Canada Dried Eggs Shine In Wartime Britain
John A Peacock reports from London on the wartime role of Canadian dried egg powder in British canteens and homes. Dried eggs are praised as a major food contribution, boosting morale, enabling cake and meals, and easing shipping space. The program expanded from 1942 with rising consumer demand and significant trade figures.
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John A Peacock
London
England
British Ministry of Food
Special Products Board
Canadian Produce Association
Ottawa
Peacock
Britain
Canada
Wishful Thinking On War Time Living And Delayed Peace
The Ottawa Journal cautions readers that Howe's Parliament speech signals a long road to peace. War time industries persist, cars, homes, and gadgets remain distant dreams while fuel, nylon, and comfort shortages persist. Yet the paper notes relative comfort versus Europe.
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Mr. Howe
Europe
Ottawa Journal
Forces Of Nature Unleashed In Earthquake’s Quiet Power
The piece ponders how minor seismic events can reshape continents and cities. It asks what force—bombers, Maginot lines, or fleets—could halt a lava flow or tidal wave, comparing modern defense to nature’s overwhelming power described by the New York Herald Tribune.
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Japan
New York Herald Tribune
Second Chance for the British Empire in Wartime Recovery
The London Express argues the Empire receives a second chance after the two wars to restore heritage and recover lost raw materials. It warns against bureaucratic rule and deflation and says private enterprise and strength are needed to secure the Empire and world peace, noting threats in Malaya and Burma from Japan.
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Malaya
Burma
London Express
Eden recounts joke about missing Hitler in war
Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden recalled a quip at a House of Commons Press Gallery luncheon about being in Hitler's line in the last war. A friend urged he be shot for missing Hitler, to which Eden asked why and was told he had indeed missed him.
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Hitler
Anthony Eden
House of Commons
Dutch Underground Reports German Terror Behind Atlantic Wall
Vrij Nederland claims Germans drag Dutch civilians from beds to dig trenches and force women to wash for soldiers as part of a terror campaign behind the Atlantic Wall during Allied invasion preparations.
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Netherlands
Atlantic Wall
Vrij Nederland Netherlands
Food Value in Canadian Army Rations Delivers High Calorie Field Meals
A wartime profile of Sergeant George Smith and Canadian soldiers showing daily emergency field rations providing 3 750 calories. The ration includes tinned meats, biscuits, cheese, jam, tea, cocoa, sugar, chocolate, vitamins, gum, and cigarettes with a two pint water bottle. Field trials proved nine days of sustained exertion without weight loss, with some men able to live a month or more on the daily ration.
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Sergeant Smith
Canada
February 1942 England bomb casualties highest since 1941
Civilian bomb casualties in England for February reached 2,678 killed missing or injured, the highest monthly total since May 1941. The report notes 2,562 remaining figures as part of the total.
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England
Canada praised for massive postwar aid and trade aims
The London Sunday Observer lauds Canada for unparalleled Allied pooling. It notes Canada's new agreements with Britain Russia Australia New Zealand China and Fighting France offer generous terms. The piece says Canada seeks freedom of trade and postwar cooperation.
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London Sunday Observer
Canada
Dominion
Britain
Russia
Australia
New Zealand
China
France
Ostrich Legend Challenged By Britannica In Air Cadet Fund Drive
Fort William Times Journal notes a long discussion on the ostrich head in the sand myth arguing the bird’s survival proves intelligence. Generous support is expected for a campaign to raise 23000 dollars for the Air Cadet League of Canada, led by Arthur L. Melling of Montreal. Provincial chairmen from Vancouver to Summerside organize local committees to promote public interest and contributions for the fund.
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Ne Encyclopaedia Britannica
Britannia
Arabia
Africa
Fort William
Air Cadet League of Canada
Arthur L. Melting
Montreal
Air Cadet Movement
Power
Melling
Canada
Air Cadet League
Inducement Offered to French Workers in German Recruitment
A decree published in Vichy papers reports that French workers recruited for Germany are offered an inducement. If they are killed by Allied bombs, their heirs would not pay inheritance tax, a claim reaching Madrid.
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Germany
Vichy
Madrid
Cairo Farm Labor Training Aids Allied War Effort
Over a year a Cairo training school for fellahin trains mechanics to repair motorized rolling stock for the Allies. They earn about 3 cents daily, live on bread and beans, but eight hundred now work at levels deemed equal to European mechanics. The boss treats them with dignity, pays fairly, and grants one day off weekly, marking a successful experiment in worker empowerment.
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Cairo
Egypt
War Cry
Toronto
Price controls curb Canada’s living costs since War
Since price control was adopted in Canada the cost of living has advanced little more than 3 percent, as against 32 percent during the same period in the Great War, indicating restrained inflation.
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Canada
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Snorro
America
Spr
Bruno Bobak
Royal Canadian Engineers
Halifax
Earl of Athlone
National Art Gallery
Bobak
Forces of
Peter
King Peter
Yugoslavia
Alexandra
Greece
Eng
James Henry Mitchell
Hosa Laboratories
British Research Institution
George Smith
Saskatchewan
Rome
Smith
Aroudy
R. E. Standfield
Vancouver
B.C
D. A. Ross
Calgary
Alta
H. E. Drope
Regina
Sask
G. M. Eaton
Winnipeg
Man
Sir Ellsworth Flavelle
Ont
Co. D. Taylor
Que
C K, Beveridge
Saint John
N.B
W. E. Donovan
N.S
A. R. Brennan
Summerside
P.E
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