Canada’s Growing Navy Receives Four British Escort Destroyers
Canada receives four escort destroyers from Britain to guard western North Atlantic convoy routes. The adds reflect British support and confidence in Canada’s war effort as naval ranks rise from 1,700 to 60,000 and ships exceed five hundred. There is expectation of two more destroyers and possible future aircraft carriers.
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United Kingdom
North Atlantic
Britain
Dominions
Saskatchewan
Kootenay
Ottawa
Gatineau
Canada
Macdonald
Royal Navy
On Guard In The Atlantic
The Canadian Navy guards the western half of the North Atlantic convoy routes with ships and sailors from the Prairies. Despite limited naval experience many have proved capable and Canada gains recognition as a significant naval power aiding the Allied victory.
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North Atlantic
The
Prairies
Canada
Minerals In Our Diet From Calcium To Iodine
The article highlights minerals essential to bones teeth and the body including calcium phosphorus iron and copper. It urges milk cheese and vegetables as mineral sources notes iodine deficiency and advocates iodized salt and minimal cooking water loss while suggesting use of cooking water in soups sauces and gravies. A postcard request offers a vitamin chart.
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Heath
Steve ‘Thoritative
Avenue Road
Family Affair Train Crew At McAlester Oklahoma
A freight train departed the yards at McAlester Oklahoma with crew members V A Drumb engineer V A Drumb Jr fireman R L Drum conductor and twins Leo and Elmo Drumb brakemen The engineer was the uncle of the brakemen and the conductor
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McAlester
Oklo
V. A. Drumb
R L. Drum
Leo and
Elmo Drumb
Polish villages wiped out since war assertion
Polish minister to Canada Victor Podolski says since the war began 356 villages in Poland have been completely destroyed with ground ploughed and all inhabitants killed. The claim was made public by the minister in Ottawa.
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Victor Podoski
Canada
Protein Shortage Forces Poultry Producers to Seek Solutions
The Farmer's Advocate notes a severe protein shortage for poultry rations, urging producers to combine animal and vegetable proteins locally. It emphasizes the need for innovative farm management to sustain unprecedented chick production this year.
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Farmer’s Advocate
Smile a While Old Jokes and Quips Displayed in Usual Style
A collection of brief humorous exchanges features a distracted mother, a captain introducing an old friend from the Canary Islands, a couple debating money and trumps, a diner and a tough chicken, a doctor visit, and several light lines about mishearing names, a psalmist, and a boy asking about a rocking horse. The snippets showcase playful misunderstandings and domestic witticisms.
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Jevons
Jones
Canary Islands
Graduates of BCATP from Canadian Training Schools
List of aircrew graduates by BCATP during World War II from Dafoe Sask Rivers and Dauphin Manitoba training schools, naming wireless air gunners pilots air observers and bombers with home towns across Saskatchewan Manitoba Alberta and British Columbia. Also notes newly commissioned pilots N H Moysey A L Downton N Dvorak R W Harrison J M McKellar L W Patten B D Crookes H P D McPhail and others.
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N. H. Moysey
Eston
Alaska Salmon Industry Set to Produce Over Five Million Cases
The Alaska salmon industry is projected to yield more than 5 million cases of packed salmon this year with a valuation exceeding seven times the price paid by the United States to Russia in 1867 for Alaska.
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Alaska
Russia
Britain’s “sixth sense” in world policy noted by Lisbon paper
Novidades of Lisbon credits Britain with a refined sixth sense in international policy. The piece claims Britain foresees events instinctively as global dynamics unfold. It also cites Russia’s population growth at 2,000,000 annually for 13 years, estimating total at 170,000,000.
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Britain
Novidades
Lisbon
Russia
The Willy Wily Powerful Australian Wind
A powerful Australian wind known as the Willy-Willy can reach speeds around 120 miles per hour. It is a natural meteorological phenomenon formed by rotating air masses and common in certain regions of Australia.
