Wartime Appointments and War Effort Notes
The wartime prices and trade board named David C. Dick of Cobourg Ontario as woo administrator. Mussolini orders Rome 1942 exposition preparations. Chiang Kai shek calls for stronger fight against Japan amid European war. Viscount Cobham Lord Denham and Sir Edward Griggs named parliamentary secretaries. Mines minister Asselstine outlines tungsten and molybdenum development in B C for war materials. Alberta reports livestock gains and grain crops in Peace River district. Loyal Canadians volunteer for defence service in Britain. Queen named commandant in chief of the W R N S and W A A F. Labor congress approves arming industry under government control.
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Prices and Trade Board
David C. Dick
Cobourg, Ont
Woo
Viscount Cobham
Lord Denham
Sir Edward Griggs
War, Agriculture and Information Ministries
W. J. Asselstine
Dominion
British Columbia
Alberta
Peace River
Alberta Department of Agriculture
Great Britain
Ministry of Information
High Commissioner
London Gazette
Women's Royal Naval Service
Women's Auxiliary Air Force
all-Canadian Congress of Labor
Montreal
Canadian Brotherhood of Railway Employees
Canada
Wonder Waterways Stir Interest In Caledonian Canal
The Caledonian Canal delights readers with its scenic route through Lochy, Dich, and Ness offering a 400 mile saving for seafaring vessels. From Corpach to Inverness the canal’s 60 miles of waterway showcase historic engineering by Watt and Telford and enduring grandeur.
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Scotland
Great Glen
Lochy
Dich
Ness
James Watt
Thomas Telford
Corpach
Inverness
Population of Canada 1938 provincial totals shown
The Dominion Bureau of Statistics estimates Canada’s population at 11,495,000 on June 1, 1938, up 89,000 from 1937, with every province gaining. Western provinces list Manitoba 720,000 and Saskatchewan 941,000, Alberta 783,000, British Columbia 761,000, all with 1937 figures in brackets.
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Canada
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
British Columbia
Golf ball speed and Maine coastline fact report
A golf ball leaves the club at about 180 feet per second for the average golfer. Maine’s coastline, counting indentations, is more than twice Florida’s.
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Maine
Florida
Swiss Plan For Underground Food Tanks Burying Stores
Wealthy Senator Gottlieb Duttweiler proposes a Stock Tank Association to bury sheet iron tanks 120 feet below water level in Swiss lakes and rivers. Tanks would store foodstuffs with shares allowing repayment in goods, claimable during wartime, while tests show bomb safe and temperature stabilized storage feasible.
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Gottlieb Duttweiler
Duttweiler
Switzerland
Co-Operative
Federal Economic Department
A Wonderful People
A survey notes the Hai River flood in North China drowned about 10,000 people and wrecked 120,000 houses with losses near 400 million dollars. It argues China endures such disasters, with past floods on the Yellow and Yangtze killing millions, yet population and commerce persist.
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Hai
China
Tientsin
Yangtze
Left-Handed People: Historical Bias Finally Questioned
The Roscommon Herald notes past attempts to force children to switch from their natural left hand. Modern scientists warn that compelling a child to change can harm mental and physical health, endorsing each individual's instinctive hand preference.
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Roscommon Herald
London styles command war era uniforms and hair trends
London sets fashion for wartime looks while Paris and New York hint at peace. Women adopt short bobs in Britain as hairdressers report a boom, yet long hair and longer bobs clash with tin helmets and service caps worn by women in auxiliary units.
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Paris
New York
London
Germans salvage metal from battlefields in Poland
After fighting ends German units collect empty cartridge clips shells steel helmets and other metal from Polish battlefields. They plan to melt the salvaged material and reuse it in Germany. The operation is carried out by army special units.
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Poland
Germany
Had Ingenuity In Elkhart Man Arrested For Magazine Sales
A young Elkhart Indiana man selling a magazine was arrested after claiming to study medicine and offering free operations to subscribers once he earned a degree. He claimed exceptional salesmanship and offered medical services as an incentive.
