Housing Crisis Dominates Postwar Canada and Britain
The article outlines Canada facing a severe postwar housing shortage with 50 000 dwellings projected after VE Day and a need for a larger program to supply homes and repair work amid wartime material limits. It contrasts Britain where destruction from bombing left about two million houses damaged or destroyed and a massive reconstruction, planning, and town development effort underway to rebuild housing.
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Canada
J. L. Isley
Great Britain
London
Britain
Provides Work For Veterans In British Rebuilding Plan
The British Government advances planned reconstruction to improve living conditions and create communities. By next June about eleven hundred and twenty thousand workers will be employed in building and civil engineering. The program includes pre fabricated homes, building research, and training ex service men for construction work. Canada may watch progress with interest.
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Labour and National Service
Mr. Isaacs
Britain
Canada
Boy misidentifies Drake as Donald Duck's father
An Adelaide school pupil raised his hand when asked who Sir Francis Drake was and replied that Drake is Donald Duck's father. The moment highlights a humorous gap in historical knowledge among young students in Australia.
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Adelaide
Australia
Sir Francis Drake
Donald Duck
Jimmy
Morale Shocker Bassillion Memoir Lapse at Hastings Pay
A joke note from the War Office recounts a promoted lieutenant who, after an April 1 1941 entry error, claimed allowances dating to 1041. The paymaster credits £39,999, joking the survivor of Hastings bears £40,000 debt. The official notes a moral: you can't beat the book.
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London Gazette
Hastings
War Office
Floating Mulberry Harbor Unique D Day Structure
The Mulberry harbor system freed Europe after being built in seven months by 100000 workers. Telescopic roadways stretch 80 feet and adapt to the Channel tide. The prefabricated Allied harbor used 23 pier heads, each 200 feet long and around 1000 tons in weight.
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Europe
Mulberry
Price Control And Rationing Information Q and A
Questions cover ration books for servicemen on pre demobilization leave and 30 day home periods. Answers explain eligibility for permanent ration books, how to apply, and the need to register with local ration boards. Also details on dress restrictions lifting and meat coupon usage for farmers slaughtering for home use. Guidance on obtaining car price ceilings and how to request pamphlets.
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Wartime Prices and Trade Board
Red Cross Shipments Aid Worldwide in 1945 Nine Months
The Canadian Red Cross shipped 578082 relief cases to twenty one countries in the first nine months of 1945. About 230 ships carried the goods, only 12 fewer than the total for 1944.
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Canadian Red Cross
Puzzle Across and Down Clues From The Crossword Page
A dense puzzle list with numerous numbered clues spans themes from weathered metal to ancient weapons and Greek letters. Readers track cross references such as to soak to 1 across and to seize to 48 across while filling for earth and Hail.
Indians In Canada Population Upward Says Minister
J A Glen the Minister in charge of Indian Affairs reports Canada’s Indian population at 125,666 and rising by about 1,500 yearly. Provinces show Manitoba 15,933 Saskatchewan 14,158 Alberta 12,441. BC 25,515 Ontario 32,421 Quebec 15,194 New Brunswick 2,074 Nova Scotia 2,364 Prince Edward Island 266 Yukon 1,531 Northwest Territories 3,816. About 7,658 Indians are over 65 with 5,000 over 70. Indians own 5.5 million acres. cultivation was 189,829 acres in 1944. The department also leases 35 million acres from provinces for beaver reserves and muskrat propagation.
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Canada
Fion
J. A. Glen
Prairie Provinces
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
British Columbia
Ontario
Quebec
New Brunswick
Nova Scotia
Prince Edward Island
Yukon
Northwest Territories
Glen
Indian Department
Doll Wardrobe Pattern 4604 For Christmas Dolls
Dress a doll from coat to petticoat with pattern 4604 for sizes 14 to 24 inches. Send 20 cents in coins to Anne Adams Pattern Dept Winnipeg Newspaper Union 175 McDermot Ave Winnipeg Man to order.
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Anne Adams
Winnipeg
McDermot Ave
Man
Smiling Snippets and Libel Woes in a Quirky Panel
A collage of humorous lines and vignettes shows sailors, editors, and families trading quips. An editor frets over a libel suit tied to a deceased's obituary. Jokes range from seats to onions, a monkey likeness, and domestic squabbles.
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Old Brown
Despicable Use of Children in Crime
Fort William Times Journal condemns the deliberate use of children in crime. The piece argues the real wrong is corrupting youths minds to view crime as tolerable, warning such manipulations create lifelong offenders and urging law to punish the guilty and shield the vulnerable.
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Fort William
Battle flags gifted to St Giles cathedral
A battle-worn white ensign from HMS War Spite that flew at the mainmast during the Battle of Matapan, and the red ensign from Queen Elizabeth wartime voyages, have been presented to St Giles cathedral for preservation.
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HMS. Warspite
Matapan
St. Giles Cathedral
Hem-Roid Piles Cure Promised With Refund Offer
A Canada wide promotion advertises Hem-Roid as an internal home remedy for sore and itching piles. Purchasers are promised quick relief, with a money back guarantee if not satisfied, and urged to buy a 4& bottle from a druggist.
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Canada
Back Aches Linked to Kidney Action and Toxins
Medical note suggests backache arises from lazy kidney function causing acids and poisons to build up in the system. It states that kidney disorder leads to excess acids and poisonous substances, which then result in rheumatic pain and discomfort.
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