Tungsten Refined Here Is A Metal More Precious Than Gold For War Work
Ottawa hosts Canada’s only tungsten refining plant aiding war needs. Near-surface scheelite ore is sorted by hand under violet lamps, milled into tungsten concentrates, fueling tool steel and war industry, with supplies drawn from Ontario, British Columbia, and Yukon sources.
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Canada
United States
China
Pacific
Burma
Bureau of Mines
Tool Steel Industry
Tool Steel Factories
Bureau
Ottawa
Japan
Wide
Porcupine
Ontario
British Columbia
Yukon
London homes face reuse of old telephone directories
The Post Office plans to reuse the 1942 directory to save about 8000 tons of paper by distributing it only to business subscribers. Etiquette notes say sailors must salute the quarterdeck because a crucifix hangs there. The text then vaguely references shopping and cages.
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London
Post Office
New Age Of Travel Clipper Term Goes Global In Air Travel
The article explains how clippering has become common slang for international air travel. It notes prominent figures like M Litvins and various leaders arriving in cities such as Washington and New York on transoceanic flights. It highlights rising Atlantic passenger numbers and the shift in travel language.
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Washington
New York
London
M. Litvinos
Pacific
San Francisco
la Guardia
Atlantic
Europe
Orient-Winnipeg Free Press
No title available from fragmented OCR text
The fragment discusses historical lessons from Germany and the Kaiser, a questioning of democracy, a grim wartime casualties figure, cultural gestures in America and Tibet, Australia’s national flower the wattle, a man’s view on earning for his wife, and rising demand for Canadian freshwater fish in the United States.
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United States
Churchill Language as Bible Voice Shapes Wartime Oratory
Churchill’s speeches echo King James Bible phrasing fueling his impact as a contrast to Hitler’s methods. The piece notes the power of biblical language in English allusions, and links Churchill’s rhetoric to shared heritage that resonates with the common man. It also covers North Africa events, Senussi resistance, and Graziani’s brutality before noting the Canadian gold dollar’s gold content.
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Hitler
Mr. Churchill
Churchill
Israel
London Free Press
Stitch Vegetable Garden Towels Pattern 7169
Embroider six cross stitch vegetable motifs on towels with color schemes and stitch illustrations. Pattern 7169 offers a transfer design averaging six by seven inches and lists required materials. Send 20 counts in coins to Household Arts Department, Winnipeg Newspaper Union, 175 McDermot Avenue East, Winnipeg, Man. No Alice Brooks pattern book published.
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Household Arts Department
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Avenue
Winnipeg
Alice Brooks
Charwomen Of London Honored For Courage And Endurance
London charwomen receiving official recognition for wartime service were celebrated in a West End theatre show. About 1,700 women from government offices and 95 London Civil Defence town halls joined festivities with Admiral Sir Edward Evans and King Haakon of Norway in attendance.
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London
Pride
Hitler
Herbert Morrison
London Civil Defence Region
Sir Edward Evans
Evans
The
Broke
King Harkon
Norway
Olav
Louisa Dean
London Town
London Bridge
Sutton
Surrey
Florrie
Admiral Evans
War ethics oppose boycott of Japanese goods in Canada
The piece argues that a blanket boycott of Japanese goods during wartime would not help the war effort. It notes no new Japanese imports will arrive while hostilities continue and warns that boycotts risk diverting Canadian textiles from military needs. It also presents a test for patriotic buyers balancing stockings with military supplies.
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Japan
Canada
Army
Navy
Black beaver designated rare fur source in Manitoba
Manitoba natural resources officials find black beaver after months of search in a northern region. The birds beaver are captured and flown to the Fisher River fur development project west of Lake Winnipeg for breeding to sustain fur production. The article also notes the imperial gallon is about 25 percent larger than the American gallon.
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Manitoba Department of Natural Resources
J. S. McDiarmid
Natural Resources
Department
Manitoba
Fisher River
Lake Winnipeg
Superior
Britain
Canada
Stamp sale charity envelope brings in six hundred ninety four
An envelope contributed by the King sold for £156 at a charity stamp sale. Dated 1929, it was addressed to President Franklin D. Roosevelt and includes the lines His Majesty King George VI. Hyde Park New York. The item notes Britain had over two million registered vehicles at the start of the war and mentions the Caspian Sea as the largest inland sea.
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Cyrenaica
Anthony Eden
House of Commons
Egypt
Rodolfo Graziani
A. Leahey
Canada
Franklin D. Roose
King George VI
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Bruce West
Alberta
Department of Mines and Resources
Marble Mountain
Dyson Creek
Wawa
Turner Valley
Staine Ridge
James River
Jasper
Red Deer
Brateau
Third Reich
America
Tibet
Australia
Canathan
Canadian Women's Army Corps
Legation
Jacqueline Mineau
Mary Robert Fowler
Enid Clark
Vancouver
Novgorod
Old Russia
Savid Idris Ef] Sinussi
France
Charwomen
Dominion and Provincial Departments of Agriculture
Agricultural Colleges
Mrs. Kent
Great Britain
Caspian Sea
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