War era brief highlights and stat drops from 1942 and 1943
Summary of wartime facts: infant mortality in Canada in 1942, about 24 450 workers in primary trades, predicted meat and dairy shortages in Britain, 1943 livestock value up 17 percent to 50 million dollars, no private cars at Britain’s forthcoming motor show in London replaced by tanks, German plans for vitamin pills due to vegetable shortages, Stalin denying expansion in Europe, 128 Russian children killed near Dnepropetrovsk, and a British grant of 525 000 pounds to Jamaica for five years of agricultural development.
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Hamburger Fremendenblatt
London Sunday Observer
Stalin
Moscow
Russia
Europe
Mikhailovka
Dnepropetrovsk
Moscow Radio
Jamaica
British Colonial Office
New Pattern 4456 for Misses and Women at Winnipeg
Anne Adams announces Pattern 4456 with side-buttoning and simple comfort. Uses chambray or pique, rayon preferred. sizes 12 through 40 listed. Send 20 cents with name address and size to Anne Adams Pattern Dept Winnipeg. mail delays may occur.
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Anne Adams
Anne Adama
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermott Ave. E
Winnipeg
Man
Sual
High military award to four Allied leaders in Russia
The Moscow radio announced that Admiral Sir Bruce Fraser Admiral of the Fleet Sir John C. Tovey Gen Sir Harold Alexander and Air Chief Marshal Sir Arthur Harris had been awarded Russia's Order of Suvorov first class.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
Bruce Fraser
John C. Tovey
Harold Alexander
Arthur Harris
Russia
Assured of Supply for Fertilizer Delivery in 1844
The text notes expectations of record fertilizer purchases to Canada in 1844. It urges farmers to order early and accept delivery now to ensure fertilizer is on hand when required.
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Canada
Unclear fragment hints at food quantity comparison
Fragmentary text compares portions of food amounts but lacks coherent subjects or events. No identifiable people organizations places dates or outcomes are clear from the readable portion. Further readable context is needed for a solid summary.
Sunday School Lesson for March 12 and Passion Narrative
Sunday School lesson prints the March 12 text with Golden verse Isaiah 53:3 and devotional reading Isaiah 52:13 53:2. It recounts Judas’s plot against Jesus, Peter’s denials by the fire, Pilate’s inquiry, and the crowd’s demand for crucifixion with Barabbas’s release and Jesus’s scourging.
Oranges Prepared Into Sheets For Export In Palestine
Oranges pressed into sheets about leather thickness are prepared in Palestine for export, first dried into pulp. Similar experiments with other fruit are being conducted. Fruit thus prepared is suitable for immediate eating and marmalade manufacture.
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Palestine
Jerusalem
Lizards of the East Indies Use Rib Membrane Flight
Some lizards in the East Indies propel themselves by winglike membranes attached to their ribs enabling considerable gliding distances. This natural surface adaptation supports efficient travel and predator avoidance in their habitat.
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East Indies
Mocha Cake Cupcakes for Tea Time and Dinner
A vintage recipe for Mocha Cake with All-Bran and spice, yielding 9 cupcakes or a small cake. Mix shortening, brown sugar, salt, eggs, and spices with soaked All-Bran, then bake 20 minutes at 375F. Frost with a coffee vanilla mocha icing.
Air travel expansion urged by Canadian church leader
Right Reverend A L Fleming, Arctic Bishop for the Church of England in Canada, urged Ottawa to promote coast to coast air travel after the war to open up the country and attract settlers to remote areas to exploit natural resources. Honduras, with a population over 700,000, remains largely agricultural with minimal manufacturing and only one mining company.
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Ottawa
A. L. Fleming
Arctic
Church of England
Canada
Elgin Deanery
Honduras
Advisory Commission asks smaller nations to shape postwar policy
The Eumpesa Advisory Commission invites smaller European states to submit views on managing defeated Germany. Coordination with Britain, Russia, and the United States aims to produce a master plan to deter future aggression. A liaison framework with Norway, the Netherlands, Yugoslavia, Belgium, Czechoslovakia, Greece, France, and other occupied areas is being developed to gather data for war efforts and postwar problems.
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Eumpesa Advisory Commission
Germany
Britain
Russia
United States
Commission
Norway
Netherlands
Yugoslavia
Belgium
Czecho- Slovakia
Greece
France
Crossword Puzzle Clue List From Fragmented Page
Puzzle text lists numerous clues for horizontal and vertical entries with errors and garbled lettering. It includes pronouns, currencies, instruments, beings, and place names, interspersed with corrupted lines and partial words from a crossword puzzle grid.
Secret mosquito gas claims raised at pest control meet
At the Canadian Pest Control Operators Association session in Montreal P W McLeod of Vancouver was elected president and Charles Riess of Winnipeg named Western vice president. The meeting discussed a new lethal gas called D C T said to kill mosquitoes within three miles.
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United Nations
D.C.T
Montreal
Canadian Pest Control Operators’ Association
P. W. McLeod
Vancouver
Charles Riess
Winnipeg
Saskatchewan to Provide Free Cancer Treatment Start May 1
The Speech from the Throne announced free cancer treatment and hospitalization in Saskatchewan beginning May 1, expanding on existing reduced-cost cancer clinics in Saskatoon and Regina. It notes prior free tuberculosis care for 15 years, mentions free venereal disease care and immunization sera, and outlines plans to unify frontline services under a new labor and public welfare department.
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Saskatchewan
Saskatoon
Regina
Canada
Department of Labor and Public Welfare
Great Lakes fleet adds ships to boost 1944 grain shipments
The Great Lakes fleets will ship about 285 million bushels in 1944, up from 190 million this year. The rise follows 13 vessels returning from emergency ocean service and 16 new ships joining the lake fleet.
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Great Lakes
Emergency Ocean Service
Boy Scout Fund Aids European Postwar Revival
The governor-general, chief scout for Canada, announced a 42000 dollar fundraising drive by the Boy Scouts Association to assist British scouts. The fund will be used after the war to revive scouting in Norway Denmark the Netherlands France Poland and other countries.
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Canada
Boy Scouts Association
Norway
Denmark
Netherlands
France
Poland
Airdale Zip to be Decorated by London Society
Lieut. Gerald Mahoney of Montreal presents his Airdale Zip for valor decoration by a London dog society. The dog located buried victims during intense raids and dragged others to safety, saving people from further harm. Buy War Savings Stamps regularly.
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Zip
Gerald Mahoney
Montreal
London
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Extmenton
Gietene
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Jesus
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Peter
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Barabbas
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Dirk
Balgium
H.jolsis
Fis
Pat
Yip
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EIN
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By Fred Neher
Gytiih
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