Mercury and other minerals boost Canada's wartime output
Canadian geologists report new mineral finds in 1940 41 including mercury in northern British Columbia brucite near Wakefield Quebec scheelite tungsten in Yellowknife and other deposits across Ontario Quebec and BC. Developments aim to end foreign sourcing for magnesium tungsten barite and other materials for aircraft engines munitions and industrial needs while peaking 1941 output at over half a billion dollars.
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James Montagnes
Pinch Lake
Erith Columbia
Vancouver
Canada
Great Britain
Wakefield Que
Dominion Department of Mines and Resources
A. W. Joliffe
K. E. Folinsbee
Yellowknife
Great Slave Lake
North West Territories
Ottawa
Ontario
Quebec
British Columbia
Dominion
Mines and Resources Department
Pembroke
Nova Scotia
Trinidad
Peru
Department of Mines and Resources
Britain
Italy
Conscience Money Fin alized in Winnipeg Letter
A letter to Winnipeg Acting Collector J T Bailie from a New York resident ends a 15 year effort to settle a duty shortfall. The sender had brought a fur coat across the border in 1924 and owes 18 25 in duty and tax. A later letter dated 1941 from the Philippines confirms payment and settlement of the amount.
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Winnipeg
J. T. Baile
Philippines
New York State
United States
The
Inquirer
Bailie
New York
Philippine Islands
National Revenue Review
Royal Pigeons Help Carry RAF Messages in Emergency
Pigeons from King George's Sandringham loft join 750000 birds freed by British breeders for RAF service. King George among 15000 proprietors in the national Pigeon Service, a voluntary group under the Air Ministry signals directorate. Members supply birds daily to nearest RAF station. The Giant's Causeway is a basaltic formation in Ireland.
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King George's
Sandringham
Norfolk
Royal Air Force
King George
National Pigeon Service
Signals Directorate
Air Ministry
Muskrat Harvest Planned at Two Islands Preserve
About thirty thousand muskrats are to be trapped this spring at the Two Islands Preserve near The Pas Manitoba. Indian Affairs Branch reports 160 Indian and non Indian trappers will share the work and earnings over 12 months.
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Iskamdse
Pas Manitoba
Indian Affairs Branch
Department of Mines and Resources
Two Islands
Dominion
Manitoba
Wild Life Preservation Wing Commander Urges Sportsmen Aid
Wing Commander Edward B Pitblado of Winnipeg told a conference of provincial and dominion officials that sportsmen not serving in the armed forces should help preserve Canada’s wild life for those in uniform. He said sportsmen in the armed forces rely on delegates to keep forests and streams stocked and to maintain conservation work, as Saskatchewan game commissioner E S Forsyth described success in rehabilitating game birds in western Canada.
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Edward B. Pitblado
Winnipeg
Dominion
Canada
Pitblade
Tenton
Ont
Royal Canadian Air Force
E. S. Forsyth
Regina
Saskatchewan
LaVallee Lake
Prince Albert National Park
Sask
North America
Quick To Make Jiffy Bags Crochet And Knit Pattern 7240
Pattern 7240 from the Winnipeg Newspaper Union offers two bag designs. The V for Victory crochet bag and a star design knitted bag use rug cotton in red white and blue. Send 20 cents to obtain the pattern with name address and pattern number.
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Household Arts Department
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Avenue
Winnipeg
Man
Major Lord James Stewart Murray Opposes Duke Title
Major Lord James Stewart-Murray, heir to the late Duke of Atholl, objects to a dukedom. The Perthshire-born officer, in his sixties and unmarried, served in the South African War and WWI, was wounded and held as a prisoner, and now prefers a quiet life with golf and fishing, using a courtesy title only.
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Cuilan-Duin
Fisher
New York Times
London Embraces Water Tanks and Rationed Soap Plan
London channels emergency water storage with iron tanks and reservoirs while a new Ministry order requires four gallons per dwelling for firefighting. Buckets and tins are scarce. Board of Trade supply is limited and soap rationing via coupons begins with four weekly coupons and a 19 percent size margin to adjust for varied soap weights.
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Britain
Ministry of Home Security
London
London County Council
Board of Trade
Radium Buried at Brisbane Hospital As AirRaid Precaution
Radium valued at £13,000 was sealed in an iron cylinder three inches thick and buried within Brisbane hospital grounds as a wartime safety measure. The hospital superintendent warned that a blast could release harmful emanations if the element remained in a room.
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Brisbane
Heroes of the Sea and the Gasoline Tanker
The Saturday Evening Post asks readers to weigh heroism at sea between the engine room and the deck aboard a tanker carrying large gasoline cargo amid submarine danger. The piece frames maritime bravery and the risks faced by crew during perilous voyages.
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Saturday Evening Post
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Europe
R.A.F
S Causeway
Ireland
Alice ‘Brooks
Glanvile Carew
British United Press
Radium
Austra
Ssevy
Heroes OF the Sea
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