Brief notes from a scattered wartime press
A Berkshire garden fund apears to finance home food growing. Canada Eyes 5 million eggs this year under existing contracts. Belgian refugees perish from hunger amid winter. A Sierra Leone banana sold for 10 dollars in a Middlesbrough Warship Week auction. Russian rail gauge shift requires oil transfers to Russian gauge cars. About 10 000 workers to build railways linking old Bulgaria with new territories per Berlin radio. Mongolian and Tivetan manuscripts unearthed by Burat State Institute expedition. British Columbia Education Minister notes 75 rural teachers needed, rising to 140–150 by September.
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Freetown
Sierra Leone
Middlesbrough
England
Warship Week
Bulgara
Berlin
Burat Mongolian State Institute of Language, Literature and Art
Perry
British Columbia
Potatoes Aid German War Effort in Past Conflict
Ontario potato expert Norman Parks notes Germany devoted 8 000 400 acres to potatoes and occupied territories would add more. He warns a plentiful potato supply could have extended resistance beyond two years in the last war, as the crop provides food and fuel with yields up to 250 bushels per acre.
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Germany
Norman Parks
Ontario
Mode For Lerger Figures By Anne Adams Dress
Anne Adams promotes Pattern 4928 with bias panels and adjustable sleeves to flatter figures. The design elongates the torso and disguises extra inches, with optional top-stitching and ric-rac. Available in sizes 34 through 46. send 20 cents and order to Anne Adams Pattern Dept Winnipeg.
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Dreas
Anne Adams
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave. E
Winnipeg
Man
Defeat Nazism To End Suffering Of Innocents
In a New York Sun reflection, the author denounces Nazi terror in Norway France and Yugoslavia, condemning reprisals on civilians. The piece cites Lofoten St Nazaire Boulogne raids and praises Churchill’s question about German aims. It argues ultimate salvation lies in Nazi defeat and martyrs' blood will not be shed in vain.
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Norweian
France
Lofoten
St. Nazaire
Boulogne
Li Yugoslavia
Draja Mikhailovitch
Churchill
Germany
New York Sun
Plans for next year theatre season and library resources
Mary Elien Burgess discusses how to plan the next season, urging directors to read plays during summer. She outlines library options in Saskatchewan and Alberta, access to University libraries in BC, and how to catalog plays including publisher, price, cast, and synopsis. She notes scripts from publishers and films adapting plays.
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New York
Saskatchewan
Drama League
Darke
Regina
Alberta
Dept. of Extension
University of Alberta
Edmonton
British Columbia
G. Shrum
University of British Columbia
Mary Elien Burgess
Oil Cooler for Planes Regulates Air Flow for Stable Oil
Air research has developed an oil cooler for airplanes that operates in high altitude cold. The system uses shutters to regulate cooling air flow. when oil gets too cold the shutters narrow to keep the oil at a steady efficient temperature.
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Air Research
Gold Recovery in South African Labs Causes Debate
Laboratories in South Africa hold immense quantities of gold that is chemically treated and suspended in ocean waters. The diffusion of the metal for decay prevention is too widespread to be profitably recovered, sparking discussion among researchers and industry observers.
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South Africa
Air Marshal Speaks On Wartime Travel For Troops
Ottawa Journal reports Air Marshal Bishop addressing Halifax airmen on travel conditions. He recalls 1914 18 wartime crossings aboard the Caledonia a cattle ship with 16 days at sea and horses dying, urging better passage for Canadian troops and readiness to endure current transport limits.
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Mishep
Bishop
Halifax
Atlantic
Montreal
Ottawa Journal
Jesus Questions Pharisees and Denounces Scribes in Matthew
Sunday School lesson centers on Mark 12 10 Matthew 21 2329 and Psalm 2 1 8 with commentary on Jesus questioning Pharisees about the Messiahship and Jesus denouncing the scribes for their authority His counsels to disciples urging humility and rejection of titles per Matthew 23 8 11.
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Jesus
Christ
Son
David
Lord
Horton
Jerome
Abraham
Hezekiah
George Adam Smith
God
Moses
Health as a patriotic duty urges daily exercise and balanced diet
Canadian medical experts warn illness and malnutrition cut manpower and productivity. They urge daily exercise, stronger limbs and wind, balanced nutrition with milk eggs vegetables and some fruit, and caution against alcohol in North America’s high pressure climate. Sleep and rest are equally important for personal health.
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North America
Youth volunteers keep Britain safe at night in war effort
Britain mobilizes thousands of youths in civil defence with 2000 trained Liverpool volunteers patrolling streets daily. ARP messengers secure communications, farm and forestry squads aid agriculture, and many receive gallantry decorations. Also notes jade finds in Mexico and the world’s highest steam gauge railroad in Peru at 15 665 feet.
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Britain
Liverpool
Northwest
A.R.P
Bulletina
New York
Peru
The Milky Way Vastness And Light's Trek Across Space
The Milky Way spans vast distances in which Earth and the Sun reside. Light would take about 30,000 years to traverse from the galaxy’s edge to this Planet, traveling at roughly 180,000 miles per second.
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Milky Way
Stranger Offers Ride North Delivers Silly Farewell
A passerby offers a ride to a pretty girl. The motorist confirms heading north and replies in a playful tone. He ends with a quirky sign off asking her to pass his regards to the Eski mos.
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Berkshire
Canede
United Kingdom
Thousarmisa
Lerger
Bally
By William Ferguson
ALL
Stradivarius
Air Training Plan
No. 2 Wireless School
Calgary
Alta
S. O. White
Brooksby
J. J. M. Lambert
Maple Creek
H. A. Middagh
Elbow
Rutski
McKim
E.R., Owen
By Fred Neber
Air Marshel
Cerro de Las Mesas
Mexico
Mickie
Gene Byrnes
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