Canada debates manpower policy and war funding bill
The Ottawa focus centers on conscription for overseas service and a 2.9 billion dollar war appropriation. Labour moves toward farm labor, using prisoners of war, Indigenous people, conscientious objectors, and Canadian Japanese, with agricultural leaves for RCAF personnel and limited naval exemptions. Forest fire risk rises as early spring and mild weather threaten Canada’s wood supply while US demand affects lumber output.
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Mitchel
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Newfoundland
Maritime
RCAF
Navy
Centaue
Roosters Given Maternal Instinct by Hormone Study
Scientists at the University of Ja yho report that injecting prolactin from mother hens can induce maternal behaviors in roosters. The study notes roosters will tend chicks, crow less, and sing less, with potential egg production effects, though practical benefits remain unclear.
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Washington
Ccp
A. V. Nalbandov
Card
University of Jayho
IC Ronatera
Lady Prospector Takes Northland
Vancouver report profiles Mia Masel Midgely a former schoolteacher and mining enthusiast heading to the NorthWest Territories with her engineer husband to prospect near Goldfields Sask Yellowknife. She credits British Columbia and Vancouver Chamber of Mines training shaping practical knowledge and asserts women can prospect as men, facing bears and bush life with resilience.
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Mia Masel Midgely
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Territories
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Mra Midgely
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Sask
Ahr
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Vuk Chamber of Mines
Mere Nidgely
Imperial
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Mia Midgely Ie
Northland
Hite
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Sid
Berlin's Maid of All Work and the Parrot Rescue Tale
Expelled Berlin journalist Carleton Greene now heads RRC German Service recalls Berlin before the war and the city’s famed Berlin Fire Brigade known affectionately as the maid of all work. He narrates a tale of a parrot perched atop a tree near the Brandenburg Gate directing a parade as bees and traffic tangled until the fire brigade arrived.
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Berlin
Carleton Greene
Rrcs
Tergarden Hut
Brandenburg Gate
Unter den Linden
Jersey cow Drea Noble Blanche Inia named in NC milk race
In Raleigh North Carolina a Jersey cow with the grand name Drea Noble Blanche Inia gains attention for record milk and butterfat production. Owner PoE Miller of Techfeld in Stanley County elevated the once unwanted calf to a top class producer by intensive care and pasture swaps. The tale notes a $7 registration decision despite potential gains and mentions a notable weight of pounds for peak output.
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Jersey
Drea
Noble Blanche Inia
North Carolina
Cotle Geates
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Tia Eriemda
Duel Charter Hidden in Gat Market Sparks Fishermen Search
In Heigindon England two haltermen dueled 210 years ago in Hrighton's Gat market. One was killed and their successors hid a charter TS80 granting the victor contact rights at the market. Now fisher folk hunt for the charter as town plans sea front reforms threaten the market they have kept for centuries.
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Heigindon
England
Blitz Raids Dry Opium Dens Across London Districts
Police reports describe raids erasing opium dens in Soho and West End with three closures in recent months. Witnesses recall squalid premises, Chinese clientele, and a single pipe doused in beaded drug doses sold for high prices, underscoring a harsh crackdown.
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England
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