Film Board Aids Rural Schools With Monthly Film Showings
National Film Board supports rural education by sending a field representative to monthly school visits. Films on Canada’s geography resources and world topics enhance social studies and science, with nutrition, earth rotation, wind belts, and seasons explained through pictures.
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National Film Board
Film Board
Canada
Department of Education
Schools not specialists offer best path for mankind
Dr. Gordon Bates in Health magazine condemns narrow specialism and calls for broad general education for every child before choosing a career. He argues specialists often ignore broader social factors and warns that education should be wide and extensive, funded by the state, to prevent chaos and war. Mexico's mines supply nearly half the world's silver.
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Gordon Bates
Health Magazine
Dr. Bates
Health League of Canada
Bates
Canada
Jacob Faces Esau and Is Named Israel in Genesis Lesson
Sunday school notes outline Romans 14:19 and Genesis chapters 32 to 35. Jacob wrestles with an angel and is renamed Israel, planning for Esau and facing fear with prayer. The text highlights self reckoning, courage, and fate in Genesis 33 as the brothers part.
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Ephesians
Esau
Jacob
Israel
God
World Happenings Briefly Told
Thanksgiving Day will be celebrated in Canada this year on Oct 2 the second Monday in that month. The Strasbourg battleship refloated and being refitted at Toulon. Church attendance rising in Berlin 174 Christian churches and at least one synagogue functioning again. The Princesse Maud among ships reaching Normandy on D day. BBC abandons theatres in London used as war studios. Princess Elizabeth promoted in Auxiliary Territorial Services. Denmark joins UN relief administration. The Crow s Nest officers club in St John s closed. 8000 Allied officers mourn its loss.
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Canada
Ottawa
Berlin
St. John’s
Nild
Potsdam plans for Germany stress civilian future and occupation
The Potsdam communique lays out a Spartan postwar path for Germany including removal of Nazi structures and strict control of war potential. It envisions Germany as a single economic unit with a living standard tied to Europe, focusing on agriculture and peaceful industry while leaving the Reich largely intact pending final peace.
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Germany
Attlee
Truman
Stalin
Potsdam
Russia
Britain
Reich
Churchill Biography by Cambridge Professor Praised
A review praises a new Churchill biography by Sir Ernest Barker Emeritus Professor of Political Science at Cambridge University published by the British Ministry of Information. It traces Churchill from boyhood to today noting his links to the Norman Conquest and comparing his career with that of the Duke of Marlborough.
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Winston Churchill
Ernest Barker
Cambridge University
Ministry of Information
Churchill
England
John Churchill
Duke of Marlborough
Commonwealth
Firoz Khan Noon
India
Important Factor Water in Plant Life
Dr. E S Archibald of the Dominion Experimental Farms Service stresses water as the key factor in plant life. He notes underdrainage prevents water extremes and improves drainage, while heavy soils may clog if overcropped. Irrigation helps offset low rainfall, especially in British Columbia fruit areas and Southern Alberta, with expansion planned for other provinces.
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E. S. Archibald
Dominion Experimental Farms Service
Canada
British Columbia
Alberta
Canada Salvage Drive Powers War Production
Since 1941, 1,800 voluntary committees nationwide gathered salvage materials from Canadian homes for essential production. Under National War Services Division, totals rose from 23 938 tons in 1941 to 78 992 tons in 1944, with 308 1995 tons collected across 1941 to 1944.
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Canada
National War Services Department
Biscuit bombing grows to feed whole army units in Pacific
Australian air force supply drops in New Guinea New Britain and the Solomons have expanded from 1942 bully beef drops to large scale relief. In a single day at Wewak 48540 pounds of gear and goods were released to aid the army. A method named storpedo uses a bomb shaped container for newspapers and drops by parachute.
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Royal Australian Air Force
New Guinea
New Britain
Solomons
Australian News and Information Bureau
Owen Stanley
Wewak
Douglas
R.a.af
Netherlands abolishes death penalty after war crimes trials
The death penalty will be abolished in the Netherlands after all war criminals have been punished. It was introduced by decree on September 4, 1944 to allow special tribunals to punish collaborators and traitors, a rule unknown in prewar Holland.
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Netherlands
Holland
Crossword Puzzle Challenge Word List and Clues
A dense list of crossword clues and answers is presented in two directions vertical and horizontal. Included are a mix of historical names, languages, and common terms such as city, dragon, and goddess. The text resembles a puzzle page with enumerations and hinted solutions.
Balloon leaflet drop method revealed in wartime report
The leaflet campaign over Germany used balloons with timed fuses burning at one inch per six minutes. Fuses could be set to eight hours to drop leaflets at intervals, and balloons exploded in mid air after releasing their payload.
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Germany
Reich
Java Is The Most Densely Populated Island On Earth
A concise report notes that Java holds the highest population density among world islands, highlighting its crowded cities and intensive land use. The statement emphasizes the island’s extreme population concentration and its impact on resources and infrastructure.
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Java
Island
Earth
Air Free Tubes Enable Easy Electron Flow Under High Pressure
Electrons pass through space occupied by air only under high voltage pressure, but flow freely in evacuated tubes where air is removed.
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