Homer Macauley Faces Big Race at Ithaca High
Homer balances love and duty as he trains for the two twenty low hurdles. He contends with rival Hubert Ackley and a coach’s favoritism while Miss Hicks urges civility and self improvement. The race becomes a test of integrity, courage, and personal growth for Homer.
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Homer
Ulysses
Ithaca High
Marcus
Helen Elliot
Miss Hicks
Helen
Hubert Ackley
Ackley
Mr. Blenton
Blenton
Brenton
Homer Macauley
Homer Homer
Exasperating Moments and a War Torpedo Tale
A merchant seaman recalls visiting a generous hostess during wartime. On the aft deck he spots a torpedo plunging toward them and the hostess replies with cheerful wit asking if it was one of ours. The anecdote blends danger with lighthearted banter.
Scotland Has Two Sheep for Each Person
Canada has about four people per sheep, while Scotland shows a ratio of two sheep per person in a comparative livestock note.
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Scotland
Canada
Meat Roll Up Bread as a Meat Extender
A tested Department of Agriculture recipe turns leftover meat or fresh hamburger into rolls using bread slices. Ingredients include hamburger onion fat and chili sauce or ketchup with seasonings. Roll the meat mixture in bread slices, brush with dripping, and bake at 375 F for about 20 minutes. Serve with gravy or tomato juice.
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Department of Agriculture
A Glorious Race
Beverly Baxter in Macleans reflects on Greece facing starvation and invasions with defiant resolve. She contrasts Greece's courage with Italy's ultimatum and Germany's pressure, praising a small motion that endured despite no chance of victory.
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Beverly Baxter
Macleans
Greece
Italy
France
Britain
Germany
Youth Service Corps Mobilizes UK Youth For Wartime Roles
Britain mobilizes youth aged fourteen to eighteen through the National Youth Committee and local branches. The Suffolk Youth Service Corps leads boy and girl squads in farming, deliveries, salvage, and even babysitting, boosting wartime farming and industry. Canada studies a similar scheme with Ottawa discussions led by Major-General LaFleche.
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Britain
National Youth Committee
Suffolk
Youth Service Corps
Suffolk Youth Service Corps
Canada
Girl Guides
Boy Scouts
Y.M.C.A
Y.W.C.A
Junior Red Cross
St. John Ambulance Association
England
Ottawa
L. R. LaFleche
National War Services Department
Youth Services Department
The
Wartime Information Board
Dominion
Nature changes map boundaries opens Alaska coast
Nature Steps In Nature shifts Canada Alaska boundary by revealing two new sea openings in the Alaska panhandle. A British American commission fixed a boundary survey more than 10 miles from shore, excluding Canadian harbors like Skagway and Juneau. Defence checks show two inlets have melted inland beyond the frontier, with Ottawa informed by the joint defence board.
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Canada-Alaska
Alaskan Panhandle
Canada
Alaska
B.c.-Alaska
Ottawa
Permanent Joint Defence Board
Alaska Defence Works
Gallipoli Hero Maj. William Forshaw Dies at 53
Maj. William Forshaw, famed as the cigarette V C for Gallipoli valor, died aged 53. He earned the Victoria Cross in 1915 for holding a Sulva Bay Turkish trench for 14 hours with a small force that improvised bombs from jam tins and cigarettes as fuses.
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William Forshaw
V.C
Gallipoli
Sulva Bay
Postwar salvage boom may rise from sunken ships
The North River righting of the Normandie and a major salvage of the Caledonia in the Firth of Forth signal a potential expansion of postwar ship salvage. Capt. C. G. Bonner led the 56,600 ton Majestic salvage to recover 40,000 tons of steel, sealing hulls and pumping dry after a fire. The piece suggests such metal recovery could become a larger industry as nations rebuild.
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New York
North River
Firth of Forth
Caledonia
Majestic
Cunard-White Star
C. G. Bonner
Kronstadt
Detroit News
Channel Tunnel Directors Reaffirm Aims For Link To France
The directors of the 62 year old English Channel Tunnel Company held a brief five minute annual meeting in London and again affirmed the goal of constructing a tunnel linking England and France at the earliest opportunity.
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London
France
England
Fieldfare as a Pet: Norwegian Thrush Domesticated
The fieldfare, a Norwegian thrush, is easily tamed after capture and specimens are kept as pets in many households.
Effective Phrases For All Occasions booklet offer
A 32 page Home Service guide promises to improve speech and writing by teaching vivid phrases. It encourages combining adverbs with verbs and striking adjective noun pairs. Send 15c to the Home Service Dept Winnipeg Newspaper Union with name and address.
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Home Service Dept
Winnpeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave. E
Winnipeg
Man
Rear tires wear faster than front tires by one fifth
Report notes that tires on rear wheels wear out one fifth faster than those on the front. The observation highlights uneven tire wear patterns likely affecting vehicle handling and maintenance needs.
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Metro- Coldwyn-Mayer
Beatrice Cammer
Rhme
Pops
Home Service
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Canada Starch Company, Limited
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