Banked wartime gifts and shifts in Canadian economy
The Hudson's Bay Company board appointed Lieut-Col. Hugh Farquharson Osler to the Canadian committee. Lord Nuffield added 22 500 to his 6 675 000 gifts for military recreation equipment. Canada issues 25 000 000 in treasury bills due Feb 15 1940. Alberta forms an agricultural and swine committee to boost wartime food. 53 English schoolgirls from a Canada tour arrive safely in England. Flax and soybeans crops discussed for Empire aid. UK gasoline to rise to one shilling nine pence half-penny per gallon amid wartime measures.
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The
Hudson's Bay Company
Hugh Farquharson Osler
Winnipeg
Lord Nuffield
E. 8. Archibald
Dominion Experimental Farms
United Kingdom
Ancient House Preserved at Twickenham by Queen's Wish
The Ancient House at Radnor on the Thames between Strawberry Hill and Pope's Villa near Twickenham is preserved by a royal wish. It may be leased for a peppercorn rent reflecting medieval spice costs. Strawberry Hill earned its name from Horace Walpole’s 1760s strawberries, while Pope's Villa sits on land once inhabited by Pope.
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Radnor House
Twickenham
Thames
Strawberry Hill
Pope
Horace Walpole
Alexander Pope
Benes Sees Hope for Czecho-Slovakia After War
Former president Eduard Benes, now chief of Czechs abroad, told the Daily Mail he trusts in a just democratic settlement after the war to restore Czecho-Slovakia. He warned Nazis face dual peril from subjugated Czecho-Slovak and Polish peoples as the country becomes a vast conspiracy in spirit and morals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eduard Benes
Czecho-Slovakia
Daily Mail
Navy Blanket Orders Highlight Color Divide
The Royal Navy has used only white blankets for decades and a firm has secured an order for 350,000 of them. In contrast the Canadian Navy uses grey blankets.
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Royal Navy
Spider Web Graticules Aid British War Effort
A Ministry of Supply official described using delicate spider webs as graticules for binoculars and outlined industrial conversion to war production. He cited small firms aiding unity across dominions and listed varied sectors turning to tanks, shells, guns, and fuses to sustain output and postwar recovery.
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Britain
Ministry of Supply
Dominions
Gramophone
Wireless
New Whale Tracking Transmitter Tested by Expeditions
A Polar Record article details a new device using wireless transmitters on hunted whales to mark ownership and aid location. After years of trials, Norsk Telefunken supplies the transmitters which emit signals every minute, aiding catchers in clear or foggy weather by tracking the whale via a direction finder.
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Brian Roberts
The
Polar Record
Norsk Telefunken
Building A Locomotive Jobs From One Train Engine Highlighted
The Brockville Recorder and Times notes that new locomotive orders for Canada mean substantial employment, since one standard locomotive sustains about 50 man years of labor and uses over 7500 parts from 119 plants. The piece links industrial demand to broader wartime and technological themes.
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Canada
Brockville Recorder and Times
Fastest Plane Emerges From U S Lab Research
National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics says new air cooled engines will power a faster plane with knife like wing to approach 500 mph or more. Eight years of study produced a threefold power increase and redesigned cooling fins. Engineers also pursue larger propellers and safety fuels to prevent explosions, accelerating flight development.
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United States
National Advisory Committee For Aeronautics Research Workers
Chinese Donor Gives 400 To Ottawa Red Cross War Chest
A Chinese Ottawa laundry operator, head of a local subscription group, counted out 400 dollars at the Ottawa Red Cross branch. He stated that all Chinese societies in Canada are to open subscriptions in support of the Red Cross because of its aid in China during the Japanese war. The Red Cross, with Canadian churches, contributed 68 255 dollars last year for medical and surgical supplies in China to fight epidemics.
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Canada
Canadian Red Cross Society
Red Cross
Ottawa
China
Canadian Red Cross
Dream meanings and health tips from Winnipeg union
A Home Service feature explains dream symbols and their links to personal issues. It promotes a 32 page booklet by a famous psychologist on interpreting dreams and banishing hidden worries, available for 15 cents plus other pamphlets. Georgia noted as the largest state east of the Mississippi.
