Spirit of rationing and democratic duty in wartime Canada
The piece urges Canadians to accept rationing with honesty and cooperation, urging record keeping and self discipline. It cites Donald Gordon and wartime prices and trade board guidance, stresses the leadership role of women in shopping, and promotes a spirit of fortitude and communal sacrifice as essential to democracy and national effort.
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Donald Gordon
War Time Prices and Trade Board
Britain
Bristol
The Individual Citizen's Army Show Tours Canada
The Canadian Army Train showcases the “jeep” and supporting vehicles at rail sidings coast to coast. Soldiers explain equipment from signal kits to mortars as 58 soldiers and six officers guide visitors through a portable army, with food, medical displays, and blood donor station demonstrations. The itinerary spans 15 000 miles to over 200 towns, attracting thousands.
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Canada
Canadian Army Trades School
Hamilton
Army Service Corps
Red Cross
Medical Corps
J. E. McKenna
Montreal
Dominion
Frenchy
Citizens Army
No Coffee In Norway Exposed Shortages Amid War
The report notes exhausted coffee reserves in Norway where per capita consumption was once the highest. It also cites near disappearance of meat fish and dairy and claims defence industries can halt 80 ton bombing planes in 10 seconds. Admiral Byrd charts 1100 miles of Antarctic coastline. India is described as two thirds the size of the United States. Half of England’s 44.5 million citizens smoke per estimates.
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Norway
Fashion and change in wartime attire and human relations
The piece riffs on lasting fashion influence, noting that style shifts in wartime civilian dress may occur slowly while social behavior remains unaffected by trends. It cites F Marion Crawford on fashion's modest impact on relations and urges prudent life choices amid changing times.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. Marion Crawford
Made & Sage
Detroit Free Press
British Legation Heroes Honored With MBE
Three members of the British legation staff in Athens Rodney Bond Tyrell Carlisle and Edward Patrick Dillon received the MBE for heroism after escaping to Crete They learned another boat with most of the staff was sunk and the group was marooned on a Greek Crete island They endured bombing risk to bring aid and rescue all colleagues
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Britishlegation
Athens
Crete
Greece
Legation
Rodney Bond
Tyrell Carlisle
Edward Patrick Dillon
Selected Recipes With Dates And Coffee Notes
A recipe lists 1 cup chopped dates cup Crown Brand Corn Syrup teaspoon salt cup boiling water cup cold coffee 1 egg well beaten 2 cups flour 2 teaspoons baking powder cup chopped walnuts cup Mazola Temperature 325 degrees Time 1 hour Method combines dates syrup salt boiling water cools adds coffee and egg then dry ingredients nuts and mazola. Pour into leaf pan bake in moderate oven.
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Mazda
Peanut Butter Bread Mix With Corn Syrup
A vintage recipe lists 2 cups flour teaspoon baking powder teaspoon salt cup brown sugar cup Mazola cup peanut butter eggs cup milk cup Crown Brand Corn Syrup Temperature 325 F Time 1% hours Sift dry ingredients blend Mazola and peanut butter add to flour mix Beat eggs add milk and corn syrup Combine mixtures pour into a leaf pan bake in a moderate oven.
Compressed Flour Process Cuts Atlantic Shipping Space
US Department of Agriculture chemists developed a method applying up to 16 000 psi to flour to remove air between particles. Bread baked from compressed flour shrank 15 to 20 percent compared with loaf made from unpressed flour, though taste remained acceptable with more bread per slice.
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Atlantic
United States Department of Agriculture
Todt as highway architect shaped German war roads
Berlin reports Maj Gen Fritz Todt, famed for autobahns from the Baltic to Austria, was killed in an air accident. The article notes Todt, a road builder, led an army of coerced laborers to fortify the Siegfried Line and drive logistics for Germany, shaping military transport across occupied Europe.
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Berlin
Fritz Todt
Germany
Baltic
Austria
France
Belgium
Dr. Todt
Czechoslovakia
Hitler
Vienna
Chamberlain
Munich
Siegfried
Europe
Todt
Dr Todt
Russia
Winnipeg Free Press
Tribute to Dr Dafoe for Dionne Quints care
A North Bay Nugget letter lauds Dr Dafoe for caring for the Dionne quintuplets. The writer credits his medical skill and charm with keeping the Quints healthy and alive and notes the tourism and regional benefits his work brought. The piece calls for a formal tribute to express district gratitude.
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North Bay
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Popeye
M.G.O
J.P
Australia
New Zealand
Michigan
Great Lakes
Lake Ontario
Antarctic
Admiral Byrd
India
United States
England
Cii
Key NG
Eeyyy i
Edad
Mae Acai
Vatronol
Dr. Dafoe
South Pole
North Pole
Appleford Paper Productc
Amilton
Toronto
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