Canada stored U.K. wealth in wartime vaults beneath Montreal
LeLam Stowe reveals in Readers Digest how Canada became a hidden storehouse for Britain's liquid wealth during World War II. Gold bullion and securities valued in the billions were moved aboard ships and through special trains, with a vast vault system under Sun Life and the Bank of Canada, protecting assets as U‑boats hunted.
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Canada
U.K
Ineda
United Kingdom
Atlantic
Britain
R Mor
Winston Charllts
Belp
Lelam Stowe
Preader's Digest
Acheme
David Mansur
Bank of Canada
Sidney J. Perkins
Foreign Exchange Control Board
Mr. Mansur
Central Mortgage and Housing Corporation
Toronto
Perkins
United States
Sun Life Assurance Company
Montreal
CNR
Klondike
California
Halifax
Ottawa
Weekend guest and a series of light misunderstandings
A farmer visits a man with parkland and cattle and faces a string of breakfast and small miscommunications. A secretary learns cautious phrasing. A crowded church prompts a verger to post Chapel Full while a man begs entry to deliver a life or death message.
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Ceylon
China
Assam
John Smith
Scientist Ruth Patrick to lead Amazon river expedition
Philadelphia scientist Ruth Patrick, curator of limnology at the Academy of Natural Sciences, will head an Amazon expedition this year to study the stream’s biological pattern. Sponsored by the Catherwood Foundation, the effort compares tropical river health using the academy’s Diatometer and yardstick method developed since 1948 in studies across Canada and the United States.
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Philadelphia
Amazon
United Press
Ruth Patrick
Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia
Catherwood Foundation
Cummins Catherwood
Burn
Canada
Academy
Witty wags wild about wig-wags in NATO phonetic shift
London reports a new NATO signals alphabet in use by civil airlines. The piece notes updated phonetics replacing jig with Juliet and Rogers with Romeo, with names like Que gec for Q. It highlights humorous exchanges referencing Shakespeare and the humor of pilots using the new terms.
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London
Juliet
Rogers
Romeo
NATO
India
Kilo
Lima
Quebec
Pattern Shop Home Workshop patterns for sale
Pattern Service offers 10 motifs for holiday and sewing projects with step by step instructions on pattern 248 priced 35c each, plus patterns 391 and 392 for ironing boards and pressing cushions. Mail orders to Home Workshop Pattern Service Department P.P.L. 4433 West Fifth Avenue Vancouver BC with 2c air mail or 5c.
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Home Workshop Pattern Service
Department P.P.L
West Fifth Avenue
Vancouver
B.C
Two-Part Piecer Pattern 4898 with Curved Midriff
Misses sizes 10 to 20 offered for a two-piece outfit with a nipped waist and contrast collar. Includes full illustrated instructions and fabric yardage for size 16. Send 35 cents to Household Arts Department in Toronto with name address and size for pattern 4898.
Gems of thought quotes about women and education
The passage presents a series of aphorisms praising female strength gentleness and education. It contrasts male pride with domestic influence while highlighting enduring virtues from Dinah Mulock John Crumpton Hardy and Richard Whately. It reflects Victorian era views on gender and family.
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Dinah M. Mulock
John Crumpton Hardy
Richard Whately
Stickup at Portland Appliance Store Ends With Suspect's Capture
John W. Williams of Portland and grocer Gaylord W. Shiveley confronted a masked robber in a grocery next door after hearing a demand for money. Williams and Shiveley subdued the suspect, Leonard O'Neil Jr. 21, who was charged with assault and robbery.
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John W. Williams
Portland
Oregon
Gaylord W. Shiveley
Williams
Shiveley
Leonard O'Neil, Jr
Patterns Twelve Months of Lovely Blossoms Quilt Pattern 7302
Cozy quilt pattern 7302 features 12 embroidered flowers representing each month with diagrams transfers. Quilt size 72 by 102 inches. Price twenty five cents in coins, stamps not accepted.
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Acre
Alice Brooks Needlecraft Catalogue Offer
Plainly write your name address and pattern number to order the Alice Brooks Needlecraft Catalogue from the Household Arts Department in Toronto. Send 25 cents for a copy featuring knitting crochet embroidery iron ons toys and novelties.
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Alice Brooks Needlecraft
Absent-minded man loses family and car in Stratford
Joseph Mero 41 of Seaforth Ontario wandered from his vehicle and four children Teresa 17 Harry 7 David 5 Vernon 3. police drove him around Stratford three hours to locate the car and children. He had left them near the Avon river bank while another man and Mrs Mero were to meet later in Delhi.
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Joseph Mero
Seaforth
Ont
Mero
Stratford Pole Station
Teresa
Harry
David
Vernon
Stratford
Delhi
Avon River
Pair lives on eight fifty a week diet challenge
SLASIDE Calif A couple the Hemmingtons proved two adults can eat healthfully for a week on less than 8.50 after winning a wager. They cut cereals, reduced meat in lunches, chose cheaper coffee and used vegetables from garden and deep freeze while tracking exact prices. He lost two pounds, she four ounces, with daily average about 1.18, well under USDA guidance.
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Slaside
Calif
Towell Hemmington
US Department of Agriculture
Henningtons
Hennington
Canadian cattle take top honors at Waterloo show
At the National Dairy Cattle Show in Waterloo Iowa 548 head of Dual Purpose Short horns were shown. W B Parnall and Son Drumbo Ontario won major prizes including reserve senior and reserve grand champion bull junior champion female first prize senior yearling female first prize junior get of fire and first prize two year old heifer in milk in a competitive field with 23 state herd prize placements noted.
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Waterloo
Iowa
Canada
U.S
W. B. Parnall and Son
Drumbo
Recipe steps for cheese topped dough bake
Instructions describe shaping half the dough into rounded spoonfuls on a pan, sprinkling with two cups grated cheese, topping with the remaining dough, greasing the top, letting it rise until doubled, then baking at 375 degrees for about 35 minutes.
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Jersey
Guernsey
Alderney
the Pattern Shop
Ironin
P.P.L
Front Street W
Sir James Marrie
Fleischmann
Vice
Sahara Desert
Ramsay Company
Bank Street
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