Visual War Education and Public Demonstrations Ahead
The piece argues that ocular public demonstrations of Canada’s war effort are vital as propaganda and education. It highlights Army Day public interest, calls for ongoing district displays, and announces a National Exhibition exhibit to show Canada’s industrial war output with hands on and large photographs. It urges traveling showcases to reach Western Canada and from coast to coast, to rally citizens to greater wartime sacrifice.
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Canada
Department of Munitions and Supply
Toronto
Mbérty
Atlantic
Pacific
No Match For British Eyes Darker Pigment Will Aid War
Dr Harold R Simmerman of the New Jersey Optometric Association states that people with darker eye pigment have better night vision. He argues pigment depth could influence warfare as aircraft and weapons operate at night, giving Britain and darker-eyed groups an advantage.
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Germany
Harold R. Simmerman
New Jersey Optometric Association
Hitler
Value of damaged stamps from British Post Office bomb hits
London Sunday Dispatch reports damaged stamps recovered from bombed Post Office buildings. Many safes yielded sheets with melted gum, but experts could separate stamps and gauge value. A five percent commission is charged on face value for purchases. Inland revenue and other duty stamps, labeling and playing card wrappers were found, all with value.
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London Sunday Dispatch
Inland Revenue
Fearless Soviet Pilot Shoots Down Tanks With Self Sacrifice
A Russian report says a Soviet pilot, Capt. Gastelo, crashed his flaring plane into German fuel tank trucks after a shell hit his aircraft. Dozens of German cars and fuel tanks exploded as the plane went down enveloped in flames.
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Gastelo
Tree Moves and Odd Facts From An Old Northern Ledger
A 1658 note records Oliver Cromwell sending Scottish prisoners from the Battle of Dunbar to Saugus Massachusetts to work in iron works. An elm tree weighing five plus tons was driven 82 miles from East Gloucester to West Newbury to fill a vacant space on Mrs Dickie’s Gloucester estate. Alaska’s closest point to the United States lies about 600 miles northwest of Seattle. The rest includes curious notes on plant leaves moisture, Texas trade training, and a Navy reference.
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Oliver Cromwell
Dunbar
Saugus
Masa
East Gloucester
West Newbury
William Dickie
Gloucester
Mags
Alaska
United States
Seattle
Wartime kindness from a stranger in wartime England
A Canadian war correspondent recalls a brief act of generosity by a London English girl, Miss Muriel Bennett, who lent ration coupons so he could buy running shoes. She referenced an aunt in Toronto connected to Vincent Massey, then helped evacuate British children to Canada. Her act embodied wartime British generosity to Canadians.
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England
Canada
Toronto
Muriel Bennett
Florence Bushell
Vincent Massey
London
Massey
Mosquitoes as tormentors and control tips from old guide
The article describes mosquitoes as major pests that transmit malaria and dengue, outlines their life cycle from eggs to adults, and offers practical control methods. It advises preventing standing water, spraying rooms before bed, and using pyrethrum sprays on shoes and clothing, noting sprays also kill spiders and other outdoor pests.
Prophecy Was Correct on Germany Says Clemenceau
Clemenceau warned that Germany cannot be trusted and will always have a leader who goes astray. He said the Versailles Treaty aims to restrain them, but would fail if not severe enough or if other nations relax obligations. He doubted to see his prophecy fulfilled.
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Germany
Clemenceau
Kateer
Selected Apricot Upside Down Cake Recipe
Sift flour with baking powder and salt. Cream butter with sugar. Add egg and flour alternately with milk, then vanilla. Melt butter, brown sugar in pan, arrange apricots cut side up, pour batter, bake 350 F for 50 minutes, invert onto dish to serve.
Air Force Two Great Grandsons Of Brigham Young Serve Royal Air Force
Two descendants of Brigham Young are joining Britain’s Royal Air Force. Hugh Card Brown of Glendale California has qualified as a pilot after US air arm training and a Royal Air Force course in California, plans to sail for overseas duty from Ottawa. Lester C. Card of Cardston is already in England as a bomber plane wireless operator.
