Seamen's Comforts Aid Allied Sailors During War Years
The Imperial Under Daughters of the Empire and LODE supplied seamen with comforts and amenities for Canadian and Allied crews. Donations included books and clothing, distributed via naval depots in Saint John and Sydney, and supported by organizations like the Royal National Mission and the Beit Sailors Society. Ship crews across Dutch, Polish, Norwegian, Greek, and American lines benefited as materials arrived through Naval Services requests.
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Imperial
Daughters of the Empire
Mra HS Angas
Naional
Dow Prats
United States
Department of Naval Services
Lode
Catenin
Canada
Nanton
Navy League of Canada
Saint John
Sydney
Royal Canadian Navy
Royal National Mise
Deep Sea
Planermen
Beit- 1 Fan Sailors Society
Royal Navy
Royal National Mission
Blah Bailes’ Society
Britain
Coveted Order of Merit Given to Ten People in Britain
Britain's Order of Merit honors outstanding work across arts learning literature and science. Only a limited number may hold OM at once with Ike Eisenhower among current initials. The article notes its unique lack of title or precedence and cites past recipients including A N Whitehead. It also mentions the Provence disaster and a curious aside about birds of prey wearing pantaloons.
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Britain
General Eisenhower
George VI
A. N. Whitehead
Cambridge University
England
Harvard University
Cambridge
Mase
Edward VII
World Happenings Briefly Told This Week
A survey reports nearly 40 000 ships piloted in the Haver Clyde area in 1906 with a prom tonnage of about 120. ex-service men targeted for assistance include 40,160 in South Africa. US warship tests planned for later this year. Canadian firemen who aided Britain in the war were thanked by Deputy PM Herbert Morrison. Australia’s butter output for 1944-45 is under 32 000 tons, the lowest in two decades. The first silk shipment to North America since the Pacific War arrived in San Francisco aboard the President Grant. Queen Mary donated nine scrapbooks to Great Ormond Street Hospital. Dominion Bureau of Statistics notes cost of living rising to 120.1 in December, up 19.1 per cent since September 1999.
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United States
Britain
Herbert Morrison
Australia
North America
San Francisco
President Grant
Queen Mary
Great Ormond Street Hospital
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Health officials urge toxoid use to curb diphtheria
Maj-Gen Brock Chisholm and Health League of Canada officials urge universal toxoid vaccination amid Ottawa diphtheria deaths. Dr. Silverthorne cites seven Ottawa child deaths, all unvaccinated, as proof of protection value. Health Week aims to boost clinic attendance and awareness.
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Brock Chisholm
National Health
The
Health League of Canada
Nelles Silverthorne
League
Ottawa
Silverthorne
Canada
Gordon Bates
Chisholm
Bates
Jose R. Andreu
Cuba
Gems of Thought on Happiness Duty and Charity
A collection of quotes on happiness, duty, contentment, friendship, and goodness from Arthur Aardy Tyron Fadwards Sterne Mary Baker Eddy Suite Tillotson and Maurice Maeterlinck. The excerpts link inner virtue with outward joy and the moral rewards of doing good.
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Mary Baker Paddy
Tillotson
Maurice Maeterlinck
Germany restricts steel production to five million eight hundred thousand tons
The Allied Control Council decided Germany may produce up to 7,500,000 tons annually but actual output cannot exceed 5,800,000 tons without approval. Older plants are to be retained. Germany’s 1919 output was 11,000,000 tons and rose to 11 by 1938 under the Nazis.
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Germany
Allied Control Council
Weather Note on Snow Quality in Cold Temps
A brief weather observation notes that sub zero temps rarely provide enough moisture for heavy snowfall. It contrasts theories that it is always snowy with the reality of dust-like fall when moisture is scarce.
Canadian War Hero Defies Red Tape For Italian Bride
Pte. Francis Joseph Yanchus of Guelph Ontario left RCAMC service in September and returned to Italy as a civilian to marry Lina Ragusa, daughter of an Italian count. Despite CO opposition Col Bowman barred the match, but Yanchus secured permission in 1945. He left Canada, rode the Gripsholm ship from New York, and Bishop Pietro Gagnor officiated at Caserta cathedral as 700 townspeople watched.
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Iipshotm
Francis Joseph Yanchus
Guelph
Ont
RCAM
Italy
Frank
Lina Ragusa
Col
F. B. Bowman
Hamilton
Dana
England
Canada
Washington
Gripsholm
New York
Pietro Gagnor
Caserta
Lina
Huff Duff helped win Atlantic battle, Navy reveals device
The United States Navy disclosed wartime use of Huff Duff, the high frequency direction finder, a long distance detection device that worked with radar and sonar to locate ships or planes. It aided breaking up U-boat wolf packs and helped trap a submarine that landed saboteurs on the Long Island and Florida coasts in 1942.
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United States Navy
HEDF
Navy
Long Island
Florida
Veterans repair squad restores London club hall after raids
A group of elderly volunteers from Priory Park Philosophers and a Hornsey Social Club repaired a hall in London after three enemy raids. They rebuilt roof walls and fittings, even after a second destruction, with one bomb causing the most damage. Councillor A. D. Blake, 74, notes the extensive repairs and plans a victory celebration in the renovated building.
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London Club
Priory Park
Hornsey
Evening News
London
Focket
A.d. Blake
Basic Bran Nut Bread Recipe From A Historic Card
A tattered recipe card provides a basic bran loaf method: mix cup bran with four and a half cups sifted flour, milk, salt, baking powder, melted shortening, and chopped nutmeats and egg. Bake at 350 degrees for about seven hours ten minutes yields twenty one small loaves. several variations replace nutments with seeds, raisins, dates, figs, or orange rind, and adjust liquids accordingly.
Mysterious World War II Despatch Found in Childs Toy
A German helmet souvenir reveals a torn despatch bearing Do not open and Alamein, with ER initials and a swastika. Fatth Porta and six year old Bruce discover the hidden message while traces of a German Africa Corps officer name appear. Soviet consulate notes 20 exiled Russians seek Russian citizenship. Attlee warns Londoners winter will be hard with little food.
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Bruce Porta
Philadelphia
Africa Corps
Marsha Frain Romme
Bruce
Joseph Seidfurt
Afrika Corpa
Nuteffendong
Alamein
Shanghai
Harbin
Manchuria
Attlee
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Birds of Prey
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Scotland
Amsustanee
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Arthur MacNamara
Southeastern
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Arthur
Aardy
German Steel
Ferguson
Fens Air
Robin
Mme
By Fred Neher
Reg'lar Fellers
Gene Byrnes
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