Special Medical Rationing Gives Extra Sugar And Provisions
Wartime Prices and Trade Board allows extra rationed foods for medical cases. In 1943 the Medical Advisory Committee approved additional sugar totaling 187 514 pounds, plus butter 45 267 pounds and meat 15 879 pounds for those with documented illnesses. Applicants must prove illness, obtain a doctor’s certificate, and apply to a ration officer. requests without listed diseases or excessive amounts are refused.
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Wartime Prices and Trade Board
Canada
Special Medical Advisory Committee
Department of Pensions and National Health
Russians In Alaska Holiday Visitors Spark Local Curiosity
A Russian officer in Fairbanks, seen with cash and shopping for luxuries, is described as a holiday guest in Alaska during wartime lend-lease. Local businessman Charlie McLean notes many Russians are spending freely and behaving civilly while women resemble local counterparts in appearance and style.
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Fairbanks
Alaska
Russia
United States
Charlie Mclean
Cultivated In Tanks Boost U S Agar Independence
Dr C K Tseng of Scripps Institution explains artificial cultivation of ocean grown agar in large salt water tanks. The substance, used in drawing tungsten wire, marine batteries, dental moulds, and as a culture medium, grows off Southern California shores and may eliminate Japan as an agar source. Harvest requires expert divers in helmets, but tanks allow gathering without diving.
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United States
Japan
C. K. Tseng
Scripps Institution of Oceanography
California
Tseng
Birds migrate mainly at night between Canada and Arctic regions
Many species traveling between the Canadian north and southern regions move primarily during darkness. Experts note nocturnal migration reduces predation risk and helps birds conserve energy during long journeys.
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Canadian Northlands
Early rail travel and 1844 innovations in Britain
A survey of 19th century rail history notes the 1823 Stockton to Darlington line and Brunel backed air powered trains tested near London in 1844. The air propulsion experiment moved trains on a pipe driven by suction and pressure but was abandoned in 1848 in favor of steam. 1844 also marked seaside excursions from London to Brighton and the formation of the Midland Railway through amalgamation.
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England
Stockton
Darlington
London
Brunel
Great Western Railway
Exeter
Newton Abbot
Devonshire
Brighton
Midland Railway
Bristol
Gloucester
St. Thomas Times-Journal
Law in Australia ensures reinstatement for returning servicemen
The law provides reinstatement to former jobs on no less favorable conditions, with career placement for others, trade tools and a living allowance during discharge-to-employment gaps. It allows advances up to £250 for business setup, grants for incapacitated veterans and widows, education for children, and house-building loans up to £950.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chhildren
Branden Sun
Businessman’s Long Day Ends at Funeral
A weary businessman sinks into his chair as his wife notices his fatigue. He explains he aggrieved his office boy by promising to attend his grandmother’s funeral, only to reveal it was a ruse for the boy’s football match.
Poultry Officials Say Profit Depends on Flock Size
Poultry Services officials of the Dominion Department of Agriculture warn that earning a living from poultry requires large flocks. They criticize too small operations and say 400 to 500 hens waste labor and are inefficient, urging poultry keepers to scale up to about 2,000 or more birds.
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Poultry Services
Dominion Department of Agriculture
St. Gingolph Burning Amid Nazi Raid Recall of Atrocities
A Maquis raid on St. Gingolph near the Franco Swiss border left civilians killed and much of the village burned by German forces. Swiss guards watched in horror as flames and phosphorus bombs destroyed the French portion. Some villagers escaped to Switzerland while others were shot. The piece invokes Lidice and other crimes to urge retribution.
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St. Gingolph
Lidice
Europe
Rail welding adopted by LMS saves time and steel
London, Midland and Scottish Railway adopts rail welding to reclaim worn rails during train intervals. The process eliminates the need to remove worn points and crossings, cutting downtime and material usage.
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London, Midland and Scottish
Churchill remark on German conflict hints at endgame
Mrs. Winston Churchill told a Red Cross meeting that a hopeful sign is Germans killing each other, suggesting that such internal conflict would reduce Allied trouble. The comment reflects grim wartime humor about the enemy's infighting.
