Canada’s 1938 mental wards house 46389 patients
At year end 1938 Canada had 87 mental institutions with 46389 patients under care. 3702 were on parole. The Manitoba Legion backs a war veterans defence force to guard against fifth column activity in Canada. A French court says 100 shares of the Suez Canal Company stock belong to Goebbels. Police raid British gunsmiths as authorities curb fifth column threats. Forty seven Alberta election deposits were forfeited. RCAF pilots receiving full military honors after a crash near Cobourg. General Guillaumat, veteran French war leader, dies at 76. Belgrade tightens foreigner rules after cabinet meeting, requiring police reporting every ten days.
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Manitoba
Canadian Legion
Canada
Joseph Goebbels
Germany
Britain
Alberta
Robert Andison
Royal Canadian Air Force
Cobourg
Ont
Marie-Louis Guillaumat
France
The
East
Hitler Recalled as School Bully by Former Classmate
Anton Betz, a Canadian tailor and former classmate of Adolf Hitler, recalls Hitler as a mediocre student who later became a dangerous figure. Betz, a Slovak now living in London Ontario, notes Hitler’s Austrian background and military service, correcting common claims about his rank and allegiance.
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Adolf Hitler
Anton Beletz
Mein Kampf
Hitler
Anton
King and Waterloo Streets
London
Gratz
Austria
Adolf
Linz
Maud Maxwell Vesey wins 1940 Canadian Women's Press Club award
Maud Maxwell Vesey of St Stephen New Brunswick has earned the 1940 Members Memorial Award. The St Croix Courier writer’s report on King and Queen’s 1939 New Brunswick visit was judged best. Honorable mentions went to Evelyn Caldwell Norma Magder Louise Thirwell and Lillian Gibbons. Vesey also contributes to other papers and lectures on Maritime history.
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Maud Maxwell Vesey
St. Stephen
Canadian Women’s Press Club
Miriam Green Ellis
Winnipeg
Verey
New Brunswick
St. Croix Courier
St Stephen
N.B
Evelyn
J. F. B. Livesay
Canadian Press
Bruce Hutchison
Victoria
B.C
Vesey
The
Frederickton Gleaner
Christian Science Monitor
the Crucible
Toronto
St. Stephen's
Mount Allison Ladies’ College and University
Mount Allison University
Home Service Beauty Tips From A Skilled Operator
An advertisement explains at home beauty methods for oily and dry hair, plus facial and skin care. It promotes a 32 page booklet How To Give Beauty Treatments and lists other 15 cent booklets on writing, vocabulary, poems, fortune telling, French, weddings, and more from the Winnipeg Newspaper Union.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Home Service Dept
Winnipeg
Nwspaper Union
McDermot Ave. E
Man
Imenne
Lightest Metals Float on Water
The three lightest metals lithium potassium and sodium float on water.
Iron ore discovery at Steep Rock Lake changes Canada outlook
Canada adds a high grade orebody beneath Steep Rock Lake near Fort William and the CNR line. Estimates exceed 200 million tons of reserves with production planned this season at 1 million tons annually. American observers hail the find as a potential shift from importer to exporter of raw iron. The ore grade rivals Sweden’s top iron ore.
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Canada
Steep Rock Lake
Fort William
CNR
Steep Rock
Sweden
Doctor Of Finance Emphasizes Collections As Medical Practice
The text argues that every collector should act as a doctor of finance, treating delinquent customers as financially sick patients. It stresses personalized analysis and tailored action plans to restore each debtor to a healthy financial condition, per Harvester World.
Norse Settlement at Hagensville Near Bella Coola
The Toronto Star Weekly recalls a 20th century Norwegian farming and fishing settlement 12 miles from Bella Coola British Columbia along the auto road to Tweedsmuir Lodge. Settlers arrived around 1898, formed a river valley farming community, using ox-teams for tilling and transport, with yokes still seen in the fields.
