Conflicting Theories For Newfoundland Prosperity
Two theories split opinion on how Newfoundland might achieve moderate prosperity. One argues for greater exports to fund imports, supported by progressive business leaders. The other favors more home production to reduce imports, a view Mr. Thomas Lodge championed, with the government leaning that way. Both aim to balance trade, but market fluctuations complicate results. The proposed solution is a balanced blend of both approaches, avoiding overreliance on one.
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Newfoundland
Thomas Lodge
Trade Review
First All Plywood Office Building at Southampton Ontario
A one storey plywood office building in Southampton Ontario is hailed as Canada’s first of its kind. John D Welsh notes in C I L Oval that resin bonded plywood proves a practical, low waste building material enabling walls floors ceilings and desks with durable, adaptable design potential for future homes and structures.
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Southampton
Ontario
Canada
John D. Welsh
Hach
Gems For Your Scrap-book Music Quotes From Earliest Times
A compact collection of musically inclined quotations from Bovee Sallust Pope Henry Giles Mary Baker Eddy and Wagner. The notes discuss music as essential to human nature emotion harmony and universal language, highlighting its mysterious influence and emotional reach.
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Henry Giles
In Memoriam Wilfred Slade February 17th Passed
In memory of our friend Wilfred Slade who departed this life on February 17th. Dearest friend thou hast left us yet we hope to meet again in yonder morn. His soul found peace in heaven as sorrow ends and life’s warfare closes. Inserted by Mary Stocklhy.
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Wilfred Slade
Jesus
Compensation Blues as Elsie Janis Reflects on Gratitude
The verse expresses a midcentury mood of finding remedy for gloom by listing things one is not and then thanking God for being oneself. The speaker, attributed to Elsie Janis, imagines various captive or confined states to contrast with personal freedom and contentment. The piece ends with the idea that gratitude dissolves blues and erases longing for what is not.
A Mother's Prayer for a Soldier in War Time
A heartfelt prayer asking Fatagr in Heaven to guard a son through battle and fear. The speaker requests guidance for duty and courage, safety through the night, and a safe return home after the conflict ends, restoring peace to a grieving mother.
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Fatagr
Young Americans Favor Private Enterprise Over State Control
A Gallup poll of 112000 U S high school students shows only 165 percent want government jobs after school. The largest group, 26 percent, favors farming, 17 percent would join a large business, indicating strong support for private enterprise and minimal state interference.
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Winnipeg Free Press
United States
Gallup
Dialog of Landlady and Lodger in a Living Room
A landlady and lodger exchange tense dialogue as the lodger confesses extreme distress and fear of dying while the landlady tries to calm him saying he cannot die in the living room. The scene centers on carried emotional strain over a domestic setting.
Flax acreage expands rapidly in Britain and Ireland
Flax area in Britain grows from a few hundred acres in 1939 to over 50 000 in 1943. Northern Ireland increases from about 20 000 to 90 000. The expansion yields large quantities of high grade wing fabric for aircraft factories.
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Britain
Northern Ireland
Freedom of the Air The Letter Review
British bases are to be free to all the world and the move is praised as realistic. The article argues this mirrors freedom of the seas and is a practical solution given bases built in British territory with U.S. funding.
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the Letter Review
U.S
First Newfoundland Regt Goes Into Action Overseas
The 166 Newfoundland Regt R A becomes first to go into action overseas. Photo shows Sergeant C W Morgan of St John’s, Driver W Fisher of Grand Falls, Signalman G Wakeley of St John’s, Signalman Hammond of Bell Island. They sailed from England to reinforce the First Army in North Africa and went into action with 25 pdrs alongside the French Mattenet Division. They dashed across the Sangro River under shell fire to lay a line for the advanced Observation Post.
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166
Newfoundland Regt
R.A
C. W. Morgan
St. John’s
W. Fisher
Grand Falls
G. Wakeley
St. John's
Hammond
Bell
England
First Army
North Africa
Mattenet
Sangro River
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Certie A
Pope
Son Offorda
Mary Baker Holdy
Richard Wagner
Memoriam
Mary Stocklhy
Elsie Janis
Saas
Gerald S. Doyle, Ltd
Confederation Life
Wood
Italy
R.A.F
8Th Army
Eddy
Henry A. Noel P. O
Carbonear
Conception Bay
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