Importance Of The Farm In Wartime Canada
Canada’s farm and horticultural output is pledged to sustain Britain and Allied forces as harvest approaches. Labor shortages due to enlistments threaten production, with farmers aging and working double hours. Government aims to boost farm labor, restrict movement to other industries, and maintain prices and supplies through wartime measures.
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Canada
United Nations
England
Britain
Elsen
Armed Services
Isley
Health notes on fish and cooking from a codfish colony interview
A fragmentary health column discusses codfish industry figures and dietary aims, quoting an elderly codfish colony leader about seeking Friday alternative meals. It covers freshness signs for fish, storage tips, and cooking guidance, plus consumer questions on fish dishes and a vitamin chart request.
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Freck
Queaday
Wilfred Grenfell
Simon
Dept. W.N
Public scrutiny of wartime gas and army recruitment policy
A columnist argues that publishing how to evade gas regulations risks encouraging crime and hindering the war effort. The piece compares civilian disclosure to army rackets, notes the need to recruit reserves in rural areas, and cites Major General Brown's drive to raise 10,000 Reserve Army recruits in Montreal and similar efforts in Toronto and the West.
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Prices and Trade Board
Narow
Sam Browne
Reserve Army
Brown
Montreal
Toronto
West
Ottawa
Prices ‘and Trade Board
Citizen Army Slang and War Time Phrases
A scrambled wartime text notes slang such as BYOC bring your own tea coffee or sugar Invitations mention BYOC and BYOS Bring your own, with a punch line about coming on your own feet Gasoline use cited for Tank Corps and a period noting gunpowder ahead of sporting firearms and a claim about reptile offshoots.
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Citizen's Army
B.Y
Tank Corps
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Citizen’s Army A
Alea Mearestrate
Bede Cala
Kellogg Company of Canada Limited
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