourist advisory committee to aid postwar planning for Canada’s recreational resources. Members include Arthur Windall J S McDiarmid Ernest Manning J Latta C M Dunn E S Forsythe Stephen McEachern and L J Lengpre. The panel aims to promote development of tourism and related resources nationwide.
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Canada
War Services
LaFleche
Arthur Windall
Fort William
J. S. McDiarmid
Manitoba
Mines and Natural Resources
Ernest C. Manning
Alberta
J. Latta
Saskatchewan Tourist Bureau
C. M. Dunn
Saskatchewan
E. S Forsythe
Fish and Game
Stephen B McEachern
Saskatoon Board of Trade
L. J. Lengpre
Regina
Vigil in New Guinea: Fly Lt Lee Vial's six month war watch
In 1942 Melbourne native Fit Lt Lee Vial kept a six month vigil from a hill behind Salamaua as Japanese raids loomed on Port Moresby. He relayed every radio move to Allied defenders, earning the nickname Vial of the Golden Voice. He sat in a tall tree, faced illness and leeches, and was hunted but never found before he walked to Wau and sailed to Port Moresby.
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Melbourne
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New Guinea
Vial
Port Moresby
Southwest Pacific
Wau
No News in Japan Amid Squeeze as Propaganda Persists
A foreign observer notes Japan offers little real news to its people as propaganda worsens under wartime pressure. The writer claims Japanese living memories cling to Pearl Harbor while Allied powers are depicted as barbaric. A side remark mentions raccoons washing meat before eating.
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Japan
Tokyo
Berlin
Pearl Harbor
Disappearing People a Swiss Report Flags German Chaos
A Swiss feature in Die Nation described widespread chaos in German cities with disappearances as a new science. Families report missing relatives after visits to destroyed addresses, while officials debate identity and false papers amid wartime chaos. thousands may be impersonating others. The BBC broadcast summarized the methodology of declaring people missing or dead, though some may survive.
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Germany
Die Nation
BBC
Dr Jekyll
Mr. Hyde
St. Thomas Times-Journal
Miracle of Morden Harnesses Prairie Horticulture Wonders
Manitoba Experimental Station at Morden has developed a prairie horticulture miracle since 1914. A 612 acre site now hosts a Prairie Arboretum with over 2000 species and has yielded nearly 100 fruit varieties including 50 apples and 20 plums. The station advances roses vegetables and general agriculture for Southern Manitoba farmers, with Percheron horses Ayrshire cattle and poultry providing foundation stock.
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Dominion
Prairie Provinces
W. R. Leslie
Central Pixperimental Farm
Ottawa
Asia
Hardier Pillar
Prairies
Manitoba
Marks Birthday Celebration for Jack Miner
Canadian naturalist Jack Miner of Kingsville Ontario received a testimonial dinner on his 79th birthday, honoring his celebrated bird sanctuary and years of conservation work.
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Jack Miner
Kingsville
Ont
New Hardwood Chemical Treatment Creates Steellike Wood
Du Pont in New York unveiled a chemical bath that transmutes wood into a material partly wood and partly plastic. Softwoods steeped in methylolurea under pressure become hard, durable, and resistant to heat moisture and chemicals, rivaling ebony and natural wood.
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The
du Pont Company
Chemical Bath
Rommel Parade Shocks Copenhagen as Danes Remain Silent
The Passing Parade From Stockholm reports Field Marshal Erwin Rommel staging a pompous parade on Vehterbrogade in Copenhagen while Danes watched in stony silence. German officials grew irate as Rommel rode by and later police urged passive crowds to move on. A Dane answered calmly, Were waiting for Montgomery.
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Stockholm
Erwin Rommel
Vehterbrogade
Copenhagen
Rommel
Montgomery
Buffalo Courier-Express
Butterfly chair set pattern 7746 listing design and price
Pattern 7746 directs a pineapple butterfly chair set with Everly Nines design elements. It includes crochet instructions and materials. request twenty cents by mail to Household Arts Department Winnipeg Newspaper Union, 175 McDermott Avenue, Winnipeg, Man. Please print name and address.
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Veta
Everly
Household Arts Department
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermott Avenue FC Winnpeg
Man
The Hell of St Peters in Rome Weighs 18600 Pounds
A historic fragment notes a colossal weight associated with the Hell of St Peters in Rome, citing a figure of 18 600 pounds. The entry blends architectural curiosity with numerical intrigue, anchoring the landmark in a context of large physical scales.
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Hell of St. Peters
Rome
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