New Milling Process Aims to Fortify Flour With Vitamins
Canadian officials debate fortifying white flour with thiamin to restore vitamin B1 while retaining germ and outer layers. Critics warn against reinforcing flour. proponents cite milling advances with rust resistant wheat and testing by Dominion cerealist Dr. L. H. Newman. The pensions department reports confidence in germ retention and shelf life without synthetic additives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canadian Council On Nutrition and
Ite
Dominion Council of Health
The
Nutrition Council
L. H. Newman
Dominion Cerealist
Department of Pensions and National Health
Ministry of Health
The Corvette Comes Back In Wartime Fleet Roles
The piece explains how corvettes, once obsolete, are revived to patrol coasts. Canada led rebuilding with small, fast ships like submarine chasers, followed by Britain to defend convoys against submarines and air threats. Corvettes offer quick production and crew efficiency, suitable against subs and minor surface raiders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Canada
Dominion
Great Britain
Mags
von Spee
Buchan family notes RAF officer and military service
Hon. William Buchan, son of the late Lord Tweedsmuir, joined the Royal Air Force last summer as an aircraftsman second class and is now a pilot officer in a fighter squadron after being selected as officer material. His wife gave birth to a baby girl just before year start. Lord Tweedsmuir attended the christening. Hon. Alastair Buchan serves as a lieutenant in the Canadian Army and relocates from London to Canada for a new appointment.
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William Buchan
Lord Tweedsmuir
Canada
Royal Air Force
P.O. Buchan
Alastair Buchan
London
Rural Telephones Saskatchewan Leads World in Per Capita Use
Rural Telephones Saskatchewan reports more rural telephones per person than any province or country, possibly second only to Sweden. The estimate places about 0.4 telephones per 100 population. Also notes ultraviolet daylight and fresh rainwater kill earthworms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saskatchewan
Sweden
Norwegian pilot seeks to adopt stranger's child at London May Fair
A man in his early twenties, six feet tall, identifies as Norwegian and expresses longing after seeing an 18 month old in a London May Fair lounge. He reveals he is a flying officer headed to Canada to train Norwegian aircrew for the RAF, tears in his eyes as he explains his missing son.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Canada
R.A.F
London Daily Sketch
Danes to Release Ships for Britain Pending U S Approval
The New York World Telegram reports 38 Danish ships totaling 250000 tons in U S ports will be released to carry cargoes for Great Britain once U S government approval is granted. About 20 more vessels totaling 200000 tons in South American ports are expected to follow.
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New York World-Telegram
United States
Great Britain
South American
Britain
Churchill
United States and New Zealand Move Toward Direct Diplomatic Ties
Washington reports that the United States and New Zealand plan direct diplomatic relations with talks led by Viscount Halifax to establish legations and exchange ministers. New Zealand now seeks its own Washington representation, previously handled by Britain, with strategic South Pacific interests under League mandate and naval admin interests.
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United States
New Zealand
Washington
South Pacific
Viscount Halifax
State Department
Hawaii
Antarctic
Germany
League of Nations
Japan
Governing figure Sir John Anderson famed for danger
The News of the World reports Lord President of the Council Sir John Anderson, known as the "most shot at man in the world," undertook coal transport reforms while also having a Himalayan bear as a pet during his Bengal governorship. The bear lived in Government House stables and wore a neck pass.
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News of the World
John Anderson
Council
Bengal
John
Government House
Books Destroyed Hit London Dealers Amid Bomb Fires
London book dealers face heavy losses as fires from bombing ruin about 25 publishers premises and an estimated 6 million books destroyed, signaling a severe impact on the city’s literary trade.
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London
Woman earns George Cross as blitz winds on
Gillian Tanner a 21 year old Gloucestershire member of the Auxiliary Fire Service receives the George Medal for driving petrol lorries through streets ablaze to refuel pumps. Nazi raids drop high explosives as she knits socks for fellow AFS workers. The ATS seeks 20000 recruits for hush hush roles teleprinters lorries and cooks.
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England
Leicester
Gillian Tanner
Gloucester
Auxiliary Fire Service
George
A.F.S
Auxiliary Territorial Service
Admiralty Approves Mass-Produced Steel Ships On Return to War
The Admiralty approves section built ships manufactured in steelworks and assembled in shipyards. Construction will resume on a large scale, old yards reopening, and numerous steel firms engaged in producing fabricated vessels. This enables mass production akin to automobile output.
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Admiralty
Overseas Daily Mail
Pattern 6876 Stitchery for His and Hers Monograms
Easy and effective towel and pillow case monograms for showers. Pattern 6876 offers a transfer design of 12 motifs about 5 by 6 inches with stitch illustrations and materials list. Send 20 cents in coins to Household Arts Dept Winnipeg Newspaper Union 175 Mc Dermot Ave E Winnipeg for pattern 6876.
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Household Arts Department
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave. E
Winnipeg
Alice Brooks
Wavell's Libyan Campaign Reveals Ancient Garden Lands
British advances toward Derna from Tobruk expose Cyrenaica as a fertile coastal crescent once hailed as the Gardens of the Hesperides. Derna and Bengazi emerge as modern towns amid olive groves, vineyards, and historic myths tied to Cyrenaica and the Lotus Eaters.
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Wavell
Mediterranean
Derna
Bengazi
Gulf of Sidia
Italy
Cyrenaica
William Eaton
Cyrene
British Hit Parade of Provisions For Annapolis Visit
1 500 men and 80 officers who brought Lord Halifax to Annapolis loaded King George V with 5 000 dollars worth of food. Supplies included eggs fruit vegetables and butter from Baltimore and Annapolis markets. Purchases covered carrots pumpkins apples tomato puree beans ham tea onions cabbage tomatoes and more.
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Lord Halifax
Annapolis
United States
Chesapeake Bay
Baltimore
Naval Academy
Medal for British Farmers in War Lethal Fire
Farmers R. H. Blunt and William Harris were awarded the George Medal for threshing corn under direct fire from the French coast. They worked amid machine-gun fire from the air and anti-aircraft shrapnel falling nearby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. H. Blunt
Wiliam Harris
One Tree Symbol Becomes Moral Parable in Modern Debate
A short editorial links environmental risk to careless behavior, arguing a single neglected spark can devastate vast forests. It cites wildfire danger, climate strain, and the responsibility of individuals to safeguard natural resources for future generations.
Unseen World of Wood Products Revealed
The Forest Products Laboratories report that wood serves in many forms beyond lumber and pulp. Seven pulp grades fuel cigarette packaging and tissues while rayon and other derivatives appear in film, artificial leather, and cordite. Wood also enters batteries, floor coverings, plastics, medicines, flavoring, and even sugars.
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Canada
Forest Products Laboratories
Department of Mines and Resources
Original Ideas for War Efforts From Australian Army
Since the outbreak of the war more than six thousand inventions and ideas have been submitted to the Australian army headquarters for counter checking the enemy. One of the most original and practical proposals was to solidify the clouds to intercept bombers.
Greeks Capture 600 Italians and 300 Mules
A dispatch reports Greeks captured 600 Italians and 300 mules. The mules resisted gallantly.
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Hion. Wm. Buchan
U.S
Adolf Water
Elderman
Washington Post
Tobruk
Hercules
Hera
Syrenaica
Athens
Africa
Erastothenes
Callimachus
Mersa Susa
Ital
Ians
Ulysses
Herodotus
U.S. Harbor
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