Postwar Canada Plans for Jobs and Land Settlement
Prime concerns focus on postwar economy as Canada outlines plans to shelter workers from unemployment. Ian Mackenzie advances a Soldiers' settlement scheme through the Soldiers' Settlement Board, offering returned veterans suburban homes with garden plots and farming options, backed by unemployment insurance and phased demobilization measures.
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Ian Mackenzie
Mackenzie
House “Wit
Soldiers’ Settlement Board
Gordon Murchison
Canada
Canadien
Moosehide Indians Raise Funds With War Dance for Victory Bonds
In Yukon near Dawson the Moosehide tribe led by Chief Jimmy Wood staged a war dance to support Canada’s second Victory Loan. The community dance attracted about 100 Dawson residents and other Indians, helped by eight native women and seven youths, and netted 89 dollars for Victory Bonds.
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Canada
Dominion
Moosehide
Dawson
Yukon
Jimmy Wood
Soldier Artists Record Army War Paintings in Canada
The Canadian army overseas has war artists in the field to document its growth and achievements. Three fighting soldiers were commissioned as 2nd Lieutenants: Will Ogilvie of the 17th Duke of York's Royal Canadian Hussars Montreal E J Hughes Royal Canadian Artillery Vancouver and C N Fisher Royal Canadian Engineers Vancouver. Their paintings may go to Ottawa where Col A Fortescue Duguid heads the national defense historical section and Major C P Stacey at Canadian military headquarters in London guides topics. The new lieutenants had high peacetime ranks as artists.
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Will Ogilvie
17Th
Duke of York’s
Royal Canadian Hussars
Montreal
E. J. Hughes
Royal Canadian Artillery
C. N. Fisher
Royal Canadian Engineers
Vancouver
Ottawa
A. Fortescue Duguid
National Defence Headquarters
London
C. P. Stacey
Toronto
Could Be Prevented ness Canadians spent more during 1941
Figures show the Inter cost $225,000,000 and sickness outlay $250,000. Daily sickness absences cut 50,000 Canadian workers, health authorities say half of this illness is preventable. Maple syrup requires 30 to 40 gallons of maple sap per gallon produced.
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Ness
Inter
Woolton Says He Leaves Cooking to British Housewives
Britain's food controller Lord Woolton tells Lora Woolton he cannot cook and jokes about a sausage shop loan. He states his position, that he leaves cooking to the experts the British housewives, and cites unrelated facts about wood, the Louvre and human energy.
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Britain
Lora Woolton
Bank of England
Lord Woolton
Learn Guitar Fast with Home Service Lesson Diagrams
Learn to play guitar with simple chords and fingerboard diagrams. The Home Service booklet explains tuning and technique and offers seven practice tunes. Send 1sc for a copy of Ugasy Lessons in Guitar Playing to Home Service Dept Winnipeg? New paper Union. Also available 15c booklets on vitamins poems games and more.
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Home Service Dept
Winnipeg
Newpaper Union
McDermot Ave
Man
Trappist Monk Risks Fire To Aid British Prisoners
A ten year recluse at Mount St. Bernard in Leicestershire Father Celsus Flinn, a chaplain with a field ambulance, was captured with British troops by a German tank column. He escaped and, under fire, drove an army wagon to British HQ. His report helped British guns destroy the column and free the prisoners. Also notes radium produced from 14,000 tons of ore.
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Mount St. Bernard
Leicestershire
England
Celsus Flinn
Birmingham Warship Week a record £10 million raised
The Birmingham Post hails Warship Week as an unqualified success with more than £10,000,000 raised in one week. The city is praised for setting ever tougher tasks and achieving an unprecedented total in such a short period.
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A. Real
Birmingham
Birmingham Post
Confucius Reflects on Errors Noted by All
A witty remark recalls Confucius praising the honesty of others who reveal his mistakes, highlighting a cultural stance on accountability and public scrutiny. The quote frames errors as learning moments acknowledged by society.
Timbuktu Natives Set Roosting Poles on Minarets
The Timbuktu natives place roosting poles on minarets to provide resting spots for returning spirits of the dead. A scientific note states pure water reaches maximum density at four degrees Celsius.
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Timbuktu
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