Conscience Money Reaches Ottawa From Various Donors
The National Revenue Review notes small sums sent to the Customs and Excise Office in Ottawa labeled conscience money. Donations range from cents to hundred dollar sums. Examples include 29 cents from Windsor, 70 cents from Prescott, 100 dollars from Victoria, and 35 dollars from old Canada US residents. Some gifts include unsigned letters or cryptic notes, with a few credited to duties owed or mispayments corrected after inquiries.
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Toronto
Windsor
Ontario
Prescott
Victoria
B.C
Secretary, Customs and Excise Office
Ottawa
England
Canada
United States
Woodstock
N.B
Income Tax Division
National Revenue Review
Canada’s First Division: a vital, prepared war mission
Major General A G L McNaughton in Ottawa says the overseas force is a vital job to finish Hitler and his allies. He stresses patient preparation to build an efficient field force, with careful staff selection and equal opportunity for militia and active service personnel, as Canada uses time to expand if needed.
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Canada
Hitler
A. G. L. McNaughton
Ottawa
McNaughton
Gas Mask Bags Warn Women Against Carrying Purses
A wartime warning from the Ministry of Home Security urges British women not to carry purses or other items in gas mask bags as it could render masks ineffective. The notice stresses masks are government property and neglect could cost individuals more than fines. It notes 37 international telephone circuits are in operation.
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Ministry of Home Security
New War Word Evacuees Enter the Lexicon
The St. Thomas Times Journal notes a new term evacuees arising in wartime usage. Scholars object that it is not French or English yet, as it denotes those removed from danger in England and Scotland to safer areas, joining refugees in the evolving dictionary.
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United Kingdom
England
Scotland
St. Thomas Times- Journal
Bear Encounters Big Black Bear at Mammoth Hot Springs
In Yellowstone National Park a large bear approached Fred Bieberdorf near Mammoth Hot Springs and walked into a pool described as 166 degrees for a warming bath. The beast stirred the water before exiting to shake off. Snakes lack true voices, their sound being a hiss from air escaping deflated lungs.
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Yellowstone National Park
Fred Bieberdorf
Mammoth Hot Springs
Bieberdorf
Stanford Student Kept Secret Record of Fatal Leukemia
Frederick James Hinds of Santa Barbara California died of myelogenous leukemia one month before his 23rd birthday. He kept a meticulous personal record of his illness, diagnosed after viewing his own blood under a microscope two years earlier. Doctors and students praised his courage and suggest the notes may aid future cures for leukemia.
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Stanford University
Frederick James Hinds
Santa Barbara
Calif
Hinds
Stanford Hospital
Premier plans oil drilling push in British Columbia
Premier Pattiio says the British Columbia government will seek 200000 dollars from the legislature to drill one oil well in the Peace River region after surveyors reported oil indications. If unsuccessful, more funds could follow to pursue additional holes and prove a structure at least 70 miles long. A 35 mile road is under construction to move drilling gear to the area next year. The piece also notes the regal lily’s rise from obscurity in western China.
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Pattiio
B.C
Peace River
Turner Valley
Alberta
Buffalo migration strengthens prairie links in Canada
The National Parks Bureau plans to transfer 20 prairie buffalo to Burwash Ontario this autumn to form a nucleus herd. The project aims to acclimate the animals to eastern Canada and foster better east west ties among provinces as prairie traits mingle with Ontarian life.
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Canada
Burwash
Ontario
National Parks Bureau
Department of Mines and Resources
Winnipeg Free Press
France Says Finances Stronger Today Than War Declared
Finance Minister Paul Reynaud told a national committee that France's foreign exchange reserves are stronger today than at the outbreak of the war despite enormous overseas costs. He cited ongoing capital return and described the war as psychological, urging moral resistance and claiming France's finances are in order.
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France
Paul Reynaud
Reynaud
Bridegrooms Take Center Stage On Greensboro Society Page
Readers of the Greensboro Record were surprised to see a shift in the society page with pictures of bridegrooms and bridegrooms-to-be replacing the traditional brides and brides-to-be.
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Greensboro, N.C
Pattern 6496 Offers Linen Motifs and Stitch Variety
A Winnipeg newspaper notice promotes Pattern 6496 with 29 motifs and multiple stitch types for linen gifts. It lists motif sizes from small to large, materials, stitch illustrations, and color schemes. Send 20 cents to the Household Arts Department at Winnipeg Newspaper Union for the pattern.
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Household Arts Department
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave. E
Winnipeg
Alice Brooks
Advertising and war machines reshape the modern balance
Portsmouth merchant George W. Sheets thrived in the 1930s by heavy newspaper advertising, building a paid-for stock and real estate. A contrasting view argues mechanization cannot replace human soldiers, noting that even advanced weapons require skilled personnel and that leadership and mobility remain decisive in war. This Calgary Albertan piece frames ads versus armor as enduring tensions in commerce and conflict.
Detonator Ray Tested by War Department Sponsor Mohr
Otto H. Mohr of Oakland California describes a detonator ray claimed to explode gasoline and ammunition from two miles away. He reports gamma and beta rays involved and that the beam direction is not yet controllable. Mohr says the ray accidentally detonated rifle cartridges and gasoline during experiments.
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United States War Department
Otto H. Mohr
Oakland
Calif
Interior Department
Mohr
Historic Caves of the Thousand Buddhas near Tun-Huang
The Caves of the Thousand Buddhas near Tun-Huang China are carved into rock cliffs and have housed Buddhist shrines for over 1500 years. A sealed manuscript chamber was discovered in the caves in 1900.
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Tun-Huang
China
Goat crowned king at Kilorglin fair recalls alerting army
A three day fair in Killorglin County Kerry crowns a goat king in a centuries old custom. The ceremony honors a legend that a bleating goat warned the village of advancing enemies.
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Killorglin
County Kerry
Ireland
Lobell to Help Count Whale Noses in Ant arctic Census
Milton Lobell, a 26 year old University of Washington graduate, will accompany the Byrd Antarctic expedition as a representative of the U S Bureau of Fisheries. He will conduct a whale census around the south polar ice to gauge conservation needs to prevent the whaling industry from collapsing. The piece notes a bright outlook from an astronomer about the sun lasting 500 sixtillion years. Egypt and her Sphinx are praised in contrast to a Soviet animated Sphinx named Stalin.
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Milton Lobell
Lobell
Antarctic
Antarctica
University of Washington
United States Bureau of Fisheres
South Polar
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Pittsburg
Post-Gazette
British Columbia Plains
Peace River Area
Buffalo
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Portsmouth
Ohio
George W. Sheets
Sheets
American
Sheets Furniture Company
Woodstock Sentinel Review
Lord Gort
Maginot Line
Asia Minor
Africa
Calgary
Budapest
Holland
Byrd
Egypt
Russia
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