Plight of Europe Faces Winter Hardship Across Nations
Amid postwar devastation Europe confronts hunger, cold, and poverty as transportation and production collapse. Displaced persons rise to fifteen million in the east while UN relief efforts and rationing in Britain, Canada, and the U.S. strive to avert famine. Ernest Bevin warned hunger could exceed past warfare in its toll on Europe.
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Europe
United Nations
U.n.a.ra. Organization
Canada
United States
Britain
Ernest Bevin
House of Commons
Clothing Drive Surpasses Target for Europe Aid
Canadians contributed heavily to the National Clothing drive aiding liberated Europe. The objective of 10,000,000 pounds of garments was exceeded by thousands of pounds with about four million pounds coming from the Prairie Provinces, British Columbia, and the Yukon. The effort signals post war rehabilitation support and goodwill between Canada and Europe.
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Canada
Europe
Prairie Provinces
British Columbia
Yukon Territories
Indian Fisheries Plans May Spur Large Shipbuilding Contracts
May Mean Contracts D N Khandke of Bombay said Canadian shipbuilders and refrigerator plant makers could win India government contracts totaling more than 50 million dollars if quotes are favorable. He studied Indian fisheries and recommended modernization including about 1 000 vessels of 65 to 80 feet with refrigeration and at least 100 ice freezing plants. Java is the most densely populated island on earth.
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D. N. Khandke
Bombay
India
Government of
Mr. Khandke
Canada
United States
Smile a While Jokes and Wit From The Newsprint
A light scattered panel of jokes and quips. A doctor jokes about coughs while a sergeant warns on a rifle range. Couples banter about kisses oranges and car paint. ALB humor touches movies and family talk with quick punchlines.
Crossword Puzzle Puzzle Clue List from 17 Across Onboard
Readable puzzle clues span across horizontal and vertical entries listing 17 Mulberry 18 Cask 19 To the sheltered side 21 Ship s crane 23 Peculiar 27 Note of scale 28 To shun 29 Earth 31 Man s name 34 Note of scale 35 Fabled monster half man half horse 39 Conclusion 41 Female deer 42 Long han died spoom 44 Hawaiian bird 46 Affable 48 Fencing sword 61 Poverty 452 Globe 53 Hawk headed deity 55 Elevation of a bowsprit from the horizontal 59 Portuguese coin 60 Preposition 62 To check 63 To bring forth 64 To desist 65 Metallic dress 1 Upper limb 2 Overly 3 Goddess of the harvest 4 Pertaining to the sea 5 Hump backed ruminant 6 Symbol for ruthenium 7 Greek letter 8 Tract of upland 9 European country 10 Small carrying case 11 Cavity 16 Escaped 20 Oriental 22 Part of to be 23 Auction 24 Russian given name 25 Negative 26 Australian 30 Sweet sounding 32 Philippine archipelago 33 Simians 36 Wooden pis 37 Attackers 40 Work horse 43 To act 45 Either 47 Fable maker 48 Painful 49 Plane surface 50 Goddess of discord 54 Insect 56 Lamprey 57 By way of 58 East Indian tree 61 Part of infinitive
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Philippine Archipelago
Meat Shipments Rise Steadily After Rationing Resumes
Canada reports 110 million pounds of meat cleared for Britain in October. Alfred Savoie notes steady overseas shipments of beef bacon canned meat lamb and mutton since rationing resumed. From Oct 1 to date clearances total 431000 hogs 112200 cattle 100000 lambs and 20000 sheep.
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Montreal
Canadian Meat Board
Canada
Britain
Alfred Savoie
Prices Board
Europe
Blame placed on McLaughlin oyster party for Chicago fire
An old Chicago witness claims the 1871 blaze began at Mrs. O’Leary’s stable due to a lamp knocked over during an oyster party hosted by the McLaughlins. He states the cow reacted to a stranger, contradicting the familiar tale. The lamp belonged to others, not Mrs. O’Leary. The truth emerges after 74 years, per the Montreal Gazette.
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Mrs. O'Leary
Gems of Thought on Generosity and Character
A compilation of maxims on generosity forgiveness and self restraint from Balfour La Rochefoucauld James 1 17 Mary Baker Eddy and Lessing focusing on inner virtue over mere gift giving and the value of conduct that earns respect and trust.
