Canadian Red Cross reports four million dollar year in 1941 purchases
At Ottawa central council meeting Wills Maclachlan details 1941 purchases totaling $4,867,517.64 across 2,309 orders. Major items include hospital supplies, prisoner of war parcels worth $1,901,713.60, and emergency equipment. The Red Cross enquiry bureau processed over 120,000 POW cards by March 1942, aiding families and coordinating with Geneva.
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National Purchasing Committee
The
Canadian Red Cross
Central Council
Ottawa
Wills Maclachlan
Prisoner of War Parcels Committee
Canada
Newfoundland
Red Cross
Russia
Red Cross Enquiry Bureau
Germany
Geneva
Adelaide M. Plumptre
Norman C. Urquhart
Canadian Red Cross Society
Montreal
Toromto
Australian Red Cross
New Zealand
South African Women Serve as Coast Artillery Specialists
In the Cape Peninsula Coast Artillery batteries women on active service handle the intricate instruments for the coastal guns. Praised by top artillerymen, authorities plan to enlist and train 300 to 400 more women for this secret, highly important work amid growing Indian Ocean tensions and Prime Minister Smuts' Parliament remarks.
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Cape Peninsula
South Africa
Indian Ocean
Smuts
Britain’s Colossal Ship Program Accelerates Postwar Fleet
Britain advances a new merchant fleet with multipurpose ships, faster speeds, double cargo capacity, and improved crew and passenger accommodations. Plans sent to Canada and the United States show ships produced at two a day, reflecting a decisive postwar victory in ocean trade.
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United Kingdom
Canada
United States
Britain
Fo'c
British Industries Bulletin
Design In Easy Crochet For Your Home Patterns
Crochet pattern 7236 gives charts and directions for two refined pieces to dress a chair or buffet. Use fine cotton and repeat the larger motif to form a pair of shawl like ends. Send 20 cents to the Household Arts Department in Winnipeg for this pattern, include name address and pattern number.
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Household Arts Department
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Avenue
Winnipeg
Man
Robot Warden Lights Windows In Blackout Auto System
A Cambridge firm unveils a robot blackout warden that powers store window lights and illuminated signs when street lights go out. The system, installed in several West Coast cities, marks a novel approach to automated blackout safety.
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Cambridge
Mass
A Widened Horizon in War Time Unity
Marquis W. Childs argues in Atlantic Monthly that war heightens social awareness beyond self interest. He says modern life fragments people but wartime solidarity binds society as a whole. After victory and peace, postwar adjustment will require this collective belonging as much as today.
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Marquis W. Childs
Atlantic Monthly
Short-Sighted Recruit Dodges Service With Trenches
A recruit declares fear of actual combat due to shortsightedness. The M O replies that special trenches are available for the short-sighted, placed close to the enemy where he cannot miss.
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M.O
Britain Leads in War Material Output Far Ahead of U S
Britain produces war materials at three times the level after Dunkirk and ten times the 1939 start, still far ahead of the United States. The gap should close by late spring or summer, countering the idea of a U S free ride.
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United States
Great Britain
Britain
Minneapolis Star Journal
Donald Duck Deferment Lights Morpeth Farm Tale
The Canadian draft granted deferment last week to a Morpeth Ontario youth nicknamed Donald Duck. He plans to help his parents with spring planting on their 100 acre farm and later join the Royal Canadian Air Force. He quips he has been Donald Duck for 22 years and intends to stay that way.
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Donald Duck
Walt Disney
Morpeth
Ont
Lake Erie
RCAF
Newsweek
Netherlands Freedom Fight In Jungle Barefoot Skirmish Tale
A remarkable Pacific war incident recounts 16 naked Dutch soldiers who, after losing clothes to a Japanese patrol in Borneo, charged through the jungle with improvised weapons. They overwhelmed a 30-man Japanese group, seized arms, recovered clothing, and returned with five prisoners. The tale accompanies a profile of Fred B Kilbourne, Canada’s steel controller, detailing his 100 percent control stance and wartime drive to conserve metal for armed forces. Kilbourne, born in Owen Sound and educated at McGill, heads steel policy and industrial management in Montreal.
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Borneo
Balik Papan
Mr. Kilbourne
Fred Kilbourne
Canadian Refactories Ltd
Montreal
Harvard Anthropologist Proposes Synthetic German Race
Dr. Ernest A. Hooton of Harvard argues postwar policy should create a synthetic race in Germany by mixing in non German populations from around the world to erase militarism and nationalism. He says Allied victory remains meaningless unless Germany is repopulated with a calmer stock.
Fort Abitubi Launch Delights Eastern Shipyard Workers
Hundreds of employees at an eastern Canadian shipyard witnessed the launch of the Fort Abitubi, the newest vessel joining Canada's merchant navy amid a show of local industrial prowess.
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Canada
Wooden Plates Gain Popularity in Britain During War
Britain sees a boom in wooden tableware as crockery shortages and cost push consumers toward wooden options. Housewives report wooden soup plates rival crockery in appeal, durability, and washability, with one host noting no return to traditional crockery after wartime use.
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Britain
Sunflower Planting Planned Across Dominion Farms
Approximately 100 acres across ten Dominion government experimental farms in the prairie provinces will be planted with sunflowers for seed to produce vegetable oil. Lethbridge experimental farm head WD Hay expects over 1000 pounds of seed per acre on the irrigated plot, while other farms expect lower yields due to irrigation limitations.
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Dominion
Prairie Provinces
WD. Hay
Lethbridge
Hay
Our Dog Essay Sparks Missing Family Pup Idea
A class assignment on “Our Dog” ends with Jimmy finishing first and revealing the line Our Dog We haven t got one. The fragment hints at a student tone and a humorous note about not owning a dog.
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