An Ally of Hitler Warns Against Forest Fires
A wartime appeal urges Canadians to prevent forest fires that threaten timber vital to war needs. The Canadian Forestry Association notes most fires arise from public carelessness and calls on travelers and workers in wooded areas to exercise extreme caution to avoid aiding the Nazi war effort.
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Canada
Prairie Provinces
Canadian Forestry Association
Forestry Association
Dominion
Dominion Forestry Association
The
Hitler
Marriage License Confusion for Sutton Nebraska Couple
Judge Edgar Thompson in York Nebraska faced a puzzled issuance of a marriage license for Martin J Griess age 22 and Esther Griess age 23. The Griess family listed multiple relatives and witnesses including Taletha and Jacob Griess.
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Nebraska
Griess
Sutton
Edgar Thompson
York
Martin J Griess
J. J. Griess, Jr
Lydia Griess
Esther Griess
P. J. G. Griess
Christina Griess
Taletha Griess
Jacob Griess
Canadas March of Dimes Aims for 11 Million Dimes
Rupert Moncrieff of Cornwall Ont started Canadas March of Dimes after being rejected by an army medical board. Five months later more than 47,000 dimes were handed to Finance Minister Ilsley in Ottawa. The drive seeks 11,000,000 dimes to buy 50 Hurricane fighter planes. Also noted: On January 1 the sun is about 3,000,000 miles closer to Earth than on July 1 and early cannon used rounded stones as projectiles.
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Rupert Moncrieff
Cornwall
Ont
Army Medical Board
Canada
Ilsley
Brave Belgian Girls Lift Morale In Lifeboat Ordeal
Two young sisters Charlotte and Jeannette Bialogora survived eight days adrift after the Belgian freighter Mercier sank June 9. The seven and eleven year olds, daughters of A Bialogora, helped keep spirits and order as crew rationed water and biscuits while sharks circled the lifeboat. They were rescued by a freighter, then transferred to a tanker and finally reached Canada aboard a naval craft.
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Charlotte
Jeannette Bialogora
A. Bialogora
Canada
Facts And Figures On The Massive B 19 Aircraft
The B 19 records its first air test in California with wings 212 feet, fuselage 132, height 42 to the rudder top, and empty weight 41 tons. It carries 82 tons capacity, 18 tons bomb load, speeds up to 210 mph, range 7500 miles, ceiling 22 000 feet, power from four 2000 hp Wright duplex cyclone engines, fuel 11000 gallons, crew of 10, cost 3 500 000 dollars, insurance 1 000 00 dollars with premiums 82000 for the first minute and 3000 for each subsequent test hour.
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California
Hopi Use Brooms For Food Straining And Cleaning
Hopi Indians used brooms to strain solids from soups or stews by holding the broom across the pot while liquid flowed through. The same broom also served as a hair comb and a floor sweep tool.
Manganese Ore Plant in Cuba Stands as World’s Largest
A manganese ore concentration plant in Oriente province Cuba produces 360 tons daily of 50 percent manganese and is believed to be the world’s largest operation of its kind.
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Oriente Province
Cuba
California Holds Nation's Record Highs and Lows
California records the nation’s all time high and low temperatures with extreme readings across multiple locations. This year’s weather data highlights the state’s climate extremes and ongoing heat and cold events affecting communities and infrastructure.
Contraprop Coaxial Air Screw May Upgrade RAF Planes
The contraprop a controllable co axis airscrew may be fitted to Royal Air Force planes if tests in workshops and air prove successful. Invented by Capt A G Forsyth and G J Smith Bert the two shaft design reduces diameter aiding undercarriage issues and improves manoeuvrability.
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Royal Air Force
A. G. Forsyth
G J Smith-Bert
Army creates Catering Corps to raise army cooking standards
The Army Catering Corps forms as an independent specialist body to improve troop feeding. Three initial officers from the Royal Artillery join the new corps, with plans to recruit civilians and promote from the ranks. Sir Isadore Salmon notes the objective is higher cooking standards across the army.