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Balfour
Price Control And Rationing Information
Questions about obtaining lunch rations, unrationed meat lists, and discharge procedures are answered by local ration boards. Guidance covers applying for school lunches, where to get ration books, and using spare coupons to extend limits. readers are urged to contact Wartime Prices and Trade Board offices for pamphlets.
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Consumers’' News
Prices and Trade Board
Winnipeg approves plan for Second Great War memorial centre
Winnipeg city council approves construction of a memorial centre to honor Canadian servicemen who fought and died in the Second Great War. The project aims to create a lasting tribute with a public facility recognizing wartime sacrifice.
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Canada
Winnipeg
Dodd's Kidney Pills Ad Urges Health After Forty
Around 40 energy wanes and health risks rise including back ache headache rheumatic pains and lassitude. Dodd's Kidney Pills claim decades of help keeping kidneys and bladder in good order for a healthier future.
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Dodd
Dodd’s
WAC and CHAC Meet At CWAC Event
A regional athletics gathering brings WAC and CHAC teams together at CWAC. Organizers anticipate competitive races and notable performances from participating clubs.
Notable CWAC Profiles and Leadership Moves Across Canada
Pte. Margaret Lucy Keeble of Victoria speaks five languages and has traveled widely before enlisting in Vancouver in May 1945. The piece notes her training in Kitchener and Edmonton and lists appointments for Captains Fearnley and Mabel Barker, with retirement of Col. Margaret Eaton, director general of the CWAC, including her career and marriage details.
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Pte
Margaret Lucy Keeble
Victoria
B.C
Mexico City
Pte. Keeble
England
Germany
Holland
Belgium
Spain
Portugal
Cuba
Keeble
Canadian Women's Army Corps
Vancouver
Kitchener
Ont
Edmonton
Regina
Sask
National Defence Headquarters
Margaret Eaton
O.B.E
Col. Eaton
Toronto
Montreal
R. Y. Eaton
Branksome Hall
West Heath School
Sorbonne
Paris
Italy
Junior League
Jean Knox
Auxiliary Territorial Service
ATS
United Kingdom
J. H. Dunn
R.A.M
Bell Labs unveils green light language for the deaf
Bell Telephone laboratories in New York announced a new readable language formed by electronic tubes emitting green light. The system enables the deaf to read speech as easily as a foreign language and records sound on paper. The alphabet resembles bold shorthand, and the translator captures speech music dialects and even bird songs and can record human emotions.
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Bell Telephone Laboratories
New York
Fort Frances to Host Rainy Lake Life Saving Radio Network
The Junior Chamber of Commerce proposes a two way shortwave radio system in the Rainy Lake region centered at Fort Frances. The network aims to rescue people lost or injured in the bush.
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Fort Frances
Chamber of Commerce
Rainy Lake
Dyes From Coal Tar and Cuban Island Fact
A note reports that black coal tar yields over 8 000 dye varieties many bright. It also states Cuba is the largest island in the West Indies.
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Cuba
West Indies
MacArthur orders poppy fields uprooted in Japan
In a bold policy move General MacArthur bans poppy cultivation in Japan mirroring Chiang Kai-shek’s action against land sown for opium. The column lauds the decree as a major reform likely to curb narcotics and compares it to failures of the League of Nations.
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MacArthur
Japan
Douglas MacArthur
Chiang Kai-shek
China
Kai-shek
League of Nations
St. Thomas Times-Journal
Hem-Rcid Piles Treatment Promises Quick Relief
A home remedy touts Hem-Rcid tablets for internal treatment of sore itching piles. The ad claims relief from itching swelling and pain with rapid healing, backed by a 20 year Canadian sponsor offering a money back guarantee if unsatisfied.
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Canada
A New Society Plans Arctic Studies by North American Scientists
Canadian and American scientists map North American Arctic for Eskimo studies geology biology and atmospheric and magnetic conditions. A Canadian Senate bill seeks Arctic Institute of North America incorporation. institute founded in Montreal in 1944 with six American and six Canadian governors. A northern station on Banks Island is considered to coordinate with Canadian and Alaskan bureaus.
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Moscow
Soviet Union
Pacific
Arctic
Senate
Arctic Institute of North America
United States
Montreal
North
Banks Island
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Chicago
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Mary Baker Eddy
Lessing
Luther
LIEGE
Mabel Fearnley
Calgary
M.D
M.D. 13
M. Barker
C.W.A.C
Halifax
Fearnley
Saskatoon
Eaton
Veno
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