Yee Shan Yee Finds Honor in a Borrowed Fortune
In a Chinatown laundry tale, Yee Shan Yee contemplates treachery after a payment mix up. Stephen Holiday faces political scandal as an election looms and a stolen sum links to a gambling ring. Yee's act of returning a life insurance policy restores honor for both men and sets up a wedding.
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Stephen Holiday
Stephen
Yee
Missy Alice
Alice
Steve
Yee Shan Yee
China
America
Tim Donovan
Charcoal's wartime role and production details
Charcoal controls furnace heat and aids steel development, with roots in Roger Bacon's gunpowder. Britain sources vary by wood type, from oak and ash to willow, and burners build conical earth-covered heaps with a central chimney. Processed coal is graded to two inch lumps down to fine dust, the latter used in portable hospital stoves for hot meals.
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Roger Bacon
Britain
Safety Carpet Marks House of Lords Limits
A red bordered carpet in the House of Lords marks where a member may stand to address the gathering. It is believed the carpet dates to an era when swords were common, serving as a safe distance for possible altercations.
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House of Lords
Four New Canada Films Added to Saskatchewan Aids
The Department of Education announced four Erps films will join the audio-visual aids library for Saskatchewan schools at the fall term. Titled Pacific Province Prairie Provinces Industrial Canada and Maritime Provinces, they offer a bird's eye view of Canada's industries. Also added are National Film Board titles on the Niagara Peninsula Prince Edward Island uses of glass forestry cooperation and the life of North American Indians.
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Canada
Erps Film Company
Saskatchewan
Department of Education
Pacific Province
Prairie Provinces
Maritime Provinces
Erps
National Film Board of Canada
Niagara Peninsula
Prince Edward Island
Government Owns One-Third of U.S. Land, Study Finds
A new study reports that the federal government holds about one third of United States land. The vast holdings cover forests, parks, and other public domains across multiple states, prompting discussion of land management and conservation priorities.
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United States
Modern war correspondent described as tough frontline fighter
Job is dangerous says Dave Boone of the New York Sun. Unlike former glamorized writers, today’s correspondents are commando‑like with typewriter, Rangers with pad and pencil. They take the same risks as soldiers and face bullets as tough, hard‑boiled reporters.
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Dave Boone
The
New York Sun
Wartime Clothing Exchange Urges Postwar Continuation
In England the children's clothing exchange run by Women's Volunteer services has proven successful. Mothers of large families exchange outgrown garments for others, supporting worn clothes to continue after the war due to its helpful aid to families.
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England
Children’s Clothing Exchange
Women's Volunteer Services
Canada faces wartime waste paper shortage drives need
Salvage waste paper remains Canada's top salvage need with 20,000 tons required monthly. Short supply delays vital paper products for the war effort including newsprint wrappings bags cardboard old magazines and corrugated boxes.
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Canada
Combatting the Housefly A public health focus
The housefly is a major public health threat spreading dysentery infantile diarrhea typhoid and tuberculosis. It breeds in filth and can transfer bacteria to human food. Community action to destroy breeding sites is essential with a free leaflet from the Dominion Department of Agriculture Ottawa. Keep food protected and use screens. kill intruding flies promptly.
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Fies
Dominion Department of Agriculture
Ottawa
This Week's Pattern 4799 Playsuit and Suiting Set
Pattern 4799 offers a dashing playsuit with a trim jacket and button front skirt in misses sizes 12 through 20. Size 16 uses 1% yards of 35 inch fabric for top and shorts. send 20 cents for pattern to Anne Adams Pattern Dept Winnipeg Newspaper Union 175 McDermot Ave Winnipeg Man. Mail delays may extend delivery.
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Anne Adams
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave. E
Winnipeg
Man
Indian Army Medical Corps expands with new nursing service
The Indian Army Medical Corps now has 300 major field units and has attached an Army Nursing Service. Women doctors and nurses as well as men are eligible for service wherever Indian units are in action. Many new medical schools have been opened.
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Indian Army Medical Corps
They Learn Fast: Airmen Survive Crash Landing at Sea
A Fortress crew forced to abandon their plane over the water reaches shore in a dinghy near a South Coast town. They are mobbed by eager youths who ask for chewing gum as the tired airmen walk along the promenade.
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Brighton
Embarrassing moments at Currie Barracks end in laughter
A sergeant gardener at Currie Barracks in Calgary playfully threatened to drown the next CWAC. A khaki skirt appeared on the steps and Major Doris Weston, OC 113 Depot Company, was soaked as the sergeant apologized. Weston replied she would have done the same. Another tale has Capt Patricia Hamel, OC CWAC unit in Regina, bidding “One corporal” during a bridge game.
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Currie Barracks
Calgary
CWAC
Doris Weston
113 Depot Company
The
O.C
Patricia Hamel
C.W.A.C
Regina
Sask
Victory Entertainers disband as CWAC unit ends service
Miss you theme song marks the end of Corporal Dorothy Sage and the Victory Entertainers mobile recruiting troupe. CWAC NCO Sage traveled through Saskatchewan with soldiers, performing duties beyond music. The disbanding leaves members to new war roles as they ponder postwar plans and studies in Canada or Jamaica. Dorothy asks who will mend socks and sew buttons, while L Corporal Margaret Young proves athletic versatility at a Fort Garry meet. Beverly Moyston and Everill Jones, Jamaican recruits, reflect on lifelong friendship and future studies in Canada or Jamaica, with Moyston aiming medical social work and Jones business law.
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Dorothy Sage
Saskatoon
C.W.A.C
N.C.O
Dorothy
Beverly Moyston
Everill Jones
Jamaica
CWAC
Toronto
Ont
Pte. Moyston
Pte. Jones
Mace Spice Found in Nutmeg Kernel How It Forms
Mace is the spice that appears as the aromatic aril between the hard shells of a nutmeg kernel. It is harvested from the covering aril and dried to produce the distinct fragrant spice used in cooking and baking.
Jeeps with light blades in Canadian army snow plow role
Jeeps fitted with light blades are deployed by the Canadian army as snow plows. The initiative aims to bolster winter road clearance and mobility for frontline units during challenging snow conditions.
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ROYAL
Royal Yeast
By Ralph Zanchi
Kwantung Province
San Francisco
Comere
Canadian Army
L. M. Kirkwood
Lieut
R. C. Hilborn
R. Fraser
Median
Pte. L. Mar
Lydia
Pinkham
Guam
G. I. Bid
L-Cpl
Margaret Young
Kelwood
Fort Garry
Margaret
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