Light From Below In One Girl Mine Rescue
In the One Girl Mine shaft house, Betty Knox hovers as miners risk a cave-in to rescue Jeff Logan and Dr. Carney. A drill hole brings air to trapped men while Betty confronts Logan over pride and her engagement as tension peaks. Betty demands the return of her ring, ending with tense fallout.
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Joe Blades
Ozark Mountain
Betty Knox
Betty
Logan
Jef
Doc Carney
Blades
Jeff Logan
Dr. Carney
Jetf Logan
Jeff
Misa Knox
Doc
Willie Hargis
Hargis
Joe
Jef Logan
Jake
Ontario woman drives province’s only electric car
Mrs. Robert Gray of Chatham, 141 William St. 8, aged over 80, owns and pilots the province’s sole electric vehicle. Lacking gasoline rationing impact, she travels about city and countryside in the 1919 electric car, powered by forty-two two-volt batteries weighing 1400 pounds.
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Ontario
Robert Gray
William St. 8
Chatham
Gray
Gray Dart
Canada seeks regular mail relief for POWs in Japan
Prime Minister King told the House of Commons he hoped to arrange a regular service delivering mail and relief supplies to Canadian prisoners of war and nationals interned in Japan. Supplies would be pooled for Allied prisoners and Canadians, with delivery via Vladivostok or another Soviet port. Japan had offered to ship from a Soviet port. the Soviet Union approved loading at a Soviet port.
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King
House of Commons
Vladivostock
Alb
International Red Cross
Viedivostock
Japan
Ottawa Journal
Smile Awhile and the Jokes of Daily Life
A collage of dated quips about landlords, diets, college bills, doctors, tires, life insurance, and family banter. The humor lampoons social norms with lines about renting, nerves, expenses, love, youth, and mischief in a bustling everyday setting.
Mobile Field Hospital Aids D-Day Frontline Casualties
The RCAFs mobile field hospital unit commanded by Wing Commander J M Growse treated over 100 frontline casualties from D-Day plus one at Normandy. Nursing sisters Molly Mulholland and Pitkethley arrived on the beachhead as the unit operated under canvas tents with operating theatres formed from joined tents.
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R.C.A.F. Mobile Feld
Normandy
J. M
Mickey" Growse
London
Ont
Growse
Chick” Church
Perth
RCAF
Molly Mulholland
Georgetown
Pit’ Pitkethley
Ottawa
England
2Nd Tactical Air Force
Britain
Belgians greet American parachutist during raid near Brussels
Eyewitness account from under ground sources in occupied Belgium describes a May raid on Haren near Brussels. The American parachutist landed on a roof in Avenue Rogier, was booed by Belgians when German soldiers attempted arrest, saluted the crowd from the roof, and was taken away amid bouquets.
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New York
Belgian Information Centre
Belgium
Haren
Brussels
Avenue Rogier
Aoear
Bee research program at Dominion Experimental Farms
The Bee Division of the Dominion Experimental Farms Service maintains experimental and demonstration apiaries at farms and stations across Canada in addition to the central apiary at the Central Experimental Farm Ottawa.
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Bee Division
Dominion Experimental Farms Service
Canada
Central Experimental Farm
Ottawa
Smile of Death Gunwoman Shoots Soldiers in Deer Skin Handbag
A macabre New York Times description recalls a gunwoman who concealed a pistol in a deer skin handbag. She allegedly smiled at American soldiers to lure them close, then opened fire wounding several. The tale emphasizes the chilling ruse and lethal outcome.
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New York Times
Safety First There Are Too Many Accidents On Canadian Farms
A wartime era warning urges farmers to prevent farm accidents by addressing machinery hazards clothing fire and falls. It notes hundreds die and thousands are injured yearly in Canada, due to preventable causes, and links safety to mitigating labor shortages and sustaining food production.
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Canada
Falla
Looge
Laird Cregar Drops Weight After Quick Gossip
Hollywood actor Laird Cregar, known for The Lodger, reportedly shed from 350 to 260 pounds after overhearing a woman say she would meet him by Laird Cregar in ten minutes. The anecdote highlights a humorous, social-moment motivation behind his dieting.
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Laird Cregar
Flooded Dutch Farmland Warns of Food Shortage
The Ons Volk underground reports near 300000 acres of Netherland farmland flooded by German anti invasion actions. It warns of immense losses including 66139000 pounds of wheat 19841400 pounds of beans 17636800 pounds of fats 88184000 pounds of sugar 22046000 pounds of fruits and 881840000 pounds of potatoes.
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Netherlands
Ons Volk
Our People
Pattern 7416 and 4716 Dresses Get War Time Details
This Week's Pattern Look shows demure dirndl styles with gay prints and a photo neckline for over-the-counter charm. Pattern 4716 is offered in Junior Miss sizes 11 18 15 17 and size 13 with short sleeves. Send 20 cents in coins to Anne Adams Pattern Dept Winnipeg Newspaper Union, 175 McDermot Ave Winnipeg Man. Mail slow. buy War Savings Stamps.
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Anne Adams
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave
Winnipeg
Man
Marguerites Cookies With Bran Crunch Recipe
Flourishes of a cookie platter feature Marguerites made with All-Bran and chopped nut meats. Beat eggs, mix with brown sugar flour baking powder and salt, fold in nuts, bake in buttered pans at 350 for about 15 minutes, dust with sugar, yields about 1 1/2 dozen cookies.
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Denver
Maud
Mrs. Smith
Jenny
Willie Brown
Bobby
Willie
Mummy
Mobile Field
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British Consols
Export & Legion Cigarettes
THE
MacDonald Tobacco Company
Macdonalds
Ermans
Holland
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