Buffalo Herd At Elk Island Park Heralded For Size And Care
The Elk Island National Park Alberta herd is praised as well maintained and among North America's finest. Government limits slaughter to keep the herd within grazing capacity amid growing wildlife management concerns.
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Elk Island National Park
North America
Alberta
Sound Wildlife Management
Elk Island
North American
Canada
Montana
Edmonton
Buffalo National Park
Wainwright
Albera
Beaver Hills
Rubber surplus seen world wide forces two to three years
An international rubber study group of British American French and Dutch experts meeting in London concludes a large rubber surplus will persist for two to three years. The report released in London and Washington notes no production control recommendations, leaving open intense cost competition between US synthetic rubber producers and natural rubber producers in the Malaya Dutch Indies region. Colors are flags carried by unmounted units, standards by mounted or motorized troops, and ensigns are flown by ships.
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London
Washington
United States
Malaya-Dutch Indies
Accidents On Farms Contrary To General Belief
The Chatham News notes rural accidents rival city dangers. It cites recent farm tragedies including a barn fall and a tractor incident, warning that lightning and summer hazards raise rural risk.
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Chatham News
Phantom Fleet Dummies Deceive Enemies In World War II
During the war phantom ships built from merchant hulls misled air and submarine observers. Three Shaw Savill vessels Pakeha Waimana Mamari were converted into Revenge Resolution and Hermes with plywood superstructures. By 1941 Mamari Hermes wrecked. others later returned to service for their owners.
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Churchill
The
Admiralty
Pakeha
Waimana
Mamari
Shaw Savill and Albion Co., Ltd
Revenge
Resolution
Hermes
Port of London Monthly
The Parlor Heater Nostalgia
A nostalgic reminiscence recalls the parlor base burner with iron nickel and mica. The piece describes the warm glow from panes and the cheer it brought, noting the rail for feet and even the rear oven for cold feet after snow outings.
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Windsor Star
The Victoria Cross and its London jeweller origin
A vivid note on the Victoria Cross origin in a West End jeweller’s shop, detailing the craft, symbols, and the award’s democratic reach across Empire forces. It cites Watling’s account and lists wartime recipients by nationality, totaling 65 VCs.
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West End
London
Cyril Watling
BBC
O.H
V.C
Watling
Navy
Army
Air Force
Britain’s weary capital struggles after war
British travellers describe London as extremely tired and strained after bombing and shortages. They note hard times ahead, with food, clothes, and luxury scarce, while government austerity diverts manufacturing for foreign trade. Despite weariness, Britain remains steadfast and defiant.
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Dewitt Mackenzie
Associated Press
World Traveller
London
Britain
John Bull
Stafford Cripps
Board of Trade
Sir Austerity Cripps
Cheerio
U.S. Population Passes 140 Million Mark
Census Bureau reports the United States population exceeded 140 million around October 1. Officials say the 3 year gain since the 1940 census is about 8.33 million, compared with an 8.89 million rise in the previous decade from 1930 to 1940.
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Census Bureau
United States
Inflation threat from strikes cited by Vancouver paper
The Vancouver Daily Province argues that every strike and failure to seek a compromise adds to inflation risk. It warns inflation could bring unemployment and distress, urging readers to buy War Savings Stamps regularly.
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Vancouver
Australian party hunts Tasmanian tigers on rugged coast
A group of Australian naturalists travels to Tasmania to pursue a pair of rare Tasmanian tigers, a marsupial about the size of a wolf, believed to be on the verge of extinction. They hope to capture the pair alive for scientific study.
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Tasmania
Australia eyes trans-Pacific air link to New Zealand and Canada
Commonwealth officials move quickly to establish a trans-Pacific air service from Australia to New Zealand and Canada as RAF transport command across the Pacific nears termination. The plan aims to fill the looming gap in long-range airlift capacity.
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Commonwealth
Australia
New Zealand
Canada
RAF Transport Command
Pacific
Our Canadian Cruisers Prove Value In Empire Shipping Lanes
Article by Captain E R Mainguy extols the Royal Canadian Navy cruisers Ontario and Uganda as vital to protecting maritime trade. It highlights speed, range, armament, and modern devices, and recalls past acts of sacrifice such as the Jervis Bay.
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Western Plains
Empire
E. R. Mainguy
RCN
Royal Canadian Navy
Ontario
Uganda
Jervis Bay
Admiral Scheer
Atlantic
Graf Spee
Canada
Rhyming Slang From London Tongue Teases Language Rules
The piece describes London rhyming slang used by Cockneys, explaining how phrases like Godforbids and trouble and strife shorten to kids and wife. It notes origins from thieves’ cant, nursery rhymes, and current events, with examples such as Jack Randall and Big Ben.
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London
William I
Candle
Jack Randall
Harry Randall
Mother Hubbard
Johnny Horner
Sinbad the Sailor
Ten
Westminster Abbey
Westminster
Hampstead Heath
Hampsteads
Times Are Changing House Assistants Trained in Britain
Domestic servants will be renamed house assistants and trained in special centres in Britain. A company to run the training centres was announced in London before more than 100 Women’s Adjustment Board supporters. The scheme, run from a large London house, will include an employment bureau for day half-day or weekly engagements.
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Britain
London
Women's Adjustment Board Committee
London Daily Mail
Napoleon spans games boats pastries and coins
The term Napoleon refers to several distinct things including a card game, a type of boat, a French pastry, and an old French coin.
Britain to Expand Air Raid Precautions in Atomic Age
The British government says the A R P system remains in force and will be expanded and improved. Experts have been sent to bombed German cities and to Japan to assess changes needed to modernize air raid precautions for the atom age.
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A.R.P
Britain
Germany
Japan
Floral embroidery motifs for linen gifts Pattern 540
Colorful flower designs offered for linens with 18 motifs per transfer. Send twenty cents in coins to the Household Arts Department of the Winnipeg Newspaper Union with name address and pattern number for delivery.
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Household Arts Department
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Avenue
Winnipeg
Man
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Phantom Fleet
Conrad Cantzen
Equity
Christopher Columbus
U.S
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Fred Tilston
Toronto
Windsor
Ont
Helen Adamson
Banff
Shirley Parkes
Calgary
Ayesh
Aya
Persia
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