Youth And The War
Public attention centers on youth in the present war as the lightning pace of modern warfare demands the strength and alertness of young men. Canada and the United Nations have honored veterans as young as twenty or twenty one, with many serving as officers. Youthful airmen who fought in the Battle of Britain helped secure air supremacy for the current Allied offensive. Many young soldiers seamen and airmen have died or been disabled or are prisoners, yet they continue showing bravery beyond their years and deserve credit and honor.
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Canada
United Nations
Fiers
Britain
Free Education For Army Men
Canadian plan provides free tuition board room textbooks and medical care for army youths ages seventeen to twenty two to enter university courses in mathematics physics and engineering. Eleven universities participate and students receive military training and become eligible for officer training on completion. If studies are interrupted full credits are preserved for postwar use.
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Canada
Advantages Of Plan For Canadian Army Students
The plan offers many advantages for capable young men in the Canadian army who meet education and age requirements. It promises free study without financial worry, helping postwar reestablishment and signaling that servicemen are valued and supported.
Cheese as a Meat Substitute and a Corn and Cheese Casserole
The article promotes cheese as a nutritious meat substitute, highlighting cheddar varieties and the benefits of using new versus old cheese for flavor and energy. It includes a corn and cheese casserole recipe and advises storage and cooking notes. For more cheese dishes contact the Western Division Health League of Canada in Toronto.
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Health League of Canada
Avenue Road
Toronto
Ontario
Cowboys Use Planes in Western Roundup
The United States grazing service oversees a campaign using airplanes to round up wild horses across southwestern Wyoming ranges used by sheep and cattle. Separately, Canada is projected to require 477 million bushels of oats for 1943 44 export and domestic needs.
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Sky Cowboys
United States Grazing Service
Wyoming
Canada
Soil study aims to boost Canadian crop yields through phosphate use
Agricultural chemists investigate soil variations and phosphate fixation to improve fertilizer efficiency. They study sources of phosphoric acid, including slag from steel production, and assess open hearth slag as a potential phosphorus source. Work spans animal nutrition and plant chemistry with labs at Ottawa and regional stations in Kentville and Sumas.
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Chemistry
Science Service
Dominion Department of Agriculture
Sydney
N.S
Canada
Experimental Farm Service
Central Experimental Farm
Ottawa
Dominion Experimental Stations
Kentville
Summerland
B.C
British Offer to Pay Base Property Compensation
The British government will cover compensation costs for private property affected by the destroyers for bases deal of 1940. The transfer of 50 destroyers to Britain in exchange for long term base leases led the U S to promise compensation. Britain now assumes the burden for properties appraised at about 5.5 million dollars across Newfoundland Bermuda Bahamas Jamaica Antigua St. Lucia Trinidad and British Guiana.
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U.S. State Department
Western Hemisphere
Britain
Newfoundland
Bermuda
Bahamas
Jamaica
Antigua
St. Lucia
Trinidad
British Guiana
United States
Naval Board appoints Acting Paymaster Commander Jeffery secretary
Naval Board acting Paymaster Commander Joseph Jeffery RCNV R of London Ontario has been named secretary to the naval board. He succeeds Captain R A Pennington RCNV R who has been reassigned to duties with the Royal Canadian Navy in London England.
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Joseph Jeffery
R.C.N.V.R
London
Ont
Naval Board
Jeffery
R. A. Pennington
Rc.n.v.r
Royal Canadian Navy
Eng
Canada adapts Anson bomber for local needs
Canada’s Anson bomber trainer has been redesigned for Canadian conditions with major input from Canadian Car and Foundry engineers. The Amherst Nova Scotia windscreen by a CC&F engineer sped testing, with George Henderson supervising jig work and Cecil Stiles overseeing assembly. The new screen, made in Amherst, cuts production time by about 75 percent.
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Canada
Canadian Car Ad Foundry
Amherst
N.S
Aeronautical
Montreal
George Henderson
Cecil Stiles
Scientists to form international wartime research clearinghouse
A committee of scientists representing English speaking countries will be named soon by the governments involved to act as an information and reports clearinghouse. Sir John Anderson announced from Washington that the body may expand to include other nations and continue in peacetime to unite scientific study and wartime research efforts. He noted collaboration with Britain the United States Canada and Russia as progress grows.
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Washington
John Anderson
War Cabinet
Britain
International Committee
Royal Society
London
Sir John
Ottawa
North America
United States
Canada
Russia
Red Cross Supplies Found in Sicilian Enemy Hands
Canadian Red Cross stores were discovered among captured hospital supplies in Leonforte Sicily. About a dozen bales of pillowslips and sheets stamped Canadian Red Cross Society Quebec branch were found and sent to a Canadian general hospital in Sicily. Maj. J. K. Bell noted two possible origins for the loss of stores in enemy hands.
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Sicily
Canadian Red Cross
Leonforte
Canadian Red Cross Society
Quebec Province
Maj
J. K. Bell
Sarnia
Ont
Greece
Smile a While Juxtapositions and quick quips from the family
A collection of jokes and light stories on family life. Includes exchanges about an Angus, marriages, birthdays, racing dreams, the cold shoulder, a boastful wrap, bossy mothers, and a peppy streetcar joke. Ends with a playful note on War Savings Stamps.
Bullet Wound From Night Assualt In Montreal Healing Aftercare
Abraham Friedman 48 of Montreal sought medical help after a head wound failed to heal. He reported to Detective Sgt. Bonnier that a .22 bullet struck him on July 17 while walking on St. Lawrence near St. Catherine Street. Dr. Benjamin Kolber removed the bullet.
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Abraham Friedman
Montreal
Friedman
Sgt. Bonnier
St. Lawrence
St. Catherine Street
Benjamin Kolber
U S Gallon Less Than Imperial By Percentage
A note states the U S gallon is 16 percent smaller than the British imperial gallon. The figure cited places the U S measure about one sixth below the imperial standard.
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U.S
National Library Proposed For Canada In Ottawa
The Parliamentary Library has grown beyond capacity hindering research. A joint committee recommends creating a national library from the 350,900 volumes to match Canada’s past present and future, urging Parliament to proceed on a scale worthy of national aspirations.
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Ottawa
Library of Parliament
Canada
Hamilton Spectator
Silent Replies Echo Calumny Across Thinkers
A collection of aphorisms on silence from Addison La Rochefoucauld Zimmermann Eddy and Carlyle. The quotes explore silence as a powerful response to insult, a prudent moderator of debate, and a path to virtuous action.
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Addison
Farmer grows potato sprouting on single vine in Ontario
Norman Stewart of Redickville Ontario reports a potato plant that sprouts potatoes along the stalk. The plant carries more than 30 potatoes on one vine.
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Norman Stewart
Redickville
Ont
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