Venereal disease education urged for prisons and shelters
John Kidman, honorary secretary of the Canadian Penal Association, urged that information on venereal disease be taught in prisons jails refuges and shelters through lectures films and literature. He praised a national program by the Health League of Canada but warned against misdirected outreach to groups not in need. He noted inmates largely come from troubled homes and should receive lectures films and booklets, with chaplains and social workers adding talks on marriage and community living.
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John Kidman
Canadian Penal Association
Montreal
Kidman
Spreading Weeds Across Farms Warned by National Committee
The National Weed Committee warns that weeds spread via imperfectly cleaned cereals and clover seeds, commercial feeds containing weed seeds, and through transportation facilities. Wind, streams, animals, birds, threshing machines, farm implements, and even boots and clothing carry seeds over long distances and between fields.
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National
Fragmentary line hints at sea death or battle
A fragmentary text suggests a line about fighting and risking death at sea. The readable portion mentions a struggle or conflict linked to the sea, with themes of courage and peril. No clear names or dates are identifiable in the surviving excerpt.
War News Briefs and Allied Reports
The Netherlands contributed over 2,000,000 tons to a ship. An American survey finds absenteeism lower among disabled workers under wartime labor. Six Italian spies, part of a German ring, were executed by an Allied military court after trial in Italy. Thieves stole about 500 women’s dresses and two-piece suits from bombed London premises. British Women's Army Auxiliary to receive uniforms similar to those of the Canadian corps. Mrs. K Somerville is praised as London’s leading Red Cross penny-a-week fundraiser, with about 15,000 dollars raised in two years. France’s furniture industry reorganized for mass production of beds and kitchen pieces for bombed households. The Agriculture Department and British Food Mission plan to buy surplus Canadian white peas in 1944 at 3.25 dollars per bushel.
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Italy
London
British Women's Army Auxiliary
Canadian Women's Army Corps
K. Somerville
Red Cross
Milk Records Guide Dairy Herd Improvement
A system of keeping milking records guides feeding lead cows by milk quantity and serves as the basis for herd improvement.
Roads in British India by road surface statistics
British India currently has 325 miles of modern surface roads and 70T miles of total roads with 56 348 miles waterbound macadam and 139 781 miles earth roads. Eye pupils dilate when afraid and shrink when angry.
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British India
Belgium to launch official liberated Belgium paper
The Belgian government plans La Belgique Liberee to publish immediately as liberation progresses. The paper will be official and follow the army advances, withdrawn when ordinary newspapers resume. Editor and staff will move from London. Also noted is the clandestine reappearance of the Frankfurter Zeitung in London Daily Sketch.
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Belgium
la Belgique Liberee
London
Frankfurter Zeitung
Germany
London Daily Sketch
Not a Spider Yet Harvest Spider in Global Sightings
The daddy longlegs, seen in many regions as harvest spider or shepherd spider, is not a true spider but a relative of the scorpion. This distinction highlights its arachnid kinship and differing classification from typical spiders.
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Daddy Longlegs
Paul in Corinth and the primacy of love lesson
The lesson outlines Paul’s tentmaking stay in Corinth with Aquila and Priscilla, his shift from Jews to Gentiles after opposition, and his sermon at the synagogue leading to Gallio’s ruling. It highlights Cr ip sus believing, Corinthian jealousy, spiritual gifts debates, and Paul’s guidance in first Corinthians chapters 12 to 14, stressing faith hope and love as central.
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Paul
Corinth
Aquila
Priscilla
Pontus
Agia Minor
Black Sea
Rome
Claudius
Suetonius
Chrestus
Jesus
Christ
Titus Justus
Crispus
Gallio
Achaia
Syria
Luther
Daffodils Bring Spring Regardless of Name
Botanists note eight to ten distinct varieties of narcissus daffodils with many subtypes. The public uses terms like jonquils for short cupped flowers, yet the flowers themselves don t care about names. They herald spring and are beloved in winter gardens.
Prisoner of War Report for M G McGeer
M G McGeer, previously reported missing over enemy territory, is confirmed a prisoner of war in Germany. His mother, Mrs G G McGeer of Vancouver, was advised. His father, G G McGeer, is the Liberal member of Parliament for Vancouver Burrard.
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Set. M. G. McGeer
Germany
G. G. McGeer
Vancouver
Vancouver Burrard
Saturation bombing collision risk overestimated
When plans for saturation bombing were drafted, concern rose that numerous bombers arriving together might collide. In practice collisions are rare, with odds far better than being shot down by flak once the attack is spread out and German anti aircraft guns can target bombers individually.
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Usrgets
Tax revenue tops four billion during war period
A return tabled in the commons shows that income tax collected from act passage to March 31, 1943 totaled 4,018,400,395 dollars. Hon. R. B. Hanson of York Sudbury presented the document.
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R. B. Hanson
P.c
York Sudbury
Our Crossword Puzzle No 4883
The puzzle presents a grid labeled horizontal and vertical clues with many entries including God of war, wings, animal terms, and common words. Answers span across 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 16 19 20 22 23 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 39 41 42 44 48 with typical crossword question formats and varying lengths.
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Lavishea Fondnesa
Icebergs menace North Atlantic shipping analysis
The North Atlantic remains the sole major iceberg menace with Antarctic bergs occasionally entering western Cape Horn lanes. Most bergs drift and shatter in the bay before entering open sea, while light from the sun takes eight minutes to reach the Earth.
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North Atlantic
Cape Horn
North Pacific
Baya
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