Postwar county libraries to extend rural book access
Canada built community libraries first, with 637 public libraries circulating over 22 million volumes annually to about 110 000 borrowers. A postwar plan aims to expand county libraries serving multiple communities with bookmobiles and shared collections to reach rural areas lacking access.
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Dominion
Canada
Hudson's Bay Company
Aberdeen Association
Winnipeg
British Columbia
Frontier College
Not Only in Politics Promises and Warnings
A reflection on wartime rhetoric noting Goering’s claim that bombs would not fall on the Reich and invoking Napoleon III’s warning that in politics it is prudent not to say never. The piece underscores the risk of absolute assurances in volatile times.
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Marshal Goering
Reich
Napoleon III
Pigeons Clocked Carrying Message 35 Miles in 32 Minutes
In North Africa British carrier pigeons were clocked carrying a message 35 miles in 32 minutes, illustrating remarkable speed in military communications and homing birds used during the campaign.
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North Africa
Wartime Controls Eased Sharply On Metals And Materials
Officials report easing wartime controls will free supplies for civilians. Metals such as tin aluminum copper lead chrome and zinc show improved availability while rest of controls are gradually lifted. Glycerine soap limits and stoneware production restrictions are removed. Lumber restrictions will ease this year aiding building supplies.
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Donald Gordon
Prices Board
Quebec
Howe
Five Royal Navy Sloops Key in U-Boat Hunt
The five sloops that destroyed six U boats in 20 days lead the Royal Navy to prominence. Sloops prove swifter bigger and better armed than frigates and offer a likely solution to U-boat threats. They form part of convoy escort class that helped end Deenitz and his submarines.
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Royal Navy
Deenitz
Facts About Frogs and Their Skin
The text states frogs absorb water through their skin and do not drink. It claims frogs do not breathe but swallow air. It also describes a young frog shedding and swallowing its old skin as it grows.
New Cap Badge Identifies Technical Training Corps
A new cap badge is authorized for the Canadian Technical Training Corps of the Canadian Army. Enlistment requires Overseas medical category status, high mental calibre, and a minimum age of 17 with parental consent and school principal recommendation. Training includes two weeks of initial instruction, a three month orientation, and nine hours weekly during trade courses in English General Science Mathematics and shop work such as Automotive Drafting Bench Metal Woodworking Electricity. Further training options span Clerical Drafting Electricity Machine Shop and Automotive across nine centers in Victoria Saskatoon Hamilton Toronto Montreal Rimouski Fredericton Saint John. Overseas service is deferred until age 19.
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Canadian Technical Training Corps
Victoria
B.C
Saskatoon
Sask
Hamilton
Ont
Toronto
Montreal
Que
British Home Of Future Ten Housewives Experiment
Ten British housewives will test new labor saving designs in ten London outskirts houses. Families chosen by the Ministry of Health will live in the homes, review them, and propose improvements. Their verdict could shape 4,500,000 homes Britain plans to build in ten years.
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London
Ministry of Health
Britain
Crocheted Fan and Emb roidered Flowers Pattern 7688
Crochet pattern 7688 offers transfers of three motifs, varied flower designs, and directions for scarves and pillow cases. Includes materials list and stitch guidance. send twenty cents to Household Arts Depart ment Winnipeg Newspaper Union at 175 McDermot Avenue E Winnipeg Man. Include name address and pattern number. mail delays possible.
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Household Arts Department
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Avenue
Winnipeg
Lighted tunnel tours offered during blackout
The London and North Eastern Railway unveils an 80 foot long light tunnel with fluorescent lighting along white walls. Four floodlit tunnels allow locomotives to be examined amid blackout conditions.
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London and North Eastern Railway
American pilot in China seeks home after unknown peak find
An American pilot flying in China believes he has found a mountain higher than Everest. His priority is returning home, not measuring altitude, as he navigates off course.
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China
Mount
Everest
Canadians Rally For Salvage Campaign Across Provinces
Salvage awareness rises nationwide as W W S centres cooperate with the National Salvage Campaign. Montreal reports salvaged paper can be reprocessed into cartons for blood plasma and dressings. Saskatoon volunteers distribute 12 000 cards and collect two tons of rags for admission to a children’s film. Black Plan pickup totals 135 000 pounds in 1943 and Fort Erie gathers 489 822 pounds valued at 3290.44 dollars for the Red Cross.
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Montreal
W.V.S
Saskatoon
Sask
Capitol Theatre
Black Plan
Fort Erie
Ontario
Red Cross
American And British In fairness to our American guests
S P B Mais argues in Bristol Post that Americans are foreigners with limited British ancestry. He notes language differences, youth in spirit, and contrasts in comfort values. He warns Britons to understand American sensitivity and avoid misreading reticence as dislike.
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S. P. B. Mais
Bristol Post
Fluorescent Envelope Enables Dark Map Reading
Researchers unveil a fluorescent plastic envelope that glows under near ultraviolet light allowing map reading in the dark. The glow aids visibility and navigation without external illumination, promising practical use for nighttime exploration and aid in low light environments.
U-boot Name Origin Shortened From Unterseeboot
The term U-boot derives from the German word Unterseeboot meaning undersea boat. The abbreviation entered English usage as a common nickname for German submarines in World War I and II.
Women of Underground Europe Fight Nazi Occupation
Stories from resistance in Yugoslavia Czechia Poland and France highlight women’s roles in guerilla units, radio networks, and aid routes. Dutch and French women lead raids and assist escaped Allied airmen while facing torture or death for patriotism.
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London
Gretchen
Marie
Irena
Gestapo
Poland
Army of Occupation
Underground
U Boats Destroyed and Allied Losses Surging In War
From March 1943 to March this year more than 200 U boats were destroyed and over 9 000 submarine crew members killed or captured. Allied shipping losses were kept low, allowing replenishment of ships and even a substantial reserve built up.
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Blairmore
Alta
National Film Board
Technical Training Corps
CORP
Alice Brooks
W.W.S
Women's Voluntary Services Division
Department of National War Services
English Journal
Occupied
Europe
Boadiceas
Joan of Ares
Laura Secords
Edith Cavelix
Gretchens
Maries
Irenas
Germany
Yugoslavia
Nevente Guilland
Tito
Czechoslovakia
Heydrich
Hitler
Lidice
Lezaky
Etta Shiber
Paris
Etta
France
Liberty
Madame Aubrac
Holland
England
Netherlands
Harry Ry Woods
Eng
Woods
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