Soviet Air Loss Estimate Reignites War Hopes
The Russian Aviation journal claims the Soviet air force shot down 600 Japanese planes last summer in Mongolia. Hungary and Roumania refugees number 126,000 to receive $400,000 aid. Submarines barred from Panamanian waters except emergencies. The Royal Air Force film The Lion Has Wings is sent to Dominions. Brussels mayor Adolphe Max dies at 70. Egypt agrees to sell 75,000 tons of cotton to Britain. Toronto’s acting mayor expects 25 new airports in Ontario under empire air training. Soviet grain harvest seen at 114.6 million tons may enable further exports to Germany.
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Russian Aviation Journal
Mongolia
Viscount Halifax
House of Lords
Hungary
Roumania
Panamanian
Ministry of Information
Royal Air Force
Kiel Canal
Dominions
Adolphe Max
Brussels
Germany
Great Britain
F. J. Conboy
Toronto
Ontario
Canada
Sewing Women at Red Cross Reform Warm Clothing
In Toronto at Red Cross headquarters sewing women collect scraps of striped flannelette to make warm panties for evacuated British children. They also repurpose blue pneumonia jacket material into small helmets to protect tots in cold weather.
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Red Cross
Toronto
Great Britain
Lightning boosts soil with fixed nitrogen yearly
Lightning delivers significant fixed nitrogen to soils annually, aiding vegetation growth and soil fertility through natural atmospheric processes.
Montreal Teacher Escapes Poland During Invasion
Zofia Charuk a Montreal school teacher of Polish descent recalls fleeing Poland as German invasion began. She witnessed the fall of Lwow from the first bomb until reaching Latvia after more than three weeks. She describes illness hunger on the refugee trek, bombed trains, and young German pilots she says were injected for courage.
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Montreal
Tracher
Zofia Charuk
Poland
Mies Charuk
Lwow
Latvia
Zofia
Warsaw
How To Improve Your Vocabulary Benefit Card
A Home Service notice promotes a 32 page booklet on improving vocabulary with guidance on incorrect forms and usage. It lists misused words and slang to avoid and offers pronunciation tips. Readers are urged to send 15 cents to the Winnipeg Newspaper Union for a copy and other booklets.
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Tom
Mary
Home Service Dept
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave. E
Winnipeg
If I Were You I Should Run Off Says Manager
A quoted exchange from this afternoon shows a performer testing a new song before the manager. The manager counseled the singer to run off rather than stay and perform.
Very Odd Tree Shocks Touching Leaves
A central India electricity tree bears leaves charged with electricity and shocks touch. The tree influences magnetic needles up to feet away, creating one of nature’s odd growths.
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Central
India
Massive 1907 Austrian Emigration to the United States
In 1907 Austria-Hungary sent 338452 people to the United States, the largest yearly emigration from the country to another nation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austria-Hungary
United States
Petrified-Tree Natural Bridge in Northeastern Arizona
A natural bridge in Northeastern Arizona formed by a petrified tree draws attention as a striking geological feature. The site showcases preserved ancient wood and layered rock formations, attracting visitors and researchers interested in paleoecology and regional history.
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Arizona
Aspirin Ad Claims Safe Fast Relief At Low Price
An old advertisement promotes Aspirin by Bayer Canada as a safe fast relief for colds headaches and muscle pains. It touts one hundred tablet bottles at under one cent per tablet and asserts aspirin does not harm the heart when used as directed.
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Canada
The
Bayer Co., Ltd
Back On The Job War Correspondent Returns To Front
Philip Gibbs resumes war reporting for the British army in France after 25 years. He calls himself a Rip Van Winkie in a veteran among young men, noting familiar place names and the unchanged battlefield smells as the BEF of 1939 camps in French barns.
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Philip Gibbs
France
Rip van Winkie
New York Times
Winter Bee Life In Canada Requires Long Wintering
The article explains that summer bee life is about six weeks, while winter life must extend to eight months. It stresses careful colony strength, food supply, and protection for successful wintering and notes bees can winter outside in packing cases across Canada if properly prepared in autumn.
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Canada
Dominion
War Duty Shared by All Canadian Women
In a Kamloops Sentinel opinion the writer argues that a woman denying the questionnaire still bears responsibility for Canada’s war effort. Democracy assigns equal voice. majority will shapes policy, and Parliament led by Mackenzie King declared war with Germany. Her duty lies in the body politic and national decisions.
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Parliament
W. L. Mackenzie King
Canada
Germany
Kamloops
Classic Lemon Custard Pie with Caramel Cream Topping
Recipe describes mixing cornstarch with cold milk and salt, then adding to hot milk and thickening. A caramel stage blends brown sugar, butter, and Crown Brand Corn Syrup, then combines with egg yolks and vanilla before pouring into a baked pastry shell. Meringue tops and browns slowly.
