Inventions Board Shapes War Effort Through Science
The Inventions Board of the National Research Council channels inventions offered to the government to aid the war effort. Since 1840 it has reviewed over 7,000 submissions, many improving wartime procedures and some guiding research across government, industry, and universities.
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Inventions Board
National Research Council
Armed Services
C. J Mackenzie
Defence
Navy
Army
Air
J. Cook
Noted Canadian Astronomer Dr J S Plaskett Dies
World renowned scientist Dr J S Plaskett, first director of the Little Saanich Mountain astrophysical observatory, dies. He discovered the great Double Star and showed the galaxy spins around a distant center. His work with Canada’s 72 inch telescope brought national and local recognition.
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Dominion
J. S. Plaskett
Astrophysical Observatory
Little Saanich Mountain
Canada
Plaskett
The
Conscription of Wealth in Canada Elites and Industry
The passage argues Canada extensively funds and operates industry through taxation and loans to the limit of ability to pay. It suggests true takeover of all industry would overwhelm any government and contends wealth conscription is near in practice. It ends with a reminder that knowing your thinking matters less than knowing that you think.
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Canada
Sixth Columnists Must Be Punished In War Time
A Johannesburg Times editorial argues that Sixth Columnists including profiteers rent racketeers and graft seekers undermine the war effort. It calls for rigorous punishment to curb their crimes and intentions across all countries at war or facing threat of war.
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Johannesburg
Processing Of Fruits And Vegetables In Canadian Experiments
Results of experiments in processing fruits and vegetables at Dominion Experimental Farms in Ottawa Kentville and Summerland are used by commercial processors across Canada to distill cider vinegar and other products.
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Dominion Experimental Farms
Ottawa
Ont
Kentville
N.S
Summerland
B.C
Canada
Electric headlights and wartime guns in early tech notes
The article notes a German siege gun with an 80 mile range and $8,000 per shell during the First World War. It cites about 50 instruments in a modern aircraft cockpit and mentions the 1881 patent for electric locomotive headlights. The number 2436 appears as a reference.
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Paris
Chinese Air Power Sets Stage For Aerial Showdown In China
American airplanes have reached China enabling a potential compare-and-contrast between Japanese and American war kites. Key Japanese models O-1 pursuit and B-98 bomber are rated first class by observers in China. Outcomes could shape Nippon’s future actions in the war theatre and Indo China.
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China
Nippon
Indo-China
Japan
Queen Elizabeth Prefers Longhand Drafts for Speeches
The monarch writes speech notes in longhand and then personally types the final manuscript as part of her preparation routine.
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Queen Elizabeth
Tribute to Churchill highlights rallying American support
The piece lauds Winston Churchill as a powerful orator who blends emotion and conviction to unite Americans with Britain in a holy war against Nazism. It cites Churchill's assertion that the US and Britain are committed to destroying Nazi tyranny and questions when the United States will enter the fight.
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Winston Churchill
Roosevelt
Churchill
Britain
United States
Omaha World-Herald
A 5 TM Year Old Tombstone Riddle Echoes War
An inscription at Church Comsie Essex warns of bloodshed when ships swim undersea and birds outpace the sky. The ancient prophecy foresees half the world drenched in blood and rings true to modern fears.
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Church Comsie
Essex
Delightful Doilies Pattern 7101 for three sizes
Set a delightful table with these doilies in three convenient sizes. Crochet them quickly using Pattern 7101 which includes instructions, illustrations, and stitches. Send 20 cents to the Household Arts Department Winnipeg Newspaper Union at 175 Mc Dermot Avenue Winnipeg Man for the pattern. no Alice Brooks book exists.
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Household Arts Department
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Avenue
Winnipeg
Man
Alice Brooks
Prohibition on Fresh Fruit Mailings to Britain Under War Rules
Canada bans sending fresh fruit by mail to the United Kingdom and other countries except the United States. Rotting fruit damaged parcels and caused delays. Apples may be shipped via a Special Plan through wholesale or retail merchants to export to Great Britain for distribution by Parcel Post.
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Canadian Post Office Department
United Kingdom
United States
Dominion Department of Agriculture
Great Britain
Dominion Fruit
Ottawa
Canadian Horticultural Council
Beaufighter feats and rise of super fuel in wartime
Coastal command Beaufighter crews earned fame in Crete and Sicily ground attacks with minimal losses. New high octane fuels from the United States promise greater air power, with 115 octane production set to exceed 100 octane output, boosting RAF and Allied air operations.
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Britain
Royal Air Force
Coastal Command
Air Ministry
Crete
Sicily
U.S
United States
Canada
Harold Ickes
Great Britain
Institution of Automotive Engineers
Australia
G. A. C. Leaver
Ban on Canadian peat to the United States
The office of production management announced a U S request led Canada to ban peat exports to the United States. Most Canadian peat goes to U S magnesium production. British Columbia is the only nearby source of the required quality. Few U S deposits offer the needed quality and quantity. Canadian peat is used for packing vegetable shipments and as flooring for chicken runs and stables.
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Washington
Office of Production Management
United States
British Columbia
O.P.M
Defining Grades Of Far Clearer For Fox Ranching
Agricultural department officials announced amendments to regulations establishing grading centres across the dominion. The changes aim to standardize grading for fox furs and encourage production of top quality pelts.
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Dominion
Agricultural Department
Renowned Astronomer Dr John Plaskett Dies at 75
Dr John Stanley Plaskett, 75, a leading astronomer and retired superintendent of Canada’s Victoria-area astrophysical observatory, died recently at his Esquimalt home. He earned many honors, traveled widely for lectures, and contributed to the scientific world before his 1934 retirement. The piece notes his global scientific presence and mentions Shintoism.
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John Stanley Plaskett
Astrophysical Observatory
Victoria
B.C
Esquimalt
Plaskett
United States
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L’ecole Polytechnique of Montreal
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Research Council
Defence Services
Dr. Plaskett
Observatory
AMS
Uts
Mediterranean
Ark Royal
Chinese Air Power
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