The Folly Of Isolationism And Collective Security
The piece argues that isolationism failed before and during the war and that collective security under Western alliance prevented disaster. It warns that mutual aid must continue after victory, as poverty and instability abroad threaten global well being and prosperity at home.
One World Unity Drives Postwar Aid and Trade
The text argues nations share aid and resources with Canada and the United States to rebuild those attacked in war. It links humanitarian goals with economic growth, noting prosperity depends on foreign markets and joint global welfare. Isolationism is warned as a threat to peace and postwar stability.
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Europe
United Nations
Germany
Japan
Western
Hitler
Britain
United States
Russia
Canada
Winning Ticket Ed Dawnton Wins Kiwanis $10,000 Bungalow
Ed Dawnton of Richard Saskatchewan won the Kiwanis Club bungalow prize drawn at Brandon on September 29. A large crowd gathered on Twenty-second street as P A Clarkson and officials oversaw the draw from a drum. Proceeds fund a youth camp at Caear Lake with support from local boards of trade and fitness program backers.
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Ed. Dawnton
Richard
Sask
Kiwanis Club
Brandon
Twenty-second Street
Ernie Warren
P. A. Clarkson
Kiwanis
Winnipeg
L. H. McDorman
H. B. Everett
Harry Ross
Clarkson
Downton
Caear Lake
Manitoba
Boards of Trade
A Practical Root Cellar publication available from agriculture dept
The Dominion Department of Agriculture offers publication 708 with root cellar plans and specifications for farms. It includes ground floor elevations, material guidance, temperature and humidity controls, and ventilation directions. Copies obtainable by writing to the Ottawa department.
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Dominion Department of Agriculture
Ottawa
Postmaster General Defines Gift Parcel Weight Limit
Postmaster General Ernest Berrand states that gift parcels to Britain remain capped at five pounds. He notes the limit is set by the British government and any increase must come from that government, not Canada.
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Ernest Berrand
Britain
Canada
Definition of an Acre Based on Oxen Plowing
An acre was historically defined as the amount of land a yoke of oxen could plow in a day. This measurement ties land area to agricultural labor capacity and reflects early farming practices.
Crossword clues from a vintage puzzle page
A mixed list of horizontal and vertical crossword clues, including words for money infant resort ox of Celebes paradise number chess piece banner air vehicle Turkish sultan and more through to symbolic cerium. It presents a dense set of definitions and word-length indicators typical of a period crossword page.
Price Control And Rationing Information Q A
War era guidance lists relaxed packaging limits for facial tissue but notes pulp shortages delay new sizes. It confirms haggis can be served on St. Andrew’s Day, outlines ration cards for armed forces, and states no domestic sugar use by brewing or distilling.
Hamilton Actor Stars in London Play A Bell For Adano
Robert Beatty of Hamilton Ontario scores an overnight triumph in London at the Phoenix Theatre in A Bell For Adano. The 35 year old actor earns four curtain calls for Maj Jopolo, an American in charge of Adano, whose efforts to aid a Sicilian town collide with military rules. Beatty began at the Little Theatre in Hamilton and this marks his first major leading role.
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Robert Beatty
Hamilton
Ont
John Hersey
Phoenix Theatre
London
Beatty
Little Theatre
Maj
Jopolo
Adano
Canada Travel Encouragement for Unity Through Scholarships
The Woodstock Sentinel Review urges travel across Canada's five regions Maritimes Quebec Ontario Prairies and British Columbia to foster national unity. It proposes service clubs and other groups develop travel scholarships and programs to promote cross region visiting.
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Dominion
Canada
Maritimes
Quebec
Ontario
The
Prairies
British Columbia
Woodstock Sentinel Review
Smiles and Schemes in a Quiet Street
A sequence of light anecdotes and quips features a grocer disputing claims about mice and cats, a judge confronting a husband about work, a fisher asking about catches, a nanny interview with a sharp exchange, courtship advice about beauty versus sense, and cheeky notes in a suburban street with two house-front notices.
Canadian Vegetables and Fruits Shipped to Britain in 1944
Dehydrated vegetables from eight provinces totaled 9.66 million pounds, with beets, cabbage, potatoes, spinach and more sent through 13 plants except Saskatchewan. Fruit shipments included evaporated apples and fresh Nova Scotia apples, plus British Columbia berries and raspberries. Total shipment value reached 10,574,323 dollars.
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Canada
Ministry of Food
Canadian Seaboard
Special Products Board
Nova Scotia
British Columbia
Ontario
Saskatchewan
Columbus first practical use of the magnetic compass
The note states Christopher Columbus made the first practical use of the magnetic compass. It also mentions research on birds perceiving infrared rays invisible to humans.
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Christopher Columbus
Gems of Thought on Justice and Impartiality
A collection of quotations on justice from figures like Justinian Burke Wendell Phillips Gladstone Mary Baker Eddy and Addison. The sayings emphasize impartiality swift and fair governance and the moral weight of justice in civil society.
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Mary Baker Eddy
Nazis Planned Delayed-Action Poison Tactics
The United States war crimes commission uncovered a plan by the Nazis to poison alcoholic beverages with delayed-action toxins for invading Allied troops and to commit suicide with self-inflicted poison if defeat seemed imminent.
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United States War Crimes Commission
Rhubarb's American Journey From European Roots
A brief note locates rhubarb's arrival to America about 150 years ago from Europe. The line highlights the plant's long adaptation period and its emergence in American cultivation and cuisine.
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America
Europe
Bran Muffins Recipe Card with Variations
A vintage recipe notes bran muffins with cottage cheese options and variations. Directions cover creaming shortening and sugar, to mixing in bran and milk, then folding in flour with salt and baking powder. Bake two thirds full at 400 degrees F for 25 to 30 minutes yield nine muffins.
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Rastus
Ali
Agatha
Jack
Aunt Agatha
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Antes Sevenaae
Justinian
Burke
Wendell Phillips
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