British Women At War Address At Albert Hall
Six thousand women from all war worker branches were invited to the Albert Hall London for a government hosted event. Churchill and cabinet members spoke with Ernest Bevin praising women for tipping the scales toward victory and warning of future bitter fighting ahead. The tribute extended to all women of the United Nations supporting military duties.
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England
Albert Hall
London
Churchill
Ernest Bevin
Labor
National Service
United Nations
Britain’s Women Mobilized for War Effort
The article notes 17,250,000 British women aged 18 to 45, with over 7,000,000 in full‑time paid work in armed forces, civilian defense and industry. Nearly 10,000,000 are married with young children and not in war work, while 600,000 housewives hold part‑time posts, showing near total mobilization shaping victory chances.
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France
England
Britain
British Ministry of Information
Women Fill Wide War Roles Across British Industry
Ministry figures show sixty percent of Royal Ordnance factory workers are women with gains in explosives filling shells and gun making. Forty percent in aircraft and thirty-five percent in engineering. Post office staff rise from twenty three to forty one percent since 1939. rail and agricultural work also heavily staffed by women.
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Ministry of Information
Royal Ordnance Factories
Britain
United Nations
High Society Names for Dairies Stir Imagination
In a Stratford Beacon-Herald评论 on dairy breeds the author imagines cows with aristocratic names like Springbank Snow Countess Glenview Pontiac Dora de Kol Doreen Francy Ray Apple and Susie Corndyke Fayne Lass. The piece praises farmer imagination and the pride in dairy stock as it enlivens rural life.
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Springbank
Glenview Pontiac
Doreen Francy Ray Apple
Susie Corndyke Fayne
Doreen Francy
Stratford Beacon-Herald
Iran Oil Pipelines Stretch 1150 Miles To Refineries
Pipelines transporting Iranian crude run about 1,150 miles from wells to refineries. The long conduit system links coastal production sites with processing facilities, illustrating the scale of Iran’s midstream oil infrastructure.
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Iran
New Ottawa Postal Rules Limit Messages To Enemies
Ottawa announces new procedure for sending personal messages to relatives in enemy occupied territories. Messages must be on official forms, with a 23 cent postal note, to the chief postal censor, Ottawa. Size is 25 words, in block letters, about family news, with optional air mail for 30 cents.
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Ottawa
International Committee of the Red Cross
Geneva
Switzerland
Canada
Far East
Humorous Exchange Snippets From Public Arena
Cartoonlike dialogue and quips about horses, castles, weddings, and everyday banter. The collection includes a disjoint set of lines with punchy one liners and observational jokes on manners, money, sleep talking, and social habits among various speakers.
British TO Replace Riveting in Tank Hulls
L. E. Carr, technical director of the British Ministry of Supply mission to Washington, told a joint ASME and Engineering Institute of Canada meeting in Toronto that welding and casting are replacing riveting in tank hulls in Great Britain, Canada and the United States.
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L. E. Carr
Ministry of Supply
Washington
American Society of Mechanical Engineers
Engineering Institute of Canada
Toronto
Great Britain
Canada
United States
Western Canadians Standout in World War II Services
The Ottawa Observer reports Canadians from the West serving in all three armed forces. Notables include Lt Col Charlie E Bailey returning to organize a stevedore unit in Vancouver, and pilots and crew such as Flying Officer H T Brown of Biggar who earned a DFC over Nuremberg and Berlin. Western men appear in engineer sub lieutenants with the Royal Canadian Navy and in various awards of DFC and Distinguished Flying Medal. The Wrens arrive in London for overseas service amid a grand reception.
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Charlie E. Bailey
M.C
Vancouver
Kamloops
Thompson Rivers
Royal Canadian Navy
Royal Navy
Alan M. Cameron
Saskatoon
George Irvin Loucks
Invermay
Sask
Arnold Sobering
Gretna
Manitoba
E. L. Park
Edmonton
H. T. Brown
Biggar
D.F.C
Nuremburg
Berlin
Lilac
W. C. Klassen
C. W. Paddock
Elkhorn
Man
PO. G. W. Duffield
Lloydminster
Wrens
Royal Canadian Naval Service
London
United Nations
Empire
Honey sources and their effects on wintering bees
The article notes that nectar from northern clover is healthier for wintering bees, while dandelion honey proved fatal. It adds that honey from hard maple, pure alfalfa, or white goldenrod granulates in the combs, preventing use by wintering bees.
Raccoon Noted as Rare American Animal Without European Counterpart
The raccoon remains among the few American species lacking a direct European counterpart, highlighting its unique zoological status in North American fauna.
Wartime Towels Cut to Narrow Sizes Under New Rules
The wartime prices and trade board enforces a standardization order effective Oct 5 limiting towel sizes to reduce output by 175000 annually. Plain terry towels max 24 in wide, jacquard 45 by 24, wash cloths 12 by 12, duck towels 17 by 32, huck towels 20 by 36, and bath mats limited to two sizes with frozen patterns.
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Prices and Trade Board
Gems of Thought on Enthusiasm and Truth
A collection of quotations extolling enthusiasm as the driving force behind virtue progress and honest effort. Notable lines from Bulwer-Lytton Pascal Dickens Emerson Eddy and others emphasize earnestness tempered by reason and steadfast faith amid persecution.
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Bulwer-Lytton
Pascal
Dickens
Emerson
Mary Baker Eddy
Tuckerman
Four Nations Have Most To Contribute Says Halifax
Ambassador Lord Halifax argues in World Affairs that the United States Britain Russia and China hold the key to rebuilding after the war. He warns small powers suffer from great power discord and urges each nation to bear its just burden for world security.
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Lord Halifax
World Affairs
United States
Britain
Russia
China
Farm Animal Diseases and Official Control Roles
The Health of Animals Division of the Dominion Department of Agriculture oversees control of key farm animal diseases under Parliament. Anthrax glanders hog cholera swine plague rabies mango and sheep scab are listed diseases. Yemen in southwest Arabia is noted as the Biblical Kingdom of Sheba.
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Dominion Department of Agriculture
Cotton Fibre Bale Yields Oil for Food
A 500 pound bale of cotton fibre yields 140 pounds of vegetable oil suitable for food use, illustrating a favorable conversion rate from raw fibre to edible oil.
Applicant cites spouse transport need for gasoline permit
An applicant for supplemental gasoline explains the request by saying it is to haul his wife to work. The statement frames a personal transportation need as the basis for the fuel allowance.
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Wuhan
Royal Red Cross
R.C.A.F
Ruby P. McSorley
Brandon
The
Buckingham Palace
Elizabeth
Mr. Smith
Mr. Brown
Pop
Ottawa Observer
Old Country
J. E. Walker
K. Hodson
Alberta
North Atlantic Command
Art Adamson
Vegreville
Alta
Lloyd Conlin
Drumheller
Sicily
Italy
Wilfred Kelly
Neepawa, Man
L. J. Tuppen
Winfield, Alta
Currie Barracks
Calgary
Miles Nervine
Nervine
Christies Biscuits
Parliament Hill
Associated Screen Studios
Yemen
Southwest
Arabia
Kingdom of
Sheba
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