Arctic distress signal aids missionary rescue flight
An Arctic summer night crackled with a radio distress call from Father C. Adam of the Oblate order. Canadian Pacific Air Lines pilots Ernie Boffa and Thornton Tweed diverted their freighting trip from Yellowknife to Burnside Harbor, Halifax? Fort Resolution, landing the priest at the northern hospital after a successful rescue 150 miles south of Burnside Harbor. In Martinique's 300 years are noted 33 hurricanes, seven earthquakes, 11 tidal waves, two famines, and one drought.
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Edmonton
Gatricken
Father C. Adam
Arctic
Coppermine
Fort Resolution Hospital
Canadian Pacific Air Lines
Ernie Boffa
Thornton Tweed
Yellowknife
Father Adam
Burnside Harbor
Bathurst Inlet
Boffa
Tweed
Fort Resolution
Martinique
Nixon's Daughter Leads RCAF Women Arrival Draft
Kathryne A Forbes, daughter of Ontario premier Harry Co Nixon and Mrs Nixon, heads a recent draft of Royal Canadian Air Force Women’s Division personnel arriving in Great Britain. She is married to Capt R B Forbes of the 4th Canadian Infantry Brigade and was formerly junior administration officer at Uplands. A brother, Pilot Officer J C Nixon of the RCAF, was killed overseas in 1941.
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Kathryne A. Forbes
Harry Co. Nixon
Ontario
Nixon
Royal Canadian Air Force
Great Britain
R. B. Forbes
Canadian Infantry Brigade
Canadian Army
Uplands
Air Force Headquarters
J. C. Nixon
R.C.A.F
Education In Canada Deals With Island Needs And Costs
The Canada Newfoundland Education Association met in Winnipeg to discuss a Dominion wide survey led by Dr W P Percival of Quebec. Key recommendations call for capital school expenses from special funds, doubling education costs, extending schooling to age sixteen and partial attendance through ages seventeen and eighteen, and a base teacher salary of 1321 dollars a year, the British Columbia minimum.
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Canada-Newfoundland Education Association
Winnipeg
Canada
W. P. Percival
Quebec
British Columbia
Citizenship Emphasis and Practical Education Plans
The report urges emphasis on moral principles and worthy citizenship in schools. It calls for training pupils in useful crafts alongside academics, noting the need for more practical subjects. It discusses war impacts on education and Canada’s postwar reconstruction plans as analyzed at Canada Newfoundland Education Association meetings.
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Canada
Canada-Newfoundland Education Association
Wartime Education in Canada Shapes Nation
Wartime needs in Canada are met through special school provisions and the Youth Training Plan. Western provinces train technicians for armed forces, munition plants, and war work, while many Royal Navy and Air Force personnel and soldiers receive university tech training. Financing, teacher salaries, school-unit growth, and curriculum broadening require consideration by informed citizens.
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Canada
Royal Canadian Navy
Royal Canadian Air Force
Army
Protecting Gardens From Cutworms in Home Plots
The Dominion Department of Agriculture outlines control steps for cutworms seen yearly in gardens. Small plots can be defended with paper wraps or open tins around stems, buried at the soil line. In larger gardens, poisoned bran bait using bran green parts and water is advised, applied lightly after warm days, with two three day apart applications, kept away from children and animals.
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Dominion Department of Agriculture
List of Airmen Commissioned by Royal Canadian Air Force
The Royal Canadian Air Force announced commissions for pilots across Canada. Names include J. Gibson Caron Sask. Thomas Foster Arcola Sask. N H B Currie Starbuck Man. W L Gwynn Punnichy Sask. W D Harrison The Pas Man. Walter Dick Winkler Man. and others from Parkside Sask to Sioux Lookout Ont, covering numerous towns and provinces.
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Canada
Royal Canadian Air Force
J. Gibson
Caron
Thomas Foster
Arcola
N. HB. Currie
Starbuck
Man
W. L. Gwynn
Punnichy
W. D. Harrison
the Pas
Walter Dick
Winkler
Jones
Dinsmore
J. EB. Browne
Parkside
Rudolf Millius
Odessa
W. W. MacKeracher
Plate
M. J. Strong
Argyle
Bertram Shylega
Rivers
R J. Bellamy
Arena
A. P. Haacke
Elphinstone
Hlog
Gilchrist
Foam Lake
J. F. White
Prince Albert
W. B. Britton
Eston
R. E. Rennie
Gull Lake
B. N. Colborne
Sioux Lookout
Ont
Winston Churchill Pronunciation and Attitude in Nazi Reference
The New Yorker contrasts Churchill’s sharp snarl “Naazzy” with radio announcers’ softer “Nazzy” to show how a plain man cannot grasp the foreign world. The piece highlights cultural symbol in English usage and wartime tone.
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Winston Churchill
Naazzy
New Yorker
Red Cross Penny-a-Week Fund Attracts Millions
More than ten million Britons, about one fifth of the population, contribute regularly to the Red Cross Penny-a-Week fund, reflecting broad public support for medical relief and wartime humanitarian aid.
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Britain
Red Cross
Smile a While A Humor Page Of Jokes And Line Bits
A collage of gags and cartoons from a bygone humor page. Jokes range from family teasing and polite quips to social quips and quick one liners. The bits feature characters like father, mother, a spinster, and famous names with light punchlines.
Forget the Bad and Remember Only the Good Points
A quoted piece advises to increase happiness and longevity by forgetting neighbors faults and slander and avoid remembering disputes. It urges blotting out yesterday’s disagreeables and starting each day with a clean slate, writing only what is lovely and lovable about friends.
Ice froze on Swan Lake prompting Sitka school dismissal
In January 1940 Swan Lake near Sitka froze so solidly that local children could skate, a rare cold snap that led to a temporary school dismissal for skating and recreation.
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Alaska
Swan Lake
Sitka
Gems of Thought Reflections On Character And Integrity
A compact collection of quotes emphasizing inner worth and moral independence. Notable lines stress self-rule by loyalty to high ideals, the value of true character over appearances, and the enduring power of integrity. Different authors urge virtue as the measure of a person.
American rattlesnakes include fifteen poisonous species
The statement notes that there are 15 species of American rattlesnakes and that all are venomous. No other details or events are provided.
Florida mockingbird changes song 87 times in seven minutes
A Florida state bird, the mockingbird, has been observed altering its song 87 times within a seven minute interval, highlighting remarkable vocal flexibility and behavioral variation in the species.
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Florida
Height Rarity Among American Males
A statistic notes that roughly one American male in every 200 reaches a height of six feet. The line points to a rarity in average male height.
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Ogilvie Flour Mills
Limitreo
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Drews
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John Drew
Sandy McTavish
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Mother
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Utah
Mark Twain
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Twain
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Bobby
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Publius Syrus
Jesus
Mary Baker Eddy
God
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Longfellow
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Calgary
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