Health and War Build Postwar Vision of Better Life
The article argues that victory over Nazi tyranny must yield a just postwar world, with Churchill and Roosevelt shaping aims through the Atlantic Charter. It notes nutrition drives in Canada and the United States to raise living standards, lessen disease, and strengthen national economies, through education on diet and health funded by public campaigns.
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Europe
Churchill
Roosevelt
Sea
Free Countries
Canada
United States
Britain
Food Ministry
William Jamieson
Ministry of Health
Pirates survived on beans when coal failed at sea
Most Rev. Francis X. Ford, a bishop in South China, wrote from captivity in New York that pirates who captured him ran their ship on beans after coal ran out. They had one day’s fuel, mixed beans with coal, and avoided trade lanes for four days before the pirates reached port and released him.
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Francis X. Ford
South
China
New York
Observation stations extend around Burma coast for air raid warning
Maj. R. O. Taylor says 300 observation stations from Burma's Indian Ocean coast to northern frontiers now operate to warn and protect against air raids. A medical note adds that wounds heal five times faster in a 10-year-old child than in a 60-year-old person.
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Burma
Indian Ocean
R. O. Taylor
Observer Corps
Rangoon
Black River Preserve Area Surpasses 439000 Square Miles
The Qne Canadian game and fur preserve, known as the Black River preserve, covers more than 439000 square miles, indicating a vast conservation area and potential wildlife protection significance.
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Black River Preserve
Bride to Marry Guards Officer at Front Door
A modern bride from Hertfordshire plans a wedding at her father’s ancestral home, one of England’s stately houses now largely government property. After formal application, permission was granted for the wedding procession to enter by the front door instead of the back door.
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Hertfordshire
England
London Daily Sketch
Backyard Gardener Grows Five-Pound Parsip in Vancouver
A Vancouver backyard gardener harvests a parsip weighing five pounds and 4.2 inches across the top, measuring two feet in length. The fruit fed the family for two to three meals after tales of giant parsnips from Belleville Ontario giants.
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Belleville
Ont
Vancouver
Manitoba Corn Trade Brings 5 Million Bushels to Pacific Ports
Manitoba to Manitoba corn trade increases with about 5,000,000 bushels shipped yearly to Pacific ports. Sources note imports mainly from Argentina and South Africa. Prices are high but a trade improvement appears likely.
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British Columbia
Manitoba
Pacific
Argentina
South Africa
Air Cadets League of Canada trains thousands of youths
Air Cadets League reports 5,200 Canadian boys in affiliated units with projections to exceed 14,000 as applications rise. The 216 hour two year course covers drill, engineering, first aid, signals, and flight theory, leading to RC A F enlistment if eligible. Cooperation from RC A F officers boosts local programs nationwide.
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Royal Canadian Air Force
Air Cadets League of Canada
National Defence Department
R.C.A.F
Selected Recipes for Honey-Caked Sweet Potatoes
Scrub potatoes and boil until tender. Peel and slice into two inch pieces. Dip in warmed honey and roll in salted corn flake crumbs, then place in a greased pan with butter. Bake at 425 degrees for about 23 minutes yields six servings.
Glubb Pasha Wins Distinguished Service Order
Major John Bagot Glubb head of the Arab Legion receives the D S O for his Syrian July actions where his force endured heavy machine gun fire and counter attacked, driving off a mechanized enemy, taking about 80 prisoners and war material. He holds the OB E and MC and continues long service in the desert.
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Glubb Pasha
John Bagot Glubb
Lawrence of Arabia
D.S.O
London Gazette
Glubb
London Daily Sketch
Oddities and Odds from Everyday Life
A collection of curious estimates and facts, noting how cars cut dollar life, bed fatalities in England, Stradivari violins surviving around 500 of 1,100, self-made people vs. born with silver spoons, and the Antarctic polar depth near two miles.
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Stradivari
Antarctic Ocean
Polar Regions
Hard National Task No Polish Quislings
The piece lauds Donald Gordon as Canada’s chosen leader to curb inflation via Wartime Prices and Trade Board. It traces his rise from a Toronto banker to deputy governor of the Bank of Canada and his role in Foreign Exchange Control, emphasizing his grit and aim to enlist business and citizens in fighting inflation. It closes with a tribute to Poland’s resistance against Nazi aggression and a call to recognize Polish resolve.
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Canada
Donald Gordon
Prices and Trade Board
Lord Beaverbrook
Great Britain
Ottawa
Oldmeldrum
Aberdeen
Donald
Toronto
Manning Avenue
Bank of Nova Scotia
Bank of Canada
Graham Towers
U.S
Poland
Hitler
Louisville Courier-Journal
All Good Jieasons Wish List and Global Coal Claim
A quirky holiday wish lists items such as a bisikkle punching bag red wagon and roller skates appear alongside a note on Canada and the United States holding an estimated 60 percent of the world coal deposits.
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Canada
The
United States
Letter from thief pays hotel donation request
A Hartford hotel received a note offering two dollars as payment for a bath towel taken in 1923 or 1924. The writer asks deducting excessive compensation and donating the balance to charity. A 66 degree low was reported at Yellowstone. Sky writing largely occurs over New York City.
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Hartford, Conn
The
United States
New York City
Duty Talkers Spark Public Resistance
A reflective aphorism notes that people resist being told their duties by those who claim to be duty bound. It underscores tension between guidance and autonomy in civic discourse.
New Russian Ground Attack Plane Reported From Stockholm
BBC cited a Stockholm report that Russia has developed a new low flying ground attack aircraft. The craft, armed with light cannon and machine guns, can strike from about 60 feet and has shown resistance to anti aircraft fire. No plane name was given.
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British Broadcasting Corporation
Stockholm
Sweden
Russia
Youngest Inventor Proposes Radio Plane Raids to Board
A 13 year old schoolboy, the youngest inventor, interviewed Australia Inventions Board officers. He submitted a plan to send a fleet of small radio controlled planes on bombing raids over enemy territory.
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Australia Inventions Board
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Bankanadga
Bride
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Hamilton
Montreal
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