Post War Youth and the Duty of Initiative
The Royal Bank of Canada Monthly Letter urges youth to prepare for economic and spiritual change. It warns that progress depends on virtue and intelligence and that leaders must show initiative. It cautions against thinking days of opportunity are over and warns of risks from totalitarian or industrial paternalist systems.
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Royal Bank of Canada
War Conditions Not Normal for Youth Guidance
The piece argues youth should have self-supporting opportunities and be guided to learn and work efficiently. It warns war-time wage and work conditions distort peacetime norms, urging reliability, plans, learning over routine, and avoidance of dead-end jobs. It highlights adult support, schools, and civic involvement as crucial while stressing continued vigilance.
There is plenty of room at the top for youth
The piece urges young people to take initiative in a postwar world. It argues adults must provide an environment for cultural experimentation and career growth, while youth should seize opportunities through effort, vision, and action rather than waiting for others to lift them.
Chilean Gazette Sees Peaceful Path Through Arbitration
The piece reflects Chile as a peaceful nation not at war in over seven decades. It emphasizes treaties and arbitration as fair means to resolve disputes and praises friendship with former adversaries. It frames Chile as a democratic minor power upholding state sovereignty.
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Chile
Soldiers Not Boys Says Deputy Minister In Washington
Major General G B Chisholm urged the public to stop treating returning Canadian servicemen as boys. He warned sentiment towards veterans can miscast their image and hinder readjustment to peacetime life after victories from Sicily to the Rhine. The Ottawa Journal notes veterans prefer to face civilian life with their own courage and initiative.
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National Health and Welfare
Washington
Armed Services
Sicily
Rhine
Axis
Europe
Ottawa Journal
World food shortage seen lasting years
Sir Ben Smith Britain’s Food Minister believes the world food shortage will continue for one or two years or longer. The Brockville Recorder and Times reports this could keep work and markets open for Canada’s farmers for a considerable period.
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Ben Smith
Britain
Canada
Brockville
Advertising in daily papers surged during the war
An estimate shows advertising in daily newspapers providing business and industry information rose about 1,600 percent during wartime, reflecting intensified market communication.
Price Control And Rationing Information Update
Wartime Prices and Trade Board answers cover meatless day rules on Christmas and New Year, general permission to sell at church bazaars, whipping cream ban, and bee sugar supply. Sugar is allocated to registered beekeepers selling honey, up to 15 pounds per hive in fall. Submit questions to local board office for pamphlets and blue book guidance.
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Prices and Trade Board
Consumers’ News
Churchill urges United States of Europe after war
Winston Churchill told the Belgian Senate that a United States of Europe bound in prosperity justice and peace would have prevented the Second Great War. He said the war was unnecessary and that Hitler could have been stopped early. Churchill received the freedom of the city amid cheering crowds.
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Winston Churchill
United States
Churchill
Hitler
Emperor Wang Mang Redistributes Land to Peasants
Around 1 A.D. Wang Mang nationalizes land in China and distributes it in equal shares to all peasants, restructuring ownership and economy during the early Han era.
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Wang Mang
Stilwell Road Abandoned After War Ends
The Stilwell Road, vital to Chinese resistance in the war, has been abandoned as its maintenance is no longer economical in peacetime. Once a heroic lifeline, the jungle now reclaims the route while the public memory may fade of the lives and resources spent in its construction.
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Stilwell Road
Orient
Sherbrooke
China
New Feather Fabric Promises Woollike Textile Innovation
Du Val Ambassador reports a new fabric spun from chicken feathers offering warmer softer lighter wear than wool. The yarn uses segregated feather fibers mixed with other fibers and dyed in any color, washable in soap and water with minimal shrinkage. Feathers from ducks geese turkeys and other fowl may also be used.
Hitlerism and the lingering dangers after Hitler
The piece argues that Hitler's personal fate matters less than whether his movement endures. It notes Germany’s disillusionment with the regime and the political machine he built lies broken, yet warns that substantial amounts of poison within the system persist, suggesting ongoing danger.
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Christian Science Monitor
Hitler
Germany
Crossword Puzzle Horizontal and Vertical Clues
A crossword puzzle listing with numbered horizontal and vertical clues including Roman gods groupings noble metals and common words across and down. Entries reference colors letters plant terms and classic crossword fodder with short definitions or hints and several thematic entries.
Pte Mary Moynihan CWAC veteran honored for service
Pte Mary Moynihan daughter of Capt and Mrs Moynihan Regina recently discharged from the Canadian Women's Army Corps. She joined in 1942 at Regina served in the Army Show toured Canada went overseas December 1943 England and Italy. In five months in Italy the unit played over 200 shows near front lines. She met Pope Pius XII during Italy service. After return to Canada December 1944 she helped entertain wounded and sang for the Victory Loan drive. She attends the Toronto Conservatory of Music pursuing a three year course in voice piano theory and language.
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Mary Moynihan
Moynihan
Montague Street
Regina
Canadian Women's Army Corps
Mary
C.W.A.C
Montreal
Canada
England
Italy
Pte
Raymonde Mirande
Pope Pius XII
C.w.ac
Trinity Barracks
Toronto
Gems of Thought on Peace by Various Authors
A compilation of short quotes on peace from Woodrow Wilson, William Collins, Romans, Mary Baker Eddy, James Thomson and Elbert Hubbard. The selections emphasize peace as healing, rational governance, goodwill, and a critique of domestic foes.
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Woodrow Wilson
Mary Baker Eddy
James Thomson
America
Elbert Hubbard
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