Fighting Canada's Battles In Northern Manitoba And Saskatchewan
The article describes labor relations at Flin Flon mines with an Employes Welfare Board elected by employees. It details career paths from bull gang to trades, health and safety programs, company housing of services, and broad opportunities for beginners and skilled workers. It notes towns like Winnipeg, St Boniface and Brandon and mentions educational and cultural life in Flin Flon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bull Gang
Robert Service
Yukon
Lou
Flin Flon
Winnipeg
St. Boniface
Brandon
Welfare Board
National Safety Council of America
Fand
St. John Ambulance Association
Flin Fion
Poles Rename Streets Show Resistance To Germans
London Daily Sketch reports Warsaw street renamings by the Underground Fighting Directorate reflecting Polish resistance and praise for the Allies. Zieleniecka Avenue became Winston Churchill Street, Saska Topa square Presi dent Roosevelt Square, Jerusalem Avenue General Sikorski, and Bank Square Stefan Starzynski, Warsaw’s heroic Lord Mayor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warsaw
Poland
Zieleniecka Avenue
Winston Churchill Street
Saska Topa Square
Roosevelt
Women at War Industry Hit 70 Percent in Gun Mfg
In Canada during the war women now perform about 70 percent of machine gun manufacture work, make up over half the workers in instrument factories, and constitute more than 27 percent of the 6,000 aircraft workers, reflecting a major shift in industrial labor.
The Wise Men Quest and Worship in Bethlehem Tale
Devotional piece recounts the Wise Men seeking the infant Jesus in Bethlehem during Herod’s reign. It notes their journey from the East, the star as omen, Herod’s fear, and the gifts of gold, frankincense, and myrrh. It recounts their worship and their return home by another route per divine warning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jesus
Herod the Great
Bethlehem
Judea
Matthew
Caspar
Melchoir
Balthazar
Kepler
Arabia
Persia
Herod
Jerusalem
World Happenings Briefly Told
A Peyearold Glasgow seaman kept a date with a blood donor service though he was three months late because he was torpedoed. There were 72 establishments in Canada in 1942 manufacturing concentrated milk products for human consumption. More than 2,567 prisoners of war are employed in wood cutting and other work across Canada the labor department says the project is working well. The war office reports on November 15 Britain held 357,630 Italian prisoners of war in custody in the United Kingdom the dominions and elsewhere. A new airgraph filming station opened in Calcutta and an air graph section serving Bengal Assam Bihar and Orissa started.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
Labor Department
War Office
Britain
United Kingdom
Dominions
Calcutta
Bengal
Assam
Bihar
Orissa
Also Mentioned on This Page
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
3. P. Benet
Manitoba Chamber of Mines
Employees Control Welfare Board
Up Ron
Manitona’s
Surface and Transportation Department
Flin Flow
Mann
Women IN Industry
God
Athena
Ireland
Seaport
Celebes
Organe France
Noahs Bos
Reg'lar
Gene Byrnes
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