Arctic Rescue Brings Missionary Home After Late April Distress
A faint distress signal from Father C. Adam of the Oblate order led Canadian Pacific Air Lines to dispatch a rescue flight. Pilot Ernie Boffa and mechanic Thornton Tweed flew from Yellowknife and brought the sick priest to Fort Resolution hospital, 150 miles south of Burnside Harbor, after an April incident near Bury side Harbor Bathurst Inlet.
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Edmonton
Father C. Adam
Arctic
Coppermine
N.W.T
Fort Resolution Hospital
Deine
Canadian Pacific Air Lines
Ernie Boffa
Thornton Tweed
Yellowknife
Father Adam
Buryside Harbor
Bathurst Inlet
Boffa
Tweed
Fort Resolution
Burnside Harbor
Nixon’s Daughter Leads RCAF Women Draft in Britain
Kathryne A Forbes, assistant section officer and daughter of Ontario premier Harry C Nixon, headed a recent Royal Canadian Air Force Women’s Division personnel draft now arriving in Great Britain. She is married to Capt R B Forbes of the Canadian Infantry Brigade overseas. A brother, Pilot Officer J C Nixon of the RCAF, was killed overseas in 1941.
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Kathryne A. Forbes
Harry C. Nixon
Ontario
Nixon
Royal Canadian Air Force
Great Britain
R. B. Forbes
Éth Canadian Infantry Brigade
Canadian Army
Uplands
Air Force Headquarters
J. C. Nixon
R.C.A.F
Martinique’s severe events tally over three centuries
Over 300 years in Martinique there have been 33 hurricanes, seven earthquakes, 11 tidal waves, two famines and one drought, illustrating a history of extreme natural events affecting the island.
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Martinique
Education In Canada Recommends Expanded Funding and Schooling
The Canada Newfoundland Education Association meeting in Winnipeg showcased a Dominion wide survey led by Dr. W P Percival. It urges capital funding for schools from special funds, doubling education costs, extending schooling to age sixteen and part of seventeen and eighteen, and raises the basic teacher salary to 1321 a year, the British Columbia minimum.
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Canada-Newfoundland Education Association
Winnipeg
Canada
W. P. Percival
Quebec
British Columbia
Citizenship Emphasis Shaped by War Time Education
The report urges future focus on morality and worthy citizenship in schools. It advocates training in useful crafts alongside academics, calling for more practical subjects as essential for postwar reconstruction. wartime effects on education and Dominion plans were discussed at Canada Newfoundland Education Association meetings.
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Canada
Canada-Newfoundland Education Association
Wartime Education Programs Support Canadian War Effort
Canada expands school and university training to meet wartime needs. The Youth Training Plan equips technicians for armed forces and munitions plants, while Royal Navy Air Force and Army personnel also receive university training. Finance for teachers salaries and curriculum expansion require consideration as education shapes the nation.
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Canada
Royal Canadian Navy
Royal Canadian Air Force
Army
Protecting Gardens From Cutworms In Small And Large Plots
Garden pest guidance from the Division of Entomology advises wrapping stems with paper or cans for small gardens. For larger plots, poisoned bran bait is recommended, using bran, greens, and water. Apply in the evening after a warm day, with two treatments three days apart, and keep bait away from children and animals.
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Dominion Department of Agriculture
Airmen Commissioned in Canada by RCAF Headquarters
The Royal Canadian Air Force announces new commissioned airmen including J. Gibson Caron Sask T Foster Arcola Sask N E Currie Starbuck Man W L Gwynn Punnichy Sask W D Harrison The Pas Man Walter Dick Winkler Man H L Jones Dinsmore Sask J E Browne Parkside Sask R Millius Odessa Sask W W MacKeracher Plate Sask M J Strong Argyle Bertram Shylega Rivers Man R J Bellamy Arena Sask A P Haacke Elphinstone Sask H G Gilchrist Foam Lake Sask J F Wyllie Prince Albert Sask W B Britton Eston Sask R E Rennie Gull Lake Sask N Colborne Sioux Lookout Ont.
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Caron
Thomas Foster
Arcola
N. EB. Currie
Starbuck
Man
W. L. Gwynn
Punnichy
W. D. Harrison
the Pasa
Walter Dick
Winkler
H. L. Jones
Dinsmore
J. EB. Browne
Parkside
Rudolf Millius
Odessa
W. W. MacKeracher
Plate
M. J. Strong
Argyle
Bertram Shylega
Rivers
R. J. Bellamy
Arena
A. P. Haacke
Elphinstone
H. G. Gilchrist
Foam Lake
J. F. Wyllie
Prince Albert
W. B. Britton
Eston
R. E. Rennie
Gull Lake
N. Colborne
Sioux Lookout
Ont
The Art Of Forgetting And Its Gentle Truths
The quotation urges happiness and longevity through selective memory. It counsels forgetting neighbor faults slander temptations and quarrels while recalling only good points. It warns that dwelling on meanness or malice fuels familiarity with negativity, urging a clean slate for today.
Smile Awhile Cartoon Jokes and One Liners
A collection of light humor and cartoons featuring witty exchanges. Father and son banter, a mail order quip about males, a Tennessean dinner bargain, and pithy quips from Mark Twain and a Utah polygamy tale appear among domestic vignettes. The item reads as a dated humor page with brief captions and jokes.
Alaska Town Freezes Over Prompting School Dismissal
In January 1940 Swan Lake near Sitka froze solid allowing local children to skate as schools dismissed early. The unusual cold drew residents to the lake for recreation and relief from the winter. Governor and local officials noted the rarity of such a freeze in that region.
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Alaska
Swan Lake
Sitka
Winston Churchill Pronunciation of Nazi As Cultural Symbol
The piece contrasts Churchill’s forceful nasal snarl "Naazzy" with the gentler "Nozzy" used by radio announcers. It argues that his intonation signals contempt for the foreign world and signals that a plain man cannot grasp it.
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Winston Churchill
Naazzy
Red Cross Penny-a-Week Fund Draws Millions
More than 10,000,000 Britons contribute regularly to the Red Cross Penny-a-week fund, representing nearly 20 percent of the population. The drive underscores broad public support for medical relief work.
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Britain
Red Cross
Gems of Thought and Moral Maxim Collection
A compact anthology of quotes on self rule integrity and faith. Notable lines urge inner lawfulness, loyalty to Jesus Sermon on the Mount, conscience rectifying, and the value of independent character over pomp. Includes Browning Syrus Eddy and Longfellow reflections.
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Jesus
Mary Baker Eddy
Poisonous rattlesnakes: fifteen American species identified
The article notes that there are fifteen species of American rattlesnakes and states they are all venomous. It emphasizes their poisonous nature across the group.
Florida mockingbird song changes and height glimpse
The text notes the Florida state bird the mockingbird altering its song 87 times in seven minutes. It also mentions that only about one American male in every 200 reaches six feet in height.
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Florida
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