Canada floods wartime metal exports and mining output
The article notes a large drop in civilian metal goods during the war to prioritize arms and military needs. Canada emerges as the world’s leading metal exporter, producing aluminum, copper, nickel, magnesium for aircraft, and mercury from a major British Empire mine supplying domestic needs and exports to Britain and the United States since 1942.
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Canada
United Nations
British Empire
Britain
United States
Canada’s War Time Metal Exports Surge
Canada’s metal supply exceeds normal needs as war demand drives exports to the United Kingdom and allies. At outbreak, Canada contracted to ship over 1 billion pounds annually of aluminum copper zinc nickel and lead, with further increases after Pacific hostilities and U S entry. Vast mineral deposits remain, especially in the North West, signaling future mining opportunities to replace exhausted sources.
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Canada
United Kingdom
Pacific
United States
North West
Future Growth in Canadian Mining Prospects
The Canadian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy reported to the Advisory Committee on Reconstruction that most active mines were opened before 1910. It notes a shift to modern discovery methods using electrical detectors, with 63 percent of mines prior to 1910 and small shares opened after 1910. The industry employed 107,000 directly and supported about 1.2 million people indirectly.
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Canada
Canadian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy
Advisory Committee
Royal Tiger Tank Impresses Allied Officers In Germany
Allied reports praise Germany s Royal Tiger tank or King Tiger as the finest on the front though Sherman crews claim their tanks are strong in their class. The Royal Tiger weighs 67 to 72 tons, tops 20 mph, with six inches of front armor and two to four inches on sides and rear. It carries a new super velocity 88 mm gun with a shell nearly a foot longer and a seven foot long barrel.
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Second Armored Division
Germany
Royal
Bamboo Cane Harvest Expands Across Britain
A booming harvest of bamboo cane spreads from Cornwall to all parts of Britain as supplies from Asia dwindle. Cane dealers travel nationwide to buy entire groves for sturdy supports for heavy fruit crops. Bundled canes are machine tied in racks for transport.
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Britain
Cornwall
China
Japan
Scotland
British Isles
Beethoven Faces Deafness as Music Continues
The famed composer Beethoven exhibited signs of increasing deafness around 1800 while he continued to create landmark works. Reports note ear symptoms and isolation, yet his productive period persisted through influential performances and premieres.
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Beethoven
Milk Paste Heals Wounds in Soviet Hospitals
Soviet scientists developed a paste made from pressed milk that effectively cures wounds. In Novosibirsk a hospital used the paste after other treatments failed, and it sped healing for several men. The paste had also been used during the Leningrad blockade. Ordinary straight pins are scarce in Holland today.
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Novosibirsk
Leningrad
Holland
Price Control And Rationing Information Q and A
Questions about leaving Canada for 60 days require turning in ration books and reapplying on return. Cranberry sauce uses one preserves coupon per 12 ounce jar. Babies may get ration books at hospitals with evaporated milk cards if needed and baby must be named. If clothing wears poorly, return to seller first. if unsatisfied, send bill, garment label and WPTE or maker marks to Ottawa Standards division. Send questions for pamphlet Consumers News or the Blue Book to the wartime board office in your province.
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U.S.A
Canada
Prices and Trade Board
Ottawa
W.P.T.E
Standards Division
Consumers’ News
War brides and new arrivals to Canada immigration trend
The Brockville Recorder and Times notes about 21 500 war brides with 8 300 children live in Britain and 400 to 500 British girls join them each month. It suggests a significant immigration movement and urges Canadian welcome for all newcomers wherever they arrive.
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Britain
Canada
Brockville
Evacuation Dilemma for Channel Islands In War
The Ottawa Journal discusses the Channel Islands occupied by Germany and the strategic dilemma. With 60,000 residents and 7,000 German troops offshore, Britain faces whether to defend, evacuate, or starve out, weighing risks to civilians against the cost of an assault. The Daily Telegraph proposes evacuating the Germans with honors, sparing British lives.
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Channel Islands
France
Germany
London Daily Telegraph
Britain
Daily Telegraph
Ottawa Journal
Value Of Forests And Conservation Message
The Vancouver Province discusses forest conservation and its link to human livelihoods. It warns that neglecting forests could destroy farming and food production, creating desert-like lands. A cedar chest’s volatile oil is noted as a moth larvae killer.
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Vancouver Province
Salvage hopes rise as Tirpitz fate sparks study of German ship power
The Tirpitz survived torpedo and bomb attacks and lies submerged in shallow water with keel showing. Air reconnaissance notes its resilience and potential for later salvage to analyze how Germans built such formidable resistance in both Tirpitz and Bismarck. Wing Cmdr Tait’s team demonstrated that a 12,000 pound bomb can defeat any major warship.
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Cmdr
Tait
Smile Awhile Humor Roundup From a 1930s Page
A collage of jokes and quips features marital foibles and social satire. Lines lampoon courtship, hats, hats, employment, military slang, and stage mishaps with quick one liners and character sketches. A closing note observes a yellow flag signaling pestilence aboard.
A Hotel Visit in Oxford County
The narrator recalls a different hotel experience in Oxford County. He notes the calm decor and orderly room 14 with clean ashtray and a new half morocco Gideon Bible, reflecting on a hotel run by a man who has slept in hotels before owning one.
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Oxford
Morpheus
Lucky Civilians Get Captured German Rations
The United States 3rd Army released a large quantity of captured German winter reserves to Metz civilians. The supply includes 150 tons of frozen beef 20 tons of frozen corn 50 carloads of flour 150 tons more flour and extensive canned goods and cheese.
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United States 3Rd Army
Metz
OWI Debunks Language Fallacy On R L Pronunciation
The Office of War Information denies a popular belief that Japanese cannot pronounce the letter R. It states the Chinese struggle with R while Japanese speakers have difficulty with L.
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Office of War Information
O.W.I
Tobacco used by Indians in middle America as medicine and incense
The article notes that tobacco was historically employed by Native peoples in central regions as a medicinal plant and as an aromatic component in religious rituals.
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Middle America
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