Canadian Seamen and Corvette Vessels in War Effort Tribute
In Ottawa a Royal Navy address honors merchant seamen and Canadian crews. It notes the Battle of the Atlantic, the bravery of freighters and corvettes, and Angus Macdonald’s figures on eight thousand ships and fifty million tons sent to Britain since the war began. Canadian yards churn out craft as youths train for convoy service.
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Buckingham
H. D. Simonds
Royal Navy
Ottawa
Atlantic
Athenia
Britain
New World
Pacific
Dominion
Prairie Provinces
Angus Macdonald
Navy
Macdonald
Canada
Escalator Wait Sparks Basement Reversal Joke
An incident at a department store features a young attendant offering help to a shopper waiting by escalators. The shopper replies that she will go to the basement and is simply waiting for the steps to reverse, turning the moment into a humorous misunderstanding.
United States Churchgoers Constitute About 44 Percent
A survey reports that roughly forty four percent of U S citizens attend church services. The figure reflects religious participation across various regions and demographic groups based on recent polling data.
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United States
Natives of Guam Are Called Chamorros
The term Chamorros refers to the indigenous people of Guam, denoting the native inhabitants of the island and their cultural heritage.
Air Training Plan Graduates at No 12 Flying School
The report lists graduates from No 12 Service Flying Training School Brandon Manitoba on January 16 1942 and from No 5 Bombing and Gunnery School Dafoe Saskatchewan as air gunners with names and home towns. It also notes the record wind speed in the British Isles January 1920 at Quilty Ireland and explains the composite aster flower structure.
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Service
Brandon
Man
Lac
Frederick Charles Adsett
Munson
Alta
Frank Eugene Bond
Coaldale
Rodney Stewart Clement
Russell
Harry Kenny Cox
Union Point
Alfred Hewlett
Manor
Sask
William Booker Kenny
Wolseley
Francis Lionel Morton
Gladstone
George Cecil James Vann
Beresford
Dafoe
Joseph Leon Triffle Chartier
Rabbit Lake
John Dugald McBride
St. E
Prince Albert
George Stewart Mutch
Box
Norquay
William Allan Schramm
Melville
Michael Steffanick
Kindersley
George Walter Yung
Earl Grey
British Isles
Quilty
County Chase
Ireland
Pioneer women and radios shaped by hardship
A compact note highlights pioneer women facing hardships and contrasts their experience with modern radios and sobbing sister programs, illustrating changing media landscapes.
Canada’s 1941 whaling season yields higher catches
Canadian stations on the British Columbia coast landed 323 whales in 1941, up from 220 in 1940 and 310 in 1938. Oil output reached 566505 gallons with fertilizer at 577 tons and meal at 271 tons, driven by wartime demand. One whale attacked a whaler, causing damage and forcing a port return.
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British Columbia
Canada
To Save Steel Britain Uses Glass In Cafeteria Cabinets
Translucent toughened glass replaces steel as the top plate of hot cabinets in cafes and restaurants, withstanding 125 to 150 degrees. It admits light, eases cleaning, and lowers heating costs, saving steel for the war effort.
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Britain
Fast Work by Breton Refugees Builds Lifeboat in 36 Hours
Six Breton refugees toiled non stop for 36 hours in a London boatyard to hand craft a lifeboat for a ship ready to sail that night. A shipping official urgently requested a lifeboat and the builder, with two English workers, raced to complete the craft on the stocks. The ship set sail on time with the completed lifeboat.
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London
a_ shipping company
Selected Recipes Orange Walnut Leaf Pan Bread
A recipe combines flour baking powder salt orange rind egg corn syrup milk marmalade walnuts and Mazola. The batter rests 29 minutes then bakes 1 hour 10 minutes at 350 degrees F in a lined leaf pan for a citrus nut loaf.
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Mazda
The Individual Citizen's Army Explained in Brief
The speaker outlines arms and services within the army, naming groups like Artillery and Engineers as arms and Ordnance and Army Medical as services. He notes all soldiers, regardless of uniform, are trained fighters first and highlights all-round training from stretcher-bearers to improvised-weapon combat. The piece also nods to evolving terminology from tin hats to helmet terms.
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A.G
Cgss
DMO. & I
C.G.S
Royal Canadian Ordnance Corps
Royal Canadian Army Service Corps
Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps
R.A.M.C
Ordnance
Army Service Corps
St. John’s Ambulance
All Bran praised as Better Way by Canadian family
Mrs. R. E. Etches of Dorval Quebec extols Kellogg's All Bran as a superior daily cereal that helps with constipation through dietary bulk rather than harsh cathartics. The ad notes two sizes and restaurant servings, with production by Kellogg's in London Canada.
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R. E. Etches
Dorval
Quebec
Kellogg’s
London
Canada
Medical progress cuts blood poisoning recovery gap
Blood poisoning sufferers now have twice the chance of recovery today compared with six years ago due to sulfanilamide remedies. Canada is manufacturing bayonets of an entirely different type than those used in the last war.
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Canada
Groundwork Teams Prepare Winter Land Through Britain
Mechanized squads nicknamed storm-diggers, each about 100 strong, are organized by the British agriculture department to move between districts in winter. They prepare the ground so land girls can plant in the spring.
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British Agriculture Department
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Seamen
the Merchant Marine
Gibson
Gibson’s Tissues
Clouston Ave
Toronto
Guam
Buckley
Brandon and Dafoe Schools
England
By Fred Nekel
Railroad
Hamilton
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