Warning Against Judging and Prayer in Matthew 7
Summarizes lessons from Luke 6 and Matthew 7 on judging rightly, not harshly, discerning others, and the value of earnest prayer. Emphasizes loving conduct, the Golden Rule, and treating others as one’s brothers based on shared divine fatherhood.
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Jesus
J. R. Miller
God
George D. Boardman
Canada to supply all lead and zinc to Britain for war
Western producers will provide virtually all Canadian output of lead and zinc to Great Britain for the war. No official government comment. Lead sourced from Trail British Columbia plant of Consolidated Mining and Smelting Company. Zinc from the same company and Hudson Bay Mining and Smelting at Flin Flon Manitoba.
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Great Britain
London
Canada
Trail
B.C
Consolidated Mining and Smelting Company
Hudson Bay Mining and Smelting Company, Ltd
Flin Flon
Man
Dutch Apple Biscuits and Sign Language Note
A recipe for apple biscuits uses flour baking powder sugar salt shortening milk apple and raisins with a 450 degree oven for about 12 minutes yields 18 biscuits. The article notes a Dutch Christmas custom of giving each family member a chocolate initial and mentions tribal sign language as a common Indian communication method.
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St. Nicholas
A Regiment Of Soldiers Lord Tweedsmuir Speaks
Lord Tweedsmuir tells at the Black Watch Royal Highland Regiment dinner in Montreal that a regiment is a little clan bound by shared memory and tradition. He calls a regiment a living thing with ties stronger than friendship and notes its members' duty to predecessors.
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Lord Tweedsmuir
Black Watch Royal Highland Regiment
Montreal
Cisterns in 17th Century English Dining Rooms
A cistern formed a key feature of elegant 17th century English dining rooms where dishes were rinsed at the table, reflecting period service and tableware arrangements.
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England
Excuse Works Both Ways in Bishops Hunt Debate
A bishop rebukes a clergy member for attending a local hunt while the offender compares hunting to going to a ball. The bishop notes he attended Lady Somerville’s ball but never in the same room as the dancers, and the offender says he was never in the field with the hounds.
Naturalization Rules Tighten for German Nationals
The secretary of state will grant naturalization certificates to German nationals only after special scrutiny. Since the war, applications rose from 700–800 monthly to over 2,000 in September and October. Most applicants are enemy aliens in Canada acting as refugees and not aligned with the German Reich, yet some seek to aid the Canadian war effort.
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Canada
Doing business without advertising is like winking in the dark
Quote noting the futility of silent commerce. The saying compares unadvertised business to winking at a girl in the dark, implying others miss the action while the doer knows it.
Workers in Shanghai complain wage gains lag cost of living
Shanghai workers say rising living costs outpace wage increases. They report stagnant pay despite inflation, impacting daily expenses and purchasing power for essentials like housing and food. Local unions consider complaints and demand better wage adjustments.
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Shanghai
China
Australia seals 20 year high in gold production last year
Australia produced the most gold in a two decade span last year. Officials cited sustained mining activity and high ore grades as key drivers of the record output.
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Australia
Vaccination Against Tuberculosis Gains Support Worldwide
The B C G vaccine, developed in France by Calmette and Guerin, is given orally to newborns to prevent tuberculosis. Sweden’s 10 year trial led by Professor Naeslund shows lower tuberculosis mortality (1.5 per 1,900) among vaccinated children compared with non vaccinated (6.3 per 1,000), with overall mortality 6.10% vs 11.17% over ten years. The Swedish results support broader BCG use as safe and effective, and France heavily employs the vaccine.
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France
Albert Leon Charles Calmette
Alphonse Guerin
B.C.G
Swedish National Association
Carl Naeslund
Stock
Readers urged to request complete cancer articles set
An editorial note invites readers to obtain the full Dr McCullough cancer articles by writing to The Health League of Canada at 105 Bond St Toronto Ontario. The notice emphasizes access to the complete series for those seeking comprehensive information.
Birds Gather in Tropics During Winter Months
Winter visitors from North America form a strange array in South and Central America with summer habitats entirely different from their nonbreeding sites.
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South and
Central America
Tropics
Camouflage Artist’s Nephew Leads London Workshop
In London Solomon J. Solomons nephew G B Solomon trains a large staff of artists in camouflage work as a fitting successor to the renowned war artist. The late Solomon J. Solomon, R.A., is cited as a pioneer of camouflage artistry in the last war.
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Solomon J. Solomon
G. B. Solomon
London
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