Canada’s war effort boosted by new mineral finds across provinces
Canadian geologists report 1940 41 discoveries expanding wartime mineral output. Mercury deposits in Pinchi Lake British Columbia boost supply for Britain. Wakefield Quebec brucite developments promise high grade magnesia for aircraft and munitions. Scheelite tungsten found near Yellowknife and in Ontario Quebec with UV detection. Barite Pembroke Nova Scotia revival for oil drilling muds. Peat moss deposits eastern Canada support soil conditioning surgical dressings and wartime needs. Total 1941 mineral output exceeds 553 million dollars with base metals and gold leading.
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Jamen Montagnes
Pinchi Lake
British Columbia
Vancouver
Canada
Great Britain
Wakefield
Indus
Dominion Department of Mines and Resources
A. W Joliffe
R. E. Folinsbee
Yellowknife
Great Slave Lake
North West Territories
Ottawa
Ontario
Quebec
Dominion
Que
Mines and Resources Department
Pembroke
Nova Scotia
Trinidad
Peru
Department of Mines and Resources
Britain
Italy
Conscience Money Reaches Winnipeg After 15 Years
A letter from a New York resident dated 1927 revealed a fur coat import duty of 18.25 dollars. The collector at Winnipeg, J. T. Bailie, later received in 1942 a Philippine postal marked note and a money order for 18.25 dollars from the missionary in the Philippines. The case spans nearly fifteen years and ends with restitution.
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Winnipeg
J. T. Bailie
Philippines
New York State
United States
the Inquirer
Bailie
New York
Philippine Islands
National Revenue Review
Royal pigeons offered to RAF from King George loft
Royal pigeons from King George's Sandringham loft are among 750 000 birds made available by British breeders for service with the Royal Air Force. King George is among 15 000 owners in the national pigeon service, a voluntary body under the Air Ministry signals directorate to carry messages for emergencies. Each member supplies birds daily to the nearest RAF station. The Giant's Causeway is a basaltic formation in Ireland.
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King George's
Sandringham
Norfolk
Royal Air Force
King George
National Pigeon Service
Signals Directorate
Air Ministry
R A.F
Muskrat Harvest Growth At Two Islands Preserve
About thirty thousand muskrats will be trapped this spring at the Two Islands Preserve near The Pas Manitoba. The project, begun in 1938, uses 160000 acres and has expanded muskrat houses from 65 to over 11000 by 1941, sharing work and earnings among 169 trappers.
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Two Islands
Pas Manitoba
Indian Affairs Branch
Department of Mines and Resources
Dominion
Manitoba
Wildlife protection appeal from Cmdr Pitblado at conference
Wing Commander Edward B Pitblado of Winnipeg urged sportsmen not in the dominion forces to aid Canada’s wildlife protection for those in uniform. He noted armed forces delegates rely on agencies to keep forests and streams stocked and conservation ongoing. E S Forsyth of Regina praised rehabilitation of game birds in western Canada.
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Edward B. Pitblado
Winnipeg
Dominion
Canada
Pitblade
theTenton
Ont
Royal Canadian Air Force
E. S. Forsyth
Regina
Saskatchewan
The Man Who Would Not Be a Duke
Major Lord James Stewart Murray heir to the late Duke of Atholl objects to being a Duke. A Perthshire resident of about sixty major, unmarried, golfer and fisher, holds a South African War medal and WWI wounds. He questions social duties while preferring a quiet life in Cuilan-Duin.
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James Stewart-Murray
Duke of
Change
Fisher
New York
V for Victory and Star Bags By Quick To Make
Pattern 7240 offers two fast handmade bags in rug cotton in red white and blue. The V for Victory bag is crocheted and the star design bag is knitted with V s and stars embroidered on. Send 20 cents to the Household Arts Department Winnipeg Newspaper Union for pattern 7240 with name address and pattern number.
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Household Arts Department
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Avenue
Winnipeg
London to Guard Against Fire Builds City of Water Tanks
London authorities order every dwelling to keep at least four gallons of water ready for use with a stirrup pump. Tanks and reservoirs dot the city for firefighting as bombed areas are sealed and nets prevent dumps and drownings. Soap distribution moves to coupons and points with four weekly coupons allowing limited soaps. practical shortages and shop scarcity noted.
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London
Britain
Ministry of Home Security
London County Council
Radium Buried at Brisbane Hospital as Air Raid Safety
The Radium Brisbane hospital buried a gram of radium worth £13,000 inside a three inch thick iron cylinder to protect personnel in an air raid. The superintendent explained that keeping the element in a room risks releasing emanations if bomb fragments chip it, potentially harming nearly everyone in the building.
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Brisbane Hospital
Heroes of the Sea and the Gasoline Tanker
The Saturday Evening Post asks who is a greater hero the man in the engine room or the deck crew aboard a tanker carrying a hundred thousand barrels of gasoline and oil through a submarine infested sea.
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Saturday Evening Post
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Europe
R.A.F
Ireland
Brett
Duke of Atholl
Alice Brooks
Glanville Carew
British United Press
Board of Trade
Prince Albert National Park
LaVeliee Lake
Radium
Australia
Heroes OF the Sea
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