Canadian Wrens Arrive On Duty In New York On Loan To RN
Canadian Wrens from multiple provinces arrive in New York on loan to the Royal Navy. They tour landmarks, settle into shared apartments, and begin duties at RN Headquarters with Paywriters and Supply Assistants handling pay and clothing.
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New York
Royal Navy
Eyterer
New York City
Broadway
Rockefeller Centre
Doubledecker
Fifth Avenue
Nova Scotia
New Brunswick
Quebec
Ontario
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Staten Island
New York Sea
United Nations
Women's Military Services Club
Atlantic
The Bella Mystery and the Tichborne Case Explored
The Bella sank off Valparaiso in a 90 year old storm with Roger Tichborne aboard. A claimant from Wagga Wagga, Arthur Orton, sparked England’s famed Tichborne trial, was found guilty of perjury after a lengthy case, and died quietly years later.
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Bella
Rio de Janeiro
Valparaiso
Tichborne
England
Roger Charles Tichborne
Kate Doughety
Tichborne Park
Wagga Wagga
Queensland
Australia
Arthur Orton
Orton
Edward Kenealy
Kenealy
Arthur
Marylebone
R. M. Harrison
Windsor Star
Fight Inflation Canadian Women In Town And Country Are Waging War
Edna Jaques argues Canadian women led a successful drive to hold price ceilings during 1941 to 1943. She notes real price gains stayed low thanks to women's collective efforts on groceries and essentials, while warning inflation could erode war gains and national value without continued citizen action from cities and farms.
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Canada
Telegram sent to 94000 Canadian railway workers for Victory Loan
R C Vaughan chairman and president of Canadian National Railways issued a nationwide telegram to all National System employees in Canada urging cooperation to ensure Sixth Victory Loan success. Teleprinters linked coast to coast carried the message from Montreal while Beatrice Tilley supervised its formation in the main office.
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Canadian National Telegraphs
Montreal
R. C. Vaughan
Canadian National Railways
National
Canada
Victory
Loan
Vaughan
Beatrice Tilley
Poisonous Weeds Linked to Livestock Feed Problems
The National Weed Committee reports that complaints from livestock men often stem from poisonous or injurious weed seeds in feed. Bitter seeds cause animals to refuse eat, and listed weeds include wild mustard black mustard worm seed mustard penny cress tumb ling mustard purple cockle false flax plus darnel cow cockle blue burr hare s ear mustard wild radish and ergotized grains.
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National Weed Committee
Postal Service Test For Overseas Mail Weight
The Canadian Postal Corps suggests testing a parcel for overseas soldiers by standing on it. If the parcel bears an average person’s weight, it should withstand the heavy load of mail bags sent to troops abroad.
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Canadian Postal Corps
Milk and canteens tied to workday meals in Britain
About 3.5 million Britons or a quarter of the working population eat midday meals in industrial canteens. Scientists say warm milk at meals helps induce sleep.
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Great Britain
Lack Of Pep Salad Bowl Is A Remedy For Spring Fever
Spring fever symptoms include daydreaming and poor appetite. Nutritionists advise a vitamin rich salad approach using leaf lettuce radishes onions raw turnips carrots and dandelion leaves to replace older remedies and brighten health in spring.
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Ottawa
Committee Recommends Replacing 188000 Belgian Farm Homes
The Committee on Reconstruction urges replacing 100000 dilapidated farm houses and adding 188000 new or replaced homes over twenty years. It calls for a rural division in the National Housing Administration to coordinate housing with land use and credit, plus subsidies, long term loans, mortgage insurance, and worker housing facilities.
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Committee On
National Housing Administration
Farm Housing Advisory Committee
Department of Agriculture
Longtime Windsor Housekeeper Dies After 27 Years Service
Amelia Rawlings, longtime Windsor Castle housekeeper and close confidant of Queen Mary, died after serving the royal household for more than a quarter of a century. She lived at Adelaide Cottage within the castle grounds since retiring in November 1939.
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Windsor Castle
Amelia Rawlings
Rawlings
Windsor
Queen Mary
Adelaide Cottage
Castle
Red Tape Dictated Early Official Procedures
The phrase red tape arose from historic official documents bound with red cords, symbolizing long bureaucratic processes. This practice reflected the era when government paperwork dictated procedural delays and formalities.
Sweetheart Pinafore Pattern Offered For Young Seamstresses
Embroidered pinafore pattern 7006 includes transfer embroidery designs and all necessary pieces in sizes 2 4 and 6 with full directions. Send twenty cents in coins to Household Arts Department Winnipeg Newspaper Union 175 McDermot Avenue Winnipeg Man. Write name address and pattern name clearly as mail delays may occur.
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Household Arts Department
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Avenue
Winnipeg
Man
Wonders Of Nature Research Findings Pack A Dozen Facts
Wonders of Nature notes the diverse behaviors of gulls butterflies and caterpillars. It mentions fur bearing animals predicting winter and four ounce hummingbirds over the Gulf of Mexico. Mayflies last about 12 hours and some turtles live 200 years. London Free Press 29.
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Gulf of Mexico
London Free Press
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Ont
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Stevenson Field
Nell Ross
Vancouver
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Toronto
Louise LeClair
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Pei
Betty Dowler
Pidgeon Lake Alta
Dorothy Winter
Regina
Patricia Arnand Truro
N.S
Alma Lauer
Rosthern
Sask
Alice Brooks
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