Centralization of News In War Time Draws Debate Across Press
The government under Hon. J. G. Gardiner defends a policy of distributing departmental news in the regular way. Critics warn centralized news would breed bias and censorship, costly bureaus, and reduced public access. Supporters argue weekly press conferences could replace full central control while preserving transparency and wartime efficiency.
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J. G. Gardiner
War Services
D. B. Rogers
Reginal Leader-Post
Gardiner
Rogerace
Pres Hidison
Fort William
Ottawa
Naigon
Ottawa Journal
Defence
J. L. Ralston
Air
A. G. Power
Macdonald
Winnipeg Tribune
King
Canada
United States
Christendom
Permanent chart tattooed man from Romania on board
A Romanian man displayed a permanent chart tattooed on his arm as his national registration. When asked birth, marriage, arrival and naturalization dates he consulted the tattooed vital statistics. Also mentioned: Able Seaman Bill Churchman on leave riding a Birmingham bus where his wife is conductor. The piece notes a world speed record for painting a house in Omaha.
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St. Catharines
Canada
Bill Churchman
Birmingham
Bill
Wealthy industrialist’s thrifty habits and hidden fortunes
Walter P. Chrysler wore a single ring and bought three suits at a time while reading little beyond science articles in bed. A Stoke Newington thinkman earned only 16 dollars weekly for over four decades yet amassed houses and left 53000 dollars at death. An aging New York bootblack, long thought a pauper, left 33000 dollars in four banks.
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Walter P. Chrysler
Stoke Newington
England
New York
Gillespie joins Haitiah Broadcasting records dept in wartime
Jessie Gillespie daughter of WF Gillespie executive at Massey Harris Toronto begins work in the records department of Haitiah Broadcasting Company. Her fluency in French and Spanish aids reports from other countries as she pursues a doctorate on the novelist Julien Green. She studied in Montpellier after scholarship to France and fled Europe when war broke out. She reached St Jean de Luz then boarded a liner with her brother and family.
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Jessie Gillespie
WF. Gillespie
Massey- Harris Company
Toronto
Records
Haitiah Broadcasting Company
Miss Gillespie
France
Europe
Atlantic
Montpellier
Paris
James
Nantes
St. Jean del Luz
Bay of Biscay
Jutien, Green
Farmer Builds Bomb-Proof Shelter From Old Car
One English farmer Hon. Duncan Marshall has created a near bomb-proof shelter for his family using an old large motor car as the core. Hay stacked around the sides and overhead forms thick walls with a single entrance via a wide hay stack. A lookout guards against fire in daylight, highlighting the dangers farms face during wartime in Britain and the risks to Canadian farmers at present.
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Duncan Marshall
Canada
Britain
Dominion Tightens Gun Registration Penalties Canada Gazette
The order in council raises penalties for non registration of rifles and shotguns to a $500 fine or two years imprisonment or both on indictment, plus the existing $50 fine or 30 days on summary conviction. Registration of firearms is currently required across Canada.
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Dominion
Canada Gazette
Canada
Canadians as natural pilots in wartime training
The Lethbridge Herald praises Canadian aviation aptitude, noting natives' self reliance and familiarity with machinery. It argues Canada should emphasize training for war effort, claiming cool confident young men will become the world’s best flyers.
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Dominion
Canada
Lethbridge Herald
Perfect Work Knitter Wins In Toronto Exhibition
A man following royal example excelled in knitting and earned the only perfect socks in the special hospitals fancy class during the N E. in Toronto. Sixteen entries were submitted with varied beauty and flair. H Kennedy of the Queen Alexandra Sanatorium London scored 109 points. He was the sole bidder for the prize and prevailed over one woman. Tothink and bread storage quirks noted with humor and Siberian cold mentioned.