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Home Service Dept
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave. E
Winnipeg
Anne Adams Pattern 4273 Jumper and Bolero for Girls
Anne Adams Pattern 4273 offers a three piece jumper and bolero with one piece front and back panels forming straps and no side seams. Includes a matching blouse and a bias cut swing hem. Sizes 4 6 8 10 12 with yardage given for fabrics and a 20 cent pattern price. order to Winnipeg Pattern Dept. 175 McDermot Ave. E. Winnipeg.
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Anne Adams
Winnipeg
Newpaper Union
McDermot Ave
Jesus Heals the Sick and Calms the Storm
Sunday School Lesson notes recount Jesus of Nazareth healing a feverish mother-in-law in Peter’s home and casting out demons on the Sabbath. The narrative covers healings, the evening crowd, and Jesus calming a storm on the lake with the disciples pleading for rescue.
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Peter
Jesus
Whedon
Isaiah
Matthew
Christ
Allen
W. W. Sidey
Capernaum
Perth observatory airs be the clearest in world
The Western Australia government astronomer claims the Perth observatory sits under the planet’s clearest atmosphere due to its geographic position. The air drifts west to east, sweeping 5,000 miles of ocean and leaving the air dust free. Brandon Sun.
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Western Australia
Perth Observatory
Perth
Brandon Sun
The Art Of Relaxation A Cat As Teacher Of Poise
Beverley Nichols argues in the London Daily Sketch that every home should keep a cat for its calming influence. He notes a cat’s deliberate repose from the floor to the fire, praising its poised movements and suggesting women could learn perfect serenity from a Persian cat’s careful theater.
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Beverley Nichols
London Daily Sketch
One Thing Lacking In Automobiles Cooling System
An auto maker touts a perfected mechanical air cooling system that filters air and adjusts temperature by season. The piece notes cars becoming more comfortable than homes and jokes that an automatic device to prevent people from killing each other is the remaining missing element.
Driving attentiveness and road safety warning
A concise warning highlights how dividing attention while driving multiplies tragedies and subtracts safety, peace, and well being. The message urges drivers to keep their minds on driving, attributed to A. Z. Potter of Independence Kansas.
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A. Z. Potter
Independence
Kansas
U.S.A
French boxers greet with kiss before bouts in homeland
In traditional French boxing culture, fighters would kiss each other as a pre bout greeting rather than shaking hands, reflecting regional customs and sportsmanship as they prepared to spar in France.
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Land
Burnt Sugar Marshmallow Layer Cake Recipe
Selected recipe for a two layer cake using burnt sugar syrup and caramel frosting. Includes instructions on making burnt sugar syrup, creaming butter and sugar, adding eggs, folding in flour and milk, and baking. Finishing with marshmallow border and torching marshmallows to brown.
Frosting Recipe For Two 9 Inch Layer Cakes
Beat 2 egg whites with 144 cups sugar and water plus corn syrup over boiling water until mixture thickens and forms peaks. Remove and beat until thick. This frosting makes enough to cover tops and sides of two 9 inch layers.
Canadians Fear Not Shortage of Essential Drugs in Wartime
The article compares Canada and Britain preparedness for essential medicines. It notes Canada’s reliance on foreign sources for few drugs, domestic manufacture of medicinal chemicals, and adequate reserve stocks of castor oil olive oil and cod liver oil. It also mentions Britain’s continued access to most essentials but reliance on imports for quinine morphine and codeine, urging stock conservation.
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Canadians
Canada
United States
Germany
Western Hemisphere
Belgium
Great Britain
Britain
Editorial Note on Dr McCullough Cancer Articles Availability
Readers may obtain the complete set of Dr McCullough cancer articles by writing to The Health League of Canada at 105 Bond St Toronto Ont. The notice invites readers to request the full series and provides mailing instructions for completion.
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J. L. Ralston
Dominion of Canada Treasury
Agricultural and
Alberta
D. B. Mullen
Toronto
England
Fred Ney
Queen Elizabeth
Czecho
Slovakia
George IV
Japan
Home Service
Georgia
Mississippi River
SC Hom
Bolero
Messiah
Jesus of Nazareth
Natale Daler
BAYER
DR. J. W. S. McCullough
Ramsay Company
Bank Street
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