Plan For One Hundred Modern Cities After The War
London planner Professor Leslie Abercrombie envisions postwar reconstruction with 100 new cities near London, each housing about 50,000 people within 25 miles, shifting factories, pooling property for redevelopment, and guiding national pattern planning to curb urban sprawl and restore traffic arteries.
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London
Ralph Alien
Regina
Leslie Abercrombie
Birmingham
Manchester
Liverpool
Abercrombie
Blind Regina student adds poultry raising study
R. W. Beath of Regina manager of the Canadian National Institute for the Blind completes Braille Moon Type studies and a BA, now pursuing a correspondence poultry raising course to aid the war effort. He hopes to teach Saskatchewan blind people to raise poultry on a larger scale.
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R. W. Beath
Regina
Canadian National Institute For the Blind
University of Manitoba
Beath
Sugar Beet Production Aims For Record 1943 Output
Canada grew 63 300 acres of sugar beets in 1942 yielding about 200 million pounds of refined sugar roughly one fifth of national consumption. For 1943 the objective is to maximize beet sugar production with current plant facilities.
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Canada
Seadog Posh Survives Weyburn Torpedoing In Med
A Canadian corvette Weyburn was torpedoed in the Mediterranean while convoying Allied troops to North Africa. The ship’s mascot Seadog Posh survived the sinking, was rescued from oil slicks, and later reached Canada after rescue by a British destroyer and transport home via Gibraltar. The story honors the crew and credits Canadian war effort.
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Mediterranean
North Africa
Posh
Potter
Joan Golby
Victoria
B.C
Miss Golby
Weyburn
T. M. W. Golby
R.C.N.R
Canada
Pat Milsom
Gibraltar
England
Roses Delivered Across The Atlantic For Mother’s Day
A colonel with the 8th Air Force in England sought to send flowers to his Detroit mother but government rules stopped the practice. A RAF Transport Command officer advised writing a letter and picking roses from the garden. The next day the flier carried both, arriving in Canada at dawn and passing to a pick-up plane for Detroit where the roses and letter were delivered. Buy War Savings Certificates.
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8Th Air Force Command
England
Detroit
RAF. Transport Command
R.A.F
Canada
Certificates Cashed About Things Like That
The Hon. J. L. Isley urged women to foster a social code against ostentation and waste. Speaking to the National Council of Women in Toronto he noted $77,000,000 in war savings certificates bought in the last year, lamenting $24,000,000 redeemed. He also criticized lending government money to be withdrawn later. Since 1874 about 17,000 telephone improvements have been made.
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Britain
Ernest Bevin
Lord Beaverbrook
Lords
Exchequer
J. L. Isley
National Council of Women
Toronto
Asley
New Compact Sea-Rescue Transmitter Aids Airmen
A small, waterproof sea-rescue radio transmitter weighing under 20 pounds is now in use by the RCAF. Known as the Coffee Grinder, it can send SOS signals up to 150 miles, is operable without radio expertise, and includes a parachute, aerial, and lamps for automatic or manual signaling to guide rescuers to downed airmen and reduce time at sea.
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RCAF
R.caf
Atlantic
Grandma's
RCA
R.C.A F
Early Hawaiian chiefs as giants of weight in legends
The article notes that early Hawaiian chiefs were described as physical giants, with weights ranging from 300 to 500 pounds. It highlights the remarkable stature attributed to these leaders in traditional accounts.
Nightingale letter and artifacts donated to Vancouver hospital school
A 1888 Florence Nightingale letter describes a coffee house to entice men from pubs. The Vancouver General Hospital School of Nursing received the Nightingale collection via Grace Fairley, including photos, memorabilia, and a Punch statue design and the actual statue not previously in Canada.
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Vancouver General Hospital Training School
Florence Nightingale
Canada
Vancouver General Hospital School of
Grace Fairly
London
Miss Fairley
England
Miss Nightingale
East
Lady Southwick
Crochet Gloves For Cool Summer Wear
Quick to sew and feminine crochet gloves in dainty picot mesh. Pattern 7560 offers small, medium, and large sizes with a materials list. Send twenty cents to Household Arts Department, Winnipeg Newspaper Union, 175 McDermot Avenue E, Winnipeg, Man, with name address and pattern number. Pattern mail may take longer due to mail delays.
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Household Arts Department
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Avenue E
Winnipeg
Man
British cycle makers plan to build 800000 bicycles this year
British cycle manufacturers announce plans to produce about 800000 bicycles during the year, reflecting a strong domestic demand and expansion in the bicycle industry.
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University of London
Barlow Royal Commission
Ad Viner
London County Council
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St Pauls Cathedral
Prof
Oxford Street
Seadog
H.M.C.S. Weyburn
R.A F. Transport Command
Hsley
Alice Brooks
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