Italy Vichy tariff pact widens to colonies and allies
An accord between Italy and Vichy France cutting tariffs to a minimum is extended to Algeria Morocco and Tunis. A RAF officer notes Polish airmen arriving in Palestine via indirect routes. Dartmouth scholarships aid poor boys to Navy officer training. Two German destroyers added to those sunk at Narvik. Civilians train with commercial pilots to fly new US bombers. Used bus imports lifted to prevent shortages and conserve exchange.
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Italy
Vichy
France
Algeria
Morocco
Tunis
Royal Air Force
Palestine
Holy Land
Dartmouth Training College
Navy
Admiralty
Narvik
Norway
United States
Britain
House of Commons
Ottawa
Many Birds Winter Here Across Canada Amid Mild 1939–40 Season
Volunteer observers counted 36 000 birds of 111 kinds at 14 Canadian centres from Nova Scotia to British Columbia, with the coastlines of British Columbia the Maritime south and southern Ontario hosting the most. The mild winter allowed species like robin and blue-winged teal to linger, and Hamilton logged the largest single report of over 11 000 birds. Canada ended 1939 with 1 397 272 telephones in service, about 12.35 per 100 people.
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Dominion
Canada
Nova Scotia
British Columbia
Maritime Provinces
Ontario
Hamilton
Largest US standing tree opened with 39 foot circumference
The record holder in the United States is described as having a circumference of 39 feet. This figure highlights the tree’s massive girth and places it among the nation’s most sizable living specimens.
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United States
War material costs for Canada’s war effort outlined
The munitions and supply department lists approximate prices for combat and support gear. It cites costs for ammunition, 3.7 inch guns, Spitfire and Hurricane aircraft, training planes, parachutes, universal carriers, Bren guns, heavy tanks, trucks, and full battalion equipment. Minesweepers, corvettes and Fairmile patrol boats are priced as well.
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Munitions and Supply Department
British
Air Ministry
Safest Investment Praised by Ontario Official
Hon. Norman A. McLarty lauds war savings certificates as the best investment on earth declaring all other investments would be worthless if the Empire’s cause fails. He warns bank deposits bonds and stocks would lose value and jobs would be toil under conquerors. The labor minister stresses currency value rests on people’s work and production and that united nations will endure. It concludes with a pledge that the final knockout will be ours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norman A. McLarty
Mr. McLarty
Kirkland Lake
Reforestation plan outlined for British Columbia
Hon Wells Gray pledges to plant 6 million fir seedlings on 6000 acres this year and 10 million on 10000 acres next year. BC has about a million acres of young forest and a million acres denuded. Loggers strip 30000 acres annually. faster reforestation is needed to keep up with logging and address denuded land.
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British Columbia
Wells Gray
Vancouver
Banff Hot Springs Attract 106000 Tourists in 1940
The Banff National Park hot mineral springs drew 106000 visitors in 1940, up 21000 from 1939, due to their therapeutic qualities. Four main springs supply waters at 85 to 115 degrees Fahrenheit, with pools at Cave and Basin and Upper springs offering year round usage.
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Banff National Park
Department of Mines and Resources
Canada
National Park
Rocky Mountain Park
Banff
Palliser
Bow Valley
Canadian Pacific Railway
Rockies
Hitler Secret Shelter Deep Beneath Berlin Revealed
William L. Shirer recounts Adolf Hitler’s air raid refuge in Berlin described as a deep reinforced shelter with its own ventilation lighting private movie and operating rooms. Even if the chancellery roofs fell in the Fuehrer and associates could escape via tunnels to locations several hundred yards away.
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Adolf
Hitler
William L. Shirer
Columbia Broadcasting Company
Germany
Fuehrer
Berlin
Adolf Hitler
Two Women Awarded George Medal for Bravery
In England Rose Edge of Wadhurst received the George Medal for a thirty minute rescue of a baby from a demolished farmhouse. Betty Quinn of the Coventry St John Ambulance brigade also earned the award for aiding seven people trapped in an Anderson shelter and treating their injuries as bombs fell.
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England
Rose Edge
Wadhurst
Betty Quinn
Coventry St. John Ambulance Brigade
Anderson
Button-Pront Shirt Pattern 4650 by Anne Adams
Indispensable shirtwaister design Pattern 4650 offers front buttoning for a slim illusion and quick dressing. Available in women's sizes 34 to 48, with yardage 34 in 39 inch fabric. send 20 cents and details to Anne Adams Pattern Dept Winnipeg Newspaper Union.
