Importance Of Clay Deposits In Western Provinces
G M Hutt notes the complex definition of clay and its formation from weathered silicate rocks, with kaolin as a key example. He explains residual deposits, the role of silica and impurities, and how chemical and physical properties like plasticity, iron content, fluxing minerals, and tempering affect use in china clay, glazes, and refractory products.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G M. Hutt
Canadian Pacific Railway
Winnipeg
Prairie Provinces
Canada
England
China
Prairies
Clay making and kilns for brick and pottery processes
A detailed overview from Agricultural and Industrial Progress on brick and tile manufacture, kiln types, firing stages, and vitrification. It covers methods from hand-made to dry-press, updraft and downdraft kilns, continuous tunnel kilns, electric firing, and the role of saggers. It also notes regional Manitoba Saskatchewan clay varieties and bleaching clays for oil decolourizing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Eastend
Round Willows
Prairies
Thornhill
Lord Roberts Cecil Still A Champion Of League Peace
Lord Robert Cecil a key League of Nations drafter and advocate marked his 72nd birthday with global postwar planning activity. A veteran British statesman, he helped draft the covenant with Smuts and Benes and remained a leading voice for a strong international peace system.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lord Robert Cecil Still
Hasto
League of Nations
ORLD
Robert Cecil
Viscount Cecil of
Chelwood
Cone
Lord Cecil
Lord Salisbury
Great Britain
Jan Christian Smuts
Union of South Africa
Eduard Benes
Jonathan Cape
Toronto
League of Nations Society
League of Nations Association
League of Nations Union
David Lloyd George
General Smuts
British Empire
Paris
Woodrow Wilson
United States
The
League
South Africa
Stanley) Baldwin
Earl Baldwin
Geneva
Woodrow Wilson Foundation
Canada
Dominion
Niagara
Royal Netherlands Navy Receives Four Motor Torpedo Boats
The Royal Netherlands navy gains four motor torpedo boats handed over for active service by the Canadian Power Boat Company in Montreal. The article notes the vessels enhance striking power and readiness for duty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Royal Netherlands Navy
Netherlands Navy
Canadian Power Boat Company
Montreal
Secret keepers of Britain’s wartime women in uniform
Britain mobilizes women from the W A N S and Auxiliary Territorial Air Force at the hush hush Combined Operations Staff under Lord Louis Mountbatten. The women handle sensitive preparations, and the glamour of serving with Mountbatten makes Combined Operations highly sought after.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Britain
Air Naval Service
Auxiliary Territorial Air Force
Combined Operations Staff
Lord Louis Mountbatten
Lord Louis
Easy to Sew Cuddle Toys Pattern 7121
Pattern 7121 offers a transfer pattern for two identical cuddle toys made from scraps. Includes instructions and stitch illustrations. Send twenty cents to the Household Arts Department in Winnipeg to obtain the pattern with name address and pattern number.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Household Arts Department
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Avenue
Winnipeg
Red Army’s Degtyarev Rifle Fires 100 to 125 Shots
The Red Army’s automatic rifle by V A Degtyarev is an original design that requires reload after 47 shots and can fire 100 to 125 well aimed rounds per minute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Army
V. A Degtyarev
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Willkie al
Wendell Willkie
Egypt
Alamein Front
Bernard L. Montgomery
8Th Army
Europe
Mackenzie King
Maxim
Alice Brooks
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