Conservation Of Wild Life In Canada For Our Future Well-Being
A Ottawa wildlife conference urged careful use and preservation of Canada's wild resources. Delegates warned against waste from poor shooting, overhunting, and woods fires, stressing long term value for employment, tourism, fur trade, and postwar growth. The muskrat meat market and new cooking recipes were highlighted to reduce waste.
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Canada
Department of Mines and Resources
Ottawa
Preservation urged for historic Ely Place in London
Holborn council pushes the Corporation of London to preserve Ely Place in its entirety. The area, heavily bombed, is governed by six commissioners and is largely off limits to police unless summoned. Some sixteenth century buildings remain including a tavern with Shakespearean flavor.
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London
Ely Place
Holborn
Corporation of London
Holborn Borough
Devastating Rocket Barrage Puts Wehrmacht Under Pressure
Canadian and British troops on the western front now employ the rocket barrage a weapon with a firing array of 12 projectors each with 32 barrels delivering a firepower equivalent to 280 100 pound shells from conventional artillery. Lt Colonel W. E. Harris contributed to its development as a demoralizing saturation weapon though artillery remains more precise for individual targets.
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Western Front
Navy
Anzio
Normandy
W. E. Harris
Sarnia
Ont
Department of Veterans Affairs
London
Television's Postwar Prospects and Drawbacks
The Port Arthur News-Chronicle weighs television's early promise against eye strain and the challenge of merging image and print. It notes large white direction signs for aircraft readable from 5,000 feet on clear days, underlining new guidance needs.
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Port Arthur
Retired camer a beast ends yearly Cairo Mecca journey
The world renowned caravan animal that carried the Holy Carpet from Cairo to Mecca for two decades has retired. The ceremony marked the end of an annual procession led by local organizers and religious authorities.
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Cairo
Mecca
Canadian Red Cross Volunteers Support Soldiers Overseas
Ruby Cobbett reports from France on the Canadian Red Cross welfare officers and 500-plus Canadian girls serving overseas with the Canadian Red Cross Corps. They drive ambulances visit hospitals teach crafts and provide comforts to wounded servicemen across from Newfoundland to Italy.
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France
Red Cross
Ruby Cobbett
Miss Cobbett
Canadian Red Cross Corps
Canadian Army Medical Corps
Newfoundland
Italy
Howard Wesley
No 3
Canadian General Hospital
Canadian Red Cross
Largest East African diamond found in Tanganyika
The colonial office reports a new giant diamond discovered in Shinyanga district Tanganyika weighing about 12 carats and valued at $60000 in raw form. An estimated ten percent will be lost during cutting.
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East Africa
Shinyanga
Tanganyika
Colonial Office
Mail Towline Used To Hoist Tin Cans In Tonga
The note describes mail being towed to ships in sealed tin cans at Naiufoo Tonga due to shark danger. It claims tigers swim well and like water, contrasting with cats.
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Naiufoo
Tonga
Royal Observatory work aids Allied bombing and navigation
The Royal Observatory staff track Earth's magnetism and sunspots to improve navigator charts, warn Bomber Command of magnetic storms, and aid radio and Army operations. Astronomer Royal Sir Harold Spencer Jones oversees continuous solar observations, with a magnet ship to fill knowledge gaps. Wallis, a leading aircraft designer, helped create heavy bombs like the 12,000-pound armor piercer and the Ruhr dam burst bombs, reflecting a blend of science and war effort.
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Berlin
Royal Observatory
Admiralty
Air Ministry
Harold Spencer- Jones
Astronomer Royal
Britain
Cape of Good Hope
Kodaikamal
Madras
Observatory
Bomber Command
Army
Wallis
R.A F
Ruhr Mohne
Guy Gibson
V.C
Harris
Effingham
Surrey
Tea and Coffee Stocks Seen Safe for 12 Months
F T W Saunders of the prices board said Canada has ample tea and coffee with normal consumption and no danger of rationing for at least a year. He commented amid panic buying fueled by rumors of resumption, which he called unfounded.
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Canada
T W. Saunders
Prices Board
Saunders
German Whines and Nazi Deception in War Critique
The St. Catharines Standard argues that if Germany complains during the war, a future campaign will be cleverly designed to win sympathy. It warns that a smoke screen will aim to sway people worldwide to listen to German pleas for mercy.
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St. Catharines
Squared Off Crochet Pattern 7432
Crochet pattern 7432 offers 12 inch pineapple squares in No 30 cotton 16 inch string. Squares can be joined as scarfs or used as doilies with directions and stitches. Send twenty cents to Household Arts Department Winnipeg Newspaper Union 175 McDermot Avenue E Winnipeg Manitoba. Name address and pattern number required. Delivery may be delayed due to mail service.
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Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Avenue
Winnipeg
Man
Simple Trick for Butter That Spreads Easily
A kitchen tip suggests filling a small china bowl with boiling water to heat it, then pouring out the water and inverting the hot bowl over four pieces of butter. In a minute or two the butter becomes soft and ready to spread, avoiding waste and frustration.
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