Western Canada Agriculture and War Time Future
The piece argues Western Canadian agriculture must play a decisive role in winning the war by supplying Britain and Allies. It notes the need to store and distribute a wheat surplus, support troops with Canadian produce, and anticipate postwar diversification and possible industrialization to meet new continental markets. It highlights potential power development from lignite and oil fields to offset eastward freight and enable manufacturing of goods like hides and shoes.
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Canada
Great Britain
Western Canada
Britain
Europe
Berlin
Hitler
RAF
Western
West
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Prairies
Junk shop raid leaves street blank with glass scattered
A chaotic street scene in southwest London follows a raid that left window panes shattered, a store window blown out, and a mock placard reading we buy anything except broken glass. A nearby sign hints at unexplained items and a cryptic note about chemicals in stainless steel.
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London
Canadian balloons chart upper air for safe aviation
An August C I L Oval article recalls how early Great War Canadian made rubber balloons carried hydrogen leaflets over German territory. Now repurposed, these balloons measure upper air weather to map cloud height ceiling wind direction velocity and other data aiding aviation safety and weather prediction.
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Can
Canada
Education Week Ominion Wide Movement To Foster Interest
Education Week observed for years in Canada shifts to November 10 to 16 with the theme Education for Defense Democracy and Peace. Churches lead off November 10 with The Three-Fold Partnership the Home the Church the School. topics include Civic Loyalties Fin ancing Public Education Developing Human Resources Changing Methods of School Administration Building. Broadcasts and public meetings will feature speakers as clubs host discussions and teachers and students invite parents to view modern school efforts and gaps.
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Canada
Dominion
Selected Recipes for Creamy Pecan Tart Shells
Combine brown sugar with corn starch and salt. Slowly stir in hot milk and cook until thickened. Temper with beaten eggs then cook until set. Remove from heat, fold in vanilla and butter. Cool slightly, fill baked tart shells, chill for serving. Top with whipped cream and nut meats if desired.
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Durham
Priceless London Museum Treasures Moved Ahead of War
Officials say two unnamed London museum treasures bombed by Germans were moved with other galleries to specially built repositories in August 1939. No damage reported and contents of private galleries, warehouses and antique shops were safeguarded. A Johannesburg donor sent three gifts of a million cigarettes each to British forces with greeting cards from Gertrude.
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London
Johannesburg
Gertrude
Quote on Britain's resilience amid Hitler's aims
The remark compares Hitler's hope to conquer Britain with Lord Chatham's famous defense of American resolve. It frames the idea as an Anglo-Saxon trait of stubborn courage, noting the parallel to Chatham's insistence that Americans would never surrender if they were in his position.
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Hitler
Britain
Lord Chatham
House of Lords
America
Prune Walnut Pudding from Christie’s Lemon Waters
Prune pulp and prune juice with boiling water sugar salt and cinnamon. Add crumbled wafers and chopped walnut meats. fold in stiffly beaten egg whites. Mold and chill until set. Serve with whipped cream. Makes six portions.
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Christie's
British Columbia gardener values paprika amid crop shifts
A BC gardener finds paprika valuable as several districts in Ontario emphasize broom corn. For the first time mustard seed is produced in Nova Scotia while mustard from England is banned for the duration.
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British Columbia
Ontario
Nova Scotia
England
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