Canning Classes Open Across Canada for Home Economics Teachers
An appeal seeks domestic science teachers to apply at 111 Avenue Road Toronto for a complete instruction file to run volunteer canning classes for housewives. Miss Kathleen Coggs leads the effort. courses cover safe canning, rationed menus, and low cost diets with government literature and 1942 menu guidance.
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Canada
111 Avenue Road
Toronto
Ontario
Kathleen Coggs
Health League
Canada Approved Flour To Be Used In Army And Air Force Bread
Canada Approved flour will replace white flour in bread for the Canadian Army and Royal Canadian Air Force and in preparing other foods. Col. R H Webb confirms feeding of forces at National Defence Headquarters Ottawa. Six slices of bread daily provide about one sixth of vitamin B requirements. The flour is an all purpose mix suitable for pastries and gravies with minor recipe adjustments.
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Royal Canadian Air Force
R. H. Webb
National Defence Headquarters
Ottawa
Canada
Nutrition Services
Department of Pensions and National Health
Katharine Middleton
Consumer Section
Department of Agriculture
Ink spill care on furniture
A tip about cleaning an ink spill from a mahogany table. The article explains that the finish usually seals the surface, preventing deep stain. Wipe with a soft cloth dampened in mild soap suds, then dry with a clean cloth following the grain.
Beatrix Birthday Prank In Dutch City Sparks Cats Raid
The Delft University students celebrated Princess Beatrix's birthday by gathering all town cats and tying orange bows to their necks. The cats were hidden in a warehouse and, when the Gestapo arrived after a telephone tip, the assembled crowd watched as the angry cats swarmed the Nazis in a chaotic scene.
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Voice of
Netherlands
Holland
Beatrix
Delft University
Glasgow , Herald
Glass Cook Stoves Seen as Wartime Household Innovation
The Illinois Manufacturers' Association says glass cook stoves could become a wartime household innovation as iron and steel priorities push stove makers to use nonmetal materials. Glass terra cotta and cement are being tested, with glass and terra cotta stoves already produced and cement under consideration.
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Illinois Manufacturers’ Association
Map guided 17 airmen escape from Philippines
A small pictorial map on a souvenir cigarette case aided 17 American airmen flying multiple U S flying boats as they escaped from the Philippines toward the Netherlands Indies, helping navigate the treacherous route.
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U.S
Philippines
Netherlands Indies
Bevin frames war as test of British managerial skill
British war mobilization is seen as a test of managerial ability versus Germany Bevin told the Commons. He cited Britain's manpower effort including 22 million employed in the armed forces and civil defense out of 33.3 million potential age group as a measure of national capability.
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Britain
Germany
Ernest Bevin
Commons
Bevin
United Kingdom
Shortage of Wool Urges More Sheep for Canada
The Board calls for compulsory reduction in civilian wool use and a total of one million more sheep by 1943 to boost supply. In 1941 June, Canada held over 83 percent million sheep and lambs, evenly split. Farmers should save breeding ewes and ewe lambs, selling only to expand holdings, and contact district agriculture reps before marketing potential breeding stock.
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Canada
Provincial
Department of Agriculture
Dominion Department of Agriculture
Churchill on German losses on the Russian front
The Ottawa Journal reports Churchill citing German casualties on the Russian front far exceeding the 1914 18 Great War figures. He says millions killed wounded and prisoners have shaped German military power, undermining invincibility and influencing the war effort.
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Churchill
Stalin
Russia
Hitler
Look Mom No Hands No Feet No Teeth Bicycle Joke
A business man's war time tactic to calm the home ends with his 11 year old son riding a bicycle around the block. The boy impresses with antics like shouting no hands and no feet before revealing the gag line about no teeth. The moment is celebrated by the father and mother as they watch proudly.
Wavell Awarded Ethiopian Honor Commander of Ethiopian Seal
General Archibald Wavell, commander in chief in the Middle East, receives the Decoration of Commander of the Order of the Seal of Solomon from the Ethiopian Emperor. The award recognizes service and leadership in the region.
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Wavell
Order of the Seal of Solomon
Archibald Wavell
Ethiopia
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