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Toronto
H. Kennedy
Queen Alexandra Sanatorium
London
Aluminum cookware becomes war memorabilia in British home front
A British newspaper feature recalls housewives donating aluminum utensils to aid the war effort. Princess Elizabeth and Margaret tea sets, royal pots from Windsor and Buckingham palaces, and shrapnel souvenirs fill a corner. A child sends a tea kettle to the King, while a New Zealand ace is noted for his downed aircraft.
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Kitcher
Soca
Hitler
Britain
Elizabeth
Margaret
Royal Lodge
Windsor
Buckingham
Sandringham
St. James
Lisabet
North Country
Bravery Praised of Cross Channel Steamers Skippers
A London Daily Sketch writer hails the skippers of Cross Channel steamers for extraordinary bravery. Some ran seven Dunkirk round trips, ships scarred by shrapnel and sailing between England and France on perilous errands. A wireless operator feared bursts of shrapnel, yet crew and troops kept spirits high as a deck game of bridge continued aboard.
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London Daily Sketch
Dunkirk
England
France
Libel on Poison Ivy Cited by Kitchener Record
The Kitchener Record calls the phrase poison ivy libel, arguing ivy never jumps to attack peaceful vacationers who leave it alone.
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Kitchener Record
Hitler
Mussolini
Stalin
Fighting Strength of Dominion To Exceed Half a Million
The 300000 men to be called up for training within 12 months starting in October will raise the Dominion's fighting strength to well over 500000.
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Dominion
True Patriotic Spirit Town By People In Small Fishing Town
The Strathroy Age Dispatch praises Black's Harbour New Brunswick a small fishing town of about 1500 residents for raising 51000 in Dominion of Canada bonds. It notes the Connora Bros Limited seafood plant as the town's sole industry and commends the patriotism shown to support the war effort.
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Strathroy
Black's Harbour
N.B
Connora Bros. Limited
Canada
Dominion of Canada
All Bran Chocolate Drop Cookies from Kellogg’s
Butter and sugar are creamed then eggs and melted chocolate are folded in. Add water sour milk All Bran and dry ingredients with nut meats then drop by teaspoon onto a greased sheet and bake at 375 degrees for 16 minutes yielding 24 dozen cookies.
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Kellogg's
Classic American Mock Turtle Casserole Recipe
Sauté beef with fat then layer in a greased casserole with onions and crumbled crackers. Alternate layers of meat onions and crackers. Pour Mock Turtle soup with water to cover. Bake at 375 degrees for about an hour yields six portions. Preparation time about 15 minutes.
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Christie's
French Air Crews Reach Gibraltar To Join Britain Fight
A French plane with three crew members flew from Morocco into Gibraltar dodging Spanish posts at La Luna and joining Britain in the war against Germany. Two more French planes from French Morocco also reached Gibraltar with crews handing themselves to the British to fight for the liberation of France.
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la Luna
Gibraltar
Britain
Germany
Morocco
France
All Saints' Anglican School Atklavik Teaches Inuit Children
Mis Hagel Keyes has taught at All Saints' School in Aklavik Northwest Territories for four years. Children travel up to 1000 miles from King William's Land to attend Grade I. They learn English gradually and use education to develop native arts and northern livelihoods. Girls enjoy sewing while boys excel in mechanics. About 100 children attend, and Keyes led the Brownie pack of the northern Girl Guide. Natives watch the war with concern and even worried for her safety when she left for civilization.
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All Saints’ Anglican
Aklavik
Northwest Territories
Mise Hagel Keyes
King William's Land
Misa Keyes
Civilization
Housewives Aid ARP Effort Grows Across Britain
Voluntary Service Britain's housewives join air raid precaution work led by the Dowager Marchioness of Reading. They pledge hot water tea blankets and bandages for the wounded. In London areas campaigns reuse ballet skirts for bandages and Islington women offer childcare during raids while others place water buckets for pumps to counter incendiaries.
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Britain
Women's Voluntary Services
Marchioness
Reading
London
Islington
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