World Happenings Briefly Told
The report covers wartime shifts in labor, with New Zealand moving public works workers to farms to boost output. Canada and Britain plan naval Christmas cards for service members. Berlin reports mass Jewish transport to Poland and a 10 hour day in key industries. Also notes Arctic air routes might open, Romanian oil goals, and Bulgaria worker mistreatment in Germany.
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Alberta
Politiken
Berlin
Poland
Robert Ley
Germany
Oliver Stanley
Board of Trade
House of Commons
Balkans
Vithajaimur Stefansson
Arctic
China
India
Russia
Clearing house for Empire air pilots training in Toronto
Under Wing Commander R Collis a manning pool at the Canadian National Exhibition grounds in Toronto gathers thousands of would be mechanics and aeronautics experts from across Canada. The pool trains in all required branches to keep fighting planes in service with about ten skilled ground workers per aircraft. Hundreds are already present with more expected as turnover grows.
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R Collis
Canastian National Exhibition Grounds
Toronto
Empire Air
Canada
The
Dominion
Selected Recipes Criss Cross Cherry Pie
A compact recipe card for criss cross cherry pie using canned cherries and cherry juice. It outlines pastry preparation, filling thickening with cornstarch and sugar, and baking steps with heat adjustments, then cooling and finishing with whipped cream and pastry strips.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Benson's
Canada
Simple Vanilla Cake From Swans Down Flour
A basic cake recipe using sifted Swans Down Cake Flour, baking powder, salt, butter, sugar, milk, and vanilla. Cream butter and sugar, alternate adding flour and milk, heat slightly after each addition, then bake in a greased 8x8x2 inch pan at 350 degrees for 60 to 80 minutes. Serve warm with Apricot Cream Topping.
Precautions Urged for Telephone Use in Military Quarters
Defence headquarters issue a warning that telephone conversations may be overheard and sensitive subjects should not be discussed over open lines. The warning notes that indiscretion could cost lives and copies are being posted on all military telephones in offices and the field.
Good Letter Writing Made Easy Offered by Home Service
A Winnipeg Home Service notice promotes a 32 page booklet on proper letter writing etiquette with examples and pointers. It invites readers to mail 15 cents to Winnipeg Newspaper Union for the booklet Good Letter Writing Made Easy and lists additional titles available for 15 cents each.
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Home Service Dept
Winnipeg
Union
McDermot ‘Ave
Man
Practical Anne Adams pattern 4200 for dresses
Anne Adams Pattern 4200 offers a practical frock with a willowy waist and a shaping collar. Features include a wide belt, collar sleeve tabs, and a girdle bow in light contrast, with options for street or day wear in wool plaid or velveteen. Sizes range from 16 to 42, fabric yardage specified, order details in Winnipeg Pattern Dept.
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Anne Adams
Kane Adams
Winnipeg
Newpaper Union
McDermot Ave
London man solves household problem with bath wash
A London evacution widower explained a novel washday method to a storekeeper. He bought soap powder and, after filling the tub with hot water, he stirred in the powder and dumped in the clothes. Leaning over the bath strained his back, so he undressed and bathed with the garments to wash them. He joked his wife never thought of it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Disciples Sent Forth To Proclaim The Kingdom
Sunday School lesson outlines Jesus sending disciples with no extra possessions, urging reliance on God and preparedness for persecution. It notes warnings of world hatred, calls for wisdom and harmlessness, and the promise of divine protection and future confession before the Father.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kingdom of Heaven
Jesus
God
Miracle advance in brain surgery aids paralyzed man
C Matthews, a former railway brakeman paralyzed for 24 years after a 1915 head injury, was treated by Dr D W Pratt at St Michael's Hospital Toronto. After multiple surgeries including silk rubber insertion and its removal, Matthews recovered full function and called the result a miracle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. Matthews
D. W. Pratt
St .Michael's Hospital
Toronto
The
Toronto Star
Matthews
Stone
Hamilton
Pratt
Journalism instructor burum eats hat in classroom stunt
Harod Burum, a journalism instructor and chemistry teacher, promised to eat his hat if his students published the high school paper on time. The students succeeded, and Burum produced a brew that reduced the straw hat to sandpaper-like texture, spreading it on crackers and eating it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harod Burrum
Burum
Vitamin A reduces eye fatigue and factory rejections at Mansfield plant
The Westinghouse plant in Mansfield Ohio found that administering Vitamin A through carotene to workers with eye fatigue cut assembly line rejections due to off color from 1.7 percent to 0.3 percent. Finished product quality improved and annual savings reached about 5000 dollars.
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Westinghouse
Mansfield
Ohio
Ralph T. Bisbee
Porcelain Institute Enameling Forum
Ohio State University
Editorial Note on Dr McCul Completeness
Readers offered the full Dr McCul set by Health League of Canada at 105 Bond St Toronto Ont. The notice directs audiences to obtain the complete collection from the noted organization and address.
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Dr. McCulmay
The
Health League of Canada
Bond St. Toronto
Ont
Sudeten Germans welcomed as future Canadians in Montreal speech
Rt. Rev Arthur Sovereign, Bishop of Athabasca, told a Montreal service club that thousands are moving into the Peace River district and that the last fertile land in the Dominion should be settled. He cited 500 Sudeten Germans among arrivals, praising sincere friendship and predicting they will become good Canadians as Canadians must help them weave into national life.
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Peace River District
Arthur Sovereign
Athabaska
Montreal
Sovereign
Czecho-Slovakia
Tave
Europe
Asia
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Wii
Ministries of War and Commerce
Hermann Goering
Aga Khan
Mat
Mms
Scotland
Criss Cross
Fluffy Cottage
Home Service
Anne Adam
Inter
Canapal
DR. J. W. S. McCullough
Gical
NEW International Harvester Company Building
FER Company
International Harvester Company
Bathurst Street
Stewart
Wellington Streets
International Harvester
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