Salvage drives rally Canada in war material push
Canada mobilizes all households to collect waste scrap iron, tin foil, paper, bones, and glass to supply salvage depots for processing into war munitions. National effort via Ottawa’s National Salvage organization aims to convert discarded materials into shells, aircraft parts, and explosives while engaging rural and urban communities without heavy costs.
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Canada
Dominion
Hitler
Calcutta
Berlin
Famous War Horse Warrior Destroyed After Failing Health
London disclosed the destruction of War Warrior, a 32 year old veteran of the first Great War and trusted mount of Lord Mottistone. Renowned for escapes from death, Canadian cavalry crews nicknamed him the horse the Germans can't kill.
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Lord Mottistone
London
Mottistone
France
Russian scientist notes eye moves about a hundred times a minute
A Russian scientist explains that the human eye makes about 100 involuntary movements each minute. The observation highlights the eye’s constant micro-adjustments during rest and focus.
Debt to Canadians and Americans in Wartime Finance
The Ottawa Journal argues that national debt is manageable if owed to citizens, as war funding is spread among the people through taxes and borrowing. It notes Canada’s favorable balance with the United States so far, and asserts no alarm until debt cannot be handled.
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Canada
United States
Ottawa Journal
Ice beds and soap cakes moved heavy loads in ancient methods
The article describes using cake shaped blocks of ice or soap to slide heavy objects such as storage tanks buildings and monumental stones into position when standard rigging was impractical. Soap supplied an alternative lubrication where friction was low and strain avoided.
A Rural preacher thanks parishioners for small the collection
A preacher at a Conway area church counted the offertory totaling 4.15 dollars along with two glass buttons and one bean, expressing gratitude for the mixed blessing of the unusual gifts.
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Conway
South Carolina
Secret Flour Marketing in Coal Regions Revealed
A Toronto miller failed to gain market share in Pennsylvania coal country. A sales consultant and multilingual social worker spent a month visiting grocers and miners wives, learning Polish and other details. They found one flour brand dominated sales and revealed sacks could be repurposed into children’s underwear, boosting thrift appeal.
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Toronto
Pennsylvania
New Community Hall Game Debuts in Edmonton
A new game blending basketball and hockey rules appeared at the YWCA gym in Edmonton Alberta during an exhibition by the Bissell girls basketball club. Schools or clubs with a ball and a few sticks and nails to build goals are urged to contact the Bissell club for the printed rules.
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Young Women's Christian Association
Edmonton
Alberta
Bissell Girls
Bissel Girls Club
Japanese card counterfeits spoofed by ads
The Windsor Star reports that Japanese makers copied ordinary playing cards as models and flooded the U S with cheap decks. Each pack included an advertisement card for the American firm’s better product, yielding an ironic twist.
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Windsor Star
United States
Buried Treasure Found by Manitoba Farmer After 186 Years
D J Prystach a High Bluff Manitoba farmer reports uncovering a trove believed looted from white settlers and buried on an island in the Assiniboine river during an 1800s battle. He describes discovers of ornate rings bracelets goblets swords bearers and bars of gold and silver including bars stamped with names like Governor Lawrence of Acadia.
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Manitoba
D. J. Prystach
High Bluff
Man
Assiniboine River
Mr. Prystach
Prystack
Lawrence
Acadia
Canadian Red Cross Supports Merchant Navy Welfare Funds
The Canadian Red Cross funds monthly gifts to sea workers from 1940 to March 31 1941 totaling 145 875 dollars. Donations come from Navy League Mission to Seamen British Sailors Society and other groups supporting Merchant Navy Welfare in diverse climates and ships.
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Canadian Red Cross
British Navy League
Merchant Navy
Seamen’s Hospital Society
Red Cross
Canada
Red Cross Advisory Committee
London
Biscuits From All Bran and Buttermilk
A vintage recipe yields 12 biscuits from Kellogg's All Bran soaked in buttermilk. Flour, baking powder, salt, and soda are sifted and cut with shortening to a coarse texture, then mixed with bran and rolled to 1 inch thick before baking at 450 degrees for about 12 minutes.
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Kellogg’s
Spring Mushroom Biscuits with Milk and Wafers
A recipe for six portions. Heat milk with crushed Christie’s Soda Wafers until smooth, then brown sliced mushrooms and green pepper in butter. Stir in wafer milk, season with salt pepper and Worcestershire, finish beating until smooth, and serve on heated biscuits with parsley garnish.
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Christie’s
Gift of Radium to Aid Aircraft Production
Alberta and Northwest Chamber of Mines officials announce Eldorado Gold Mines presented three grams of radium to Lord Beaverbrook for instrument panels in British bomber and fighter aircraft. The gift, worth about $100,000, comes from radium mined at Great Bear Lake and processed at Port Hope Ontario.
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Alberta and Northwest Chamber of Mines
Eldorado Gold Mines Limited
Lord Beaverbrook
Great Bear Lake
Edmonton
Port Hope
Dutch Submarines Outwit Germans As War Resistance
Leiden doctor Peter de Bruyn recounts two Dutch submarines built after the occupation. The first sailed to England with a Dutch crew and a few German officers and reached safety. the second, with an all German crew, went to the bottom. De Bruyn details arrests of 80 engineers and 18 executions by the Germans in retaliation.
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Holland
England
Peter de Bruyn
Leiden
de Bruyn
Jersey City
Liboney
Lisbon
Rotterdam
University of Chicago
Coincidence Followed Yosuke Matsuoka's Europe Visit
The Japanese foreign minister travels to Germany amid Serbian resistance to the Axis. Soon after he heads toward Italy, the British sink the Italian fleet in the Mediterranean, prompting questions about a supposed hoodoo or omen connected to Japan.
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Yosuke Matsuoka
Germany
Italy
Mediterranean
Japan
Vast Canadian munitions industry described by Brockville paper
The Brockville Recorder notes the scale of munitions output with Parliament told that Canadian plants produce 350 000 shells monthly and alloys output is ten times pre war. It cites two orders of 404 training planes delivered ahead of schedule and hints at growing public understanding of wartime production. A final anecdote claims native Arabs will not walk on streets with their wives.
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Brockville
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National Salvage Organization
Ottawa
Royal Choral Society
Queen’s Hall
Ogden’s
Vogue
Chantecter
Ogden
Lydia E. Pinkham
Ramsay Company
Bank Street
Sly. Starc
Canada Starch Home
Montreal
Lumber & Builders Supply
Gyproc
Maitland St
Sie
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