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Elkhart
Indiana
Colorado Surpasses Switzerland in Fourteen Thousand Foot Peaks
Colorado contains 49 peaks above 14,000 feet, far more than Switzerland which has eight. The comparison highlights Colorado’s high alpine landscape.
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Colorado
Switzerland
Wage increases reach seven thousand daily in England this year
An average of 7,000 people per day have received wage increases across England during the year, highlighting ongoing improvements in earnings amid economic conditions.
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England
Hitler’s 1923 Putsch Tale Recalled as Prophetic Echo
The Brockville Recorder and Times cites Rudolph Olden’s Hitler biography to recall Hitler’s 1923 Rheingauhaus putsch threat. He urged comrades to fight and die with him, then shot himself in the head as the revolt failed. Ludendorff was captured. Hitler fled, hid in the mountains until police found him.
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Hitler
Reichstag
New York Post
Ludendorff
Adolf Hitler
Hanfetaengel
Putzi
Effing
Rudolph Olden
Brockville Recorder and Times
How to Do The Newest Dance Steps and Variations
Home Service advertises a 32 page booklet with diagrams for the Westchester Waltz tango rumba and more. It promises easy home learning with step by step count forward and back moves and variations. Send 15 cents to Home Service Dept Winnipeg Newspaper Union 175 McDermot Ave Winnipeg for copy and other booklets on gardens bridge budgeting and living.
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Westchester
Home Service Dept
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave. E
Winnipeg
Kidd Bolero Jumper Style for Schoolwear
Anne Adams unveils pattern 3210 a jumper blouse and bolero set for girls. Front opening optional two pattern parts in gingham seersucker or light wool. Pattern 4210 includes sizes 4 6 8 10 12 and requires fabric quantities listed. Send 20 cents to Anne Adams Pattern Dept Winnipeg Newspaper Union with size name address and pattern number.
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Anne Adams
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
MacDermot Ave. E
Winnipeg
Always Accurate Former Deputy-Secretary For Whitehall Memory
Dr Thomas Tom Jones aged 69 is described as having an extraordinary memory from his Great War service as deputy-secretary of the Cabinet under Sir Maurice Hankey. He recalls facts and figures with precision, knows state secrets, and has kept them despite publisher temptations after serving four Prime Ministers. He retired in 1930.
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Thomas
Tom" Jones
Maurice Hankey
London Daily Sketch
Whitehall
Lloyd George
Bonar Law
Baldwin
MacDonald
Pedestrian tunnels planned beneath six Moscow squares
A project to construct pedestrian tunnels under six squares in Moscow has been announced, detailing connecting passageways to improve foot traffic and safety across the city center.
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Moscow
Young Irishmen Eager to Join Eire Flying Corps
Young Irish volunteers express strong eagerness to enlist in Eire s flying corps, seeking national service and airborne defense amid wartime pressures.
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Eire
Flying Corps
Selected Recipes Shredded Wheat Biscuits with Dried Beef
Recipe for Shredded Wheat Biscuits with dried beef in white pepper Worcestershire sauce and egg yolk. Dried beef soaked then cooked with butter flour and milk until thickened. Served on heated Shredded Wheat Biscuits. Serves four with optional mushroom variation.
Coconut Cream Jumbles
A vintage recipe for Coconut Cream Jumbles uses Swans Down cake flour baking powder baking soda salt sugar eggs heavy sour cream vanilla and shredded coconut. Mix dry ingredients sift thrice then beat sugar into eggs fold in cream vanilla and coconut add flour gradually bake at 400 degrees F for 12 to 15 minutes yields about four dozen cookies.
Tailor measuring station crew for new uniforms at rail halt
A townsman waited at a country station as a train passed through without stopping. A man leaning from a carriage window held a notebook while the stationmaster explained the figure was the company tailor taking measurements for new uniforms. Road safety notes warn about roadhogs behind wary drivers.
