History Of Horticulture In Canada From Earliest Times
A Winnipeg meeting of the Western Canadian Society of Horticulture featured MR Davis tracing Canadian horticulture from Indigenous cultivation and Squaw corn through French settlement and Loyalist arrivals to modern times. The Dominion Experimental Farms of 1886 and Ottawa’s Central Farm spurred fruit breeding and hardy varieties, while early seed trade and later canning and dehydration innovations marked Canada as a growing contributor to plant culture and nutrition.
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Davis
Canada
Annapolis Royal
Nova Scotia
France
Dominion Experimental Farms
William Saunders
Silvia
Josslyn
Brighton
Central Experimental Farm
Ottawa
Prairie
Macoun
Division of Horticulture
Morden
Man
Praire
Europe
Germany enforces 70 eggs per hen decree
Amid fodder shortages in Germany a Nazi order requires every hen to lay at least 70 eggs per year. Section 2 warns that owners face unpleasant consequences if totals fall short. Hentelligence notes rising use of roast chicken, fried chicken, and fricassee among farmers.
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Germany
Hentelligence Department
Christian Science Monitor
Bed Egg Seller Punished by Pillory in 15th Century France
In 1481 France a person convicted of selling bed eggs was placed on the pillory. The sentence included distributing the eggs to children to pelt him, reflecting harsh public punishment of fraud in that era.
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France
Red Cross Parcels Aid War Prisoners Through Canada Britain
The Canadian Red Cross with British and other Allied societies supplies two thirds of food parcels for allied prisoners of war, excluding the United States. About 190000 parcels are sent weekly from Canada valued at an estimated 24700000 dollars this year with 5500000 dollars funded by the Canadian Red Cross. Parcels go to 0 000 British and Canadian prisoners in Europe 80000 for other Allied prisoners in Europe 30000 for British prisoners and civilians in the Far East. Distribution is handled by the International Committee in Geneva. Parcels weigh 11 pounds and include milk powder butter cheese jam luncheon meat and tea among other items. In ten months of 1944 the Canadian Red Cross sent 13797974 parcels.
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British Red Cross Society
Canadian Red Cross Society
United States
British
Red Cross
Canada
Canadian
Europe
Far East
International Committee
Geneva
Switzerland
Canadian Red Cross
Fowl Population Surges in Prairie Provinces and Northwest
Ducks Unlimited chief Mr. T. C. Main of Winnipeg cites a population rise from 30,000,000 to 140,000,000 since 1937 based on census data from 2,000 key men in the Prairie Provinces and Northwest Territories. Airspeed indicators measure plane speed relative to air, not speedometers. Copper and iron deficiency linked to cows’ salt sick condition through dietary causes.
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Prairie Provinces
Northwest Territories
T. C. Main
Winnipeg
Ducks Unlimited
Edmonton
Trials Report Gas Chamber At Maidanek Camp
Radio Moscow said six German guards faced trial in Lublin over Maidanek Poland where Anton Kerman testified that over 60,000 people were suffocated in gas chambers. Ottler described killings of children of all ages and Russian POWs among victims. Mayer recalled learning about about 200,000 deaths at the camp.
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Maidanek
Poland
Lublin
Radio Moscow
Anton Kerman
Ottler
Mayer
Quality Ship Proves Canadian Shipbuilding Prowess
An English captain of a Royal Navy minesweeper built in Canada lauds the vessel saying the builders can be proud of her. He notes she withstood every challenge and was far from idle, refuting earlier doubts that this country could not produce quality ships. The wartime service of numerous ships built in Canadian yards with Canadian materials stands as decisive proof.
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Canada
Trade revived mouth organ industry returns to British firm
The mouth organ trade, once a German monopoly, is revived by war for a British firm that produced the first mouth organ over a century ago. In three years its output for the armed forces rose from 10 a week to 7,000 units.
Canadian Army Girls Send Toys to Bombed-English Children
Members of the Canadian Women's Army Corps Overseas are sewing and stuffing toys for bombed-out English children this Christmas. The C W A C barracks are aided by the Canadian Legion Educational Services supplying materials, with three barracks planning Christmas parties, trees, games, and a Santa Claus to distribute gifts.
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Canadian Women's Army Corps
Canadian Legion Educational Services
C.L.E.S
C.w.a.c.s
C.W.A.C
Canadian Navy men hope fur lough in Canada before Pacific duty
Bishop G. A. Wells, senior naval chaplain, said in Toronto that sailors overseas hope every man will receive a fur furlough in Canada before being sent to the Pacific to fight Japan after his three month tour of navy battle fronts.
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Canada
Pacific
Japan
G. A. Wells
Toronto
Britain’s War Effort Declared Greater Than Any Belligerent
Information Minister Brendan Bracken in London announced a new White Paper claiming Britain's total war effort surpassed all others. He cited mass civilian mobilization, factory damage from enemy action, and vast population sacrifices, noting 22.5 million civilians moved and widespread evacuation and labor shifts.
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Brendan Bracken
London
Britain
Great Britain
Canada
Trans-Canada Sets Westbound Atlantic Flight Record
A Trans-Canada Airlines Lancaster piloted by Capt. J. R. Bowker completed a non-stop United Kingdom to Montreal crossing in 11 hours 26 minutes, shaving 30 minutes from the previous record. Crew included Capt. M. Gauthier of Montreal, who also served on the eastbound 10 hours 13 minutes record flight.
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Trans-Canada Air Lines
T.C.A
United Kingdom
Montreal
J. R. Bowker
Ottawa
M. Gauthier
Wool Sock Shrinkage Cut Aided by New Process
The United States Bureau of Standards reports a new method using calcium hypochlorite to treat wool socks issued to the army reduces shrinkage to about five percent from 20 to 25 percent for untreated socks. The process also extends sock life by about 60 percent.
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United States Bureau of Standards
Done On Two Needles Mittens Pattern 7294
Knitting pattern uses two needles and two colors of sport yarn for snug cuffs and a simple stitch. Includes sizes for 4 6 8 and 10 years and requests twenty cents by mail to the Winnipeg pattern department with name address and pattern number. Mail delays noted.
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Household Arts Department
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Avenue E
Winnipeg
Man
RAF Mosquito Sets Atlantic Crossing Record
An R A F transport command civil pilot flying a Canadian built Mosquito flew from Goose airfield Labrador to Great Britain in six hours eight minutes setting a new record for crossing the Atlantic 2230 miles.
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R.A.F. Transport Command
Goose Airfield
Labrador
Great Britain
Atlantic
Total solar Eclipse Duration Facts
A total solar eclipse cannot last more than seven and a half minutes while a lunar eclipse may endure well over an hour.
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England
Ancient
Egypt
Doug. Griffith
Capreol
Ont
L. E. Cromwell
Collingwood
F. C. Topp
Plato
Sask
FL. Black
Baie Como, Que
Ontario Paper Company
FO. Griffith
Canadian National Railways
Dominions
America
Bracken
Treasury
Robespierre
John Bull
Mr. Bracken
Pin Up
Fairchild Aircraft
Laura Manley
George Manley
Fairchild
U.S. Navy
Alice Brooks
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