Thoughts On Rationing for Canada War Effort
A reflective piece urges acceptance of rationing as a civic duty. It emphasizes cooperation over compulsion, inspires honesty and thrift, and notes the roles of women in shopping and enforcing fair practice. It cites leadership from Donald Gordon and echoes British wartime moral rearmament for civilian resilience.
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Donald Gordon
War Tire Prices and Trade Board
Britain
Bristol
Canada
Norwegian Coffee Shortage and War-Era Crunches
The report notes exhausted coffee reserves in Norway and a prewar record of high per capita consumption. It highlights shortages of meat fish and dairy, defence industry brakes capable of stopping 80-ton bombers in 10 seconds, Byrd charts 1100 miles of Antarctic coast, India at two thirds US size, and half of England's 44.5 million citizens smoking.
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Norway
Fashion and change in wartime dress styles explained
A reflective piece cites F Marion Crawford on fashion's limited sway over relations and notes that wartime civilian styles may simplify. It contrasts past and present trends and ends with general advice about timing and happiness.
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F. Marion Crawford
Detroit Free Press
Jeep as Army Train Exhibit Travels Canada Wide
The Canadian Army Train tours towns and cities across the Dominion showing a jeep and supporting equipment. Lt. Col. J. E. McKenna leads 58 soldiers and six officers in a 15 car display with a 60 inch searchlight and a Valentine tank. The exhibit covers artillery, grenades, mortars, medical facilities, and Red Cross processed blood. The train aims to reach over 200 locations and surpass one million viewers, highlighting the Army’s reach and trades training.
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Canada
Canadian Army Trades School
Hamilton
Army Service Corps
Red Cross
Medical Corps
J. E. McKenna
Montreal
Dominion
British legation staff honored for Athens to Crete rescue
Three members of the British legation staff at Athens awarded the MBE for saving fellow staff after fleeing to Crete. Rodney Bond Tyrell Carlisle and Edward Patrick Dillon reached Crete by boat learned a rescue boat was sunk and stranded on a Greek island, then risked bombing to bring the entire party to safety with food and medical supplies.
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Legation
Athens
Crete
Greece
Rodney Bond
Tyrell Carlisle
Edward Patrick Dillon
Selected Recipes From A Historic Pantry
A dated recipe lists ingredients including chopped dates corn syrup salt boiling water coffee egg flour baking powder walnuts and mazola. It describes mixing dates with syrup and water cooling then adding coffee egg and dry ingredients plus nuts, pouring into a leaf pan and baking at 325 degrees for about one hour.
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Mazda
Great Road Builder Fritz Todt Planned Military Highways
Berlin reports Maj Gen Fritz Todt was killed in an air crash though he was not a soldier but a premier road builder. His autobahns linked from the Baltic to Austria to aid military transport and to enable rapid transfer of troops across occupied Europe.
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Berlin
Fritz Todt
Germany
Baltic
Austria
France
Belgium
Dr. Todt
Czechoslovakia
Trajan
Hitler
Vienna
Chamberlain
Municher
Russia
Todt
Winnipeg Free Press
Peanut Butter Bread Mixes From Pantry
A vintage recipe uses all purpose flour baking powder salt brown sugar Mazola peanut butter milk corn syrup and eggs. Dry ingredients are lifted then Mazola and peanut butter are blended into the flour mix. Eggs beaten with milk and corn syrup join the two mixtures and the batter is poured into a lined leaf pan and baked in a moderate oven.
Compressed Flour Reduces Ship Space By Pressing
USDA chemists developed a process compressing flour under up to 16 000 psi to remove air gaps. Bread baked from the compressed flour produced loaves 15 to 20 percent smaller yet with acceptable taste, offering more slices per loaf and potential Atlantic shipping savings.
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Atlantic
United States Department of Agriculture
Tribute urged for Dr Dafoe who cared for the Quints
The North Bay Nugget calls for a tribute to Dr Dafoe for his care of the Dionne quintuplets. It credits his medical skill and charm with keeping the five girls alive and boosting tourism to the district. The note emphasizes his popularity across the continent and the economic benefits from his work. The North Pole remark contrasts poles after the tribute.
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Doc
Dr. Dafoe
North Bay Nugget
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Sunny
Antarctic
Admiral Byrd
India
United States
England
M.G.O
J.P
Citizens Army
Australia
New Zealand
Michigan
Great Lakes
Lake Ontario
Seu
Roya
Fai
South Pole
North Pole
Bushey
Appleford Paper
Toronto
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