World Class of aircrew trainees at Virden Flying School
A diverse group from Canada and abroad forms No. 19 Elementary Flying Training School at Virden Manitoba. Sailors, soldiers, and air force personnel retrain as pilots after service overseas. Notables include Len Shebeski of Arborg who shifted from navigator to pilot after Alaska missions, and Derek Horne of Victoria who returned for pilot training alongside J. W. Grott of Hanna Alberta SAC J A Stile from New Westminster, plus wireless operators Smiley Oxdrift and Taylor Athabasca. Goodwin of Vancouver shifts from maintenance to flight ambitions as the Commonwealth Air Training Plan showcases cross nations in wartime aviation.
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Aleutians
Canada
Air Force
Eire
Virden
Man
Arborg
Len Shebeski
Alaska
Shebeski
University of Manitoba
Ian McPhail
Rose Shebeski
Canadian Women’s Army Corps
New Westminster
B.C
J. R. Smiley
Oxdrift
Ont
J. E. Taylor
Athabasca
Alta
SAC
George Goodwin
Vancouver
Best Time To Hay In The Afternoon Say Researchers Find
New York State Agriculture College researchers led by Prof Otis F Curtis report that the food content of alfalfa and other hay and forage crops varies with the time of day they are cut. They explain carbohydrates form only with light, so plants accumulate more nutrients after a full day of sunshine.
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New York State Agriculture College
Otis F. Curtis
Are Now Fit Re-Examined For Military Service
Labor Minister Mitchell said in the House of Commons that 19 182 men reclassified as fit after private medical exams. Of 44 539 initially found unfit, 5 676 previously fit were re‑examined due to category doubt and later called for service unless postponed.
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Labor
Mitchell
House of Commons
Develop Correct Tennis Form booklet offered by Winnipeg News paper Union
Summer season brings outdoor tennis fun and healthful exercise for all ages. A 32 page guide by a well known authority teaches beginners and seasoned players correct form. Send 15c for the copy to Home Service Dept. Winnipeg News paper Union. Samuel Colt designed a wooden model in 1829.
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Home Service Dept
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave. E
Winnipeg
Man
Recipe Of The Week Process For Creamed Pimiento Pea Sauce
Recipe steps for a creamed sauce using pimiento and peas. Ingredients include minced pimiento, cooked peas, salt, pepper, butter, flour, and milk. White sauce is prepared then pimiento and peas are folded in with seasonings.
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Health League
aRies
Stone
Loch Lo
Shirley
Shirely
Harold
Johnnie
Wings Parade
RCAF
BCATP
No. 5 Bombing and Gunnery School
Dafoe
Sask
Jj. T. Fink
Falun
H. G Jaynes
Tugnske
F. S. Leech
Two Hillis
Alta J
Central Navigation School
Rivers
H. C. Mitchell
Twin Butte
H. T. Peebles
Heart Valley
K. FE. Rhodes
Canora
J. BR. Rosas
Innnefall
T. E. Wilter
Readign
Portage la Prairie
A. G. Morden
Morden
A. N. Shedeck
Geinsborough
Paulson
H. W. Cousins
Prince Albert
A. (. Neville
Cochin
Olsen
F. Pess
Barrhead
J. B. Thom
Russell
No. 12
Service Flying Training School
Brandon
M. D. Dalgleish
Goodwater
E. P. A. Dupuis
Bruce
G. Halstead
Nokomis
S. M. Harry
Stonewell
J. A. Harvey
Milden
E. W. Winsor
Kincaid
Service
Dauphin
R. T. Aberson
D. M. McLeod
Melville
E. R. McHorie
Avonlea
L. D. Procter
Biggar
No. 3
G. E. Cook
Birsay
A. L. Day
Consort
S. A. Driscoll
Shaunavon
W. Essar
Winnipegosis
W. G. Hampton
Govan
FE. Podborochinski
R. E. Rogers
Prince Alberta
J. L. Samwald
Greatfalls
F. J. Ward
North Portal
Royal Canadian Air Force Headquarters
Home Service
Samuel Colt
Ann Adam
L. B. Pett
Canadian Nutrition Proram
National Aa Conservation
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Appleford Paper Products
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Hamilton
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