British Women Rally Aluminum Kitchen Utensils Aid
A wartime appeal prompts Britons to donate aluminum kitchen items. Elizabeth and Margaret accompany gifts from royal residences including Windsor and Sandringham. Shrapnel fragments and a tea kettle card reach the king, while a New Zealand ace Cobber Kata is noted for shooting down planes. A cartoon mocks social snobbery amid the drive.
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Omalang
Brita
Elizabeth
Margaret
Royal Lodge
Windsor
Buckingham
Sandringham Windsor
St James Palaces
Lisabeth
Government news centralization debate in wartime Canada
The government plans to avoid a central publicity bureau, allowing regular news flow. Editors like Dr. Rogers support accessible information while critics warn centralization could become propaganda, reduce source access, and hinder public insight during war. Discussions cite costs, press conferences, and the need for transparency to sustain national morale.
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J G. Gardiner
War Services
Rogers
Regina
Fort Witham Times-Journal
Halifax
Ns) Chronicle
Ottawa
Hewa
Recu
Ottawa Journal
Defence
J. L. Ralston
Air
A. G. Power
A. Macdonald
Winnipeg Tribune
King
Canada
United States
Christendom
Overworked Words Delay Truth Says College Professor
A college professor calls ML think two overused terms in English noting they often exaggerate facts. The report cites a world speed record for house painting set in Omaha where 110 workers painted a house in four minutes and 14 seconds.
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Omaha
Ancient milkman saves build leaves fortune in final act
For over four decades a Stoke Newington milkman earned no more than 16 dollars weekly yet amassed wealth to buy homes. On his death he left more than 53 thousand dollars. An elderly New York bootblack, once deemed poor, bequeathed 33 thousand dollars across four banks.
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Stoke Newington
England
New York
London Dustbin Brigade Women Do Good Work
London forms a 250 woman dustbin brigade to collect waste food and bones from neighbors. The salvage mothers, named by residents, were organized at the suggestion of Cleansing Superintendent Eric Bell of Walthamstow Borough. They receive no remuneration for their services and are assigned waste spots in front gardens for residents to deposit kitchen waste. When fully active, Walthamstow is expected to collect enough waste to feed about 4 000 pigs.
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London
Eric Bell
Borough of
Walthamstow
Libel on Poison Ivy Declares It Harmless to Vacationers
Saya Kitchener records a claim that calling poison ivy a danger to vacationers is a libel. The speaker argues poison ivy never jumps out to injure peaceful visitors who avoid touching it.
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Saya Kitchener
Hitler Mussolini
Stalin
Bravery Praised of Dunkirk Fleet Skippers
The London Daily Sketch lauds Cross Channel Steamers shippers for courageous service at Dunkirk. Skippers made seven trips through shrapnel danger while grey-painted ships ferried between England and France. A wireless operator recalls fear yet credits British and French troops for morale aboard.
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War & Ter
London Daily Sketch
Dunkirk
England
France
Solfier
Selected Recipes for Brown Sugar Nut Bran Treats
A muddled recipe item lists ingredients such as brown sugar eggs sour milk or buttermilk Kellogg's All-Bran flour baking powder soda salt and chopped nut meats. Instructions describe blending butter and sugar adding egg melted chocolate and water then folding in sour milk and bran followed by dry ingredients and nuts. The method mentions dropping by teaspoon and baking at a unspecified temperature for a described yield of about two dozen small cookies.
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Kellogg's
Christie's
Busman's Holiday Seaman Bill Churchman On Leave
Able Seaman Bill Churchman, home on leave, spent most of his time riding a Birmingham bus where his wife is conductor. Bill is a bus driver in peacetime. In a separate note a recipe uses steak and crackers with onion layers baked in a sauce for six servings.
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Bill Churchman
Birmingham
Bill
True Patriotism Shines in Black's Harbour Town
The Strathroy Age Dispatch notes Black's Harbour New Brunswick, a small fishing town of about 1,600, has raised 510 00 in interest free Dominion of Canada bonds. Citizens show remarkable wartime patriotism aiming to support Canada’s war effort.
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Strathroy
Black's Harbour
Connors Bros. Limited
Canada
Dominion of Canada
Man Wins With Perfect Socks in Toronto Hospital Exhibit
A man renowned as an expert knitter won the only perfect pair of socks in the special hospitals fancy class at a Toronto exhibition. Judges report sixteen entries, with H Kennedy of the Queen Alexandra Sanatorium London scoring 100 points and the sole male winner, ahead of over 15 women. New bread loaves are stored outdoors and frozen in Siberia, then heated when needed.
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Toronto
H. Kennedy
Queen Alexandra
London
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