Dominion Day Scouts Lead War Refugees Aid Effort
The Dominion Day celebration in Keewatin Ontario was run by local Boy Scouts under the Town Council. Thousands of French Boy Scouts and Girl Guides aided refugees from Belgium and Northern France during Nazi oppression. Charles Nicholson of Gravehurst Ontario won a Canada-wide essay contest on First Aid Education. Ernest R. Frost of Three Rivers Quebec, an Aircraftsman First Class, received the Medal of the British Empire for rescuing a pilot from a burning plane amid exploding fuel.
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Keewatin
Ont
Boy Scouts
Belgium
France
Charles Nicholson
Gravenhurst, Ont
The
Canadian Pharmaceutical Association
Air Force
Three Rivers
Que
Ernest R. Frost
Frost
Order of the
British Admiralty
Canada
Lady Fiset
Quebec
Drug Restores Memory With Cardiazol Injection
The British Medical Journal describes a memory restoration effect in a young soldier via cardiazol, a new synthetic drug with camphor-like action. The drug provokes brain and spinal cord shock similar to real camphor.
McGill researcher cited for 90 percent cancer diagnosis accuracy
The Canadian Medical Association Journal reports Dr. C. Gruner, a McGill University researcher, achieved correct cancer diagnoses in about ninety percent of cases studied by examining crystalline forms of the blood. The finding highlights a blood analysis method as a potential diagnostic aid.
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Canadian Medical Association Journal
Mc Gill University
C. Gruner
Artificial Siamese graft hoped to aid Jersey City woman
Mr and Mrs Alexander Mon Yieu of Jersey City plan a rare operation binding them as Siamese twins so his skin tissue can be grafted to her head and neck to restore movement after a gasolene explosion left her head resting on her chest for a year.
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Alexander Mon Yieu
Jersey City
Health League outlines age by age dietary needs
Officials of the Health League of Canada release a summary of nutritional requirements by age. First year calories rise from 500 to 1000 daily with high protein needs, later rising to 2,500 calories for girls and 3,600 for boys by age 18, with 14 percent of calories from protein and one third from animal sources.
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Health League of Canada
Health League
How To Remove Wrinkles In A Hotel Garment
Hang the item in the bathroom on a rack. Close the door and run hot water to fill the room with steam. Leave the garment for an hour, then open the door and air dry the article. For roach powder mix equal parts plaster of Paris and powdered sugar.
Postal Rates Aid Troops In Iceland
Postmaster General Mulock announced that letters postcards and newspapers for members of the Canadian Active Service Force stationed in Iceland may pass at domestic postage rates. Parcel post will be accepted at 12 cents a pound up to 11 pounds, the same rate as parcels to soldiers in England.
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Mulock
Iceland
England
Home Remedies From An Old Home Handbook
Readers are advised to treat perspiring hands with a daily rub using a solution of 125 parts gose water 10 parts borax and 8 parts glycerine. For colored fabric stained by acids like lemon or vinegar sponge with one part ammonia to four parts cold water to restore color. To remove sail from book edges and bindings rub with bread dough and dust the pages with the dough to lift dirt.
Modern Etiquette Tips From Roberta Lee
A Q and A style note outlines etiquette for elevator manners in public spaces hotel and apartment houses, handling wraps at restaurant entrances, salary confidentiality, how to eat small fruits, saying please to elevator operators, and choosing a dinner guest for a host.
Banff Name Given to New Canadian Corvette
A new Canadian corvette launched at a British Columbia port will carry the name H. M. C. S. Banff honoring Banff National Park and resort in Alberta.
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Canada
British Columbia
H. M.C.S
Clerical Cassock Traced to Military Outer Garment
The cassock worn by clergymen and choristers today derives from an outer garment formerly worn by soldiers, linking church attire to military dress.
Jokes and jests from a Sunday sermon to courtroom sarcasm
A collage of light humor includes a minister warning against infidelity, a man recalling his umbrella, a boss asking why eight workers slept in, a Scots golfer's lament, polite Finnish and Canadian family manners, a piano dispute, a rejecting Joan, and a surly prisoner insisting the judge should figure guilt.
Alaska Separated From Soviet Russia by Narrow Sea Gap
A two mile wide water strip separates Alaska, a U S territory, from Soviet Russia highlighting close geographic proximity across the Bering Strait and ongoing border considerations.
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Alaska
United States
Soviet Russia
Bakers Ovens and Machinery Rebuilt Equipment Offered
Rebuilt ovens and machinery always on hand with terms arranged. Corres pondence invited from Hubbard Portable Oven Co at 103 Bathurst Street Toronto.
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Hubbard Portable Oven Co
Bathurst St
Toronto
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Ogden’s
Chantecler
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Ogden
New Brunswick
Lydia E. Pinkham
Barred Rocks
White Rocks
New Hampshires
Tweddle Chick Hatcheries Limited
Fergus
Ontario
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Hamilton, Ont
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R.R. No. 1
Harrow
Anne Graham Logan
Carlton Street
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Hamilton
London
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R. Faber
R.R. J. Hensall
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St. Clement
Montreal
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Kleer Sight Optical
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Jones & Moore
Adelaide West
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Gordon Stutt
Forest
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York Street
International Silver Company
Imperial
Imperial Photo Service
Station J
Munro Fur Store
Vancouver
B.C
Levy Auto Parts
Dept. J
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