Canadians Drink Tea Amid War Time Rationing Decline
wartime rationing cut Canadian tea consumption by 26 million pounds between August 1942 and last month. shipping losses and Dutch East Indies collapse reduced world exports. Allied troops in campaigns from Dunkirk to the Rhine relied on tea pools, with Montgomery and MacArthur cited as emblematic drinkers.
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Dutch East Indies
British Ministry of Food
India and
Ceylon
United Nations
Dunkirk
Britain
Africa
Italy
France
Rhine
Southwest
Pacific
Eighth Army
Western
Desert
Auxiliary Services
Normandy
Ministry of Food
Montgomery
Western Desert
Middle East
United States
Ernie Pyle
America
Southwest Pacific
Douglas MacArthur
Eichelberger
Act of God Moves Kentucky Land Feud To Peace
Jeff Parsons prays over land dispute with the Cheathams and Deborah while a spring flood washes away the contested creekside strip. The flood clears the feud, enabling Jeff to consent to Deborah and Tobe Cheatham, with Deborah noting faith’s power.
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Deborah
Abe Cheatham
Jeff Parsons
Debby
God Everll
Cheatham
Tobe
Anna
Tobe Cheatham
Parsons
Cheathams
Jeff
Young Cheatham
Abe
Hat on Desk Becomes Silent Roll Call in College
A college class finds a lone hat on the front desk as a supposed mentor presence. After no show and a late return by a strident instructor, he declares presence by hat. The next day every seat holds a hat but no students are present.
Will Take Ten Years The Belgians Starved Under Nazis
Rehabilitation experts warn it will take at least ten years to restore Belgium to its pre war standard after German occupation. Belgians faced severe hunger with meager rations and widespread malnutrition among women and children.
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Belgium
Brussels
Pattern 4685 jumper frock and blouses for large sizes
Anne Adams pattern 4685 offers a jumper and three quarter sleeve blouses in women's sizes 34 to 46 with yardage and fabric details. Orders to Anne Adams Pattern Dept Winnipeg Newspaper Union 175 McDermot Ave Winnipeg Manitoba. Mail delay may extend pattern delivery by a few days.
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Anne Adams
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave. E
Winnipeg
Man
Buffalo centenarian gets 10 percent raise from Goodwill
James A. Willis of Buffalo aged 100 on Sept 23 received a 10 percent pay raise as a birthday gift from Buffalo Goodwill Industries. Willis, an upholsterer at Goodwill, had missed only six days in eight years, during a luncheon held in his honor. He joked he would keep the raise to the full value and noted the maturity date 1054.
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James A. Willis
Buffalo
Buffalo Goodwill Industries
Mr. Willis
Goodwill Industries
The King's Cock-Crower A British Crown Officer
A note on a medieval British official known as the King's Cock-Crower, an early crown officer whose role involved signaling dawn and royal affairs in prior centuries.
Midnight visit by Lord Beaverbrook to Newcastle paper
Lord Beaverbrook quitted a New Brunswick conference to join a late night visit to the Newcastle Weekly Advocate, the paper where he began publishing. The group included A. A. Berle, R. K. London, and C. D. Howe as postwar aviation talks loomed. Peaches arrived in England from Persia in 1562.
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Lord Beaverbrook
New Brunswick
Newcastle
N.B
Advocate
Canada
Britain
A. A. Berle
Washington
R. K. London
C. D. Howe
Ottawa
Inducement for War Ends Boosts Hosiery and Suits Claims
A Boston Post note says chemical treatment of fibres, developed for war, has reached a stage where silk stockings will be run-proof and men's suits will resist wrinkling, shine, and creases due to submicroscopic silica grains. The piece cites practical uses for wartime fabric science.
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Boston Post
Hearty economical lamb stew with rice cereal topping
A home kitchen guide praises a stew built from cheaper lamb cuts, carrots turnips onions potatoes and a crisp rice cereal crust. The recipe covers browning simmering thickening and baking for six servings, plus notes on healthful biscuits and snacks and a remark on Carlsbad caverns’ steady temperatures.
Not Like The Germans Capt Barnett Freedman Purchases Clock
Admiralty war artist Captain Barnett Freedman on leave from Normandy bought a Louis XVI clock in Bayeux for his wife. A French observer noted the high price, remarking that a German officer would have taken it. The remark reflects wartime tensions during the invasion period.
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Barnett Freedman
Admiralty
Normandy
Royal Navy
London Daily Sketch
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