War effort notes and appointments across Canada and Britain
Manpower officials in Canada mobilize prisoners to boost labor for war industries. Col John Fitzgerald Preston, 49, of the Royal Canadian Artillery, named officer commanding a west coast fortress. Rural and urban residents alike urged to help harvest Manitoba grain. Canadian Shipping Board seeks to expand export space to the British West Indies. University of Toronto medicine faculty caps first year at ten. Lost national registration certificates can be duplicated via post office affidavits. AT-13 training aircraft, built of plastic-bonded plywood, passes successful US tests at Magers Town. Emerald group tungsten deposits near Balma, eight miles south of Nelson BC, hailed as a major BC discovery.
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Col
John Fitzgerald Preston
Royal Canadian Artillery
West Coast
Balma
Nelson
B.C
Provincial Department of Mines
British Columbia
Mokes Surface Firmer Rock Salt Used Underground For Road Strength
Scientific American reports a method from Nova Scotia spreading nationwide. Subsurface rock salt protects against frost heave and stabilizes the soil sub grade, making the road bed firmer and extending wearing surface life.
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Nova Scotia
Scientific American
Anne Adams Summer Pattern Two Piece Fashion
Anne Adams presents pattern 4319 a versatile two piece design with trim lines suitable for Misses ages 12 14 16 18 and 20. Pattern 4119 offers a collar dress in sizes 12 to 20 with fabric requirements and necklines options. Send 20 cents to Anne Adams Pattern Dept Winnipeg Newspaper Union for ordering details.
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Anne Adams
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermo Ave. E
Winnipeg
Man
Remarkable Jolley Family in Royal Canada Air Force Service
Among many wartime families the Jolleys of Saskatchewan stand out as the only father and son to earn wings in this Second Great War. Flight Lieut Jack Jolley, now in the RCAF Chaplaincy Overseas, and Sgt Pilot Jack Percy Jolley, completing British training after earning wings in Saskatoon last December, illustrate a remarkable military and ecclesiastical career. Their mother serves with the Red Cross in Canada, continuing a wartime family tradition.
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Canada
Jack Jolieys
Saskatchewan
Jack Jolley
Iceland
Rlc.a.f. Chaplaincy Service
Midlands
Jack Percy Jolley
Saskatoon
Britain
Red Cross
England
Jolley
London
St. Chad's Theological College
Regina
Royal Navy
Royal Engineers
France
Reading
Church of England
Jack Joley
The
Prairies
R.C.A.F
Ham arrives in England to assume higher rank and clerical calling
Ham travels from Iceland to England to take a higher role and begin his clerical career. He has already shared London leave with Jack and Junior and awaits the next opportunity. The CPR opens a hospital blood clinic at Angus Shops in Montreal, one of the Dominion’s first self‑run donation facilities.
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Ham
England
Iceland
London
Jack
Junior
Dominion
The
C.P.R
Montreal
Gandhi's Shift From Spiritual to Practical Pat Model
Chicago Daily News questions Mahatma Gandhi's stance on India training British and American troops, noting his tolerance of foreign troops and distant defense while Indians resist Japan. The piece brands his approach as moralized rhetoric masking a pragmatic or self-serving position.
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Mahatma
India
Japan
Chicago Daily News
Call and Promise of Abraham in Genesis
Devotional summary notes the call to leave Ur and Haran, Abraham’s faith and obedience at age 75, and the promised blessing that would make him a great nation. It explains Hebrew origins, the significance of leaving kindred, and the divine goal of blessing all nations through Abraham’s lineage.
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Palestine
Eber
Abraham
Terah
Haran
Abram
Avraham
Professor Kent
Hamon
Israel
Christ
Sarai
Canaan
Indian girl joins Canadian Women's Army Corps in Saskatchewan
Mary Greyeyes a 21 year old Cree from Leask Saskatchewan becomes the first Indian girl to enlist in the Canadian Women's Army Corps in Saskatchewan. She left Muskeg Lake to join the corps serving as a cock in the unit.
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Mary Greyeyes
Leask, Sask
Canadian Women’s Army Corps
Saskatchewan
Muskeg Lake Reservation
Salt tablets aid war workers in summer heat
The Health League of Canada highlights widespread use of salt tablets at munitions plants to combat heat prostration. About 5,000 dispensers are in use with 1,000 more planned, each holding 1,500 tablets. Tablets are to be taken with water near fountains to replace electrolytes and maintain body balance during hot conditions.
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The
Health League of Canada
Machine revives thatching mat production in Britain
A 46 year old invention is revived to produce thatching mats at two yards per minute for seven cents per yard. The device promises to cover buildings and stacks in one fifth the time and at half the cost, aiding conservation as socks in Britain will be shortened.
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Britain
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Irefly
Manitoba
Canadian Shipping Board
British West Indies
University of Toronto
Faculty of Medicine
Canada Gazette
Fairchild Company
Magerstown
United States War Department
Selieys
Day Stars
Sask
Bethune
Climax
Bienfail
Oxbow
Key Indian Reserve
Pelly
Lumsden
Western Canada
We4mg
U.S
Europe
Prairie Parson
West
South Saskatchewan Border Regiment
Estevan
Sq. Ldr. Lightbourne
Fether and Son
RCAF
C.P.R. Blood Donations
By William Ferguson
Mahatma Gandhi
Mohandas K. Gandhi
Jose
By Fred Neher
Reg
Gene Byrnes
Viator
Mons
Great Britain
Mickie
Becaz Ir
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