Visual War Education and Public Demonstrations in Canada
A call for intensified wartime propaganda through ocular demonstrations to unite the public behind Canada’s war effort. Army Day public displays, a National Exhibition exhibit in Toronto, and a traveling display aim to reveal industrial warfare, showcase munitions, and inspire broader national sacrifice from Atlantic to Pacific.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department of Munitions and Supply
Toronto
Dominion
Canada
Atlantic
Pacific
No Match For British Blue-Eyed Night Fighters
Dr Harold R Simmerman president of the New Jersey Optometric Association says British victory in the war is aided by blue eyes. He claims eye pigment improves night sight and predicts darker-eyed opponents will outmatch Hitler’s forces once matched plane for plane and weapons used at night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
Harold R. Simmerman
New Jersey Optometric Association
Hitler
All Have A Value Stamps recovered from bombed post offices
The London Sunday Dispatch reports many stamp sheets survived bomb damage with melted gum but separable value. A five percent commission is charged on face value for stamps purchased Inland Revenue and other labels. Some graves in South America hold 50 to 60 feet deep. Oliver Cromwell sent Scottish prisoners to Saugus iron works in 1650. Texas leads cotton production.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London Sunday Dispatch
Inland Revenue
Oliver Cromwell
Dunbar
Saugus
Mass
The Canadian War Corrrespondent and a London Samaritans Gift
A British stenographer named Miss Muriel Bennett helps a Canadian war correspondent obtain rationed running shoes in Southern England. She offers to supply seven margarine coupons from her father and aunt in Toronto, noting that Canadians show generosity with no expectation of return. Her aunt Miss Florence Bushell, linked to Hon. Vincent Massey, aided evacuations to Canada.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Canada
Toronto
Muriel Bennett
Florence Bushell
Vincent Massey
London
Massey
Upside-Down Apricot Cake From Selected Recipes
A float of sifted cake flour and leavening, butter and sugar creamed, egg and milk added, vanilla folded in. Batter poured over caramelized brown sugar in a pan, apricots arranged cut side up, baked 350°F for about 50 minutes, then unmolded to reveal apricots on top.
Mosquito Habits and Home Spray Advice
Mosquitoes torment the insect world and spread diseases like malaria and dengue. Do not let water stand in gutters or drains as larvae develop in stagnant pools. Spray rooms before bed to stop bites and use pyrethrum to paralyze and kill.
Clemenceau Warns Germans Lead Themselves to Ruin
The French premier declares Germans cannot be trusted, predicting they will always have untrustworthy leaders. He argues the Versailles Treaty must be severe and enforced or world powers will fail to restrain German leadership in the future.
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Clemenceau
Seizure of 120000 Worth Perfume Oils by British
British authorities seized 120000 dollars worth of rare French perfume oils found in the personal luggage of Henri Robert aboard the American liner Excambion at Jersey City. The oils were destined for Coty Inc and blocked by Britain for originating in occupied France without a permit. The British Consulate cited blockade rules and wartime policy against aiding Nazi economies.
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Excambion
Bermuda
Jersey City
Henri Robert
Coty, Inc
France
Air Force kin to join Royal Air Force duties in Britain
Hugh Card Brown of Glendale California, grandson of Brigham Young, has qualified for pilot duties after advanced US air arm training and a special RAF flying course in California. He recently left for Ottawa and expects to go overseas. Lester C. Card, son of Joseph Y. Card of Cardston, is already in England as a wireless operator on a bomber.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brigham Young
State of
Utah
Royal Air Force
Britain
Hugh Card Brown
Glendale
Calif
Hugh B. Brown
Lethbridge
United States Air Arm
California
Ottawa
Lester C. Card
Joseph Y. Card
Cardston
England
British Pianos Rise With Radio Boom and Overseas Demand
The London Times notes that despite fears about youth pursuing music as a profession, Britain's piano trade has remained steady and even grown since radio and gramophone popularity surged. European competition, especially from Germany, persists, yet some firms now sell more instruments to the Dominions than before the war.
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Britain
Germany
Dominions
London Times
Pawnshop in Buenos Aires Offers Free Return Once a Year
In Buenos Aires the Municipal Bank of Loans, the sole pawnshop, allows a woman to reclaim her sewing machine at no cost if she proves it is her livelihood, once per year. About 4,000 women pawn their machines annually before return dates and retrieve them the following week in a straightforward, tongue in cheek free exchange.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Municipal Bank of Loans
Buenos Aires
Maclean's Magazine
Fearless Soviet Pilot Crashes Flaming Plane Into German Fuel Cars
A Soviet pilot at the front reportedly crashed his flaming plane into German gasoline tank trucks after a shell from a German anti aircraft gun struck the Russian aircraft. The commander Capt Gastelo and his squadron were said to dive into enemy motor cars and fuel tank cars causing dozens of explosions.
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Gastelo
London Philharmonic completes Britain tour and plays in London
Newsweek notes the London Philharmonic Orchestra finished a tour of Britain's provinces with one night stands in motion picture and vaudeville houses and now plays in a popular London music hall. It cites Beethoven Brahms and Mozart as favorites among composers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newsweek
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Britain
London Music Hall
Beethoven
Brahms
Mozart
British Airman Survives Crash and Leg Injury at Home
A British airman saw his plane wrecked by shellfire over Germany and baled out in darkness. He landed in a country garden and, despite a broken leg from tripping on a croquet hoop, walked to a nearby house to seek help.
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Germany
England
Elm tree trucks fill estate landscape in Gloucester
A 52 foot elm tree weighing 85 tons was moved 82 miles from East Gloucester to West Newbury at a cost of 400 dollars to fill a vacant space in the landscape of Mrs William Dickie’s estate in Gloucester Massachusetts. Alaska’s nearest point to the United States lies 600 miles northwest of Seattle. An erectaagle of young leaves reduces moisture loss and sunlight exposure. Fifty five trades are taught in the United States navy today.
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East Gloucester
West Newbury
William Dickie
Gloucester
Mass
Alaska
United States
Seattle
United States Navy
That's How She Felt
A pious irascible old woman living alone was upset when neighbors planned a picnic without inviting her. Morning of the event they asked her to join, but she replied it was too late and that she had already prayed for rain.
Postal money order service resumes between Canada and Iceland
The British postal administration announced from Ottawa that money order service has resumed between Canada and Iceland and between Canada and French India. The update restates the reopening of the cross border service under the post office department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
Iceland
French India
British Postal Administration
Post Office Department
Ottawa
Prefabricated seven room house tried for wartime housing
Do minion housing officials say a seven room prefabricated dwelling built in nine hours at Ottawa and costing about 1500 dollars may start a country wide chain to ease wartime housing shortages. The one storey unit includes two bedrooms dining room living room kitchen bath furnace and covers 576 square feet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
Dominion Housing Administration
F. W. Nicolls
Ottawa
Queen Elizabeth Honors Canadian War Quilt Gift
Queen Elizabeth visits the lord mayor's fund for air raid victims and views an embroidered quilt bearing 600 Canadian children’s names. She calls it a charming gift as the fund receives $60 from the children’s 10 cent embroidering fee.
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Queen Elizabeth
Lord Mayor's Fund
Gift From Lord Nuffield Aids London Air Raiders
Lord Nuffield funds sun ray treatment facilities for night air fighters resting in dark rooms by day. The report notes the 1941 sugar supply at 42,300,000 tons, the largest on record, and mentions gold sheeting on Kiev domes. It also cites the albatross as the largest sea bird with a 12 foot wingspan.
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Lord Nuffield
London
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