Opportunities In Trees Worth to War Economies Rise
The federal government keeps the forestry association tree planting train running through prairie provinces as drought and war reshape the economy. Increased tree planting, forest conservation, and new markets in Canada and allied nations could boost tourism and wood industries, with Arthur A. Schman calling forest resources a national pride and one third of habitable land.
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Forestry Association
Prairie
Dominion Forestry Farms
Prairie Farm Rehabilitation Organization
Europe
United States
Norway
Hitler
Roland D. Craig
Dominion Forest Service
Ottawa
Canadian Society of Forestry Engineers
Baltic
United Kingdom
Mr. Craig
Canada
Arthur A. Schman
Canadian Forestry Association
Early tea story and snow mapping note mixed in
One of the earliest western hemisphere tea tales tells of a seventeenth century hostess who boiled a pound of tea and served it with butter salt and pepper. Separately photographers use carbon black powder bombs on Antarctic snow to aid overlapping aerial maps.
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Antarctica
Burlap in Great Demand During Wartime
Burlap is in high demand for sandbags as wartime needs surge. Prices have fluctuated from six to 11 cents per yard since last September. The British government has purchased 500 million yards and a worldwide shortage pushes use of cotton sacking and paper bags for packaging.
Germans Face Prolonged War If Fighting Continues Abroad
The remarks warn that the German people will endure a lengthy war if fighting continues in another nation, highlighting international stakes and potential domestic strain.
Winnipeg wireless school to train air crew for war effort
Hon Cy Power announced a new wireless school at the University of Manitoba Winnipeg. The second of four such schools, it will train pilots air gunners and air observers for British Australian New Zealand and Canadian air forces. It will house over 1 000 airmen with classrooms and living facilities at the university and adjacent buildings to be added.
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University of Manitoba At
Winnipeg
Cy Power
National Defence
Power
University
Sidney E. Smith
Justice Dysart
Royal Canadian Air Force
Montreal
Will Survey Housing Next Census Include Living Conditions Quiz
A Canada survey planned for the 1941 census aims to collect data on housing type sanitation heating and fuel source. Enumerators will ask about bathrooms refrigeration rooms construction type and rent. The Ontario Real Estate Boards urged the federal government to gather property and housing information during the 1941 census.
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Canada
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Ontario Association of Real Estate Boards Convention N London
Legend Of Bodhidharma And Tea Origin
The Christian Science Monitor notes Bodhidharma’s nine year sleep deprivation led to the tea plant sprouting from his eyebrows. The piece reflects on tea lore and contrasts it with modern views on freedom, justice, and the grim spectacle of totalitarianism.
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Bodhidharma
Christian Science Monitor
First match sales under the name Lucifers reported
The report notes that the initial matches were sold under the team name Lucifers. This detail points to naming practices or branding used for early events and situates the team within the period's sporting culture.
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Ucks
New Wireless School
Ail Training Plan of
Manitoba
Worm
Postum
General Foods, Limited
Cobourg
Ontario
Para-Sani
Para-Sani Wade
Appleford Paper Products Limited
Para-San
Appleford Paper Products Ltd
Tinnnipeg
Regina
Saskatoon
Calgary
Edmonton
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