World events briefed from wartime notes across nations
Various wartime items include U S produced warplane types for Britain and Canada, rail fuel shortages halting gasoline car service on 38 lines, India civil defence aid offered by U S citizens, Germany to deploy auxiliary war service after Reich Labor Service, Ireland to buy tea from India, 20 ships to cost about £102000, London's sunniest day in 42 years, North Vancouver Ship Repairs to expand with a 10000 ton floating drydock, and wartime farm labor shortage studies by federal agencies.
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Japanese Railways Ministry
Canada
United States
India
Bengal
British Broadcasting Corporation
Reich Labor Service
Wood Seasoning Advances in Dry Kilns Speak Wartime Need
The Forest Products Laboratory reports that wartime demand drives faster kiln seasoning of timber. Dry kilns now dry hardwoods in eight to twenty days after sawing, with precise moisture control, enabling furniture and other products to be produced quickly without affecting wood quality.
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Forest Products Laboratories
Department of Mines and Resources
Canada
Rice grass becomes wartime cattle fodder in Britain
Good Cattle Fodder Seeds accidentally taken to England last century in holds of American ships have yielded Spartina townsendii a valuable cattle fodder. The plant grows on coastal sands and estuaries, prevents bank erosion, and has been planted for coastal protection. It hayes well and livestock graze it. trials in New South Wales, South Africa, India, and the Sudan.
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England
Britain
Hythe
Southampton Water
America
New South Wales
Riverina
South Africa
India
Sudan
St. Thomas Times- Journal
Heifetz Donates Aluminum Practice Violin to Defense
Concert artist Jascha Heifetz gifts an aluminum practice violin to the national defense campaign. New York Mayor La Guardia calls it the most precious item in the aluminum drive and notes plans to auction or sell it to acquire more aluminum. Heifetz will not destroy any violin he has played, and he retains two priceless instruments valued at about 150000 dollars.
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Jascha Heifetz
National Defence
Heifetz
New York
la Guardia
Red Cross Work in Newfoundland June Reports Aid to Torpedo Survivors
The Canadian Red Cross in Newfoundland reports June activity with about 150 survivors from torpedoed ships cared for in St Johns. Comfort bags and clothing were prepared for arrival, men were housed at Caribou Hut, beds were improvised in recreation rooms, and supplies were loaned. Hospital patients received visits, x rays, and treatments. minor injuries were dressed and many personal services provided. Survivors valued clothing and the comfort bags, and some men helped at the Red Cross headquarters by painting, floor work, and sorting supplies.
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Newfoundland
Red Cross
St Johns
Morale high in Britain says Pearson after visit
British Morale L B Pearson former secretary to Vincent Massey now in external affairs says Britons remain determined undefeated and steady despite shattering London scenes of shock and fear. He spoke on CBC radio program We Have Been There detailing observed resilience and resolve.
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L. B. Pearson
Vincent Massey
London
Britain
Mr. Pearson
Pearson
External Affairs Department
CBC
Key West Farther South Than Los Angeles
A geographic note places Key West Florida in a latitude more than 600 miles farther south than Los Angeles California, illustrating substantial north south distance differences between the two cities.
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Key West
Fla
Los Angeles
Canada to replace Japan silk with rayon substitutes
Officials say silk stockings may be hardest to replace though Canada can curb reliance on Japanese silk with rayon substitutes. Lingerie and dresses will switch to rayon fabrics, while silk linings in fur coats and handkerchiefs will also be replaced by viscose rayon or acetate rayon produced domestically in Ontario and Quebec, with a possible Vancouver plant.
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Ottawa
Canada
Japan
Dominion
Cornwall Ont
Drummondville
Que
Vancouver
Boat Building Program Expands Canadian Small Boat Work
The munitions and supply department announced orders placed for 921 craft in its small boat construction programme. Nearly 350 boats have been completed in an 8 million dollar effort with 58 shipyards producing for the Royal Canadian Navy Royal Canadian Air Force Canadian Army Royal Navy and British air ministry. Boats range from 12 foot collapsible assault boats to 112 foot motor vessels and fast motor torpedo boats.
