Soybeans A Valuable Feed And Industrial Crop
The Ontario Agricultural College notes soybeans as an ancient, versatile crop with 18 percent oil and uses from food to explosives. Soybean seed provides about 28 percent digestible protein, with meals yielding 37.7 percent protein. They suit drought resilience, serve as livestock concentrates, but may soften fat in hogs. Over 400 commercial products now rely on soybeans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geld Husbandry Department
Ontario Agricultural College
Animal Husbandry Department
Poultry Department
United States
Vest Storage Sparked by Tailors Association Debate
A statement from the Merchant Tailors and Designers' Association of America urges lifting the ban on vests for double breasted suits. The piece argues a vest adds utilitarian value and notes storage space as a key factor, contrasting men's pockets with women's larger carry needs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Merchant Tailors and Designers’ Association of America
Christian Science Monitor
Britain Sees 150000 Special Trains for War Troop Moves
Canadian fishermen landed three million dollars worth of fish in June as wartime logistics continued.
Canadians Abroad Adopt English Terms in Wartime Speech
The piece notes Canadians overseas gradually adopt British usage such as petrol for gasoline, tram for streetcar, and actually, with others like flick for movie and push bike for bicycle. It highlights shifts in phrases and daily habits including tea, dinner time, and games like chove haPenny as returning Canucks bring English customs home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oxford
Canada
Orphan Point Roberts Question Reaches Legislature
The Vancouver Province notes Point Roberts, a three square mile land area at the 49th parallel, is American territory cut off by Boundary Bay and attached to Canada. It remains an isolated enclave with four customs houses, two Canadian and two American, and a small population.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Roberts
Vancouver
United States
Boundary Bay
Canada
Germans confiscate English grammars in occupied Europe
The London Daily Sketch reports that the German authorities confiscate English grammars in France Belgium Norway and Holland. They fear natives studying English to aid an Allied invasion and move all English speaking persons from coast to interior areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
Belgium
Norway
Holland
London Daily Sketch
The Age Of Speed: MacArthur Orders Supply Gadgets
General Douglas MacArthur ordered several thousand special devices for his planes via radio. A freighter trip from San Francisco to Australia takes 28 days, and 48 hours after his message a plane delivered 3,000 pounds of gadgets to his HQ. In Alaska a 24 bed hospital burned down and a new one was flown in complete in 36 hours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Douglas MacArthur
San Francisco
Australia
Air Transport Command
Alaska
Wordplay adds less to many wartime terms
The Hamilton Spectator notes a trend of adding less to words like goapless soap and gasless service stations. It places these in wartime context alongside meatless, beerless, fuel-less, and butterless terms reflecting a period when private adjective suffixes proliferate. A remark on whale oil’s classification as liquid wax is included.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hamilton Spectator
Are Called Slow The British lag in modern mass production noted
The Minneapolis Star Journal contrasts British and American industry noting slower adoption of mass production in the UK and stronger per worker output in U.S. shipyards and planes while British farming relies on older labor to reach prewar yields.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Henry Kaiser
United States
Minneapolis Star-Journal
Nazis speed up forced labor plans in occupied France
Gazette de Lausanne reports the Nazi regime extends compulsory labor to ages 24 to 31, aiming to mobilize about 2,000,000 men for German war production. Mayors must compile lists, with doctors assessing eligibility though many seek exemptions, while resistance grows in Haute Savoie as youths flee to the mountains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
French
Gazette de Lausanne
Germany
Haute Savoie
Great Change Seen World Travelers On War Time Atlantic
War limits and shortages reshape civilian transatlantic travel. Passengers from England to Canada travel with only fifty dollars and a Canadian nickel to call for aid. Stewards lose wages as shipboard finances sag, with one steward supporting several stranded travelers for days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlantic
Halifax
England
Canada
Shipboard
Generous Thought Memorial Room Honored in Jewish Hospital
Lady Halifax guest of honor at dedication of a memorial room for Francis Hugh Peter Courtenay Wood, second son of Viscount Halifax, killed in action at El Alamein on Oct 26, 1942. She praised Brooklyn Jews for support and thanked nurses and donors after touring children’s wards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jewish Hospital
Lord Halifax
Lady Halifax
Jewish Hospital of
Brooklyn
Francis Hugh Peter Courtenay Wood
Viscount Halifax
United States
H Halifax
el Alermein
Peter
Bealf
Britain
England
Vitamin A Rich Foods Highlighted in Diet
A brief note lists fish liver oil kidney green and yellow vegetables butter cream milk and cornmeal as strong sources of vitamin A. The mention of 2510 appears as a stray detail or catalog reference.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Henley
R.C.A.F. Army
Ada
A. G. L. McNaughton
Canadian Motorcycle Corps
Motherland
Orphen
Canadian Pacific
Manitoba
Winnipeg
Canadian Pacific Railway
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!