National Scheme Of Social Security For Postwar Canada
Hon Ian Mackenzie outlines a national postwar plan aimed at health care pensions and employment preferences for returning servicemen. He calls for coordinated peacetime reconstruction with the United States and Empire partners, development of agriculture, industry, exports, and a broad social security system to end poverty and insecurity. The speech stresses collective security, democratic preservation, and peace driven by the will of the people.
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Canade
Ian Markenuic
Pyagions and
Canadien Club
Quebec
Owernena
Attein
Dominion
Mackenzie Mid
Canada
United States
Mr. Mackenzie
Lange
League of Nations
City of Man
City of God
Mackenzie
Portable emergency transfusion kit proposed by AMA doctors
In the Journal of the American Medical Association, Dr. John R. Upton Dr. B. E. Emery and Dr. R. B. Clark of San Francisco describe a compact portable kit for dried blood and plasma transfusions. It aims to provide immediate, adequate supply during shock burns and hemorrhage, usable near the injury site and suitable for military and civilian use alike.
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American Medical Association
John R. Upton
de. B. E. Emery
R. B. Clark
San Francisco
Army
Navy
Air Force
Ready Out Of Luck Seven-Year-Old Anna Rogers Defies Illness
Seven-year-old Anna Rogers of Woodruff South Carolina battled whooping cough mumps and measles yet attended school daily. The whooping cough ended when school opened and mumps struck during Christmas break while measles arrived after summer recess. Hens produced as many eggs March to June as in all other months. The text hints at a geography study with garbled phrases.
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Anna Rogers
Woodruff
S.C
Carried Out His Idea In A Peculiar Money Scheme
The tale follows Russel Sage, the railroad millionaire, as he and a friend ride an elevated train. Sage slips through the gate on a pass while his companion, using a nickel to pay, learns Sage did not ride for free to avoid unfairness to stockholders. The scene ends with Sage’s quiet grin and the implied moral about money and fairness.
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Russel Sage
Sage
Control Hide Prices Wartime Board Powers Hides and Leather
An order in council in Ottawa gives the wartime prices and trade board control over prices of hides skins and leather with licenses required for traders. The board acts on advice from Maurice Lanson the hides and leather controller. Export of leather hides and skin from Canada requires wartime board approval mirroring U S controls. The order says stable prices will aid shoe supply for military use and consumers. A passerby remark notes a fur coat three rows ahead is imitation mink amid a football kickoff scene.
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Prices and Trade Board
Ottawa
Maurice Lanson
Canada
United States
Beavers Odd Case Of Whooping Cough In Red Deer Family
Mickey the 70 pound beaver owned by 10 year old Doris Forben of Red Deer Alberta reportedly contracted whooping cough in winter. Found maimed by dogs, the baby beaver was cared for by nurse Mrs Forbes and joined Doris in her Brownies. Mickey now enjoys a private pool and unusual meals yet refuses to return to the wild. The story notes the Assiniboine tribe meaning stone boiler.
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Mickey
Doris Forben
Red Deer
Alta
Girl Guide
Jean Yuill
Forbes
Doris
New York Exhibit Showcases Inventors Odd Gadgets
An Inventors of America exhibit in New York displays quirky devices from a mechanical mouse that triggers lighting to a safety strap hanger for tubs and a crutch with a seat. A Brooklyn inventor debuts a wrist watch that nudges instead of rings and a pill that supposedly meets daily dietary needs.
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Inventors of
America
New York
Brooklyn
Middle East air action praised by empire airmen
The air ministry news service lauds Empire Airmen in ground reconnaissance and air operations in the Middle East. It notes South African squadrons arriving in North Africa from Abyssinia and Italian East Africa, with Canadians, Rhodesians, Australians, New Zealanders, and Free French among British forces. A New Zealand pilot aided in downing a large Italian bomber near Alexandria during a daylight raid, and a Rhodesian shot down the ME100 in the German push.
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Junkers
Air Ministry
Middle East
North Africa
Abyssinia
New Zealand
Alexandria
Pineapple Scarf Offers Easy Crochet Pattern
Simple crochet pattern for a pineapple scarf in fine cotton. Suitable for multiple sizes to add charm to homes. Send 30 cents for pattern to Household Arts Department Winnipeg Newspaper Union 175 McJawe Alice Breaks pattern desk.
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Household Arts Department
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
Alice
Britain Faces Drug Shortages Amid War Strain Warns
Officials report a definite shortage of basic pharmaceuticals in Canada due to disrupted European supplies and German submarine risks. Caffeine belladonna and other drugs are hard to obtain, with substitutes scarce, while American oils replace Russian mineral oil in many markets. Meanwhile Britain's RAF steps up heavy bombing raids on Germany, using bigger bombers to strike at military targets and transport, aiming to tilt the air war balance.
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Canada
Pensions and National Health Department
Britain
United States
Montreal
Netherlands
Germany
Hungary
British Columbia
Bulgaria
France
Sicily
Turkey
Royal Air Force
Calais
Bines
RAF
Churchill
R.A.F
Berlin
Mannheim
Coventry
Archibald Sinclair
Speedy Sir Malcolm Campbell aids British armored cars
Sir Malcolm Campbell, famed for Bluebird speed records, designs a new armored car for Britain and has produced several inventions now accepted by the army. He paused racing after Britain entered WWII, led a motorcycle company, then shifted to a lab. His fast boat and car background fuels military automotive work.
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Sir Malcolm Campbell
Malcolm
Great Britain
England
Sir Malcolm
Lake Coniston
German Bomber Destroyed Over East Anglia Falls in Suffolk
A German bomber was shot down during a raid over East Anglia and crashed in Suffolk. A German airman surrendered to authorities later, mistaking the uniform for police.
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East Anglia
Suffolk
Kangaroo Tendons Backed By Australian Minister
Percy Spender, army minister, announced Brisbane researchers found processed kangaroo tendons hold special value in certain operations and for preventing deformities. Medical men say kangaroo tail tendons are stronger than catgut and usage is rising in Australia, the world’s largest catgut producer from sheep for wire or silk.
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Percy Spender
Brisbane
Spender
Australia
Physiciana
Desert Bedouins Honor Guests With Grease Tradition
Describing Bedouin hospitality the text notes that guests are honored by grease applied to food and that a higher grease quantity signifies greater respect for the visitor. The custom reflects communal emphasis on generosity and ceremonial meals amid desert hospitality traditions.
Inexact origin tale of sheriff and river navigation
The fragment discusses the word sheriff from an old English title meaning custodian of the country. It then vaguely mentions high water periods on a river in South America and a long river journey near a mountain, with garbled references to Argentina and Goeth Am. The text is unclear and mixes unrelated geographic notes.
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Aconsagua
Argentina
South America
Goeth Am
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