A Switch In Time at the Texas Border Barracks
McNew, a corporal, faces a morale test as he disguises Santa for a regiment's Christmas party. With whiskers lost to a goat and fireflies lighting his way, he must convince skeptical Sonny that magic exists while delivering a magical gift through improvised means.
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Santa Claus
Kansas City
McNew
Marianne
Sonny
Henry
Lenny
MecNew
MccNew
Texas
Corporal Me
Real Success of Victory Bonds Depends on Holders
W. L. Clark argues in the Windsor Star that the Fifth Victory Loan’s success hinges not only on sales but on purchasers keeping bonds. If buyers sell soon after purchase, the impact diminishes. only in genuine emergencies should bonds be sold, with holders keeping them as part of fighting inflation.
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Canada
W. L. Clark
Windsor Star
Selected Recipes Puddings with Character and Flavor
Puddings like people have personalities with Yorkshire as a sturdy good provider type while Snow pudding is ethereal and demure Cranberry Patsy described as a gay young lady in a red beret. The recipe uses cranberries sugar water flour baking powder salt shortening Al Bran milk eggs and yields eight to nine servings. Bake 400 F for about 30 minutes and serve warm with thin cream.
Industrial health push urges syphilis screening in workers
Lt Col D H Williams told 500 Canadian industrial health leaders that about 200000 Canadians have syphilis and 30000 will die prematurely. He urged pre employment Wasserman tests and routine checks, plus education for employers and workers, while noting secrecy laws limit physicians from disclosing infections to management.
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Toronto
D. H. Williams
RCAMC
Division
Department of Pensions and National Health
Ottawa
Williams
The
Health League of Canada
Ontario Department of Health
Wasserman
Canada
William
Colonel Befriends McNew After Christmas Mishap
In a tense scene a soldier named McNew endures a mistaken Christmas performance and a tree collapse. The colonel, viewing him as capable, offers him a recruiting post in Kansas City to care for Sonny, who will visit his grandmother there. McNew accepts but remains wary.
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Wata Claus
McNew
Kansas City
Sonny
Snow
Valuable manuscript found in Hen don returned to Bodleian Library
A Latin manuscript of the Institutes of Justinian salvaged at Hen don near London has been returned to the Bodleian Library Oxford England, where it had disappeared some time ago.
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Hendon
London
Bodleian Library
Oxford
England
Chinese Company Joins Indian Army In Desert Camp
A silken flag bearing 12-pointed stars on blue and green waves above the Indian Army camp near Pasrah. The first Chinese company to serve with the Indian Army totals 350 skilled workers including technicians fitters carpenters welders and sail-makers. England pioneered animal cruelty prevention societies.
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Pasrah
China
Honour Roll free issue proves popular in Canada
The free Honour Roll, issued for recording volunteers in the Navy, Army and Air Force on Active Service, proved popular among churches schools and organizations across Canada. Designed in heraldic form with the Canadian coat of arms and allied flags it is available in 12 36 102 412 and 612 names via the Director of Army Recruiting Ottawa.
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Canada
Ireland
Scotland
England
France
Army
Air Force
Army Recruiting
Aylmer Building
Ottawa
Directorate of Army Recruiting
Navy
Red Cross Cabled Messages Reach War Prisoners
Canada maintains a year-old Red Cross program allowing prisoners of war in enemy territories to receive cabled messages from relatives and friends. Officials say Canada may be unique in offering this service, with other nations examining similar plans and other ideas like prisoner broadcasts. Red Cross confirms messages have reached prisoners in Germany, Italy, and some in Japanese custody, though coverage in Japanese-controlled areas remains uncertain.
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Canadian Red Cross
Ottawa
Canada
The
Red Cross
Germany
Italy
Baby Doll Pattern 4580 Provides Wardrobe for 10 to 20-Inch Dolls
Anne Adams advertises Pattern 4580 a complete baby doll wardrobe kit for indoor outdoor wear suited to dress up and play. Available in sizes 10 12 14 16 18 and 20 inches orders go to the Anne Adams Dept Winnipeg Newspaper Union 179 McDermott Ave E Winnipeg Man. Send 20 cents by coin only and include name address and pattern number. Mail delays noted due to slow mail service.
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Anne
Anne Adams
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermott Ave. E
Winnipeg
Man
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