Movie interest grows around Jack Miner life story
A dramatic tale recounts Lieut Vo R G Chessman landing a plane to rescue seamen after a torpedoed British merchantman while two lifeboats drifted nearby. Kingsville residents anticipate a film about Jack Miner to be produced in Canada, featuring his bird sanctuary and personal life with plans for global release.
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Gabriel Pascal
Jack Miner
Lieut Vo RG Chessman
Fe Aer Arm
Admiralty
Chessman
Eumaeus
Kingsville
Rotary Club
Canada
United States
Moving Picture
Essex County
Miner
Mr. Miner
Canada at War A Royal Bank View of Canada's Effort
The October RMB monthly letter replies to U S critics, detailing Canada's war effort with figures. It notes 499,900+ enlisted sailors soldiers and airmen, 80,000 RCAF, 25,000 naval personnel, and a British aid role financed by Canada. It argues Canada acts as a belligerent with vast overseas commitments, while acknowledging domestic strikes and criticising U S misrepresentations of Canada's contributions.
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Canada
Royal Bank of Canada
United States
England
Newfoundland
West Indies
Gibraltar
National Guard
Royal Canadian Air Force
British Commonwealth Air Training Plan
Britain
Europe
Australia
New Zealand
Great Britain
Women groups greet Moscow women in war era message
In Freedon's Cause representatives of London women’s organizations describe themselves as fellow fighters in a great cause and send a greeting to the women of Moscow. Manitoba, described as inland, has a 400 mile coastline on Hudson Bay.
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London
Moscow
Manitoba
Hudson Bay
Bread Shortage On North Shore Tour Tells Odd Tale
A Toronto family touring the St. Lawrence north shore found a bread shortage at a wayside meal. They knocked on a French-Canadian farm for a loaf but the woman, replying with sorrow, said her family would also be short at the next meal, leaving five Joaves in the box.
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Toronto
St. Lawrence
Engagement of Louise Chevrier to Royal Norwegian Air Force officer
Louise Chevrier daughter of Justice E R E Chevrier of Ontario’s supreme court became engaged to Lieutenant Per Thorendahl a Royal Norwegian Air Force instructor. The couple’s courtship spanned English Norwegian and French and the marriage occurred at the chapel of the air school in Medicine Hat Alberta where Norwegian and Canadian airmen train.
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Canada
Royal Norwegian Air Force
Louise Chevrier
E. R. E. Chevrier
Supreme Court of Ontario
Chevrier
Per Thorendahl
Medicine Hat
Alta
Air School
Salvation Army Sees Strong Support From Overseas Soldiers
In the Great War and beyond the Salvation Army earned praise for aiding service members. Canada alone reports concerts for 572,083, plus 1,960,622 filmgoers and 1,433,413 indoor recreations. It fed over 400,000 meals, mended 41,110 garments, and distributed 12,000,000 sheets of writing paper, serving more than 10,000,000 in canteens. Soldiers, sailors, and airmen repeatedly expressed their appreciation.
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Salvation Army
Canada
Russia braces for mass military training draft
A report claims all males aged 16 to 60 in Russia will train in spare time to form the world’s largest reserve army. It states 9,000,000 Russians are in the field with 4,000,000 more equipped and ready. Captain James Cook explored Nootka on Vancouver Island and claimed the northwest coast for Britain in 1778. Agriculture in British Columbia began in the Fraser Lake district around 1810. The first post office in what is now Canada was at Halifax in 1755.
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Russia
James Cook
Nootka
Vancouver Island
North America
Britain
British Columbia
Fraser Lake District
What
Canada
Halifax
If you start in October you may repay next June
A note suggests beginning in October to repay borrowed funds by the following June for this year’s vacation. The figure 2433 appears as a reference or amount related to the note.
Apples with bran and Applescotch Pie recipe
Autumn apples shine in kitchens as schools and markets brim with fruit. The feature presents Applescotch Pie using All Bran pastry, with a detailed ingredient list and method for a 9 inch pie, plus a homey All Bran pastry recipe and directions for preparing the lattice crust.
Letter V inspires Victorian poets and Fiji islands note
A Manchester Guardian Weekly writer notes Victorian poet Ernest Dowson praised the letter V as beautiful in verse and linked it to Poe's line about violet and vine. This idea reportedly inspired Dowson to write Violets and leaves of vine for love that lasts a day. A separate Fiji fact states only about one third of its 250 islands are inhabited.
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Sam Weller
Manchester Guardian
Ernest Dowson
Arthur Symons
Poe
Dawson
Fiji Group
Portraits From Britain At War Exhibition In Ottawa
Portraits of Canadian flyers and scenes of soldiers in Bri tain are part of the National Gallery Ottawa show titled Britain At War. A young artist, Cuthbert Orde, sent portraits including Lydin.Ldr. D. R. S. Bader, the legless leader of the first Indian fighter squadron now prisoner in Germany, and Flt-Lt. KR. M. Tam ilyn, plus works by Eric Kennington, including a portrait of PO. W. L. Mc Knight from Edmonton.
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National Gallery
Ottawa
Britain
Cuthbert Orde
Lydin
D. R. S. Bader
D.S.C
Germany
KR. M. Tamilyn
Watrous
Lask
Eric Kennington
PO. W. L. McKnight
Edmonton
Medical patient follows doctor’s bottle instructions
A patient tells a doctor he has followed the medicine bottle instructions carefully. The clinician inquires to recall the exact directions as the patient reports improved condition. The scene highlights patient compliance and physician curiosity in a clinical visit.
Brazil's vast size spans tropics and beyond
Brazil covers more area than the United States with about ninety percent of its land lying in the tropical zone. Porcupines can gnaw through aluminum utensils, demonstrating surprising dental power.
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Brazil
The
United States
Tropics
German Broadcasters Aimed to Split American People
A New York psychologist from Harvard, Dr Jerome Bruner, says German short wave broadcasts target the United States to divide Americans into warring camps. He cites efforts to pit Gentiles against Jews, rich against poor, and isolationists against interventionists among others, as he studies foreign propaganda for the FCC.
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New York
United States
Federal Communications Commission
Bruner
Hitler
Britain raid destroys gramophone records except one
A raid on an east coast British town wrecked a canteen, destroying over 70 gramophone records. Only one item survived the destruction, a disc titled God Save the King.
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Britain
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