Women drive price watch across Quebec tour
Corinne de la Durantaye, assistant director of the consumer branch of the prices board, says both French and English speaking Canadian women remain vigilant on prices and shortages. Crowded meetings draw housewives and professional women seeking answers on shortages and price control. The note ends with a quirky remark about the Roman alphabet lacking j, u, and w.
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Quebec
Corinne de la Durantaye
Prices Board
World Happenings Briefly Told
HM S London presents London with a new gavel to replace one destroyed in the bombing. Fire destroyed the Nakat Packing cannery near Ketchikan Alaska with a loss of 750000 dollars. Mrs Catherine Bush 96 oldest person to fly the Atlantic. Scotland steelworkers to get two weeks paid holiday from next April. Sir William Tritton 71 died. knighted in 1917 for tank work. Unemployment insurance claims 28555 in September up 3440 from August. Canada naval force of 10000 not enough to defend coasts says Vice Admiral Reid at Bristol. Govorov vows to fight for lasting democratic peace in Moscow.
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Canada
H. E. Reid
Bristol
Que
Britain to broadcast 169 documentaries on postwar reconstruction
The Films Division of the Government's CIO sponsors a 3 million dollar annual program to present 169 documentaries on Britain's rehabilitation. Topics include hydroelectric power radio television shipbuilding civil aircraft and scientific instruments with a monthly magazine This Is Britain. Films reach overseas information services and commercial trade channels.
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Britain
Central Office of Information
United Kingdom
Crossword Puzzle Clue Fragments Across and Down
A scrambled crossword puzzle appears with partial clues and garbled entries for across and down. Readable hints touch on animals coins notes plants and gods while sections reference numbers dates and map terms in a fractured grid.
Kruschen Salts Claim Health Boost from Constipation Relief
A reader testifies that Kruschen Salts eased constipation and reduced the middle age spread after three months of daily use. The letter credits increased energy and activity to the tonic effect, urging others to try the treatment available for 25c or 75c at drug stores.
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A.W
Kruschen
Newspapers Remain Lead Ad Medium in Canada Survey
Dominion Bureau of Statistics analysis of 47 advertising agencies shows 65.6 percent of 1945 billings went to newspapers magazines and printed matter. Radio ad spend was 19.6 percent and other media 14.8 percent. Total 1945 billings reached 42,471,233 dollars, up from 36,944,785 in 1944 and 45.3 percent higher than 1941. Agencies above 2,500,000 in annual billings accounted for 62.2 percent of total.
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Canada
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Falcon Island vanishes again in South Pacific mystery
New Zealand vessel Maui Pomare reports Fal con island in the Tonga group is absent after passing the spot where the barren reef was seen. Falcon, rising and sinking since 1865, formed as an ash-hard rock island after 1927 eruptions, then vanished, with volcanism linked to nearby Ninafoo activity.
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Auckland
N.Z
Jack-In The-Box Island
South Pacific
New Zealand
Maui
Falcon
High cost of living resurges despite warnings
The Vancouver Daily Province notes that despite warned limits to common sense, there remains no remedy for rising living costs other than actions that will likely push prices higher.
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Vancouver
Grape-Nuts Flakes Advertises Nutrition Claims
An advertising voice extols Grape-Nuts Flakes highlighting two grains, wheat and malted barley, blended and toasted for digestion, golden crispness, and tempting flavor while urging viewers to return home for bowls.
Recesses Urged For Health in Ottawa Education Stance
The Department of National Health and Welfare Ottawa urges strict observance of classroom breaks. Schools should provide air time in classrooms and allow teachers and students a short spell of freedom from instruction to improve health.
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Department of National Health and Welfare
Ottawa
Mayflower to Become Freighter After Sale to Montreal Bidder
The Mayflower, official yacht for six U S presidents, will be refitted as a freighter after the United States Maritime Commission turned her over to Frank Shaw of Montreal for 20 159 99. Shaw is marine superintendent of Shaw Steamship Company.
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Montreal
United States
Shaw Steamship Company
United States Maritime Commission
Frank Shaw
Shaw
Marine Superi Intendent
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