Fire prevention week argues waste loss harms war effort
The piece urges wartime Canadians and allies to curb waste and fire loss to aid the war, citing $24 million in property damage in 1939, caused mainly by careless smokers, defective stoves, chimneys, matches, and gasoline handling, and stresses year round prevention as a patriotic duty. It links insurance costs to community burden and calls for disciplined fire safety to speed victory.
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Canada
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Clothes rationing spreads to German-occupied Norway
Clothing and shoe stores closed for inventory under German style rationing in Norway. Hats caps ready-made baby outfits and handkerchiefs are exempt. Hats and caps are the only unrationed apparel in Germany. Reference to American wildlife and New Orleans geography appear in brief context.
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Norway
Germany
Profitable Industry For Sheep Farmers In Wartime Canada
A Family Herald and Weekly Star column argues sheep farming is both morally sound and financially solid. It notes Canada produces 18 million pounds of wool but needs four to five times that for domestic and military use, with lamb imports around 1 million pounds despite 60 to 70 million in production, making sheep farming a stable foundation for farmers amid ongoing shortages.
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Family Herald
Weekly Star
Canada
Boundary markers count reaches eight thousand eighty official posts
About 8,080 official boundary markers line the United States Canada frontier. Authorities describe the dense array of markers spanning diverse terrains from coastline to forest, emphasizing their role in marking sovereignty and guiding border patrols.
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U.S
Canada
History Repeats Itself United States Acquires Warships
Bettina F Whyte notes in the New York Times that Britain sold two new cruisers to the United States during the Spanish American War. The vessels were the New Orleans and the Albany built at Barrow in Furness. This move is cited as moral and material aid for freedom worldwide.
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Bettina F. Whyte
New York Times
Great Britain
United States
New Orleans
Albany
Barrow-in- Furness
Captain Aimnens VC Reward Delayed By War Office Misfile
Captain Aimnens who received his Victoria Cross from the King recently learned of the honor from a BBC news bulletin. A War Office communication apparently miscarried, and he only heard the nine o'clock bulletin after dining with officers. A friend teased that the news might relate to a relative. Guernsey Breeders Journal reports cattle slaughter and exports to Germany for dairy use.
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Eagie Aimnens
BBC News
War Office
London Spectator
Guernsey Breeders Journal
Guernsey Island
Germany
Enslaved Poles under Nazi Rule court curbs and looting
A Sault Ste Marie Star reprint describes Polish oppression under German occupation with curfews, forced labor, confiscations, and bans on Polish language in schools and churches. It notes reductions in Polish population, loss of property, and officials’ control over marriages and civil status.
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Hitler
Poland
Versailles
Sault Ste Marie Star
Music lessons in war time argued by MacMillan
Sir Ernest MacMillan of the Toronto Conservatory urges continued music education during war. He says preserving music aids civilization, supports children’s development, and helps them compete academically, citing Harvard’s Eliot on music as a mind trainer. Eight Spitfires for Britain by the East India Fund have taken flight, part of a squadron with over 50 Nazi planes destroyed or damaged.
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Ernest MacMillan
Toronto Conservatory of Music
Eliot F
Harvard University
Britain
East India Fund
Calcutta
Not Make Germany Mussolini Mentioned In Sun Times Teaser
The Owen Sound Sun Times quotes a remark about German and Italian leaders and their security entourages. It notes admiration attributed to citizens of Germany and Italy, and mentions an armored train given to Mussolini. The fragment hints at a broader, untold argument.
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Owen Sound Sun Times
Germany
Hitler
Italy
Mussolini
Average American Family Pays Five Cents Daily for Water
A historical notice reports the typical American family spending about five cents per day for water service. It highlights affordability and public utility pricing trends affecting households nationwide.
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