Canada Cracks Down on Jute Clothing Amid War
Wartime measures ban making dresses and underwear from used burlap and jute bags without permission. The Agriculture Department asks Canadians to reclaim burlap sacks and other fabrics for farming and industry as supply lines from India are disrupted. Farmers urged to return usable bags to service or sell to dealers.
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Canada
Agriculture Department
S. Godfrey
Prices Board
India
Effigy of Lady Guards a Musk Route Mail Box
A wooden figurehead of a lady, once atop a Great Lakes ship, now resides by a rural Windsor area highway. Owners say it draws many photographers and has a long, murky history tied to a barkentine wreck and a steamboat named Juno.
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Great Lakes
Windsor Star
Alex Hayes
Juno
Wallaceburg
Allan Steele in Mexico Ambush Near San Saba
Allan Steele drives into a roadside ambush by three bandits in Lower California. He horns the attackers away, saves a Mexican officer who explains the attackers were his friends and that a staged ambush was planned to lure him out. The officer hints at a larger, dangerous ruse to come.
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Allan Steele
Mexico
Lower California
Allan
Inn of One Thousand Delights
San Diego
Beyven
San Saba
Senor
Hollywood
Here
Health Ministry cuts London shelter posts amid use drop
The Health Ministry announced the closure of most shelter first aid posts as regular shelter use in London fell from a peak of 150 000 to 8 000.
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Health Ministry
Rescue of Torpedoed Crews Reaches Ninety Percent
Washington naval authorities report ninety percent of crews from Atlantic torpedoed ships have been rescued. The statement notes a critical upcoming period at sea despite improved anti submarine measures. An officer warns German submarines now act like fast surface ships with 12 to 16 torpedoes.
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Atlantic
Washington
Victoria Crosses for Thrasher Bomb Removal Heroes
The Admiralty awarded Victoria Crosses to Lieut. Peter S. W. Roberts and Petty Officer Thos. W. Gould for removing two unexploded bombs embedded in the Thrasher’s gun casing. They pushed and dragged a bomb twenty feet through a narrow space, lowering it over the side as it jolted with a twanging noise, during an attack after sinking a heavily escorted supply ship.
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V.C
Admiralty
Britain
Peter S. W. Roberts
Thos. W. Gould
Cereal Crumbs Take a Bow in Quick Kitchen Tricks
Simple method to make cereal crumbs by rolling flakes in a towel. Recipes using crumbs include Crumb Kisses cookies and browned paprika potatoes. Dishes feature corn flakes with butter sugar dates and oven baked fish with crumb coating.
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