Spirit of Rationing and Civil Duty in War Time Canada
Thoughtful piece urges Canadians to accept rationing as normal wartime life. Emphasizes cooperation over compulsion, honesty, and shared sacrifice. Highlights roles for women, home records, and collective restraint to support military needs and maintain democracy. Includes quotes on discipline and moral rearmament and calls for thrift and civic duty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald Gordon
War Time Prices and Trade Board
Britain
Bristol
Canada
No Coffee In Norway Reserves Exhausted
Wartime shortages hit Norway with coffee reserves exhausted and meat fish and dairy scarce. Brakes by defense industries are said to halt 80 ton bombing planes rolling at 80 mph in 10 seconds. Admiral Byrd charts 1100 miles of Antarctic coastline across expeditions. India sized at two thirds of the United States. Half of England's 44,500,000 citizens asked or in distress per estimates.
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Norway
Admiral Byrd
England
Fashion proves fickle as wartime trends evolve
The piece discusses fashion's social influence and the idea that style shifts during war, noting how people adapt while core patterns endure. It cites F Marion Crawford on fashion shaping relations more than any invention, and reflects on enduring changes versus constant behavior across decades. The text also touches on speed ofEarth’s orbit and offers a life-lesson about turning over a new leaf and making others happy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. Marion Crawford
Detroit Free Press
Jeep the Army Train Showcases Canadian Forces Equipment
The Canadian Army Train tour displays jeeps, universal carriers, and weapons including 25 pounder guns and Lee Enfield rifles. Soldiers explain uses for reconnaissance and maintenance, with exhibits on signalling, bridges, a mobile dental clinic, a medical station, and a blood donor display. Lt Col J E McKenna leads 58 soldiers and six officers across 15,000 miles to 200 towns, drawing crowds above a million expected reach.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
Canadian Army Trades School
Hamilton
Army Service Corps
Red Cross
J. E. McKenna
Montreal
Dominion
Citizens Army
British legation heroes awarded MBE for Athens rescue
Three staff members of the British legation in Athens who fled to Crete after a German invasion risked their lives to save colleagues. Rodney Bond Tyrell Carlisle and Edward Patrick Dillon reached Crete by boat learned others were stranded, then ventured to a bomb danger island to bring food medical supplies and rescue the entire party.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Legation
Athens
Crete
Greece
M.B.E
Rodney Bond
Tyrell Carlisle
Edward Patrick Dillon
Selected Recipes Coffee Date Bread
A coffee date bread recipe mixing chopped dates corn syrup salt boiling water and coffee with a well beaten egg. Stir in flour baking powder walnuts and Mazola then bake in a leaf pan at 325 degrees F for about an hour.
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Mazda
Peanut Butter Bread Recipe Shortened
A compact recipe lists ingredients including peanut butter two cups flour two cups brown sugar corn syrup two thirds cup eggs one and a quarter cups milk two thirds cup baking powder one teaspoon salt half cup Mazola oil and waxed paper lined leaf pans. Instructions: mix dry ingredients blend Mazola with peanut butter add to flour mix beat eggs with milk and syrup combine mixtures bake in moderate oven.
Compressed Flour Method Cuts Atlantic Shipping Space
The U S Department of Agriculture chemists devised a process compressing flour at up to 16 000 psi to remove air between particles. Baked bread from compressed flour yielded loaves 15 to 20 percent smaller than those from uncompressed flour, with similar taste and more bread per slice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlantic
United States Department of Agriculture
Death of a roadbuilder Todt in Berlin air crash
The report from Berlin claims Maj Gen Fritz Todt was killed in an air accident though he was not a soldier. Todt was a famed roadbuilder whose autobahns supported military transport from the Baltic to Austria and beyond. His roads linked to create rapid troop movement, aiding German campaigns and fortifications across occupied Europe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Fritz Todt
Germany
Baltic
Austria
France
Belgium
Dr. Todt
Czechoslovakia
Hitler
Vienna
Chamberlain
Munich
Siegfried
Europe
Todt
Russia
Winnipeg Free Press
Tribute to Dr Dafoe and the Quints Phenom
The North Bay Nugget urges a tribute to Dr Dafoe for caring for the five famous quintuplets. His skill and personality helped keep them alive and drew thousands of tourists to the district. The célèbre doctor is praised for his role and the benefits to the area are noted. A North Pole fact contrasts with the pole’s height.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dafoe
Dicine
Doc
Dr. Dafoe
North Bay
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Wena Gay
Dalidfying
South Pole
North Pole
Dara Pam
Mace
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