Geographer Predicts Dense Prairies in Far Future
Dr. Griffith Taylor, famed Toronto geographer and president of the Association of American Geographers, envisions a future where prairies become densely treed. He cites Indian Head reforestation, Siberian plantings, and growing towns like Prince Rupert and Prince George as evidence of shifting Canadian settlement and land use.
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Griffith Taylor
University of Toronto
Taylor
Canada
Dominion
Association of America Geographers
Antarctic
Scott
Prairies
Indian Head
Siberia
Tavior
Australia
Nigeria
Prince Rupert
Toronto
Yokohama
Vancouver
Prince George
British Columbia
Ontario
Cariboo
Dr. Taylor
Turner
Crow's Nest
Kimberley
Trail
Great Hills
London
Hamilton
Kingston
Montreal
Dominion Civil Service
England
United States
Weather Service
Novel Rest Camp for Gibraltar Garrison
A barbed wire enclosed holiday camp now serves a hundred men at a time for three days amid huts indoor games reading and writing an outdoor cinema and two bathing beaches. Food is billed as the best in Gibraltar with meals such as mixed grill meat pie melon and lemonade. Band concerts or talkies finish each night and curfew is 11 pm.
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Gibraltar
Little Betty's Mock Funeral for a Canary
A child's disappointment over her pet canary's death leads to a ceremonial burial in the garden. Betty asks if the bird goes to heaven and her father replies in safety, while the girl imagines St Peter's reaction upon opening an empty cigar box.
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Betty
Birdie
Cross St. Peter
British Scrap Drive Calls In Iron Railings
The Ministry of Supply sets a time limit to call in iron railings gates and posts as scrap metal for war weapons. Exemptions apply to railings needed for public safety and gates of historic or artistic value. Rainfall notes show wooded areas receive 25 percent more rain than open spaces.
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British Ministry of Supply
Parachute Invasion Fears Shape British Prep
A neutral silk maker’s tale from before WW2 notes German plans for millions of parachutes and an invasion of Britain. The piece discusses landing paratroops by air and sea, the role of fog in surprise, and Britain’s readiness for possible large or smaller scale parachute landings. It contrasts Crete and Norway operations and cites a belief in hundreds of thousands of parachutists as a looming risk.
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Germany
Britain
Crete
Norway
Winnipeg Free Press
Alaska Waters Hold Over a Hundred Food Fish Species
The article notes there are more than a hundred species of food fish living in Alaska waters. It highlights the region's rich aquatic biodiversity and implications for fisheries and cooking.
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Alaska
Fish Color Blind and Cold Blooded Claim
A brief note asserts that fish are color blind and cannot feel pain due to being cold blooded, reflecting a common myth about aquatic life.
Facing the Truth on War and Nazism Broadcast
A quotation from Herbert Agar's broadcast to Britain warns that Nazism represents a counter revolution against civilization. He argues words without deeds have weakened society and that if Nazism wins civilization will descend into a long night. The note places the crisis in a global context including parts of South America. Louisville, Ky.
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South America
Britain
Herbert Agar
Louisville
Overcoat or Waste Coat Pun Sparks Painter Joke
Young Alec asks how many coats for a door. The painter says two coats. Alec proposes three coats and asks if that would be an overcoat. The painter replies it would be a waste coat.
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Alec
Rationing of Food In Britain and Wartime Farm Hygiene
Wartime article notes pre winter farm cleanups and disinfectant uses in barns and poultry houses. It advises rat control with poison or red squill and bot fly containment with creosote dips. It describes public tolerance of rationing and a ministry claim that health will not suffer from sugar and butter limits.
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Dominion Department of Agriculture
Ottawa
Britain
Food Ministry
British Columbia
Strand
Lonely Patrols Remembered Five RCAF Crewmen
Halifax Herald salutes five Royal Canadian Air Force crewmen lost at sea during wartime patrols. The article recalls their vigil from coastal bases, the dangers of the Atlantic, and Canada’s pride in their sacrifice as Sable Island claims its own through wrecks and missions.
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Canada
Atlantic
Sable Island
Royal Canadian Air Force
Halifax Herald
Burma’s Chief Exports Ranked by Value
Burma lists its top exports with rice leading, followed by kerosene paraffin wax teakwood and lead reflecting trade patterns and industrial demand across the region.
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Burma
Inspired Crinoline Era Embroidery Pattern Note
Pattern 7102 offers a transfer design for plain linens with a 6 by 204 inch motif and two 5 by 15 inch motifs plus edging stitches. Includes materials, instructions, and stitch illustrations. Send 20 cents to Household Arts Department Winnipeg Union, 175 Mc Dermot Avenue, Winnipeg, Man for pattern. No Alice Brooks pattern book exists.
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Winnipeg
Union
McDermot Avenue
Man
Alice Brooks
Alberta School Cadets Reaching 3000 Cadets Planned Increase
Lieut G H Ritson Bennett of Military District 13 says Alberta has 42 corps with over 3000 boys in school cadets and will increase this during the current school year with national defence headquarters approval. University heads oppose compulsory medical drills. dental classes are expected to continue drilling.
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Alberta
National Defence Headquarters
G H Ritson-Bennett
Military District 13
Aviation Pioneer Claude White Proficiency Certificate
Claude White, aged 62, is celebrated as the first Briton to receive a certificate of proficiency as an aviator in 1909. He helped establish Britain's first flying school that year and contributed to early training for Spitfire pilots. He witnessed Hendon displays and the first successful loop the loop, foreseeing its role in routine flying.
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Claude White
Britain
England
Hendon
Brief Criticism From Ambrose Bierce
A young novelist asked Ambrose Bierce for one sentence of critique. Bierce replied that the covers of the book are too far apart, delivering a sharp, single sentence assessment.
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Ambrose Bierce
Bierce
Highest Mountain Mount McKinley and description
The text notes Mount McKinley as the highest mountain above its base, located in Alaska in a valley of low plains. It contrasts Mount Everest as the world’s highest peak above sea level. It mentions a 1550 Portuguese navigator publishing a book on building a Panama canal.
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Mount McKinley
Everest
Panama
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Department of Natural Resources
University of Sydney
G. R. Turner
Camp Borden
E. W. Sansom
McNaughton
Cope
Alberta School Cadets
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