Glacial Invasions Shaped Canada's Land and Seas
The article explains the Pleisto cene glacial invasions and their lasting effects across Canada. It notes how countless lakes rapids and waterfalls mark the landscape and how southern Ontario and prairie soils reflect glacial action. Fossil shells and trees show interglacial periods and the mantle of ice pressed the crust downward.
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Canada
Dominion
Ontario
Prairie Provinces
Royal Ontario Museum
Lake Ontario
Ottawa River
Beaud Jonathan in London Pursuit and Mystery
Jonathan Hale finds Denys mortally wounded after a brutal attack linked to a nameless milord. He escapes pursuit, shadows a grimy chimney sweep, and plans a disguise to locate Anne while seeking revenge and justice in a perilous arc across London.
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Onathan
London
Jonathan
Golden Hind
Sweep
Matt Tucker
Tucker
Anne
Denys
Jonathan Hale
Red Cross Pledges Aid to War Prisoners in Canada
Across Canada Canadian Red Cross branches form prisoners of war committees to establish contact with next of kin and assist families. The text notes rapid spider web construction and cites Aristarchus’s heliocentric theory from 280 BC.
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Canada
Canadian Red Cross Society
Aristarchus
Selected Recipes Quick Syrup Cake
Early 20th century recipe for a moist syrup cake using corn syrup, milk, and beaten egg whites. Includes measurements for flour, baking powder, salt, butter, corn syrup, vanilla, and eggs, plus instructions for meringue topping with cinnamon or nutmeg and final browning.
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St. Lawrence
Restoring Stalingrad Reaches Major Milestones
Over three months more than fifty schools, ninety six department stores and one thousand one hundred store houses have been restored in Stalingrad. The telephone exchange and the Gorki theatre near completion with water supply and seven miles of tramway also restored.
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Stalingrad
Gorki Theatre
Reed Canary Grass Native to Europe Asia and North America
Reed Canary grass, common in Canada, is native to nearly all European countries and temperate regions of Asia Siberia and North America.
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Canada
European
Asia
Siberia
North America
Bombing Statistics Compare RAF and German Raids
British Information Services outlines RAF and German bombing statistics across London and Berlin. It notes RAF totals in early Berlin raids exceeding 4,000 tons in under two hours, with 1,700 tons in a Berlin raid and 2,300 tons in 45 minutes on Hamburg, while German raids on London remained under 450 tons in May 1941 and Berlin raids varied with 1,000 ton bursts.
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London
Germain
Berlin
R.af
R.A.F
Hamburg
British Information Services
Opal the October Gem and Its Australian Heritage
Opal is the October birthstone famed for its color play though unfair prejudices have dimmed its popularity. Its fragile structure can fracture with temperature changes. Opal forms from a gelatinous silica mass with filled cracks. Precious opal is found in Hungary Mexico and Australia regarded as the national gem of Australia.
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Hungary
Mexico
Australia
Soldier Allan Black Feasts on Eggs on Homecoming Night
Allan Black a Canadian soldier back from overseas ate 28 raw eggs and five orders of poached eggs on toast during his first night at home. The unusual feast highlights a celebratory homecoming with rest and comfort meals following service.
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Allan Black
Army Girls Champion A New Hair-Do in Khaki
The CWAC adopts a practical feather bob look as standard issue hair for Army girls. Many now wear feather bob cuts and feather-bob perms to balance glamour with ease of care while in uniform. Some still wear civilian styles but the trend favors the new manageable cut.
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Army Girls
Canadian Women's Army Corps
CWAC
Chicago Stock Show to Run at Stockyards in 1943
A second fat stock show will be held at the Chicago Stockyards from November 29 to December 2 1943 replacing the cancelled 1942 event. Exhibits include carload displays of fat and feeder cattle sheep and swine with open and junior classes and premiums similar to prior years. Four sales of purebred cattle Shorthorns Polled Shorthorns Milking Shorthorns and Herefords will accompany the event. the 1942 show drew over 5000 animals.
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Chicago
Chicago Stockyards
The
International
Softly Feminine Anne Adams Pattern 4443
Anne Adams Pattern 4443 offers a flattering feminine frock with a contrast yoke and bow. Sizes 34 to 48 available. size 36 needs 3 yards of 35 inch fabric. Send 20c to Anne Adams Pattern Dept Winnipeg for instructions and order form.
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Anne Adams
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave. E
Winnipeg
Man
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Beau
J.B Ryan
Monsieur Denys
Mon Ami
Milo
Milord
Gyggis
Jonathan Anne
Castle Theatre
Playhouse
Newgate
Burgess Radio Batteries
Vicks VapoRus
Uae
Aacdonaud
And
Miss Canada
Women’s Army Corps
Windy City
Ramsay Company
Bank Street
Ottawa
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