Nutrition And Health In Wartime Canada
National health and nutrition concerns rise as war demands reveal that over half of young recruits fail Grade A physical standards. Phyllis Turner of the Wartime Prices and Trade Board raises questions about older age groups and the challenge to raise fitness levels across the population to support wartime effort.
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Canada
Phyllis Turner
Oils and
Prices and Trade Board
New System Needed to Raise National Nutrition
A survey shows families receive less than 70 percent of foods in the Canadian Dietary Standard due to ignorance and income gaps. Mrs. Turner urges public education and a new coordinated system for food production and distribution tied to agriculture. Minister Ian Mackenzie says production must rise to meet minimum healthy diet needs and ensure fair farmer returns, requiring public cooperation.
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Turner
Ian Mackenzie
Pensions and National Health
Mackenzie
Menus and Packing Gear for Secure Lunches
A list of breakfast and lunch items including Fish and Celery Salad Prichards substitute for salmon Whole Wheat Bread Butter Tea Cocoa and various soups and salads. It notes the need for proper equipment to keep liquids and salads packed securely and says the consis of is unavailable in the excerpt.
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Health League of Canada
Avenue Road
Toronto
Ont
Air-Sea Rescue Service Saves Crews Over Europe
United Nations planes raiding from Britain face danger as they bail out or crash over continental Europe. The Air Rescue service around England uses fast ambulance boats and specialized planes and has saved more than 1,300 air crews since 1940.
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United Nations
Britain
Europe
England
Patents an offer one every inventor
A clipped notice from Ottawa Canada outlines patent related information and an offer for inventors to respond. The fragment mentions Gereet and a cons tree, indicating a call for full information. Further details are unreadable.
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Ottawa
Canada
Plan Approved for Japanese Workers on Sugar Beet Farms
The federal government approved a plan to move about 600 Japanese families to prairie and Ontario sugar beet farms. Officials say the transfer is voluntary with no compulsion. Some 3,000 evacuees from coastal areas to interior B C towns last year will be affected.
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Prairie
Ontario
British Columbia Security Commission
B.C
Swine Erysipelas Affects Central European Pigs
Swine erysipelas has plagued Central Europe and Britain since 1921. The disease spreads from carriers, with dogs and contaminated soil playing roles. Symptoms include acute sudden death, fever, skin diamond patches, and chronic joint stiffness. Prevention relies on isolation, serum treatment, and early vaccination for newborns.
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Europe
Mayor reports grass butter discovery in Eastern town
The mayor advances scientific work by claiming to produce butter from grass. He states that all a person needs is a cow and a churn and announces this first major discovery.
Researchers study brick packing for dried foods at Geneva
Dried vegetables from carrots to sauerkraut are processed into air free bricks at the State Experiment Station in Geneva New York. Bricks are wrapped in moisture proof materials and tested in water tanks and a 100 degree Fahrenheit humidity chamber to simulate tropical storage. The method aims to replace tin and other metals in packaging while preserving color flavor and nutrients.
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State Experiment Station
Geneva
N.Y
St. Thomas Times-Journal
Chicago Policeman Learns Chinese. Chinatown Lottery Raid
In Philadelphia Chinatown a police team tracking number games arrested two men, Mark Chung aged 67 and Mark Lok aged 49, after Lok learned elementary Chinese and spotted a grocery window sign reading gambling here. They face charges of maintaining a lottery.
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Chicago
Mark Chung
Mark Lok
Philadelphia
Chinatown
Ting
Chun
Lok
Etiquette for Young Moderns booklet offer
A Winnipeg newspaper union Home Service note promotes a 32 page etiquette guide for men and girls covering dancing, dinner, theatre, dates, introductions, telephone and office manners. Petting is discussed and requests 15 cents plus name and address to obtain the booklet.
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Zach
Home Service Dept
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave. E
Winnipeg
Man
Canadians urged to buy War Savings certificates now
At a critical time, the appeal calls on every Canadian citizen to serve by saving and purchasing War Savings certificates to support the war effort.
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Canada
Air Training Plan graduates list from Winnipeg
A historical roster lists British Commonwealth Air Training Plan graduates from No 5 Air Observer School Winnipeg Manitoba. Names include LAC Wat er Edmonton Alberta LAC Doinokorkt Terguar Sask BAC WOE Arwen Coppen Saati LAC Rummetr Neepawa Manitoba LAC Fox upar Saskatchewan Lar Jibson Rocky Mountain House Alberta LAC Wb Hamilton Tabarres Samak LACMAD Moonah Kitsco A LAC SER Meech Lethbridy LAC MG Parker Welwin Saskatchewan SA TAG GA Bae Prince Saskatchewan LAC We TA Rl.
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No. 5 Air Observer School
Winnipeg
Man
Lac Owaster
Edmonton
Alta
Lac
BAC
Coppen
Saati Lac
Unknown Warriors Sail as Naval Veterans in Convoy Spirit
A Ottawa Citizen tribute recalls Admiral Sir Studholme Brownrige and other naval veterans serving as convoy commodores in merchant marine duty. They face long Atlantic crossings and submarine risk, keeping ships together and making tough decisions amid gales and delays. Their quiet courage mirrors Drake and Nelson.
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Studholme Brownrige
D.S.O
Jutland
Brownrige
Drake
Nelson
Ottawa Citizen
Gems of Thought Politeness
True politeness is perfect ease and freedom in how we treat others as we love to be treated ourselves. Good manners bloom from good sense and feeling, while humility, benevolence, and self denial sustain polite conduct. Soft words and manners often win where strong speech fails.
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Chesterfield
Lydia H. Sigourney
Mary Baker Eddy
Twelve Chilean cities exceed twenty five thousand population
The data lists twelve Chilean urban areas with populations above 25,000, highlighting significant growth pockets across the country. Names of the cities and exact population figures are provided in the source.
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Chile
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