Canada urged to lead in allied food supply efforts
Hon. 7 H Johnson cites Ottawa conference guidance calling on provinces to form war production committees. Manitoba and other provinces urged to maximize acreages of wheat oats barley and rye, cultivate new land raise vegetables, and mobilize youth and workers to farm labor. Public addresses and education efforts to boost enlistment on farms are planned with support from the Canada Food Board and provincial departments.
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H. Johnson
Manitoba
Ottawa
Johnson
Canada Food Rd
Canada Food Board
Volant
Canada
Alec
Thee
Japan's War Role Limited to Orient and Eastern Pacific
The article argues Japan should not send troops to Europe, noting allied wishes and Japan's agreement to confine land forces to the Far East and its waters. It acknowledges naval expansion into parts of the Mediterranean but maintains the original land-force scope remains intact.
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Europe
Japan
Orient
Pacific
Far East
Mediterranean
T, Iyenaga
Canadian Soldiers Casualties Rates Compared to Americans
Canadian military hospitals report that Canadian troops in Europe show a 29 to 1 odds of returning home versus death. Wounds recoveries outnumber deaths by about 98 to 2, with one in five hundred losing an arm. Disease deaths are rare and few disabled soldiers return to prior work.
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France
Quebec
Canada
Military Hospitals Commission
Fourth Bridge Joke Circles British Grand Fleet
A circulating tale among sailors claims an American squadron led by a flagship signaled as it approached the Fourth Bridge. The story features the ships U S aware New York and Wyoming with destroyers in escort, provoking humor among the crew.
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Jack
U.S
New York
Wyoming
Public Reaction Opposes Neutrality Policies and War Aims
Julius Chambers in Brooklyn argues for harsh retaliation against German and Austrian piracy. He calls for a postwar embargo on neutral nations and tenacious measures to protect American shipping, including a $5 per ton impost and a $5 per bale cotton tax.
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Ksleer
Sweden
Norway
United States
Germany
England
France
Austria
Brooklyn
Congress
Julius Chambers
Conserve Food Supplies to Aid Allies in Coming Months
Officials urge immediate food conservation across North America to stretch limited cereal and meat stocks until harvest. With shortages in cereals and meat, the goal is to support the allies over the next four to five months while increasing production, using substitutes for wheat, beef, and pork and urging Canadians to tighten belts to help Britain France and Italy endure wartime rationing.
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Europe
North America
Great Britain
France
Italy
Charles Beres
London
Napoleon echoes in the Kaiser’s eastern drift
The Springfield Republican notes parallels between Napoleon’s eastern expansion and Wilhelm II’s aims as Germany eyes new empires. It portrays Napoleon’s western success as a model for German strategy and criticizes the gilding of Ukraine as subjugation.
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Napoleon
Europe
Yassa
Ukraine
Kaiser
Geomany
Frederick the Great
Wilhelm II
Springfield Republican
Piccadilly Again It Was at Pozieres
An officer with a bombers party in a communication trench encounters a group of Bddies holding 2 3. The British voices suggest a mock play as the scene unfolds amid the Pozieres action.
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Piccadilly
Pozieres
S—s
Iix ‘Ceasion
Bddies
Eee
The Way of the Hun Sub Narrative
A British crew led by Claude Featherstone endures a torpedoed ship sinking on September 11 after a sub German gun attack and drifting three and a half days. Featherstone recalls the crew's rescue by a patrol boat and the enemy’s thefts and cruelty before their relief.
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Claude Featherstone
Young
Tunbridge Wells
Young Featherstone
Featherstone
Escape and nine day desert odyssey of British crew
Serat J Harte of Inland Water Transport recounts a shipwreck near Aden to Muscat. A 300 strong Arab mob looted the barge as Arabs fought over the loot. Harte and two others escaped on foot through mountains and desert for nine days with little food or water before boarding a warship dispatched to the wreck.
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Muscat
Arabian
Harte
Fragmentary OCR Note From 19th Century Ledger
The readable fragments hint at a speech or dialogue involving a person named Willie and a request to draw. The text is incomplete and lacks clear context or events to establish a full incident or outcome.
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Willie
Blizzard’s Origin Traced From English Village Tales
An old tale links the Blizzard surname to Amersham and Chalfont St Giles village graves and a man who traveled with William Penn. The name is said to have described a disagreeable person and later the snowy Northwest storm for which weather dislikes are attributed to Blizzard.
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Amersham
Blizzard
Stillieside
Chalfont St. Giles
William Penn
New World
Fellows
Errant laundry checks lead to clerk explanation mixup
A customer mistakenly left a Chinese laundry check at the store this morning prompting a prescription clerk to explain the situation. The customer says the clerk has been assisting with the issue all morning.
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Empire
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Wilhelmstrasse
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