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Army Catering Corps
London Gazette
A.C.C
Army
R.A.S.C
Royal Artillery
Isadore Salmon
Army Council
Atkins
Reunion At Sea Links Father and Son in War Bond
Cpl William Pert of Woodstock New Brunswick and his 21 year old son William Jr both joined Canadian forces. They trained separately and months apart, but aboard the latest convoy to land in the United Kingdom they met by chance on the ship deck. The father recalled the surprise reunion as a rare break from war duties.
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Cpl
William Pert
Woodstock N.B
Canadian Forestry Corps
William Jr
Royal Canadian Artillery
United Kingdom
Cpl. Pert
Royal Family Helps Red Cross Sale Boosts Large Gift Total
The King, Queen and royal family arranged extensive gifts from personal property for a Red Cross sale expected to net £100,000. The event highlights the royal support and broad donations. The passage also notes an expert otter fisherman rivaling trout and salmon in skill.
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Red Cross
Canada Imports Rubber Goods Worth 16116000 in 1939
Canada imported rubber and its products valued at 16,116,000 dollars in 1939. The figures reflect the year’s trade activity with suppliers likely based in consumer and industrial markets. This item highlights rubber as a notable import category in Canada’s interwar commerce.
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Canada
Bay of Fundy Noted for Tremendous Tides
The Bay of Fundy is recognized for its extreme tidal range. Reports highlight unusually high tides and strong tidal forces influencing coastal areas and marine life.
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Bay of Fundy
Canada weighs power alcohol from wheat and beets wartime aim
Official circles report interest in producing industrial alcohol from wheat or sugar beets in Canada as a wartime plan to enlarge farm markets and reduce foreign exchange outflow from aviation fuel imports. A Polish technician surveys prospects with government officials while skepticism grows about subsidies and feasibility.
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Canada
National
Chemurgic Committee
Canadian Chamber of Commerce
National Chemurgic Committee
United States
Canadian pilot reports Vimy Memorial undamaged from 10000 feet
Flying Officer Jack Charles 22 of Lashburn Saskatchewan notes the Canadian memorial at Vimy Ridge stands intact from above during a RAF fighter sweep over northern France. He recalls two white pylons visible, shadows from the sun, and says the memorial remained undamaged despite prior reports of damage.
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Air Ministry
Jack Charles
Lashburn
Sask
Royal Air Force
France
Vimy Ridge
Royal Flying Corps
Canada makes progress in oil production in early 1941
During the first quarter of 1941 Canada produced 2,289,671 barrels of crude petroleum and natural gasoline, up from 1,712,576 barrels in the same period in 1940, indicating progress toward greater self sufficiency.
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Canada
Maps Seized From German Passengers On Asmara Maru
Dutch colonial officials seized a bundle of diverse maps from luggage of about 700 German women and children who sailed from Batavia in the Netherlands East Indies to Kobe aboard the Japanese liner Asmara Maru. The item list and voyage details indicate wartime seizure practices amid travel disruptions.
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Netherlands
Batavia
Netherlands East Indies
Kobe
Hoover relief plan in Belgium faces critique from Lars Moen
Lars Moen, an American chemist who was in Belgium during the first six months of occupation, says Hoover's feeding proposal cannot be controlled and that much of the aid historically went to the German army. He doubts Belgians would accept relief workers, fearing subversion from a German perspective.
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Mr. Hoover
Lars Moen
Belgium
America
Hoover
Mr. Moen
Winnipeg Free Press
Demonstration by 2nd division Canucks for British Home Guards
A 2nd division French-Canadian regiment company, led by 27 year old Capt Guy Gauvreau, trained 300 British Home Guards in platoon weapons, small arms, mortars and grenades over several hours. The unit, on a three day maneuver, operated self-sufficiently providing its own defences and rations with a stop at Windsor Castle.
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Britain
Home Guards
Canucks
Guy Gauvreau
Montreal
Windsor Castle
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