Fire Brick Plant at Claybank Saskatchewan Shaping War Efforts
In Claybank near Regina Saskatchewan the Dominion Fire Brick and Clay Products Limited uses Dirt Hills clay to produce fire bricks and high temperature cements for war material. Since 1916 the plant has expanded with dry press stiff mud and hand mould processes, baking in 10 coal fired kilns up to 2500 degrees F. The operation supports CPR CN yards naval ships corvettes minesweepers air schools and Arctic/Alaskan field use while aiding ceramic research at the University of Saskatchewan.
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Claybank
Sask
Dominion
Moose Jaw
Regina
Atlantic
Mediterranean
Saskatchewan
Wellington White
Blue Hill
Kern
Canada
Canadian Pacific
Canadian National Railways
Western Lines
Alaska Highway
Fort Norman
University of Saskatchewan
Monty’s Dog Names Stir WWII War-Worms in Canada
St Thomas Times Journal notes critics mock Field Marshal Montgomery for naming a dog Hitler and another Rommel. The piece explains a French terrier pup named Chickelgruber inspired the nickname Hitler, while a second terrier’s name nods to Rommel as Montgomery allegedly brought him to heel.
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Field Marshal
Montgomery
Hitler
Rommel
St. Thomas Times- Journal
France
Monty
Shic
Chickelgruber
Tip for Mothers Note to Help Kids Get Home on Time
In Philadelphia Mrs. A W Cohen says she solved the problem of returning her five year old son home for dinner by pinning a note to his coat reading Please send me home at five o clock.
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Philadelphia
A. W. Cohen
Canada Ad Spend Set to Surge in 1945 Warns Marketing
National Advertising Trade Paper predicts a substantial rise in 1945 Canadian advertising expenditures across media. Newspapers direct mail magazines radio farm papers and posters expected to gain, with many advertisers increasing budgets significantly and none planning reductions.
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Canada
Parachute Cord Materials From Canadian Fibre
The bulk of Canadian fibre is sent to Britain where it is spun into thread and yarn for parachute cords, collision mats, and coverings for guns and aeroplanes. The small amount left in Canada is reserved for wartime manufacturing.
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Canada
Britain
Black Widow Spiders Arrive At Truro College Collection
Spiders shipped from Alberta arrived in Truro Nova Scotia to join the Provincial Agricultural College insect collection. The shipment included a dozen or more Black Widows and two cases of common Alberta insects. The Black Widow is noted for oft en fatal bites though victims may survive with intense pain.
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Alberta
Truro
N.S
Provincial Agricultural College
Canadian National Railways
Edmonton
Lost Ring Found In Patient After X Ray
A Toronto hospital story reports a woman with a broken hip losing her diamond ring in the operating room. After an X ray was taken to check the fracture the ring appeared in the patient’s stomach. The ring was recovered and returned to the owner.
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Toronto
Toronto Globe and Mail
Britain Tests Flying Wing And Barrel Engine Concepts
Frank S. Stuart reports from Toronto Saturday Night on British aviation experiments including a slip wing that converts to a monoplane in flight. The article highlights flying wings with 2000 mile ranges, six 2500 horsepower motors, and potential for pilotless, radio guided air freighters.
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Britain
Rey Fedden
William B. Stout
Frank S. Stuart
Toronto
Canadian National Railway renews detector car contract
The Canadian National Railways will renew its contract with Sperry Company to cover 14 732 miles of track in 1945. N B Walton notes the electrically operated cars detect hard to see rail faults, recording them and marking with white paint before replacement, making CN R a pioneer in detector car use in Canada.
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Canadian National Railways
Sperry Company
N. B. Walton
C.B.E
C.N.R
Canada
Beginner's Choice Crochet Medallions Pattern 7353
Crochet medallions easy to make and join into pieces. Pattern 7353 includes materials and instructions. Send twenty cents in coins to Household Arts Department Winnipeg Newspaper Union 175 McDermot Avenue East Winnipeg Man. Write name address and pattern number clearly. Delivery may take longer due to slow mail.
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Household Arts Department
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Avenue
Winnipeg
Man
A Scottish Opinion on Canada’s War Effort
The Edinburg Evening News lauds Canada for liberal manpower and financial support in the war. It notes Canada funds all R.C.A.F. overseas squadrons and personnel in the RAF, praising Canada’s broad fealty to the Empire and the resulting contributions.
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Canada
R.C.A.F
RAF
Edinburg Evening News
Arctic Gospel Carrier: Obra\u00e2 Bishop Plans Flying Mission
Most Rev. Marc Lacroix, 38, oblate bishop of Hudson Bay, leads a program to train missionary priests in aviation. They will undertake an intensive aero nautical engineering course to earn a degree and become airbound evangelists in Canada's Arctic.
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Canada
Arctic
Marc Lacroix
Hudson Bay
The Casequaire and 4 Barzilian Stream Flow Direction
The Casequaire and 4 Barzilian stream show variable flow directions with one sometimes reversing, indicating unusual hydrological behavior observed at 2604.
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OT & Th
Tom McWilliams
McWilliams
Lonesome Hills
J. H. Kern
Arthur Hitchcock
FE. C. Matthews
J. W. McCulloch
A. R. Turnbull
Bliesbruck
National Advertising
Nova Scotia
Squire's Gate Aerodrome
Blackpool
Royal Aircraft Establishment
Manila Bay
Germany
Saarlautern
Saar
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