Price Control And Rationing Information For Wartime Readers
Readers inquire about turning in spare ration coupons for overseas aid, extra employee meals and validity of M and R beaver sugar coupons, sugar points for U S visitors, and how to request the Consumers News pamphlet. Local ration boards issue guidance and collect coupons with official cards from the Ration Administration, and beaver and sugar coupons remain valid until further notice.
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Office of the Price Administration
United States
States
Consumers’ News
Prices and Trade Board
Canada Welcomes PICAO Headquarters In Montreal
The decision to place PICAO permanent headquarters in Montreal is celebrated across Canada. The move recognizes Canada as a key aviation hub with 280 land airports and a large pool of wartime trained personnel now available for civilian aviation roles.
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Canada
Royal Canadian Air Force
Rapid Advances In Aviation Shape War and Peace
The text notes rapid aviation progress during the war with new air routes planes and devices driving a new aviation era. It highlights civilian international travel problems and the creation of PICAO to harmonize civil aviation. Canada leads in forming the body and will host permanent headquarters, underscoring global interest.
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PICAO
Canada
Toll Figures From Second Great War Released
Official figures show 357 116 Britons killed during the Second Great War with 60 595 civilians, 30 248 merchant navy and fishing fleets, 1 206 Home Guard, 624 Women’s Auxiliary Services. Navy 50 758, Army 144 079, RAF 69 506. Civilians: 26 923 men, 25 399 women, 7 736 children under 16. 537 unidentified bodies. Period Sept 3 1939 to Aug 14 1945. Benjamin Franklin library note.
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Home Guard
Navy
Army
Royal Air Force
Looking To The Future British Isles In The Centre Of A Great Empire
The London Sunday Chronicle argues Britain rests in the heart of a vast oceanic empire. It claims imperial ties underpin living standards and economic life, warning that severing links could lower Britain’s population and prosperity dramatically.
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British Isles
London Sunday Chronicle
India
Egypt
Malaya
Palestine
Gems of Thought on Nation and Morality
A collection of aphorisms linking national strength to moral character and divine principles. Quotations from Coleridge, Jareb Curry, Roswell Hitchcock, Mary Baker Eddy, Charles Sumner, and Washington Irving emphasize virtue, divine guidance, and generosity as foundations for peace and prosperity.
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Jareb Curry
God
Roswell D. Hitchcock
Mary Baker Eddy
Four Red Vertical Bars Flag Mentioned as Four Freedoms Banner
The United Nations flag described as the four freedoms flag features four vertical red bars on a wide field and has not been officially adopted.
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United Nations
Four Freedoms
Safety Radio Distance Indicator On Rock Island Rail
The Scientific American reports a new radio distance indicator system used by the Rock Island Railroad. Units installed on front and rear of trains emit coded signals and convert received signals into distance to warn engineers of approaching trains up to eight miles away.
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Scientific American
Rock Island R.R
Judge urges reading newspapers for citizenship study
Judge J H McDonald of Sault Ste. Marie tells nine Canadian citizenship applicants that newspapers are a complete fund of knowledge about news and events locally and abroad. He stresses the need to know the Prime Minister the Ontario premier and the Sault mayor.
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J. H McDonald
Sault Ste. Marie
Ontario
Ghost rocket seen crossing over Finland at altitude
Witnesses reported a light emitting ghost rocket passing over Helsinki in a southwesterly direction at an altitude of 900 to 1200 feet. A smoke trail followed the object, marking the first sighting in Finland amid recent reports of similar passes over southern Sweden and Denmark in roughly the same path.
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Helsinki
Finland
Sweden
Denmark
Boosey urges broader recognition for Canadian authors and composers
Leslie A. Boosey, leading English music publisher and president of the International Confederation of Authors and Composers, urged the Canadian Authors and Publishers Association in Toronto to expand recognition and rewards for Canadian writers and publishers beyond individuals and societies.
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Leslie A. Boosey
Authors’ and Publishers’ Association
Toronto
Mr. Boosey
International Confederation of Authors’ and Composers’ Society
Crossword Puzzle Clues Dictionary Style
A list of crossword style clues with numbered entries and brief hints including words like summer French term step, equality abbreviation, girl name, balance, bankruptcy, proportion, snare, world war battle field, Teutonic delta, male progenitor, Mexican dollar pt, compass point, journals, foreigners, hobo, Roman bronze, woody plant, dregs, a letter, part of body, animal s fair, female ruff, a number, French article.
Radio speeches and the art of listening at home
A Ottawa Journal critique notes the varying lengths of political radio addresses. It argues speakers must tailor content to home audiences, avoid lengthy overruns, and speak with grace and manners while engaging listeners in their own living rooms.
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Churchill
Bacon
Ottawa Journal
Smiles and gags from a lively domestic humor reel
A compiled set of jokes and quips about married life, mothers and children, a recruit and horse, and daily banter. It features lines about husbands and wives, clever one liners on commercial travellers, birthdays, bread and milk, and a truth telling pupil in class. Each bit aims for light amusement with quick punchlines.
Bread and Cheese Rite Marks 1000 Year Custom in Gloucestershire
In St Briavels England amid shortages villagers and visitors were served about fifty pounds of bread and cheese tossed from a wall to honor a Whitsunday tradition tied to the Forest of Dean. The link to the wood is unclear but the Cheswick family funded the refreshments and the Food Ministry did not require ration coupons.
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ST. Briavels
England
Britain
Gloucestershire
Forest of Dean
W. G. Cheswick
Food Ministry
Dodd's Kidney Pills Promoted for Backache Relief
An advertisement touts Dodd's Kidney Pills as a remedy for backache and related pains caused by kidney issues. It emphasizes time-tested safety and non habit forming use, urging demand for the blue box with a red band sold widely.
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Dodd
Pestalozzi Village to House 350 Orphan Children
Foundations for an orphan village near Trogen Switzerland were laid to shelter 350 children from devastated Europe. Fifteen initial farm style dwellings will be built with orchards, pastures, and grouped houses to create a community guided by Swiss and foreign teachers. The village honors educator Pestalozzi who died in 1827. The note adds that DDT was first compounded in 1874 but its practical value was found in 1939.
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Trogen
Switzerland
Pestalozzi
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Coleridge
Charles Sumner
Washington Irving
Kellogg's
London
Ghost Rocket
Tokyo
Japan
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Forces Recreation Centre
Guido
River Island Island
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Fla
Tommy
George
Smith
Europe
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