Almost Human Cars Of Future Will Be Marvels
Dr. Orestes H. Caldwell, editor of Electronic Industries, told the New York Electrical Society that postwar cars will print newspapers by facsimile radio, show newsreels by television, follow radio police instructions, auto light at night, read traffic signals on the dashboard with sound effects, and use electronic photocells to report speed to police.
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New York Electrical Society
Orestes H. Caldwell
Electronic Industries
Christian Science Monitor
Be with her God she is so young and fair
Poem by Edna Jaques laments a young princess coming of age and bearing a heavy heritage. The speaker pleads for divine guidance, wisdom, and strength to rule amid splendor and sacrifice. The verse contrasts pure beauty with the burden of a crown and a throne bought with blood and tears.
Scotland Yard Uses Gasoline Dipstick on Cabbies
Some operatives now carry a dipstick device to check a taxi cab fuel supply. When drivers balk at long hauls claiming low gas, the officer uses the dipstick to measure fuel in the tank.
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Scotland Yard
Goods for services in 1944 45 pledged to USA via Reciproc
India will furnish the United States with goods and services valued at 243 750 000 dollars by the end of 1944 45 under Reciprocal Aid.
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India
USA
Honest Jim and the purse on Texas coast
Jim a shoe repairman in a Texas coastal village finds a purse with ten hundred dollar bills and a photo of a frail woman. He faces a moral dilemma between keeping the money for his ill son James and returning it to its rightful owner who appears searching the beach.
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Jim
Texas
Honest Jim
James
Jackson's Point
San Juan
Wells
Mary
Herbert W Seagrim TCA promotion Winnipeg headline
Herbert W Seagrim, former chief pilot western division, named assistant superintendent of flight operations at Trans Canada Airlines with Winnipeg as HQ. Joined in 1937, flew Winnipeg Vancouver Seattle and Lethbridge routes. Born 1912 in Winnipeg, started flying at 18 with Winnipeg Flying Club, later bush and test pilot across the north.
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Herbert W. Seagrim
Western Division
Trans-Canada Air Lines
Winnipeg
T.C.A
Vancouver
Seattle
Lethbridge
Winnipeg Flying Club
Ronnie Johanneson
Wings Limited
Air Cadets to Fly in 1944 RCAF Summer Camp Program
The Air Cadet League of Canada announced plans for familiarization flights for senior cadets during the 1944 summer camp. Flights up to thirty minutes will be offered within twenty miles of the station, with parent waiver forms required. President Arthur L. Melling said the program could boost progress of the air cadet movement nationwide.
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RCAF
Air Cadet League of Canada
Air Cadet League
Arthur L. Melling
Montreal
Air Cadet
Canada
Mr. Melling
R.c.af
Age Of Chivalry Sparked By London Press Retort
The London Ontario Free Press defends the age of chivalry against the claim men are less gallant as they ride streetcars. It praises men who perform daily chores at home such as washing dishes, caring for children, cooking, repairing, paying bills, and protecting families, highlighting traditional duties.
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London
Ontario
Free Press
Edmonton Journal
Diary Excerpt Shows German Officer’s Break with Nazism
A translated diary fragment from a German officer held in Italy reveals a collapse of old loyalties and rising hatred for Nazi brutality. The writer questions why he was born German and expresses longing to aid those opposing the regime while vowing to expose Nazi weaknesses.
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Italy
Leeds Yorkshire Post
Pattern 4719 for a child’s dainty frock and sunsuit
This Week's Pattern offers a dainty button front frock slip pan ties and sunsuit in sizes 6 months to 6 years. Pattern 4719 is easy to sew and teaches self dressing with a washable front. Send 20 cents to Anne Adams Pattern Dept Winnipeg Manitoba with size name address and style number.
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Pattern
Anne Adams
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave. E
Winnipeg
Man
Vitamin Bi bread improves loaf quality in government tests
A Dominion Department of Agriculture panel in an experimental kitchen found loaves baked with Vitamin Bi white flour compared favorably to those made with standard all purpose flours. The test assessed texture and overall quality differences.
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Dominion Department of Agriculture
UNRRA Estimates 45 Million Tons for Europe Relief
UNRRA projects total postwar import needs of 45 million tons across food oils fats chemicals fertilizers rubber wood paper hides leather clothing coal metals machinery seeds drugs and hospital supplies. Canada will mainly contribute food especially wheat led by Dr G S H Barton who chaired the agricultural food board and represented Canada at the Hot Springs conference in May 1943. UN relief aims to aid victims immediately upon liberation of occupied nations.
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United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration
UNRRA
Europe
Canada
G. S. H. Barton
Dominion
Agricultural Food Board
United Nations
Spare Ribs Dinner From Temperate Kitchen
Selected recipe outlines a spare ribs dish baked at 375 degrees for about one hour. Two pork rib strips are seared in Mazola then layered with onions, tomatoes, cider vinegar, sugar, buttered crumbs and seasonings. Bake until tender, brown crumbs, optional parboiled potatoes.
Chocolate Milk Shake Recipe for One Servings
Simple chocolate milk shake method with 1 cup milk and vanilla. Mix 1 cup cold milk and 1 to 1/2 teaspoon vanilla, stir in 2 tablespoons chocolate syrup until smooth, or shake ingredients in a covered container. Serve chilled. Serves 1, scalable for more servings.
How to verify the North Pole by shadow timing
The article explains a simple method to locate the North Pole by checking if a shadow remains constant over 24 hours. It notes that plastics have reduced the weight of magnetic compasses in Allied tanks by seven pounds.
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North Pole
Plight Of A Deer Near Mesa Verde Park
Game wardens in southwestern Colorado found a three year old black tail buck whose left front leg was caught by its antlers for about three months. The deer hobbled on three legs while the hoof pressed against the other leg. Wardens believe a fight or entanglement with branches caused the injury. They freed the leg, captured a photo, and released the deer, which was later sighted bounding again.
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Vic Steele
Steele
Mesa Verde National Park
Colorado
Help For Refugees Britain’s wartime record on refugees
Britain’s record as a refuge for Nazi oppression victims is strong despite wartime strains. Between May 1940 and April 1943 about 60 000 non British refugees were admitted, with an average of 800 monthly admissions since then according to a December announcement.
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Britain
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