The Dentist's Verdict Dreams for Mona Montara
Mona Montara undergoes dental X rays and a potential tooth extraction that threatens her career. The scene shifts from tense, public gaze to intimate motherhood as a deaf mute mother asks Mona to transcribe her child’s words, revealing Mona's inner fear and humanity.
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Mona
Snow White
National potpourri threads loosely through Canada
The column surveys snippets across the country from infant mishaps in Shawinigan Falls to a 30 year old horse illness near Kilsyth. It notes Maple Creek’s Chinese soldiers training for the Pacific, a Progress district pig order, apple crop profits in Annapolis Valley, record onion farming at Neepawa, tree planting by Ed Chappell in Saugeen, and election history from King’s County. It highlights a Quebec adults program in woodlands and a new Yarrow berry packing plant promising 12,000 tons.
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Ted Hawley
Progress District
B.C
Yukon
Alaska
Archie Bink
Neepawa
Man
Archie
Ed. Chappell
Saugeen
Ont
Woodlands of
Quebec
Lake Mamphramagog
U.S
Canada
Yarrow
Vancouver
Prefabricated Housing Through History
Prefabrication is not new and has long served as a solution for temporary housing and fortifications. Since 1481 King John of Portugal used trading ships with prefabricated forts to protect dealings, with one fort later rebuilt and still in use at Elmina Castle in the Gold Coast.
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John
Portugal
Elmina
Gold Coast
Slobolt Lettuce Promises Slower Bolting For Gardens
News for gardeners notes a new lettuce variety called Slobolt developed by Dr. Ross C. Thompson at Beltsville Maryland. It resists bolting, shows frilled light green leaves with savoyed texture, and seed stocks are being distributed to U.S. growers with spring 1946 planting expected. success as a fast seller remains to be seen.
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Science News
Ross C. Thompson
Government Plant Industry
Beltsville
Washington
U.S
Slobeit
Woodstock Sentinel Review
Retired Editor Ends Career With Fortune From Duty And Death
A country newspaper editor retires after 30 years with a $100000 bank balance earned through strict honesty and frugal habit. He credits duty, economy, and an uncle’s death that left him $98500, per the Western Retailer.
Down South Biscuits And Reamed Ham Recipe
A vintage recipe card describes Down South Biscuits using flour salt baking powder all bran and sour cream, baked at a hot oven until golden. It includes a ham with a butter flour milk cheese sauce to serve on the biscuits, yielding sixteen biscuits and eight servings.
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Butte
Bridge-Laying Tanks Save Allied Lives In Europe Invasions
Bridge laying tanks proved crucial in Normandy and beyond enabling rapid crossgaps up to thirty feet wide without exposing crews. Royal Armoured Corps and engineers used folded scissor type and Churchill propelled bridges. Churchill tanks also served as improvised spans for wider gaps. Tank bridges supported operations in north west Europe Italy and Burma, carried by landing craft for quick deployment.
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Europe
Normandy
Royal Armoured Corps
R.A.C
North
Italy
Burma
UNRRA to ship 14500 tractors to Europe for fall planting
The United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration announced in Washington that 14 500 tractors will be sent to liberated European countries. The move aims to cultivate about 2.9 million acres and produce roughly 1.5 million tons of cereals. Of the tractors, 13 000 will be sourced from the United States with recipients split between paying and non paying nations. France Italy Netherlands Norway Belgium Denmark and others receive funding or payment allocations, while Poland Yugoslavia Czechoslovakia Greece Albania receive non paying allocations.
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United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration
Washington
UNRRA
Herbert H. Lehman
United States
France
Italy
Netherlands
Norway
Belgium
Denmark
Poland
Yugoslavia
Czechoslovakia
Greece
Albania
No Nationality in Hawaii Says Monitor
The Christian Science Monitor argues that modern Hawaiians are a blend of many races, with the Hawaiian identity diminishing. Asiatic immigration has altered the islands' appearance and culture, making a distinct Hawaiian nationality questionable and a common tongue rare beyond shared creeds.
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Christian Science Monitor
Build More Ships In the Drive to Rebuild Britain
Britain intensifies ship production as part of the wartime reconstruction effort. Government mobilizes yards, orders staggered ship completions, and assigns priority to merchant vessels to restore trade and maritime strength.
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Britain
Speculum Coated Metal Mirrors Silver Like Plating
British scientists report speculum coating makes any metal appear silver after washing. Tests show initial reflectivity equal to silver but 400 percent higher after one month under the same conditions. Lemon juice and beer do not dull the lustre. coating resists scratches and bending.
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United Kingdom
Newspaper Policy Debate on Advertising Influence
The Vancouver Province argues that advertisers do not control newspaper policy. It stresses reader confidence as paramount, noting that a newspaper must avoid the perception of ulterior influence. Advertising matters but does not dictate editorial stance.
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Vancouver
Junior Miss Dirndl Pattern 4633 for Winnipeg
Pattern 4633 for Junior Miss sizes 11 13 15 17 features wing sleeves and a swishy skirt with a drawstring neck line. Easy sewing for beginners with 2% yards of 39 inch fabric for size 13. Send 20 cents to Anne Adams Pattern Dept Winnipeg Newspaper Union with name address size and style number.
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Anne Adams
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave
Winnipeg
Man
Tartary tribes churn butter by dragging milk-filled skin
Describes a traditional method where butter is made by filling a skin bag with milk, tying it to a horse saddle, and dragging it over rough ground to churn.
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Tartary
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