Mrs Miniver and Lady Beldon Stage Village Flower Show
Amid air raid warnings at Belden Hall the villagers attend a flower show headlined by the Mrs Miniver rose entered by Stationmaster James Ballard. Lady Beldon awards Ballard the Silver Cup and grants herself a Certificate of Merit while the crowd che ers. The tale ends with the three heading to a shelter as raiders loom.
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Lady Bedon
Ballard
Mrs
Beldon Hall
Lady Beldon
Mr. Ballard
James Ballard
Mrs. Miniver
Carol
Vin
Air Field
Lady Eeldon
England
God
Fowler
Young Canadian Seaman Killed in U-Boat Ramming
Ordinary Seaman Kenneth Watson of Revelstoke B C was the sole Canadian loss when HMCS Assiniboine rammed and sank a German U-boat during a fierce close range battle. Watson is pictured aboard the destroyer. Birch oil replaces synthetic wintergreen in various products. A Prussian amber is claimed to be 40 000 000 years old.
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Hmcs. Assiniboine
Kenneth Watson
Watson
Revelstoke
B.C
Smiles and Snappy Jokes Amid Everyday Moments
A compact set of humorous vignettes and one liners from family life and travel scenes. A father daughter tea time riddle, a tired salesman joke, and quick quips about marriage, money, and mistaken remarks. light banter framed by everyday interactions and a Scottish service canteen anecdote. The tone is playful and polished for a newspaper miscellany.
Good Letter Writing Made Easy from Winnipeg News Paper Union
A 32 page booklet offers model letters and grammar tips to improve everyday correspondence. It includes business and social examples and advises using vivid language and exact phrases. Send 15 cents to Home Service Dept Winnipeg News Paper Union 175 McDermot Ave Winnipeg Man with name and address.
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Henry
Midge
Home Service
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave. E
Winnipeg
Crossword puzzle clues list from historical page
Dictionary style crossword with numbered across and down clues covering subjects from myth to animals and chemistry. Entries include goddess of harvest and various common terms such as snake, instrument, seed, and goat amid a mix of altered spellings and partial phrases.
Log stocks in British Columbia dwindle due to labor shortage
Lands Minister Gray warned that BC has almost no log stocks in reserve, a sharp drop from the typical 200 to 300 million feet awaited shipment. He attributed the shortage to a labor shortage affecting the log trade and exports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
British Columbia
Gray
Inventor Claims View Through Thick Solids in Sydney
An inventor from Sydney New South Wales says he can see through solid objects twelve feet thick and has submitted his device to the New South Wales section of the army invention directorate which called the effort on the right track.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sydney
N.S.W
New South Wales
Army Invention Directorate
Canada’s Minerals Rich Deposits Across the Nation
Canada possesses numerous mineral deposits of high value including amber bentonite corundum diatomite feldspar graphite mica and phosphate rock. The article emphasizes the vast potential and variety of minerals found across the country.
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Canada
Unskilled Crew Sail 19-Ton Schooner to Australia
Four crew members from Solomon Islands fled Japanese forces and sailed a 19 ton schooner to Mackay Australia. The party included Rev E C Leadley Dr A G Rutter Miss E Harkness and Miss V Cannon along with five men and six women. Only one member had seamanship experience, a former sailor disabled earlier. The voyage covered about 1000 miles ending in Auckland before continuing south.
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Auckland
New Zealand
E. C. Leadley
A. G. Rutter
E. Harkness
V. Cannon
Solomon Islands
Mackay
Australia
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Weil
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Grampus
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Sylvan
Actinium
Skull
Arabian Seaport
Ees
Ante Riggie
Monetary Times
Toronto
Stanley Park
Vancouver
Associated Screen Studios
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