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Anne Adams
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave
Winnipeg
Insect Pest Centre and Canada’s pest protection
The Dominion Department of Agriculture targets insect pests in intensified farming. It highlights forest insects as a major issue and explains a protective system to prevent foreign pests from entering Canada.
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Dominion Department of Agriculture
Canada
Toe Bone Count Sparks Quiz at Party
A brief party aside notes a playful fact as a friend named Joe stood out for talking louder than the radio. The quirky detail adds light humor while the reader taps into a casual social moment.
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Joe
Reunion of Father and Son After 22 Years in Canada
William Last of Toronto and his son William Jr met again at Malton airport after 22 years. The son, a member of Britain’s merchant fleet, had taken part in Narvik evacuation and Dunkirk rescue, now on Atlantic convoy duty and returning to Halifax soon.
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William Last
Toronto
William
Last
England
Canada
Malton
William, Jr
Britain
Narvik
St. Nazaire
France
Atlantic
Halifax
Leather gloves and mittens output tops half a million dozen
The 1939 statistics show the Canadian leather glove and mitten industry using horse, cow, calf, sheep, pig, goat, lamb, deer and mule skins to produce 583,609 dozen pairs of leather gloves and mittens along with other products.
Record hog population peak on Canadian farms
Canada on December 1 1940 reported 6 117 200 hogs on farms the highest total ever recorded up 28 percent from December 1 1939 results.
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Canada
The King Exercises Authority in Jerusalem Temple Market
A Sunday school lesson describes Jesus entering Jerusalem through the Golden Gate, cleansing the temple outer court of traders and money changers, and declaring it a den of robbers. It notes the temple’s ancient reverence and the motive to question Jesus authority.
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Jesus
Jerusalem
Golden Gate
Temple
Solomon's Temple
Herod
House of Prayer
John
John the Baptist
Yorkshire sweets labels reflect Canada trade push
Leeds Yorkshire Post notes a Yorksire sweets maker shows export label samples for Canada. Three large red white and blue labels feature a warship image and a Union Jack. Prominent slogans urge Buy British to Beat Barbarism Escaped the Submarines and Con voyed by the British Navy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yorkshire
Canada
Leeds
Yorkshire Post
Good Market in Mexico Opens for Canadian Carpet Makers
A. B. Muddiman, Canadian trade commissioner, says war creates opportunities for Canadian carpet firms to enter Mexico City markets. European stock bought in New York is low, firms seek new suppliers, and a Canadian company has recently linked with the territory. Imports remain sizeable and demand favors modern types. In Rome, a report notes congratulations to Hitler on the eighth anniversary of his rise, while no record of Mussolini praise.
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A. B. Muddiman
Mexico City
Federal Department of Trade and Commerce
New York
Muddiman
Rome
Hitler
Mussolini
Preventing Scury with Fresh Foods in History
The article notes that lack of fresh fruits and vegetables caused scurvy among sailors and explorers, and cites cabbage and strawberries as effective preventives. It mentions ascorbic acid content in berries and cabbage, and recommends fresh fruit juices like orange and tomato juice for children, stressing juices should be freshly prepared.
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Cook
Huberman Attacks German Intellectuals Over Nazi Crimes
Montreal Star reports violinist Bronislaw Huberman condemns German intellectuals who supported or stayed silent about Nazi crimes. In an open letter via the Manchester Guardian to conductor Furtwaengler, Huberman accuses German spiritual leaders and intellectuals of treachery and cowardice and asks whether the churches can defend Germany’s honor alone.
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Hitler
Bronislaw Huberman
Canada
Switzerland
Huberman
Manchester Guardian
Furtwaengler
Berlin
Germany
Montreal Star
Police at busy London crossroad handle provincial lorry drivers
A policeman at a West End intersection reports heavy traffic from Army lorries. He notes over half the drivers come from the provinces and are unfamiliar with London. One driver asked for Piccadilly and was told, You are in it.
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West End
London
Provinces
Piccadilly
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B.C
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Alaska
Fuehrer’s
George
Leather
Christ
Mexico
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