Government funds to support national auxiliary services
The government will finance the needs of the Canadian Legion Knights of Columbus The Salvation Army the YMC A and the YWCA for armed forces assistance at home and abroad plus Navy League hostel work. There will be no public appeal this year for these six groups while the Canadian Red Cross Society launches a separate national fund drive in late spring seeking more than 8 million dollars.
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Canadian Legion
Knights of Columbus
The
Salvation Army
Ym.c.a
Y.W.C.A
Navy League of Canada
Armed Forces of Canada
Canada
Canadian War Services Fund Incorporated
Y.M.C.A
Director of Auxiliary Services
National War Charities Funds Advisory Board
Newfoundland
Navy
Mercantile Marine
Canadian Red Cross Society
Auxiliary Services
Auxiliary Services Organizations
Belgian Defiance Shown in Brussels Anti Nazi Graffiti
BBC report notes Brussels residents woke to anti Nazi slogans on main boulevards. Messages proclaimed Down with Hitler and Hurrah for the RAF. Paint and tire-cut car markings were cleaned as crowds watched.
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BBC
Brussels
England
RAF
de Gaulle
Hitler Income and German Industry Report Reveals Private Funds
The London Sunday Times reports German heavy industry funds Hitler with at least 12 million dollars annually for secret payments to secure support. It cites a larger income range from Central Verlag and asserts publishing assets were seized largely from Jews. A separate anecdote notes Henry Ford’s famous name and a job applicant’s local grocery deliveries. Churchill surpasses any living Englishman with nine cabinet posts.
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The
London Sunday Times
Hitler
Zentral Verlag
No Illusions For Far East On Jap Domination
A Chicago Daily News commentary asserts Far East peoples resist Japanese rule despite anti imperialism fatigue. It cites Korea and Manchukuo, detailing oppression, forced culture loss, unequal pay, and violent policing, warning the Asia for Asiatics idea serves Japan.
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Japan
Philippines
Malaya
Far East
Korea
Manchukuo
Seoul
Asia
Chicago Daily News
Praise For Churchill The War Worker
Praise in the Canadian Federation of Labor organ lauds Winston Churchill as a blueblood war worker and producer. It highlights his selfless leadership, willingness to sacrifice, and key decisions supporting Britain and allied effort. Churchill is praised for prioritizing country over self and for undermining personal ambition.
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Canadian Federation of Labor
Winston Churchill
Longest Vine in World Spans Adelaide Tin-Can Factory
An 283 foot long vine adorning an Adelaide factory office is claimed as the world’s longest. The 80 year old vine yields 35 cwt of lady's finger grapes annually and is said to reach the back of the building in five years. It began when the site was the residence of a notable Adelaide family.
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Australian Press Union
Adelaide
Royal Albert Hall organ claims world’s largest pipes
The 175 ton organ at Royal Albert Hall London contains 10 491 pipes and is described as the largest and finest pipe organ in the world.
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Royal Albert Hall
London
The Individual Citizen's Army An Army Slang Primer
The piece traces how a civilian volunteers at a recruiting office, is medically equipped, and sent to a District Depot and Training Centers where he learns soldierly bearing, drill, and weapon basics. It notes slang shifts, discipline, and the path from civilian to soldier in the Canadian Army.
Dominion aims two million acres sown to flax in 1942
Agriculture Minister Gardiner announced a 20,000,000 bushel flaxseed target for 1942, up from 6,473,000 bushels last year, due to wartime cuts in vegetable oil imports. The plan calls for at least 2,000,000 acres sown, with prairie provinces home to most production.
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Dominion
Gardiner
Pacific
Prairie Provinces
Bombing Fears Across Cities Echoed in Wartime Rhetoric
The passage notes public belief that distance offers safety from air attacks and warns that even distant cities like Singapore Batavia and others fear bombardment. It suggests air raids could reach Canadian towns if an enemy grows desperate.
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Singapore
Batavia
Britain Shifts Industry To Aero Parts And Anti-Gas Ointment
Britain pivots manufacturing with hairpin factories turning to aero engine components and beauty cream producers supplying anti-gas ointment. The switch marks a wartime era retooling of civilian industry for military and safety needs.
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Britain
Seizure of German Goods Shipped Via Bermuda
Supreme Court disclosed Bermuda seized goods said to be German made and shipped to Central and South America. Sir Roger Hall explained 464 musical instruments and 23 cases of clocks traced from Chiazza near the Italian border to a Lisbon to Hamilton route. The note mentions Heligoland’s historical exchange for Zanzibar.
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Germany
Central
South America
Bermuda
Supreme Court
Roger Hall
Chiazza
Lisbon
Portugal
Hamilton
Heligoland
North Sea
Zanzibar
Fibre flax acreage worldwide and in North America
The world reportedly has five million acres devoted to fibre flax. In the United States about 5 000 acres are grown, mainly in Oregon. Canada harvested around 40 000 acres last year, much of it in Quebec.
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United States
Oregon
Canada
Quebec
Uruguay Is Smallest South American Republic
Uruguay is the smallest republic in South America with an area of 72 153 square miles. Estimates show one hundred laying hens drink about five gallons of water daily.
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Uruguay
South America
All From Coffee Coffee’s Complex Pathways Highlighted
A description of coffee’s chemical potential shows it can be converted into a powder and then into diverse items including automobile wheels and fountain pens, illustrating the remarkable versatility of this compound.
Ideal Climate Puerto Rico Sunniest West Indies
Puerto Rico is described as the sunniest spot in the West Indies with no temperatures under 62 or over 92 degrees in 42 years and no day in two and a half years without sunshine. The note emphasizes its stable climate and sunny record.
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Puerto Rico
West Indies
Fair income tax test hinges on what you keep to live on
The quote argues the fairness of taxation by focusing on take home income rather than rate or amount paid. It also remarks that the Rock of Gibraltar is not merely a single rock, implying complexity beneath simple labels.
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Rock of
Gibraltar
Mexico's Mining Industry Dominates Principal Sector
The report identifies mining as the principal industry in Mexico, highlighting its dominant role in the national economy. It notes key minerals, production centers, and potential growth areas within the sector across various regions. The analysis outlines its impact on employment and regional development.
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Belgium
Ernest Bevin
Russia
Australia
Alan Maurice Irwin
Sion
Penacies
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Ark Royal
H.M.C.S
Saguenay
H.M
San
Ture
Man
Crown Brand
ADA Starch Company Limited
Switzerland
Mexico
Mining
Cppleford Parentecae
Toronto
Montreal
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