Radio Aid Rescues Arctic Missionary in April Distress
The faint crackle of a radio distress signal led Pilot Ernie Boffa and mechanic Thornton Tweed to help Father C. Adam of the Oblate order. They flew from Yellowknife with extra gas to Burnside Harbor and ferried the priest to Fort Resolution, arriving the next day for treatment.
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Edmonton
Father C. Adam
Arctic
Coppermine
Nwt
Fort Resolution Hospital
Canadian Pacific Air Lines
Ernie Boffa
Thornton Tweed
Yellowknife
Father Adam
Burnside Harbor
Bathurst Inlet
Boffa
Tweed
Fort Resolution
Hurricanes and disasters tally in Martinique history
A historical tally notes 33 hurricanes, seven earthquakes, 11 tidal waves, two famines and one drought in Martinique across three centuries. The figures summarize major natural hazards shaping the island’s past.
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Martinique
Education In Canada Highlights From Winnipeg Meeting
The Canada Newfoundland Education Association in Winnipeg discussed a Dominion wide survey led by Dr. W J Percival of Quebec. It recommends specialized funding for capital costs, doubling education costs, extending schooling to sixteen with optional attendance into seventeen and eighteen, and a basic teachers salary of 1321 dollars per year, the BC minimum.
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Canada-Newfoundland Education Association
Winnipeg
Canada
W. J. Percival
Quebec
British Columbia
Citizenship Emphasis and Practical Education Tracked
A report from Canada Newfoundland Education Association meetings urges stronger emphasis on moral principles and worthy citizenship in schools. It calls for training pupils in useful crafts alongside academics, arguing for more practical subjects to meet postwar needs and Dominion reconstruction plans.
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Canada
Canada-Newfoundland Education Association
Wartime Education Programs in Canada
Canada reports education meets wartime needs through school provisions and the Youth Training Plan. Training flows to armed forces, munition plants, and war work, with many naval air force and army personnel receiving university training. Finance, teacher salaries, school units, and curriculum broadening require consideration as social and economic issues shift.
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Canada
Royal Canadian Navy
Royal Canadian Air Force
Army
Nixon’s Daughter Leads RCAF Women Arrival Draft in Britain
Kathryne A Forbes daughter of Ontario premier Harry Co Nixon oversaw a draft of Royal Canadian Air Force Women’s Division personnel headed for Great Britain. She is married to Capt R B Forbes of the 4th Canadian Infantry Brigade and was formerly a junior administration officer at Uplands. A brother Pilot Officer J C Nixon RCAF was killed overseas in 1941.
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Kathryne A. Forbes
Harry Co. Nixon
Ontario
Nixon
Royal Canadian Air Force
Great Britain
R. B. Forbes
4Th Canadian Infantry Brigade
Canadian Army
Uplands
Air Force Headquarters
J. C. Nixon
R.C.A.F
Protecting Gardens From Cutworms in Small and Large Plots
The Dominion Agriculture Department outlines cutworm controls. In small gardens wrap stems with paper or place open cans around transplants, burying one end. In larger gardens use poisoned bran bait of bran green parts and water, applied at planting and after three days, with two applications. Keep bait away from children, livestock, and birds.
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Dominion Department of Agriculture
Wings Parade RCAF Appointments List of Commissions
The Royal Canadian Air Force Headquarters announced recent commissions of pilots across Canada. Names include J. Gibson Caron Sask Thomas Foster Arcola Sask N B Currie Starbuck Man W L Gwynn Punnichy Sask W D Harrison The Pas Man Walter Dick Winkler Man H L Jones Dinsmore Sa J E Browne Parkside Sask Rudolf Millius Odessa Sask W W MacKeracher Plate Sask M J Strong Argyle Sask Bertram Shylega Rivers Man R J Bellamy Arena Sask A P Haacke Elphinstone Sask H G Gilchrist Foam Lake Sask J F Wyilie Prince Albert Sask W B Britton Eston Sask R B Rennie Gull Lake Sask N Colborne Sioux Lookout Ont.
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Caron
Sask
Thomas Foster
Arcola
N. BE. Currie
Starbuck
Man
W. L. Gwynn
Punnichy
Argyle
Bertram Shylega
Rivers
R J. Bellamy
Arena
A P. Haacke
Elphinstone
H. G. Gilchrist
Foam Lake
J. F. Wyilie
Prince Albert
W. B. Britton
Eston
R B Rennie
Gull Lake
N. Colborne
Sioux Lookout
Ont
Humorous Exchange Cartoons and Jokes From Daily Life
A collage of light snippets and quips about family mischief humor and everyday social scenes. Jokes about fathers mothers and spouses appear alongside brief anecdotes of actors Mark Twain and the Drews with playful wordplay and gentle irony.
Winston Churchill Pronunciation of Nazi Described
The New Yorker contrasts Churchill’s “Nozzy” with his “Naazzy” nasal snarl, noting how he expresses contempt for the foreign term. The commentary highlights his plain man view of complex worlds and the ease some announcers show in vocalizing foreign words.
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Utah
Mark Twain
Mark
Twain
Winston Churchill
Naazzy
New Yorker
Red Cross Penny-a-Week Fund Reaches 10 Million Donors
More than 10,000,000 people about one in five Britons regularly contribute to the Red Cross Penny-a-Week fund, underscoring broad public support for the cause.
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Britain
Red Cross
The Art Of Forgetting For Happier Living
A meditation on choosing kindness over memory of faults. The excerpt urges forgetting neighbors faults and slanders, past quarrels, and daily meanness to keep a clean slate for today. It emphasizes recalling only loveable points to sustain happiness.
Ice breaks swan lake freeze prompts Sitka school dismissal
In January 1940 Swan Lake near Sitka iced over unusually creating a rare scene in Alaska. Local students were dismissed so they could skate on the frozen lake. The event highlighted the unusual cold spell affecting the area and drew attention from residents and authorities alike.
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Alaska
Swan Lake
Sitka
Gems of Thought and Moral Quotes
A collection of short maxims and aphorisms from Browning Publius Syrus Mary Baker Eddy J B Walker Longfellow and Buckminster highlighting inner strength integrity virtue and moral guidance in everyday life. The quotes stress self rule loyalty to Jesus Sermon on the Mount and the elusiveness of true character over appearances.
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Jesus
Mary Baker Eddy
Rattlesnakes in the United States: fifteen poisonous species
A note lists fifteen species of American rattlesnakes, all venomous. The group spans diverse habitats across the United States, emphasizing their venomous nature and potential health risks to humans.
Florida mockingbird alters song 87 times in seven minutes
A Florida state bird study notes the mockingbird can change its song 87 times within a seven minute period, highlighting its vocal versatility and behavioral adaptability.
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Florida
Six-Foot Threshold Rare Among American Males
The article notes that only about one American male in every 200 reaches six feet tall, highlighting rarity of tall stature.
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