Canada a Land of Opportunity Through War and Peace
A Royal Bank bulletin highlights Canada as a land of opportunity, noting expanded industries and resources during the war, rising global power roles, and growth in mining farming and hydro power. It emphasizes confidence in the future and the need to provide civilian life opportunities for returning soldiers and a growing generation.
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Canada
United Nations
Great Britain
United States
Royal Bank of Canada
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Piles relief ad promises quick cure with Hem Roid
An advertisement claims Hem Roids offers fast relief from sore painful piles by improving bowel movement and blood circulation. It urges readers to buy a package, try it in privacy at home, and promises a refund if not satisfied, with a return policy and payment terms.
New Cure Claim For African Sleeping Sickness Published
An article in a Science official Journal of American Scientists reports a new arug cure for African sleeping sickness and claims it cured early cases at no cost. The piece notes the disease’s deadly history and mentions Peter the Great’s late literacy before czarship.
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Science Official Journal of American Scientists
Eye Shields Arabs Use These As A Protective Measure
Thousands of Arabs in the Middle East wear cellulose acetate eye shields supplied to British troops of the South, Ninth and Tenth Armies. Britain produced hundreds of millions of shields to guard eyes from poison gas, sand, dust, and sun glare. they save Arab children from desert eye infections. B. X. Plastics Limited sees a postwar market in the Middle East and Far East for this wartime item.
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Middle East
Britain
B. X. Plastics, Limited
Far East
Price Control And Rationing Information
Q May we sell rationed commodities at our church bazaar without coupons. Apply to local ration board before bazaar. Q Tenants over 15 days behind rent: law allows notice to vacate. Q Farmer needs small arms ammunition: reissue through local ration board. Q Butter home consumption riders must turn in coupons monthly. Send questions or request pamphlets to Wartime Prices and Trade Board office in your province.
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Consumers News
Prices and Trade Board
Jumbled Punchlines and Snappy Quotations Collide
A collage of wry one liners, dialogues, and quips features sailors, hobos, a housewife, a naval officer, and a merchant. Bits touch on being lost, hunger, prices, circuses, and jokes about socks, suits, and gifts in a playful, period tone.
Navy creates test station in Mojave for new war weapons
The United States Navy has established a $35,000,000 ordnance test station on a 656,000 acre government tract in the Mojave desert lava mountains California. The facility will test rockets and other weapons potentially aimed at Japan with operations starting in about 18 months.
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California
Mojave Desert
Lava Mountains
U.S. Navy
Japan
Itching Scalp Relief Advertised Drug Treatment
An old advertisement promotes a scalp itch remedy claiming to soothe itching fast. It suggests applying daily with a solution and using shampoo every fourth day. The ad mentions emerald oil in a suitable bottle available at drugstores.
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Moone
Potato Cream Soup and Russian Cabbage Soup Recap
A home kitchen guide outlines Potato Cream Soup with peeled potatoes celery parsley onion water milk flour and butter, cooked until tender then sieved and thickened, served with fried onions and crackers. Also describes Russian Cabbage Soup using onions cabbage stock and flour, with optional sausage balls and crackers.
Hitler's Pet Soldier Rommel Faulted as Tactical Gambler
The Times calls Rommel a brilliant tactician though critics like Field Marshal Smuts and Sir Bernard Montgomery dispute the praise. The piece argues Rommel’s notable successes came from superior mechanical and artillery power, while he faltered under equal conditions and left the Africa Corps amid the Tunisian setback.
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Smuts
Bernard Montgomery
Rommel
Marbeuge
St. Valery
el Alamein
Africa Corps
Berlin
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