Beveridge Plan Aims Universal Social Security For Britain
The Beveridge report, prepared under Cabinet direction, proposes universal social security from cradle to grave, funded by a national security fund with employer and worker contributions. It envisions abolishing private insurance, distributing about 10 to 11 percent of national income, and expanding free medical and allied services, with costs rising to an estimated 2.78 billion.
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Beveridge
Britain
William Beveridge
National Security Fund
Treasury
Briain
Sir William Beveridge
Canada
Humphrey Mitchell
United States
Sir William
Boy Scout Week Flagged in Canada for 1943
The Earl of Athlone designated Feb 21 to 27 as Boy Scout Week in Canada. Francis H. Gisborne resigned as honorary counsel after 29 years. Justice W. H. Harrison to succeed him. Sydney B. McMichael resigned as dominion trainer chief with no successor named. Canada sent 30000 to aid Britain’s stricken Scouts via the Chins Up fund, part invested in bonds for postwar scouting in Europe.
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Earl of Athlone
Canada
Francis H. Gisborne
K.C
Ottawa
Canadian General Council of Pay Scouts
Gisborne
W. H. Harrison
Saint John
Bombing Targets Italy’s Heartland Cities By Air Raid
Royal Air Force bombs strike at Messina Genoa and Turin in Sicily and Italy’s industrial hub. Messina harbor Genoa's strategic port and a major automobile factory near Turin show the extent of the raids.
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Italy
R.A.F
Messina
Cicily
Genoa
Turin
Careful Selection Produces Specialized Farm Animals
Careful selection has bred farm animals into specialized creatures to convert feed into meat milk eggs and wool. It is essential their rations supply the required nutrients in balanced palatable form.
Nebraska cattleman denied swastika brand by secretary
Nebraska cattleman was denied permission by Secretary of State Frank Marsh to use the brand swastika bar C. Marsh, who issues all Nebraska cattle brands, designated R P H for remember Pearl Harbor instead.
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Frank Marsh
Britain expands home grown lumber production
The war effort forces Britain to boost domestic lumber output dramatically. Authorities report production five to eight times normal, with over a billion board feet of lumber now harvested from British forests.
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Britain
Wants Recognition for Themesthorpe Village Effort to Be Noticed
Themesthorpe, a small Norfolk village, pushes county officials to acknowledge it. With no phone, post office, school, bus or train, residents say the area is the most neglected in the country. Twenty children walk two miles to school.
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Themesthorpe
England
Norfolk
Canada Produces Optical Glass For War Needs
The Financial Post notes Canada has begun large scale production of high quality optical glass for war use, a shift from prior absence of commercial glass. The article cites critical needs for periscopes, telescopes, range finders, sights, and field glasses in submarines, tanks, rifles, and other warfare instruments, driving a surge in optical goods demand.
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Canada
Financial Post
Mccern
Canada's Reserve Army Men Learn Wartime Skills at Armories
The piece describes Canada's Reserve Army training across communities in Ontario and beyond. It covers administration and teaching staff preparing nightly parades, recruits seeking enlistment guidance, and the goal of building a ready force to defend Canada. It also details optical goods manufacture in Toronto linked to national defense, noting laboratories, glassmaking, arsenic use, and quality testing processes.
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Canada
Department of National Defence
Ottawa
Army
Toronto
Rich Cutwork Doilies Pattern 7155 from Winnipeg
Pattern 7155 offers two doily sizes in cutwork embroidery with natural or linen color options. It includes a transfer pattern for a 160 by 16 inch doily and two 7 by 10 inch doilies plus materials and stitch illustrations. Send twenty cents to Household Arts Department Winnipeg Newspaper Union 175 McDermott Avenue E Winnipeg Man with name address and pattern number.
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Household Arts Department
Winnipeg
Union
McDermott Avenue
Man
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