Fishermen's Reserve Volunteers Patrolling Pacific Waters
Fishermen from British Columbia join the Royal Canadian Navy reserve patrolling west coast waters. They operate small woodcraft boats, now armed and staffed by reserve sailors trained at William's Head on Vancouver Island. Despite reduced pay, they defend key inlets and sea lanes against enemy activity and mines.
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West
Coset
British Columbia
Canada
Pacific
Naval
Naval School
William's Head School
Vancouver Island
Cold front discovery traced to Bache and Franklin era
Weather officials at a meeting of the American Philosophical Society revealed that the so called cold front, identified now by meteorologists, was first described by Alexander Dallas Bache in 1541 as the passage of a lip e squall. Reichelderfer explained the front consists of many millions of cubic miles of polar air drifting southward, bringing clear weather in winter and summer.
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Alexander Dallas Bache
Benjamin Franklin
University of Pennsyl
F W Reichelierfer
US Weather Bureau
American Philosophical Society
Philadelphia
Franklin
Bache
Reichelderfer
United States Employs Blimps For Coastal Patrols And Convoy Tasks
The U S uses lighter than air blimps for in shore patrols against submarines and convoy work. Blimps hover and cruise at convoy speeds up to 75 mph with long endurance, carrying crew of 10 to 12 and arming with machine guns bombs and depth charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Health League of Canada warns against skipping breakfast
The Health League says the longest overnight gap leaves the stomach empty before morning duties. Start with fruit or juice, then cereal with milk or eggs, meat, and toast. Milk is essential with breakfast, providing vitamins and energy for adults and children.
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The
Health League of Canada
Health League
Smokeless Powder Alcohol Links Guns and Gin In Report
Dr C S Boruff, technical director, predicts gin will fade from American bars as alcohol is used to manufacture smokeless powder. He explains guncotton is made by treating cotton fibres with acids, forming cellulose nitrate mixed with alcohol to create a jelly like mass for extrusion and drying.
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C. S Boruff
Boruff
Jack Miner and the Bird Sanctuary Invention
The Ottawa Citizen lauds Jack Miner as Canada’s beloved naturalist whose original thought produced a bird sanctuary attachment for farming. It argues Miner’s impact rivals classic inventors, noting his public lectures funded his sanctuary and that his work proved wildlife conservation is practical and valuable.
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Jack Miner
Ford
Edison
Dominion of Canada
Watt
Bell
Canada
Ottawa Citizen
Egypt to Ship 30,000 Tons of Onions to England
Egypt plans to export 30,000 tons of onions to England this season, signaling an active trade in agricultural produce between the two nations. The move reflects market demand and seasonal harvest timing affecting supply in the United Kingdom.
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Egypt
England
Old Bank Notes Turned Into War Bonds In Canada
The Canadian Bank of Commerce in Kincaid Sask holds aged currency used to purchase Victory Bonds. The notes include a Mol son four-dollar bill from 1875 a Dominion of Canada two-dollar note from 1878 a Merchants' Bank one-dollar note from 1878 and a Bank of Montreal five-dollar note from 1871. Several bills remain cleanly preserved by a collector who now seeks to fund the war effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canadian Bank of Commerce, Kincaid, Sask
Molson’s Bank
Dominion of Canada
Merchants’ Bank
Bank of Montreal
Nazi Officer Recalls Capture Near Cairo Amid Desert Chase
A German staff officer, prisoner in Cairo, recalled being in a staff car with General Rommel when pursued by British forces. He said Rommel warned there were too many in the car, then woke up on the ground. A California scientist notes a sun dial with curved hour lines. Excavations reveal ancient Indian cities thrived 5,000 years ago.
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Cairo
Desert
Rommel
London News Chronicle
California
Definite Need To Increase The Acreage Sown To Flax War Effort
The London Times notes a wartime demand to boost flax acreage as Canada faces oil shortages. Experts urge farmers to plant more flax in 1942 to support linseed oil needs for paints soaps and industrial uses, amid 60 million bushels produced in 1941 and a potential 20 million bushels absorbable next year. The piece contrasts flax with drying and non drying oils and stresses war driven supply pressures.
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Canada
China
Manchuria
Orient
W. G. McGregor
Central Experimental Farm
Ottawa
Hatred as a Tool in Warfare Cited by Air Marshal Bishop
Air Marshal Bishop argues that a calculated bit of hatred aids fighting. Quentin Reynolds notes, a controversial view claims hatred is a useful, honest emotion that can grip soldiers and sharpen resolve. Batavia, founded 1619, is cited in reflection on costs of victory versus a Hitler triumph.
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Bishop
Quentin Reynolds
Colliers
Gays
Wood Buffalo Herd and Canadian Bison History
An account details the historic range and size of Canada’s buffalo, noting a last wild herd protected by government along the Slave River and Great Slave Lake region. It describes the Wood Buffalo subspecies, weights up to 2800 pounds, and nomadic migrations that fed Plains tribes and created a vast reserve near Elk Island National Park in Alberta.
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Interior
Plains
Canada
Seton
Rocky Mountains
Great Slave Lake
Fort Smith
Not Very Solid Reports From Greece on Axis Solidarity
Reports from Greece describe a Nazi soldier addressing an Italian officer with contempt for ranks and country. He mocks Italian leadership and asserts Axis solidarity, claiming gratitude should go to Germany for Italy's existence. The exchange highlights tensions within the alliance during the theater.
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Greece
Italy
Axis Solidarity
Boston MFA closes Japanese art galleries for protection
The Boston Museum of Fine Arts shuts its galleries dedicated to Japanese art to safeguard objects from fanatics. A German monk is credited with the invention of cannon in Europe.
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Boston Museum of Fine Arts
Europe
Britain Considers Canada High Vitamin Flour Supply
British scientific advisers review Canadian milling methods yielding high vitamin flour from rust resistant wheat. If scalable, UK could obtain fortified flour at lower cost by eliminating artificial vitamin additions. Canada expects vitamin rich flour to be marketed under government standards on April 15 after equipment delays.
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Food Ministry
United Kingdom
Agriculture Department
Canada
Saskatchewan Soldier Settlers Indebtedness Revealed
In Saskatchewan 6164 soldier settlers were allotted land under the Soldier Settlement Board after the First World War. About 23208 remain on the lands with indebtedness totaling 3,864,905 dollars while the original debt stood at 25,576,322 dollars. G H Castleden of the CCF Yorkton reported this in the commons.
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Saskatchewan
Soldier Settlement Board
G H Castleden
Yorkton
Extreme Cold Stuns Russian and German Observers
The text notes Russia experiences extraordinary cold while Canadian prairies, though dry, feel less. It states Russians tolerate the cold but Germans suffer more, highlighting cross national reactions to severe temperatures.
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Russia
Canadian Prairies
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Royal Canadian Navy
Pamize
Navy
Vana
Texas
Shell
Alice Brooks
Household Arts Department
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Avenue
Winnipeg
Man
India
Axis
Ian Findlay
BBC
Hitler
Battlefeld
Dortmund
Stuttgart
Wilhemstrasse
Germany
Gestapo
Himmler
London Times
Air Marshal Bishop
Batavia
Wetherlands East Indies
Lake Winnipegosis
Buffalo
Thompson
Britain
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