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Munitions and Supply Department
Royal Canadian Navy
Royal Canadian Air Force
Active
Royal Navy
British Air Ministry
Anne Adams Slip Pattern 4763 Promises Easy Fit
Mature figure slip pattern 4763 by Anne Adams features a full front panel high side seams and a one piece back with waist darting. Lace edging adds feminine charm and sizes 34 to 48 are offered. send 20 cents to Winnipeg pattern department with name address and size.
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Anne Adams
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave. E
Winnipeg
Seafarers Comforts Fund Receives Tibetan Wool Socks
Three thousand wool socks spun by Tibetans and knitted by Bengalis arrived in London for the Navy League Seafarer's Comforts Fund. The circular type design reflects lack of native heel knitting. The item ends with a speculative note on strikes by army navy and railway workers.
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Tibet
Bengal
London
Navy League Seafarer’s Comforts Fund
Sunday School Lesson Golden Text and Passages
The lesson centers on First Peter 4 12 19 and 5 6 11 with the golden text from First Peter 4 16 urging Christians to glorify God when suffering. Devotional reading cites Matthew 5 3 12.
Peter Encourages Readers to Endure Persecution Bravely
A religious reflection on first Peter chapters four and five urges believers to accept suffering for Christ without fear, defend themselves against slander, and trust in God's care. It notes early Christian use of the term Christian and cites Pliny’s record of Christian vows and conduct.
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Peter
Christ
Trajan
Pliny the Younger
Antioch
Agrippa
Paul
Petr
Moffatt
William James
Manitoba Seafaring Spirit Highlighted by CKY Feature
The CKY publication Manitoba Calling extols a maritime consciousness in Manitoba. It notes Hudson Bay coastal waters, Churchill as a port, Lake Winnipeg larger than Ontario’s lake, a strong commercial fishing industry, and a robust Royal Canadian Navy training pipeline from Winnipeg Sea Cadet Corps to naval service. It contrasts Danish oatmeal rituals with a local quirk about milk and porridge.
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Atlantic
Pacific
Great Lakes
Manitoba
CKY
Canada
Hudson Bay
Churchill
Duke of Marlborough
Britain
Lake Winnipeg
Lake Ontario
Royal Canadian Navy
Naval Reserve
Merchant Service
Seven Seas
Winnipeg Sea Cadet Corps
Winnipeg
Royal Canadian Naval Volunteer Reserve
Winnipeg Free Press
Cooling of forgings in aircraft motor steel
The cooling process for aircraft motor forgings is tightly controlled to allow the steel to drop from about 2000 degrees Fahrenheit over several days. This slow cooling ensures proper hardness and structural integrity for the engine components.
Health League Notes Dental Defects as Draft Rejection Cause
The Health League of Canada reports that defects of teeth are the most frequent reason for U.S. draft rejections. It notes only about one in 500 accepted draftees did not need dental treatment, and links poor nutrition and low income to tooth decay. It urges free dental clinics, balanced diet, and regular mouth examinations to prevent decay.
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Health League of Canada
U.S
League
Toronto
Canada
The
Health League
United States
Aluminum and magnesium shortages curb wartime aviation
The article notes aluminum and magnesium bottlenecks in aircraft production. Aluminum, 8 percent of Earth's crust, and magnesium, eighth most abundant, are light metals crucial to planes. Aluminum alloys form 90 percent of a typical aircraft. magnesium alloys offer similar strength with lighter weight. British Columbia's Cariboo region may hold untapped deposits of magnesium hydroxide and magnesium sulfate, per D.A.M. in the Vancouver Province.
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British Columbia
Cariboo
Clinton
D.A.M
Vancouver
Unoccupied France Area Reported at Five Thousand Square Miles
A historical note states that the area of unoccupied France covers 5 000 square miles. The figure appears in a briefing of territorial divisions with no further context or dates provided.
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France
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Creed
Eire
A. C Burdick
North Vancouver Ship Repairs, Ltd
Anh Rec
Calif
Wrell
Army
Navy
Bill Thompson
Horatio K. Boomer
Nick de Popolos
Banff
Bill
Banff Springs
Banff Mounted Police
Denmark
Mickie
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