Sunday School Lesson Immanuel and Flight to Egypt
Devotional reading on Matthew chapters 1 and 2 covers the birth, the quick move to Egypt to escape Herod, the Slaughter of the Innocents, the return to Nazareth, and the fulfillment of prophecy. It notes dreams guiding Joseph and the divine plan guiding events.
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Immanuel
God
Egypt
Jerusalem
Herod
Joseph
Mary
Bethlehem
Josephus
Nazareth
Archelaus
Judea
Antipas
Meaning Of Close Duty Private Secretaries Of The King Al
Explanation of close duty for private secretaries to the King. On close duty the secretary has no personal engagements and remains available. A rota system is used, with Sir Alan Lascelles and Sir Eric Mieville cited during a Weymouth visit. At Balmoral only one secretary stays with the King while another attends Buckingham Palace daily to forward correspondence.
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Weymouth
Alan Lascelles
Eric Mieville
London Daily Sketch
Balmoral
Buckingham Palace
Air Marshal Bishop Becomes Full-Time Air Adviser
W A Bishop now serves the Defence Ministry as a full time adviser on air matters in Ottawa. He will inform government on military aviation and inspect flying units nationwide as a major early task. As chairman of the Air Advisory Committee he volunteered last year and will devote full time during wartime.
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W. A. Bishop
V.C
Defence Ministry
Ottawa
Air Advisory Committee
Bishop
Bears Strain Farm Family Near LillooetBC
Mrs. David Jones tells police she fights off bears for seed corn on her Lillooet area farm. She says a bear invasion has reduced her harvest and led local authorities and farmers to form a tracking party. Also notes King Henry VIII's English Bible mandate for churches.
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David Jones
Lillooet
B.C
John A. French
Henry VIII of
England
Flies Need Meat to Lay Eggs Says Old Observation
A noted observation states that flies cannot thrive on sweets alone and will not lay eggs without access to meat or animal food. The claim emphasizes the necessity of protein for reproduction in flies.
Heart Health Warning for Middle Aged Readers
The article outlines warning signs of heart trouble such as chest pain, left arm discomfort, indigestion, and breathlessness. It recommends moderating physical activity, avoiding heavy lifting, maintaining healthy weight, and limiting tobacco. It urges annual heart exams after middle age by a competent doctor.
Editorial Offer to Readers for Cancer Articles
Readers are invited to obtain the full set of Dr McCullough cancer articles by writing to The Health League of Canada at 105 Bond St Toronto Ont. This notice outlines a mail order option for the complete series.
Lindbergh unveils new artificial heart design
Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh announces a new artificial heart built as an hourglass chamber system. The device simultaneously sustains multiple living organs with artificial blood and gas-driven circulation, tested at the Rockefeller Institute and reported in the Journal of Experimental Medicine.
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Charles A. Lindbergh
Lindbergh
Journal of Experimental Medicine
Rockefeller Institute For Medical Research
Raymond C. Parker
Alexis Carrel
Unusual Accident Involved Motorcycle and Car Collision
Lancelt Milford, 24, lay unconscious for seven hours in an Ex ton Cross garden after a crash thrown over a seven foot wall. He rode as a pillion passenger while the driver could not recall the event due to injuries. Also notes that China has over 200 separate currencies, mostly worthless outside their province.
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Lancelt Milford
Exton Cross
Eng
China
Leprosy Declines Sharply in Hawaii Over Four Decades
Hawaii records show leprosy has fallen steadily for 40 years and dropped 50 percent in the last four years, reflecting ongoing public health improvements and disease control efforts across the state.
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Hawaii
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Mussolini
Rome
Chiang Kai- Shek
Japan
Caledonia Canal
Caledonian Canal
Herr Hitler
Home Service
the Ench
Anne Adar
Jesus
Air Marshal Bishop
The
Health League
Tn Canada
DR. JW. S$, McCullough
Rockefeller Institute
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