War and politics brief from the world and Canada
Hansard editor Perci val Cornelius retires after 39 years of editing the official parliamentary record. A Japanese held area reports a deadly meningitis outbreak while Saskatchewan expands hog farming with a 59.5 percent rise in 1943. Navy minister Macdonald notes nine Canadian POWs. Oslo Seminary closure halts clergy training in occupied Norway. Japan mobilizes merchant sailors and students into naval service. Howe mentions a hydrogenation coal lab. Kenya flax supply is requested for war needs. A large RC AF mural is unveiled in Toronto Union Station.
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Hansard
Percival Cornelius
Errth
Japanese anti-Mikado critic denounces Emperor in Ta Kung Pao piece
Denounces Mikado Kazuo Aoyama, a fugitive opposing aggression, urging a democratic Japan and ridiculing Japan’s national treasures. The Ta Kung Pao article forwarded by North American Newspaper Alliance to the Hamilton Spectator portrays him as a pale, resolute critic with a research office and a Japanese language journal.
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Kazuo Aoyama
Japan
Ta Kung Pao
Chungking
Alliance
Hamilton Spectator
Aoyama
National Treasures” of
Imperial Household Office
Hamada
Kyoto Imperial University
Takahashi
Imperial Museum
Izumo
Sturdy parachute claims 50 ton break strength
The article describes a British Army parachute built to withstand a 50 ton jerk, with silk cords rated at 450 lbs, a silk canopy, a 30 lb total weight, and a $280 cost. It notes over 10,000,000 training aircraft under the Commonwealth Air Training Plan and compares engine precision to watch mechanisms.
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British Commonwealth Air Training Plan
Beach Assault Landing On Enemy Shores Opens New Wave
Out of early mist a scarred boat lands infantry forces on a beach. A ramp drops with a roar and troops surge onto the shore. Landing craft vary in size to carry personnel, tanks, jeeps, cannon, and supplies to the battle.
Tribute to Churchill Titan of Duty by Winston Spencer Churchill
American writer Hugh Malcolm McCormick in the Miami Daily News extols Churchill as a titan who carried a colossal burden. The piece notes Churchill born November 30, 1874, as a half American half British soldier statesman author orator and world citizen who faced a world of empire and a massive struggle against enslavement.
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Hugh Malcolm McCormick
Miami Daily News
Churchill
Winston Spencer Leonard Churchill
Molotoff Eyes Chicago to Moscow Road via Canada
Vice-President Wallace reports Soviet Foreign Minister Molotoff favors a combined highway and airway linking Chicago to Moscow through Canada Alaska and Siberia. Molotoff voiced support during his Africa visit in 1942 when Wallace broached the idea.
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Molotoff
Chicago
Moscow
Canada
Henry A. Wallace
Vyscheslav Molotoff
Alaska
Siberia
Wallace
United States
Africa
Rationing Time Table for April 1944 Butter Sugar Tea and Coffee
The April 1944 rationing schedule lists Butter coupons 56 57 58 59 valid on April 6 13 20 27 with coupons 54 55 and 36 57 expiring April 30. Preserves D orange coupons 17 18 valid April 13. Sugar red coupons 30 31 valid April 13. Tea and Coffee E yellow coupons T 30 31 valid April 20.
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Orange
Crossword Puzzle No 4875 Readable Word Grid
Solvable crossword puzzle clues including Winged and Part of a church with many intersecting terms from 1 to 68. The grid features Latin con junction Sloth Spoken Music as written Pronoun etc and includes a long list of across and down references.
Easter Morning Shrine: Women Visit the Empty Tomb
Sunday School lesson recalls the women at the tomb of Jesus after Passover, finding the stone rolled away and a heavenly messenger declaring Jesus has risen. The discourse continues with Paul’s resurrection teaching in first Corinthians and the living hope of an incorruptible inheritance through Christ’s resurrection.
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Christ
Jesus
Peter
John
Galilee
Jesus Christ
Bible Guide, Canadian Sapper Warning in Field Mine
The Maple Leaf reports Canadian engineers use a Bible verse as field mine warning. The chosen inscription reads Prov. 4 26 27 and was crafted by the Company Major for a minefield area.
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Maple Leaf
Italy
Bentonite Mineral Absorbs Water Seven Times Its Volume
A plastic clay like mineral bentonite used in oil refineries can absorb seven times its volume in water, highlighting its swelling properties and industrial applications.
Navy to Gift 38 Escort Carriers to Britain Under Lend Lease
Secretary Knox announced 38 escort aircraft carriers built in the United States have been delivered to Great Britain under Lend-Lease. He said the ships will join the Allied anti submarine fleet, noting 50 remain in U S service. The carriers arrive without planes, and Knox did not know how the aircraft were obtained.
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Navy
Frank Knox
United States
Great Britain
Knox
Atlantic
Britain
Telephone of the Future Predicted by Bell Labs
Newsweek reports Bell Telephone Laboratories in New York predicted a postwar telephone that answers itself and talks back. The system records messages on magnetic tape and allows erasure for reuse, with playback when the called person arrives home. A variant already records two way conversations for permanent records. Buy War Savings Stamps Regularly.
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Bell Telephone Laboratories Inc
New York
Newsweek
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