Steamship Royal Ulsterman Returns to Glasgow Belfast Route
The Royal Ulsterman resumes service on the Glasgow to Belfast run after six years of war duties. News notes also report staff shortages at a new teachers college, while a weekly Trans Pacific Air Service between Australia and Vancouver is anticipated.
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Royal Ulsterman
Glasgow
Belfast
Teachers’ Training College
Australia
Vancouver
Radio Australia
Gemini light twin plane impresses private fliers
The United Kingdom firm unveils the Gemini a four passenger twin engine aircraft designed for private ownership air taxi or ambulance duty. It cruises at 150 mph and shows exceptional one engine performance enabling steep turns and climbs with full control.
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United Kingdom
Empire Digest
London
Gemini
Juveniles Face 11 Month Pay Plan For Halloween Damage
In Prince Rupert B C twenty four juveniles including two girls must pay 800 dollars for property damage from Halloween. Convicted in juvenile court Judge W D Vance ordered each to contribute and placed them on suspended sentence 11 months. It was the citys worst Halloween damage. Quinine was used in home medicine chests for centuries before scientific pharmacopoeias accepted it.
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Prince Rupert
B.C
Hallowe'en
W. D. Vance
Desert test records V-2 rocket firing at White Sands
Dr. L. J. Paddison, a desert scientist who aided proximity fuse development, holds an army rifle grenade used with man-made meteorites launched by a V-2 rocket at White Sands proving grounds. The night test lit the desert for miles and a red glow was seen 150 miles away, though observers did not see shooting stars from the explosives.
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L. J. Paddison
White Sands
N.M
Proving Grounds
Britain tests new jet aircraft in Canada and empire
A supply ministry spokesman says Britain's latest jet propelled aircraft will be tested in Canada and other parts of the empire before final designs are fixed. Cold weather tests are planned in Canada with cooperation from authorities as Britain develops several revolutionary designs. Canada may see these aircraft in action soon. Australia has more ant species than any continent.
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Supply Ministry
Britain
Canada
British Commonwealth
Empire
Foot care and exercises for fatigue relief and strength
Practical guide to daily foot care and exercises. It covers foot baths, nail brushing, pumice care, moleskin use, and caution against razor blades. Exercises for strengthening foot and leg muscles, metatarsal arch relaxation, toe object pickup, and calf knee tension stretch are described with step by step counts.
Spicy Pumpkin Cakes With Honey Meringue Topping
A recipe outlines Spicy Pumpkin Cakes using cooked pumpkin, bran, flour and warming spices. It yields twenty two third inch cupcakes baked at 350 degrees for about 25 minutes and finished with a Honey Meringue Topping made from honey and a beaten egg white.
Panda for Pamela goes missing after Peterboro fire
Ex artillery sergeant Jim Jourdin lost 500 dollars in belongings when the Peterboro military hospital burned including a Panda Bear for his two year old Pamela A store to store search failed to find it until a Niagara Falls Ontario man provided a twin substitute saving Pamela's Christmas faith.
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Pamela
Peterboro
Ont
Jim Jourdin
Jim
San Claus
Niagara Falls
Quite a profit in a split apple ruse from Ireland
A Westmeath fruit grower sent a split apple to Dublin with a note asking how much was paid for it. A Dublin woman replied that a trader had charged her 9d for the apple, illustrating a curious consignment trick noted by the London Sunday Express.
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Westmeath
Eire
Dublin
London Sunday Express
Bakers ask WTR to resume bread slicing rights
The St Thomas Times Journal notes irritation over WTR restricting bakers from slicing bread. The Ottawa Citizen joins the critique, saying the paper aims to ensure bread knives are used for bread and not other tasks.
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WTR
St. Thomas Chum
Ottawa Citizen
New Passport Rules Separate Documents For Couples
New Canadian passports effective January 1 raise costs to five dollars for new issues and two dollars fifty for renewals. Passports will show the bearer as a Canadian citizen. Husbands and wives must hold separate documents, replacing joint travel. The changes align with the Canadian Citizenship Act and aim to ease international travel beyond wartime limits.
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United States
New Knights Among Honorees at King George Ceremony
The King elevated six new knights to the Order of the Garter at Buckingham Palace with Queen Elizabeth and Queen Mary present. Named were Lords Addison, Cramborne, Mountbatten, Alanbrooke, Por tal and Montgomery. Viscount Alexander, Governor General of Canada, could not attend.
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Viscount Alexander
George London
Order of the Garter
Queen Mary
Buckingham Palace
St. Geoge’s Chapel
Windsor
Addison, Cranborne
Mountbatten
Alanbrooke
Portal
Montgomery
Canada
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Moscow Radio
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Austria
Ernie Simpson
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Beneit
St. Thomas Times
Journal
William
Ferguson
Req
J. Saphier
New Knights
By Fred Neher
Little Reggie
Margarita
Peggy
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Les Carroll
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