Tea for Two Remains A Morale Booster Amid Price Rise
A look at tea as a daily staple notes tea’s long history from India and Ceylon to Canada, with a 10¢ per pound subsidy ending and prices returning to 1942 levels. It cites tea's global consumption, growing plants taking years to mature, and the value of an earthenware teapot for rich, economical tea.
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India
Ceylon
Canada
Far East
Calcutta
Asia
China
Foods For The Family Menus And Potato Dishes From Canada
This article outlines using Canada’s Food Rules for balanced family meals and planning menus in advance. It highlights substitutions within the five food groups and includes recipes for stuffed potatoes with gravy and potato scones, noting practical tips and serving sizes for home cooks.
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Canada
Home Economists
Dominion Department of Agriculture
Wartime Board Sets Pork Price Hikes Following UK Contract Rise
The Wartime Prices and Trade Board announced January 15 ceiling adjustments for pork and pork products after a £2.00 per 100 pounds rise in the United Kingdom bacon contract price effective January 13. The changes, tied to export prices, raise lard about seven cents per pound and lift fresh, cured, cooked, and smoked pork cuts by two to seven cents per pound, with larger gains for cooked and smoked cuts. Sausages and related products also see rises, due to higher raw materials and packaging costs.
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United Kingdom
S S Rotundus Sinking Sobered Windsor Readers
News of the sinking of the sturdy freighter S S Rotundus saddened locals. The craft, famed for plying the Avon River mudflats 15 years ago, cast a long memory as townsfolk missed its whistle blast.
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Avon River
Windsor
N.S
Chuck Rayner Stars For Rangers In Backstopped Victory Run
Claude Earl Rayner better known as Chuck Rayner, a Sutherland Saskatchewan native, posted his second straight shutout after stopping Toronto and Chicago in consecutive nights. Now with three shutouts and a strong 28 goals against per game, he helps the New York Rangers press toward a playoff berth despite weak defense. Also noting Jersey Joe Walcott’s rise as a heavyweight prospect and a quirky historical football kickoff by Dr. John Kingsbury of Butler University in 1905.
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National Hockey League
Claude Earl Rayner
Chuck
Toronto Maple Leafs
Chicago Black Hawks
Sugar Jim Henry
New York Rangers
Nets
Rayner
Sutherland, Sask
Sutherland Lad
Rangers
Rayners
Jersey Joe Walcott
Joe Louis
Walcott
Louis
Merchantville
Joe
Jersey Joe
Joe Walcott
New York
Indianapolis
John Kingsbury
Butler University
Kingsbury
Indiana State
Butler
Four-year plan to add twenty new British power stations
The Central Electricity Board outlined a four year plan to provide Britain with at least 20 new electrical generating stations. The scheme also includes for improvements to transmission and distribution networks to support the expanded capacity.
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Britain
Central Electricity Board
National Health Jogs Kids War On Rheumatic Fever
The text notes expansion of power plants adding 6 000 000 kilowatts to a 9 000 000 kilowatt base and stresses rheumatic fever as the leading killer among school age children. Health authorities urge family physician liaison and serious attention to early signs to prevent crippling or death. Canada faces many rheumatic cases and fever wards are crowded.
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Canada
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