Testing Canadian Army Mess Tin Ration for 10 day endurance
Ottawa reports field tests show the Mess Tin ration sustains peak fighting efficiency over ten days of extreme exertion with no hunger or weight loss. Trials involved officers and infantrymen aged 21 to 30, five daily marches, and detailed intake and performance records.
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Ottawa
Canada
Newfoundland
Department of National Defence
Fach
Lurch Stop
R.C.A F
Nurse Vital to National Health in War and Peace
Regina Leader-Post argues that the nurse remains essential beyond active service, linking continued usefulness to individual and national health and a stable life. Enlists or stays on the home front, the nurse’s role is pivotal for war and peacetime alike.
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Regina
Plastic-based clothing and materials could reshape postwar economy
Dr. Waclaw Szukiewicz, a refugee Polish chemist inventor, lists cheap plastics clothing, improved automobile tires, and insulating sheathing for buildings as major potential drivers of a sweeping postwar American economic shift, noting fuels and materials from natural or synthetic rubber. Buy War Savings Certificates.
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Waclaw Szukiewicz
Royal Wedding Dazzles Tiny Liechtenstein Amid War Turmoil
The reighing prince of Liechtenstein, 26, wed Princess Gina Wilczek of Austria in a grand ceremony that transformed the 65 square mile principality into a fairyland for four days. The union linked to Archduke Otto of Habsburg with a torchlight parade and armored guard of honor as 11,102 residents joined the celebrations. Liechtenstein lies between Germany and Switzerland.
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Joseph I Reighing
Uty
Liechterstein
Gina Wilczek
Austria
Europe
Otto of
Canadian Inventors Pioneered Ailerons for Early Flight
A historical account traces the development of the aileron by Dr. Bell and associates, detailing J A D McCurdy and Henri Farman demonstrations, the 1909 Silver Dart first heavier‑than‑air flight in the British Empire, and the formation of the Aerial Experiment Association at Baddeck. It notes Bell's move from telephone to aviation and the role of his wife in financing the group.
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Dr. Bell
Edinburgh
Scotland
Canada
Brantford
Ont
J. A.D. McCurdy
British Empire
Baddeck
The
Aerial Experiment Association
Department of Munitions and Supply
Henri Farman
Mr. McCurdy
American Aero Club
Europe
Paris
New York City
Farman
McCurdy
Bell
England
Cape Breton
Brass
Lake
Beinn Breagh
MecCurdy
Bells
McGill University
Casey Baldwin
Salvage Ideas For Vivid Scatter Rugs
Clever salvage instructions for making nine rugs from scraps of material and yarn. Includes directions materials needed and pattern parts. To obtain pattern send twenty cents to Household Arts Department Winnipeg Newspaper Union 175 McDermot Avenue Winnipeg Man write name address and pattern number.
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Household Arts Department
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Avenue
Winnipeg Man
Home counties define near London in English geography
Regions surrounding London are called the home counties including Middlesex, Surrey, Kent, Essex and sometimes Sussex and Hertford. The term identifies counties within commutable distance and forming the metropolis’ hinterland.
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London
Middlesex
Surrey
Kent
Essex
Sussex
Hertford
Artist James Clark Dies at 85 in Reigate
Noted painter James Clark who created the landmark work Memories of The Last Sacrifice, a consoling image from the first Great War, died in Reigate England at age 85. The original painting was purchased by Queen Mary.
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Reigate
England
James Clark
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