Bakers In Battledress Keep Canadian Soldiers Fed
Canadian Army bakers, drawn from top industry and green apprentices, produce vitamin rich bread in several major bakeries across Canada and Newfoundland. They maintain strict hygiene, daily medical checks, and work nonstop to supply six thousand loaves plus hundreds of doughnuts and rolls daily for Army and allied stations.
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Canada
Dominion
N.C.O
Army
Newfoundland
United States Air and Army
Parker House
Ralph Webb
Amny
Canadian Army
Pte
P. J. Oliver
Montreal
Webb Hall
Toronto
Evacuees Move from London to Northern Ireland
Seven thousand people displaced from Gibraltar have been evacuated again, this time to Northern Ireland. They had stayed in London since 1940 to avoid blitz and flying bomb threat. The passage also notes Charles Dickens born 1812 died 1870 and the Taos Indians using seasonal blanket colors of white in summer and red and blue in winter.
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Gibraltar
London
Northern Ireland
Charlies Dickens
New Mexico
Settlement Frontier Seen in Alaska Highway Project
Robert English told the Ottawa Rotary Club that the Alaska highway area is the last frontier in America and that postwar settlement is likely, driven by a psychological push for adventure. He noted Americans and Canadians built the road as a joint effort, with air bases and airfields forming a decisive, lasting military peacetime asset across northern British Columbia, the Yukon, and Alaska.
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Robert Engish
United States
Ottawa
English
British Columbia
Yukon
Alaska
Ottawa Citizen
German troops issued humor training text there for morale
The Swedish paper Stockholms Tidingen cites Mitteilungen For Die Trippen No 323 about textbooks issued to German soldiers in Norway. The texts aim to raise morale with pep talks and a philosophy of cheerful resolve to forget dignity, claiming humor is a gift to others.
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Norway
Mitteilungen
Stockholms Tidingen
Branden Sun
Gardiner Promoted to General Passenger Traffic Manager
Albert A. Gardiner is appointed general passenger traffic manager of Canadian National Railways by Alistair Fraser. Gardiner began 37 years in railway service, has been assistant general passenger traffic manager since 1930, and succeeds C W Johnston who retired after more than 50 years with the railroad.
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Albert A. Gardiner
Canadian National Railways
Alistair Fraser
Mr. Gardiner
C. W. Johnston
Somerset
England
Mr Gardiner
Indian Civil Service
Canada
India
Grand Trunk Railway
Bonaventure
Gardiner
Montreal
Plan For Re Adjustment in Rehabilitation of Ex Service Men
Staniey E Caldwell of Health League of Canada argues rehabilitation goes beyond federal aid. He calls for personal readjustment, sympathetic guidance, and broad tolerance from relatives friends and employers. Management medical staff must cooperate to plan careful reintegration of veterans returning to work.
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Staniey E. Caldwell
Health League of Canada
League
Johnny
Caldwell
Government plans to sell war surplus and repurposed gear
Government moves to auction surplus stocks after the war including para chutes converted into coats for barbers. Separately scientists ponder the heart mechanism noting its rhythmic mystery defies easy explanation.
Australian Troops Build Air Base in Dutch New Guinea Swamps
Australian troops, with American support, established a large Allied air base in the swamps along the south coast of Dutch New Guinea. They cleared a strip in eight days using manual labor, drainage improved living conditions, and a low sickness rate followed through strict health measures.
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Dutch New Guinea
South Pacific
New Guinea
Netherlands Fast Indies
Abolition of Upper Class Monopoly at Harrow Urged
A two year investigative committee headed by Lord Fleming recommends preserving independence of Harrow and other elite schools while allowing up to 25 percent of pupils from working and lower middle classes with state funding for those deemed ready for superior education. Similar proposals target exclusive girls’ schools amid concerns of class stigma and student morale.
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Harrowston
England
Britain
Lord Fleming
Rebuilding Kiev Thousands Volunteer to Clean Debris on Kreshchatik
The Soviet Information Bureau reports seven thousand youths and about 3,090 adults are volunteering spare time to restore Kiev’s main street Kreshchatik. Andrei Sakharov has contributed 15 Sundays, surpassing his quota by 150 percent. Pavements are cleared and walls show notices seeking singers and dancers.
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Soviet Information Bureau
Kiev
Andrei Sakharov
Supreme Soviet of the Ukraine
Supreme Court of the Republic
Dumba
Alexander the Great Birth and Death Across Continents
Alexander the Great was born in Europe, died in Asia, and was buried in Africa. This geographic note highlights the ancient ruler's widely spread historical footprint across three continents.
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Alexander the Great
Europe
Asia
Africa
Pilgrimage to Hippocrene Fountain Tasted Sweet
A friend visiting Greece described drinking from Hippocrene in Helicon, said to spring from Pegasus hoofprint, and claimed the water inspires poetry. He found the spring unremarkable, but the water tasted sweet, likened to a dipper of field water on a hot day.
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Greece
Helicon
Hippocrene
Pegasus
Peterborough Examiner
Needlework Rugs Pattern Offer From Winnipeg
Readers are invited to obtain a pattern for nine rug designs including hooked crocheted and braided types. Send twenty cents to the Household Arts Department Winnipeg Newspaper Union 175 McDermot Avenue E Winnipeg Man with name address and pattern number. Delivery may take longer due to mail delays.
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von Youlgeters
Household Arts Department
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Avenue
Winnipeg
Man
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