Food Rationing In Britain Is Taken As A Matter Of Course
Britain endures severe wartime rationing as a matter of course with limited sugar jam and butter portions. Weekly allowances include half a pound sugar or jam, four ounces bacon, six ounces butter or margarine, with two ounces butter maximum. Children receive milk fruit juices cod liver oil and priority eggs and oranges. Cars are unavailable for private use as most are repurposed for war and fuel is scarce. Citizens accept restrictions as part of the fight until Victory and global trade reopen.
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Britain
Canada
Ministry of Food
Mr. Householder
Stylish Knit Bags Pattern From Winnipeg Ad
Advertisement describes pattern 7179 for two smart bags made with heavy upholstery cord. Directions list materials and stitches. cost twenty cents in coing stamps. Send to Household Arts Department Winnipeg Newspaper Union 175 McDermot Ave Winnipeg Man with name address and pattern number. Mail delays noted. A new African pygmy elephant was found in New York City from the Congo in 1065.
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Household Arts Department
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Avenue
Winnipeg
Man
New York City
New York
French Congo
Ancient Egyptian calendar opens a year in inundation
Egyptologists at the Royal Ontario Museum describe a calendar 5,000 years old starting on July 19th. It had 365 days in 12 months with five festival days. Seasons were four months each: inundation, winter, and summer. New Year fell on the first day of the 61st month, amid Nile floods. The year drifted without a leap day, moving the opening of the year over centuries. The museum notes three glazed flasks given as New Year gifts bearing a Ptah and Sekhmet inscription.
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Royal Ontario Museum
Nile
Ptah
Sekhmet
Record Time Factory Near Scottish City Built In Four Months
An 8000 foot super factory near a Scottish city was completed in four months per a British bulletin. Prewar would have taken nine to twelve months. Site settled, final scheme approved, contract let in a month. Architects engineers surveyors staffed on site, enabling prompt queries and strong team spirit. Tubular scaffold frames with tarpaulin kept work going in rain.
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Scotland
Hritiah
Niagara Falls Review
British Forces Canadiens Run Purifying Water Station
Three Canadian assault sappers supervise a key water point in the British Canadian area in France. They filter purify and store hundreds of gallons daily, serving any unit that brings water trucks. Spr Norman Brown Spr Allan Etchells and Spr James Curran, all from assault engineer units, rotate duties every few days after landing on D day.
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Canadiens
France
Spr
Norman Brown
Trenton
Ont
Allan Etchells
St. Joseph's Island
James Curran
Saint John
Honorable Occupation Honors Agriculture Leader
A respected community figure receives praise for a lifetime dedication to agriculture and public service, highlighting integrity, practical stewardship, and commitment to rural advancement within the region. The acknowledgment calls for continued leadership and civic duty.
New Discovery Aids Shineless Serge and Wrinkle Proofs
The Monsanto Chemical Company of St. Louis announces new textile methods using surface or heart fiber treatment. Submicroscopic silica grains prevent fibers from slipping, enabling shineless serge wrinkle resistance and no-will creases without altering feel or texture.
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Monsanto Chemical Company
St. Louis
Monsanto
Flag Gift From King To Duke In Windsor Waterloo Chamber
The King of Wellington presents a small silken Union Jack to the Duke of Wellington during an audience in Windsor Castle's Waterloo Chamber on the 128th anniversary of the Battle of Waterloo. The flag is described as annual rent for the Strathfieldsaye estate in Berkshire, a gift linked to Wellington's victories.
Radiophones to Transform Public Life After the War
Wartime research has shrunk electron tubes to thumb size and expanded power. Radios will enable long distance talk among farmers, truck drivers, and police towers, ending isolation as broadcasts reach distant forests and homes. The era of walkie talkies and in-field communication transitions to widespread mobile radio use after the war.
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Handa
Marconi
London
Andes
Jessie
Jimmie
New York Times
Driving the Last Spike Re-enacts Confederation Line
Revelstoke BC staged a Dominion Day re-enactment wheeled by Col Edward Mundell behind Donald A. Smith as the spike driver. Lewis Davie, 14, son of a CPR machinist, joined the ceremony while Olive Turnbull was crowned Carnival Queen. Kinsmen led bushy bearded revelers in a two night carnival to raise funds for Milk for Britain.
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Canadian Pacific Railway
Canada
Confederation
Revelstoke
Edward Mallandaine
Donald A. Smith
Lord
Mims Cp.r
Misa Olive Turnoaa
Britain
Railway Man Retires After Half Century of Service
Cecil W. Johnston retires as general passenger traffic manager of Canadian National Railways after more than 50 years in railroading. Born July 27 1879 in Actonvale Quebec he rose through Grand Trunk and CN ranks, aided troop movements in the Boer War and both World Wars, advised on passenger transport in Washington and Ottawa, and held leadership roles with the Canadian Passenger Association and the Montreal Traffic Club. He has worked with Royal Family members and senior officials during his long career.
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Cecil W. Johnston
Canadian National Railways
Allstair Fraser
Johnston
Canadian Railway War Board
Grand ‘Trunk
Portland
Maine
Grand Trunk
Canada
Canadian National
Office of Defence Transportation
Washington
Transport Controller For
Mr. Johnston
F. A. Johnston
Richmond
Que
Montreal
Quebec
Actonvale
C. W. Johnston
United States
Royal Famly
Supreme Command
Canadian Passenger Association
Montreal Traffic Club
The Hottentots of South Africa Race Origin Mystery
Archaeologists cannot trace the origin of the Hottentots of South Africa, an individual race whose ancestral beginnings remain unknown.
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South Africa
Japan Seismic Activity Keeps Residents Alert
Reported tremors recur daily across Japan with minor quakes registering two or three times, reflecting persistent seismic risk and public vigilance amid ongoing monitoring.
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Japan
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Fifth Street
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Westminster Regiment
Melfa
Italy
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