Daughter of Destiny Chapter XV
Devona regains strength after a perilous moment and sings for moneyed patrons as Macias offers a dangerous job with his strolling players. He stocks her with three dramatic costumes and plans a dinner to discuss her future, while she fears the risk of her new life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Devona
Manuel
Joe
Macas
Gova
Senor Macias
Macias
Mr. Macias
Dale Brasher
Douglas Raebourne
Mrs Raebourne Faces Unknown Test In Lobby
The scene follows Miss Raebourne answering a lobby call before a crucial meeting. She prepares with gloves and powder, steels herself for a challenge to be revealed in the ongoing story.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Raebourne
Canadian Red Cross to Pack Five Thousand War Parcels Weekly
Dr. Fred W. Routley announces the Canadian Red Cross, at Australia's request, will pack and ship five thousand prisoner of war food parcels weekly for Australian soldiers held by the enemy in the East. Parcels will be prepared in Montreal and shipped to Lisbon with other boxes to Germany, funded by the Australian Red Cross.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canadian Red Cross Society
Australian Red Cross
Melbourne
Fred W. Routley
Canada
Australian Society
Montreal
Routley
Canadian Red Cross
Lisbon
Canadian Society
Germany
Alfred G. Brown
Planes Set Up Quickly in Middle East Yard
It takes six men about eleven hours to unpack assemble and ready a Tomahawk fighter plane under American technical supervision in the Middle East as Royal Air Force crews rush to accelerate deployment amid date palms and busy activity Egyptians haul crates ashore while water buffaloes circle a wooden waterwheel nearby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Middle East
Royal Air Force
R.A.F
Nutrition experts urged to improve meals in Canada wartime
Canadian Home Economics Association seeks federal and provincial action to appoint trained nutritionists to health departments across Canada. The resolution, urged by Miss Harlow of the Victorian Order of Nurses, backs Winnipeg council’s call for government support to ensure efficient meals in every home during the war. The report also notes the okra seed pod relation to cotton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canadian Home Economics Association
Department of Health
Association
Miss Harlow
Victorian Order of Nurses
Montreal
National Council of Women
Winnipeg
Identification Instructions for Plant Submissions
Ottawa guidelines direct plant submissions to the Dominion Botanist for wild Canada weeds and to the Dominion Horticulturist for garden flowers. Include multiple plant parts, several specimens, and numbered labels, with sender name and address inside the parcel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
Dominion Department of Agriculture
Dominion
Dominion Horticulturist
Central Experimental Farm
Canada
Gems of Thought on Conscience and Duty
A compendium of quotes on conscience from Tryon Edwards Benjamin Franklin George Washington Mary Baker Eddy James A Garfield Punshon and Napoleon. The selections discuss morality sincerity public life risk and the guiding inner voice aligned with action and truth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Benjamin Franklin
George Washington
Mary Baker Eddy
James A. Garfield
Reed warns of latent German fear aiding Britain
Douglas Reed writes in the Cana dian Churchman that German troops and civilians in Germany and occupied lands harbor latent fear of unarmed people. He argues a major reversal could shift confidence to defeatism, aiding Britain, while Hitler pledges final victory this year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Holland
Poland
Norway
Czecho-Slovakia
Yugoslavia
Douglas Reed
Germany
Britain
Hitler
St Thomas
Sailors Home Plans Approved by Halifax City Council
Halifax council approves erection of the Allied Merchant Seamen's Club as a new sailors home. The project aims to provide lodging and services for seafarers, reflecting city support for naval welfare initiatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Navy League of Canada
Allied Merchant Seamen's Club
Halifax
Birthday Fortune Reading and Card Meanings Guide
A Home Service feature promotes a Birthday Fortune method using cards to predict events such as big news and a marriage proposal. It describes shuffling, card positions by birth date, and example cards like the Five of Diamonds and Two of Hearts, with a 82 page booklet and other 15 cent booklets available from Winnipeg Newspaper Union.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Home Service Dept
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave. E
Winnipeg, Man
Captains of the Clouds to Feature Royal Canadian Air Force
Hollywood crew confirms RC A F participation in a Warner Brothers film titled Captains of the Clouds. James Cagney George Brent and Dennis Morgan lead, with scenes at North Bay Trenton and Ottawa. Script by Norman Reilly Raine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Royal Canadian Air Force
Hollywood
Capital
Warner Brothers Inc
Canada
Captains of the Clouds
RCAF
British Commonwealth Air Training Plan
James
Cagney
George Brent
Dennis Morgan
North Bay
Trenton
Ont
Ottawa
Norman Reilly Raine
Gold medal sent to Greek minister for relief effort
Viscount Cecil sent the Nobel Peace Prize gold medal awarded in 1937 to the Greek minister in London as a contribution for Greek relief during the war. The text notes other disparate trivia about quail roosts, bees disrupting telephone service in Connecticut, Roman stone sorting, and rifles handed to anti parachute troops by King George.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Viscount Cecil
London
George of
England
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Dal
Nabisco Shredded Wheat
Nabisco
Canadian Shredded Wheat Company, Ltd
Niagara Falls
Marcias
Raebourne
Cigerette
Tobecce
U.S
Egypt
Atlantic
Home Economics Association
God
Tryon Edwards
Napoleon
Home Service
Connecticut
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