McLeod Learns Grandfather Status From Hospital Bill
Angus H McLeod Sr clashes with doctors over recovery in a hospital. A bill arrives naming Angus H McLeod Jr as the baby’s father, revealing his son Angus Jr has a wife who delivered a child. The elder McLeod realizes he has a grandson and contemplates a family legacy in the business.
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Angus H MeeLeed Sr
Angus, Jr
McLeod
Angus H. McLeod, Jr
Angus
Angus H. McLeod
Mr. McLeod
Sergeant Ward Wins Victoria Cross Aboard Wellington
The account recounts Sergeant J A Ward of No 75 Squadron RNZAF earning the Victoria Cross for actions over the Zuyder Zee during a night raid on Münster. His Wellington bomber was hit by Messerschmitt 110 fire and gasoline fed flames near the starboard engine. Ward crawled along the back of the engine through the traffic slipstream, breaking hand and footholds, and stuffed an engine cover into the hole to smother the fire.
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Britain
J. A Ward
Royal New Zealand Air Force
Munster
Zuider Zee
Ward
Sergant Ward
Voices from overseas hears voices on home gramophones
A planned scheme by the navy army and air force institutes will let British families play half ounce records on gramophones or radiograms and hear voices of service members overseas when the system is launched.
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Navy
Army
Air Force Institutes
Appointment of J H Sandgathe as Superintendent of Training
J H Tudhoope announces the appointment of J H Sandgathe as Superintendent of Training for Trans Canada Air Lines with Winnipeg headquarters. Sandgathe will supervise training for operations personnel, oversee the flight training program, and handle special tasks for the Operations Manager and Superintendent of Flight Operations. He began flying in 1930 and previously served as chief pilot Western Division in Lethbridge after tenure with Calgary Aero Club.
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J. H. Sandgathe
Trans- Canada Air Lines
Winnipeg
J. H. Tudhoope
Sandgathe
Operations Department
Calgary Aero Club
Western Division
Lethbridge
A Valuable Book on Western Canada History Dies in Saskatoon
The Calgary Albertan notes the death of Arthur Silver Morton a renowned historian emeritus at the forefront of fur trade and exploration scholarship. He spent over a year examining Hudsons Bay Company archives in London and other sources to produce a definitive reference on early Western Canada.
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Western Canada
Saskatoon
Arthur Silver Morton
Calgary
Hudson's Bay Company
London
British Columbia Veterans to Get Debt Free Land Grants
Veterans in British Columbia will receive land grants after the war with a grant of 2320 dollars to develop the land. The plan, arranged by Hon. E. T. Kenney during a recent Ottawa visit, ties to veterans' land grants.
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British Columbia
E. T. Kenney
Ottawa
Secret of bright light without heat pursued for years
The glowworm and the firefly symbolize a quest to replicate luminous efficiency. A man has long sought a method to create bright light without generating heat, a secret eluding science for years.
Rural editors praised as backbone of Canada says Galbraith
F P Galbraith publisher of the Red Deer Advocate and new CWNA president told the Ottawa Rotary Club that weekly newspapers are vital to communities in wartime Canada. He noted editors, many over 60, publish daily despite hardships, shaping national strength even with circulations under 1000. He contrasted metro dailies with rural papers and highlighted soldier reading material, including an aging travel feature about Japan's charms and exchange rates.
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Canada
F. P. Galbraith
Red Deer
Galbraith
Ottawa Citizen
The Common Man and the Uncommon Man
The passage argues that society should serve both the common and uncommon man, insisting progress comes from those who pursue excellence. It cites Henry Wallace’s dismissal of the phrase and asserts that opportunity should let any person become uncommon, while respecting individual liberty as long as actions do not become nuisances. It also notes Peterborough Examiner as source and mentions the earliest European tea reference at late in the 16th century.
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Henry Wallace
Peterborough Examiner
Fish Takes To New Ways
Recipe describes preparing a 3 to 4 pound fish with salt paprika and a bran stuffing. It covers cleaning stuffing sewing closed baking and garnish with lemon. Includes a separate seasoned stuffing with onion parsley bread crumbs all bran salt pepper and lemon juice yields for 3-4 pound fish.
Canada to Operate Merchant Navy After War Says Minister
Hon J A Mac Kinnon minister of trade and commerce told the New York Journal of Commerce that Canada will maintain direct sea communications after the war. He said direct routes are essential to the Canadian economy and every effort will ensure no trade route to Canada is left unprovided for, directly or indirectly.
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Canada
J. A. MacKinnon
Garden notes on planning and spacing for small plots
The article outlines how even tiny gardens benefit from a plan with minimum row widths from 12 to 18 inches. It suggests alternating quick and slow maturing crops, planting along edges, and using small plots for better cultivation and watering efficiency. It also covers seed supply, variety availability, and planting practices for beans, corn, peas, and other vegetables.
Insects breathe through spiracles and branching tubes
Unlike higher animals insects use many tiny spiracles on their bodies. These openings do not connect to lungs but to a network of branched tubes that deliver oxygen directly to the bloodstream, supplying all body parts.
Plane wheel spins longer after takeoff
A reader notes that airplane propellers create a left to right air rush causing the right wheel to keep spinning longer post takeoff. The note mentions tears contain lysozyme, a potent germ killer.
Australians and Canadians urged to visit each other after the war
Australian customs minister Richard Keane promotes postwar two way travel across the Pacific, urging Canadians and Americans to visit Australia as well. He notes large wartime exchanges and two examples: Sydney University opening courses to Canadian students and seeking a Canadian historian for a new American history chair to be inaugurated in March by Dixon Wever.
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Australia
Richard Keane
Pacific
Canada
United States
Melbourne
States
Keane
RAAF
University of Sydney
Sydney
Dixon Wecer
Rhodes
University of Southern California
Ottawa
Foreign parasite work aids Canadian pest control
Since many pests in Canada come from abroad, natural enemies are introduced to manage them. The effort is conducted with the Imperial Parasite Service, based at the Dominion Parasite Laboratory in Belleville Ontario for the wartime period.
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Canada
Imperial Parasite Service
Dominion Parasite Laboratory
Belleville
Ont
Pattern 4666 frock and panty set for sizes 2 to 10
Anne Adams Pattern 4666 offers a two-in-one frock with flare sleeve dress and a matching panty style. Available in sizes 2 4 6 8 10 with 35 inch fabric and 44 yard contrast options. Send 20 cents to Winnipeg Pattern Dept. Winnipeg Manitoba for order by mail and note mail delays.
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Anne Adams
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermott Ave
Winnipeg
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