Cost of Modern War Shows High Equipment Prices
Dominion Public Relations Committee data from Ottawa detail approximate costs in Canada’s war effort. Individual items include personal equipment ninety five dollars, Bren gun three hundred twenty five, two‑pounder anti‑tank fifteen hundred, universal carrier five thousand, cruiser tank one hundred thousand, and ammunition costs for bullets shells and bombs. An infantry battalion costs three hundred thousand with full staff and stores. Navy and air force costs noted, including mine sweeper six hundred thousand and trainer planes eight thousand to forty thousand dollars. Daily cost to maintain five thousand soldiers in Canada is five thousand five hundred dollars, and overseas is seventy one thousand dollars. Government aims to fund the war with pay as you go, via taxes and loans, and expect rationing and fewer luxuries postwar.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
Dominion
Ottawa
Army
Air Force
Navy
Harvard
United States
Prompters and pacing guide young thespians in theatre
Mary Ellen Burgess explains prompter importance in rehearsals for a one act or three act play. Emphasizes consistency, cue timing, and prompts for absent actors, plus using a stopwatch to keep run time under three hours. Notes props and distribution of information via self addressed envelopes.
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Fnally
Mary Ellen Burgess
Regina
Snail Factoids Surface In Odd Sunshine Notes
A quirky item notes sun spots and a snail capable of pulling a heavy load. Report mentions a snail moving 50,000 miles in diameter and a three pound weight, reflecting curious scientific or folklore style.
Sunrise Shifts With Time Change Early Year Reference
The note explains sunrise times around the time change. It states sun rises twenty minutes earlier on Monday Rev. V than at year start. By March 10 it rises an hour earlier than at the year's start and by March 21 under daylight saving it will rise at the current standard time.
Ancient Egyptian balance scales used 5000 years ago
A fragment notes crude weighing methods based on balance were employed in Egypt around 2452 BCE, indicating early use of balance scales in trade or daily measurement during ancient times.
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Egypt
Enlistment of Cooper Siblings in Canadian Dental and Army Corps
Two Moose Jaw physicians W R and F B Cooper and their sister Ressie Cooper nursing sister enlist in No 40 Company Canadian Dental Corps attached to No 4 Training Command Calgary. The doctors, Toronto graduates 1925, join Royal Canadian Air Force dental services. Ressie joins Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps.
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F. B
W. K. Cooper
Ressie Cooper
No. 40 Company
Canadian Dental Corps
No. 4 Training Command
Royal Canadian Air
W. R
F. B. Cooper
Moose Jaw
Sask
Slits Of Light Dim City Signals And Brick Molders
Traffic signals in Pacific coast cities show only narrow red and green slits. In Stourbridge England, women mold bricks by pressing clay into forms with bare feet, creating brickwork by hand.
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Pacific Coast
Stourbridge
England
Norway's Commandos Rise From Hidden Training to Fame
The article reveals Norway's volunteer Commandos trained in Britain for over a year. They are seasoned coastal fighters who led raids along the Norwegian coast. The piece honors a Norwegian captain killed at Malay while leading a surprise assault on German headquarters.
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Noreway
Great Britain
Orth Sea
Maaloy
Svol~ Vaer
Lofoten
Malay
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ROYAL
G. W. Spinney
War Finance Committee
Winnipeg Canadian Club
Winnipeg Board of Trade
Britain
Empire
Tom
Perons
Ieee
Canaan
Ongden
A. E. Cross
Rand
Norway
Crosa
Coe
Iasapaton
Cerika
Se Tedd
Rte
Uae
Laing Fellay
Eheti
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