War and political notes from wartime era
The report covers marriage rates reaching 3 506 000 in the United States, Senate vacancies rising to 13, and Liberal Conservative party splits. It notes wartime dress restrictions, Meuse defense lines by Germany, and the French Communist alignment with Fighting French. It mentions Admiral Standley’s Moscow visit, Canadian university military service talks, and a Victoria Cross awarded to Captain Robert St Vincent Brierbrooke for defending a convoy to Russia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. P. Gilmour
McMaster University
Robert St. Vincent Brierbrooke
Russia
A Slip For Matrons By ANNE ADAMS Pattern 4239
Anne Adams offers a slip style pattern 4239 with front and back panels, built-up straps forming one piece, bias side bodice sections, in sizes 34 through 52. Size 36 uses 244 yards 38 inch fabric and 34 1/4 yards edging. Send 20 cents, include size name address and pattern number to Anne Adams Pattern Dept Winnipeg Newspaper Union.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anne Adams
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave. E
Winnipeg
Man
Copy Girl Barbara Rexford Finds Her Title at Star Journal
A new staff member at the Minneapolis Star Journal navigates how to name the position of copy girl Barbara Rexford. Editors, accustomed to shouting for headlines, settle on a distinct job title after some trial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minneapolis Star Journal
Barbara Rexford
Proper Nutrition As Ammunition In Campaign Beginnings
The Cansties Nutrition Program promotes calories as essential energy and health. It notes fats have high caloric value while vegetables and water have less, urges winter calorie needs, and cites cheese whole grains Canada Approved Bread and potatoes with skins as good sources pairing calories with vitamins and minerals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wise
Nutrition Services
Canada
Smile a While Comedy Bits and Jokes Mix
A collection of light fables and humorous exchanges. The jokes touch on marriage, manners, a physics quiz, card play, subway wit, misheard phrases, clerical rebukes, and fashion gags. Read as a period humor page with quick one liners and social quips.
Seven tips to extend sheet life from Household Hints
Consumer Information Service outlines seven practical steps to make bed sheets last longer. Proper bed making reduces wear, and loosening edges prevents abrasion. Use a mattress pad, rotate sheet orientation, cover bare springs with cloth, wash promptly, and avoid using sheets as laundry bags. Buy War Savings Stamps regularly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Consumer Information Service
Girl Guide Picture Drive Seeks Dominion Life Snapshots
The Provincial Office requests photos showing Guide life from across Canada for publication by the Canadian Girl Guides. Submissions should feature clear glossy images of camp fire training teaching tests and action by Brownies Guides or Rangers. Send to Saskatchewan Headquarters Regina with acknowledgments of quilts infant clothing and children’s garments donated for overseas shipment. stores reports note delays and suggest salvaging unwanted pins for future use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Haa
Canadian
Girl Guides
Taranto
Dominion
Saskatchewan
Hamilton Street
Regina
Foronto
Canada
Stores Department
Regina Company
Rose Valley Company
Beatrice Millard
Fifth Lane Company
Ridgedale
Yorkton Company
Cure at Bethesda Jesus Heals Lame Man at Pool
Sunday school lesson outlines Jesus healing a man of 38 years at the Bethesda pool in Jerusalem near the sheepgate. It notes the pool meaning House of Mercy and the Sabbath healing defying Mosaic law, with emphasis on obedience to Christ as life source.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bethesda
Jerusalem
House of Mercy
Jesus
Moses
Christ
All Bran Cookie Jar Gems
A biscuit style recipe using All Bran and applesauce. It blends shortening with sugar then adds egg, soda, and spiced flour to fold with bran cereal. Drop teaspoonfuls on greased sheets and bake at 375 degrees for 14 to 20 minutes for about three dozen cookies.
Gems and Verses on Righteousness Across Thoughtful Minds
A compact meditation curates quotes from Addison Luther Eddy Phillips and Quintilian on justice honesty and the divine in human conduct. It contrasts moral idealism with practical advantage noting the cucumber’s northern Indian origins as a curious aside.
Mickie Says You Wouldnt Want A Town With No Newspaper
Mickie argues a town without a newspaper would lack advertising printing and public interest, claiming the home paper is vital to community life and identity.
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Brefly
United States
G. P. Graham
Brockville
Senate
Prince Alberta
Lne
Meuse
France
Belgium
Communist Party
William H. Standley
Moscow
Kuibyshev
Washington
Soviet Union
Underworld
New York
Hiram
Dora
Arthur
Joe
By Fred Neher
US Moderns
Cenedian Girl Guides
The
Jesus the Great Physician
Britain
Joseph Addison
God
Martin Luther
Mary Baker Eddy
Wendell Phillips
Quintilian
India
Mickie
Arles
Seu
By William Ferguson
Apnea Sain
Bonn
Rusaland
Africa
I Meedd
Boots
Martin
Gene Byrnes
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