Canada must unite for destiny after war influx
Jean Charles Harvey urges Toronto Empire club that Canada require unity among 3.5 million French speaking and 5 million English speaking citizens to absorb postwar immigration and new industrial growth. He warns both groups to cooperate and maintain central government power to uphold national unity.
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Jean-Charles Harvey
Montreal
le Jour
Toronto Empire Club
Canada
Harvey
Dominion
Quebec
Link In Empire Chain from Craigavon to Britain
Viscount Craigavon, Prime Minister of Northern Ireland, pledged unwavering support to Britain in a wartime broadcast. He praised Northern Ireland seamen and urged increased food production, planning to add a quarter million acres of land and expand flax acreage to boost the common larder.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Viscount Craigavon
Northern Ireland
Great Britain
Lhasa Adopts Electric Light and Movies
Tibetan capital Lhasa embraces western modernity with electric lighting and cinema. Miss Liu Man-Ching, leading the Tibetan War Aid Publicity Corps, notes temples lit by bulbs, Lamas attending British and Chinese films, Tibetan women using imported cosmetics, and ceremonies honoring Chinese war dead as prayers for China's victory.
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Lhasa
Tibet
Liu Man-Ching
Chungking
China
Blind singer Mary Cook Cowerd aids aspiring artists
Mary Cook Cowerd, blind since childhood, tours nationwide to support young musicians facing disability. She funds training for local artists, donates concert proceeds to Seeing Eye guide dog programs, and has translated the Carolyn Alhern Harmony Textbook into Braille while inspiring others with her perseverance.
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Mary Cook
Mary
Tennessee School For the Blind
Cincinnati Conservatory of Music
Italy
San Francisco
Veterans Auditorium
Carolyn Alchern
Circus Trickster Turned Pocket Prowler Giovanni the Thief
Giovanni, a Hungarian former trapeze performer, left the circus to steal for a living at a New York hotel. He duped guests by lifting watches wallets and even removing suspenders, claiming to have stolen from figures from King George VI to the Aga Khan. He boasts in 14 languages and once served as an interpreter in the Italian Army during the war.
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Giovanni
Circus
New York
George VI
Aga Khan
Memoir by Lord Tweedsmuir to Be Published This Year
American publishers Houghton Mifflin plan to release Pilgrim's Way An Essay in Recollection by Lord Tweedsmuir the late governor general. The work, finished before his death, is expected to offer literary and historical reminiscences from a man long linked with leading writers across both worlds.
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Lord Tweedsmuir
Houghton, Mifflin Company
Canada
Lord Twesdsmuir
English Christmas Cake Tradition Cites Monthly Happiness Hope
A traditional English saying links eating Christmas cake at friends’ homes to a joyous month in the year ahead. In cooking notes a fowl loses about fifteen to twenty percent of its weight during dressing.
Aviator Style for Canadian Men in 1940s Tailoring
Toronto tailors stock blue gray fabrics inspired by the RCAF for men’s wartime fashion. Canada embraces military cut suits in pastel dinner jackets with twilight blue trousers and blue silk shoes, pairing garnet accessories for a formal look. American styles contrast with canary or canary like hues and lighter designs.
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King St. Tailors
Toronto
RCAF
R. L. Hewitt
R.C.A.F
Mr. Hewitt
National Committee On Men
U.S
Odd Shipboard Brush Conflict and Global Sunday School Reach
A passenger discovers another man using his toothbrush in a ship washroom. Acknowledging the mix up, the man apologizes, thinking the brush belonged to the boat. Separately, about 60,000 remote Canadian children study via Sunday school correspondence. Vampire bats have tiny gullets, hindering their ability to swallow solid food. Pine cone fibre aids precision instruments measuring humidity shifts.
Mobile Bath Units Bring Hot Showers To Front Line Troops
In France the British army deploys mobile bath units capable of serving 700 men daily, with 20 showers per unit and four five-shower sections. Canadian forces will receive a unit soon, enabling weekly bath cycles and optional late baths. A British division also uses an abandoned garage for a mobile bath. another section converts a tapestry factory into a troop bath-house serving up to 1,000 men daily.
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France
Aldershot
Canada
Pig uses and rude names in classroom dialogue
A teacher cites pig parts as useful products while a pupil adds the pig's name is used as an insult. Automotive engineers note storage batteries run at 80 degrees are 100 percent efficient but drop to 42 percent at zero. The Japanese roof iris grows on Orient thatched roofs and is popular in China.
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Orient
China
Annoying cafe patrons provoke humorous complaints in Toronto talk
Howard J. Walker, manager of a coffee shop chain, told the Canadian Progress Club in Toronto about easily annoyed customers. He cited a woman who removes artificial teeth and leaves them on the counter then in the trash, and others who dust with a dirty handkerchief. He also noted people allergic to flowers and patrons who demand instant service, counting beans, or complain if meals are delayed. He warned no minor annoyance is too small to upset staff.
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Howard J. Walker
Canadian Progress Club
Toronto
Our
Mr. Walker
Inventor Fokker’s Chalet Gadgets Fascinate Visitor
Oliver Whiting recalls Anthony Fokker’s St Moritz chalet filled with clever devices. A bed control panel opened curtains and operated fans and radio while a single lever moved a ceilingward window. The bathroom featured a saucer-like diseño to keep water clean and a bespoke thermostat system heated each room automatically.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anthony Fokker
New York
Oliver Whiting
St. Moritz
Fokker
Christimas
London
Island settlers seek simple life on Caribbean isle
A group of 21 hopeful settlers aims to live off East Caicos Island in the West Indies. The piece notes modern distractions and military activity may disrupt their isolation, with sea plane bases and submarine refueling nearby and the threat of distant warfare breaking their hoped for Shangri La calm.
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West Indies
Robinson
East Caicos Island
Montevideo
Shangri-La
Ozark Caves
St Louis Post- Dispatch
Perished and Captured Cargo From City of Flint Landed in Britain
Parts of the City of Flint cargo unreachable by Germans reached Liverpool and Manchester. Perishable goods were auctioned at Bergen after capture by a German prize crew. The remaining cargo including machinery and radio parts was moved to another port and stored then shipped across the North Sea to northeast and south coast ports.
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City of
Flint
Britain
Liverpool
Manchester
Bergen
Norway
North Sea
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