Canadian plane breaks record over Vancouver sea flight
A Canadian model airplane flew seven minutes and 0. seconds before going out to sea, setting a new distance record. Vancouver opens an elementary aviation school 21 months early with 24 trainee plots starting preliminary instruction. The Liver Trail drive in Victoria adds 12 119 to city campaign funds, reaching 25 479 toward a 50 000 goal. Menasco Manufacturing signs a 750 000 contract with Canada for 400 engines and parts. Vice Admiral E A Taylor, MP for South Paddington, recalled to active duty. he captained the Revenge in 1919 and retired in 1924.
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Vancouver
Wim
Tor Ture
Pierre Ryckmans
Belgian Congo
Britain
Canada
E. &. Perley
Qu'Appelle
House of Commons
Gardiner
Victoria
B.C
Menasco Manufacturing Company
Los Angeles
E. A. Taylor
South Paddington
Renown
The Doorstep Pitch for Photographic Enlargements
A cheerful young man with a suitcase visits a wary woman at her door. He insists he is not selling, seeking charity, or collecting, then reveals he represents a firm dealing in photographic enlargements. The exchange ends with her curiosity piqued as he offers a straightforward product.
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London
Refugee British Learn English Amid War Displacements
Thousands of British refugees in England cannot speak English after fleeing war torn Belgium Holland and Germany. The British War Refugees Fund notes many held high income jobs abroad and over 500 returned from Germany with 5000 more from Holland and Belgium joining them. A large portion attend a special English class.
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England
Trey
Aember
British War Refugees Fund
Belgium
Holland
Germany
Not The Usual Way Asked Macpherson
In a colorful exchange, Macpherson asks what Tan's wife was jailed for. The reply claims she was jailed for rocking Tam tae sleep, and the dialogue quips that a wife cannot be jailed for that, followed by a playful remark about seeing the rock involved.
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Macpherson
Tan
Local Engineer Crafts Tiny Yarn Locomotive
Louis £ Worden of Middlebury Vermont a stationary engineer enjoys knitting and has created a miniature locomotive entirely of yarn with all details except its bell.
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Louis £. Worden
Middlebury
Vermont
Nassau’s pirate past fades as Duke of Windsor set to govern Bahamas
The article recalls Captain Roger’s 1718 clash with local pirates and the end of the era, noting his pardons and executions at Execution Dock. It then describes a peaceful Bahamas under a future Duke of Windsor with tourism as the main industry and about 18 000 annual visitors arriving by cruise ships, airliner, and steamship from Miami.
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Duke of Windsor
Bahamas
Destrauy
Wooden Rogers
Nassau Harbor
Rogera
Alenander Selkirk
Robinson Crusoe
Juan Fernandez
Bahama Islands
Mexico
Peru
Rogers
Nassau
Miami
COOL SLIM FROCK FOR MATRONS IN ANNE ADAMS PATTERN
Fashion note by Anne Adams highlights a gores skirt frock with uncluttered lines and slimming details. The pattern 4340 offers misses and women sizes from 16 to 44 with options for short sleeves or three quarter sleeves and bow bands, with an evening length version. Order by sending 20 cents and size, name, address and style number to the Winnipeg Pattern Dept.
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Anne Adams
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave
Winnipeg
Letter Craft and Tourist Tales Across Ages
A reflective piece contrasts how job letters should highlight value over personal history while illustrating strong writing with a chief executive style example. It then surveys Canada and U S tourism value, noting parks growth, travel bureaus, and the enduring lure of ancient cliff dwellings in Walnut Creek Canyon Arizona as rangers widen paths for visitors.
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San Francisco
Walnut Creek Canyon
Arizona
Forest Rangers
Appeal Met Says Defence Minister On Recruitment Response
Defence Minister J L Ralston told a press conference that Canada's recruitment response has been beyond expectations and that the public has unstintingly supported the nation’s war effort. He warned that further demands and greater sacrifices lie ahead.
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Defence
J. L. Ralston
Canada
Soldier Settlement Act amendment permits mineral rights transfers
A bill to amend the Soldier Settlement Act provides disposal of mines and minerals under soldier settler lands, with reference to gold deposits in Alberta and Saskatchewan. The act allows the director of Soldier Settlement to grant or dispose of mineral rights, retroactive to July 7, 1919, as land remains under purchase contracts.
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Alberta
Saskatchewan
House of Commons
Sunday School Lesson on the Wicked and the Righteous
The text presents a Sunday school discussion on Psalm 1 and Matthew 7, contrasting the life of the righteous rooted in God with the unstable, chaff-like life of the wicked. It emphasizes that the righteous endure adversity and stand before judgment, while the wicked perish and fail to gain lasting worth beyond worldly wealth.
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Matthew Tom
Jesus
Bomb Proof Bandeau for Bomb Protection Introduced
London shops showcase the Contra Blast Bandeau a new air raid head gear resembling a helmet with extended ear guards made of aerated rubber designed to absorb blast concussion protecting the ears forehead and skull. It comes in brown blue or black and costs about 1.20 in Canadian money. The bandeau is worn with the band over the eyes and ear muffs tied under the chin.
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London
Wonders Of Science Promise Self Sufficiency In Wartime
Dr. Robert C. Hockett, chemistry professor at Massichuggetts Institute of Technology, asserts the nation can become virtually self supporting even if wartime imports halt. He cites plastics substituting rubber, glass and metal, along with Ravens and acetates replacing silk and cotton in fabrics. He assures that a chemist can craft luxury items from basic chemicals if needed.
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America
Robert C. Hockett
Dr. Hockett
Massichuggetts Institute of Technology
Hackett
Deaf-aid tooth device patent by Nebraska inventors
Two Nebraska inventors patent a deaf-aid instrument built into a set of false teeth. The gadget includes a microphone storage battery and two jawbone contact points. Vibrations move a diaphragm that transmits sound through the mouth’s bony structure to the auditory organs.
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Nebraska
Government should support voluntary health societies
An editorial in Health exposes how voluntary health societies empower citizens and advance national health, arguing government backing preserves these small democracies. It notes Britain and Canada sustain private groups, warns Germany’s decline of such clubs hindered progress, and urges states to rely on voluntaries in emergencies.
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The
Health League of Canada
Great Britain
Canada
Germany
Readers invited to request Dr. McCullough’s cancer articles
Editorial note offers a free set of cancer articles from The Health League of Canada. Readers in Canada can request by writing to Dept. W.N.Y. at 111 Avenue Road, Toronto, and should include their full name and address.
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The
Health League of Canada
Dept. W.N.Y
111 Avenue Road
Toronto
Plans At A Standstill Red Cross Operations In France
American Red Cross relief work in German occupied France has halted awaiting U S government decision on feeding the occupied nations. Bordeaux offices closed and the mercy ship McKeesport moved to Marseilles with plans for distribution only in unoccupied France. Two more ships delayed due to abroad changes and unloading issues.
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Red Cross
France
American Red Cross
United States
Bordeaux
McKeesport
Bilbao
Spain
Marseilles
Britain's Food Supply Hints at Wartime Ration Changes
Robert Boothby informs the House of Commons Britain has a wheat supply for months and may raise tea sugar and fats rations this winter if enemy attacks are repelled. He notes bread will include vitamin B1 and calcium salt to fortify the wartime diet.
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Britain
Robert Boothby
Finenstry of Food
House of Commons
United Kingdom
Boothby
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