Canada to Build 12 New Munition Plants
The minister announced 12 new munitions plants in Canada at about 19 million dollars, adding to an 11 million dollar plant for chemicals. The plants will expand by large scales including shell filling and chemical development, with capacity rising to over 400 million dollars annually in production. The program involves roughly 50 firms and is partly funded by two governments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Siumulene
House
Canada
Toronto
Department of Munitions and Supply
Empire
Howe
Man Builds Ark Like Craft From Noah Tale Reaches Alaska
Paul Satko, a 49 year old former Richmond welder and machinist, completed a three month voyage in his home made ark ending in Juneau Alaska. He towed the boat across the United States with a 14 year old car motor and now takes a steady three year farm job with the Alaskan Employment Service on a 96 acre site. His journey began in Tacoma and included a court clash in Seattle where officials declared the ark unseaworthy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Satko
Juneau
Alaska
Richmond
Ark
Tacoma
Wash
Alaskan Employment Service
Satkos
United States
Puget Sound
Division in committee over choosing candidate illustrated
A meeting shows a divided committee as two members, described as "negroes," select a candidate for a political office. One leaves to seek more time and returns to report the split, with a humorous remark that the committee is split between "himself" and "myself" and that they struggle to unite.
Wool crop finance mirrors wheat exports for Australians
Australians rely on their wool crop similar to Canadians' wheat, with UK demand driving value. In the past year total proceeds are estimated at 213000.06 dollars and the average price runs about 0.25 dollars per pound.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Kingdom
Budget Reforms Spark Call for Simpler Living Across Britain
The latest British budget described as the most sweeping in history will raise taxes on luxuries by 33 percent and on necessities by 16 54 percent with exemptions for children's clothes. observers predict a buying rush but officials may curb it. Fashion voices warn of a revolution in women’s dress toward cheaper, simpler clothes while stockings and footwear costs rise. Men's budget inflates cigarette and tobacco prices and beer by a penny per pint. suit prices climb and overall costs are high versus prewar levels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Britain
London
Food Prices Report From A Housewife In 1940 Britain
A letter notes British and continental prices on eggs butter meat milk potatoes flour bread in June 1940. It contrasts New York World Rome reports with German shortages and lists specific per pound or per quart costs for eggs butter steak ribs milk potatoes flour and bread.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. Landsberg
New York Herald Tribune
Berlin
Rome
Britain
England
Old Clock Coming Back Looms in New York City
The bronze Minerva clock with its bell ringers Stuff and Guff and the herald owls will be enshrined in a forty foot granite monument in Herald Square as part of Sixth Avenue beautification. The figures, cast in France in 1894 and later owned by the Sun, were polished and stored in Brooklyn while awaiting a public site. James Gordon Bennett oversaw their design and casting for a 200000 dollar installation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minerva
Herald
New
The
Sun
E. Gargani & Sons, Inc
Brooklyn
France
James Gordon Bennett
Paris
Detroit Boy Writes Own Ransom Note Then Returns Home
Reporters described neighbors claiming a stranger dragged a child from a backyard and left a ransom note. Later the boy confessed, writing the note himself and wandering off unsupervised, prompting reevaluation of eyewitness certainty.
Canadian Expenditure Rise Cuts Travel to United States
Canada plans record foreign exchange reductions totaling about 75 million dollars to curb pleasure travel to the United States. The move stems from a foreign exchange control board estimate aimed at reallocating funds to other priorities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
United States
Foreign Exchange Control Board
Mrs Annie Smith of Bromiley Has Nine Sons in Army
Mrs Annie Smith of Bromiley England is noted for having nine sons serving in the army, highlighting a family with multiple military enlistments amidst growing wartime demand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Annie Smith
Bromiley England
Death of Kingsley Powell noted as first homestead claimant
Fifty six years after homesteading began in Alberta the death is recorded of Kingsley Powell who is believed to be the first to file a claim west of Manitoba. Powell died at 84 after settling near Edmonton in 1882. Churchill discusses Britain’s secret weapon in an Empire speech. An electrical device now measures down to five millionths of an inch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alberta
Kingsley Powell
Manitoba
Mr. Powell
Edmonton
Britain
Winston Churchill
Midnight Sun paper by British troops in Norway
British troops in northern Norway published a makeshift four page tabloid titled Midnight Sun dated May 18. The issue, edited by Canon J C F Hood, featured news items jokes soldiers poetry and a foreword from Maj Gen Pierse Joseph MacKesy. It notes likely troop withdrawal and includes a poem about air raid shelters and a line about beer on the way.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norway
Midnight Sun
New York
England
Pierse Joseph MacKesy
MacKesy
Sun
Canon J.C. F. Hood
Gseldiers
Thermos-bottle locomotive powers steel mill without flame
A Ford Rouge Michigan plant display shows a small Thermos-bottle locomotive running on stored steam heated by waste furnace heat. The insulated boiler sustains pressure for hours and haul cars with ingots and molds, illustrating steam power without fire. Also notes Timothy imports into Canada and a method to convert bicycles into motorcycles with new rear-wheel contact rollers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ford Motor Company
Rouge, Mich
Industrial Use of Diamonds Surges in American Industry
John C. Kirkwood notes about 75 percent of mined diamonds are used industrially for tools and parts. Diamonds enable aircraft and tank components and munitions by grinding, lathing and wire drawing, with Ford using about 1,000 diamonds to finish machine parts and a “diamond clerk” in every auto plant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John C. Kirkwood
Bowmanville Statesman
Ford Motor Company
Tulips Stand Untouched In Dutch Coastal Fields
News from the Netherlands reports that vast tulip fields between Haarlem and Leyden along the coast survived floods. The bulbs symbolize resilience and hope, echoing the unbroken human spirit as the world faces upheaval.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Holland
Haarlem
Leyden
Netherlands
Christian Science Monitor
Mussolini Receives Armored Train from Hitler
General Ritter von Pehl presents an armored train to Mussolini saying it guards the life valuable to both Italy and Germany. The set includes 16 anti aircraft guns and signals enhanced protection for the Italian leader.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mussolini
Hitler
Ritter von Pehl
How To Test Soil With A Small Sample
An analyst uses a small rapisil test sample about one spoonful representing roughly two hundred millionths of an acre. For field conditions a 4 composite sample is taken from ten or more points, avoiding abnormal spots. Samples are mixed, filled into pint containers, and labeled. Information on prior fertilization liming crops and difficulties aids interpretation for recommendations.
Not A Good Guesser Friday Anniversary of Joe Ohannesian
A humorous note on Joe Ohannesian who predicts his own death every July 19 at Mount Hope Cemetery Brantford Ontario. He remains alive and well despite the prophecy and tends his grave with two rose bushes, while authorities allegedly keep him away. He now works with the Red Cross sorting rubbish.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Joe
Mount Hope
Brantford
Welded wires felon sentenced at Old Bailey seven years
Police say William Gutheridge, 28, former British Union of Fascists member, cut seven public telephones on London's outskirts and was jailed for seven years. He was reportedly engaged in Admiralty work at the time. The Saskatchewan farm output value for 1939 rose to 213,412,000 dollars, up 44 percent from 1938.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Old Bailey
William Gutheridge
British Union of Fascista
Saskatchewan
Also Mentioned on This Page
Ateeiocmeeret
Noah
Seattle
Satko
Johnson
Hisself
Isventory
Daily Mail
Rani He Be
Lieved
iRome
Germany
New York City
Ness
John Bull
Joe Ohannesian
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!