Health and War Aims for a Better Postwar World
In the aftermath of victory the text argues for a postwar world centered on the common man. It cites the Atlantic Charter and calls for constructive social planning, nutrition education, and public health campaigns to raise living standards in Canada, the United States, and Britain, linking health to national strength and economic vitality.
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Europe
Churchill
Roosevelt
Sea
Free Countries
Canada
United States
Britain
Food Ministry
William Jamieson
Ministry of Health
R. E. Wodehouse
Pirates Fueled Ship With Beans After Coal Ran Out
Most Rev. Francis X. Ford, a South China bishop, reported that pirates who captured his vessel used bales of beans as fuel when their coal supply exhausted. He said the ship had only one day of fuel left but mixed beans with coal to continue for four days before failing at their port and abandoning the crew.
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Francis X. Ford
South
China
New York
Observation stations extend coast to frontier for air raid warning
Rangoon reports Maj. R. O. Taylor says 300 observation stations span from Burma’s Indian Ocean coast to northern and northeastern frontiers to warn against air raids. A 10-year-old’s wound heals five times faster than a 60-year-old’s. The Black River preserve in Canada covers more than 439000 square miles.
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Burma
Indian Ocean
Frontiera
R. O. Taylor
Observer Corps
Rangoon
Black River
Bride to march through front door at Hertfordshire estate
A modern bride, daughter of a Hertfordshire landowner, will wed next month at a stately English home now largely government property. After formal application, permission grants her wedding procession entry via the front door, not the back.
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Hertfordshire
England
London Daily Sketch
Giant parsnip tales echo across Belleville and Vancouver
A Belleville Ontario story of giant pumpkins reaching 130 pounds is paralleled by a Vancouver backyard gardener who harvested a five pound parsnip with a 414 inch crown and two feet length that fed the family for two or three meals.
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Belleville
Ont
Vancouver
Trade link seeds Manitoba corn for hogs and poultry
Core From Manitoba British Columbia seeks Manitoba corn for feeding hogs and poultry. About 5,000,000 bushels arrive at Pacific ports annually, mainly from Argentina and South Africa. Prices are fairly high and potential for trade improvement exists as the prospect grows.
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British Columbia
Manitoba
Pacific
Argentina
South Africa
Aris
Amwen Of The Future Air Cadets Train Canadian Youth
Thousands of Canadian youths attend after school Air Cadets League of Canada programs to gain basic training for entry to the Royal Canadian Air Force at 19. Officials report 5,200 members now, with over 14,000 more applications pending. The 236 hour two year course covers drill physical training aeronautical engineering first aid aircraft recognition map reading mathematics signals and flight theory.
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Royal Canadian Air Force
Air Cadets League of Canada
National Defence Department
R.C.A.F
Air Cadet League
Grandmother's Honied Sweet Potato Slices Recipe
Scrub and boil medium sweet potatoes until tender then peel and slice. Dip slices in warmed honey and roll in salted corn flake crumbs. Place in greased pan with butter pieces and bake at 425 F for about 25 minutes. Yield six servings.
Glubb Pasha Receives DSO for Desert Operations
Major John Bagot Glubb head of the Arab Legion and Law rence of Arabia successor is awarded the DSO. Reports say his Syrian July counter attack routed a mechanized force, took about 80 prisoners and seized war material. He holds OBE and MLC and was once reported killed by Germans, a report later denied.
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Lawrence of Arabia
Ds.o
Glubb Pasha
John Bagot Glubb
Glubb
O.B.E
M.lc
London Daily Sketch
Odd Billboard Facts From a Puzzling Era
A collection of trivia notes covers economic shifts from cash to machines, risks of bed falls in England, the fate of Stradivari violins, social observations on wealth, and measurements of the Antarctic depths around polar regions.
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Antarctic Ocean
Polar Regions
Donald Gordon Named To Head Wartime Price Board
Frederick Griffin profiles Donald Gordon, chosen to lead Canada’s Wartime Prices and Trade Board. The 40 year old Scot, a former Bank of Canada official, will set price ceilings on all commodities starting December 1. His career, from bank clerk to deputy governor, is marked by swift ascent and a pragmatist drive to curb inflation. The article stresses the national importance of controlling prices and the need to rally business and consumers to the economic effort.
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Canada
Donald Gordon
Prices and Trade Board
Lord Beaverbrook
Great Britain
Ottawa
Oldmeldrum
Aberdeen
Donald
Toronto
Manning Avenue
Bank of Nova Scotia
Bank of Canada
Graham Towers
U.S
Poland’s defiant stand against German might inspires world
In the Louisville Courier Journal, a tribute to Polish resistance portrays Poles as unstoppable fighters, unyielding to Nazism and propaganda. It lauds Poland’s courage, unity, and the will of man prevailing over machines, urging the free world to honor their sacrifice.
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Poland
Hitler
Louisville Courier-Journal
All Good Seasons Seeks Gifts For Home Tasks
A playful Holiday wish asks for a bisikkle a punching bag a big red wagon and roller skates to help reach school mow the lawn and run errands for mother. Separately a fact notes Canada and the United States hold an estimated sixty percent of the world coal deposits.
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Canada
The
United States
Hartford hotel notes two dollar towel theft
A Hartford hotel received a note claiming a bath towel was taken in 1923 or 1924 and enclosing two dollars as payment. The writer asks the hotel to deduct an equitable amount if the compensation is too high and donate the rest to a charitable cause.
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Hartford, Conn
Temperature records at Yellowstone Park set at six below
A reading of six degrees below zero was recorded at Yellowstone National Park. Skywriting campaigns are concentrated over New York City. Public sentiment resists being told what to do by those who believe it is their duty to instruct others.
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Yellowstone National Park
The
United States
New York City
Russian Ground Attack Plane Reported by Stockholm
A Stockholm report via the British Broadcasting Corporation says Russia has designed a low altitude ground attack aircraft. It operates effectively against the Germans, attacking from about 60 feet with light cannon and machine guns and resisting anti aircraft fire. The planes’ name was not given.
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British Broadcasting Corporation
Stockholm
Sweden
Russia
Young Inventor Proposes Radio Planes Raid Scheme
A 13 year old schoolboy interview with the Australia Inventions Board officer outlines a plan to deploy a fleet of small radio controlled planes for bombing raids over enemy territory.
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Australia Inventions Board
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Lydia E. Pinkham
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