Daylight saving time set for Montreal in April
Montreal officials announce daylight saving time will begin April 28. In other notes, West Belfast police raid yields arms and documents tied to IRA activity. German spokesmen say 200000 Polish war prisoners aid German farming and require 800000 more workers. Polish missionary Rev Joseph Chichocki heads to France to join Polish legions. European refugees bring millions into Canada for new industries while Finland aid is urged by the League. Canadian policy notes cover Finnish supplies and women’s labor mobilization in France. Mount Vernon Die Casting Co rejects Soviet tank parts order amid Finnish heritage of workers.
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West
Belfast
Germany
Joseph Chichocki
Canadian Arctic
France
Canada
Dominion
F. Cc. Blair
League of Nations
Labor Ministry
Horses Dress Up Docks Vans With Brass Charms
In London dockyards petrol shortages push haulage contractors to use horse drawn vans. Horses wear brass charms on foreheads and martingales. Some symbols trace to preChristian times, including sun rays and “The Horse of the Saxon Banner,” linked to Saxon era aid campaigns and the Heptarchy.
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J. R. T. Taylor
P.L.A. Monthly
London Docks
England
Fair Isle
Pairing charcoal fuel with new car aims for efficiency
Kelvin Anderson of Parkes Australia has perfected a charcoal burning vehicle capable of 75 miles on a three-bushel bag of charcoal, costing about 27 cents.
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Kelvin Anderson O
Parkes
Australia
Dundee Jute Mills Rally to Textile War Effort
In Dundee Scotland the jute mills have produced 110 million sandbags since the war began at a rate of 5 million weekly. Britain’s share exceeds one thousand million. India has doubled its sandbag output to 712 million bags. Hessian cloth for bags and camouflage work also drives Dundee’s wartime textiles.
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Europe
Great Britain
Dundee
Scotland
France
India
Britain
Calcutta
Hessian
London
Wind sor Circus Clown Lives Many Lives Since War
A Wind sor England circus clown has worked as a night porter road laborer photographer and pantomime clown since the war began. The subject reflects a variegated six month span of wartime life.
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Windsor
Eng
Victorian Footstool From Two Cake Boards
Simple to make comfortable footstool uses two cake cutting boards as a base with four wooden blocks as feet. Build by gluing blocks between boards, screwing doorstops as feet, padding the top with stacked batting circles, and covering with flowered fabric or needlepoint plus fringe. Send 15c for the booklet.
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Home Service Dept
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave. E
Winnipeg
Planting for Profit in Small Vegetable Plots
The guide explains compact bed layouts with 12 to 30 inch spacings for vegetables. It covers succession planting, quick maturing crops like lettuce and spinach, and notes on using space between larger crops. It also advises sourcing nursery stock from reputable Canadian suppliers and buying seeds from professional seed houses for dependable results.
Dainty Anne Adams Pattern Promises Slim Silhouette
Anne Adams Pattern 4380 features long front and back seams, hip shaping, gentle bust gathering, scalloped neckline and optional scalloped sleeves. Available sizes 34 to 48, size 36 requires 41.39 yards of 39 inch fabric. order by sending 20 cents to Anne Adams Pattern Dept Winnipeg Newspaper Union Winnipeg.
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Anne Adams
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave. E
Winnipeg
Dentists Offered Internships Across Growing Hospital Programs
The article notes a rise in internship opportunities for dentists across multiple hospitals. It highlights expanding programs, increased clinical exposure, and potential pathways into specialty training within the hospital system.
Impractical Fashion: Those Indifferent Seek Style Footing
A common belief links disregard for others opinions with overcompensation through spending on appearance. People often chase social signals to project status, even when independence from external judgment is claimed.
Firestone Canada executive predicts rubber tire boom across western region
W H Funston president of Firestone Canada travels across western Canada note strong farm profits and rising oil quotas boosting demand. He foresees a huge expansion in rubber tires for agriculture and military use with Canada able to meet increased wartime and peacetime needs.
