Empire Forces In The Pacific
The British Empire highlights its Pacific war role from Aleutians to Burma. Canadian Australian New Zealand Indian and West African units fought beside British and American forces. Australian and New Zealand navies and air services supported operations including Buna Milne Bay Sonananda Guadalcanal and jungle campaigns in Burma.
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Europe
Pacific
Japan
British Ministry of Information
Aleutian Islands
Burma
Hong Kong
Royal Canadian Air Force
Australia
Herbert Morrison
New Guinea
Far Eastern
United States
Buna
Milne Bay
Sonananda
Royal Australian Navy
Solomons
Guadalcanal
New Zealand
West Africa
Notable Premiers Homes in Ottawa From Earnscliffe to Sandy Hill
The Ottawa notes recall premier residences and their fates including Earnscliffe overlooking the Ottawa River now housing the British high commissioner Sir Wilfrid Laurier’ s brick Sandy Hill home once tied to Liberal leadership and Mackenzie King ownership Sir Robert Borden’s Sandy Hill stone residence now hosts the Chinese minister RT Hon Arthur Meighen’s humble downtown Ottawa home Lord Bennett at Chateau Laurier. The piece also honors M R K Burge British Information Office director departing for London praising his candid wit and humanity.
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John A. Macdonald
Earnscliffe
Ottawa River
Parliament Hill
Wilfred Laurier
Sandy Hill
Wilfrid
Lady Laurier
Liberal Party
Mackenzie King
Ottawa
Lord Bennett
Chateau Laurier
London Free Press
First patent for locomotive electric headlight issued in 1881
The 1881 patent marks the debut of an electric headlight for trains, a milestone in railroad technology. Inventor and assignee details are not provided in the source text.
Price Control And Rationing Information In Wartime
Q and A on rent fixing and notice to vacate six months, private car sales with ceiling price, ammo purchase rules for gun owners, and how to start a remake centre via the Wartime Prices and Trade Board. Includes guidance to request Consumers' News and the Blue Book from regional offices.
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Consumers’ News
Prices and Trade Board
Synthetic quinine elimination of malaria postwar report
The U S National Research Council board envisions eliminating malaria in civilized nations after the war with atabrine, a synthetic quinine substitute. Large scale production of quinine itself is not seen as essential for armed forces malaria management.
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U.S. National Research Council
Board For
Christmas parcels for forces overseas reach deadline
Mrs Thomas C Malone of Toronto organized Christmas parcels for the Irish Regiment of Canada. By August she baked 46 cakes weighing 210 pounds using Prices Board approved supplies. Benjamin Franklin refused patents believing inventions should benefit the public.
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England
France
Thomas C. Malone
Toronto
Irish Regiment of Canada
Prices Board
Regular again after weeks
A Kellogg's All-Bran testimonial claims relief from constipation after weeks of pills. The reader praises bulk-forming benefits, noting natural elimination and daily consumption recommended with a grocer’s purchase in London, Canada.
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Kellogg's
London
Canada
Must Keep Navy Hon Angus Macdonald Urges Defence Wisdom
Navy Minister Hon Angus Macdonald speaking at Port Arthur warned against repeating the 1920s and 1930s weakness. He stressed that Canada’s wartime sailors’ achievements should inspire and that economy must not erode security, citing British precedent and the need for prepared defence.
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Angus Macdonald
Port Arthur
Canada
Fur Trade Prosperity Looked for in 1944 Outlook
Federal officials expect a stronger 1944 for the Canadian fur trade after a record 1943 value of 27,694,164 dollars with 11 percent above 1942. About 40 percent of catches came from Indigenous, Eskimo and white trappers in Canadian territories as hunters face a peaking cycle. W M Ritchie, head of fur inspection, notes healthy industry and approx 40 million dollar investment in fur farming while shortages and high prices drive recent prosperity.
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W. M. Ritchie
Agriculture Department Fur Inspection and Grading Service
Irony Of War A City’s Scars And Fortunes
England mourns losses of homes hospitals beauty and lives while honor remains. The French spared Paris during the war but Rome, already scarred by earlier conflicts, suffers fewer visible wounds despite its war guilt and turbulent history.
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England
London
Rome
Two Reporters Used For Live Wire Scene
In a small Western town a service wire fell across the main street blocking traffic. No one would touch the wire for fear it was live. The editor sent for two reporters to handle the incident with safety and speed.
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American West
Lublin
Ilya Ehrenburg
Berlin
Germany
St. Catharines
Northward development urged by Roosevelt’s defense vision
The Ottawa Citizen outlines President Roosevelt’s call for north–south thinking and rapid development of Canada’s northern regions. It highlights Alaska and the Aleutians as stepping stones to the Far East, urging Ottawa to parallel U.S. defense and administrative efforts amid calls for parliament action.
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Roosevelt
Bremerton
Alaska
Aleutians
Far East
Northwest
Evening Citizen
Washington
R. T. Bowman
Canada
United States
Ottawa
Ottawa Citizen
Byrd in Capital Air Conditioning Mystery
Navy engineer called to raise temperature in overcooled air conditioned suite. Rear Admiral Richard F. Byrd complained, an odd episode in Washington. Lt. Earle Mayfield from Houston was hospitalized with pneumonia, amid summer medical alerts in the capital.
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Navy Department
Washington
Drew Pearson
Richard F. Byrd
Earle Mayfield
Texas
Houston
Gasoline for Navy Plane Equal to Montreal Calgary Car Run
A brief note asserts the gasoline needed to keep a fast navy plane aloft for one hour would power an automobile from Montreal to Calgary, illustrating the fuel demand of aviation.
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Montreal
Calgary
Fjords of Norway Form Steep Cliff Enclosures
The cliffs surrounding some Norwegian fjords rise sharply from the water to heights between 2000 and 3000 feet, creating dramatic vertical walls that dominate the landscape.
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Norway
Duck Population Surges Amid War Strain on Harvests
The war has reduced hunting pressure allowing duck populations to rise. They crowd wintering grounds and increasingly damage crops, especially wheat corn and rice, as many species move from water to fields. Calgary Herald.
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Calgary Herald
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Empire Forces
Regina
NAY & James, Ltd
Sask
United Kingdom
Informa
Canary
Burge
Sparks Street
Strand
Ottawa Journal
SLOAN
Benjamin Franklin
The
London Times
Montreal Gazette
Paris
Firestone
Mercator
Tor
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