Canada Comes First In War Era Loyalty and Subversive Fears
In wartime Canada the author notes strong loyalty among immigrants and natives alike, while warning Western Canada harbors a small subversive minority. Reports of secret organizations, seditious talk, espionage, and threats prompt talk of tightening laws and possible suppression of a foreign language newspaper. The piece stresses unity and that Canada comes first.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Western
Canada
Canadian Legion
Expedition of Russian scientists to study Lake Sarez in Central Asia
Seven Russian scientists head to Lake Sarez to investigate the newly formed lake created by a Pamir tremor. The 44 mile by 1 mile waterbody reaches 1800 feet deep, perched 3000 feet above sea level in the Murgab valley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sarez
Soviet Central Asia
Pamir
Murgab
New Sandbag Filling Machine Boosts War Efforts
Four operators drive a machine that fills sandbags at 700 per hour vastly exceeding manual labor. The War Office ordered 200 million bags from Indian jute mills, freeing troops from back breaking work while noting potential new tasks for soldiers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
War Office
India
John Williamson
R. A. Winfield
T. C. Taylor
Air Raid Precautions Service
Northampton
England
Air travel advances spark future transport prophecy
A Vancouver Province reflection on aviation and wireless as era defining inventions. It cites Mr. McTaggart Cowan forecasting Vancouver to London air passage in 38 hours by 1941, with staged steps from experimental flight to trans Atlantic mail and passenger service. The piece links Trans-Canada air service progress to broader continental and oceanic flight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McTaggart Cowan
Vancouver
London
Cowan
Botwood
Puck
Ili
Earth
Mercury
Mars
Selected Recipes 2 1 Three Eggs Chocolate Cake
Melt chocolate with sugar and butter milk over heat until sugar dissolves. Sift flour with baking powder soda and salt. Cream butter and sugar, add eggs, fold in flour and buttermilk, then chocolate mix. Bake 30 minutes in a 15x9x2 pan, cool, fill with frosting, optional nuts. Adapted from Martha Washington recipe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martha Washington
Postcard Letter Saves Woman's Life in England
A letter arrived at Gillingham police two hours after posting warning of a planned death. Inspectors traced the writer, rushed to the address, found a woman gassed on the floor, and she has since recovered in hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Gillingham
Kent
Citrus Bread From Florida Growers Puts Juice In Loaves
Florida citrus fruit growers now make bread containing two ounces of grapefruit juice. The claim is the loaf is vitamin rich and stays fresh longer as the bumper crop must be sold. Forssia Moscow notes residents ride buses and streetcars about 590 times yearly, six times London average. The Toy Cart, oldest Sanskrit play, dates to the late second century.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florida
Moscow
Forssia
London
How To Train A Puppy And Care For Your Dog
Home Service urges confidence-based puppy training starting at nine months old with gentle sharpness and a quick shake hands trick. It promotes healthy dieting, early illness signs, and offers a 32-page guide plus other booklets available for 15 cents each from the Winnipeg Newspaper Union in Winnipeg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Home Service Dept
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
Mee- Dermot Ave. E
Winnipeg
Oldest Drummer Boy Keeps Territorials Service
The British Army’s oldest drummer boy is 53 year old A. S. Thompson who joined the Territorials at 17 and rose to company quarter master sergeant before returning to ranks at 50. He plans to stay on for five more years as a drummer boy in the band. Highways of Asia Minor linked east and west around 2000 B C. The bobbin net machine for lace was invented by John Heathcoat in 1809 with John Levers improving it in 1813.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
Great Britain
John Patton
Victoria
Windsor
Prince of Wales
Mr. Patton
A. S. Thompson
Territorials
Thompson
John Heathcoat
John Levers
Long Sleep: Anne Swanepoel Moves to Hospital Care
Anne Swanepoel, a South African woman in Chronic Sick Home, has been moved to Johannesburg General Hospital after 26 years asleep. She has never learned to read or write, spends waking hours with dolls, and may never be cured due to a gland tumor causing endless sleep spells.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anne Swanepoel
Rietfontein
Johannesburg General Hospital
Miss Swanepoel
Prisoner Convicted Of Forgery Laughs At Illiteracy
A warder questions a convict who cannot sign or write and probes his forgery case. The inmate jokes a bad lawyer caused the conviction as he explains he cannot write. The note ties to early Chinese drama said to begin under Emperor Yuen-Tsung in 720 A.D.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yuen-Tsung
Five Seconds Is The Length Of The Average Dream
A brief observation notes that dreams typically last about five seconds, suggesting a fleeting glimpse upon waking. The line frames sleep with a scientific or poetic angle, implying rapid passage from dream to memory.
London Kitchen Serves Free Meals Near Covent Garden
St Peter's Kitchen at Garrick Street near Covent Garden offers free meals nightly to all comers. Fred Taylor, retired inspector, oversees service jotting meal counts from 190 to 580. Weekends slow, Thursday busiest as dole funds run out. under 2 percent are Cockneys. most guests travel from distant cities seeking London fortune. An employment officer and two nurses assist guests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Garrickstret
Theatreland
Covent Garden
St. Peter's Kitchen
Fred Taylor
Dole
Taylor
London
Overseas Daily Mail
Air Mail Contest Promises Flights Across Canada
G W Akins of the postal department announces fall contests for students in high and technical schools. Winners receive T C A flights as prizes for the best essay on air mail advantages and posters promoting air mail use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
T.C.A
Post Office
G. W. Akins
Toronto
Postal Department
Akins
Also Mentioned on This Page
Big Ben
Queen Victoria
Will
New York Wort’s
Montreal Star
Erasmus
Home Service
The
Asia Minor
East
West
B.C
Bee Hive
St. Peter's
Air Mail
Para-San
Appleford Paper Products Limited
Oa N
Heavywaxed Paper
Appleford Paper Products Ltd
Regina
Saskatoon
Calgary
Edmonton
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!