Death toll from birth and disease in Canada prompts urgent care
The Royal Bank of Canada Monthly Letter warns Canada still faces high infant and maternal mortality and rising late life diseases. It cites 1941 to 1944 data, compares Canada unfavorably with Sweden, New Zealand, and others, and urges universal early medical care, vaccination, and maternal services to cut deaths in half.
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Royal Bank of Canada
Canada
Sweden
New Zealand
Switzerland
Australia
Netherlands
United States
England and Wales
A&a
Advisory Committee On Health Insurance
Quebec
Courageous Parkdale athlete overcomes amputated leg to star in finals
Gord Shorting a 16 year old Parkdale Collegiate pupil in Toronto proved his drive by returning to football after his right leg was amputated five years earlier. The 210 pound third former played on a championship Parkdale team at Varsity Stadium while pursuing plans to study medicine and surgery.
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Gord Shorting
Parkdale Collegiate High School
Toronto
Parkdale
Gord
Globe and Mail
Paul Harris
Varsity Stadium
Gold Shorting
Parkdale Collegiate
Midland
Orst
Wilt Brown
University of Toronto
Coat Bundle Sparks Norweg ian Girl Gratitude Across Seas
Agnes Lloyd of Glanworth Ontario sent a coat bundle with her name and a blessing. An eight year old Amsterdam girl Liv Hansen replied in a Norwegian printed letter saying she was happy to have a coat and can now wear one like other girls. May God bless you.
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Agnes Lloyd
Glanworth
Ontario
Liv. Hansen
Amsterdam
Niagara Falls man slows pace before 95th birthday
SLOWING UP Age is creeping up on 94-year-old Charlie Goodwillie of Niagara Falls Ont he admits ruefully Normally he would hike five miles a day but on the eve of his 95th birthday he cut his constitutional to a mere three miles.
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Charlie Goodwillie
Niagara Falls, Ont
Churchill Marks Roosevelt as Greatest American Friend
Churchill praised Franklin D. Roosevelt as Britain’s greatest American friend and a powerful champion of freedom. He appealed for funds to erect a statue of Roosevelt and called lend lease the most unselfish financial act by any country.
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Winston Churchill
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Britain
Churchill
Smiths Visit Reveals Shaw’s Witty Reply About Flowers
A visitor to George Bernard Shaw remarked on the lack of floral arrangements in his home. Shaw retorted that he loves flowers and children but would not cut their heads off to place them in pots.
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George Bernard Shaw
Shaw
Breakfast Myth Busted Power of a Good Morning Meal
The piece argues breakfast governs the day and family harmony. It contends many divorces begin at breakfast, claims indigestible food harms judgment, and praises a hearty morning meal as a man’s strongest defense against vice and poor performance.
Items of Interest Range Across Professions and Places
The piece lists signals of calling in Brazilian professionals and artifacts like emeralds for doctors rubies for lawyers sapphires for engineers and topazes for dentists. It notes year round flower blooming in the Scilly Isles 650 miles north of New York and compares an electronic stopwatch to counting up to 1,000,000 objects per second. It emphasizes hand cleanliness to prevent disease and states 7,000 people per second use transit in the United States and Canada. A bath nine inches deep and five feet long can hold over 30 gallons.
Knitting Pattern 7125 for Football Mittens
A vintage knitting pattern offers a beginner project for teens and college students. It describes mittens in team colors, knitted on two needles with sizes small to large and a charted, easy to follow pattern. The ad requests twenty cents and provides an address in Winnipeg for ordering.
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Innipeg Nion
McDermot Avenue
Winnipeg
Man
Malaria Among Ancient Diseases Noted in 2701 Entry
Historical note references malaria as one of humanity’s oldest illnesses in an entry labeled 2701. The brief emphasizes malaria’s long-standing presence across civilizations and time.
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Saskatchewan
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U.S. Coastguard
Provincetown
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Coastguard
Holland
Roosevelt
Santa Claus
Scilly Isles
England
New York
Hie
Buchs
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