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Brigham Young
Utah
Royal Air Force
Britain
Hugh Card Brown
Glendale
Calift
Hugh B. Brown
Lethbridge
United States Air Arm
California
Ottawa
Lester C. Card
Joseph Y. Card
Cardston
England
Buenos Aires Pawnshop Offers Free Repossession For Livelihoods
The Municipal Bank of Loans operates as the sole pawnshop in Buenos Aires. Each year one woman can reclaim a pawned sewing machine at no cost if she proves it is her livelihood. About 4,000 women pawn their machines annually just before the return date, then reclaim them the following week.
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Buency
British Airman Bales Out And Breaks Leg In Garden
A British airman, flying over Germany, had his aircraft hit by shellfire and managed to bale out at night. He landed in a country garden unhurt but later tripped over a croquet hoop and fractured his leg while attempting to reach a house.
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Germany
England
That's How She Felt
A pious irascible old lady living alone is angered when neighbors plan a big picnic without inviting her. On the morning of the event they invite her to join, but she declares it is too late and says she has already prayed for rain.
Seizure of 120000 in French perfume oils by UK police
British authorities disclosed the seizure of rare French perfume oils worth 120000 aboard the American liner Excambion after it stopped at Bermuda and arrived in Jersey City. Henry Robert had packed the oils for delivery to Coty, Inc. in New York. The British Consulate said the oils likely came from occupied France, blocked by Britain, and lacked a British export permit. They added that purchasing material from a Nazi controlled area could aid the Nazi economy.
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Bermuda
Jersey City
Henry Robert
Coty, Inc
France
British pianos adapt to radio era despite overseas competition
In the London Times account, doubts about youth taking up piano due to the wireless boom are rejected. The piano trade maintains steady output, faces German competition overseas, yet instrument sales have risen since radio's advent, with some British firms now selling more instruments to the Dominions than before the war.
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Britain
Ike
Germany
Dominions
London Times
London Phil harmonic orchestra heads to music halls
Newsweek notes the London Philharmonic Orchestra completed a tour of Britain's provinces with one night stands in motion picture and vaudeville houses and now plays to popular London music hall. The two favorite composers are Beethoven and Brahms, with Mozart third.
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Newsweek
Saya
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Britain
London Music Hall
Beethoven
Brahms
Mozart
Prefabricated seven-room wartime house in Canada
Do minion housing officials report a nine hour build time for a seven room prefab house costing about 1500 dollars. The model unit was built at an Ottawa lumber plant using standard materials and is dismantling proof. It features two bedrooms living room dining room kitchen bath laundry and a furnace room with 576 square feet of living space.
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Canada
Dominion Housing Administration
F. W. Nicolla
Ottawa
Queen Elizabeth Visits Air Raid Fund Office Quilt Gift
Queen Elizabeth toured the lord mayor's fund for air raid victims offices and viewed an embroidered quilt bearing 600 Canadian children’s names. She called it a charming gift as the fund received 60 from the children paying 20 cents each to embroider their names.
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Queen Elizabeth
Lord Mayor's Fund
Gite From Lord Nuffield Supports Sun Ray Treatment Aid
Lord Nuffield provides facilities for sun ray treatment to London night air fighters who rest in darkened rooms by day. The world sugar supply for the 141 season is estimated at 42 300 000 tons, the largest on record. Many Kiev domes are sheathed in pure gold. The albatross is the largest sea bird with a 12 foot wingspan.
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Lord Nuffield
London
Money order service resumes between Canada Iceland and France
An Ottawa post office department announcement says money order service has resumed between Canada and Iceland and between Canada and French India via the British postal administration.
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Canada
Iceland
French India
British Postal Administration
Post Office Department
Ottawa
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