Winnipeg Engineer Saves Girl From River Ice Near Minnedosa
Walter Fetterly, a Canadian Pacific locomotive engineer from Winnipeg, stopped his freight at Minnedosa Manitoba and risked his life by belly crawling over ice to rescue an eight year old girl who fell through the Little Saskatchewan river ice. He had served six years with CPR and enlisted in 1941, serving four years overseas in World War I.
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Canadian Pacific
Health League Pushes Canadian Pasteurization Policy
The Health League of Canada defends compulsory pasteurization and criticizes opponents who attack pasteurization through letters to newspapers. It argues raw milk risks health, cites dairy herd testing, and links unpasteurized milk to illnesses like bovine tuberculosis and typhoid fever, urging public responsibility.
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Canada
Russia asks for three more years of lend lease after war
The London Sunday Observer reports Moscow asks the United States to extend lend lease three years beyond Europe's end. Washington seeks Russian cooperation with Western powers in Japan war and has not pledged a definite reply. The article notes Moscow's reluctance to commit and mentions policy considerations if Russia remains unwilling. The piece also includes unrelated notes on a convoy voyage time and Walter Hunt's invention of safety pins in 1849.
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London Sunday Observer
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Europe
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World Happenings Briefly Told
Children play in Gibraltar streets after a four year absence. Britain's night air defense costs reported at 450000 dollars. Canada’s life insurance in 1943 rises to 5534135275 with wartime policy growth. Canada ships over Atlantic 100 million tons of munitions and foods. Italian POWs in South Africa number 50431 with 10434 on farms and 3678 on government works. England rail traffic moves to record highs, increasing ton miles per hour. Britain surveys historic monuments listing 3600 sites. Hitler decrees universal rifle training for all Germans. Warsaw population falls to 750000 from 1.3 million in 1939 with tuberculosis deaths rising.
Cautious Waiter Lets Woman Enter Dining Room
A suburban matron, late for an appointment with her husband, seeks the dining room at the Biltmore to find him lunching with a business associate. The headwaiter, politely stopping her, asks if she is a lady and then bows her in after she clarifies he is a man.
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Trans-Canada Air Lines began with Donald R. MacLaren
Trans-Canada Air Lines formed in 1937 with Donald R. MacLaren as first employee and Superintendent of Passenger Service at Winnipeg HQ. The airline awarded service pins to 228 employees with five or more years in service, plus 30 overseas. H. J. Symington called the milestone a concrete recognition of the job done.
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Wheat resistant to sawfly to be tested on prairies
Dominion government researchers report a new wheat variety with ten years of work to resist sawfly damage. If tests at experimental farms and universities succeed, seed will be distributed to farmers. Some seed is already maturing in California climates.
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California
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First Foreign Missionaries Chosen at Antioch
In Antioch a group of prophets and teachers select Barnabas and Saul as missionaries. After fasting and prayer the church lays hands on them and sends them forth to spread the gospel into the Roman Empire. The act signifies blessing and setting them free for the work.
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Symeon
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Cyrene
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Not Over Yet The Ship Era Persists After War
Curtis Reed argues that despite advertisements for streamlined airliners the majority will travel by sea after the war. He notes many travelers are not in a hurry and most freight will still move by ship, signaling the enduring importance of maritime travel. Buy War Savings Stamps regularly.
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Curtis Reed
Our Crossword Puzzle No. 4877
Crossword puzzle clues with numerous entries across and down including Egyptian goddess and war god entries. The grid lists many terms from mythology geology and science as well as languages and animals with several theme hints and partial answers.
Old Cypress Doors From Saint Sabrina’s Church
Cypress doors in Saint Sabrina’s Church Rome, dated around 425 A.D., depict the life of Christ and the crucifixion. After over fifteen hundred years, the doors remain sound with no decay, remarkable preservation highlighting ancient craftsmanship.
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Rome
Wool stockpiles reflect sea freedom reports
The Toronto Globe and Mail notes ships from Australia and New Zealand bring wool as ballast, creating a large wool stockpile around 300 million pounds. The piece argues wool remains useful amid a variable climate and evolving maritime conditions.
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United States
Australia
New Zealand
Toronto Globe and Mail
Disappearing Islands and Submerged Peaks Across Seas
Volcanic activity creates islands and submerged formations both at sea and on land. Christmas Island may be a submerged mountain 14 000 feet high. Pantelleria is an extinct volcano. A hundred years ago a small island between Sicily and Africa rose 200 feet and washed away in months. In the Bering Sea islands appeared and vanished, with Bogoslof Island troubling navigators. One of the most comfortable places to live is just within your income.
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Christmas Island
Imeen Ocean
Pantelaria
Sicily
Bering Sea
Bogosloft Island
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