Canadian Women Army Corps graduates face new duties with resolve
An observer at the Ste. Anne de Bellevue training centre describes the graduation of Canadian Women’s Army Corps cadets. They endure drills, map reading, and physical training to serve in roles from clerks to ambulance drivers, with Major General Jean Knox commending their service and unity with men.
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Army Girls and Uniforms Fuel Esprit de Corps
The passage notes that shared badges and uniforms create esprit de corps among army girls, spurring faithful service. It emphasizes uniforms and equipment as essential as graduates enter active duty, highlighting the morale boost from collective attire and official insignia.
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Esprit de Corps
Canadian Women Lead War Effort at CWAC Graduation
Canadian women spearhead the home front response with pride at a CWAC Training Centre graduation. Martial music and fluttering flags accompany the march as young women pledge to serve, joining historic heroines and answering the call for victory.
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Potato Dilemma Sparks Lesson On Equality
A teacher asks five children how a mother with four potatoes can share equally. A student suggests a blunt solution, mash them all, prompting embarrassment and a quick quip about Micmacs and returning natives by a skeptical observer.
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Johony
Drunken man Robert linked to possible fake drop
A man described as drunken named Robert may be involved in a scheme to stage a fall or drop. Police investigations consider his actions suspicious as they examine potential deception or fraud.
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Britain's Biscuit Makers Save Petrol for Bombers
Britain saved petrol for a 1000 bomber raid by pooling biscuit deliveries. 240 factories handed vans and staff to the Biscuit Delivery Pool, moving one million tins to shops while avoiding duplicate trips. The system credits members for use of their vans and staff.
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Great Britain
Biscuit Delivery Pool
Apple Muffins From Prairie Kitchen
A simple muffin recipe yields 12 muffins using 2 cups flour 4 teaspoons baking powder 1 teaspoon salt 1 teaspoon cinnamon 1/4 teaspoon nutmeg 4 apples 1 egg 1/3 cup corn syrup 1 cup milk 1/3 cup Mazola oil. Mix dry ingredients add apples then whisk in egg corn syrup milk and Mazola. Bake in greased tins 25 minutes at 400 degrees. Brush with melted butter and serve hot with cream.
Wilkie Calls Stalingrad Front a Global Allied Front
Wendell Wilkie states that the Stalingrad front is a global Allied front, with all fronts belonging to the allies and no nation able to act in isolation in the war effort. He emphasizes Britain's and America's shared responsibility in the global conflict.
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Stalingrad
Wendell Wilkie
Nye Relates Hotel Milk Toll In Washington
Senator Gerald Nye of North Dakota told the Senate of a hotel guest who paid 1.05 for a nightly quart of milk. The hotel billed 20 cents per glass and 25 cents for room service, with four glasses delivered to the high room. Nye suggested the dairy farmer may have received five cents for the milk.
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North Dakota
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Washington
Nye
Churchill's Bible language fuels his powerful wartime oratory
The piece argues that Churchill’s speeches derive force from King James Bible phrasing, a heritage shared by English speakers. It contends Hitler cannot emulate this depth, noting Churchill’s language helps ordinary listeners hear themselves speaking.
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