Bombing and Gunnery School to Open in Lethbridge
A new bombing and gunnery school of the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan will open at Lethbridge in October. Also noted are exemptions for farm workers in Australia, berry pickers organized by British ministries, women serving coastal artillery in South Africa, blood collection starting November 1 in Vancouver, and a potential Elizabeth cross for wartime workers. Newcastle reports its first blackout effective, pilot plane losing bearings until lighting returned.
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Lethbridge
Ministry of Food
South Africa
W. Dolman
British Columbia
House of Commons Select Committee
Newcastle
Australia
Canadian Divorce Trends Rise Sharply Since 1920s
Dr. Coats reports infant industry status of divorce in Canada with crossing milestones 500, 1000, then 2000 cases. 1939 saw one divorce per fifty marriages due to wartime marriages surge. England and U.S. ratios are discussed, with U.S. dating back to 1932 at one in six. Also notes 130 tree species in Canada, 35 commercially important.
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Canada
Coats
England
United States
Pr. Coats
U.S
University of Toronto to establish chair of Chinese studies
Winnipeg Free Press reports the University of Toronto plans a chair of Chinese studies to expand teaching of Chinese culture and art. Bishop W C White, first holder, will direct expanded work while Canadian students gain access as wartime diversions reallocate Chinese scholars from Britain.
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Toronto
Royal Ontario Museum
University of Toronto
W. C. White
Britain
Canada
China
Winnipeg Free Press
Grateful To Soldiers Help Betty Halloren
Five year old Betty Halloren of Sand Point North Carolina, helped by the Pictou Highlanders, still wearing a leg cast, now walks with aid. The soldiers adopted her, paid hospital expenses at a Halifax children's hospital, and arranged a pipe band concert at the rear of the building.
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Betty Halloren
Sand Point
N.C
Pictou Highlanders
Betty
Highlanders
How To Make Your Own Rugs booklet offer
A Winnipeg Home Service notice promotes a 32 page guide for rug making using candlewick yarn on a clothesline base with color patterns in rose black and ivory. It lists additional 15c booklets on guitar shorthand fortune telling paper crafts and more and invites sending 15c to the Home Service Dept. Winnipeg News r Union.
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Home Service Dept
Winnipeg Newsr Union
McDermot Ave. E
Winnipeg
Man
Democracy in Hyde Park Showcases British Open Speech Policy
Ottawa CP chief R K Carnegie witnessed a Hyde Park soap box where a Ministry of Information official answered public questions on war and pensions. The scene illustrated Britain’s wartime practice of government listening to ordinary citizens, reflecting democracy by the people for the people.
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R. K. Carnegie
Ottawa
England
Mackenzie King
Hyde Park
Ministry of Information
Carnegie
Ottawa Journal
Germany Tests Wide Beam Searchlight For Raids
Germany experiments with a new searchlight that produces a much wider beam. Three converging beams are claimed to hold a whole squadron of raiders at 10 000 feet, but the device likely won’t be ready before next year and cannot be used against the Royal Air Force this winter.
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Germany
Diver Awarded British Empire Medal at Malta Dockyard
Giuseppe Gauci, a diver at Malta naval dockyard, earned the British Empire Medal for gallantry under the sea after inspecting and repair of a damaged ship hull despite an expected air raid. Mistletoe is a parasitic evergreen shrub growing from trees. A Swedish cake called spatt kaka required 80 eggs.
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Giuseppe Gauci
Malta Naval
First Contingent of Spitsbergen Evacuated Women Arrive in London
Twenty women including two brides were evacuated from Spitsbergen to England by Canadian soldiers. They were outfitted within ten minutes of arrival by Canadian Red Cross at a London depot in Cadogan Square with underwear nightgowns stockings and cardigans from Canada. A second group of twenty women and children was expected as Red Cross workers prepared complete kits for rapid distribution to British host families.
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Spitsbergen
England
Lofoten
Canadian Red Cross
Canada
London
Toronto
Red Cross
Cadogan Square
Slimming Embroidered Frock Pattern 4874 by Anne Adams
The season's first dark afternoon dress features slimming lines with two bodice panels and a double-pointed front waistband. Optional colorful flower embroidery lights up the bodice with a V-neck. Pattern 4874 comes in sizes 34 to 48 with 32 yards of fabric guidance and costs 20 cents, send order to Anne Adams Pattern Dept Winnipeg Newspaper Union.
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Anne Adams
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermon Ave. E
Winnipeg
Vision of the New Jerusalem and the faithful
A Sunday School lesson discusses Revelation 21 7 22 and 21 1 8, portraying the New Jerusalem as God dwelling with humanity and all things made new. It emphasizes the promise to overcomers and the bond between God and believers, citing Isaiah and Hosea as linked images.
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Earth
Paradise Lost
Paradise Regained
New Jerusalem
John
Ezek
God
Arkansas widow ads for husband ends in tragedy and payout
In Montrose South Dakota a woman advertised for a husband paying $9 and received a husband who later joined the Army and was killed. She got $2000 life insurance and a widow’s pension for life, sparking debate on advertising value. Canada boasted over 160 tree varieties while 1850 railways totaled 66 miles.
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Arkansas
Montrose
South Dakota
Herald
All-Bran Brings Relief, Nichol Says
Howard E Nichol of Pease Saskatchewan reports sustained relief from sluggish digestion after adopting Kellogg s All Bran Regular consumption reportedly ends his long battle with digestive trouble and improves daily comfort.
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Kellogg’s
Howard E. Nichol
Pease, Saskatchewan
Radio Dramas to Boost Canadian Public Health Drive
Health League of Canada launches 13 radio plays this autumn to spur action on public health. Under Rai Purdy direction, dramas feature medical heroes like Pasteur, Lister, Banting and insulin, dramatizing disease battles and successful research. Over 38 radio stations will air the series.
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Health League of Canada
Playright
Rai Purdy
Louis Pasteur
Lord Lister
Frederick Banting
Insulin
Canada
Dispatch Rider Primer Aids Canadian Army in England
Lieut. Dave Croll former Windsor mayor guides Canadian dispatch riders through Southern England using a map reading primer and color coded alphabet of map signs. He drew on RECCE unit experience to train riders and improve navigation without signs and rely on map patterns to reach points quickly.
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England
Dave Croll
Windsor
Ont
Lieut. Croll
Ontario
Croll
D.r.'s
Iceland Becomes Gibraltar of the North Under Allied Defence
A British and American force buildup in Iceland surpasses 1940 levels after Dunkirk with heavy guns airfields and warships protecting the island. Allied observers praise its defenses as a key Arctic pass for material and troop movement while submarine sinkings in northern routes fall to new lows.
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Drew Middleton
Associated Pres
Atlantic Ocean
Iceland
Britain
Gibraltar
America
Malta
Mediterranean
United States
Greenland
Atlantic
Censorship and Folklore Mixed in Brief Jottings
Translation bans in wartime Japan target Maupassant works for liberal ideas despite literary value. The note mentions a prior rule on mosque etiquette and a quirky etymology claim that the word hiccup imitates its sound.
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Guy de Maupassant
Japan
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M.S
Toronto University
Home Service
Jim Brown
Jim
Whittier
Kellogg’s All-Bran
Kellogg's
Aealthy League
North
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