How Canadian Railways Handled Record War Goods With Fewer Cars
J W Dillabough Canadian National Railways transportation engineer spoke to the Association of Professional Engineers in Winnipeg. He cited 1943 gains over 1918 in freight and passenger traffic with 24 percent fewer locomotives and 40 636 fewer freight cars, noting freight car mileage rose 65 percent and average train loads increased.
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Railways of
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J. W. Dillabough
Canadian National Railways
Association of Professional Engineers
Winnipeg
Dillabough
Wide feet trend reshapes women’s shoe sizes and stock
Shoe industry notes growing width of women's feet due to more walking and changing fashion. John R Laycock of Sterling Last Corp cites widespread demand for sizes from 6 to 62 with widths B to AA, while stores report scant availability for very small feet and ongoing shift from narrow to wider fits amid wartime changes.
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John R Laycock
Sterling Last Corporation
United States
Laycock
Destruction of Graf Zeppelin Revealed by German Engineer
A German former assistant engineer on the Hindenburg and Graf Zeppelin told troops who captured the Zeppelin’s former home near Frankfurt that the airship was blown up at the war’s start. He said the Luftwaffe melted the metal framework to free hangar space and conserve scarce metal.
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Frankfurt
Luftwaffe
Opera awards winner from Sault Ste. Marie tenor Laderute
Joseph Victor Laderute of Sault Ste. Marie Ont won a special 500 scholarship and his services have been optioned by the Metropolitan Opera Company in New York.
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Joseph Victor Laderute
Sault Ste. Marie
Ont
Metropolitan Opera Company
New York
Pierrette Alarie
Montreal
Que
Metropolitan Opera Presents
Home Dressmakers Advice for Spring Creations
Practical guidance from experienced makers on selecting patterns, fitting garments, and careful cutting. Emphasizes pinning and basting, fitting over the eventual wearer’s clothes, marking lines, generous seam allowances, and keeping fabric on a hanger to prevent wrinkles and bias distortions.
Tokyo Claims Ashes Fuel From Waste Oil
Tokyo radio reports that Japanese scientists developed a method to extract gasoline and lubricating oil from ashes. The Chicago Daily News notes air forces supply ample raw materials for this process.
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Tokyo Radio
Chicago Daily News
Lake Trout The Great Lakes Favorite Not Landlocked
The lake trout, a popular catch for trolling, ranges from 14 to 70 pounds across Ontario and Northwest Territories lakes. Color varies from pale cream to dark green, with flesh from pale cream to salmon pink. Misnaming as salmon or landlocked salmon risks deception. true landlocked salmon are rare in Ontario.
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Royal Ontario Museum
Great Lakes
Ontario
Canada
Northwest Territories
Lake
Mussolini Library of Mussolini’s Early Personal Works Described
In North Italy a villa library once held by British officers reportedly contained six large bookcases filled with modern works gifted to Mussolini by authors. Hidden on a lower shelf was Sorel’s Considerations on the Use of Violence, a 300 plus page volume with Mussolini’s autograph and the date June 1 1909.
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H. R. Beck
Royal Artillery
Cm.f
Mussolini
Italy
Sorel
Leeds Yorkshire Post
Anglo-Iranian Oil Co hits 500 million gallons aviation fuel
The British Anglo-Iranian Oil Company produced over 500 million gallons of 100-octane aviation spirit with the 500,000,000th gallon reached on January 8, 1945. The milestone amount could supply British Lancasters to drop more than a million tons of bombs on German territory.
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Anglo-Iranian Oil Company
Post War Information Service Expands Across Canada
The National Research Council launches a postwar information service with regional offices and Ottawa headquarters to aid small business with industrial and scientific data. It will rely on provincial advisers, with field experts targeting specific industries, and grow as veterans join, aiming to boost Canadian efficiency. At Saskatoon a new regional lab funds farm crop utilization research, part of NRC’s widened budget amid postwar plans.
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Canada
Information Service
Ottawa
National Research Council
F. E. Lathe
Department of Reconstruction
Fising
NRC
Council
DMS
C. D. Howe
Saskatoon
Financial Post
Two Doors First C-46 Drops Troops in Allied Assault
A C-46 Commando, a large Allied transport, performs a historic drop over Germany as paratroopers are delivered from aircraft in the east of the Rhine. The article notes a new two-door drop technique, doubling the firepower per transport, with drops at D-Day southern France and Arnhem. The plane's range is about 1,800 miles, speed over 1 hour, payload near four tons, twin engines at 4,000 hp, radar fitted, and a four blade propeller replaces the prior three.
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Germany
Army Parance
Rhine
France
Arnhem
An Amazing Man Jan Christian Scouts One Of Greatest In British Empire
Jan Christian Smute, once Britain's enemy at the turn of the century, is now a celebrated Commonwealth statesman. His valor in battle and leadership are praised as he travels mainly to Britain, with honors from McGill University in 1930.
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British Empire
Jan Christian Smute
Britain
Commonwealth
Empire
Africa
Great Britain
Canada
McGill Univeristy
Montreal Star
UK plastics craft new stethoscope chest piece
A new stethoscope chest piece developed by Britain's plastics industry promises improved chest ailment diagnosis. Made from Distrene with a cel luloid diaphragm, the two part unit offers warmth lightness and superior sound insulation reducing extraneous noise compared with metal instruments.
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United Kingdom
Plastics
Post-War World Speech Van decries jargon in economics
Ray Atherton, U S ambassador to Canada, urges removing jargon from foreign economic talk. He says technical terms have turned discussions into metaphysics rather than business and calls for clearer communication. The quote reflects postwar effort to simplify policy discourse.
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Ray Atherton
Canada
Post-W
Needlework patterns for crochet chair and basket sets
Crochet patterns for four star and medallion designs to make crocheted baskets for buffet and chair sets. Pattern 7463 includes directions and costs twenty cents, mailed to Household Arts Department Winnipeg Newspaper Union, 173 McDermot Avenue, Winnipeg Man. Allow extra delivery time due to mail delays. Also notes daily water needs for four city dwellers.
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Winnipeg
Unio
McDermot Avenue
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