Briefly Told War and World Notes Feature
A montage notes small sales in Launceston England with teddy bear and rocking horse prices, Soviet War News Review on Russian demand for British Commonwealth documents, British Women's Army Auxiliary uniform gear, Slovak unit joining Red Army, UK court sentences on black market Deals, India garment production for Army, 10 million garments monthly, US Fifth Army in Italy captures Goebbels, land farming gains in Saskatchewan Alberta, Brigadier M H Penhale returns to British staff in Canada.
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Launceston
England
Soviet War News Review
Manchester
India
The Worth and Burden of Teachers in Society
A Toronto Globe and Mail reflection argues teachers are essential yet underpaid. They bear vast duties beyond instruction, shaping children through formative years and often correcting home and environment. The piece calls for honest evaluation of teachers' worth.
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Toronto Globe and Mail
Super Highways envisioned for Britain would link major cities
The British Road Federation and London County Surveyors' Society propose a 1000 mile motorway system. Non atop, 100 feet wide dual carriageways would avoid towns, feature clover leaf junctions, and connect London to Glasgow, Newcastle to Liverpool, and Manchester to Swansea. Estimated cost about £60,000 per mile, cheaper than upgrading existing main roads.
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Britain
British Road Federation
Lonton County Surveyors’ Society
London
Glasgow
Newcastle
Liverpool
Manchester
Swansea
After Dinner Speech by Colonel at Dinner Meeting
A colonel delivered remarks during a dinner gathering noting the occasion and addressing attendees. The event featured formal speaking and an emphasis on duties and service.
These Were The Days reviewed by Globe and Mail critic
A Digest from Globe and Mail praises Edward R Hewitts These Were The Days a bright broad narrative tracing Peter Coopers birth in 1791 through Edward Hewitts era. The review highlights family links to Cooper Field and the telephone diaphragm, Canadian yarns about weeds and mining, and Hewitts civics in Tammany Hall era.
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Edward R. Hewitt
Peter Cooper
America
Cyrus Field
Atlantic
Edwid Hewitt
Tammany Hall
Boss Tweed
Canada
Hewitt
Mendel
Montreal
Kaiser
Scotland
Globe and Mail
Toronto
British POWs receive 178505 educational books via Red Cross
The Red Cross reports that since the war began 178505 educational books have been sent to prisoners in Germany. The volumes cover a range from practical works on bottle washing to historical tomes on Assyrian to Babylonian history.
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The
Red Cross
Germany
Chief Medical Officer Honored By American College Of Surgeons
Dr. Dowd, Chief Medical Officer of Canadian National Railways, was awarded a fellowship in absentia at the American College of Surgeons annual meeting in Chicago. He leads a 640-doctor staff across Canada and the U.S. with clinics in Montreal Toronto Winnipeg and Detroit. He is Associate Fellow of the Aero Medical Association and holds senior aviation medical roles with Trans Canada Air Lines RCAF RAF and BOAC. A Quyon Quebec native, he graduated from McGill in 1923.
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Canadian National Railways
American College of Surgeons
Chicago
Dowd
Canada
United States
Montreal
Toronto
Winnipeg
Detroit
Michi ‘Gan
Aero Medical Association of
Trans-Canada Air Lines
R.c.af
R.C.A.F
R.A.F. Transport Command
British Overseas Airways Corporation
Quyon
Pontiac
Quebec
McGit
Allies Seen Winning Battle of the Atlantic
A Finnish radio report states that unless a dramatic change in German submarine strategy occurs the Allies are believed to have won the battle of the Atlantic. The notice urges buying War Savings Stamps regularly.
Wise Eating in Wartime Recommends Toasted Cheese Breakfast
Dr. L B Pett promotes toasted cheese as a breakfast for Britons in a British Ministry booklet. He argues cheese at breakfast is nutritionally sound, noting it was once common in English boarding schools and is used in Canada on porridge. For cold workers, grated cheese on hot cereal boosts staying power and nourishment.
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Ministry of Information
Charles Hil
Hill
Canada
L. B. Pett
Ottawa
Great Storm and a Great Calm Sermon Lesson
Sunday school lesson on Mark 4 35 6 43 and Isaiah 9 1 7. It recalls Jesus resting in the boat before a sudden Sea of Galilee storm, his rebuke of the wind and sea, and the question Why are ye fearful have ye not yet faith. It links faith to calm minds and includes brief notes on Jairus daughter and a demoniac restored to sanity.
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Jesus
Sea of Galilee
Jairus
Visitor questions Scots pilots at RAF station
A visitor at an RAF station fired questions about Scotsmen among pilots. The guide replied with a wry joke about cloud and silver lining. A remark about tire pressure follows, noting speedometers misread unless tires are inflated to spec.
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R.A.F
Owell
Sea Water Bread Formula Demonstrated by War Department
The United States war department reports a process to substitute sea water and salt in bread making. Samples from California Virginia Florida and Washington oceans were filtered to remove impurities then treated with calcium hypochlorite. Using 62 parts sea water to 2 parts salt yielded bread with only slight texture flavor and crumb differences from standard bread. Britain now produces its own domestic sugar ration.
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United States War Department
California
Virginia
Florida
Washington
Hitler Youth urged to join German Army as volunteers
The School Brigade A dispatch to Nya Dagligt Allehanda reports Hitler Youth members being urged to enlist as volunteers. It notes 15 year olds training in cavalry and Germany reorganizing cavalry units to match Russian mounted troops on the Eastern Front. Air travel is deemed safer than driving with four ways to dodge a fool pilot but only two to dodge a fool motorist.
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Nya Dagligt Allehanda
Hitler Youth
Reich
Aftanticningen
Germany
Ester
Qua Crossword Puzzle No 4865
The puzzle page lists a cross current clue set with horizontal and vertical words. Entries include Allurement Tatters Traveled through Reproaches Noahs boat Crippies Vase Pronoun Refers Indo-Chinese language Tropical tree Exists Step Texas cot tonwood Symbol for calcium Meraldic devices Constituent Part Solar disk Four Astringent Turkish Governor Pronoun Mental image Teutonic deity Southern Chinese measure Girls name Exceedingly thin Colloquial companion Distant Herona Strikes softly Bacteriologist's wire Pertaining to the north wind Diving bird Symbol for iridium To narrate Demolishes Symbol for gold South African antelope Narrow pass City in Florida Tree of Guiana To spread for drying To breathe noisily Russian Colorless gas Sheet in which a pattern cut Mohammadan prince Pivored To have reference Dips out Becomen weakened by inaction Woody stant Pronoun Jason's ship Chalice Fanthike Siberian river Mote of scale.
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Florida
Guiana
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British Women's Army Auxiliary
Canadian Women’s Army Corps
Russia
Nazia
Red Army
U.S
Italy
Goebbels
Saakatchewan
Alberta
Sicily
M. H. Penhale
Edward RR. Bewtts
K. E. Dowd
By William Ferguson
Loree
Fee Russo
Rio
CS. War Department
Army
Fio
By Fred Neher
Ae Yum
Pop
Reg
Hudson
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