Blood Transfusion and a Best Man’s Dilemma at Midnight Wedding
War correspondent David Prescott returns home for a quiet leave but becomes entangled in another man’s wedding. He contemplates romance with Karen, while Lyle Benson plans to marry her after a long courtship, as Prescott faces a sharp pull between duty and desire amid a moonlit garden scene and a telegram hinting at China-bound duties.
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Dave
Karen
Mike
David Prescott
Lyle Benson
Amalgamated Press
David
Lyle
Emily
London
Beards Fade Among Canadian Sailors After Sinking Memo
A Navy memo asks seagoing captains to discourage beards following a post mortem of HMCS Valleyfield. It suggests beards may have hampered survivors, with oil and salt water choking whiskers and potential gas mask issues. The move aims to improve breathing and safety aboard ships.
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Canada
H.m.cs. Valleyfield
Navy
Serve meals in London schools by March 1945
By March 1945 London County Council schools will serve 160000 daily meals, an increase of 80000, providing meals for 75 percent of the children attending those schools.
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London County Council
Jeep Preferred by Brennan After D Day Horse Jump Escapade
Captain Dave Brennan of Ottawa adjutant at RCASC headquarters in France chose his jeep over horses for transport. On D Day he rode a captured German officer's horse to move ammunition, but the horse balked at a tank and leaped a fence into a German minefield. Brennan escaped on foot, noting jeeps won’t jump fences.
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Ross Munro
Dave Brennan
Ottawa
R.C.A.S.C
France
Brennan
Standard Design Adopted For All Canadian Hospital Cars
Ottawa reports the fourth Canadian National hospital car design is now the standard for all future CN hospital cars. Two more air conditioned hospital cars of the standard type will be built in Montreal shops. The interior layout was designed by Col. E. L. Stone in cooperation with CN medical and car experts. The article adds that Manipur, India, people do not eat meat.
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Ottawa
Canadian National Hospital
Canadian National Railways
Montreal
C.N.R
Col. E. L. Stone
Directorate of Movements
Mosquito Repellent Trials Highlight Rutgers 612 Leads
Civilian protection relies on prewar mixtures as high demand depletes military supplies. Rutgers 612 tops tested repellents while dimethyl phthalate and indalone perform well. pyrethrum now reserved for military use, leaving citronella camphor castor oil blends as effective civilian alternatives. Complete body coverage remains essential for best results.
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Rutgers
Dominion Division of Entomology
Gliders in India and Gurkha Tales of Flight
Gurkha troops accompany the first wave of a British airborne invasion in Burma. Col John Alison recalls gliders loaded repeatedly, with a Gurkha warning that the aircraft lacks a motor, yet vows to go and fight. Scientists estimate the sun's core temperature at 25.7 million degrees Celsius.
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Burma
India
Col
John Alison
Empire Digest
Bears in Jasper Park to Become Professional Beggars
In summer 1943 a black bear with four cubs in Jasper National Park drew crowds as the mother paraded them through town and to the station. Visitors fed the cubs chocolate bars and biscuits, and film of the scenes circulated. By autumn the cubs would be powerful bears likely to raid larders tents and garbage cans, prompting calls for park wardens to shoot them if fed or petted. Visitors are urged not to feed or touch the bears to protect both people and the animals.
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Jasper National Park
Alta
Jasper
Pines Station
National Parks
Cigarette Fund Talk Highlights Overseas Supply Efforts
Mr Gundry of the YMCA discussed the Overseas League Tobacco Fund and its cigarette distribution for front line troops. Cigarettes are shipped under bond, sent in 10,000‑pack lots to a London depot, then distributed to divisions with care to avoid duplication. Three three‑ton trucks carry a division’s needs. 75 percent of supplies come from the fund. cards with donors’ names accompany each packet to boost morale for soldiers returning from operations.
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Gundry Troller
Y.M.C.A
Overseas League Tobacco Fund
London
Normandy
Gundry
Overseas League
Factory Made Homes in Hull Build Rapid New Dwellings
Hull based Factory Made Homes reports rapid construction of two factory produced dwellings during wartime bombing. A three bedroom two story wooden framed house was assembled in four days using kiln dried timber and concrete wall units. A cottage with living room kitchenette and bath, built in six hours, impressed onlookers as eight men and four girls completed walls floor chimney and roof in one hour. The two story home costs about 3000 dollars and includes a utility room housing a washing boiler with space for a pram and bicycle.
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Hull
Yorkshire
Bowler Hat Fashion Reverses Prewar Decline
The bowler hat once common in London fashion is returning to popularity among Britons not in uniform after a prewar decline. Originating with Mr Bowler, it was William Coke of Norfolk who mass produced the style and popularized it globally.
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London
Britain
William Coke
Norfolk
Singing Memnon Statue in Egypt Silent After Fall
The Singing Memnon, a famed Egyptian statue that emitted musical notes at sunrise and sunset, stopped singing after it was toppled. The ancient marvel once echoed melodies across the field as dawn and dusk called forth its tones.
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Egypt
First newspaper printed in liberated France reaches readers
An Ottawa Journal despatch notes that Cherbourg residents flocked to obtain the first post liberations newspaper as BBC and Vichy radio offered war bulletins. It argues radio cannot replace print since it is ephemeral, impersonal, and uncheckable, making the newspaper an essential audit of war news.
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Cherbourg
France
Ottawa Journal
Obstacles To Progress In Small Towns
A Chatham News criticizes residents who oppose improvements and belittle outsiders. The piece condemns those who distrust public-spirited effort, resist new ventures for personal gain, and hinder progress, noting some people are born to slow change but towns advance when they leave.
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Chatham News
One Pattern Makes Two Looks Pattern 4805
Pattern 4805 offers a playsuit converted to a dress with a skirt option. Available sizes 12 through 42, size 16 skirt uses 2 yards, shorts 14 yards. Send 20 cents to Anne Adams Pattern Dept Winnipeg for order by mail. note delays due to slow mail delivery.
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Anne Adams
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave. E
Winnipeg
Man
Radium Used For Luminous Clock and Sight Coatings
Ten percent of radium's use is in making luminous coatings for clock handles gun sights and military instruments.
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