Canada’s National Parks Preserve Wildlife in Natural Habitat
Canada’s national parks are described as white sanctuaries and natural museums where wildlife thrives under minimal human disturbance. The text highlights wildlife viewing, photography, and quiet recreation, urging visitors not to feed or pet animals. It also notes historical declines and current recovery of species like buffalo, elk, and bighorn sheep, emphasizing preservation of earth and water ecosystems. A second anecdote details a British woman sending a book from Scotland to Donna Bradbrooke in Toronto, connected to Captain Francis Bradbrooke’s crash and the child’s ongoing ties to Canada.
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Canadas National Parks
Canada
National Parks
Francis Bradbrooke
Toronto
Bradbrook
Evening Telegram
Donna Bradbrooke
Donna
Monro Grier
Captain Bradbrooke
London
England
Tender and Tough Rescue Gangs Honored in London Speech
Sir Ernest Gowers praised rescue squads recruited from the building industry at the London Master Builders Association festival. He recalled nights during Luftwaffe raids when rescue workers worked under rubble and a girl ambulance driver paused to allow their silent search. A navvy stroked a trapped woman’s hand as debris was cleared, a memory Londoners will not forget.
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Sir Ernest Gowers
London
Master Builders’ Association
Goering
Sir Ernest
Blockade runners’ South American hides sent to Russia defense stores
Great Britain has forwarded cargoes of South American hides seized from German and Italian blockade runners to Russia. In the five months before Japan entered the war over 2,000 tons of hides were captured at sea. The Axis faces shortages as Germany had bought large quantities of Argentine wet salted hides in 1939 and relies on them for boot and equipment leather.
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Great Britain
Russia
Japan
Germany
Woman scientist threads plant root hairs to prove water uptake
Prof Hilda Rosene at the University of Texas demonstrates that delicate plant root hairs absorb water. She individually threads fine hairs into capillary tubes under a microscope, proving the hairs' water absorption role and enabling future studies on electrical properties in plant life.
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Hilda Rosene
University of Texas
Snow Cross Formed in Holy Cross National Forest
A notable cross shape, known as the Cross of Snow, is formed by two snow filled crevasses on the side of a Colorado mountain in the Holy Cross National Forest. The cross is visible for miles and attracts observers.
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Holy Cross National Forest
Colorado
Hearty Eaters Feed 4000 Meals Daily at Canadian Plant
A large Canadian explosives filling plant requires monthly supplies for 4000 meals a day. Readily listed items include thirteen tons of potatoes twelve tons of meat two tons of butter and seventeen kinds of vegetables to sustain the operation.
Danes Under German Pressure and Allied Bombing Attacks
A Copenhagen refugee recalls Danish subservience to German demands, shifting to anger as British bombings spark hatred. He notes fear of Allied relations, widespread radio listening to English broadcasts, and popular free radio stations amid wartime morale.
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Copenhagen
RAF
Amager
Denmark
England
United States
Germany
Boston
London
Inaccurate Idea on Heat and Chicken Egg Turning
A reader asserts incorrect beliefs about human body temperature and egg incubation. The statement claims the body stays at about 8 degrees below the surface and that a setting hen turns eggs roughly every 15 minutes.
Tall Applicants Accepted Shrunk Says Medical Examiner
A medical officer at the RC AF recruiting center describes flexible height rules for CWA AF female recruits. He notes minimum five feet, maximum six feet with leeway up to ten pounds, and adjustments for posture to meet height, while weight and vision standards determine acceptance.
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C.W.A.A.F
Rc.a.f
M. Houze
R.ca.f
Dr. Houze
Houze
Canadians May Face Diet Changes Amid Food Shortage
Wartime adviser J G Taggart warns Canadians may need to ration fats and oils and boost potato and vegetable intake as Pacific war disruptions shrink imports. He notes Canada lost 100 million pounds of vegetable oils and stresses collective effort and individual responsibility to support Britain and sustain agriculture.
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J. G Taggart
Wartime Prices and Trade Board
Canada
United States
Great Britain
Mr. Taggart
Fruit and
Ontario
Taggart
Saskatchewan
West
Canada urged to supply dried serum to Britain
Dr. C H Best, head of the Banting and Best department, told the national blood donors service committee of the Canadian Red Cross Society that the British government urgently requests dried serum from 59 000 blood donations.
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C. H. Best
Banting and Best Department of Medical Research
National Blood Donors Service Committee
Canadian Red Cross Society
Canada
Britain will use old names Persia and Siam for Iran and Thailand
Richard Law states the government will use Persia and Siam from now on where practical in Britain. The discussion mentions official naming changes and precedents.
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Britain
Persia
Siam
Iran
Thailand
Richard Law
House of Commons
Nations
Pronghorned Antelope of the Western Plains
The article describes pronghorned antelope a speedy creature of the western plains, noting Canada’s dwindling numbers and a small Canada national parks herd of about 300 at Nemisham Park in Alberta. It explains their unique horn structure, alarm flag of white buttock patches, and compares speeds with horse, antelope at 32 mph, horse 34 mph, jackrabbit 28 mph. Full-grown bucks weigh 100 to 125 pounds with smaller does. Risk: long sentence.
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Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
United States
Mexico
Canada
National Parks Branch
Nemisham Park
Thompson Seton
Hypothetical Growth of Four Percent Interest Since Christ
A passage computes the future value of one dollar at four percent interest from the time of Christ. It claims compound interest would yield an enormous sum, while simple interest would amount to less than eighty.
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Christ
Cork used in linoleum and war industries supply
Cork is used in linoleum mats penholders bottle tops and many other items. Much of Canada s supply is diverted to war industries. Never judge a man by his manners toward his superiors judge him by his manners toward his inferiors.
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Canada
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Ners
Hearty Eaters
Alice Brooks
Household Arts Department
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Avenue E
Winnipeg
C.W.A
Greenland
Charles H. Nissley
New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station
New York Sun
Nemiskam National Park
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