Bombed Britons Appreciate C N E Plan For Clothing Aid
Letters from bombed British cities express gratitude for the Canadian plan to deploy 1,700 women from thirty Canadian organizations to sew clothes for bomb victims at the 1941 Exhibition. Cities including Plymouth, Liverpool, Dover, and others respond with thanks and support for ongoing aid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C.N.E
H. M. Aitken
C.N.E. Women’s Department
Women’s Voluntary Services
Great Britain
Plymouth
Birmingham
Manchester
London
Glasgow
Dover
Cardiff
Sheffield
Belfast
Bristol
Newcastle
Ramsgate
Portsmouth
Swansea
Liverpool
Southampton
A. M. Beeston
W.V.S
T. B. Davie
Dominions
Madge Wordley
America
Six Artists Donate Works for Jasper Banff Spitfire Fund
Six renowned artists donate original paintings to support the Jasper Banff Spitfire Fund. Displayed in Jasper Park Lodge rotunda the works feature scenic Canadian Rockies subjects from Roland Gissing Grandmaison Peter Whyte Carl Rungus Belmore Brown and Roland Jackson. Jackson focuses on wildlife while Grandmaison aims to preserve North American Indian life and lore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jasper Park Lodge
Roland Gissing
Grandmaison
Peter Whyte
Carl Rungus
Belmore Brown
Roland Jackson
Canadian Rockies
Chinese Cook Sayings Reveal Household Fortune Clues
An American returning from the Orient reports traditional Chinese kitchen symbols that allegedly predict a household’s fate. Rice in the pan signals stingy generosity, a lid on the floor warns of shortages, and inverted cookware indicates temper and discontent among kin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orient States
Cartilage Banks and Quick Shrapnel Locate Aid War Injured
Dr Samuel Cohen of the University of Pennsylvania reveals cartilage from surgeries is stored in banks for future grafts. A U S War Department method now locates bullets and shrapnel within one minute using an X Ray spotter and distance calculations. Portable X Ray machines enable frontline examination and rapid treatment then return to base hospitals with precise fragment locations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel Cohen
Graduate School of Medicine
University of Pennsylvania
U.S. War Department
Hen Hatching Amid Gas Failures At St Bartholomew’s
At St Bartholomew’s Hospital London a hen was brought in with a sidecar motorcycle to hatch eggs after a gas supply cutoff endangered them. The eggs were in a incubator in the pathological laboratory and the hospital official rescued the hatchlings. Sirius the brightest star is hotter and farther than the sun.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Bartholomew’s Hospital
London
England
Sirius
Modern Etiquette Questions and Answers From Reader Tips
A Q and A on social manners covers how a secretary should address her employer names for different situations, the proper order of bridesmaids walking down the aisle, whether animals belong at table, showing off knowledge in conversation, men removing hats when meeting women, and entertainment ideas for house parties with activities like golf and swimming.
Practical Household Q and A Mix
A compendium of home tips and jokes starts with candle and sunburn fixes. It includes advice to refrigerate candles to prevent dripping and limewater linseed oil salve for sunburn, plus vase repair putty, fabric scorch removal, and quips from Mussolini and a manager about umpires and a wedding funeral misremembered.
Factory Guards at Main Entrance Halt Mr Brown
A large factory posts its own Home Guard to guard the works. A sentry at the main entrance stops the manager, challenge: "Halt, Mr. Brown! Who goes there?"
Joke Exchange Over Cake Sparks Banter
The dialogue features a playful exchange about aging and a wife making a cake with her own hands. A masculine boast about appearance leads to a humorous remark on the wife’s craft and a comical vow to be satisfied if she eats the cake herself.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. Be Beoree
St. Clement, Monreal
War machines ready for Warriors Day parade at C N E
The Canadian National Exhibition plans a large mechanized display for Warriors Day on August 23. Tank corps and motorcycle troops will headline a patriotic panorama with detachments from Poland Netherlands Norway and the United States joining Canadian units forming a grand parade for up to 50 000 attendees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Navy
Army
Air Force
United States Navy Band
Shell
England
Canadian National Exhibition
ENEB
Recoru Stomn
Canada
United States
Norwegian Air Training School
Toronto
Canadian National Railways Revenue Rise for Week End July 7 1941
The gross revenues for Canadian National Railways for the week ending July 7 1941 totaled 5 417 055 dollars. This compares with 4 725 996 dollars for the same period in 1940, an increase of 691 059 dollars or 14.6 percent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canadian National Railways
Direct Film Service Ad for Photo Prints
A compact notice for Direct Film Service at 183 King East Toronto offering film development and print enlargements to 4 by 6 inches at 30 cents. Reprints available in same size at 8 for 36 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Direct Film Service
King East
Toronto
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R.C A
North America
BY Roberta Lee
BY Anne Ashley
Mussolini
Ontario
Lydia EB. Pinkham
Pinkham
Aqua Vitae
Yonge St
BABY
Bray Hatchery
John N
Hamilton, Ont
BEE Supplies
Lloyd’s Laboratories
Montreal
Morris B. Percival
Dundas St
Western Ontario
McCormick Deering
International Harvester
J. H. McCaw
Barrie
Keathers
Robinson's
Brock Avenue
Threshermien
York Belting Co
York Street
Bakers
Hubbard Portable Oven Co
Bathurst St
LEGAL
J. N. Lindsay
Capital Theatre Building
St. Thomas
Special Department For Farmers Collections
Aed
Tofei Raat
Dixon
Munro’s
Elgin Street
Ottawa
Robertson’s
Avenue Road
Norice
Oakville Basket Co., Ltd
Oakville
Munro’s Drugs
Elgin
Imperial
Imperial Photo Service Dept
Station J
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