Allied Air Offense in Germany Justified by War Aims
The article argues that unprecedented Allied air raids target military objectives in Germany, while acknowledging surrounding area damage. It notes Nazi aggression, historic German bombings in Europe, and defends mass air raids as necessary against war industries, amid public debate on proportionality.
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Germany
Democratic
Britain
Hitler
Europe
Rotterdam
Warsaw
Stalingrad
London
Royal Air Force
Resolve to crush German military power now
The piece argues that German leaders seek sympathy to evade crimes, while Allied leaders insist no pity for Germans can impede victory. It warns Germany will try again for world domination unless its military power is crushed now, with no hesitation or doubt.
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Churchill
Roosevelt
Germany
Vicks Steam Inhalation for Bronchitis Relief
A home remedy advises placing Vicks VapoRub above boiling water and inhaling the steam to ease coughing wheezing and chest soreness. The method claims rapid relief through inhaled vapors with steady breaths.
Maple Tre es planted in cemeteries for fallen Canadians
At the Ontario Horticultural Association 28th annual convention in Toronto J A Carroll said maple seedlings will be shipped to Kew Gardens in England for a period of growth before final planting in cemeteries for Canadians killed in the war The anecdote about Marlborough and the French ambassador frames the talk as a doorway to the maple planters.
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Duke of Marlborough
J. A. Carroll
Ontario Horticultural Association
Toronto
Carroll
Kew Gardens
London
Sentry Duty Turns On A Clever Recruit
A sergeant drills a timid recruit on sentry protocol with a sharp order to shoot if anything moves. The recruit retorts with a tongue in cheek reply that if anything shoots, he moves, highlighting wartime humor and morale.
Price Control And Rationing Information In Wartime Canada
A public Q and A outlines wartime price rules. It covers ceilings on permanent hair treatments, stable chicken prices, landlord notice requirements, maple syrup ration changes, and self tearing of coupons in stores. It advises requesting the Consumers' News pamphlet or the Blue Book from Wartime Prices and Trade Board offices.
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Consumers’ News
Prices and Trade Board
Speedy relief for tender aching burning feet
Advertisement touts Moonets Emerald Ol as fast relief for swollen feet with burning pain. Claims two or three applications ease pain in minutes and urges readers to buy at drugstores. </analysis>
Garden Notes on Seed Supplies and Planting Spacing
Seed supplies will be limited but sufficient from Canadian and United States sources for the garden year. Guidance covers spacing by crop, row width from 12 to 24 inches, and 18 to 36 inches between large crops. straight rows guided by strings aid cultivation. It notes varieties bred for scent and ornament, from alyssum to hollyhocks, castor beans, and sunflowers.
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United States
Victory Garden
British Women Tea Van Drives To Front Line In Italy
Two British YMCA volunteers Lady Brockiehurst and Mrs. Adela Pole Holland Beth drive a tea van with Canadian YMCA support to the Fifth Army front in Italy. They serve tea to clamorous British troops, have earned division approval, and Brockiehurst is noted as the first YMCA woman in Italy.
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Italy
YMCA
Brockiehurst
Sir Phillip Brockiehurst
Cheshire
Adela
Pole Holland Beth
Lady Brocklehurst
YMC. A
Sicily
Catania
Brocklehurst
Prairie Flowers in Manitoba Botany Study
Winnipeg Free Press notes that University of Manitoba assistant professor Charles W. Lowe has compiled a classified list of 1,400 Manitoba plants. The work includes common names and habitats across five vegetation regions, highlighting the Prairie Anemone as spring’s herald and referencing Norman Criddle’s local 400-name find.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
University of Manitoba
Charles W. Lowe
Manitoba
Norman Criddle
Lowe
Winnipeg Free Press
Azmo-Tabs Claim Cure For Childhood Asthma Sufferers
An Ontario household reports a seven year asthma history for J Richards of Hamilton linked to nightly coughing and wheezing. The ad claims Azmo-Tabs curb spasms quickly and promises a free $1.00 sample by sending Knox Company in Fort Erie Ontario the name and address of the asthma sufferer.
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J. Richards
East
Knox Ride
Fort Erie North
Ont
Tumbling mustard plant seeds scatter prairie wide
The article notes that tumbling mustard, introduced to the Prairie Provinces around 1887, can bear as many as 1,500,000 seeds per plant. Each pod holds about 120 seeds, and ripe heads break off to blow across the prairie, dispersing seeds for miles. Mercury usage is also mentioned as a long developing practice.
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Prairie
Central
Europe
Meat substitutes for main dishes with beans and milk
A home economics note describes meat as central to meals and suggests combining dried lima beans with milk as a protein rich substitute. It gives a recipe using lima beans, celery, onion, green pepper, eggs, milk, butter, flour, salt, and pepper, baked for about an hour to serve eight.
Smile Awhile Bits of Laughs From a Dinner Table
A collage of quips and gags from a social meal and everyday chats. Jokes about photographs husbands and wives jobs missions and mushrooms mix with light banter and a playful exchange about a bet with a cock.
Languages and Dialects Count Worldwide
A global tally notes 2796 languages and dialects spoken around the world, reflecting vast linguistic diversity across regions and communities.
Four Scholarships For Women Graduates to Research Wartime UK
Four British Council scholarships worth 300 will fund one year of wartime UK research for women graduates from universities in the British Dominions. Open to qualified graduates in any research field, with the 1944 45 program announced by the University of Toronto registrar. Cherra Poonee Assam rainfall noted at 464 inches annually.
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British Dominions
United Kingdom
British Council
University of Toronto
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