Canada must curb infant and maternal deaths says Royal Bank letter
The November Royal Bank of Canada monthly letter calls for greater care on infant and maternal health, noting 1941 44 Canada infant death rates exceed wartime losses and urging broader use of vaccines and maternal services. It compares Canada with Sweden New Zealand and other nations and stresses early diagnosis for heart cancer tuberculosis and other killers.
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Royal Bank of Canada
Canada
Sweden
New Zealand
Switzerland
Australia
Netherlands
United States
England and Wales
Advisory Committee On Health Insurance
Quebec
Courageous Parkdale star overcomes amputated leg to help win
Gord Shorting a 16 year old Parkdale Collegiate athlete in Toronto graced by 17 000 at Varsity Stadium helped Parkdale win the junior high football title. He lost his right leg in 1950 but adapted with an artificial limb to play football and other sports. He aims to study medicine and become a surgeon at the University of Toronto.
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Globe and Mall
Toronto
Gord
Paul Harris
Varsity Stadium
Parkdale
Gord Shorting
Parkdale Collegiate
Wilf Brown
Coat gift sparks heartening exchange with eight year old
Agnes Lloyd of Glanworth Ontario sent her name address and a coat in a clothing bundle overseas. An eight year old Norwegian girl Liv Hansen in Amsterdam wrote back smiling that the coat fits and she is happy to have one like other girls. May God bless you.
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Agnes Lloyd
Glanworth
Ontario
Liv. Hansen
Amsterdam
95th birthday slows Niagara Falls hiker
Age is creeping up on 94 year old Charlie Goodwillie of Niagara Falls Ontario he admits ruefully Normally he would hike five miles a day but on the eve of his 95th birthday he cut his constitutional to a mere three miles.
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Charlie Goodwillie
Niagara Falls, Ont
Churchill Praises Roosevelt as Greatest American Friend
Churchill lauded Franklin D. Roosevelt as Britain’s best American ally and the strongest freedom champion ever to aid Britain, urging funds for a statue. He called the Roosevelt inspired lend lease the most unselfish financial act by any nation.
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Winston Churchill
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Britain
Churchill
Shaw quips on flowers and children in home joke
A visitor meets George Bernard Shaw and jokes about his lack of flowers. Shaw replies that he loves flowers and children but not in childish decor, delivering a sharp, unexpected punchline.
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George Bernard Shaw
Shaw
Morning Breakfast as Key to Industrial Accident Rates
The article argues that most industrial accidents occur before eleven in the morning, blaming poor breakfasts. It claims breakfast quality affects mood, productivity, and family harmony, contending a hearty morning meal prevents pessimism, fights, and excessive drinking, and supports success at work.
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Department of Agriculture
Department
Items of Interest: Calling Rings and World Facts
The piece notes rings signifying professions such as emeralds for doctors and sapphires for engineers. It mentions the Scilly Isles latitude and year round blooms. It cites an electronic stopwatch counting up to 1,000,000 movements per second. It warns hygiene matters and reports 7,000 daily riders on mass transit. It adds a bathwater capacity fact.
Knitting Football Mittens Pattern 7125 for Teens and Students
A vintage pattern advertises mittens for football colors suitable for teens and college girls. It features two‑needle knitting, sizes small to large, with charts and photos, and complete directions. Send twenty cents and write name, address, pattern number to 175 McDermot Avenue E., Man.
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McDermot Avenue
Man
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University of Toronto
U.S. Coastguard
Coastguard
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Massachusetts
Holland
Roosevelt
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Scilly Isles
England
New York
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