Duty Of Public To Assist Authorities In Tracking Down Spy Suspects
Canadians are urged to help authorities identify subversive activity without spreading rumors. The Mounted Police note measures against enemies and stress written tips over rumors, warning against fifth column hysteria and unnecessary panic while encouraging calm, vigilance, and prompt, verifiable tips.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mounted Police Quarterly
Canadian Mounted Police
Atems
Defence of Canada
Prairie Ducks and Waterways in Alberta Habitat
The Calgary Herald notes ducks breed across Southern Alberta ponds and prairie waters. Ducks favor prairie regions for nesting cover and alkaline nutrient waters, supporting aquatic growth and abundant food sources.
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Prairie
Alberta
Calgary Herald
Gandhi on Hitler and cooking facts quoted with dry statistics
The piece quotes Gandhi describing Hitlerism as a naked force and notes his terse expression. It also presents a cooking fact that 13.5 percent of food value is lost when scrambling eggs. A statistic cites North Atlantic icebergs in shipping lanes: 439 average over 40 years, 260 expected this year.
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Gandhi
North Atlantic
English Ferrets Tame Rat Hunters In Ottawa Hull
An Ottawa Hull article notes英lish ferrets, imported by R C Mullen, excel at eradicating rats in buildings. The trained ferrets stalk and bite from behind, then retreat to their cages for bread and milk. They perform impressive nightly hunts yet remain tame and handling friendly.
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R. C. Mullen
Carillon Street
Hull
Ottawa
Mr. Mullen
Old Country
Ottawa Journal
Wards Of The King In Canada For War Years
Dr. Charlotte Whitton of the Canadian Welfare Council told a Montreal meeting that children brought to Canada from England during the war to live in Canadian homes will be wards of the King. She urged government supervision of the migration with voluntary partnership to ensure their happiness and home life. She added the British Government must decide when where and in what numbers children should be moved.
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Canada
England
Charlotte Whitton
Ottawa
Canadian Welfare Council
Montreal
Whitton
Dr. Whitton
Robot Weather Reporting Stations Adopted by NBS
The National Bureau of Standards announced in Washington that Harry Diamond and Wilbur S. Hinman Jr. developed radio weather stations. The units send periodic reports on barometric pressure temperature humidity wind direction and velocity rainfall and other data. They are built to operate on remote peaks islands or other inaccessible locations with minimal maintenance.
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National Bureau of Standards
Washington, D.C
Harry Diamond
Wilbur S. Hinman, Jr
Daughter of Lord Roberts Donates Trophies for War Scrap
The daughter of Lord Roberts, famed field marshal, has given all her father's trophies of war to the state. The collection includes field pieces and nation presentations to be melted down for wartime use.
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Lord Roberts
Rainstorm pounds Natal with intense one day precipitation
A recent weather report notes Natal received twenty inches of rain in a single day. The event highlights extreme rainfall impacting the area and prompting local disruption.
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Natal
The British Character and Resolve Under War Strain
A Christian Science Monitor editorial argues the British resistance to Hitler requires air power and solidarity, criticizing advice to retreat. It stresses Britain’s steadfastness, faith, and the free world’s need for aid, warning against misreading their resolve as hard to understand or weakness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christian Science Monitor
Federal Aircraft Limited Formed To Boost Anson Production
Federal Aircraft Limited, newly created to coordinate and accelerate Anson plane production for the air training plan, will operate like other wartime entities under the department of munitions and supply. The government wholly owns it and runs as a private non profit body with president and directors serving without remuneration.
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Federal Aircraft Limited
Department of Munitions and Supply
C. D. Howe
British first woman pilot Elsie Davison dies in training
Elsie Joy Davison, member of the Women's Section of the Air Transport Auxiliary, was killed on an instruction flight while delivering new aircraft from factory to Royal Air Force stations.
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Britain
Elsie Joy Davison
Air Transport Auxiliary
Sebastien Lenorm
Montpellier Observatory
Jean Pierre Blanchard
Blanchard
France
Andre Jacques Garnerin
Monceau
Paris
London
Gamnerin
Jordaki Kuparento
Warsaw
St. Louis
Missouri
Cross Stitch For Curtains Linens Transform a Room
A Winnipeg Newspaper Union notice offers pattern 6664 for tulip cross stitch motifs 11 by 15 inches and 2 by 2.5 inch motifs. Send 20 cents to the Household Arts Department at 175 McDermot Ave. E. Winnipeg. stamps not accepted. No Alice Brooks pattern book exists.
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Household Arts Department
Winnipeg
Union
McDermot Ave
Alice Brooks
Parachute History and Calgary Horse Show Highlights
Parachute use traces to over a century with Rigbys of Wembley crowned world grain kings at Chicago and Calgary exhibitions. They swept open wheat and oat classes while Mrs. Agnes Steele's Willowhaugh Swanky Royal won grand champion Ayrshire, with Strathview Princess as reserve grand and Strathview Bunty Supreme as reserve junior. Other notable awards included Midwood Dragon as reserve Percheron stallion, Paragon Harold as reserve Belgian, and Govan the reserve grand and senior boar champion from A C Weir.
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Stanley Harrison
Qu'Appelle
British Admiral Cunningham Leads Mediterranean Fleet Warship Warspite
Admiral Sir Andrew Cunningham commands Britain's Mediterranean fleet aboard the Warspite, a 30 600 ton flagship famed for Jutland and Narvik. At 57, he has spent most of his career in the Mediterranean and earned a reputation for daring high command and raid tactics with destroyers.
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Great Britain
Mediterranean
Sir Andrew Cunningham
Warspite
Jutland
Narvik Fjord
Andrew
Scorpion
Not Always Good Rule
The Milwaukee Sentinel argues Santa Barbara California should retire teachers at 65 but notes many educators excel beyond that age. It cautions against strict age limits and favors evaluating individuals, claiming many seasoned teachers perform better than younger counterparts.
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Milwaukee Sentinel
Santa Barbara
Calif
Cat kills snake to protect kitten in Australia
A cat near Yethorme Australia used a kitten as a lure to flush a snake from bushes. The mother cat dragged the snake toward the kitten, pinned it in a fierce fight, killed it, then nursed the frightened kitten back to safety.
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Yethorme
Australia
Eternal Flapper Edna Hopper Undergoes Third Face Lift
Seventy five year old Edna Wal lace Hopper known as the Eternal Flapper has had a facial lift for the third time. New York surgeon Dr E Daniel Shorell calls the operation a success and says she looks twenty years younger. Hopper, a former stage star and late de Wolf Hopper's wife, first had the procedure in 1919 and again in 1926 as she planned a stage return to resemble her 1890s form.
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Edna Wallace Hopper
New York
E Daniel Shorell
Miss Hopper
de Wolf Hopper
War toys deemed unsafe for young children designer says
Anne Farrell, a toy designer, insists war toys should be kept from young children. She recently returned to Pittsburg from Sweden, where she was invited to design playthings used in experimental education.
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Anne Farrell
Pittsburg
Sweden
Wartime England sports grounds totals reach vast numbers
At the outbreak of the present European war England boasted about 500 golf courses 1 200 bowling greens 3 000 cricket pitches 3 500 football grounds and 50 000 tennis courts reflecting broad sports facilities across the nation.
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England
Egypt Ships Over Two Million Pounds Cotton This Year
Egypt sent more than 2 060 000 pounds of cotton to cotraffies in the first four months of the year, reflecting robust export activity. The data highlights continued supply movement from Cairo area plants to regional buyers.
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Egypt
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Calgary
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