Bible Reading Star Bill Hay Heads Ames N' Andy Bibs
Bill Hay, longtime Amos n Andy announcer, now leads the Bible reading program on Ames n Andy's show. Once dropped in 1935 due to sponsor rules, he resumed Bible readings on Mutual Broadcasting System coast to coast, drawing fan mail urging a return to the Bible. War Savings Certificates advertised.
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Victory Loan Drives Canada to a 750 Million Goal
Canada aims to raise 750 million dollars for the Victory Loan drive the largest target yet. The appeal asks citizens to sacrifice luxuries and lend money to back the wartime effort. It frames the loan as essential to preserve freedom compared with occupied nations.
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Pay With Their Lives For Victory Aimed At Home Front Support
The text honors men in the armed services who have given and risked their lives, noting sailors airmen and soldiers who fought at Dieppe. It urges Canadians to contribute generously to the victory loan as proof at home of their full support and to sustain the war effort.
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Canada
Canadians urged to back third victory loan
Mr. G. W. Spinney, chairman of the National War Finance Committee, calls for increased support for the third Victory loan. He notes Canadians have repeatedly oversubscribed past loans and pledges that this largest issue yet will similarly reflect faith in wartime principles.
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National War Finance Committee
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The Individual Citizen's Army Pay Corps Explained
Alan Maurice Irwin outlines the Royal Canadian Army Pay Corps role in managing enlistment, pay, allowances, and accounting for soldiers. He compares civilian income regulation to soldier support, notes assigned pay to spouses, and praises Wartime Prices and Trade Board rules that curb consumer credit. He cites Montreal fines for consumer credit violations as example of civilian pay discipline. He closes hoping civilians match soldiers in wartime thrift and support.
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Canada
Gems of Thought on Pride From Various Authors
A collection of brief quotations on pride by Dillon Gay Johnson and other writers. The excerpt comments on pride as a fault arising from lack of sense or thought and notes its tendencies to arrogance and misplaced self-esteem.
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Dillon
Baden-Powell Returns to London Urges Guides War Work
Lady Baden-Powell, co founder of the Girl Guides, has returned from Kenya to London to lead increased war work. She said she would stay in England to be in the centre of activity and urged the Guides to do more, wearing her uniform and badge ribbons. Lord Baden-Powell died in Kenya on January 8, 1941, at age eighty three and was buried there.
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One of the oldest crops the mangel root
The mangel is noted as an ancient cultivated crop tracing back to 2000 B.C. An Egyptian tomb plate shows a laborer presenting a large root or mangel as a sacrifice, illustrating its long historical presence in early agriculture.
Airflow guideline for health facilities
To maintain health, about 2 000 cubic feet of air is required each hour. This rate helps ensure adequate ventilation in occupied spaces.
Moose Head for Air Squadron Heads to Whitehall
The Moose's Head, a historic ornament weighing a moose head with antlers, valued as half a ton and six feet across, once belonged to Dr. H. Lightstone, a Canadian and former Director General of the British Ministry of Pensions Medical Services. A Canadian air squadron secured the trophy from Lightstone's executors, freeing the ministry from a costly burden.
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Ministry of Pensions Medical Services
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Quicksand safety advice from scientists
Scientists warn that thrashing worsens sinking in quicksand. Stay calm stand still and extend arms to reduce downward pull. When nearly up to the armpits slowly ease to safety by conserving energy and avoiding sudden movements.
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