Plan to Build One Hundred Modern Cities After the War
London and its hinterland would be reorganized into about 100 new cities the size of Regina within 25 miles of London, under Prof Leslie Abercrombie’s plan. He argues for pooled land redevelopment, transfer of population, and coordinated transport to rebuild Britain after the war while preserving home ownership.
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London
Ralph Alien
Regina
Leslie Abercrombie
Abercrombie
Great Britain
University of London
Barlow Royal Commission
London County Council
LcC.o
Birmingham
Rochester
Liverpool
St. Paul's Cathedral
England
Prof
Regina blind student takes up poultry raising during war effort
R. W. Beath of Regina, manager at the Canadian National Institute for the Blind, studies poultry raising by correspondence. He has Braille and Moon Type training, a BA from the University of Manitoba, and certificates in business law, insurance and economics. He aims to involve Saskatchewan blind people in large scale poultry farming after completing the course.
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R. W. Beath
Regina
Canadian National Institute For the Blind
University of Manitoba
Beath
Saskatchewan
Sugar beet production in Canada aims to boost 1943 output
Canada grew 63,300 acres of sugar beets in 1942 producing about 200 million pounds of refined sugar, roughly one fifth of normal consumption. For 1943 the objective is to maximize beet sugar output with existing plant facilities.
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Canada
Seadog Posh Recounts Weyburn Sinking and War Bond Prompt
Seadog Posh the cocker spaniel recalls the torpedoing of H M C S Weyburn and the ship’s loss. The tale emphasizes weekly war saving stamps as a morale and fundraising push in Canada. Posh was rescued after oil slicked seas and taken to Gibraltar then England before returning home.
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Canada
H.M.C.S. Weyburn
Weyburn
Pat Milsom
Posh
Gibraltar
England
Mediterranean
North Africa
Potter
Joan Golby
Victoria
B.C
Miss Golby
Miss
Roses Delivered Across the Atlantic by Colonel's Gift
A colonel with the 8th Air Force in England planned to send roses to his Detroit mother but regulation halted the practice. A RAF officer advised writing a letter then picking roses from a garden. The next morning the flier carried roses and letter on a trans Atlantic flight to Canada, then Detroit, delivering Mother’s Day greetings. Buy War Savings Certificates.
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8Th Air Force Command
England
Detroit
R.A.F. Transport Command
R.A.F
Canada
Certificates Cashed at National Women’s Council Meeting
The Hon. J. L. Ilsley told Toronto’s National Council of Women that $77,000,000 in war savings certificates were bought in the past year and lamented $24,090,000 had been redeemed. He warned against lending money to the government today only to take it back tomorrow as improper. He noted about 17,000 improvements have been made to the telephone since 1874.
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J. L. Ilsley
National Council of Women
Toronto
Ilsley
New Compact Sea-Rescue Radio Aids Airmen
The RC AF adopts a small, waterproof sea-rescue transmitter named the Coffee Grinder. Weighing under 20 pounds, it multiplies rescue chances by sending SOS signals up to 150 miles, powered by a built in crank and parachute drop kit.
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Atlantic
RCAF
R.C.A.F
R.C.A F
R.c.af
Early Hawaiian chiefs a profile of giants from history
The article notes that early Hawaiian chiefs were described as physical giants weighing between 300 and 500 pounds. The piece highlights size as a remarkable trait of influential leaders and situates these accounts in historical context.
Nightingale collection gifts vivid and rare to Vancouver
A February 8 1888 letter by Florence Nightingale on pale blue paper discusses a coffee house to lure men from pubs. The Vancouver General Hospital School of Nursing receives a Nightingale collection from Miss Grace Fairley, including photographs mementos and rare Punch statues.
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Florence Nightingale
Canada
Vancouver General Hospital School of
Grace Fairly
London
Miss Fairley
England
Miss Nightingale
East
Lady Southwick
Crochet Gloves For Cool Summer Wear Pattern 7560
Crochet gloves in a dainty picot mesh offer feminine summer wear. Pattern 7560 provides small to large sizes and materials, with instruction and a 20 cent pattern price. Send to Household Arts Department Winnipeg Newspaper Union, 175 McDermot Ave, Winnipeg Man.
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Household Arts Department
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Avenue E
Winnipeg
Man
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Britain
Ernest Bevin
Lord Beaverbrook
Lords
Seadog
Isley
Vancouver General Hospital Training School
Alice Brooks
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