Where Credit Is Due by Wesley Ruggles
Wesley Ruggles returns from nine months in England and argues Britons deserve gratitude for their courage. He recalls London’s brutal air raids beginning in 1940, notes millions of buildings damaged, and warns that without England’s stand Normandy might not have spared the U.S. shores.
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Wesley Ruggles
England
Rome
Paris
London
Normandy
Europe
Los Angeles Times
Woman’s odd collection tops thousand dogs in home
Mildred Huffman of Muncie Indiana guards a vast menagerie of more than 1000 dogs that are really pottery teakwood jade or chins. She claims the collection is the largest of its kind in the country and includes one of six Staffordshire china fogs once housed in the royal palace of George IV.
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Mildred Huffman
Muncie
Ind
George IV of England
Sawaii Volcano Largely Harmless Thanks to Slow Lava Flow
Unlike most active volcanoes, Sawaii's eruptions are slow and controllable. Residents observe minimal lava movement and the wreama can be managed with basic precautions.
The Siamese Rickshaw Explosive Hoax Case
In a wartime Washington tale, agent Jordan and Pickering investigate Tai Lin's old stone house after a rumored explosive formula is found hidden in a rickshaw. Chinese translators confirm the print details before being ambushed by foreign agents. Pickering is beaten but survives, and the rickshaw is disappeared with the blueprint.
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Sayfor
Saylor
Jordan
Tal-Lin
Shepherd's Marsh
Pickering
O.K
Tai-Lin
Siam
Bangkok
F Pickering
Tom
Yan-Po
Philippines
Uncle Sam
Pattern 4703 gives two piece outfits for children
Anne Adams offers pattern 4703 a two piece dress suit or jumper with blouse in sizes 2 4 6 8 and 10. Size 6 jumper and jacket uses 1½ yards of fabric plus 7½ yards for the blouse. Send 20 cents to the Anne Adams Pattern Dept Winnipeg Newspaper Union 175 McDermot Ave Winnipeg Man. Pattern delivery may take longer due to mall delays.
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Anne Adams
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave
Winnipeg
Man
Eating Like a Bird At The Zoo
Zoo keepers note that birds eat more proportionally to their weight than any other zoo inhabitants. The phrase eating like a bird contrasts with actual feeding patterns observed in the aviaries.
Saskatoon duo delight Toronto with two piano recital
A two piano team from Saskatoon, Evelyn Eby and Reginald Bedford, thrilled Eaton Auditorium audiences with a varied program. They studied under Gustin, with Eby later training with Josef Hofmann and Bedford with Percy Grainger, and both hold positions at the Hamilton Conservatory of Music. The performance featured Brahms variations, Rachmaninoff works, Saint Saens Scherzo, Taillefer’s Jeux de Plein Air, Debussy pieces, Milhaud Braziliera, Ravel Empress of the Pagodas, and a Thomas Austen arrangement of Keel Row dedicated to the duo.
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Hector Charlesworth
Eaton Auditorium
Saskatoon
Evelyn Eby
Reginald Bedford
Chicago
Gustin
Saskatchewan
Miss Eby
Josef Shevinne
Bedford
Percy Grainger
Hamilton Conservatory of Music
Eby
Brahms
Rachmaninoff
Saint-Saens
Germaine Taillefer
Milhaud
Honegger
Poulenc
Debussy
Jean Baptiste Ouverney
Ravel
Rust Tests Show Oat Varieties Ajax Exeter Vanguard Yield Similar
Dominion Experimental Farm Brandon Manitoba reports three year yields for Ajax Exeter Vanguard at 127 125 and 121 bushels per acre from 1942 to 1944. Banner averaged 110 and Gopher 111. Ajax earlier than Vanguard and Exeter by three and six days respectively. Exeter prone to lodge. Exeter seed larger than Banner and Vanguard. bull percentage highest in Exeter, lowest in Vanguard.
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Dominion Experimental Farm
Brandon
Manitoba
Ajax
Exeter
Vanguard
Banner
Gopher
Fumigation origins credited to ancient Greek physician
The Greek healer Acron is reputed to have originated fumigation around 473 B.C. by halting a plague in Athens through burning stomatics in large fires as part of early medical practice.
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Acron
Athens
Inflation in Poland Drives Food and Cloth Shortages
War inflated prices as potatoes replace cash in cloth trades while Nazis requisition crops and rationing falters. Black markets flourish under German control, deepening poverty as winter approaches.
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Poland
Germany
Color schemes influence appetite in dining rooms
Color experts report that appetite may be affected by lighting and color on walls and ceilings. Warm yellow derivatives boost meals while blue and greens tend to blunt appetite. Restaurants and hotels are reexamining paint choices to attract patrons and improve dining experiences.
Pie Crust Recipe with Oats and Shortening
A historic recipe outlines mixing flour and salt with fat cut in to fine crumbs, then blending in oats. Gradually add cold water until dough clings, chill, roll, and bake a 9 inch double crust and 9 inch shell at 400 degrees for about 10 minutes.
Apple Pie with Oats and Melted Cheese Topping
Instructional kitchen note outlines peeling apples to bake a crustless pie. Layer apple slices with brown sugar cinnamon nutmeg and cornstarch, dot with butter lemon juice and rind, bake 425 F for 25 to 30 minutes, then melt grated cheese on top before serving hot or cold. Yields one 9 inch pie.
Canadian auto industry reaches 650000 transport units by mid-1944
By mid 1944 the Canadian automotive sector had produced nearly 650000 military transport units. This milestone reflects the scale of wartime production driven by federal orders and industrial mobilization across Canada. Involved were major plants and suppliers contributing to the Allied logistics effort.
Saskatchewan to push socialized rural health system
Saskatchewan Health Services Survey Commission led by Dr Henry E Sigerist urges a provincial socialized health system focusing on rural care. It praises municipal doctor services but notes underpayment and overwork, proposing Rural Health Units, minimum salaries, and a tiered hospital referral network with full time district surgeons.
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Saskatchewan
Saskatchewan Health Services Survey Commission
Henry E. Sigerist
Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore
Trees for Prairies Free Distribution to Prairie Farmers
Free distribution of deciduous trees from Dominion Forestry Station at Indian Head and Sutherland is available to farmers in the Prairie Provinces only. Farmers may also purchase evergreen trees from the Forestry Station at a price of $1.00 per 100 trees.
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Dominion Forestry
Indian Head
Sutherland
Prairie Provinces
Antiques value clash jumps from hat to bedspread
In a note on antiques, a woman rejects paying 10 cents for a decade old hat yet offers 200 dollars for a century old bedspread, illustrating varying perceived value across items and ages.
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ROYAL
Los Angeles
Freey
George Chernish
War Department
Jim Saylor
Washington
Morten
Toronto
MacDonald
Canada
Rural Medical Service
Canadian Performing Right Society Limited
Royal Bank Building
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