Price Control And Rationing Guidance For Farm Helpers
Wartime guidance explains extra ration coupons for farm helpers, application steps, and required meal counts. It notes that helpers staying beyond two weeks may need ration books and that one person can obtain books for others if the books fit the RBIOS card. It also covers Canadians visiting the US and limits on butter meat and sugar exports, plus how to request Consumers' News or the Blue Book from Wartime Prices and Trade Board offices.
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Focal
Consumers’ News
Prices and Trade Board
Gems of Thought Compilation Reflections on Courage and Purpose
A compact set of maxims and quotes on steadfast purpose and moral courage. Disraeli, Bulwer, Brooks, Phillips Brooks, Emerson, and Thoreau frame virtue as constancy, discipline, and focus amid doubt. The notes contrast sapling flexibility with oak strength and urge purposeful, faithful work over idle busyness.
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Disraeli
Menare
Phillips Brooks
India to build own airplanes for military and civilian use
The government of India aims for a self sufficient aircraft industry within 20 years with production starting soon in Bangalore at an existing repair facility. The plan targets Royal Indian Air Force needs and civilian aviation, with first aircraft expected in under 18 months following the Aircraft Mission's March 1946 recommendation.
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India
Government of
Bangalore
Royal Indian Air Force
United Kingdom ‘Aircraft Mission
Winnipeg Grain Exchange opposes Canada Britain wheat deal
Editorial excerpts urge readers to weigh the case against a bilateral wheat agreement with Great Britain and other nations. They cite Canada's 1945 pledge not to sign such deals and warn that breaking faith would betray broader aims of freer international trade, likening it to treason.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winnipeg Grain Exchange
Canada
Great Britain
Thinnipeg Free
Britain
Europe
The
Orient
Winnipeg Free Press
Pleasant Trip For Alaska Highway Travel
The Vancouver News-Herald notes that critics of the Alaska Highway often dismiss the road and scenery, while travelers praise it as civilian access expands. Once completed, more people will join the chorus of praise and endorse the highway’s merits.
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Alaska Highway
Alaska
Vancouver News-Herald
Million Dollar Pearl Pursuit Turns Clerk Supine
The New York Post reports Walter Winchell tells of an aging Texas woman who desired a perfect pearl string. Carter's clerk misread her poverty and offered cheap options until the woman revealed a $500,000 price in cash, causing the clerk to collapse.
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New York Post
Walter Winchell
Texas
Carter's
Vitamin tablet drive for Delhi schoolchildren begins
Ten thousand vitamin tablets will be distributed among Delhi students to combat growing malnutrition. Each malnourished pupil will receive one tablet per dose, three times a week, with the program expanding as more consignments arrive.
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Delhi
India
Sent Work Abroad For Repairs In Belgian Shipyards
British shipowners send vessels to Belgian yards seeking quicker releases due to workers’ faster output. Col James Hutchison notes foreign exchange needs for such repairs, while Hugh Dalton says some ships must be repaired abroad with exchange provided on evidence of necessity. Goderich Ont plans memorial recreational arenairiam features include artificial tee rink and multi-use facilities. The sandal is the most ancient type of footwear.
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Belgium
London
Britain
James Hutchison
House of Comp
Col. Hutchison
Glasgow
Hugh Dalton
Goderich
Huron
Ont
Lethbridge Herald
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Emerson
Thorea
Wilson
United Kingdom
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Oge
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