No Chimneys In Mindanao A Christmas Dilemma
Marsha travels to Mindanao to marry Don amid danger with Hassin, the Moro chief. A missing chimney becomes the symbol of belonging as Antido crafts a white satin fireplace. Don returns with toys and a quick wedding as Hassin’s boy smiles at a crafted miracle.
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Marsha
Antido
Mindanao
Don
Santa Claus
Hassin
Saint Nicholas
Darling
Money for Organizations via Stealth League Calendars
Church groups and other organizations can boost funds by selling the Stealth League 1S Nutrition Calendars. These colour calendars feature nutrition and vitamin art, priced at 23 cents each, with orders of 50 or more. For calendars contact CANA venue Ontario.
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Stealth League
Cana
Ontario
Former Boy Scout Wing Commander Curry Led Dortmund Attack
G W Curry DSO DF.C. and bar head of a Newcastle on Tyne Scout Troop. He served as patrol leader and King’s Scout earning 18 proficiency badges. Reports Scout News. Another dam busting pilot, Wing Commander Guy Gibson VC, who led the Moehn and Eder dam raids in 1943, was also a Boy Scout.
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G. W. Curry
Dortmund- Erns Canal
D.S.O
Newcastle-on-Tyne
Scout
Guy Gibson
V.C
Moehn and
Eder Dams
Alberta Oil Output Drops in 1944 Nine Months
Oil production in Alberta for the first nine months of 1944 was 6,585,842 barrels, down 722,827 from the same period last year, according to a report issued by J. L. Irwin.
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Alberta
J. L. Irwin
Cow parts used in making aeroplanes harvests all parts
Practical note states that nearly every part of the cow including the blood is utilized in aircraft production. The claim highlights extensive material reuse in aviation from bovine sources.
A Community Debate Club Idea From W H Moore Ontario County
Lethbridge Herald discusses MP W H Moore of Ontario County proposing a citizens workshop to discuss war, weather, finances, and social issues. The piece criticizes the notion as a talkshop but supports reviving neighborhood dialogue to foster good thinking and government amid rising party fragmentation.
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Gore
Lees
W. H
Billy) Moore
Ontario County
Hitler
Moore
Research Laboratory to Cost 200 000 Set for Saskatoon
The Minister of Trade and Commerce Ottawa announces a new research laboratory costing about 200000 will be built beside the University in Saskatoon. It will pursue extended studies to find a profitable outlet for farm products and explore industrial uses for plants now treated as weeds.
Elongated waistline pattern 4866 from Anne Adams
Pattern 4866 features a trim button front and elongates the waist for slimming effect. Available sizes include 14 through 20 and 32 to 48 with detailed yardage for size 36. Send 20 cents to Anne Adams Pattern Dept Winnipeg to order, noting size name address and style number.
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Anne Adams
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave. E
Winnipeg
Man
Water loss from Britain exceeds hundred million tons yearly
Scientists estimate about 142 million tons of water evaporate from Great Britain’s surface each year. The note also urges readers to buy War Savings Stamps regularly.
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Great Britain
General effort urged to curb inflation in Durban and beyond
A broad call for price control as a defense against inflation cites historical examples from Durban to Rome and Mexico. The piece notes rising costs from war, praises price regulation, and urges individual citizens to contribute locally. It references Edna Jaques urging Canadian women to back controls and cites Hitler’s 1936 price freeze as context.
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Durban
South Africa
Edna Jaques
Confederation of Civil Organizations
Mexico City
China
Rome
Hitler
Surplus Army Stock to Sell Monkeys Pigeons and Dogs
The United States offers four monkeys 10,000 carrier pigeons and 5,000 war dogs from surplus Army stock. Herman Hilton of the Treasury Department’s procurement division indicated the animals were used by the Air Corps in altitude reaction tests, following questions by Senator Homer Ferguson.
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United States
Herman Hilton
U.S. Commodities Division
Treasury Department
Homer Ferguson
Michigan
Hilton
Air Corps
Liver and Vegetable Casserole Recipe Card
Liver in 2 inch squares coated with flour salt pepper browned in fat then baked with chopped turnip carrots onion celery optional bay leaf in boiling water and vegetables. Bake covered for one hour then uncover for 30 minutes yields six servings.
Jumbled food items and ancient zoological note
A fragment lists ingredients such as bacon salt pork beef onion dripping and tomato juice or water with a note about 1100 B.C. marking the first zoological garden established in China.
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China
Bank of Montreal President Urges Realism on Postwar Problems
Bank of Montreal President George W. Spinney warns that postwar prosperity requires hard choices and a realistic view of reconversion, free exchange within and beyond Canada, and preserving individual liberty to produce. B. C. Gardner reports rising gross earnings but tax-adjusted net income fell, with shifts in Bank Act and longer-term credit aims amid war-to-peace transition.
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Bank of Montreal
Canada
George W. Spinney
C._M.G
Spinney
B. C. Gardner
Flour production hits all time Canadian record for 1943 44
The Canadian milling industry produced 24.3 million barrels of flour in 1943 44 up from 23.6 million in 1942 43, converting to about 110 million bushels of wheat. Mills are at capacity to supply flour to the United Nations and liberated Europe, with strong export prospects post war due to ample raw materials and power.
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Canada
Monthly
United Nations
Europe
Anxious War Reporter Seeks 100 Franc Bet From Laval
Anxious to collect Joseph C. Harsch, a war correspondent, wants to reach Pierre Laval to claim 100 francs owed from a Paris bet after France fell. Laval predicted England would be invaded and wagered on Germany winning the war but limited the bet to 100 francs, joking he is not a betting man.
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Spondent
Pierre Laval
Laval
Paris
France
England
Germany
Harsch
No Profits for Them War Spending Helps Factories Not Sailors
W L Clark notes in the Windsor Star that Canada’s war spending raises factory wages while service personnel see little financial gain. Munition workers earn higher pay, yet sailors soldiers and airmen receive only modest compensation for their efforts.
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Canada
W. L. Clark
Windsor Star
Ben
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