Largest Drug Store In Canada Operated By Army Corps
The Central Medical Stores in Ottawa runs the Dominion’s largest drug supply, supporting Canada’s three services with shelves of penicillin, vitamins, and medical goods. It ships about 1,009,000 pounds monthly to front lines and relief groups, while aiding Red Cross and Russian relief efforts.
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Canada
Canadian Army Corps
Hong Hong
Dominion of Canada
Ottawa
Stoire
Canad Army Medical Corps
Ageold
Red Crosse Society
Russian Relief Committee
Henry Hudgon
Northwest Passage
Hudson
Soldier-Genius Wingate Made His Name On Endless Frontiers
Orde Wingate, famed as Britain's soldier genius and later major general, pursued adventure across continents. Born at Naini Tal, educated in England, he learned Hebrew in Palestine and Arabic dialects in the Sudan, directing intelligence networks with native aid. His campaigns in Ethiopia Burma and the Libyan desert earned him acclaim and a reputation for relentless risk taking.
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Orde Wingate
Britain
Naini Tal
Himalayas
England
Palestine
Sudan
Europe
Alps
Charles J. Rolle
Ethiopia
Burma
Medicine Goes To War At Central Medical Stores Ottawa
Scenes from Central Medical Stores in Ottawa show the Dispensary Section at work with Corporal Sam Smith Lance-Corporal G H Stanbrook and Lance-Corporal Frank Raney among staff. Tens of thousands of vitamins prepared for the Royal Canadian Navy. Bottling by Lance Corporals Guelda Fohnston and Betty Gartel.
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Central Medical Stores
Ottawa
Sam Smith
G. H. Stanbrook
Frank Raney
Prescott
Ont
Royal Canadian Navy
Guelda Fohnston
Bowmanville
Betty Gartel
Springhul N.S
Overseas Mail Protection Surges Despite Small LossShare
Overseas postal authorities protected movement of mail last year with substantial success. About 37,500,009 letters and 27,500,000 pounds of parcels moved, with loss at a minimal percentage. Officials credited the system for handling a vast flow while keeping disruptions low.
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Siehtly
Thas Coe
Modrerratizin
Record British stamp auction hits $1360 for two penny blue
A historic two penny blue stamp sold in London for 1360 dollars at an auction on March 27, 1841. The bisected pair paid penny postage on two letters sent to Poverty and Mull, now part of the Viginal envelopes, hailed as Britain’s rarest stamp.
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Britain
London
Hull
Pern
The Age Of Electricity Transforms Farm Comfort In Canada
The article argues electricity will revolutionize farm life in Canada postwar as provinces draft large scale water power schemes. It notes only about 20 percent of farmers have power and details brighter homes, safer lighting, electric pumps, incubators, and labor savings for rural households and barns.
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Canada
Tartner
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Eden
Johnny
Norway buys wheat for postwar relief in exile
The Norwegian government in London has purchased nearly one note worth of wheat via the Canadian Wheat Board to feed its people after victory. The grain is paid for and to be stored in Canada until Norway is liberated, with storage charges covered by the government.
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Norwegan
London
Canadian Wheat Board
Canada
Norway
Farm Machinery Repairs Boost to Beat Shortages
Wartime Prices and Trade Board says rationing of farm equipment remains essential due to material and part shortages. Farmers extend life of gear by using more repair parts, with production up to 156 percent of normal and parts not rationed.
Romance of Rubber and Canadian Invention During War
The Ottawa Citizen recounts how necessity spurred Canadian scientists and industrialists to develop synthetic rubber. The piece highlights a romantic story of national effort, wartime innovation, and the collaboration between research and industry in Canada.
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Canada
Ottawa Citizen
War Padre A Minister of Courage and Comfort
The piece presents the Padre as a dangerous duty figure equal to soldiers. It emphasizes the minister as a trusted link between combatants and home, offering guidance amid hunger weariness and wounds. The message asserts faith transcends sectarian labels in life and death.
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Shell
Bagpipes Sought by Scottish Regiments Urgently
Mayor Kenneth Dobie travels across Scotland seeking bagpipes for the King's Scottish Borderers and Dumfrieshire regiment formed into new bag pipe bands. He laments the delay, asking how soldiers can march into Berlin without bagpipes.
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Kenneth Dobie
King’s Scottish Borderers
Dumfresshire
Berlin
Crochet Pattern 7040 for Medal Lion Hat Purse Set
Crochet pattern 7040 gives directions for a hat and purse using medal lions joined with coal as a breeze exlot effect. Use Color straw yarn to highlight costumes. Send twenty cents in coins to Household Arts Department Winnipeg Newspaper Union for pattern 7040 with name address and pattern number.
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Household Arts Department
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
MacDermot Avenue
Winnipeg
Halibut and Salmon Catch Trends Highlighted by Vancouver Sun
The Vancouver Sun notes halibut remain a deep sea staple while salmon migrate to freshwater streams. It states a fifty million pounds surplus may be harvested this year with August and May catches possible. Consumers grow impatient for sooner supply.
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Vancouver Sun
Nazi emblem penny found in North Bay till
A 1939 German penny bearing a Nazi eagle over a laurel wreath and swastika was found in the till of a North Bay Ontario shoe store. The discovery raises questions about how the coin traveled into local commerce and its wartime origins.
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North Bay Ont
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Turhey
Cen
Perth
Food and Drug Laboratory
Department of Pensions and National Health
Army
Central Medical
Hong Kong
Wingate
Toronto Star
Bay War Savings
C.P.R
Canadian Pacific Railway
Angus
Montreal
W M Neal Cbe
CPR
Canadian Pacific
Scotland
Alice Brooks
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