Etchings Of London Exhibit Aids Merchant Navy Fund
An Overseas Company of the Canadian Women's Army Corps hosts a three day exhibit of souvenirs and curios loaned by L-Cpl Joyce Harper and Cpl Edna Maguire to benefit the Merchant Navy. Proceeds reach nearly three pounds. Items include a carved spoon from Aberystwyth and a green pottery jug by Cpl Elizabeth Williams Sydney Mines. other pieces feature Lancashire clogs from Pte Alice Ricker Wel land Ont and brass items from Pte Kay MacLean New Glasgow NS along with gold leaf from St Pauls Cathedral and a Greek oil lamp.
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London
Wales
The
Canadian Legion Educational Services
Alice Ricker
Welland
Ont
Kay MacLean
New Glasgow
St. Paul's Cathedral
Tomorrow Never Comes in Stockton Wedding Scene
Pamela Trevor declares she will marry Paul Freeman tonight despite finances while Miss Jemmy hosts a festive town wedding in Stockton. Amanda Howes reflects on age, change, and the adage tomorrow never comes as Amanda plans to leave Jed Howard. Miss Jemmy hopes Nathan was listening.
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Pamela Trevor
Miss Jemmy
Amanda Hawes
Amanda
Pamela
Pam
Amanda Howes
Jed Howad
Jemmy
Lou Wheeler
Lucky My
Ludy
Stockton
Paul Freeman
Jed
Jed Howard
Nathan
Postwar Reconstruction Plan Outlined for China
President Chiang Kai-shek unveiled a tentative ten year program to build 12,500 miles of railways 141,000 miles of highways 100 million ton harbor capacity 3,000 locomotives 451570 passenger cars 3063300 tons merchant shipping 2000 passenger planes 10000000 houses 82100 hospitals 18000000 radio sets plus hydro electric development waterways and weaving industry with Canada as a potential supplier.
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China
Canada
Chiang Kai-shek
Mosquito light bomber built of wood with two engines
The British Information Service describes the Mosquito as a wooden bonded plane with two engines and plastic glue, parts joined in two halves. It carries 2,000 pounds of bombs, has long range, high speed, and can outrun many fighters. It serves as a night intruder and train-buster.
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British Information Service
Battle Of Weeds In Crop Production
The National Weed Committee warns weeds compete for water light and nutrients, citing lambs quarters and pigweed as costly to crops. It notes oats use less water than lambs quarters and reports weed losses in grain crops averaging 12.7 percent over five years from musk tard.
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National Weed Committee
Field Husbandry
Dominion Experimental Farms Service
Central Experimental Farm
Ottawa
Rose Hips Syrup Nourished British Babies in War
The Old Country used rose hip gathering to provide vitamin C for Britain's babies. In 1943 about 2.5 million bottles were produced from a 500 ton harvest. The Canadian diet lacked vitamin C and officials urged noting wild rose blooms to harvest fruit for syrup or jam.
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Britain
Nutrition Division
Department of Pensions and National Health
RAF Sergeant Wins Silver Cup At Brighton Music Festival
Less than 14 hours after an operational flight over the Allied beachhead in France, Robin Allen a sergeant engineer in the RAF competed at a Brighton music festival and won a silver challenge cup for solo singing before returning to duty. Russia was the first country to train armed parachutists.
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France
Robin Allen
R.A.F
Brighton
England
Eggs Roll Into Menus As Basic Seven Quota Keeps Pace
Eggs remain a Weekly staple under Basic Seven rules with four per person per week. The article notes eggs’ nutritional value and shows two cracker crumb based recipes using milk, crumbs, and cheese. One uses frying and the other bakes custard cups in a water bath for a firm set.
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Food Conservation” Program
Emperor of Abyssinia asks Britain to send English teachers
The Emperor of Abyssinia plans to invite Britain to dispatch a group of English teachers. Their task is to train native educators for new schools he intends to establish after observing British methods during his exile in England.
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Abyssinia
Britain
England
Studios Rent Victoria Crosses for Film Use
Hollywood studios often rent genuine Victoria Crosses and other military medals from private owners, paying from 50 to 900 dollars per item for production use.
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Hollywood
Tribute to James Forrestal Honors England's Wartime Resolve
The address in Princeton honors England for bearing the German onslaught in 1940 41 and 49 noting the small but gallant forces in Greece Crete and North Africa were decimated yet never beaten. It recalls London’s wartime bleak winter and the unquenchable English spirit.
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James Forrestal
U.S. Navy
Princeton
England
Greece
Crete
North Africa
London
Pattern 4813 Offers Slim Line Misses Styles
This week pattern 4813 features a simple to sew design with open for summer neckline front buttons and press n dress speed. Available in misses sizes 12 14 16 18 20 and women's 30 32 34 36 38 40 42. Size 18 uses 3 percent yards of 35 inch cotton. Send twenty cents in coins for the pattern to Anne Adams Pattern Dept Winnipeg Newspaper Union 175 McDermott Ave E Winnipeg Man. Mail delivery may be slower and War Savings Stamps are encouraged.
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Anne Adams
Winnipeg
McDermott Ave
Man
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H. Rickard
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Hun
RCAF
E'Ath’ With
Firestone
MacDonald
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