Canadian Scientists Help To Perfect The Most Powerful Explosive
A Montreal doctor and fellow Canadian scientists contributed to a new United Nations explosive praised as the war's most powerful. The nurselike tale recounts a powder keg ride across the Atlantic when 20 pounds of material were flown to Britain in glass jars, kept from freezing by the doctor's body heat, and safely landed despite foggy conditions.
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Jack Brayley
Eye
Montreal
United Nations
Howe
Allied War Supply Corporation
Atlantic
United States
McGill
Britain
Canada
England
Occupation Destruction Figures Rise in Occupied France
The French periodical Le Document Francais reports German air raids have ruined 305,739 buildings in occupied France as of January 1, 1943 with 805,811 totally destroyed, up from 160,000 ruined and 60,000 destroyed prior to occupation.
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Germany
le Document Francais
Geramny
Document Francais
Write Letters for Simple Joy and Connection
Harris Turner urges readers to write letters despite high postage costs. He argues writing letters is cheap, satisfying, and strengthens friendships by sharing daily details, thoughts, dreams, and gossip. The piece appeals to doubtful writers to act now, honoring comrades overseas and keeping spirits up with personal correspondence.
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Mary
Joe
Saskatoon
Harris Turner
S.E
Harris
New Style Notebooks Help RAF POWs Pass Banker Exam
Cigarette cartons bound with string served as exercise books for RAF prisoners of war in Germany studying for the British Institute of Bankers exam. Each candidate was successful.
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R.A.F
Germany
British Institute of Bankers
Chinese Hung society history claimed since 386 AD
A note asserts the Chinese Hung society has existed since 386 AD. It also states many butterflies do not eat at all during their lifetime.
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Hung Society
Unusual Woman Copper Smelter Leads Soviet Plant
Alexandра Stepanova, 22, becomes first woman copper smelter at Krasnouralsk in the Ural region. She earns 1200 roubles monthly, heads a ten worker group, checks temperatures from 1500 to 2600 C, and aims to study engineering after the war. Her unit now yields about five tons of copper daily.
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Soviet Union
Alexandra Stepanova
Krasnouralsk
Ural
Reserve Army to wear distinctive lapel emblem
Canada’s reserve army will receive a red white and blue enamel coated wire emblem for the left hand lapel of civilian suits. The design signals service and will be worn on formal attire in keeping with their status. Windsor and Buckingham palaces in London house 400 clocks.
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Canada
Lac Jim Caskey
St. Paul
Alta
Royal Canadian Air Force
Coast Watch Service
Snuff Box For Doorkeeper From War Ruins Restored
The British House of Commons has a new doorkeeper M. F. J. Sandell equipped with an unusual snuffbox. Crafted on site from oak salvaged after the 1941 destruction of the old Chamber, it replicates a casket given to Speaker FitzRoy for his golden wedding. The lid bears names of Sandell and his successors.
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House of Commons
M. F. J. Sandell
FitzRoy
Sandell
London Times
Vancouver Opens First Anchor Chain Plant in War Effort
Canada previously imported anchor chains from eastern U S plants. When ships stalled for lack of chains, Wartime Merchant Shipping in Vancouver acted, establishing the port’s first anchor chain plant and installing the Pacific coast’s largest chain testing machine.
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Canada
Dominion
U.S
Vancouver
Pacific
Ice Tray Dampness Quickens Cube Freezing
A note states that ice cubes freeze faster in an electric refrigerator when the bottoms of the trays are damp. The damp surface improves heat transfer, accelerating solidification of the water into ice.
Allied Air Strength Surpasses Axis Production Across Fronts
An air correspondent notes Allied nations now produce far more aircraft than the Axis combined. Britain and America lead in technical advances, while enemy losses mount in Russia, the Mediterranean, and the Pacific. Atlantic supply lines remain a critical weak link in sustaining air superiority.
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Great Britain
America
Germany
Russia
Mediterranean
Pacific
Leningrad
Caucasus
Solomons
New Guinea
Aleutian Islands
United Nations
Atlantic
Pert Pansies In Filet Crochet Set
Pattern 7537 offers a lacy filet crochet design featuring pert pansies to decorate chairs or davenports with options for a buffet set or scarf ends. Includes charts and directions for stitches and materials. Send twenty cents to Household Arts Department, Winnipeg Newspaper Union, 175 McDermot Avenue E., Winnipeg, Man, with name address and pattern number.
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Household Arts Department
Winnipeg Newpaper Union
McDermot Avenue E
Winnipeg
Man
Typed signatures aid business letters
The Windsor Star notes that illegible signatures on letters cause curiosity and embarrassment. It argues that the sensible remedy is to have the writer's name typed on correspondence, as a simple business practice to improve clarity and professionalism.
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Windsor Star
No Sugar Rules For Canning Tomatoes and Pumpkins
The guidance states that tomatoes marrow and pumpkins are not counted as fruit for the canning sugar allowance and that sugar cannot be used for canning these vegetables.
Potash Used in Munitions and Aviation Fuel Production
Potash is identified as a key ingredient in making gun powder, hand grenades, and aviation gasoline, highlighting its role in military and aviation industries.
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France
R.C.A.F
Africa
North
Calvin “Pep” Peppler
Tunisia
Windsor and
Buckingham Palaces
London
China
Botanical Societies
Scotland
Alice Brooks
R.C.A.F. Sentinels
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