Canada weighs overhaul of low cost housing policy
Canada prepares a major revision of its federal housing policy as wartime needs shift demand. Parliament orders new data from abroad, especially the United States and Britain, to guide a policy update for security demands and postwar conditions. The government weighs suspending nonwar loans while studying temporary housing programs modeled on U S projects like Boulder Dam and the Tennessee Valley.
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Federal Treasury
United States
Washington
Boulder Dam
Tennessee Valley
Canada
Parliament Hill
Wind of Victory Inflames Flyers From Australia to Canada
The Ottawa Journal notes Mr Power’s wartime welcoming words to a party of young Australian flyers training in Canada. It recalls RAF night bombings against German targets and Germany’s reprisals, linking them to collective Allied resolve and the wind of victory in their wings.
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Power
Canada
Germany
Royal Air Force
London
Ottawa Journal
Shopper friendly display windows smashed in Chicago retail raid
A clerk notes plate glass windows smashed by a crowd in a dry goods store making goods easier to reach through. An army of 2,000 men is marching in Chicago to hunt rats, with a suggestion to extend the effort. A physician cites speech defects in one person in the US as a medical observation.
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Chicago
Wheat considered as binder in briquette fuel from Alberta coal
A Nordegg report describes experimenting with wheat as a binder for briquettes made from Alberta coal. University of Alberta researchers note flour paste works but is not waterproof, while a flour and asphalt mix yields a good waterproof briquette. Estimated annual wheat use: 30 000 bushels.
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Nordegg
Calgary
Department of Industrial Research
University of Alberta
Alberta
Bravery praised as guard defuses bomb near Seaside plant
Harry Shiels, guard at the Seaside hydro electric plant near Toronto, halted a bomb by kicking away its fuse after noticing a flare. Officials consider him for the George Cross. The device, with a four foot fuse, could have caused severe damage if it struck flammable material. Toronto officials and analyst Prof Joslyn Rogers weighed in on the peril. Canadian Eskimos lauded by Michael Powell as the best natural actors in Canada beyond the film’s final scenes.
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Ontario
Harry Shiels
Toronto
Ing
W. L. Houck
Ontario Hydro-Electric Power Commission
Shiels
Ottawa
Joslyn Rogers
Michael Powell
Canada
Dominion
Niagara Peninsula
Arctic
Prairies
Rocky Mountains
The King's Whistle Air Raid Siren Named by Children
A letter to the London Times describes the air raid warning siren named by 25 signal children under five at a day nursery. They see it as the King signaling quick nursery departure to fetch gas masks and remain unfazed by the wail. The writer recalls children shouting has the King blown this whistle as they walked home.
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London Times
Creed and Christian faith cited against National Socialism
In a Times letter from London the writer argues the war against Germany spans military and spiritual realms. He asserts Christianity is Europe’s main spiritual source and claims Christendom without Christianity is dead. Canada coal output for H1 1940 reached 8,227,401 tons versus 6,816,269 tons in H1 1939.
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Chichester
the Times
London
Germany
Europe
Canada
Stutterers Accepted as Potential Soldiers by War Dept
The national war services department says stuttering does not bar military service as there is no medical regulation excluding stutterers. Dr. Herbert Christie notes a stutterer can still be a good soldier, countering calls for exemption of over a million. Also says waterproof gardener trousers made from synthetic rubber fabric are in fashion.
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National War Services Department
Herbert Christie
National War Services
New York
James Sennett Greene
United States National Hospital For
Dr. Christie
Douglas MacArthur
United States Army
Manila
America
England
Make these economical cuddle toys for a bazaar
The notice offers pattern 6756 for three handmade cuddle toys, requiring only odds and ends of material. Send 20 cents in coins to the Household Arts Department of the Winnipeg Newspaper Union at 175 McDermot Ave. E Winnipeg to obtain the transfer pattern with stitching instructions and illustrations. No Alice Brooks pattern book exists.
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Household Arts Department
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave
Winnipeg
Alice Brooks
A Canadian Army Of Half A Million In Sight
A Canadian military forecast states an army of 500 900 in sight under the National Resources Mobilization Act. By next summer the total may reach 500 000 with 29 750 men in non permanent militia and about 240 000 in non permanent active service as Canada readies for broader war effort.
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Department of Natonal Defence
Calla
Canada
C.A.S.F. Uniil
Registration of Indians and militia mobilization details
The article notes Chief Registrar Jules Castonguay directing registration of Indians, with delays due to wandering tribes and confinement in prisons or mental institutions. It also describes militia recruitment, reporting 112000 strength against a 99000 target after a surge of volunteers and earlier calls.
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Jules Castonguay
Castonguay
Canadians donate day’s pay to buy a Spitfire
Officers and men of the Canadian 1st Division under Maj Gen G R Pearkes approve a plan to contribute a day’s pay for a Spitfire fighter. Privates give about six shillings, aiming at a £7,500 total. Halifax fund initial £1,000 sent to Lord Beaverbrook. Halifax Chronicle and Royal Bank sponsor.
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Royal Air Force
G. R. Pearkes
V.C
Royal Canadian Air Force
Ernest McNab
Halifax
Lord Beaverbrook
Halifax Chronicle
Royal Bank of Canada
Treat for her as irate mate questions hungry visitors
A kindhearted woman feeds every tramp who comes to the door and faces an irate mate who complains he asks why she feeds strangers. She responds that it is relief to see a man eat without finding fault with the cooking.
Time Means Nothing in China Patience Under Bombs
The Guelph Mercury notes Canadians marvel at Chinese patience after three years of war. China endures bombs and loss of territory yet remains steadfast, as Chungking marked Confucius day, illustrating time and space as factors shaping a civilization that endures punishment.
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Guelph Mercury
Chungking
New Professions: Wall Sound Tester and Sniffing Fisherman
Two new trades appear in global directories. One man tests dampness in new homes by probing walls with sound waves. The United States Fisheries Bureau hires a sniff tester whose sense of smell is 30 times acute, able to judge fish freshness from a single sniff.
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United States Fisheries Bureau
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