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Winston Churchill
Red Cross
Germany
Quality Not Quantity Clothes Rationing In Britain Has Taudit
British women greet the first day of clothing rationing with 24 coupons per person and plans to buy cautiously. The new system limits coats, frocks, stockings, and blouses, with next purchases due only after six months. Teens lack evening wear and silk stockings as rationing teaches careful, quality minded shopping.
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Britain
Migratory Birds Enter Rest Period Says ROM Ornithologists
Royal Ontario Museum ornithologists describe vacation time for migratory birds as responsibilities ease after breeding. The annual insect, seed and berry abundance allows reduced feeding and singing while birds molt. By autumn, birds will have fresh feathers and fat reserves for the southward journey.
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Royal Ontario Museum
First French Edition of The Maple Leaf Flows From Normandy Press
The Maple Leaf, Canada's army newspaper, launches a French edition for troops in France after D-Day planning in Italy and Normandy. Sapper Duncan MacNab and Lt. Col. R. S. Malone lead the Nor mandy production with Capt. Seth Halton as Editorial Advisor as soldiers read the first copies.
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Canadian Army
Canada
Normandy
Italy
France
Maple Leaf
The
Sapper
Duncan MacNab
Verdun
Que
Seth Halton
Pincher Creek
Alta
R. S. Malone
Cpl
Bill Miller
Vancouver
George Kidd
Toronto
Jack Crawford
Clarence Rowllinson
John Farnan
Hamilton
Gerry Vachon
Timmins
Ont
Phil Jackson
Dunnville
Germany Aims to Despoil Occupied Europe to Delay Recovery
A Netherlands Information Services report says Nazi invaders intend a final goal to despoil occupied nations so thoroughly that their postwar recovery will be hampered for years. The assertion notes no doubt remains about driving the invaders from those lands.
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Germany
Netherlands Information Services
War Letters and Dutch Students Highlight Postwar Contrast
A Halifax oil firm official and former PPCLI lieutenant writes that journalists overstate the last war with phrases like nothing like it. He contrasts wartime memories with present conditions, noting Dutch students in Germany face forced labor and crematorium punishment camps, halting education and underground resistance.
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Holland
Netherlands
Germany
Winter in Alaska by Leonard Lyons reports Neuberger’s Arctic return
Capt. Richard Neuberger, Oregon legislator and newspaperman, returns after twenty months in northern Alaska. He quizzes locals on extreme cold with humorous thresholds, hearing shaving lotion freezes at 30 below and gas at 91 below, while noting the joking line about "you freeze at Ta."
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Leonard Lyons
New York Post
Richard Neuberger
Oregon
Alaska
Neuberger
Escapades Hint at Nazi Youth Pressure on Boys
A fragment suggests some youths resisted Nazi influence while others faced pressure from Hitler Youth leaders. The text notes German strategies and implies not all children succumb to hysteria, focusing on age ten to fifteen and school boys.
Agricultural film depicts western prairies progress
The National Film Board with P.F.RA is producing a documentary on farming development in Canada’s western prairies. A team works in the Val Marie district of Saskatchewan and letters in Alberta.
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Canada
National Film Board
P.f.ra
Val Marie
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Harvard Receives Automatic Calculator for Complex Equations
Harvard University gains an electrical calculator described as an algebraic superbrain. It is a large padget a few feet long and high, containing miles of wire and thousands of relays and adding machines. The device promises to solve intricate equations in hours, surpassing former manual methods.
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Harvard University
Rag Doll Appeal Pattern 7196 from Winnipeg
The notice promotes a rag baby craft named Rag Doll Appeal and Pattern 7196. It explains transfer pattern directions for the doll and clothing and asks readers to mail twenty cents to the Household Arts Department in Winnipeg, Manitoba, with name address and pattern number clearly written. It warns that mail delays may occur due to slow delivery.
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Household Arts Department
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Avenue
Winnipeg
Man
First Balloon Use in Warfare Credited to French
A historical note claims the French were the first to deploy balloons in war. The statement positions France at the vanguard of aerial combat concepts, marking an early milestone in military aviation history.
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