World War Era Briefs From Six Nations and Canadian Posts
Saskatoon council rejects six British Coxmet ia Japanese housing request. Netherlands soldiers in Canada get pension rise at Juliana barracks Stratford Ontario. Exhibition Directors plan a 1643 fair if RC.A.F. grounds access granted. John William Christmas relinquishes British pension to join P.A.F as aircraftman. US banned outbound personal calls beyond western hemisphere except Britain. Australian gov recommends one year extension for Lord Gowrie as governor general of Australia ending Jan 22 1943. British info says PM will not issue war statement until summer adjournment. South Africa PM J C Smuts awarded Albert Medal 1942 “Statesman soldier scientist philosopher.”
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Saskatoon
Canada
Juliana Barracks
Stratford
Ont
Leisure and Work Bring Better Joy to Idle Time
Viscount Grey argues leisure gains value when preceded by work. He says the idle rich miss true pleasure without prior labor and that changing occupation yields lasting satisfaction, making leisure more enjoyable when work comes first.
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Viscount Grey
Trim Worktime Style Pattern 4108 by Anne Adams
Anne Adams unveils Pattern 4108 a wartime or homework uniform with simple trim quick front buttoning and a slim back panel. Available in men’s sizes 34 to 46 fabric needs 4 1/2 yards of 35 inch cloth for size 36. Send 20 cents in coins with name address and pattern number to the Anne Adams patterns department.
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Anne Adams
Anne Adama
Victory budget by 18 year old Toronto switchboard operator
Miss Sprung designs a Victory budget to absorb higher income taxes in 1642. Earning about 14.46 weekly, she trims expenses including stockings and leg makeup, devotes funds to war savings stamps, and prioritizes clothes and meals as essential duties while supporting the war effort.
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Ome Tas Jaagquetine Sprung
Toronto
Miss Sprung
Dream Of Designer Igor Sikorsky Excalibur Flight
Igor Sikorsky pioneered transatlantic air travel with the giant Excalibur flying boat carrying Oliver Lyttelton and other priority passengers. The effort follows Pan American Airways victory over American Export Air Lines in obtaining a permit to rival the Clipper service, amid war urgencies.
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Oliver Lyttelton
Britain
America
Atlantic
Sikorsky
Excalibur
American Export Air Lines, Inc
Washington
Pan-American Airways
Lord Moore
Lyttelton
C. R. Morris
Igor Sikorsky
Kiev
London Daily Sketch
Bacon For Britain War Aid From Canada
Ottawa announces that no less than 600 million pounds of bacon and pork products will be shipped to Britain this year. More is now delivered in a single week than in all of 1931.
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Britain
Ottawa
Vancouver Island’s colonial discovery and cession to England
The article notes Vancouver Island located on British Columbia and Washington coasts as a recent target of Japanese shell fire. It recalls its discovery by 16th Century Spanish explorers and its cession to England under the 1790 Nootka Treaty.
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Vancouver Island
British Columbia
Washington
England
Nootka
Carriage business booming in Toronto with new orders
Louis Back reports rapid revival of the Toronto carriage trade sending 30 wagons and six buggies back into service with 60 more refinishing jobs planned on high-wheeled steel-tired delivery carts. Johnny Brocklehurst, 17, ties World War I record after surviving three torpedo attacks and 23 hours on wreckage.
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Toronto
Louis Back
Johnny, Brocklehurst
Stockport
Eng
Johnny
Sunday School Lesson August 9 Genesis 18 19
Devotional outline explains Abraham’s hospitality to three visitors including Jehovah and the setup for Sodom’s judgment. It covers God’s plan to inform Abraham, Abraham’s intercession for the righteous, and the destruction of Sodom and Lot’s family with emphasis on divine justice and mercy.
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James
Genesis
Gur Leeson
Abraham
Giod
Scdom
Jehovah
Hebron
Sodom
Beni Navim
Driver
Dead Sea
Moab
Gomorrah
Peter
Jesus
Plain
Lot
Russian women on Volga trip break gender myths
British United Press correspondent M. S. Handler visits Russia to observe women in roles across labor and sea work. He notes Russian women handle locomotives oil barges deck hands and stevedores while men stay out front. He argues women could fight if needed and show capability to move into combat.
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Russia
Soviet Union
United Press
M. S. Handler
Volga
Caspian
Handler
Candle care tips for extended burn time and heat resistance
A brief note advises storing candles in the refrigerator to prevent melting and to extend burn time. It also suggests applying a light varnish coat to decorative candles to help them resist melting in warm weather.
Healthful hours for workers urged in wartime policy
A British Industrial Health Research Board report says long hours beyond a 65 hour week for men and 60 hours for women are wasteful. For married women, special shifts are advised to protect health and reduce turnover. A national day nursery program for working mothers is proposed, with Toronto Star urging wartime facilities like subsidized meals, medical care, and rest and recreation services to sustain production.
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British Industrial Health Research Board
Britain
The
Toronto Star
Britain Directly Reclaims Rubber From Scrap Tires
Britain uses a new system to reclaim rubber by directly converting scrap tires into finished items. Treads and undertreads become compounds for rubber soles heels carriages tires brake blocks and washers while tire carcasses yield repair patches washers insulation and mounting pads to prevent wear and friction.
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Britain
Brandon Sun
Tea economy recipe from Eng land saves tea and improves flavor
The Brantford Expositor cites English practice to conserve tea by spreading it on brown paper and warming gently for ten minutes. The method is said to double the tea’s yield and enhance taste, an example for readers as tea joins conservation lists.
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England
Brantford
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Brefly
Exhacnion Exhibition” Association
Rc.a.f
John William Christmas
P.A.F
Western Hemisphere
United States Board of War Communications
Lord Gowrie
Australia
Ministry of Information
J. C. Smuts
South Africa
Royal Empire Society
Victory Budget Budget Board
Dream of
By William Ferguson
Canberra
Duke of York
By Fred Neher
Donald and
Shuouid
Abrahams
Prater
Mats Slitzorieg
Tore
Gene Byrnes
Caslaa
Mickie
Goss
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