Opportunities In Trees From War's Economic Viewpoint
The federal government supports the forestry association train as it tours prairie provinces teaching the value of trees. War spurs tree planting and forest conservation aided by Prairie Farm Rehabilitation, with new markets for Canadian wood as Baltic routes close. Forest resources are urged as a permanent national crop for Canada’s well being.
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Forestry Association
Prairie
Dominion Forestry Farms
Prairie Farm Rehabilitation Organization
Europe
United States
Norway
Hitler
Roland D. Craig
Dominion Forest Service
Ottawa
Canadian Society of Forestry Engineers
Baltic
United Kingdom
Craig
Canada
Arthur A. Schman
Canadian Forestry Association
Burlap Shortage Shapes Wartime Supply Lines
Wartime demand for burlap drives price swings from six to 11 cents per yard since last September. Britain has spent 500 million yards and global shortages push use of cotton sacking and paper bags. Photographers aid mapping of Antarctica by dropping carbon black powder bombs on snow.
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Antarctica
Fish oil refinery in Vancouver Claim
One of the finest and most modern fish oil refineries in the world is located at Vancouver British Columbia.
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Vancouver
B.C
Berlin Pots Farmholders Restricted Potatoes to Registered Buyers
The German Government announces a special register for potatoes in Berlin due to a severe winter. Registered customers may buy on two non consecutive days weekly with quantities limited by available supply.
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Berlin
Notable free world friendliness questioned in totalitarian era
The piece argues that the appeal of Scandinavian decency is overshadowed by totalitarian might. It warns that the question of power versus right is a global issue, not a local one, and that genuine friendliness cannot exist under tyranny.
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Christian Science Monitor
German resolve mirrored in prolonged resistance rhetoric
The statement notes that the German people are prepared to endure a long conflict if hostilities continue, highlighting a mindset of enduring struggle and extended resistance in the face of ongoing fighting.
Magnetic Mines and the Winnipeg Wireless School
The article explains magnetic mine countermeasures including de gaussing belts that neutralize a ship’s magnetism to pass over mines, noting limits of immunity. It then reports on a wireless school established at the University of Manitoba in Winnipeg for the British Commonwealth air training plan, enabling over 1,000 airmen to train as wireless operators with expanded facilities and classrooms.
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Britain
University of Manitoba
Gauss
His
British Commonwealth Air Training Plan
University of Manitoba At
Winnipeg
C. G. Power
National Defence
Power
Sidney E. Smith
Justice Dysart
Royal Canadian Air Force
New Zealand
Montreal
University
Supply Shortages Hit British Households War Time
A wartime note details clothespin scarcity as England lacks large scale pin production. Prewar imports reached 192 million a year from Germany. local makers pivot to 5 million spring pegs weekly but higher labor costs push prices to about sixpence per dozen versus twelve wooden pegs per penny. Reports also flag wire shortages affecting mouse trap production in Leeds.
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England
Germany
Leeds
Auction Mixup Sends Goodwin House To Stranger Bidder
Mr and Mrs Norman Goodwin of Quincy Massachusetts away on a short vacation when an HO L C auctioneer raised a red flag on their piazza and within thirty minutes sold their house and two car garage to the top bidder. The bidders address error led to the sale of the wrong house after the Goodwins had owned it 16 years.
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Norman Goodwin
Quincy
Mass
Home Owners’ Loan Corporation
We Piazza
Goodwins
Legend States Bodhidharma Gave Tea to The World
According to an ancient legend Bodhidharma endured a nine year penance without sleep. To punish himself he pulled out his eyebrows and cast them aside. From the ashes sprouted the tea plant and eating its leaves helped him stay awake for the ordeal.
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Bodhidharma
Early Match Names and Dark Ground Gold Description
The text notes that matches began being sold under the name Lucifers and describes ground gold as a fine powder appearing dark red or black.
Survey on Housing Conditions To Be Included In 1941 Census
A Dominion Bureau of Statistics plan for the 1941 census includes questions on housing type sanitation heating bathrooms refrigeration fuel used number of rooms construction and rent. The Ontario Association of Real Estate Boards urged the federal government to obtain property and housing data during the census.
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Canada
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Ontario Association of Real Estate Boards
London
Early tea customs in the western hemisphere story
A seventeenth century hostess received a pound of tea and cooked it with butter salt and pepper before serving it to guests, among the earliest known stories of tea drinking in the western hemisphere.
Ancient Sparta youths played ball game akin to football
History notes reveal a rough ball game among Spartan youths roughly 2,500 years ago similar in spirit to football, showcasing early athletic play in ancient Greece.
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Sparta
Ear of Dionysius Whispering Gallery in Syracuse
The Ear of Dionysius in Syracuse Italy is a 50 foot high gallery carved 200 feet into a cliff. Built to serve as a prison by Emperor Dionysius its acoustics carry sounds clearly to the top chamber where he listened to prisoners.
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Dionysius
Syracuse
Italy
Ech
Automobile efficiency at high speed study notes
A 62 mph car shows about 60 percent of engine power consumed by air resistance. The finding highlights aerodynamic impact on fuel use and performance in typical highway conditions.
Indian Engineer Proposes Wing Cut Slot Flap Device
Phiroze P. Nazir, a 32 year old Bombay aeronautical research engineer, outlines a wing trailing edge cut slot and flap to slow fast aircraft during landing and boost lift for short takeoffs. The Indian government funds development and patent costs and discusses the device with British commonwealth air training plan officials.
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Phiroze P. Nazir
British Commonwealth Air Training Plan
Bombay
One-Propeller Landing Feasibility Examined
Aviation experts analyze scenarios where a single functional propeller allows a safe landing. Engineers discuss flight control adjustments, glide performance, and emergency procedures to maintain stability and minimize risk during a propeller loss.
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