Canada vaults World War II wealth for U K in daring transfer
Reader's Digest recounts Churchill’s gamble to hide Britain’s treasures in Canada. Sir David Mansur and Sidney Perkins figure in a plan that moved billions in gold and securities to a sunless Montreal vault under the Sun Life building. Five rail shipments and 134 ships crossed the Atlantic unscathed.
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Winston Churchill
Leland Stowe
Reader's Digest
David Mansur
Bank of Canada
Sidney J. Perkins
Foreign Exchange Control Board
Montreal
CNR
Atlantic
Klondike
California
Halifax
Ottawa
Paris
Humorous Odds and Ends From a Weekend Guest
A farmer staying at a parkland owner’s home faces a cascade of breakfast questions choosing Assam tea with milk. An overwhelmed secretary-to-be is tested on a vague “definite” return. A crowded church prompts a verger sign keepout, until a bowler-hatted man begs entry for a life or death message and a final note about praying.
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John Smith
Philadelphia Scientist Leads Amazon River Expedition
Ruth Patrick, Curator of Limnology at the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, will head a year expedition to the Amazon to study the river’s biology. Sponsored by the Catherwood Foundation, the project aims to compare tropical and North American streams using the academy yardstick and the Catherwood Diatometer to assess river health.
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Philadelphia
Amazon
United Press
Ruth Patrick
Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia
Catherwood Foundation
Cummins Catherwood
Burn Mawr
Academy
Catherwood
Canada
Witty wags laud NATO signals alphabet change
London reports wags adopting a NATO phonetic alphabet update to replace older terms with names like Juliet Romeo and Quebec. The piece notes jokes using Shakespearean lines and cites new terms such as Fox trot Nectar and Whisky among others.
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London
Juliet
Rogers
Romeo
NATO
India
Kilo
Lima
Quebec
Pattern Home Workshop and Sewing Cabinet Patterns
The advertisement promotes Home Workshop patterns for Christmas cards and sewing items. It describes 10 motifs for cards, pattern 248 priced at 35c, and cabinets and boards with patterns 391 and 392 also priced at 35c each. Orders ship as soon as received from Vancouver, B C.
Two-Piece Dress Pattern 4898 for Misses Sizes 10 to 20
Pattern 4898 offers a two piece outfit with a nipped waist and curved midriff. Includes contrast collar bow and complete illustrated instructions. Size 16 requires 214 yards of 45 inch fabric and 4.5 yards of 35 inch contrast. Send 35 cents to Household Arts Department Toronto with size name address and pattern number.
Gems of Thought Code: Strength and Gentleness Across Genders
A collection of quotes on gender roles and influence. Dimah M. Mulock extols a woman with manly strength, John Crumpton Hardy links educating girls to education of a family, Richard Whately praises feminine resilience, and Sir James M Barrie notes a wife’s quiet support in male achievement.
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Dimah M. Mulock
John Crumpton Hardy
Richard Whately
James M. Barrie
Portland grocer helps stop stickup at store
John W. Williams of Portland heard a demand for money from a masked robber in a grocery next door. He and grocer Gaylord W. Shiveley tackled the intruder as he fled with receipts. Leonard ONeil Jr., 21, faces assault and robbery charges.
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John W. Williams
Portland
Oregon
Gaylord W. Shiveley
Williams
Shiveley
Leonard O'Neil, Jr
Patterns Twelve Months of Blooming Flowers Quilt Appeal
Cozy quilt pattern 7302 features 12 symbolic flowers for all seasons with diagrams and transfers. Includes quilting instructions for a 72 by 102 inch quilt. Send twenty five cents in coins to obtain pattern. stamps not accepted.
Pattern Arts Catalogue Offer By Toronto Departments
Plainly state your name address and pattern number to order the Alice Brooks Needle craft Catalogue from Department P P L and the Household Arts Department at 60 Front Street West Toronto. Send 25 cents for this catalog with pages of knitting crochet embroidery iron ons toys and novelties.
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P.P.L
Front Street W
Toronto
Alice Brooks
Absent-minded man loses family and car in Stratford
Joseph Mero of Seaforth Ontario forgot where he parked his car and his children Teresa 17 Harry 7 David 5 and Vernon 3. Police and a companion helped search Stratford for hours before locating the family and car beside the Avon river bank.
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Joseph Mero
Seaforth
Ont
Mero
Stratford
Teresa
Harry
David
Vernon
Delhi
Avon River
Couple proves two can eat well on eight fifty a week
Seaside California report details Mr and Mrs Lowell Hennington who beat a local bet by feeding two adults for seven days for under 8.50. They trimmed cereals meat sandwiches coffee and milk while using garden produce and the deep freeze. He weighed 173 pounds she 149 and a half, with an average daily cost near 1.18 before one rhubarb pie incident.
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Seaside
Calif
Lowell P. Hennington
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Henningtons
Hennington
Canadian cattle take top honors at national dairy show
The National Dairy Cattle Show at Waterloo Iowa drew top herds from Canada and the U S. A Canadian bred entry from W B Parnall and Son Drumbo Ontario won major awards including reserve senior and reserve grand champion bull along with several junior and dairy female prizes in a strong competition with 348 head of Dual Purpose Short horns.
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Waterloo
Iowa
Canada
U.S
W. B. Parnall and Son
Drumbo
Northern Canada Receives Little More Rain Than Sahara
A regional weather note reports that parts of Northern Canada see precipitation levels only slightly higher than the Sahara desert, highlighting an unusually arid climate in the arctic region and stressing drought implications.
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Canada
Sahara Desert
Dough Pudding Bake With Cheese Topping Method
Instructions describe shaping dough into rounded spoonfuls arranged in a pan, sprinkling with two cups shredded cheese, adding the remaining dough on top, greasing the surface, allowing the dough to rise until doubled, and baking at 375 degrees for about 35 minutes.
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U.K
Ceylon
China
Assam
Jersey
Guernsey
Aldouerney
Home Workshop Pattern Service
Department P.P.L
West Fifth Avenue
Vancouver
B.C
Odo
Jennenna
Pane Helos
Fleischmann
Ramsay Company
Bank Street
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