Health Department Split Sparks Public Controversy
Announcement by Prime Minister King designates public health under a Department of Health and Social Welfare, a change praised by health officials but opposed by groups including the Canadian Medical Association and Canadian Public Health Association. The debate hinges on the department’s future scope and funding, with past reorganizations cited.
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King
Department of Health and Social Welfare
Canadian Medical Association
Health League of Canada
Canadian Public Health Association
Obidoit
Ottawa
Department of Veterans’ Affairs
Pensions National Health
Department of National Health
Department of Soldiers
Veterans’ Affairs
Health Department
Department of Pensions and National Health
Department of Social Welfare
Firearms Safety Message to Adults in Edmonton
The Edmonton Journal urges adults to secure firearms to prevent access by children, noting tragic accidental shootings in the province. It warns that even with priority-permitted ammunition sales a rifle and ammo at home tempt kids, and a .22 rifle is highly lethal.
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Edmonton Journal
Popular British Works Among POWs in Germany
Reports from England say Red Cross requests show British composers works like Gilbert and Sullivan operettas and musicals such as Desert Song Rose Marie and The Dancing Years are highly popular with British and Canadian prisoners of war in Germany. Hummingbirds migrate about 500 miles without a stop for food or rest.
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Germany
Red Cross
England
Conviction Rates for Juveniles by Province in 1943
The Dominion bureau of statistics reports 53 juveniles per 10 000 aged seven to 16 were convicted in 1943. Of these, 33 faced major offences and 20 minor offences. Ontario led with 73 per 10 000, followed by British Columbia 57 and others.
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Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Ontario
British Columbia
Prince Edward Island
Quebec
Nova Scotia
New Brunswick
Manitoba
Alberta
Saskatchewan
Hospital Ship S. Navy Transport Henderson Renamed Bountiful
A senior U S Navy transport, at sea, is being converted into a 500 bed floating hospital and renamed the Bountiful. The Henderson has wartime service history and previously ran annual Hampton Roads to Chincinago China trips. The hospital detail lists 15 medical officers, 21 Navy nurses, 150 hospital corpsmen, 3 hospital corps officers and 3 dental officers. A cyclone moves at 20 mph plus, with hurricanes reaching 100 mph.
Executions Reported in Reich Bombed Areas
A Nazi official notes large executions of defeatists and refusers to work in bombed Germany. Between June 8 and 15, about 741 Germans and foreign workers were executed in Munich region, about 500 in Essen area, and about 1,500 in the Cologne district.
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Reich
Germany
Munich
Essen
Cologne
Britain Sees Huge Salvage Totals Amid War Effort
Salvage figures show Britain has collected nearly 1.5 million tons of wastepaper since the war began and total salvage across material including bones rags kitchen waste metal and rubber reaches about three million tons. December 1943 figures compare Britain and Canada with Canada about 22 752 tons for the month, implying a proportional gap if populations matched.
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Britain
British Information Service
Dominion
Canada
Great Britain
Wartime Women Take Over CN Engine Cleaning Roles
At Canadian National Railways motive power terminals in Toronto, 48 women have replaced men as wartime engine cleaners. The group includes a grandmother and a 4 feet 11 inches tall woman who proclaims herself the smallest woman doing the biggest job in Canada.
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Canadian National Railways
Toronto
Canada
Crossword puzzle clues list from a puzzle page
A long list of numbered crossword clues appears, covering topics from sea creatures to instruments and verbs. The entries include sunken fence killer whale crustacean large container stringed instrument decoy to be mistaken illiteracy flow of water insect article confederate general to drink excessively to append by to respect interjection ancient pistol to ban Spanish yes pertaining to gold convulsive breath extinct bird part of eve division of a drama parent Lithuanian winter vehicle wing royal egyptian diadem to throw over a wide space latin poet equip only to hurry part of a circle in insect sun god preposition limb concerning Spanish coin silkworm turkish regiment sullen moccasin thrust to frolic large japanese measure institution of learning girl's name embers italian river preposition to go north american bird city in arizona sodium chloride to imitate indian pillar scotch for po.
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Institution of Learning
Sunday School Lesson 16 Successes and Failures of Israel
Devotional reading covers Judges 2 1 3 7 and Psalm 155 with notes on Israel's faithlessness Bochim near Bethel and Gilgal near Jericho are discussed along with Joshua's death and the new generation's neglect of Jehovah The article reflects on the Covenant and the challenges of unity after Joshua's era and ends with a humorous line about a 60 foot living room and future home plans.
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Israel
Jehovah
Gigal
Bochkim
Angel Maans Tmissenger
Gil- Ral
Jericho
Jordan
Bethel
Alexander Maclaren
Joshua
God
Ephraim
World Happenings Briefly Told
Canada aids in World War II with 300 nurses in South Africa and 1949 training class results. Wheat transport costs differ, Alberta co operatives record $80 million in 1943. Hoare becomes viscount. dried eggs praised by British food director. Commonwealth Air Training Plan expands with nearly 12 000 planes. Japanese troop ships targeted by tank and patrol boats. Geneva hosts depot to distribute Canadian Legion courses to POWs in Germany.
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John Peacock
Ministry of Food
Canadian Produce Association
British Commonwealth — Air Training Plan
Geneva
Switzerland
Canadian Legion
Germany
Pathetic gap between grown up talk and child’s understanding
A quip highlights a child misreading adult language. A mite told to sit in a high chair "for the present" protests that it has sat and sat with no present, revealing the gap between adult speech and a child's interpretation.
Octane as Basis of Gasoline Value in the First War
The article notes octane was established as a basis for gasoline value during the First World War era. It references the historical shift in fuel assessment and mentions 2576 as a figure likely tied to data or a regulation.
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Albert Lemoine
Winnipeg
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Vancouver
Royal Canadian Air Force
SPE
By William Ferguson
Cocumee
BER
By Fred Neher
Junior
Pinhead
Gene Byrnes
Arizona
Israpt
Davenport
Miitary Nursing Service
W.rcns
California
China
Samuel Hoare
Spain
Churchill
New Britain
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