Prosperity For Agriculture in Western Canada Awakens Optimism
Western Canada farmers face drought rust frost and pests yet progress comes via farmer ingenuity scientists and economists. A Canada wide survey shows farmers own more property have better cash positions and lower debts with farm prices up sixty percent 1939 to 1944 and production up fifty percent, placing incomes near pre 1939 levels and echoing the prosperity era of 1926 to 1929.
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Western
Canada
Prairies
Great Growth in Canadian Agriculture 1914 18
Records show Canada expanded cultivated land by 18 million acres from 1914 to 1918 boosting wheat exports and shaping prices by world markets. Agriculture employs a quarter of workers and a third of men, with postwar support and Bretton Woods ideas aiming to ease farming risks and improve world trade conditions.
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Canada
Dominion
Breton Woods
Sea going movies entertain Royal Canadian Navy crews
The Royal Canadian Naval Film Society rents 16 mm films to 175 ships, letting navymen watch major productions aboard at sea from Halifax to North Russia. Crews pay five cents per film financed by the ship canteen fund, about four dollars for a minesweeper and ten dollars for a destroyer, with no personal cost to sailors.
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Royal Canadian Navy
Halifax
Russia
Royal Canadian Naval Film Society
Naval Service
Napoleon's Troops Attempt to Seize Australia in Tale
Napoleon reportedly sent troops to seize Australia naming it Terre Napoleon. While the French commander hunted butterflies inland, the British arrived and captured the entire garrison.
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Napoleon
Australia
Terre
Gifts from Stalingrad Craftsmen Mark Second Anniversary
In London an Anglo Russian gathering marked the second anniversary of Stalingrad's defeat. Gifts from the City Council and Stalingrad citizens were presented to British makers who crafted the Sword of Honor. The 18 albums show life in Stalingrad before during and after the siege, with greetings to Britain signed by citizens.
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Stalingrad
London
Sobolex
Marshal Stalin
Churchill
Roosevelt
R. M. Y Gileadowe
London Times
Canada Walk proposed in Holborn to honor wartime ties
London authorities consider naming the north side of Lincoln's Inn Fields Canada Walk to celebrate cordial wartime ties between the Royal Canadian Air Force and Holborn citizens. A maple tree gift from Ottawa’s mayor was planted on that side recently by Holborn’s mayor Alfred Wilfred E. Mullen.
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London County Council
Holborn
Lc.c
Lincoln’s Inn Fields
Canada
Royal Canadian Air Force
Ottawa
Ontario
Holborne
Alfred Wilfred E. Mullen
New drill digs telegraph holes fast for Canadian lines
Canada’s Canadian National Telegraphs unveils a tractor mounted drill that digs 7 foot holes up to 24 inches wide in under three minutes. Assembled on a D-2 Caterpillar, the device cuts post digging time by hours, tested near Lundar 70 miles north of Winnipeg, and will be shared across the western region.
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Canada
Canadian National Telegraphs
A. P. Linnell
Western Region
C.N. Telegraphs
United States
C.N. Telegraph
C.N
Lundar
Winnipeg
Linnell
Has A Variety Hats Made All The Difference
The article catalogues Churchill style hats ranging from caracal pillbox fur to a western sombrero. It notes a Teheran conference look with a Slavonic touch and a colonial bowler tradition, calling attention to the American Nigara fedora and a late nineteenth century sheriff image.
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Churchill
Dodge City
Hamilton Spectator
Mrs Churchill Accepts Soviet Invitation for Russia Visit
Mrs Winston Churchill has accepted an invitation from the Soviet government and Red Cross and Red Crescent societies to visit Russia, planned for early spring. This will be her first trip to the U.S.S.R. She inaugurated the Red Cross Aid To Russia fund, which by year-end had raised about $270,000,000 and shipped about 15,000 tons of medical supplies.
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Winston Churchill
Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies
U.S.S.R
Russia
Churchill
Red Cross Aid
Notable Wars Count Across Civilizations
A historical tally lists 902 major conflicts since 500 B.C. France appears in 185 wars, Britain in 176, Russia in 151, and Austria in 131, highlighting long term European involvement in global warfare.
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France
Britain
Russia
Austria
Price Control And Rationing Information Q&A
Wartime Prices and Trade Board guidance covers boarder rates for landladies first time rentals not needing approval. Cuffs not allowed on ladies slacks but pleats are permitted. Sugar in restaurants must be requested before serving. Seeds and plants prices exempt from board rules. Send questions and request pamphlets to local board office.
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Wartime Prices and Trade Board
Wartime Prices and Trade Board For
Prices and Trade Board
Consumers’ News
Spectroscope Links Scrap Metal to Japanese War Munitions
Battelle Memorial Institute metallurgists report for the U S Army Navy Ordnance and OSRD indicate spectroscopic analysis detects trace metals in U S scrap sold to Japan. The study claims residuals show prewar scrap contributes to Japanese munitions used against U S forces.
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United States
U.S
Battelle Memorial Institute
U.S. Army
Navy Ordnance Departments
Office of Scientific Research and Development
Japan
Civilian Life on a Single Course in H.M.S. Lochinvar
Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve officers in training included a Local Government clerk, surveyor's assistant, chemist, shop manager, school master, chartered accountant, printer, bank cashier, glove salesman, police inspector, fur-buyer, display artist, fiction writer, architect, cabinet-maker, and an Australian sheep farmer. Ether was discovered in the 18th century but not used practically until 1842.
Domestic life dreams for CWAC sergeant plans
Ogema Saskatchewan’s Sgt Barbara Leonard dreams of domestic life after years with the Royal Canadian Ordnance Corps. She studies cooking and sewing at night school while her husband serves overseas. The piece notes CWACs in Winnipeg and various graduations and enlistments, including Loretta Kerschtien and Edna Kerschtien, plus a wedding in England.
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Barbara Leonard
Ogema
Sask
Barbara
C.W.A.C
Saskatchewan
Royal Canadian Ordnance Corps
Western Front
Loretta Dora Kerschtien
Carl Kerschtien
Steen
Canadian Women’s Army Corps
Fort Osborne Barracks
Winnipeg
Swift Current
Brandon Mental Hospital
Cpl
Edna Kerschtien
RCAF
W.D
MacDonald. Man
Weaving Asbestos Reappears in 18th Century Urals
The ancient craft of asbestos weaving was rediscovered in 1720 in the Ural mountain regions. This revived technique connected historical knowledge with later industrial uses.
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Ural Mountain
War map shows nations joining or abstaining before March 1
On the eve of March 1, 46 Allied nations had declared war against Germany or Japan as admission to the San Francisco World Security Conference. Neutral states included Switzerland, Sweden, Spain, Portugal and Argentina, while Finland Hungary Italy Bulgaria and Romania stood between former Axis allies and repentance, all at war with Axis powers in varying degrees.
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San Francisco
Germany
Japan
Switzerland
Sweden
Spain
Portugal
Argentina
Finland
Hungary
Italy
Bulgaria
Romania
Smile a While humor bits from a social page
A collection of light exchanges and quick wits from domestic and public scenes. Jests include a millinery secret, a hog pen under the house, a waiter’s missing tip, a professor’s question about the word fascinate, and a waistcoat joke. Repeats and captions show everyday characters: maid, doctor, barber, prisoner, and suitors.
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