Blood Transfusion Toast Delays David Prescott at Hotel Bar
In a dim hotel bar, journalist David Prescott, returning from war correspondence, meets Mike the bartender and Lyle Benton the groom as his Amalgamated Press assignment looms. Karen arrives late, while Prescott jokes about wedding plans and enjoys a symbolic pair of Blood Transfusions before a tense confrontation unfolds.
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Dave
Karen
Mike
David Prescott
Lyle_Benton
Amalgamated Press
David
Bride and soldier wed amid wartime dash to China
Karen torn between Lyle and engineer who joined the army, plans a midnight marriage after patching a torn license with tape. David contemplates Emily, his London nurse wife, as Lyle's train arrives and Karen becomes a bride bound for a China-bound clipper voyage.
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Lyle
Nata
Gable
Casanova
Emily
London
Isshe
Sussex
David
Karen
Dave
David Prescott
Ottawa officer preferred jeep over horse at D-Day beachhead
Capt. Dave Brennan of Ottawa, an RCASC adjutant in France, says he will keep to his jeep for transport after a D-Day action where he rode a German officer's horse. The horse bolted at a tank, leaped a fence into a minefield, and Brennan escaped on foot, noting a jeep's steadiness and lack of fence jumping.
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Ross Munro
Dave Brennan
Ottawa
R.C.A.S.C
France
Brennan
Standard CN hospital car adopted as national design
Ottawa reports the fourth Canadian National hospital car, placed in service, is now the standard for all future CN hospital cars. Two more air conditioned hospital cars will be built in Montreal. The interior was designed by Col. E. L. Stone with CN medical and car experts. The article notes Manipur, India, residents do not eat meat.
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Ottawa
Canadian National
Canadian National Railways
Montreal
C.N.R
Col. E. L. Stone
Directorate of Movements
Beards Suppressed Aboard Canadian Navy Vessels
A naval memorandum urges captains to discourage beards among sailors after a Valleyfield sinking post mortem suggested victims with beards may have survived if clean shaven. Officials cite oil saltwater and possible gas mask issues as reasons for the policy.
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Canada
H.M.C.9
Valleyfield
Navy
Meals in London schools rise by March 1945
By March 1945 London County Council will serve daily meals in schools totaling 160000, an increase of 80000 meals. The program will provide meals for about 75 percent of the children attending those schools.
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London County Council
Controlling Mosquitoes in Civilian Repellent Mixtures
Dominion researchers with British and U S colleagues test repellents for military and civilian use. Rutgers 612, dimethyl phthalate, and Indi none lead the field, but pyrethrum supply is prioritized for armed forces. Civilians rely on prewar mixes like citronella oil camphor spirits tar oil and castor or peanut oil for protection and full body coverage.
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Entomology and Plant Inspection
Dominion Department of Agriculture
United States
Rutgers
Dominion Division of Entomology
Gliders With Gurkhas Mark Early Burma Air Invasion
The Gurkhas accompany the first air assault in Burma using gliders piloted by American forces. Col John Alison recalls British practice flights and a Gurkha quip about the gliders lacking motors. Also notes a science line about the sun's centre at 25,700,000 degrees C.
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Burma
India
Col
John Alison
Professional Beggars Bears in Jasper Park Attract Tourists
In Jasper National Park Alberta a 1943 cub litter of four bears became a local curiosity as visitors fed them, filming and petting. The bears grew bold. without food they raid larders and cars. Park officials warn visitors to stop feeding or petting to prevent danger and possible culling.
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Jasper National Park
Alta
Jasper
Cuba
National Parks
Alberta
Canada
Cigarette Fund Club speaker praises Overseas League aid
Mr. Gundry former YMCA comptroller described the Overseas League Tobacco Fund’s distribution of cigarettes for front line troops. He noted 100 percenters, no duty, and three three ton trucks needed per division. He urged continuous supply and keeping donor cards with packets to lift spirits.
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Gundry
Y.M.C.A
Overseas League Tobacco Fund
London
Normandy
Overseas League Tobacco Fund. Mr. Gundry
Overseas League
Factory Made Homes Deliver Quick War Dwellings in Hull
In Hull Yorkshire a contracting and prefabricating firm has built two factory produced dwellings of a new type during the war. A three bedroom two story house assembled on site in four days and a cottage set up in six hours while the public watched. Eight men and four girls did the work with timber joinery dried. The two story house cost about 3000 dollars and features heat efficient walls of wooden framed concrete units and a utility room with washing boiler and space for a pram and bicycle.
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Hull
Yorkshire
Bowler Hat Makes Soft Return Before War Era
In London the bowler or derby, once common for years, is falling out before the war but now returns with civilians away from uniforms. The hat originated with Mr Bowler, yet William Coke of Norfolk popularized and mass produced it globally.
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London
Britain
William Coke
Norfolk
Sing Memnon Statue’s Musical Sun Notes Falls Silent
The Memnon statue in Egypt was famed for emitting musical notes at sunrise and sunset. After a later tipping, the statue no longer produced its famed tones.
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Egypt
Paper radio cannot replace the newspaper, says Ottawa Journal
A Cherbourg despatch notes liberated France printing the first newspaper. French readers, amid BBC and Vichy radio, still crave a written text that memory cannot erase. The Ottawa Journal argues radio remains an ephemeral, impersonal substitute, serving only as newspaper auxiliary.
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Cherbourg
France
Ottawa Journal
Obstacles To Progress In Small Town Life
A Chatham News critique targets residents who hinder growth by opposing improvements and deriding new ventures. The column laments distrust of outsiders, reluctance to host strangers, and self serving motives that stall public enterprise, noting some "grease the axle" naysayers fade without impact when they depart.
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Chatham News
One Pattern Makes Two Looks Pattern 4805
Pattern 4805 offers a playsuit to dress conversion for play and street wear in sizes 12 through 42. Size 16 skirt uses 2 yards of 35 inch fabric and 113 yards for shorts. Send 20 cents to Anne Adams Pattern Dept Winnipeg 175 McDermot Ave. E. Winnipeg Man. Mail delivery may delay patterns.
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Anne Adams
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave
Winnipeg
Man
Radium Used For Luminous Coatings On Weapons and Timepieces
Ten percent of radium's uses are in making luminous coatings for clock handles gun sights and military instruments. The fact highlights how radium enhances visibility in critical gear while implying broader industrial applications.
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