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Canada
W. H. Funston
Firestone Tire & Rubber Co. of Canada, Limited
Hamilton
Ontario
Mr. Funston
Turner Valley
Harvey Firestone
Crucifixion Reflections on Golgotha and Jesus Death
Sunday school lesson outlines Isaiah 53 3 and Matthew 27 32 56 50 to reflect on the crucifixion at Golgotha known as Calvary. It covers the narcotic offer, Jesus decline, the crucifixion ordeal darkness at noon and final surrender of life with the quoted six remaining words and psalm allusions.
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Jesus
Sgolgotha
Golgotha
Calvary
Edersheim
Jerusalem
Johnson
Mary
Walter Russell Bowie
Matthew
Eli
Lama Sabachthani
Luke
Giant Torpedo A Type of Naval Explosive Probe
A Giant Torpedo A type of torpedo used by the British and the Royal Canadian navies consists of a hollow steel body and an explosive head. It is cylindrical in shape 22 feet long and 21 inches in diameter weighs over one and a half tons and travels at a speed of 50 miles an hour.
Manitoba Red Cross Holds Annual Meeting in Winnipeg
The Manitoba Division of the Canadian Red Cross met February 27 at the Civic Auditorium Winnipeg with large attendance. Victor Sifton was re elected president. officers and committees were praised for shifting the division from peace to war footing. The payroll totals show limited paid staff and a focus on giving, with no sales of Red Cross goods. Special funds supported relief in Chile China Poland and Finland.
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Manitoba
Canadian Red Cross
Civic Auditorium
Winnipeg
Victor Sifton
Manitoba Red Cross
Red Cross
W. G. C. Martin
Fletcher
W. H. Simpson
F. McKeown
Selendis Maas
Alice Furnival
Gladys Pritchard
Vivian Pink
Shirley Liddle
Margery Fowler
Dunn
Women's War Work Committee
Ray Rutledge
Helen Leggo
George Elliot
Harry England
John Hardy
Hiss Bauer
Martin
Chile
China
Poland
Finland
Giraffe Returns to Europe After 1500 Years
The record notes that after Julius Caesar imported the first giraffe to Europe, a lapse of about fifteen centuries occurred before another giraffe was brought to the continent. The event marks a rare horticultural and zoological milestone in ancient and medieval exchange.
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Julius Caesar
Europe
Tuberculosis Toll Among Canadian WWI Veterans
McLean's magazine reports over 3,000 Canadian WWI enlistments died of tuberculosis and more than 4,000 veterans remain on pension for TB. If 3,000 died were treated two years at three dollars daily, costs would top 60.5 million dollars. The Royal Army Medical Corps orders x ray screening for all recruits and tests for other conditions. less than 1% show TB signs in exams done. Prevention through early detection is stressed.
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McLean’s
Canada
Canadian Tuberculosis Association
Royal Army Medical Corps
Editorial Note on Dr McCullough Cancer Articles
Readers may obtain the full set of Dr McCullough cancer articles by writing to The Health League of Canada at 105 Bond St Toronto Ont. The notice invites subscribers to request a complete compilation from the group based in Toronto.
Two-Headed Trout Cuthbert Lived 7 Years At AMNH
Science Service notes two headed fish die young in hatcheries but Cuthbert the Great trout at the American Museum of Natural History survived seven years and seven months and reached eight inches. A bird nests in the first attempt with a nest pattern echoed through generations. In England over two million people share ten surnames led by Smith Jones Brown Taylor Davis Wilson Lewis Walker Morris and Wright.
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Science Service
Cuthbert the Great
American Museum of Natural History
England
Smith
Jones
Brown
Taylor
Davis
Wilson
Lewis Walker
Morris
Wright
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MacDonald Tobacco Company
Montreal
Mount Vernon Die Casting Corp
Mount Vernon, N.Y
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Masie
The
Canada Starch Company Limited
Dept. B
Firestone Tire & Rubber Co., Ltd
MR. W. H. Funston
Ams
Wealth League
J. W. S. McCullough
Cana
Dian Army
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