Canada’s Seamen Praise and Honor Wartime Navy Heroes
Commander H D Simonds lauds Canadian seamen and merchant mariners in Ottawa praising their crucial role in the Battle of the Atlantic and Pacific. Angus Macdonald notes eight thousand ships sailing from Canadian ports carrying over fifty million tons to Britain as shipyards expand and cadets prepare to man new corvettes.
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Buckingham Palace
H. D Simonds
Royal Navy
Ottawa
Athenia
Britain
Pacific
Dominion
Prairie Provinces
Angus Macdonald
Navy
Macdonald
Canada
Escalator Gaffe Delights Store Crowd
A department store installed escalators and a young attendant offered help to a waiting woman. The shopper replied she planned to go to the basement and was waiting for the steps to reverse, turning the moment into a quiet humorous exchange.
Churchgoing rate and Chamorros: two demographic notes
A census style line notes that about 44 percent of United States citizens attend church. It also identifies Guam natives as Chamorros, a distinct ethnic group.
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United States
Air Training Plan graduates from No 12 Service Flying School
A list of air trainees from Manitoba and Alberta are named as graduates of No 12 Service Flying Training School in Brandon on January 16, 1942, with designations LAC for each. The second group lists graduates from No 5 Bombing and Gunnery School at Dafoe, Sask. Also included is a note on the record wind speed in the British Isles from January 1920 and a definition of the composite aster flower.
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No. 12
Brandon
Man
Lac
Frederick Charles Adsett
Munson
Alta
Frank Eugene Ben Coaldale
Rodney Stewart Clement
Russell
Harry Kenny Cox
Union Pont
Alfred Hewlett
Manor
Sask
William Booker Kenny
Wolseley
Francis Lionel Morton
Cissibcnn
George Cecil
British Isles
Quilty
County Chase
Ireland
Whaling Season 1941 In British Columbia Surges Onshore
Canadian whaling ships operating from two stations on the British Columbia coast landed 325 whales in 1941, up from 220 in 1940 and 310 in 1939. 1941 oil output reached 566,505 gallons with fertilizer about 77 tons and meal 271 tons, marking increases over 1940. Wartime demand boosted the industry, while a whale attacked a harpooned whaler damaging the steel craft.
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British Columbia
Canada
Glass replaces steel in hot cabinets to save steel
To Save Steel Britain promotes translucent toughened glass as the top plate for cafe and restaurant hot cabinets. It withstands 125 to 150 degrees and saves steel by reducing heating costs and easing cleaning while releasing steel for the war effort.
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Britain
Fast Work Bretons Build Lifeboat in Record Time
Six Breton refugees worked 36 hours in a London boat yard to finish a lifeboat for a ship awaiting departure. A shipping official urgently asked for a lifeboat. The builder rallied Breton and two English workers, completed the boat, and the vessel sailed on time with the lifeboat ready.
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London
Selected Recipes for Orange Walnut Cake
A vintage recipe lists 3 cups flour 4 tsp baking powder % tsp salt 2 tbsp orange rind 1 egg % cup corn syrup 1 cup milk 1 cup orange marmalade 1 cup walnuts Mazda high heat bake at 350 for 70 minutes. mix dry ingredients fold in rind beat egg stir in syrup milk and marmalade then add nuts pour into lined leaf pan bake then rest 20 minutes.
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Mazda
Pioneer women endured hardships without radios or sobbing sisters
A brief note contrasts pioneer women’s hardship with modern radio programs featuring sobbing sisters, highlighting resilience across eras.
The Individual Citizen's Army Explains Arms and Services
Alan Maurice Irwin outlines the distinction between Arms and Services in the Canadian Army. He notes how both fight and support roles interweave, with training emphasizing versatile soldiers who can improvise and adapt, from stretcher bearers to cooks turning to combat tasks when needed.
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Armoured
Royal Canadian Ordnance Corps
Royal Canadian Army Service Corps
Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps
R.A.M.C
Ordnance
Army Service Corps
St. John’s Ambulance
Kellogg's All Bran touted as superior to harsh cathartics
Dorval Quebec resident Mrs R E Etches endorses Kellogg's All Bran as the Better Way for constipation due to dietary bulk. The ad notes All Bran works with time, not like fast-acting cathartics, and promotes two package sizes or in restaurant servings made by Kellogg's in London Canada.
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R. E. Etches
Dorval
Quebec
Kellogg's
Kellogg’s
London
Canada
Blood poisoning cures rise with sulfanilamide advances
Blood poisoning sufferers now have twice the chance of recovery today compared with six years ago thanks to sulfanilamide remedies. Bayonets manufactured in Canada are of a different type than those used in the last war.
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Canada
Ground Preparation Teams to Plow Winter Fields
Mechanized squads known as storm-diggers, about 100 strong, organized by the British agriculture department, move between districts in winter to ready the soil for land girls to plant in spring.
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British Agriculture Department
Also Mentioned on This Page
Seamen
the Merchant Marine
Guam
Chamarros
Buckley
Byuskley's
Brandon and Dafoe Schools
England
Individual Citizen's Army
Alan Maurice Irwin
CGS
DMO. & I
A.G
Hone
Bran
By Fred Neher
parEr
Prien
Copleles
Hamilton
Toronto
Montreal
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