Canada As Key Supply Point For Britain At War Start
The Ministry of Information reports Britain seized 49,300 tons of contraband in July including 3,400 tons from neutral ships and 10,700 tons from Italian vessels. Canada is now one of the United Kingdoms nearest supply points, aiding Allies with a large shipbuilding program and a net increase of about 7,500,000 gross tons available since the war began.
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European alliance urges US defence program expansion
A Mutual Defence Line argues the swift European events require the United States to endure sacrifices to strengthen defences and preserve the American way of life. It warns of risks if Britain falls, cites naval reports, Nazi saboteurs, and calls for aiding Britain with ships and bases while awaiting a new two ocean navy.
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India’s War Aid Exceeds Expectations During Conflict
Reports from Simla indicate India has dramatically aided allied efforts since the war began. Dispatches show 75 million rounds of small arms ammunition and 200 thousand shells along with 4.5 million sandbags and 3 million yards of khaki drill. Also listed are 10 thousand web equipment sets and 600 thousand blankets amid large supplies for overseas centres.
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Simla
Apple juice growth opens new industry in Canada
The Vancouver Sun notes Apple juice production has emerged as a hopeful development in Canadian agriculture. Demand is stronger in the East, with the industry absorbing a large share of surplus apples. If Canadians adopt juice consumption, imports like orange juice could decline, bringing notable prospects to the Okanagan Valley. A second fragment mentions Hitler wanting England to be Herr-conditioned.
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Vancouver Sun
Selected Recipes From Fragrant Coffee Banana Cream Dish
A dessert guide featuring banana custard and coffee flavors. It details making a coffee banana cream mix with sugar syrup corn starch and vanilla, chilling, then folding in whipped cream for a custard like base. Includes a wafer jam dessert with vanilla whipped cream, stacking four per stack and chilling before serving.
Newfoundland again weighs Confederation with Canada
A Canadian defence integration visit renews talk of Newfoundland joining Canada though many see no immediate political move. Business voices in St John’s worry resources like fish pulp wood and iron ore would face tighter Maritime Province competition and potential tax rises. A separate note claims Hitler’s balloon of ambition will deflate eventually.
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Maritime Provinces
Advice Proved Valuable King George Learns Atwut His Father's Strategy
A Royal Engineers lieutenant colonel recounts how King George V, at a northern artillery school, praised a plan from August 1918. The king ordered the first shot at a railway junction near Arras, prompting a harassing fire that disabled a key Douai railway line and forced German reinforcements. Over two months 120 tons of explosives fell, with German casualties on a troop train. the junction saw limited later use.
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Odd Fragments From A Zany Postcard
A stray snippet describes a British Office of Works gardener watering grass in Green Park and a visitor asking for a drink crater. The gardener replies he cannot help. The text also notes a scientific claim that a tune can swim at 44 miles per hour.
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Ancient Weapons Entered for Registration at RCMP
Under new gun laws, odd relics were submitted for registration. A 1847 muzzle loading combination rifle and shotgun billed as triple action fired twice from the muzzle and carried the kick of a mule. A German WWI machine gun, air cooled with a 45 cartridge pan, weighed 25 pounds and was brought back from France by its owner.
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