Package bees import rules urged for Canada and U S
Beekeepers should place orders now as millions more package bees will be imported next spring with Canadian and American links. Dominion Apiarist warns on regulations and currency rules, and buyers must specify number size and queen status and arrival date.
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Caneda
Caneta
C B Gooderham
Dominion
Foreign Exchange Control Board
Customs Department
Ottawa
Furter
Dominion Department of Agriculture
Censored Military Letter Illustrates Guarded Communication
A soldier's letter uses vague phrasing to describe movement and arrival, noting weather and clothing while avoiding specifics that could reveal operational details. The writer hints at censorship and the risk of revealing sensitive information.
Bottle Salvage Rules Tightened by Ottawa Officials
Voluntary salvage committees are told to halt collecting bottles or broken glass for remelting at glass foundries unless they have an immediate outlet. War services salvage division officials in Ottawa issued the directive.
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War Services Salvage Division
Ottawa
Milk products go beyond dairy in wartime
Wartime materials now extend from milk products to textiles that imitate wool cotton and silk along with items like knife handles fountain pens shoe horns piano keys and door handles as the war effort expands. Citizens are urged to purchase War Savings Certificates to support the drive.
Connecticut governor removes Japanese made seal image
Governor Raymond E. Paldwis had a large picture of the state seal taken down from the executive office in Hartford after discovering the frame carried the inscription Made in Japan. The incident prompted questions about the exhibit and its provenance.
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Connecticut
Hatford
Raymond E. Paldwis
Japan
Courage of the Achates Crew After Sinking in Arctic Waters
Lieutenant L E P Jones recounts the sinking of the British destroyer Achates after a German cruiser attacked an Allied convoy to Russia. The crew abandoned ship in 33 degree water, sang Roll Out the Barrel, and 80 survivors were rescued by the trawler Northern Gem.
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Achates
Russia
L. E P. Jones
A. H. T. Jons
Northern Gem
Courageous Air Sea Rescue Saves Merchant Crew
The London Times reports a major war rescue where 73 crew and passengers survived after a merchant ship was torpedoed and sunk 500 miles north of the Atlantic. RAF Coastal Command aircraft logged over 55 000 miles while the Royal Navy hunted with corvettes destroyers Sloops and tugs. After four days no result a Sunderland flying boat found a boat dropped rations and a merchant ship later rescued 18. On day eight two more boats were found 60 miles apart and 38 men saved by a destroyer. Fortresses later located the captain's boat and supplies were dropped before the destroyer arrived. The captain and crew had been in an open boat 13 days.
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North Atlantic
RAF Coastal Command
Royal Navy
Sunderland
Commandos Strike at Dawn Showcases Canadian Forces in Film
The Columbia war screenplay features Canadian sailors soldiers and airmen in cooperative assault scenes filmed on Vancouver Island. Paul Muni leads as a patriot with Lt. Robert Coote and Capt. V. S. Godfrey in key roles alongside Anna Lee and Sir Cecil Hardwicke. The production depicts Allied commando tactics and brutal battlefield action in a wartime drama.
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Canada
New Columbia
Vancouver Island
Paul Muni
Norway
C. W. Forester
Muni
Robert Coote
Royal Can R.C._A
Ann Carte
John Farrow
R-C_N.V.R
Anna Lee
The
Wrens
V. S. Godfrey
R.C.N
Cecil Hardwicke
Home in the West: Frugal Vancouver Island Frontier Life
A narrator visits a Vancouver Island family living simply on $400 a year. They build their own home, grow vegetables and small fruit, hunt for deer, trap, and can fish. The family discusses self sufficiency, little reliance on money, and a rural lifestyle shared in a Stratford Beacon-Herald feature.
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Vancouver Island
Young Buddy Beaver Chooses Healthy Daily Menu
Young Buddy Beaver stays active from morning to night and believes proper food builds strong bodies. He eats milk dairy products whole grain cereals eggs meat or fish vegetables bread and fruits daily for energy and fun.
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Buddy Beaver
Counted Canadian Army Help Shaped War, Says Telegraph Writer
JFK Sewell of the Daily Telegraph notes Canadian forces aided Britain, the Eighth Army, and Soviet fronts. He praises the Dominion army as a formidable force that opposed Hitler in 1940-41 and at Dieppe, suggesting spring could signal the war's end.
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Britain
Eighth Army
Egypt
Erwin Rommel
Jfk Sewell
Daily Telegraph
Dominion
Donetz
Caucasus
Ncet
Hitler
Dieppe
Made a Difference In India Paratroopers Refuse Jump
Two native paratroop students faced fear before their first jump and asked an officer about height. Told 500 feet was too high they refused. When offered 300 feet they feared chutes might not open, then clarified they would use parachutes.
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India
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University City
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Berlin
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State Opera House
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W. H. Colough
Stratford Beacon-Herald
Rommel
Vasion
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