Trans-Canada Air Lines Advances to Moncton Route
Ottawa Journal notes Trans-Canada Air Lines moves its eastern terminal from Montreal to Moncton with ground facilities ready and daily familiarization flights to test the new segment. It recounts the airline’s rapid development since 1938, its expanded routes to Vancouver Toronto Edmonton Seattle, and estimates on travel times from Montreal to Vancouver and Halifax to Vancouver.
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Trans-Canada Air Lines
Atlantic
Montreal
Moncton
Trans- Canada
Toronto-Windsor
United States’ Air Lines
Trans-Canada
Winnipeg
Vancouver
Winnipeg- Montreal
Toronto
Edmonton
Seattle
Washington
Halifax
Canada
Ottawa
Prairies
Ottawa Journal
Mrs Emily Post Urges Dunking Ban or Ban on Mopping Gravy
The St Thomas Times Journal notes Mrs Emily Post’s imprimatur on dunking doughnuts and suggests her guidance for a proposed American Bakers Association rule allowing bread mopping of gravy. It argues against waste and calls for moderation in social settings, hoping Mrs Post weighs in.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emily Post
New York
Winnah and Champeon
St. Thomas Times-Journal
Naval Expansion Plan Seeks 126 New Ships and 2400 Planes
Congress will be asked in January to authorize a 1.3 billion naval expansion including 95 warships and 2400 aircraft. The program covers three carriers eight cruisers 52 destroyers 32 submarines 31 auxiliary vessels and 36 lighter than air craft. It also notes 40 million flowers shipped from Cornwall and other curious figures such as elephants averaging four tons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Congress
Increasing Electric Use Surges Across Canada
The Winnipeg Free Press notes rising electric power use in Canada from 1923 to 1937 with mine and manufacturing electrification climbing to roughly 80 percent and total energy consumption reaching about 16.9 billion kilowatt hours in eight months of 1938. It highlights domestic benefits and contrasts with archaic candle costs, urging appreciation of electricity’s modern boon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
Grandma
Hubby
Winnipeg Free Press
Intensive Prospecting Using Helium Radioactivity Method
Dr Norman B Keevil of the University of Toronto says research on rock ages may enable targeted prospecting of granite bodies for new gold sources. He notes radioactivity and helium dating can reveal age relationships between ore minerals and rocks, aiding exploration even in contorted or soil-covered terrain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norman B. Keevil
Physics
University of Toronto
Keevil
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Harvard University
Nonagenarians Fit the Picture in St Mary Tailor Tale
The Journal Argus shows a 92 year old tailor fitting a suit for another 90 year old citizen. The Barrie Examiner notes these nonagenarians are still active. The report mentions tuberculosis found in 57 parts of bovine animals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Mary, Ont
Argus
Barrie Examiner
Business as Usual in Wartime England Shifts Offices
Wartime Britain adopts decentralization with offices moving to country houses barns and hotels. Panels of typewriters echo in drawing rooms as executives work with countryside views. Some workers miss city bustle while others find the shift jolly and productive. An official notes 3,000 country homes rented in the first week of war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Toronto
Orillia
Montreal
St. James Street
London
Woodstock Sentinel Review
Indians Conserved Soil in Ancient Colorado Cliff Dwellings
National Park Service surveys in Mesa Verde National Park reveal prehistoric cliff dwellers seven centuries ago built hundreds of check dams to expand arable land. The dry farmers labored to trap runoff and create small plots for corn beans and squash, a terrace farming method echoed by modern Hopi Pueblo in Arizona.
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Colorado
National Park Service
Mesa Verde National Park
The
Park Service
United States
Arizona
The Wrong Place and the Army Recruit
An enthusiastic recruit parades with a tiny Union Jack on his tunic. The sergeant major admonishes him to restrain patriotism and remember he is in the British army. The tale notes study elements for tree identification: leaves flowers fruits bark buds and bud arrangement leaf scars and tree form.
Crochet These To Keep Her Warm Christmas Stocking Set
A knit pattern note offers a simple crochet set with cap scarf and mittens in 4 6 and 8 year sizes. Includes material list and stitch illustrations. Send 20 cents to Household Arts Department Winnipeg Newspaper Union 175 McDermot Ave Winnipeg. No Alice Brooks pattern book published.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Household Arts
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave
Winnipeg
Alice Brooks
Magnitude Of The Task Of Furnishing Supplies To BEF
Reuters reports detail the scale of support for the British Expeditionary Force in France. An army corps requires 70 000 gallons of petrol daily and large stocks of food and hospital items. daily bread and biscuits reach 1000 tons, fresh vegetables supplied with French aid, and 120 tons of food per corps. The system uses interlinked depots, pack trains, and thousands of vehicles including 7000 vehicles and 2000 motorcycles in France. The quartermaster general in France, Lieut General W G Lindell, oversees this vast logistics operation with bases scattered to prevent bottlenecks.
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France
Reuters
Champagne
United Kingdom
Army Service Corps
U.S
R.A F
R.A.F
Ministry of Supply
B.E.F
W. G. Lindell
A Time To Advertise In Wartime Canada
The Canadian Chamber of Commerce notes in Canadian Business that during a wartime crisis advertising budgets should not be cut. With rising purchasing power from war production, industry and agriculture will need to be supported, and investments in advertising promise strong returns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canadian Chamber of Commerce
Canada
Winnipeg Free Press
Red Cross asks women groups to keep to hospital supply standards
The Red Cross urges women's organizations to make supplies as directed or waste will occur. A recent parcel for a Toronto ward used wadding instead of gauze, returning lumpy and uncomfortable pads after washing. Also notes 1937 pig iron rise and US bird density figures.
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The
Red Cross
Sherbourne Street
Toronto
Has Helped Business A Novel Idea Is Booming
Leo Spinelli of Pittsburg sells newspapers downtown in a dinner jacket with a smiling delivery style. He wears a polished look while serving Frijoles after meals as part of a quirky local scene. The piece mentions beans in upperclass Mexican dining and star names by number, plus notes on cold winters and constellations.
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Leo Spinelli
Pittsburg
Spinelli
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Cornwall
Lendon
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