British raises dependents allowance for servicemen
A White Paper announces increased allowances for servicemen dependents effective from the first November pay day. The weekly wife allowance rises to 16 shillings plus 16 shillings per extra family unit, with two school age children counted as a unit. Maximum rents and related costs rise to 5 pounds, with higher limits for high pre war living standards up to 38 pounds. Emergency maximum set at 10 pounds. Potential Canada follow up and possible future action to pay for more than two children. Non commissioned wives receive 385 dollars monthly, children 12 dollars each, and commissioned officers wives start at 45 dollars monthly.
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Canada
Indian Women Work Overtime In War Clothing Drive
Indian reserves in northern Canada see women convert discarded military clothing into usable garments for families. The Mines and Resources Department reports substantial reductions in government relief expenditures due to increased use of converted military wear including coats jackets trousers shirts underwear puttees socks and gloves shipped to reserves with armed forces cooperation.
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Canada
Indian Affairs Branch
Mines and Resources Department
Department
Air Force
Women Repair Shop Aids London Bombed Homes
Mrs. Lawrence Mitchell opened a small repair shop that grew quickly. She now employs five assistants to clean and repair worn furniture and carpets used to furnish homes for bombed-out Londoners.
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Lawrence Mitchell
London
Edna Kahley and Sam Gladney in a Texas wedding tale
Edna Kahley, engaged to Edna's sister Charlotte's fiancé, wed Sam Gladney after a whirlwind courtship. Charlotte dies by suicide amid a family scandal. Edna later finds happiness in Texas with Sam, starting a day nursery project amid debts and a Wall Street crash.
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Edna Kahley
Sam Gladney
Texas
Edna
Charlotte
Sam
Sammy
Wall Street
Texas Couple Builds Child Welfare Effort Amid War Time
Edna Gladney helps two fatherless Texas children after discovering them at a Fort Worth courtroom. She founds Texas Children's Home and Aid Society, secures a staff physician, and raises funds while adopting and caring for numerous children. The article notes wartime price controls and local production context.
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Fort Worth
Sam
Edna
Sherman
Texas
Tony
Darling
Mizz Gladney
Zeke
Texas Children’s Home and Aid Society
Max Breslar
Max
All Bran Promises Constipation Relief Through Bulk
Mrs E Goodale of Hamilton Ontario praises Kellogg's All Bran after five months of use. The ad urges trying All Bran's Better Way to correct constipation by proper bulk rather than cathartics. Available at grocers or as restaurant servings. made by Kellogg's in London Canada.
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Prices and Trade Board
Mrs. E. Goodale
Hamilton
Ontario
Kellogg’s
London
Canada
Butter Output Rises 22.2 Percent in Canada
Canadian butter production in September jumped 22.2 percent from a year earlier to 32 415 274 pounds as all provinces contributed. First nine months output totaled 233 696 324 pounds, up from 214 211 423 in the same period in 1940, while cheese output edged higher amid drought in Ontario and Quebec.
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Dominion of Statistics
Prices and Trade Board
Ontario
Quebec
Chocolate Pudding By Katharine Baker
A vintage kitchen notes chocolate pudding recipe by Katharine Baker. It uses unsweetened chocolate evaporated milk or milk and water, sugar, cornstarch, salt and vanilla. Melt chocolate, thicken with cornstarch, cook 20 to 25 minutes, chill and serve with cream. Serves 6.
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Jan. Masaryk
U.S
Chapter
Jones
Mrs. Gladney
Mothers of Sherman
Tra
Mrs. Gilworth
Gilworth
PVE
Ogden’s
McI
Ogden
Vogue
Chantecler
Britain
Crown
The
Canada Starch Company Ltd
Wellington St. H
Toronto
Katharine Baker
Sousie Bakin
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