China And The War
The article notes China as one of the nations most affected by Axis aggression. It describes Japan’s invasion, China’s stubborn resistance, and the impairments from Pearl Harbor onward. Transportation via the Himalaya route remains dangerous, with heavy industry effectively seized by Japan and Chinese forces suffering from equipment shortages.
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United Nations
China
Japan
Europe
Pearl Harbour
Himalaya
Yangtse
Plants Set Up In Wilderness Within China
The article notes hopes to reestablish communications and resume military supply through the United Nations, after Soviet aid. It praises a triumph of human endeavor as China builds plants at home, moving equipment before the Japanese advance and creating interior industrial areas. Caverns and tunnels now house laboratories and machinery with up-to-date plants operating in remote settings.
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China
United Nations
Russia
Price Control And Rationing Information
Public guidance on rationing details outlines tea and coffee coupons and validity. It explains coupon values, due dates on Thursdays, how to track dates via newspapers or radio bulletins, and steps to notify authorities of name or address changes. It also describes applying for milking machines through the Wartime Prices and Trade Board and how to obtain pamphlets Consumers' News and the Blue Book.
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Soldier
Prices and Trade Board
Consumers’ News
China’s wartime industry and interior development growth
The piece notes China’s valiant war production efforts and expanding industry. It highlights interior exploration in the Northwest uncovering iron ore gold coal and mineral oil along with new power plants factories and railways. Eighty percent of prewar industries remain active with plans for steel coal shipping and related projects.
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China
Britain
United States
Northwest
All Bran Daily Keeps Constipation Away, Kellogg Ad
An old Kellogg's All Bran advertisement promotes daily intake to prevent constipation. The copy touts bulk in the diet over purgatives and urges readers to eat Kellogg's All Bran with water, noting it is a cereal not a medicine and listing London Canada as the maker.
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Kellogg's
London
Canada
Icebergs Pose Menace in North Atlantic Trade Lanes
The North Atlantic remains the only seas where icebergs threaten ships seriously, with a few Antarctic bergs drifting into western Cape Horn lanes. Most bergs never reach the open sea, breaking up in bays as they drift.
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North Atlantic
Cape Horn
North Pacific
Shadow at North Pole Confirms Exact Position
A practical tip explains that if your shadow remains the same length and direction over a full day, you are standing at the North Pole where sun behavior causes constant shadow patterns. It notes this as a method to verify exact pole location.
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North Pole
Britain’s Refugee Reception During World War II
The piece notes Britain admitted about 69,000 non British refugees from May 1940 to April 1943 amid wartime shortages and overcrowding. It cites an official December announcement stating ongoing admissions at roughly 800 per month.
Vitamin Bi Bread Echoes Quality From Dominion Test
A testing panel in the Experimental Kitchen of the Dominion Department of Agriculture found loaves made with Vitamin Bi white flour comparable or superior to those baked with the corresponding all-purpose flours.
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Dominion Department of Agriculture
CBC Chief Engineer Says TV Plans Delayed After War
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation chief engineer G W Ole states TV plans must wait until after wartime for equipment. He comments on reports of a Montreal Mount Royal transmitting station and says equipment likely unavailable for at least two years postwar with extended Canadian TV coverage not feasible for a decade.
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G. W. Ole
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
CBC
Olive
Mount Royal
Montreal
Canada
Gems of Thought on Companionship and Books
A compilation of quotes on choosing company and friendship. Jeremy Taylor Chesterfield Bacon Eddy Landor Lang emphasize restraint respect and shared aims. The sayings contrast social crowds with intellectual growth and the value of books as companion.
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Lord Chesterfield
Francis Bacon
Mary Baker Eddy
Air Cadets to Fly in 1944 Summer Camp Program
Air Cadets will undertake familiarization flights as part of the 1944 summer camp, with senior cadets eligible after meeting requirements. Flights, about thirty minutes or less, will occur within a twenty mile radius and require a parent signed waiver. Arthur L. Melling cites strong support and expect thousands of cadets at RCAF camps may get opportunities to fly in service aircraft.
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RCAF
Air Cadet League of Canada
Air Cadet League
Arthur L. Melling
Montreal
Air Cadet Movement
Canada
Mr. Melling
UNRRA estimates vast postwar relief needs across Europe
UNRRA projects total import requirements of about 45 million tons of foodstuffs oils fats chemicals fertilizers rubber wood hides leather clothing coal metals and more to rehabilitate Europe after the war. Canada plans a major wheat contribution led by Dr. G S Barton head of the agricultural food board and delegate at the Hot Springs conference establishing postwar cooperation among member nations. The UN seeks immediate relief upon liberation of occupied territories.
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United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration
UNRRA
Europe
Canada
GS. H. Barton
Dominion
Agricultural Food Board
Hot Springs
United Nations
The Age Of Chivalry Not Passed Opinion Rebuttal
An Eastern city newspaper defends the lingering value of chivalry with a London Free Press retort. It cites men who perform household and home duties, pay taxes, deter crime, and support families, while Edmonton Journal notes the daddy longlegs is not a true spider but a relative of the scorpion.
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London
Ontario
Free Press
Ataira
Edmonton Journal
Daddy Longlegs
Humorous Fragments From Daily Life Screened
A collage of short comic exchanges shows marital quirks and oddities. A neighborly scene turns to complaints about noise cat poison and a police visit while a man jokes about beauty and money. The snippets capture light, everyday dilemmas and wry reflections.
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Vitamin Bi
Jeremy Taylor
Landor
Andrew Lang
Mecca
Air Cadets
Joan
Simms
Grant
Lydia E. Pinkham
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