World Happenings Briefly Told From The War Front
Late March 5 Wartime Price Board sets May 1 ready to wear limits and Aug 1 Made to Measure rules. Clarke warns Canada’s tin stocks will tighten to conserve supplies. Enamel use on tins banned to save raw materials. Nazi air chief replaces reins on Sicily air force. Hitler seeks closer ties with Chile per German embassy. Construction contracts by munitions dept exceed 200 million dollars since 1939. Corvettes built in 11 Canadian yards. England can collect 2 million tons wasted paper yearly. Royal warrant forms Army Air Corps per British army order.
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Munitions and Supply Department
Ro H J. Clarke
Canada
War Production Board
House of Commons
England
Army Air Corps
Speech on everyday mispronunciations and diction tips
The text discusses careful pronunciation in theater practice, highlighting common elisions and vowel omissions. It cites examples like Mary an' Joe and not to, urges daily use of new words, and invites readers to request further information by mail.
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Mary
Joe
Susie
Cadbury's
Anne Adams Pattern 4006 for home and sport frocks
Anne Adams pattern 4006 offers a slips on frock with front buttoning collarless neckline and belt. Directions note gathers, optional darts, long sleeves. Pattern sizes 14 through 42 with yardage for size 16. send 20 cents to Winnipeg Pattern Dept. for single pattern. Also mentions naval ship guards over coffee pots and a Panama Canal Zone farm growing four leaf clovers.
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Anne Adams
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave. E
Winnipeg
Man
British Press Adopts Trans-Atlantic Menu Slang
The British Press Association published a version of American slang reporting U S troops in Northern Ireland. It notes that bacon and eggs, called flapjacks, were scarce but will become a regular part of the morning diet.
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British Press Association
United States
Northern Ireland
Air Force Graduations Western Canada Air Gunnery Schools
A compilation of personnel at No 7 and No 5 Bombing and Gunnery Schools and No 10 Service Flying Training School with March dates. Listed are names and home towns of air gunners and pilots including Paulson Man Druid Sask Camrose Alta and Dauphin Man graduations.
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Paulson
Man
Air Gutors
LAC WR
S& Noyes
Marshall Sark
Schoo Paulson
Lac J. Gardner
Boissevain
O D. MrLean
Guroy
Sask
H. Quigtey
Sutherland
H R. Ross
Pitman
Dafoe
Lac
F. H Hachmann Laird
C. O. Hancock
Strome
Alta
A. J. Ireland
Camrose
Service
Dauphin
W. W. Byers
Pontalas
H. K. C Harvey
Kamsack
W. Holden
Senlac
Ministry notes foreign reference books aid target fixing
Thousands of foreign guide books maps and other reference works are flowing into the ministry of economic warfare to identify targets in Nazi occupied Europe. A donor helped locate a vital factory finally linking evidence in a long search. A dead RAF pilot’s mother sent his maps hoping bombs would avenge his death. Refugees sent material with factory photos and site details.
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Ministry of Economic Warfare
Europe
Royal Air Force
Threads Of Milk Inspire Future Fashion Textiles
Dairy researchers forecast clothing made from milk by spring with a new textile fiber derived from casein. The National Dairy Products Corporation says this milk based fiber is the first accepted by the American textile industry and fabrics are already using threads of milk.
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Dairy Products Research
National Dairy Products Corporation
Science Service
Drill sergeant joins crochet display at YMCA exhibit
A Coldstream Guards drill sergeant contributed an afternoon tablecloth with hand crocheted lace to a YMCA forces exhibition. The article notes a Mayan claim that planting an apple seed in Yucatan yields a guava, illustrating diverse curiosities in the feature.
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Coldstream Guards
Y.M.C.A. Forces
Yucatan
Mexico
Robots Guard U S War Plants With Whisper Detection
The Du Pont Company discloses robot sentries guarding miles of wire fencing around many U S war production plants. Six months of tests show this system as the most efficient yet, capable of hearing whispers or wire-cutting sounds and instantly warning a watchman and a central guard station.
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United States Way
du Pont Company
War measures win public support says Ottawa Journal
The public accepts government restrictions as a direct war effort, viewing personal contribution as small yet meaningful compared with the slaughter and destruction faced by other nations striving for freedom. The piece argues citizens tolerate inconveniences for a greater cause.
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Ottawa Journal
Sunday School Lesson On Resurrection And Victory
Sunday School lesson discusses Jesus confounding Sadducees with the resurrection and marriage in heaven, contrasting earthly corruption with spiritual life, and Paul’s teaching of the resurrected body in 1 Corinthians 15. The piece cites Mark 12 18 27 and 1 Corinthians 15 50 58 with devotional readings from 1 Corinthians 15 42 49.
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Caesar
Jesus
Luke
William A. Grist
Paul
Pasteurized milk reduces disease and preserves nutrients
Frank Chamberlain argues in Health that Ontario's milk pasteurization cut milk borne diseases. Dr. Alan Brown notes pasteurization prevents tuberculous and other epidemics in children and does not affect calcium. vitamins C and D concerns are addressed with dietary sources. The piece cites unrelated trivia about the eye and Delhi pillar.
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Frank Chamberlain
Health
The
Health League of Canada
Mr. Chamberlain
Alan Brown
Hospital For Sick Children
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Coventry
Albert Keseelring
Sicily
Hitler
Juan Rios
Chile
Armed Forces
Tien
Sui Btle
Corps
Mary Ellen Burgess
Regina Sask
U.S. Navy
Panama Canal Zone
Air Force
Western
Tropics
By Fred Neher
Ers
Childs Colds Vicks VapoRus
People of
Christ
Jesus Christ
Ontario
Delhi
Australia
Sydney and
Melbourne
Mickie
Gene Byrnes
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