Canada’s Mountain Playgrounds Revealed as National Heritage
Canada’s mountain parks offer vast alpine beauty from Jasper to Banff to Waterton Lakes and beyond. The system spans about 2 000 square miles with famed resorts and wildlife sanctuaries connected by roads and rail, promising peacetime expansion for future travel and recreation.
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Jasper National Park
Canada
Athabasca
Pacific Coast
Banff National Park
Banff
Lake Louise
Jasper Park
Waterton Lakes National Park
Kootenay, Yoho, Glacier
Mount Revelstoke
Jasper
Glacier National Park
Chinese Aviator Ready to Lick the Japanese
Captain Thomas Wong, 25, born in Moose Jaw Sask, Canadian Chinese pilot, arrived in Montreal on leave. He flies supplies into China from India for the China National Aviation Corporation, Pan American affiliate, now assigned to the United States Army Transport Command. He has logged 1500 hours over 15 months on the Hump.
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China
Thomas Wong
Montreal
Far East
Wong
Moose Jaw
Sask
India
China National Aviation Corporation
Pan American Airways
United States Army Transport Command
Himalaya Mountains
First stamps issued in 1840 Britain and poetry note
The excerpt links poetic musings on kindness to a historical fact that the first postage stamps appeared in 1840 Britain. It pairs moral lines about deeds and words with a note that stamps began as a British invention in 1840.
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Great Britain
Trade United Kingdom Market Holds Improved Prospects for Canada
Col. W. G. Abel notes UK demand for Canadian goods could rise if Canada opens more to British exports. He cautions against overoptimism and credits wartime leadership by Trade and Commerce, aiming for a revived interchange. Also announces CN appoints two assistant transport economists to study highway and airway competition effects.
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United Kingdom
Canada
Col
W. G. Abel
Van
Cal. Abel
MacLaren Advertising Agency
London
Col. Abel
Department of Trade and Commerce
Britain
Gaffney
Department of Research and Development
Canadian National Railways
Hector L. Lapointe
Toronto
Ontario
Quebec
Graeme C. Norman
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
British Columbia
Winnipeg
Venus de Milo Returned to Louvre After War Hideout
The Venus de Milo statue was moved back to the Louvre in Paris after five years hidden at Valencay Castle on the Loire valley to evade the Germans at the start of the war. It was among 800 Louvre treasures secretly ferried to safety. Buy War Savings Stamps regularly.
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Mr. Nerman
Toronto
Railway
University of Manitoba
France
Royal Air Force
Norman
Canadian National Express
Department of Research and Development
Louvre
Paris
Valencay Castle
Loire
Valencay
Commendable War Record for Canada’s Railways and Workers
The report notes over 40 000 railway workers enlisted and a lower accident rate during wartime. By 1944 freight traffic reached 66 billion ton miles, more than double 1939 and triple 1933, aided by prompt loading, fuller cars, and improved operation increasing freight distance per ton.
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Canada
Toronto Star
Sugar from Continental Sources Hinted by Napoleon Reward
During the Napoleonic wars a severe sugar shortage prompted Napoleon to offer a reward to any scientist who could produce sugar from materials available on the European continent. The proposal aimed to reduce reliance on imported sugar and bolster wartime resources.
Soldier Returns to Dunkirk Reflecting on 1940 Victory
Gordon Webb reports Sergeant Jack Christian of the Welsh Guards revisits Dunkirk to relive the 1940 chaos and retreat. He recalls the dunes, shelterless beaches, and German fortifications, noting the transformed shoreline and the mines lifted by the enemy as a stark reminder of past peril.
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Gordon Webb
London Daily Sketch
Dunkirk
Jack Christian
Welsh Guards
Christian
No White Bread Returns Amid Shipping Delays
The re introduction of white bread in South Africa remains impossible due to lack of shipping. Authorities note that importing 900,000 bags of wheat needed for standard bread would require reducing provisions now sent to Europe.
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South Africa
Europe
British Experts Probe German Sawdust Sugar Factories
British food experts are examining German factories that produce sugar from sawdust. There is no indication yet that similar plants will be established in Britain.
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Britain
Solar Storms Create Northern Lights Link Says Ottawa Writer
John A. Marsh argues that sun storms and sunspots drive the aurora borealis as Earth and Sun act as magnets. He notes ionized upper-atmosphere conditions, historical observations, and the 1928 Amiens display with telegraph disruptions.
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John A. Marsh
Ottawa Journal
Alaska
Arctic Circle
Nokomis
Kingdom
Pon-e-mah
Earth
Amiens
France
Hercules the World’s Largest Airplane Previewed at Culver City
The Hercules, Howard Hughes project begun in 1943, is exhibited in sections at Culver City California. It costs over 20 million dollars, weighs 425000 pounds, spans 320 feet and 220 feet long with eight 3000 horsepower engines. It can carry 60 ton tanks or three light tanks and becomes a mobile hospital for 350 patients. Top speed about 218 mph cruising 175 mph.
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Howard Hughes
Culver City
Calif
Hercules
Pansy Patterns For Home Textile Embroidery
Pansy favorites inspire table linens towels and scarfs with rich colorings and simple embroidery. Pattern 7421 offers 12 motifs sized 1x2 in to 3x12 in with transfers. Send twenty cents to Household Arts Department Winnipeg Newspaper Union 175 McDermot Ave Winnipeg Man with name address and pattern number.
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Household Arts Department
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Avenue
Winnipeg
Speed of the tiny hummer and bee flight ranges
The text notes the humming bird’s rapid, erratic flights make speed hard to measure but claims no bird can match a short dash of the tiny hummer. It adds bees travel five miles to forage, though typically about one mile is the usual maximum distance.
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F. A
Jerry
Big Hill
Sunnap'ai
Monster
California
Alice Brooks
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