Government adds conciliation officers for labor relations
The labor department plans to hire 12 conciliation officers with three top candidates becoming labor relations specialists. Great War pensions for March 31 total 72 904 disability and 17 941 dependent beneficiaries, annual payments amounting to 39 598 180 dollars. An Italian decree orders all public venues to close by 10 p.m. for fuel savings. Canada’s fall living costs index stands at 1160, up from 1123 last spring, with Western Canada rising 3.1 percent to 1149. US Ambassador John Winant says fight enemies on your chosen ground.
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Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Fun With Fortune Telling book advertisement
Advertisement for a 32 page booklet on fortune telling with cards tea leaves and crystal gazing. Claims readings predict love marriage journeys and news using a Mystic Method of Sevens. Lists other 15 cent booklets and mail order address in Winnipeg Manitoba.
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Queen of Hearts
Bill
Home Service Dept
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave. E
Winnipeg
Man
Albania’s man woman: girl raised as son gains rights
In Albania a girl who grows up without marrying the chosen man becomes a man woman. She may dress as a man bear arms and inherit property. Separately researchers estimate the ocean’s gold content at twenty five million dollars per cubic mile though gold is only a few parts per billion.
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Albania
Canada yields bumper salmon pack for 1941
Fisheries Minister Michaud announced Canada's 1941 canned salmon pack is the second largest on record and will exceed 2,000,000 cases in British Columbia. Canada can ship about 200,000 more cases to the United Kingdom beyond the initial 1,100,000, with ample stocks to meet domestic needs and export orders to Australia, South Africa, and other countries.
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Canada
Dominion
United Kingdom
Michaud
Australia
South Africa
British Columbia
Gay versions of a child's frock pattern 4899
Two "pretty as a picture" dresses from Anne Adams Pattern 4899 offer a curving bodice panel with a bolero like front and back waistband. One uses lace and bow at a collarless neckline, the other pairs contrast fabric with a buttoned collar. Sizes 2 to 10, sewing details and yardage provided. send 20 cents to Anne Adams Pattern Dept Winnipeg.
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Anne Adams
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave. E
Winnipeg
Man
Tacitus and Caesar on Germanic Warlike Spirit Across Centuries
The passage cites Tacitus describing Germans as hating peace and preferring blood to sweat and Caesar noting a life devoted to hunting and war. It concludes that the old martial spirit endures through the centuries.
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Tacitus
Germany
Julius Caesar
Inoculation Program Reduces Winter Work Loss 14 Percent
Proved a success inoculating Lord Nuffield's 25 000 war work employees against colds cut last winter's loss of work by 14 percent and all workers will be inoculated again.
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Lord Nuffield
Push ing Stamp Sales Names War Savings Director
Push ing Stamp Sales has named an outstanding executive to lead War Savings Stamp sales in Canada. Mr. Tingle, director and advertising manager of Imperial Tobacco Co. of Canada Ltd., brings years of advertising and selling experience to the patriotic post. He also serves as 23 Chairman for Quebec in the Air Cadet League of Canada.
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Ottawa
Tingle
Imperial Tobacco Co., of Canada Ltd
Quebec
Air Cadet League of Canada
Alberta Coal Orders Signal Domestic Demand Shift
The wartime Prices and Trade Board says Ontario dealers have increased Alberta domestic coal tonnage this year. Coal Administrator J McG Stewart urges early delivery to prevent later traffic congestion as weather worsens. An air freight forecast notes glider trains drawn by airplanes could become common within five years. The riddle notes that the years between BC and AD dates equal one less than their sum.
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Alberta
Ontario
J. McG. Stewart
Prices and Trade Board
London Air
Sunday School Lesson Focus on Praying Without Ceasing
Bible lesson outlines a prayerful life citing First Thessalonians 5 17 18 and related passages. It covers Psalms 103 107 Matthew 6 5 15 John 17 1 26 Ephesians 5 18 21 Philippians 4 6 and First Thessalonians 5 16 18 plus devotional Psalm 107 23 31.
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I Thessalonians
Espesians
Philippians
I. Thessalonians
I. John
False and True Prayer Reflections on Matthew 6
The passage contrasts hypocritical display in prayer with true devotion seeking communion with God. It urges silent, sincere prayer for genuine reward and cites supporting verses about thanksgiving and continual prayer from Ephesians Thessalonians and other sources.
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Jesus
James Drummond
Drummond
Clarke
George Matheson
First Azore Indians Mistake Cortes Mounts as Twin Beings
The Azore Indians misperceived Cortes and his mounted Spaniards as strange twin beings since horses were unseen by the red men before their encounter.
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Cortz
Design for victory and the now unspoken strike
The London Daily Express argues Britain must time its move to strike at the right moment. It rejects dramatic gestures from Winston Churchill and calls for patient buildup of strength in fields, factories, ships, and shipyards before a final, decisive blow.
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The
Express
Winston Churchill
Downing Street
Trafalgar Square
Nelson
Hitler
London Daily Express
Life Span Longer Linked to U.S. Heart Disease Rise
Dr. Paul Dudley White, president of the American Heart Association, says longer life expectancy fuels the rise in heart disease. Speaking at a Los Angeles symposium, he noted life span has increased 18 years since 1900, causing people who died young of now-curable diseases to live long enough to develop heart ailments.
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United States
Paul Dudley White
American Heart Association
Los Angeles
Death from diphtheria may soon be criminal, says Dr Thomson
Dr Harry Thomson of Toronto told the Ottawa Lions Club that medical advances may render death from diphtheria a prosecutable crime. He argued modern vaccines and treatments have reduced fatalities, signaling a future where negligence or willful disregard could incur charges.
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Harry Thomson
Toronto
Thomson
Ottawa Lions Club
Amsterdam’s island city linked by hundreds of bridges
Amsterdam, capital of the Netherlands, sits on about 100 small islands connected by more than 300 bridges, forming a famed network within the city’s historic layout.
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Amsterdam
Netherlands
Health drive urged to fuel war effort in Britain and Canada
Sir Wilson Jameson, chief medical officer, told a Health League of Canada meeting in Toronto that public apathy in health education must be overcome. He praised nutrition for expectant mothers, toxoid use to curb diphtheria, and chlorine in London’s water to avert epidemics. He warned of food shortages, especially meat and cheese, for industrial workers.
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Great Britain
Canada
Hitler
Wilson Jameson
Ministry of Health For
Health League of Canada
Toronto
Sir Wilson
London
Wilson
New Plastic Lines Trial On British Roads
Eight ten mile sections of a new plastic white line have been grafted onto British roads to ease night driving difficulties. Drivers note wear and weather damage to painted lines, while a Ministry of Transport official says the plastic lines are experimental and paint remains in use until proven. A separate note claims if continents were graded to a common level, their height would average about 2,800 feet.
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Ministry of Transport
Neap Tides Mark Lowest Monthly Tidal Levels
Neap tides reach the month’s lowest level during the first and third quarter moons, producing smaller tidal ranges than spring tides.
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Italy
John Winant
Home Service
Child's
W. B. Tingle
Alberta Coal
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A.D
News of the World
Britain
Europe
Mickie
Jerry
Paddy
Paddy Finucane
Dublin
452 Squadron
RAF
Brendon Finucane
Vicks
Lydia E. Pinknam
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