War era notes on empire effort and war service
British writes of colonial dairy support and stock farming aid to Kenya. Norwegian publishers quit under Quisling rules. British Overseas Airways runs routes over 40 000 miles. Veterans Guard of Canada in prairie city boasts 27 personnel with four ranks. Auchinleck cites India prison costs at 11 340 000 in three years. Canada builds a statistics machine factory for army supply. Gold Coast donors ship 20 000 to Britain for fighter aircraft total 140 000. Rhodes scholars in armed forces and government, including Dieppe. Italian POW honored for saving youths from a river in Cambridge by the mayor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dhe Company
Veterans Guard of Canada
Prairie City
Gold Coast
Britain
Ripeness Not Determined by Color for Oranges
A statement notes that ripe oranges do not turn color and that new varieties stay green when ripe. The article argues public prejudice leads to colored fruit to signal ripeness, pressuring sellers to color oranges orange regardless of actual maturity.
Penicillin Production At Toronto Institute News
Dr. H. J. Cody of the University of Toronto reports over a year of penicillin production research at Banting Institute. He notes current Toronto penicillin is reserved for armed forces use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. J. Cody
University of Toronto
Banting Institute
Toronto
Funny Lines and Short Answers From Country Gossip
A collection of quick wits and comical exchanges including a maid and Mrs Grimm-So you have a job with my friend, Eskimos joking about chewing the fat, a judge recalling a damaged cart, a mistaken sign reading No Eguy, and a late parting remark. The shuffled snippets capture light humor and social quips.
Promised Inheritance and Rain From Heaven in Deuteronomy
Devotional note expounds Deuteronomy chapters on Israelite obedience to God bringing strength and conquest of Canaan. It contrasts rain from heaven with Egypt’s irrigation and warns punishments for idol worship. Ends noting 3,500 London transport ads painted on buses to save paper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Egypt
Nile
Palestine
Apri
Canaan
Gladstone
London Transport
Anne Adams Pattern 4493 Offers Simple Button Front Frock
Pattern 4493 by Anne Adams promises an easy honey to hop into frock with acute dress sense. Available in junior miss sizes and requires 34 yards of 35 inch fabric for size 13, order by sending 20 cents to the Anne Adams Pattern Dept in Winnipeg. Scientists note Florida as the only peninsula where seas build up coasts on both sides.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anne Adams
Winni McDermot Newspaper Union
Eve
Winnipeg
Man
Florién
Also Mentioned on This Page
Kenya
British Overseas Airways
Empire Air Communications
Claude Auchinleck
India
New Delhi
Rhodes Echolara
Dieppe
Im Bielly
Royal Humane Society
Jord
Cambridge
England
Deskey Mescet
Cenedien Army
Saskatoon Light Infantry
Sicily
Pte
P. T. Leachman
Prince Albert
Fergus
United States
Sai Harry H. Hess
Joy Malls
Mary
Africa
Israel
By Fred Neher
Azo
Trantor
Jone
Sug
Reg'lar Fellers
Signbof
Y Gene Byrne
Shoul
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