War era notes and ration changes cross Atlantic lines
The Canada Gazette notes a U B army base near Porpoise Harbor close to Prince Rupert. Holland uses farmer strikes to cut Dutch meat rations. An admiralty communiqué reports 30 to 40 enemy ships sunk by mines in Tunisia. Britain pursues scrap metal, railings yield 1,000,000 tons, and Canada US pact aligns war reports. Airplane windows use cellulose acetate plastic. antifreeze production to be tightly controlled. An innkeeper near Prague executed for listening to BBC. 650,000 men of draft age in US barred from service, and Columbia professor cites 2,000 B C Chinese knowledge. Best rubber cleaner noted for use in alcohol.
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Canada Gasette
UB. Army
Porpoise Harbor
Prince Rupert Harbor
Holland
Anet
Anne Adams Pattern 4366 for childrens rompers and sunsuit
The ad promotes Pattern 4366 for children's rompers with puffed sleeves and a sunsuit in sizes 2 4 6 8. It notes fabric needs 1 3? yards of 35 inch. Orders go to Anne Adams Pattern Dept Winnipeg with delivery delays due to mail slowness. A janitor family mentioned as living in Brasilien.
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Anne
Winnipeg
Union
McDermo
Man
Sailor Nicknames Through the Ages
The Belfast News-Letter notes sailor lingo from Tunisia greetings to classifying nationalities as nicknames. It recalls Limey for British seafarers linked to lime juice to prevent scurvy, Yankees for Americans, Dutchmen for Belgians and Germans, Dagos for Mediterranean sailors, Danes Swedes Norwegians as Skande hoovians, and Nova Scotians as Bluenose.
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Briish
Tunisia
Mediterranean
Comforting Sunday School Lesson on Perseverance
A Sunday school lesson emphasizes enduring suffering for good, citing First Peter 3 13 17 and Luke 12 32 urging fearlessness tempered by reverence. It warns against aggressive piety and promotes meek, ready explanations of faith with a good conscience and blameless conduct in Christ.
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Peter
Christ
Trute
Chiat
Flore Peter
James Moffatt
Chris Yans
Jesus
British women council backs home economics for boys and girls
A British National Council of Women committee recommends that school boys and girls receive classes in sewing, mending, laundering and home nursing to expand practical household skills. The proposal aims to prepare youth for domestic duties and daily life.
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Ariin
British National Council of Women
Mosquito Aircraft: Fastest Fighter and Bomber Worldwide
The Mosquito serves as a long range day and night fighter intruder and as a day and night bomber. It carries four 20 mm cannons and four .303 machine guns in the nose and can carry 2,000 pounds of bombs with a fuel range reaching most of Germany.
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Germany
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