Canada Performing Right Society awards five composer scholarships
The Canadian Performing Right Society announced its annual scholarship competition for Canadian composers. Five winners include soldier Bandsman James Mayfer of Toronto and airman Robert Fleming. Saskatoon’s John Maurice Lowe and Massey Hall audiences backed by the Toronto Symphony's performance of Nursery Suite highlighted the event. Applications for young composers are available via the Royal Bank Building in Toronto.
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Canada
Robert Fleming
E. B. Fleming
SaskKatoon
Massey Hall
Toronto
Toronto Symphony Orchestra
Ernest MacMillan
James Mayfer
John Maurice Lowe
White Rock
B.C
Canadian Performing Right Society
Royal Bank Building
Fire at Barnes stables sparks Brad Hunter’s sermon
In Honey Hollow the Barnes horses draw crowds and Br ad Hunter, a young minister, preaches amid flames at the burning stables. Martha Terrill sees redemption in the blaze while Tom Barnes praises the sermon and vows to end the racing. Nancy Barnes becomes a focal point for a hopeful family future.
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Martha Terrill
Ezra
Nancy Barnes
Martha
Brad Hunter
Barnes
Honey Hollow
Tom Barnes
Nancy
Ezra Terrill
Brady
Alasle
Brad
Tholks
Milt Exra
Tom
Fresh frozen foods become a postwar luxury and health aid
Fresh frozen foods are a recent luxury and may become common after the war. They offer good food value as strawberries peas and Brussels sprouts retain vitamins better when rapidly frozen. Once thawed, vitamins diminish quickly so vegetables should be cooked while frozen and fruits only thaw before use.
Sugar beet acreage recommended for 1945 totals 70 000
The Agricultural Supplies Board urges 70 000 acres of sugar beets for 1945, 11 650 more than 1944. Provincial allotments are Quebec 10 000, Ontario 15 000, Manitoba 15 000, Alberta 30 000.
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Agricultural Supplies Board
Quebec
Ontario
Manitoba
Alberta
Milk Under Ground Helps Alsdorf Hold Out
In the German town of Alsdorf, occupied by American troops, 25 Holstein cows and other livestock live 1,200 feet underground to shield them from artillery and bombs. Coal mining remains central, but the largest mine now yields milk veal pork and mutton. Chickens were carried away by fleeing Nazis, leaving no poultry in the underground barnyard.
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Alsdorf
Boston
Rare Thallium Production Reported at Flin Flon Canada
The Dominion statistics bureau reports 128 pounds of rare thallium produced in 1944 at Flin Flon Manitoba by Hudson Bay Mining and Smelting. The metal's value reached $1,690. Experimental tantalum ore shipments were also made from the Northwest Territories in 1944.
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Flin Fion
Man
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Canada
Hudson Bay Mining and Smelting Company, Limited
Flin Flon
Northwest Territories
Portland teacher found with sack of cash rich in charity plan
Henry W. Shindollar of Portland Indiana kept a brown paper sack for 10 years claiming a big lunch. After his death banker Lewis Hoover found 22 500 and 1 000 dollar bills totaling 22 500 in the sack. A will inside directed the money to go to charity.
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Henry W. Shindollar
Portland
Indiana
Lewis Hoover
Germany awards Knight's Cross to Col Hans Ulrich Rudel
Berlin radio reports Col Hans Ulrich Rudel, 28, awarded Germany's highest decoration the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Golden Oak Leaves swords and diamonds for credited destruction of 463 tanks and 700 vehicles and other feats.
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Germany
Hans Ulrich Rudel
Berlin
Royal Observer Corps Members Brace For Constant Duty
Britain’s Royal Observer Corps includes 2500 women who endure harsh, unrelenting conditions. Posts are placed in isolated spots such as hilltops, church towers, or even a tree, requiring vigilance 24/7 in all weather. Observers report aircraft trajectories to ROC centers even as bombs fall, showing exceptional courage and dedication.
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Britain
Royal Observer Corps
Royal Observers’ Corps
R.O.C
Sweet Sour Beef with Dumplings Recipe Card
A historical recipe for sweet and sour beef using chuck meat soaked in vinegar and water with bay leaves and pepper. It details browning, slow cooking, gravy made from the reserved liquid, and potato dumplings with parsley. Includes quantities for fat salt and thickening gravy. Makes eight to ten servings.
Tire Fire Test Sparks Taller Flames In Wood Barrel
A recent test showed a tire ignited in a steel rubbish can rose only two feet, while the same tire burning in a wooden barrel produced flames nine feet high, highlighting differences in containment and fire growth.
This Week Pattern by Anne Adams
Pattern 4698 offers side-buttoning, set-in belt for misses and women sizes 12 through 40. Each pattern requires 3 1/2 yards of 35 inch fabric for size 16. Send 20 cents and include size name address and pattern number to Anne Adams Pattern Dept. Winnipeg Newspaper Union. Mail delivery may be slower than usual.
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Anne Adams
Anne Adama
Winnipeg
McDermot Ave. E
Man
Growing Industry See High Proportion of Tobacco Grown Locally
The Brockville Recorder notes that 66.9 million of 68.2 million pounds of tobacco used in Canada last year were grown domestically, signaling strong progress for home-grown tobacco. The first F.GA.F. unit sent overseas as an army co‑operation unit reached England in February 198.
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Brockville
F.ga.f
England
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Namesay Company
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