Canada leads wartime metal exports and production
During the war years metal use for civilian goods dropped as arms needs rose. Canada becomes the largest metal exporter, supplying aluminum copper nickel and magnesium for aircraft and warfare. Mercury mining expands, and since 1942 the mine met Canadian needs and exported surplus to Britain and the United States.
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Canada
United Nations
British Empire
Britain
United States
Canada Faces War Demands Boosting Mining Prospects
The article notes Canada shipped over 1 billion pounds annually of aluminum copper zinc nickel and lead to the United Kingdom after the war began and to wartime allies. It says vast mineral deposits remain, chiefly in the North West, with new mines likely as old ones exhaust. Modern geologic methods and electrical devices aid discovery, supporting a mining industry employing 107000 directly and 1.2 million indirectly.
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Canada
United Kingdom
Pacific
United States
The
North West
Canadian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy
Advisory Committee
May Learn Secret Tirpitz Salvage Studied For Resistance Power
Air reconnaissance shows the Tirpitz lies keel up in shallow water after multiple torpedo and bomb attacks. Naval experts hope salvage will reveal how German ships gained immense resistance, paralleling lessons from the Bismarck and tested by Wing Commander Tait's team with a 12,000 pound bomb.
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Cmdr
Tait
Language myths blamed in wartime propaganda
The Office of War Information denies a belief that Japanese cannot pronounce the letter R and notes a counter claim that Chinese speakers struggle with R while Japanese speakers have difficulty with L. The report frames the issue as a wartime fallacy.
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Office of War Inferia
OWL
Sherman troops praise Royal Tiger tank in Germany front line action
Allied officers report the German Royal Tiger tank with a super velocity 88 mm gun as a formidable foe. The Royal Tiger weighs 67 to 72 tons, runs up to 20 mph, and features six inches of front armor capable of withstanding standard Allied shells. At least 23 Royal Tigers are said to have been knocked out on the front, with crews noting that success depends on lucky shots or overwhelming force from other tanks and tank destroyers.
Milk Paste Heals Wounded in Soviet Hospitals
Soviet scientists developed a paste from pressed milk that effectively cures wounds. In a Novosibirsk hospital patients with slow healing wounds improved after application despite novocaine, ultraviolet treatment, antiseptics, and baths. The paste was used during the Leningrad blockade in all local hospitals.
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Novesibinsk
Leningrad
Price Control And Rationing Questions And Answers
A reader asks about turning in ration books for extended US residence and reissuing on return. Advice covers six month stays, evaporated milk cards for babies, preserves coupon usage for cranberry sauce, and obtaining a baby ration book at hospital. It also outlines returning worn garments to stores and, if unsatisfied, sending purchase proof and garment details to Ottawa Standards division, plus how to request pamphlets Consumers News or the Blue Book via Wartime Prices and Trade Board offices.
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USA
Canada
Ately
Prices and Trade Board
Ottawa
Standards Division
Consumers’ News
Bamboo Cane Harvest Drives Demand Across Britain
A surge in bamboo cane gathering is noted as a wartime need. Cornwall once dominated production, but imports from China and Japan dried up, elevating British cane to frontline importance. Strong canes support heavy fruit crops. groves exist even in northern Scotland. Dealers travel nationwide to buy entire groves, with 100-cane bundles tied on a rack using a pedal device.
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Cornwall
China
Japan
Scotland
British Isles
Value Of Forests And Conservation Urged
A Vancouver Province passage warns that neglecting forests endangers livelihoods of farmers and consumers. It notes past civilizations ruined by deforestation and calls for conserving firs pines and poplars to avoid creating a desert and widespread hardship.
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Vancouver Province
Mosquito Set Atlantic Crossing Record Flight
An LAY transport command aircraft flying a Canadian built Mosquito departed Goose Airfield Labrador and flew to Britain in six hours eight minutes setting a new Atlantic distance record of 2 230 miles.
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An Lay
Transport Command
Goose Airfield
Labrador
Britain
Atlantic
War Brides A Growing Immigration Movement For Canada
The Brockville Recorder and Times notes that about 21 500 war brides and 8 300 children remain in Britain with 400 to 500 British girls added monthly. The piece argues this immigration movement is sizable and deserving of a warm welcome in Canada.
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Britain
Canada
Brockville
Smiles and Snubs in a Village Variety Show
A collage of light vignettes on marriage, manners, and misread signs. Neighbors debate why Laura remains single and a wife jokes about a hat meant for flowers. A dusky soldier explains artillery slang while a maid recalls a perfect lady vestige.
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Neighbor
Harry
Different Traveler Finds Quiet Hotel in Oxford County
The narrator recalls arriving in Oxford County on a misty day and entering a hotel with a calm rotunda and efficient desk staff. Room 14 is neat and well arranged with thoughtful touches, including a window prop and clean ashtray, suggesting the owner has prior hotel experience. The piece ends with a wish that all hotelkeepers had slept in hotels before owning one.
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Oxford
Morpheus
Lucky Civilians Receive German War Food Gifts at Metz
The United States 3rd Army released a large amount of captured German winter reserve to Metz civilians. The booty included 150 tons of frozen beef 20 tons of frozen corn 500 carloads of flour 150 tons of flour and large stores of canned goods and cheese.
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United States
Metz
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