Canadians Subscriptions Surpass Previous Victory Loan Drive
Canadians over subscribed the Victory Loan third time, showing strong support for armed forces and home war effort. The drive hit a $750 million target, attracting over two hundred million dollars in new war savings, amid heavier taxes. The campaign ended as Allied offensives began in Egypt and North Africa, reaffirming faith in final UN victory.
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Canada
Egypt
North Africa
United Nations
Voluntary Work Is Appreciated for War Bond Drive
Officials praise Canadian volunteers across society for promoting the loan and selling bonds. Entertainers from Canada and the United States aided the drive, with churches and the press supporting the effort. Readers are urged to keep bonds as a wartime trust and not cash them except in extreme need, stressing both wartime purpose and postwar readjustment value. The campaign's motto Nothing Matters Now But Victory guided an oversubscribed objective, showing strong public support.
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Canada
United States
Winter Driving Wears Car as Ten Miles Summer Driving
A report states that a mile of winter driving causes the same wear on a car as ten miles of summer driving, highlighting harsher conditions and potential damage from cold, salt, and reduced visibility.
Trickster in Canton Street Refuses Receipt for 2000 Trade Dollars
A Chinese business man asks how to recover 2000 Mexican trade dollars lent to a tricky man in Canton Street. His friend urges writing sternly for payment, but the lender recalls the amount was 2000, not 4000, and jokes that the unissued receipt would suffice as proof.
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Jade Budda
Temple Shan Chi
Canton Street
Air Training Plan graduates from Canadian air schools
The document lists graduates from the British Commonwealth Air Train's Plan in Canada including air observer, air gunner, and air gunner training at Winnipeg Manitoba and MacDonald Manitoba. Names appear alongside schools and roles with several places across Manitoba and Saskatchewan.
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British Commonwealth Air Train
Unusual Critic's Review Draws Barber's Attention
William Faversham starred in The Squaw Man in St. Louis. A morning critic lavishly described his hair and neck shaving while barely noting the performance. A cub reporter later asked Faversham about the critique, and he quipped that a barber was the first to critique his play.
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William Faversham
St. Louis
United States
Selected Recipes Favourite Drop Cookies And Honey Wards Cookies
A compact note lists two cookie recipes: Favourite Drop Cookies with figs and corn flakes and Honey Wards Cookies with bran. It provides ingredients, stepwise methods, baking temperatures 400 and 350 degrees F, times 10 to 12 minutes, yields 21 dozen and five dozen, and notes texture improves overnight. The friendly home kitchen style reflects a midcentury newspaper card.
Gems of Thought and Old Transfusion Trivia
A collage of quotes about faith and service from Christian thinkers plus a note on medieval blood transfusion attempts under Pope Innocent VIII. It recalls belief in Christ’s works, love over hate, and early experimentation in transfusion methods by ancient Rome and late medieval popes.
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Neal O'Hara
Innocent VIII
Young Czech Sportsmen Remove Swastikas From Flags
Czech youths, praised as skilled sportsmen, climb public buildings to cut out Nazi swastikas. They leave round holes as symbols of anti-Nazi sentiment. Reports from Nase Noviny in London, via a escaped refugee describe guards assigned to protect flags with no culprits yet identified.
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Nase Noviny
London
Protectorate
Christmas Seals Aid Path to Health and Happiness
Christmas seals are described as a means to help many unfortunate people regain health and happiness by supporting medical and charitable efforts.
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