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Hagensville
Bella Coola
B.C
Tweedsmuir Lodge
Yukon
British Columbia
Alexander Mackenzie
Toronto Star Weekly
Tomorrow’s hotel glimmers at Atlantic City exhibits
Delegates to the New Jersey State Hotel Association in Atlantic City glimpse a future hotel design at the Hotel Ambassador. The Manufacturers’ exhibits reveal woven glass drapes cold light glass brick partitions neon decorations and chromium glass bars without mahogany signage.
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New Jersey State Hotel Association
Atlantic City
Ambassador
France orders 12 hour workday for aviation industry
The air ministry mandated a twelve hour workday for factory workers linked to aviation production. All industries connected to aviation orders must also operate on Sundays and holidays due to current circumstances.
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Air Force
French
Air Ministry
Two German Officers Shot for Criticizing War Plans
The Petit Parisien reports Colonel Etterlin and Colonel Betzler, both attached to the Berlin garrison, were executed the morning of May 8 for criticizing Hitler's war plans two days before the invasion of the Low Countries.
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Petit Parisien
Etterlin
Betzler
Berlin
Adolf Hitler
Low Countries
Institutions, Resources, and the Call for Jobs Guidance
The article notes global mineral wealth concentrated in democracies and the push for shared access. It previews Dr. K Leith's view on collective guarantees and public mineral control, then shifts to college vocational guidance and job-getting education. It mentions Benjamin Franklin's 150th birth anniversary and cards to his maxims such as diligence and thrift.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Britain
United States
K. Leith
Minerals and Metals
Dr. Leith
Uique
Benjamin Franklin
By their fruits we shall know them Sunday lesson
The lesson centers on Matthew 7:16 20 and Ezekiel 15 1 6 likening useless vines to Jeru salem residents and urging that true character is shown by fruit Noting thorns and thistles yield only trouble the piece cautions against hypocrisy and stresses the need for worthy deeds sourced from a mature faith
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Corinthians
Ezekiel
God
Jerusalem
Jesus
J. D. Jons
van Lennep
Western
Asia
Anne Adams Pattern 4445 Frock With Gay Bodice
Lace edging and vivid ric rac decorate a cotton Anne Adams dress pattern 4445 suitable for college girls and matrons. Sizes 14 to 42, fabric and ric rac yardage listed. send 20 cents to Anne Adams Pattern Dept Winnipeg Union for ordering. Also notes about colonial nails and a Viking-like ceremonial headdress in Nizamiland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anne Adams
Winnipeg
Union
McDermot Ave. E
Health League of Canada Praises Press Support for Public Health Education
An editorial in Health, the Health League of Canada's official organ, credits Canadian newspapers and radio stations with broad public health education. It notes ongoing wartime lectures on nutritious food preparation and cooking and lauds the press for long running news services aiding disease prevention efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Press of Canada
Health
The
Health League of Canada
League
Dominion
Canada
Readers urged to request Dr McCullough cancer series set
Editorial note invites readers to obtain the complete set of Dr McCullough cancer articles by writing to The Health League of Canada at 105 Bond St Toronto Ont.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
MccCullough
Health League of Canada
Bond St
Toronto
Ont
Gardening for year round harvest in Canada
Experts urge sustained sowing across Canada through July to extend harvests and keep produce fresh. They recommend staggered planting, started plants, fall protection, and weed control with caution to protect desired vegetation. Small hand and horse drawn cultivators speed weeding and cultivation.
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Canada
Prairie dog towns once covered vast Texas plains
The article notes that Texas prairie dog towns historically stretched across about 90,000 square miles, reflecting a large and once widespread habitat.
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Texas
Marco Polo Wrote Travel Account While Imprisoned
Marco Polo authored his travel narrative to Cathay during a confinement period in Genoa Italy detailing journeys through Asia and the Mongol Empire for readers of his era.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marco Polo
Cathay
Genoa
Italy
Gorillas Reach Noted Heights and Arm Span
The description notes that gorillas commonly measure about six feet tall with an arm span near eight feet. It provides a basic overview of their physical range and overall stature.
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Yugoslavia
Mickie
Mrs. Vesey
Home Service
Permission
Newsweik
Manning
Hotel of the Future
Nizamiland
South Africa
Nealth
DR. J. W. S. Mscullough
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