The Honor Of Yee Shan Yee
Yee Shan Yee secretly sends five thousand dollars to aid China while doubting his own honor. Stephen Holiday misreads the money as bribe money but is cleared when a later envelope reveals a trap. Yee regains dignity by returning the funds to the rightful holder, setting off an entangled tale of loyalty and sacrifice.
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Stephen Holiday
Stephen
Yee
Vee
China
America
Kwantung Province
San Francisco
Alice
Steve
Missy Alice
Shan Yee
Pattern 4799 Playsuit Suit and Accessory Set Ad
Pattern 4799 offers a playsuit with a trim jacket and front-button skirt in misses sizes 12 14 16 18 and 20. Requires 35 inch fabric for top and shorts. pattern costs 20 cents and orders go to Anne Adams Pattern Dept Winnipeg. Delivery may be slower due to mail delays. The Indian Army Medical Corps expands with 300 field units and an Army Nursing Service open to women doctors and nurses.
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Anne Adams
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot’ Ave. E
Winnipeg
Man
Indian Army Medical Corps
Camera Tank Driver for Canadian Army Film Unit on Italian Front
L. M. Kirkwood, Viscount, of Saskatoon, serves as the driver of the tank used by cameramen of the Canadian Army film unit on the Italian front. The camera is mounted on the barrel of an 8 75mm gun on the tank.
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Canadian Army
L. M. Kirkwood
Housewives Aid Allied Invasion Prep In Britain
British housewives grandmothers and pensioners worked for weeks packing invasion stores. More than 375,000,000 items were prepared and ready to ship, with spare parts coated in preservative and boxed in labeled cartons for military units.
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Britain
Mystery Tangles in a Gambling Ring Case
A narrator accuses Tim Donovan of planting something at a house, claiming he is the mastermind behind a gambling ring. Yee Shan Yee reacts, recalling dishonorable money being made to seem honorable, and hints at a wedding guest arriving early as part of a looming confrontation.
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Tim Donovan
Stephen
Airmen Rescued Ask for Chewing Gum in Coast Town
A Fortress crew forced to land at sea after an over enemy territory flight reached a South Coast promenade where curious locals pressed them for gum. The scene showed the public’s fascination with wartime pilots and their narrow escape. Modern library methods began with early Benedictine rule in the sixth century.
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Brighton Evening Argus
St. Benedict
Former Nurses Earn Silver Wings From TCAL Stewardess Class
Sixteen young women under 25 complete the tenth and largest Trans-Canada Airlines stewardess training class. They are assigned to posts and wear a chic grey gabardine summer uniform with a pale blue blouse, navy accessories, and a silver TC A emblem hat.
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Trans-Canada Air Lines Stewardess Training School
Canda
T.C.A
T.C A
British Legion Plans Home Service Corps Of Domestic Workers
The Women’s Section of the Bush Legion proposes a Home Service Corps of ex service women after the war. A residential club will be opened, with corps members wearing the Legion uniform. Services include cleaners, maids, cooks, nurses, needlework and more, paid by hour to week with rates, fares, holidays and sickness pay.
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The
Bush Legion
Home Service Corps
Legion
Embarrassing Moment at Currie Barracks in Calgary
The sergeant gardener at Currie Barracks playfully threatened to drown the next CWAC officer who appeared at the doorway. A khaki skirt appeared, and he aimed the hose at the offender. He apologized after discovering Major Doris Weston, Officer Commanding, 113 Depot Company, was the soaked officer.
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Currie Barracks
Calgary
CWAC
Doris Weston
113 Depot Company
The
O.c
Soldier on duty themes in Regina unit tale and Dorothy’s plea
Captain Patricia Hamel notes a 24 hour duty idea while a bridge game frames a story about Corporal Dorothy ge of Saskatoon. The Victory Entertainers mobile recruiting unit is disbanded and its members shift from music to war duties as Dorothy questions the sergeant major’s support. L-Cpl. Margaret Young of Kelwood dominates a Fort Garry sports program with wins in the 75 yard dash high jump ball throw running broad jump and helps her team win the 60 yard shuttle race.
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Patricia Hamel
C.w.ac
Regina
Sask
Dorothy Ge
Saskatoon
Lask
Tion
Cw.ac
N.co
Dorothy
L-Cpl
Margaret Young
Kelwood
Man
Fort Garry
Margaret
House of Lords Carpet Marks Safe Distances
A damaged text notes a tea-bordered carpet in the House of Lords marking where two members may stand during addresses. It suggests the carpet dates from sword-wielding days to ensure a safe distance for references. It also mentions Jeeps with light blades serving as snow plows in the Canadian army, 1874.
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House of Lords
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ROYAL
Bey
British Legion
Pritaley
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