India’s War Effort Praised Amid Controversy
The article defends India’s wartime role, noting widespread misconceptions about internal controversy and anti-British sentiment. It highlights strong Indian cooperation with the Empire, two million volunteers, 300,000 overseas troops, and five Victoria Crosses won in Africa, four by native officers, alongside unity with British and Canadian forces.
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India
Britain
Eighth Army
Africa
Italy
V.C
War Production in British India Expands Rapidly
By 1941 the Royal Indian Air Force reached four times its original strength and grew quickly with pilots trained in Canada under the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan. India’s war production rose to about sixty million dollars in monthly orders, led by textiles with nearly six hundred million dollars in 1943. Other defence industries supplied armoured vehicles ships training planes chemicals guns shells and explosives. Eighty thousand surgical instruments were shipped to Russia. Virgin aluminum production began in early 1943 and is becoming a key factor in global supply.
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Royal Indian Air Force
Canada
West
India
Russia
India Faces Choice Between Peasants and Modern Industry
A Royal Bank of Canada bulletin notes India's population of about four hundred million with most peasants living near subsistence. Railways irrigation and health services have aided progress but cultural attachment slows industrial shift. British civilian presence is small and investments modest. Britain promises postwar self government for India and eventual Commonwealth integration.
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India
Royal Bank of Canada
Brazil
Argentine
Britain
Canada
Commonwealth
Surgical Glue Made From Patient Blood Aids Wounds
The technical journal Surgery, Gynecology and Obstetrics reports a cement-like glue from a patient’s own blood that bonds wound edges. Dr Machteld E Lane of Philadelphia devised it. It can graft skin patches and seal liver and spleen gaps, potentially saving fatal injuries.
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Surgery
Machteld E. Lane
Philadelphia
Newsweek
Price Control And Rationing Information
Consumer questions about rationed goods and coupon use are answered by the Wartime Prices and Trade Board. The retailer must honor valid coupons at purchase, price charts cover all beef grades, and supply distribution must be fair. Information provided by the Consumer Branch in Ottawa and details on ceiling prices are available on request.
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Consumers’ News
Wartime Prices and Trade Board
Regina
Saskatchewan
Speedy Relief For Tender Feet From Emerald Oil
Your feet may be swollen and inflamed with pain and burning making every step unbearable. Two or three applications of Moone's Emerald Oil relieve pain and soreness within minutes, leaving you able to walk again. Get a bottle today at all drugstores.
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Moone
Buckley’s
Buckley
Canada
Buckley's
Pentown
Warship Chaudierre carries long battle history to new RCNR role
The destroyer H.M.C.S. Chaudierre, formerly H.M.S. Hero, built in 1936, boasts Narvik and Matapan honors. It joined the Royal Canadian Navy with the motto Fortune Favors the Brave and a hope for more distinctions after transfer.
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R.C.N
H.M.C.S. Chaudierre
Royal Navy
H.M.S. Hero
Narvik
Rombaks Fjord
H.M.S. Kimberley
Hans Ludemann
Matapan
Cape Spada
Crete
Tobruk
Serte
Royal Canadian Navy
Canadian Women’s Army Corps receive service medal ribbons
The article notes that CWAC members with 18 months service may wear the Canadian Volunteer Service Medal in green, scarlet, and royal blue. A silver maple leaf on the medal shows service outside Canada. Parcels to troops overseas cause postal delays due to forbidden items or poor packing. The Reserve Army remains active with regular training and plans for summer camps.
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Canadian Women’s Army Corps
Canadian Volunteer Service Medal
Canada
Stop Dosing Constipation All Bran Advertising Message
An advertisement promotes Kellogg's All-Bran as a solution to constipation by supplying bulk from daily servings or muffins. It urges increased water intake and notes the product is made by Kellogg's in London, Canada with two convenient sites.
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Kellogg’s
Abolition of England’s 140 year old lookout post
For 140 years the Dover Strait watch stood as England’s oldest post. The last keeper Chummy Barton earned 20 dollars yearly. After his death Rye authorities ended the duty as Napoleon’s invasion risk fades per well informed but unconfirmed British reports.
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England
Chummy Barton
Rye
Napoleon
Dover Strait
Five Minute Cabbage and Apple Scallop Variations
A column extols imagination in cooking and offers cabbage serving ideas. Five Minute Cabbage cooks quickly in boiling water and pairs with tomato or cheese sauce, or butter. A cabbage scallop layers cabbage with cream or with apple, breadcrumbs, and butter, baked at 375 degrees for 30 to 40 minutes.
Gems of Thought on Greatness and Truth
A compact collection of brief quotes on greatness. Phillips Brooks, Daniel Webster, Horace Mann, Mary Baker Eddy, J. W. Alexander and Matthew Henry explore how true greatness stems from truth, religious regard, and virtue rather than size or status.
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Daniel Webster
Mary Baker Eddy
J. W. Alexander
Matthew Henry
British Forces Record 44 Mile Daily Advance
In the 1941 East African campaign British troops under General Cunningham set an all time military pace by advancing an average of 44 miles per day for 17 days establishing a new record for rapid territorial pursuit and maneuver.
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Cunningham
Appointment of Lichstein as national health chair in Canada
W F Reid of Calgary announces Joseph Lichstein of Saskatoon will chair the national health committee of the Junior Chamber of Commerce of Canada. He will lead a nationwide venereal disease education drive with Health League of Canada support and government programs, launching on Social Hygiene Day February 2 with participation from member groups nationwide.
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Joseph Lichstein
Saskatoon
Sask
Junior Chamber of Commerce of Canada
W. F. Reid
Calgary
Reid
Health League of Canada
Lichstein
Warning on Fascist Threat Reaches Into Schools
The New York Sun echoes Lord Halifax warning that defeating Fascist powers will be easier than eradicating their underlying philosophy. It notes the hardest battles may be fought with schoolbooks rather than planes and guns.
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The
New York Sun
Lord Halifax
Germany
Japan
Appalachian Mountains formation spans 75,000 years
Geological estimates place the Appalachian mountains' rise over roughly 75 000 years. The Danube River runs about 1740 miles through seven countries, highlighting diverse European geography.
Salutes Given To Admiral On Bicycle At Bermuda Base
Rear Admiral Ingram Sowell, commander at the U S naval operating base in Bermuda, took a no risk lunch ride by bicycle with a limousine of aides behind. All hands chose to salute as he rode from his office to quarters. Once a noted athlete, he bicycle to exercise.
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United States Naval Operating Base
Bermuda
Ingram Sowell
Admiral Sowell
Seed Potato Shortage Warned By Berlin Radio
U.S. government monitors report a Berlin domestic radio broadcast warned Germans to conserve to secure enough seed potatoes for spring planting. The shortage was blamed on the extraordinary drought of 1943.
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Berlin
U.S
The rose as a banner in ancient Greece and Rome
The rose served as a favored emblem on royal banners and shields across Greece and Rome, symbolizing power and prestige for rulers and armies.
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Greece
Rome
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