Largest Drug Store In Canada Run By Canadian Army Corps
A wartime feature details the Central Medical Stores in Ottawa, the Dominion’s largest medical supplier. It ships about 1,000,000 pounds of medical supplies monthly to Canadian forces overseas, supplies penicillin and vitamins, and develops improved formulas for field use while serving Red Cross and Russian relief efforts.
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Canada
Canadian Army Corps
Hong Hong
Dominion of Canada
Ottawa
Canadian Army Medical Corps
Food and Drug Laboratory
Department of Pensions and National Health
Army
Red Cross Society
Russian Relief Committee
Henry Hudgon
Northwest Passage
Hudgon
Central Medical Stores
Sam Smith
G. H. Stanbrook
Frank Raney
Prescott
Ont
Royal Canadian Navy
Guelda Johnston
Bowmanville
Betty Gariel
Springhill
N.S
Britain’s Soldier-Genius The Orde Win gate profile
Major General Orde Wingate known as the soldier genius was born at Naini Tal in the Himalayas. Educated in England he became a highly read general and an adept organizer of native auxiliaries in Palestine the Sudan Ethiopia Burma and northern Burma where he earned the title Lord Protector of the Pagodas for his raids and intelligence network in the local regions.
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Orde Wingate
Britain
Naini Tal
Himalayas
England
Palestine
Sudan
Europe
Alps
Charles J. Roll
Libyan
Ethiopia
Burma
Times Have Changed Says Lochinvar Could Retread A Tire
In a witty note on modern romance the Toronto Star suggests that Lochinvar would gain more favor with women today if he could retread a tire, reflecting changing social standards and humor about courtship.
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Lochinvar
Toronto Star
Protection of overseas mail shields large shipments
The overseas postal authorities deserve credit for safeguarding last year's vast mail flow. About 31.5 million letters and 27.5 million pounds of parcels moved securely, with only just over one percent lost in transit, mostly in the Mediterranean theatre. The piece notes the fragility of the scol ar bone as a side statement.
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Mediterranean
Record price at London stamp auction for bisected two penny blue
A two penny blue stamp divided and used at Hull on March 27 1841 fetched 1360 pounds in London. The bisected stamp paid penny postage on two letters to Beverly and Hull, with parts of the original envelopes now revealed. It is the first known bisected stamp and among Britain’s rarest. Buy War Savings Stamps regularly.
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London
Hull
Beverly
Britain
The Age Of Electricitys Farm Transformation Dream
A Canadian survey predicts electricity will revolutionize farm life after the war. It promises safer lighting, powered pumps, incubators, and labor saving devices, enabling an eight hour day and new comforts for farmers and their families.
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Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Canada
Johnny
Norway buys wheat to feed people in liberated land
The Norwegian government in London bought nearly 5 million dollars worth of wheat through the Canadian Wheat Board to feed its people after victory. The grain is paid for and stored in Canada until Norway is liberated, with storage charges to be covered by the government.
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London
Canadian Wheat Board
Canada
Norway
Farm Machinery Rationing Remains Necessary
Wartime Prices and Trade Board states shortages of materials keep rationing in place though farmers boost repair parts output to 156 percent of normal and use parts freely to keep equipment running.
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Prices and Trade Board
Romance of Rubber in Canada War Achievement
The Ottawa Citizen highlights the invention of synthetic rubber in Canada as a wartime milestone. It credits Canadian scientists and industrialists for turning necessity into innovation, describing the story as one of the era’s most romantic achievements.
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Canada
Ottawa Citizen
Job Is Dangerous and The Padre’s Role in War
A Halifax Herald reflection notes that war makes sectarian labels irrelevant as soldiers face hunger cold weariness and wounds. It highlights the Padre as a Christian minister and crucial link between the fighting man and home, emphasizing the fundamentals of life and death.
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Halifax Herald
Bagpipes Sought in Scotland for King’s Scottish Borderers
Mayor Kenneth Dobie hunts across Scotland for bagpipes to outfit the King’s Scottish Borderers and Dumfriesshire’s regiment assigned to form new pipe bands. He laments the shortage as troops prepare to march into Berlin.
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Scotland
Kenneth Dobie
King’s
Dumfriesshire
Berlin
Calot-Bag Crochet Pattern 7040 Instructions
Calot-Bag magic uses easy to crochet medale lions for a simple calot and bag set in straw color. Pattern 7040 provides hat and push directions with materials list. Send twenty cents in coins to Household Arts Department Winnipeg Newspaper Union 175 McDermot Avenue Winnipeg Man for pattern 7040.
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Household Arts
Winnipeg
Unioly
McDermot Avenue
Deep Sea Fish Debate Halibut Versus Salmon
The Vancouver Sun contrasts halibut and salmon deep sea habits. Halibut stay marine while salmon return to freshwater birthplace streams. Fishermen face harvest pressures as a tenfold surplus allows fishing in both May and August.
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Vancouver Sun
German Penny Found In Till At North Bay Shoe Store
A 1939 German penny with Nazi eagle, laurel wreath and swastika was found in the till of a North Bay Ontario retail shoe store. The discovery was noted in the local report, highlighting the coin's era and imperial insignia.
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North Bay
Ont
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Prom Central Medical Stores
Fellows Medicine
Wingate
C.P.R
Canadian Pacific Railway
Angus
Montreal
W. M. Weal
C.B.E
CPR
Canadian Pacific
Alice Brooks
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