Hidden Wealth Awaiting Development in Canada's Western Northland
The Western Northland's mineral wealth, led by radium silver and petroleum, is seen as a major wartime employment source. Demand for strategic minerals drives exploration in Yellowknife and along the Alaska Highway, with tourism and agriculture rising alongside plans for settlement and fur trading opportunities.
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Canada
Northland
Klondike
Otheless
Department Mines and Resources
Ottawa
Yellowknife
Ewest
Alaskaighway
Rctic
Ainly
Robert Service
Northwest Territories Administration
Alaska
Northwest Territories
Yukon
Jaska Highway
Dominion Botanist Dr J H Craigie Named Associate Director
Ottawa announces the appointment of Winnipeg scientist Dr J H Craigie as associate director of the Agriculture Department science service and Dominion botanist and plant pathologist. Craigie, 57, will head botany and plant pathology in Ottawa, replacing retired H T Gussow. He led Winnipeg’s Dominion laboratory of plant pathology since 1928 and holds Minnesota and Manitoba degrees, with multiple honors including the Flavelle medal in 1942 and the Erikson Award in 1932. He served in England and France during the First World War. Trade tea leaf position note ends the piece.
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J. H. Craigie
Winnipeg
Agriculture Department
Science Service
Dominion
Ottawa
Craigie
Dominion Laboratory of
H. T. Gussow
Minnesota
Manitoba
Professional Institute of the Civil Service of Canada
Erikson
Not Changed Statements by German POWs In Alberta Camp
Two young German prisoners of war who escaped a Alberta lumber camp and were later captured in New Westminster B C maintain that Nazi youth psychology remains unchanged They still believe Hitler will win the war and aim to return to aid the Nazi cause They say Nazi education shaped youth to feel they are the dominant race and that Germany’s plans were thorough before the war.
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Alberta
New Westminster
B.C
Hitler
Europe
Germany
Calgary Herald
Meteorites and Oceanic Islands Teach Earth’s Inner Workings
Meteorites from space shed light on Earth's interior as their composition is linked to the core. Oceanic islands are landpsarks formed by volcanic action rising from the sea.
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Earth
Rugged Professor Refuses to Acknowledge Female Students at Oxford
The story recounts a professor at Oxford University who, amid wartime gender shifts, refuses to recognize women in his classes. He opens lectures with Gentleman, then Sir as the ratio becomes 49 girls to one male, revealing stubborn insistence on male-only address despite changing times.
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Oxford University
Diamonds fuel war effort and a Bougainville custom hat
The article notes U S production plants used over a ton of diamonds in a war year for cutting tools. It also describes Bougainville Island a secret society placing hats on every male infant to be worn until marriage.
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United States
Bougainville Island
South Pacific
Tea’s wartime labor and a return to tea rationing
The piece recounts how India’s tea industry supported war efforts after Japanese advances in Burma. Planters aided invasion alerts, built roads, ferried supplies, and nursed refugees while boosting output to a record 570 million pounds. The rationing lift restores tea to Canadian homes and back on stoves nationwide.
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Canada
Sumatra
Java
India
Ceylon
British East Africa
Burma
Praise For Sailors Gallantry Of Men Of The Allied Navy
The piece honors Allied and merchant sailors who ended tea and coffee rationing in Canada. David Gibson of the Navy League of Canada commends seamen for keeping sea lanes open and transporting munitions and food, noting Canada’s celebration of their bravery.
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Canada
David Gibson
Navy League of Canada
The War To End All Wars Must Reign
A Halifax Herald quote argues that progress in atomic science threatens humanity. It claims world peace is essential for endurance and that defeatist ideas ignore a turning point where human nature must change or mankind will perish.
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Hitler
Tojo
Halifax Herald
Six Swallows Hatched at Dogminion Station Return
Six young swallows from the Dogminion Experimental Station in Saanichton B C hatched in 1943 were banded. In 1944 a watch found one bird returning with the metal legband proving at least one of the six returned to its birthplace for summer.
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Dogminion Experimental Station
Saanichton
B.C
Moon Temperature Variations in Sunlit and Shadowed Phases
Observations indicate moon surface temperatures range from 216 degrees Fahrenheit in sunlight to 2423 degrees below zero when in shade. Measurements reflect extreme thermal contrast between sunlit and shadowed lunar regions.
Sailors Repair London Homes Damaged by Flying Bombs
The British Navy crew assists London residents by making habitable their bomb damaged houses. The photo shows AB E J Rawlings and AB A Walton stripping a roof before re stating it, illustrating war scars slowly healing in London.
World War II Shelter Quarry Draws U S Officers Interest
Eight United States Air Force officers inspect a vast French underground stone quarry dating 400 years, once a mushroom farm, near the Renault plant. Converted to shelter for 20 000 workers, it spans 100 000 square feet with tunnels 10 to 50 feet high and miles long.
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France
Renault Automobile
Matchmates For Fall Crochet Pattern 7228
Crochet set features hat and purse stitches with a chic, professional look in worsted yarn. Pattern 7228 costs twenty cents in coins and is mailed from the Household Arts Department at Winnipeg Newspaper Union, 175 McDermot Avenue E Winnipeg Man. Include name and address clearly. Delivery may take longer due to mail delays.
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Household Arts Department
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Avenue
Winnipeg
Shelterbelt Roots Influence Surround Windbreaks Study
From the Dominion Forest Nursery Station at Indian Head Saskatchewan an observation on crop and tree growth near wind breaks suggests hedge plant and shelterbelt roots affect an area on both sides equal to the belt height.
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Dominion Forest Nursery
Indian Head
Sask
China Produces 561160 Hockey Digks Annually
The report notes China annual production of 561 160 hockey digks in normal times. It highlights steady output across manufacturing sectors and implies resilience in domestic demand despite broader market fluctuations.
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China
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FFI
Manchester Daily Dispatch
Siegfried Line
Roetgen
Rosa L. Shaw
Toronto Globe and Mail
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