Venereal disease lectures urged for prisons and shelters
John Kidman, honorary secretary of the Canadian Penal Association, urged that information on venereal disease be provided in prisons jails refuges and shelters via lectures films and literature. He praised the national educational program sponsored by the Health League of Canada and health departments and urged inmates receive at least one lecture film and booklet. He warned against diverting resources to less needy groups and called for chaplains and social workers to supplement education and discuss marriage and community living.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Kidman
Canadian Penal Association
Montreal
Mr. Kidman
Spreading Weeds Across Farms Through Multiple Vectors
The National Weed Committee warns new weeds spread via imperfectly cleaned cereals and seeds and through commercial feeds. They travel district to district by transport, within towns in stable manure, and farm to farm by threshing machines and implements. Wind, snow drift, streams, animals, birds, and even boots and clothing aid dispersal.
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National
Penguins Struggle Over Ice en route to Sea to Die
A stark image notes penguins marching across ice toward the sea as they face harsh conditions and eventual death, illustrating the brutal realities of survival in arctic environments.
World Happenings Briefly Told
The Netherlands contributed more than 2,000,000 tons to the shipping pool created by the United Nations. A survey shows absenteeism among disabled workers is lower than in other personnel. Six Italian spies of a German espionage ring were executed after Allied trial in Italy. Thieves stole about 500 dresses and two-piece suits from London shops after burrowing through walls of bombed premises. British Women's Army Auxiliary to receive sling bags like those issued to the Canadian corps. Mrs. K Somerville is cited as London’s top Red Cross penny-a-week fundraiser, collecting the equivalent of 15,000 dollars in two years. France’s furniture industry is reorganized for mass production of beds and kitchen pieces for bombed households. The Agriculture Department says the British Food Mission will buy any surplus white peas produced in Canada in 1944 at 3.25 dollars per bushel.
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K. Somerville
London
Red Cross
Agriculture Department
British Food Mission
Canada
Milk Records Guide Dairy Herd Improvement
A system of keeping milking records helps dairy farmers feed each cow by milk output and serves as the basis to improve the herd. The records guide management decisions and support progressive breeding and production plans.
Roads in British India total miles by surface type
British India reports 207 325 miles of roads. Of these 11 197 miles are modern surface, 56 348 miles are waterbound macadam, and 139 781 miles are earth roads.
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British India
Ween Person Reacts to Fear and Anger
A person shows dilated pupils when afraid and constricted pupils when angry, indicating autonomic changes tied to emotional states. The pattern suggests fear triggers sympathetic arousal with larger pupils, while anger may produce focus and reduced dilation.
Belgium Liberated newspaper planned as jet aircraft prophecy
The Belgian government plans an official newspaper La Belgique Liberee to publish immediately after liberation, with editors from London. Separately, pilots favor jet-propelled aircraft for direct power, lighter weight, simple fuel needs, less vibration, and potential revolution in high speed and high altitude planes.
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Belgium
la Belgique Liberee
London
Frankfurter Zeitung
Germany
London Daily Sketch
Not a Spider Harvest Spider Myth Explained
The daddy longlegs is called harvest spider pseudo-spider and shepherd spider in various regions but it is not a spider. it is related to the scorpion family and belongs to a different order.
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Daddy Longlegs
Radio tubes to rise from Canadian and American output
Munitions Minister Howe told A. H. Bence that in the last half of the year Canada would receive increased radio tube supplies from Canadian manufacturers. He added Canada was already getting a share of American production.
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Howe
A. H. Bence
P.C
Saskatoon
Canada
Flax Bulletin Promises Profitable Growth Insight
A new flax bulletin by Dr. J. B. Harrington on profitable flax cultivation has been issued by the University of Saskatchewan. Copies are available from the Director of Extension at the university in Saskatoon.
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J. B. Harrington
University of Saskatchewan
Saskatoon
Icebergs Threaten North Atlantic Shipping
In the North Atlantic an iceberg menace remains the sole serious risk to ships, while Antarctic bergs drift into western Cape Horn lanes. Few bergs reach sea in the North Pacific, as most break up in bays after adrift travel.
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North Atlantic
Cape Horn
North Pacific
Sunlight Requires Eight Minutes To Reach Earth
A note explains that light from the sun takes about eight minutes to travel the distance to Earth, illustrating the delay between solar events and their appearance here.
Daffodils Brighten Spring Despite Many Names
Botanists identify eight to ten Narcissus varieties while the public uses jonquil for short cup blooms. Regardless of name, the daffodils herald spring in wintry gardens and are loved by all observers.
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Fond Jay
Prisoner of War Sgt McGeer Reported In Germany
Sgt M G McGeer, previously listed missing over enemy lines, is now confirmed a prisoner of war in Germany. His mother Mrs G G McGeer of Vancouver was advised. His father G G McGeer is a Liberal MP for Vancouver Burrard.
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M. G. McGeer
Germany
G. G. McGeer
Vancouver
Burrard
Saturation Bombing and Collision Odds in WWII Tactics
When saturation bombing was developed fears rose that many bombers arriving together would collide. In practice collisions are rare with odds about one in a thousand. The risk of being shot down by flak declines when attacks are spread over time as German anti air guns track bombers individually.
Income tax totals exceed four billion by 1943 figures
A parliamentary return shows income tax collected during the First Great War period up to March 31 1943 totaling 4 018 400 395. The figures were tabled in the commons for Hon. R. B. Hanson representing York South.
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R. B. Hanson
York Sudbury
Qua Crossword Puzzle Clue Grid
Puzzle clues listed for across and down with multiple definitions and gaps. Answers include common crossword entries like acy, wanders, system of government, ascending, god of war, etc. The fragment shows several numbered entries and prompts for fill-in answers.
Puzzle Clue List Needs Answers and Crossings
A mixed clue set asks for word fills including hair fillets speedy care beverages dreamers palm off hag bird rub beetles organism steamships extend operate lavish pass declare threw room garland preposition French conjunction
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