UNRRA Aids Liberated Areas With Global Relief Drive
Liberty Magazine outlines UNRRA efforts to assist liberated zones and defeated enemies, funding a two and a half billion dollar relief program. Nations contribute one percent of 1943-ending year income, with the US shouldering about half, while 10 percent is in negotiable form and 90 percent as credits for goods and services.
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UNRRA
Washington
United Nations
Europe
Japan
United States
United Kingdom
Canada
France
Netherlands
Liberty Magazine
Former Queen Elena seeks thread for needlework in exile
Italy's former queen Elena, wife of Victor Emmanuel, longed for a quiet country life to knit and embroider but now lacks thread. She recently wrote to a friend asking for spools of white thread to pass time making clothes and embroidering bibs.
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Elena
Italy
Victor Emanuel
Bomb Damage Totals Reported for Churches in Canterbury Diocese
The Bishop of Dover estimates WWII bomb damage in the front-line Canterbury Diocese at sixty six churches affected. He cites nine completely destroyed twenty eight heavily damaged and twenty nine with smaller damage. Separately doctors note normal body temperature around 98.6 Fahrenheit with regional variations.
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Britain
Canterbury
Dover
Sheep Farming Profit With Low Labor Input
The feed for one cow covers about six sheep and wool revenue often meets yearly feed costs. In wartime profits rise. lambs sell in fall with minimal grain. Scott station tests show lambs from rape pasture equal to grain fed. breeding flock needs little winter shelter. sheep aid weed control. Attitude of the attendant greatly influences profits.
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E. van Nice
Dominion Experimental Station
Scott
Sask
Scott Station
Milk goat praised as economical Canadian dairy aid
The agriculture department in a Canadian booklet extols the milk goat as a cheap, self-sustaining source of wholesome milk in remote areas. It notes twice-daily fresh milk from does, uses for butter and cheese, and suitability for infants and invalids in cold weather. Only 12,000 goats exist in Canada, and their benefits remain underappreciated while northern communities rely on canned cow milk.
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Agriculture Department
Canada
North
Regina W V S Centre Projects Highlight Wartime Efforts
The Regina W V S Centre reports two major projects. A Wartime Garden survey to count gardens last summer and harvest details, plus garment making for Europe’s needy with sewing rooms in public schools. A district library acts as a community centre one afternoon weekly.
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Regina
Agricultural Supplies Board
Women of
W.V.S
Europe
Board of Education
Mechanical wonders replace mighty woodsmen in lumber industry
A Vancouver firm unveils a power chain saw driven by gasoline, electricity, or compressed air that cuts log at 2 000 feet per minute, replacing traditional lumberjacks like Jean Batiste and Black Jack Macdonald. A one man pulp machine adds 825 feet per minute, shrinking the hands on the harvest.
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Vancouver
Jean
Black Jack
Lethbridge Herald
Still Flying at 51 Despite High Command Rank
White haired Air Vice-Marshal L O Brown CBE DS AFC air officer commanding a Tactical Air Force group still flies Spitfires. He logged 62 hours in September visiting the wings under his command.
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L. O. Brown
C.B.E. DS. A.F.C
Tactical Air Force
Australia Desert Landscape Described As Vast Naught
An Australian interior desert country is described as “nothing but miles and miles” of barren terrain. The remark emphasizes the vast, uninhabited stretches and stark dryness characteristic of the region.
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Australia
Precious jewels in wartime tool roles and synthetic gems
Diamonds, sapphires, rubies and garnets play key wartime roles from diamond drill bits and precision tools to aircraft dials and ship decks. Synthetic gems meet demand as natural sources falter, with innovations aiding artillery, aeronautics, and naval safety.
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Germany
Europe
United States
Simplon
Switzerland
New ticket printing machines eyed by railroads
Edward H. Bunnell predicts a near future where railways use printing machines at offices to print tickets on demand. American models, already tested on major lines, resemble small cash registers and can print dozens of data fields, cutting pen and ink work. costing under 20 cents per thousand tickets. Additional machines handle long intercity tickets and dining car meal receipts, with sixty units already in use on Southern and New York Central railroads.
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Edward H. Bunnell
Association of American Railroads
New York Times
Bunnell
Germany
Southern
New York Central
Silent girl has better marriage odds, says psychologist
A psychologist argues that a quiet daughter has a better chance of marrying than a talkative sister, claiming that restraint and silence help a girl attract a husband. The remark, noted in a 2593 reference, reflects social attitudes toward courtship.
Helping Out Surgeon in Labrador Settlement Visit
Helping Out Surgeon Lieut J J Macneil R C N V R stayed several days at a Labrador fishing hamlet near New Waterford N S. The ship brought free unofficial medical aid with four to six callers daily. Macneil treated patients ashore and a woman in labor declined his offer noting locals rely on midwives for births.
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J. J. Macneil
R.C.N.V.R
New Waterford
N.S
Labrador
Navy
Salt Filter Cleans Seawater For Drinking
Demonstrated in Worcester Massachusetts the briquet sized chemical removes salt from sea water so it can be drunk. A flier carries enough briquets for 14 days. One briquet is dropped into a plastic bag of seawater and within 20 minutes the salt precipitates and is filtered as the user drinks through a plastic tube.
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Worcester
Mass
Needlework Pattern 7105 for Roses Princess Dress
This pattern offers a transfer embroidery design for a panel and collar plus a dress in sizes 2 4 or 6. Send twenty cents to the Household Arts Department Winnipeg Newspaper Union 175 McDermot Avenue E Winnipeg Man with name address and pattern number. Mails may delay delivery by a few days.
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Household Arts Department
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Avenue
Winnipeg
Man
Roosevelts vows liberty clash with Italian aims in Mediterranean
The Ottawa Journal reports President Roosevelt says Italians will determine their fate but rejects the Duce's plan to turn the Mediterranean into an Italian lake.
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Roosevelt
Ottawa Journal
Duce
Mediterranean
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