Canadian Soldiers Overseas Take Education Advantage
Thousands of Canadian troops abroad are returning to school under a Britain based army education program run by the Canadian Legion. Leaders include Dr A E Shatwin, Douglas V Le Pan and Max Freedman guiding correspondence courses, basic training classes, and university lectures at Oxford and London. Courses cover English and French subjects up to senior matriculation with no cost, while technical classes build civilian skills such as motor mechanics.
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Britain
Canadian Legion
A. E. Shatwin
Saskatchewan
Douglas V. le Pan
University of Toronto
Harvard
A. G. L. McNaughton
Max Freedman
Edmonton
Oxford
London
Battersea Polytechnic
Churchill
Canada
England
United States
Lady Tweedsmuir
William Beveridge
Gilbert Murray
Richard Livingstone
Corpus Christi College
A. D. Lindsay
Balliol
Christ Church
John Lowe
Trinity College
Toronto
Castle for scrap metal echoes Toronto landmark
Toronto News notes Boldt Castle on Heart Island in the St Lawrence River mirrors a Rhine castle. Built at about two million dollars, it remained unfinished and is now being stripped for metal scrap, including ornamental iron and heating equipment, yielding an estimated 40 tons.
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Toronto
Casa Loma
New York
Boldt Castle
Heart Island
St. Lawrence River
Rhine
Toronto News
Frau Wagner Hosts Prewar Style Tea Party in Bayreuth
Berlin correspondent notes Frau Winifred Wagner hosted a lavish tea party in Bayreuth with 40 to 50 guests. Servants circulated tea and sugar despite rationing, serving goose liver sandwiches and pastries without coupons, attended by newspaper men and high Nazi officials in brown uniforms.
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Winifred Wagner
Richard Wagner
Adolf Hiller
Bayreuth
Berlin
Budapest
Magyar Namzet
Frau Wagner
Wood replaces metals and plastics in Maine manufacturing
Maine shifts to wood as a key material for lipstick holders and truck bodies with over 75 wood turning plants concentrated in small communities. The Maine Development Commission coordinates between buyers and wood workers, notifying manufacturers and matching them to suitable plants or adaptations.
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Maine Wood
Maine Development Commission
Commission
Smart Mascot Toy Pattern 7123 for Winnipeg House
Pattern 7123 provides steps to make a Scottie mascot toy. The ad notes kids love it and adults find it an appealing mascot. Send twenty cents to the Household Arts Department at Winnipeg Newspaper Unicon for the pattern, include name address and pattern number.
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Scottie
Household Arts
Winnipeg
Unicon
McDermot Avenue
Businessman Ribbentrop Expands into Berlin Restaurant Chain
A prominent businessman expands influence by taking a controlling stake in a 24 restaurant chain in Berlin and other cities. A boom in Germanys dining sector follows tightened domestic rationing. He also recently acquired Italian wine industry shares. Cuba's population is 4,228,000 with 68 percent native white. Send Your Dollars To War.
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Ribbentrop
Berlin
Germany
Cuba
Seamen Welfare Chief Sees War Effort In Halifax Home
Clifford N. Taylor manages the Allied Merchant Seamen's Home in Halifax a Navy League project aiding civilian sailors from many nations. He acts as employment adviser, nurse, policeman, and organizer keeping hundreds to thousands of men under one roof daily as they work toward the war effort.
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Clifford N. Taylor
Halifax
Navy League of Canada
Taylor
Montreal
England
Y.mlc.a
Magistrate Calls for Burning Mischief Letters
A magistrate urges burning mischief making letters to stop scandal, recommending destroying incriminating correspondences to quell the uproar.
Veteran CP Engineer Tom Fleming Backs Third Victory Loan
Tom Fleming, veteran CP Rail engineer who pilots the Brandon local between Winnipeg and the Wheat City, signs on for Canada’s Third Victory Loan. He is joined by George McDonald, chairman of Winnipeg Local 76, Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers, as part of 3,500 Manitoba volunteers soliciting business employees to promote the drive.
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Canadian Pacific Railway
Portage
Canada
Tom Fleming
Brandon
Winnipeg
Wheat City
George McDonald
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
McDonald
C.P.R
Manitoba
Islands That Appear And Disappear Trouble Map Makers
Upton Close recalls a tale from Aleutian waters where a Japanese chart showed clear sea yet a hidden island rose and sank beneath boiling water, creating a dramatic mystery for navigators and mapmakers. The incident underscores the perilous, shifting geography of the region during wartime exploration.
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United States
Aleutian Seas
Upton Close
Aleutian Chain
Safety On The Farm And The Lesson Of Wandering Islands
The piece urges farmers to stay safe amid tools nails and engines. It links farm readiness to national war effort and notes historical wandering islands like Falcon and Sarah Ann Island highlighting maritime navigation hazards and chart uncertainties.
Little Old Lady Challenge Bordered Grounds During Siege
An 86 year old South Coast resident Mrs A E Rayner walked the prom during a military takeover. An armed sentry refused her admission to the enclosure. she prodded him with a parasol and declared she would visit the grounds anyway. An artillery colonel urged her to shelter and offered coffee, but she refused brandy and said nerves were unwarranted.
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A. E. Rayner
London Daily Sketch
Bring Your Tea and Rations for Long Visits
Canadians are urged to carry mottoes about bringing tea coffee and sugar when visiting. Suitcases and ration cards are advised for longer stays and weekend guests should bring a small ration contribution. One ounce tea or four ounces coffee weekly is modest but many households have little to share.
Albany Boy Learns Where To Get Macaroni Seed
A Albany New York boy asks for macaroni seed after seeing long pieces in stores. Ed W Mitchell of General Electric farm forum explains macaroni seed is sold as wheat seed and that wheat on rich land grows tall but must be processed to become macaroni.
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Falcon Island
Tonga
Sarah Ann Island
United States Guano Company of
New York
J. Skerrett
U.S.S. Portsmouth
Hydrographic Office
Pacific
South America
Augustin Island
Kamishak Bay
Anchorage
Alaska
Bouvet Island
South Atlantic
Bouvet
Cook
Thompson
Steel Voyager
San Diego
Albany
N.Y
Ed. W. Mitchell
General Electrics Farm Forum
Mitchell
Rome Housing Boom Affects City Population
At the start of the Christian era Rome counted about 1,950,000 homes, reflecting a vast urban landscape and dense residential structure influencing daily life and urban planning. The note highlights the scale of ancient Rome's domestic architecture and settlement.
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Rome
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