London meeting aims to set world weight standards
Comenes and Apserican engineers plan an early London meeting to align weights measures and ic with world standards. Princess Elizabeth rode to hounds recently and may visit Queen Mary. Air Commodore P Simpacs of Gibraltar RAF is acting air vice marshal. Sir Stafford Cripps notes 40 percent of aircraft workers are women. Indian army now 2,000,000 and growing monthly. Four large British toy makers plan quick reconversion for world market. New Zealand has built hundreds of houses with 3600 dwellings in Auckland and Wellington. merricampet will receive 50 percent preference in allocations.
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Meneures
Air Cosemodore &. P. Simpacs
Air Omcer Commanding
Ra.f
Gibraltar
Stafford Cripps
New Zealand
Auckland
Wellington
Merricampet
Foot and Mouth Disease Alert Across Canada and California
Health authorities warn Foot and Mouth disease has not entered Canada due to strict measures by the Health of Animals Division and the Dominion Department of Agriculture. The piece notes earlier misclassifications in California as Foot and Mouth, now identified as vesicular exanthema, and cautions immediate action for any outbreaks with similar symptoms. Potential spread from increasing California hog populations could reach other US states and Canada.
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Canada
Dominion Department of Agriculture
Central Canada Veterinary Association
United States
California
Forks Warned Against Using Toast Tan upper in Electric Device
A misshapen OCR fragment mentions dangers of using forks to reach toast near an electric tanuter and a warning of a short circuit. It also references a Canadian soldier overseas Bunny Ward and a letter about a 117 feet length made from air, though the text is garbled and contains errors.
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Bunny ‘Ward
Jong
Airtel
Frank Cee
Sunday School Lesson December 19 Reflections on Hebrews and Romans
A compact analysis of Hebrews 1 1 3 and Romans 5 1 31 tracing how God spoke to the fathers by prophets and to us through the Son The text cites interpretations by A 5 Peske and Marcus Dois and touches on Logos Wisdom becoming flesh as described by Richard La Rue Swain The piece preserves period tone and emphasizes doctrinal themes without graphic detail.
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Ismael
Abraham
Moses
Ain
Marcus Dois
Richard la Rue Swain
Honest Labor Hope Speech By Chuter Ede
Parliament Secretary Chuter Ede argued that war lessons should end the stigma against skilled trades. He said many youths endure frustration in respectable clerical roles while their parents deem manual labor as less honorable. The remarks urged a shift in career perceptions within Britain.
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Chuter Ede
Board of Education
Friendship Demonstration for China Exclusion Repeal
Madame Chiang Kai-shek, wife of China's president, told Congress in a cable that repeal of the Chinese Exclusion Act demonstrated anew the United States friendship to China in a deed which will ripple around the world.
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Chiang Kai-Shek
China
Congress
United States
Canadian dairy gains in 1943 exceed 1942 output
J F Singleton of the Dairy Products Marketing Service lauds Canadian farmers for strong 1943 production, likely equal to or higher than 1942 despite shortages in parts of the country. He attributes limits to export demands for cheese butter and evaporated milk and to wartime distribution to the British Ministry of Food and prisoners of war. Overall milk output in 1943 is expected to match or surpass 1942, with 1938 levels as a reference point.
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United Kingdom
Canada
J. F. Singleton
Dairy Products
Dominion Department of Agriculture
Dairy Industries
Toronto
Singleton
Ministry of Food
Canadian Red Cross Society
Kingfisher burrows into river bank for four inch hole
A kingfisher creates a neat burrowed tunnel of four inches that may extend up to twenty feet into a river bank. At sea, about six hundred British naval vessels are present at any given moment.
Winnipeg drive promotes wartime social hygiene campaign
The Young Men's Section of the Winnipeg Board of Trade led a broad social hygiene education push across Manitoba. With church and service-club support and health authorities, it reached Winnipeg Brandon Portage la Prairie The Pas and Flin Flon with sermons letters posters and noon talks.
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Winnipeg
Brandon
Portage la
Prairie
The
Pas
Flin Flon
Boards of Trade
Health League of Canada
Fibre Crops Military Drive Keeps Canada’s Flax Industry Going
Fibre Division of the Dominion Experimental Farm Service leads wartime work on fibre crops in Canada. The fibre flax acreage rises from 10 500 acres in 1989 to 45 000 acres in 1842, reflecting its strategic value. The division develops machinery for pulling lifting binding and scotching line fibre and aids new flax mills and operators with best practices for high quality fibre. It also informs growers on growing harvesting and retting. Buy War Savings Stamps Regularly.
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Dominion Experimental Farm Service
Canada
Canada expects largest cattle herd on record for 1944
Canada forecasts its 1944 cattle population will be the largest and healthiest ever. Since 1937 drought reduced herds, the total rose by about 500,000 as beef cattle prospered on ample feed from the 1942 crop. On June 1 farms held 9,600,000 cattle and calves, with dairy cows in good condition and higher milk output per head.
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Canada
New Inventions and Postwar Medical Rumors
The piece cautions against gullible acceptance of every claim about medical and technological advances. It notes postwar care may not differ radically yet encourages balanced skepticism to avoid hampering progress while not dismissing new developments outright.
Crossword Puzzle No 4857 from Our Paper
The puzzle features horizontal clues such as Prank Converses and Silkworm, with answers including rivers and biblical terms. Vertical clues cover photography instrument mulberry food sea eagles and other varied terms, ending with a note on negative. The mixed entries reflect a traditional newspaper crossword from the era.
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