Confidence in the United Nations Organization
The article notes early public doubt about the UNO compared with the League of Nations but argues the UNO will be stronger from experience. It cites Sumner Welles lectures in Canada urging patience, saying the UNO has averted postwar crises and should maintain peace as it develops.
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United Nations’ Organization
League of Nations
U.N.O
Sumner Welles
United States
Canada
J. W. Dafoe Foundation
Winnipeg
United Nations
Welles
An Effort To Prevent War
The editorial presents Mr. Welles and leading international relations students urging realism and confidence in the United Nations as a concrete path to solve grave postwar problems. It argues those doubting UNO’s effectiveness counter their own interests and jeopardize future security.
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Welles
United Nations’ Organization
United Nations
U.N.O
Martha’s Apple Pie Secret Keeps Guests Smiling
An elderly cook Martha, famed for apple pie, reveals her trick to even scallops on top. When a guest asks for the recipe, she smiles and explains she uses her upper plate to shape perfect circles.
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Martha
Dignified citizenship ceremony urged by Canadian official
In Granby Quebec Hon. Paul Martin Secretary of State announced a Canadian citizenship week from January 5 to 11 next year. He aims to replace the hurried shabby naturalization with a ceremony as solemn and dignified as a church wedding, involving communities and local organizations in welcoming new Canadians.
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Family Herald
Weekly Star
Granby
Que
Paul Martin
Canada
Martin
Belated Meritorious Service Medal Award Mentioned
Capt. J. S. Brown of Carisbrooke Isle of Wight finally receives the Meritorious Service Medal after a 39 year delay linked to the 1898 Sudan campaign.
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Sudan
J. S. Brown
Carisbrooke
Isle of Wight
First motorist fined for speeding paid ten dollars
A motorist became the first to face a speeding fine of ten dollars for driving ten miles per hour over the limit.
Price Control And Rationing Information
Consumer questions cover fuelwood price ceilings and how to verify compliance, with notices that all licensed dealers must display up-to-date ceiling schedules and can be checked via the Wartime Prices and Trade Board. Sugar preserves coupons in book 5 remain valid until December 31, and butter and meat coupon dates and expirations are listed for December.
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Wartime Prices and Trade Board
Consumers’ News
Prices and Trade Board
Smiletimed Humor And Jokes From Everyday Life
A collection of humorous quips and exchanges drawn from daily scenes. Concerning a preacher, workers, and social clich es, the snippets mix wit about hog killing, editors, digging holes, domestic life, and romantic misunderstandings. The brieflines capture familiar country humor and social offset.
Maple seed inspired WW II supply drop design
The article notes that supplies for fighters in World War II were delivered in containers modeled on maple seed capsules. These containers spiraled to the ground in a similar rotation to maple seeds releasing their wings in spring.
Jet planes to replace Spitfires in RAF squadrons
London reports the day of gasoline powered fighter planes is over. The RAF will equip all line and reserve squadrons with jet aircraft as soon as they can be manufactured. No more Spitfire models will be designed. De Havilland Vampires, Gloster Meteors, and successors are set to lead the air force.
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London
R.A.F
British United Press
de Haviland
How to Relieve Pile Torture Quickly and Easily
An old advertisement urges immediate treatment for itching piles. It promotes Hem-Roid tablets as a small easy to take internal remedy that quickly relieves symptoms and offers a money back guarantee if not satisfied.
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Nature
War veteran recalls deer hunt terror and triumph
Armand Premo, a 20 year old war veteran from Burlington, says war fears pale beside his deer chase. He brought home a 250 pound eight point buck after shooting it with a .22 rifle, riding it bareback for 65 feet, and slashing it 15 times with a hunting knife before it died. The buck suffered a superficial bullet wound. Premo laughed and called himself excited.
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Burlington
Armand Premo
Premo
Huntington
Farm Wife Worth More Than City Girl
Chicago report summarizes Farm Journal editor Gertrude Dieken’s claim that a dairy farm wife is worth $69,000 to her husband over a lifetime, with higher daily partnership and shared work contrasted with city wives. The study notes a farm wife does large laundry and water work in a 13 week period.
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Chicago
Miss Dicken
Gems of Thought on Joy and Virtue
A short collection of quotes on joy and virtue from Seneca Phineas Fletcher Mary Baker Eddy Bovee Fielding Montaigne. It discusses happiness as trust in one’s possessions, faithful home relations, endurance of tranquil pleasures, and the gravity of deep joy after change.
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Mary Baker Eddy
Bovee
Montaigne
Postal Cards First Proposed by Prussian Post Director
The idea of postal cards was first suggested in 1865 by the director of the Royal Prussian Post. This note places the origin of simplified mailing within 19th century European postal reform efforts.
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Royal Prussian Post
Veteran Builds Twin Bicycle Across Country for Family
Canadian veteran Robert K. Parker 42 prepares a welded two bicycle conveyance to carry his wife Emma 32 and five children on a 4000 mile Tampa to Seattle trip. Emma rides the second bike while the boys and infants ride in a suspended box and on a rear seat. The family, stranded for lodging, sold their car and await disability funds to depart.
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Tampa
Fla
Seattle
Robert K. Parker
France
Emma Parker
Vonnell
Dwight
Dickie
Winter Haven
Lawrence P. Parker
Dade County
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Bootblack
Mickey
Betty Dobson
United Airlines
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Royal Air Force
Farm Journal
Gertrude Dieken
Farmer's Wife
Philadelphia
Phineas Fletcher
Fielding
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