Keep Blood Type For Emergencies Keeps Canadian families urged
James R. Potter, Ottawa Blood Donor Service secretary, urged every Canadian family to record each member’s blood group for emergencies. He noted 3 900 Ottawa residents offered blood and called for double that number to support an overseas serum supply. Canadian serum is used for civilians in England and for military forces, with a store being sent to Ottawa and other military posts.
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James R. Potter
Ottawa Blood Donor Service
Potter
Ottawa
England
Canadian National Railways Revenue Advances in August 1941
Net revenues for August 1941 rose by 1 503 551 from August 1940. For the first eight months of 1941 net revenue reached 42 196 254, up from 24 040 849 a gain of 18 155 405. Operating revenues August 1941 were 25 808 928 versus 21 220 188 in August 1940.
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Canadian National Railways
Reporter Ingersoll Reports Soviet Resolve on Moscow Front
Ralph Ingersoll of PM arrived in Ankara from Moscow and predicted the USSR cannot be beaten. He said with American and British equipment the Soviet may turn the tide and smash Germany. He asserted losses of Leningrad Kiev and Odessa would not derail the Soviet war effort even if Moscow remains out of reach.
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Europe
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Middle East
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Moscow
U.S.R
United Press
U.S.S.R
Leningrad
Kiev
Odessa
Modern Etiquette Q and A by Roberta Lee
Question and answer style guidance covers social letters, dining, greetings, car etiquette, wedding anniversary gifts, and avoiding displeasing a husband. Includes two avoided letter opens, self serving at meals, proper handshake with employer, smoking in cars, fifteenth wedding anniversary crystal gifts, and wives seeking husband input before accepting invitations.
How Can I? By Anne Ashley Tips and trivia
A collection of Q and A on household care and cooking. Advice covers preserving colored fabrics with turpentine, washing straw matting in hot salt water, peeling hard boiled eggs by cracking and rolling, removing metal ash tray stains with denatured alcohol, and making a ham peanut butter sandwich filling. Also notes on cuticle care with butter and a fact about paddymelon and wallabies. The piece ends with a remark on anti aircraft searchlights and their visibility distance.
Salada Prize Drive Promises Plowmen Cash and Trips
Salada Tea Company offers eighty $10 prizes for best jointer plow sod at branch matches in Ontario. Winners earn a chance to compete in the Special Championship and win trips, medals, and additional cash awards. Two Hornby youths gained travel experiences in 1940, touring North America and learning farming methods. Gordon McGavin accompanies as guide. Potential winners may voyage to the International event near Peterborough.
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Salada Tea Company
Hornby
Ontario
United States
Canada
Toronto
Vancouver
Butte
Montana
Gordon McGavin
Plowmen’s Association
Peterborough
Jokes and Quips From Wartime Briefs and Common Folks
A collage of light anecdotes from wartime life and rural humor. A policeman questioned toddlers in an air-raid shelter, a soldier earned a decoration, and a Swede and a Minnesotan barbed wit appear. Several mini punchlines reflect home front resilience and everyday quirks.
Montreal Harbor: A Major North American Port
One thousand miles from the Atlantic Montreal harbors a vibrant eight month season and ranks just after New York as a leading seaport and wheat exporter. Grain elevators store 12,000,000 bushels while a floating dry-dock serves vessels up to 25,000 tons. Montreal hosts 8% miles of wharves and 65 miles of harbor railway track as the headquarters of Canadian National Railways.
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Montreal
New York
Canadian National Railways
Sugar Stockpile in Isle of Man In Mystery Jam Plan
A soldier stationed on the Isle of Man for guard duty at an internment camp amassed a large sugar store using Lord Woolton's jam making advice. Now ordered to return to England he cannot take, sell, or destroy the sugar and faces a binding dilemma as the food office blocks transfer.
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Isle of Man
Lord Woolton
England
Food Office
Man Prosecuted for Wasting Food Under Coupon Rules
A man faces prosecution for wasting food he cannot donate or eat. He argues giving it away would let another person obtain food without coupons, constituting a criminal offense. The case hinges on legality of disposing surplus food versus sharing under coupon law.
Iceland Garden Show Highlights Local Tropical Fruits
The Bugle reports a garden show in Reykjavik hosted by the United States Army Occupation Forces. Exhibits include banana trees grapes and melons grown in Iceland using hot spring heated greenhouses. It invites Americans skeptical of miracles to visit and see the fruit displays.
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United States
Iceland
Reykjavik
Herve
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