Northwest agricultural lands eyed for potential settlement
Dr. E. S Archibald warns against wide settlement in the Canadian Northwest. Soils and climate must be surveyed, with cooperative experiments begun before any large numbers move, as only limited areas show viable farming beyond Yukon and Mackenzie Basin pockets.
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Canadian Northwest
Mackenzie Basin
Liard- Nelson
British Columbia
Parsnip
Findlay
Yukon
Edmonton
Upper Peace
Fort Nelson
Pacific Coast
E. S Archibald
Dominion Experimental Farms Service
C.S.T.A
Canadian Society of Technical Agriculturists
Formidable wartime losses listed by British Admiralty
The Admiralty released figures showing wartime losses that would form a large navy. Ships include three battleships, two battle cruisers, five large carriers, 22 light cruisers, 14 armed merchant cruisers, 100 destroyers, 60 submarines, 22 corvettes, one frigate and about 270 small craft. The piece notes high U boat and plane losses, contrasts with recent replacements, and cites Allied naval superiority with US and UN ships.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Admiralty
A. V. Alexander
Royal Navy
Germany
United States
United Nations
MORF FGGS FOR BRITAIN
The special products board reports export egg shipments to Britain doubled this season, totaling 284 carloads by now versus 129 last year and 121 in 1942. Most gains come from the western region, which previously lagged behind Eastern Canada in surplus egg production.
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The
Special Products Board
Britain
West
Canada
Claim service ribbons for Canadian volunteer service medal
Defence headquarters announces officers and other ranks discharged before the medal ribbon and silver clasp were authorized may claim them by written application to the records department of either the Army or the Air Force in Ottawa.
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Defence Headquarters
Army
Air Force
Records Department
Ottawa
German atrocities described by CRS correspondent in New York
A CRS reporter recounts Russian survivor testimonies of Nazi mass graves near Kiev and a two story burning pyre. He cites a prison camp at Orel with executions by Gestapo, and asserts 10 to 15 million Soviet deaths. An atrocities commission and a "black book" are to be used at the peace table for retribution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Downs
Orel
Gestapo
Red Army
Russia
War Workers in Australia Benefit from Canadian Alarm Clocks
A Melbourne radio broadcast reported a shipment of alarm clocks from Canada eased Australia’s acute clock shortage for war workers. Watches remain scarce and repairs to clocks and watches can take several months.
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Melbourne Radio
Canada
Australia
Morning Height Advantage Discussed by Journal
A medical journal advances the theory that men are slightly taller in the morning than in the evening. The Dunnville Chronicle notes an observed tendency to become shorter toward month end, a remark echoed by the Stratford Beacon-Her.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dunnville Chronicle
Stratford Beacon-Her
Poor Housing Debate Cites Canadian Family Costs
Professor Anthony Adamson of the University of Toronto warns that fifty percent of urban families in Canada cannot afford housing meeting decent living standards. The remark came at a meeting organized by the London Council of Social Agencies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
Anthony Adamson
School of Architecture
University of Toronto
London Council of Social Agencies
Shrimp color myths tied to misnamed varieties
A note explains that boiled shrimp turn brown while the common pink shrimp are not true pinks but a distinct variety, clarifying confusion over shell color and name.
Padre Scott's Valor in War and Attlee Unity Call
The late Archdeacon Frederick George Scott revered by Canadians for courage during World War I is remembered for preaching bravery with a crucifix in hand as shells struck him. In 1940 Britain faced defeat and Attlee urged Labour unity to sustain the war effort and democracy.
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Clement Attlee
Padre
Canon Scott
Britain
Frederick George Scott
Canal du Nord
Canadians Earn Warm Cheers from British Hosts
A London Times letter by photographer Charles Law praises Canadian troops for kindness to children near camps in Britain. He notes annual Christmas parties for 50 to 500 young guests, sacrifices to brighten their time, and predicts lasting goodwill between Britain and Canada as troops served freedom and also as effective ambassadors.
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Canada
Britain
London Times
Charles Law
Law
Enemies of
Freedom
Toronto Globe and Mail
Tables Were Turned In Leningrad Siege Drift
German troops fled Leningrad as Russian forces seized 85 of the foe’s 16 inch siege guns named Thor and used them to shell the retreating army. The capture reverses a siege gun threat and marks a Soviet counter in the ongoing battle.
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Leningrad
Thor
Montreal Gazette
Malaria Control in the Mediterranean Area
Canadian troops in North Africa Sicily and Italy used Mepacrine tablets to cut malaria deaths to under 25 per 1000. Generals Montgomery and Fisher Howe praised the drug as malaria rates remained under ten percent despite exposure to hyperendemic zones. Minor side effects included skin staining in a few and occasional dosing adjustments. poster campaigns by Pte J S Goodale boosted adoption.
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Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps
Mediterranean
North Africa
Sicily
Italy
Waty
Fisinhower
Montgomery
New British invention promises long burning fire grate
Sir Evan Williams of the British Coal Utilization Research Association described a new grate that would burn continuously with weekly cleaning and could heat multiple rooms. He noted a £150,000 grant for hydrocarbon research and projected larger future expenditures. Dr. A Parker of the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research cited progress and lag in UK research, and described a smoke reducing, more efficient grate for industrial boilers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evan Williams
British Coal Utilization Research Association
London
Newcastle Institute of Fuel
A. Parker
Department of Scientific and Industrial Research
Parker
Christian 5 Monitor
Will Be Hard Task To Rebuild Italy Says MP
Capt Alan Chambers Liberal member of Parliament for Nanaimo said the task of reconstructing Italy will take the United Nations more time and effort than Italy’s defeat. He spoke on his return from the Mediterranean front where he served as an intelligence officer with the Canadian Army.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clement Attlee
Labor Party
Churchill
Italy
United Nations
Alan Chambers
Nanaimo
Hitler's Navy in Retreat After Naval Losses
The article notes Scharnhorst as Hitler's battleship and says his surface fleet has been reduced to two pocket battleships, about six cruisers, and roughly twenty destroyers. It emphasizes a diminished naval strength.
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Scharnhorst
Hitler
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