Is invasion of Canada really planned in 1930s fears
A Toronto New World article warning that Hitler may target Canada between July and October to exploit Hudson Bay waters. It cites maps and a Nazi spy plan from 1935, outlining routes through Labrador Quebec and Hudson Bay, urging citizen alertness and full wartime preparedness to thwart fifth column activities.
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Hudson Bay
New World
Toronto
Hitler
Great Britain
British Empire
Little
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Europe
Africa
Asia
Colin Ross
Dominion
Atlantic
Regina
Arctic
U.S
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Greenland
Faroe Islands
Labrador
Quebec
Moosonee
St. James Bay
Churchill
Ross
Germany
France
Britain
Fifth Column
Rising Dependents' Allowances Demand Grows in Ottawa
As Canada's armed forces grow, the Dependents' Allowance Board in Ottawa receives about 1000 applications daily. Monthly allowance cheques total roughly $2,000,000 in value, with around 70,000 payments issued. Four hundred accountants and clerks process the workload.
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Canada
Dependents’ Allowance Board
Ottawa
Taylor's Narrow Escape as Nazis Enter Antwerp
William Taylor, a special agent with Canadian National Railways, again escaped danger in World War II. He fled Antwerp in May as German invaders advanced, mirroring his 1914 retreat from German forces in the city.
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William Taylor
Canadian National Railways
Antwerp
Belgium
Taylor
Australian Trade Chief Announces Fruit Sale to Britain
Australian minister A G Cameron says 750000 cases of canned apricots peaches and pears are sold to the British food ministry for 700000 pounds. Bulk of the fruit has arrived in the United Kingdom, Cameron reports.
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A. G. Cameron
Commerce and the Navy
British Food Ministry
United Kingdom
Cameron
Canary Recovered After Bombing Cat Eats Pet
An air raid in a southeast England town ends with a German bomb impact. The blast damages a canary cage, the canary falls, and a cat seizes the bird and eats it.
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England
Teaching in Chicopee 1713 Paid 34 Cents a Week
A 1713 report notes school teaching in Chicopee Massachusetts was not profitable, yielding only 34 cents weekly for teachers, highlighting the poverty of early colonial educators.
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Chicopee, Mass
Evacuation Of Children And How They Are Looked After
A reader’s letter describes how London evacuee children are housed and fed in Britain. The Women's Voluntary Service runs canteens, cooks meals, and handles washing with unpaid help from local families and volunteers. The government pays hosts about 10 shillings per child weekly, with richer families contributing extra and providing clothes and pocket money.
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Britain
Canada
London
Channel tunnel debate faded by wartime events
London correspondent notes that the Channel tunnel proposal, once revived, faced strong military opposition. With German control of the French end and past Meuse bridge incidents and Fifth Column fears, the idea would likely be dismissed as impractical and dangerous in future years.
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London
Ottawa Journal
Meuse
Picture Better Than Words Cartoon Highlights Nazi Food Parcel Claims
The St. Thomas Times-Journal notes a New York Post cartoon by Rollin Kirby showing a rotund Nazi eating at a table labeled with food from Norway Poland Denmark Holland and France. It argues Britain should not lift the blockade as Nazis loot occupied countries and would seize relief food for their war effort.
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New York Post
Rollin Kirby
United States
Norway
Poland
Denmark
Holland
France
Europe
Germany
St. Thomas
German expelled spy head named ambassador to France
A German former spy ring leader, expelled by the French last year, has been appointed ambassador to the conquered territory of France. He should feel at home in his new post despite the upheaval surrounding the occupation.
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France
Maharajah of Mysore Dies in Bombay at 56
Sri Krishnaraja Wadiyar Bahadur ruler of Mysore dies in Bombay after a heart attack. He led a 6.5 million population state with vast wealth and a fleet of 80 cars. His reign began in 1895 and he was famed for travel to London in 1936 and possession of family goddess Chamundeswari.
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Maharajah of
Mysore
Krishnaraja Wadizar Bahadur
Bombay
India
Maharajah
London
Chamundeswari
Madras
Edward
Prince of Wales
Selected Recipes Dessert in Glasses Notes
Combine sugar corn starch and salt then stir in hot milk. Cook until thickened, cover and simmer until raw flavor disappears. Remove from heat add vanilla and cool before serving in dessert glasses with whipped cream or fruit garnish. For unmoulded desserts increase corn starch to three tablespoons.
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Durham
Buttered Asparagus Tips on Shredded Wheat
A halved Shredded Wheat Biscuit warmed and buttered makes a cradle for parsley resembling asparagus tips. Place six cooked asparagus tips on the biscuit and pour over melted butter seasoned with salt and paprika. Garnish with a strip of pimiento. Serves one.
England's first female bell ringer recalls a changing craft
Mrs J C Sullivan, the first feminine bell ringer in England, notes that several hundred women have entered the profession since before the last war. Bell ringing began about 1600 to summon soldiers and Christians and to alarm towns. Today it is mainly for church services with wartime restrictions limiting rings to warnings of German parachutists. Sullivan rang muffled peals for Queen Victoria's death and tolled for King George V, and rang at King Edward VII's coronation.
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England
J. C. Sullivan
Sullivan
Victoria
Edward VII
George V
Protection From Lightning Findings Change Safety Rules
Research labs show any structure or place can be shielded from lightning. Even open land such as bathing beaches can be rendered safe with lightning nests.
Tea tax boosts wartime budget revenue in Canada
In the revised wartime budget Canada raises an extra 800000 to the government from tea drinkers this year totaling 860000 under the new schedule.
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Canada
Malaya census shows sharp 46 percent rise in motor traffic
The latest Malaya census indicates a 46 percent year over year increase in motor traffic, contrasting with global reports of declines. Officials emphasize rapid urban growth and expanding vehicle ownership as key drivers.
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Malaya
Harmless Carbon Dioxide Used For War Aid
New York engineer Walter Kidde explains how liquified carbon dioxide powers emergency devices in war. Bottles attach to inflatable boats and life jackets, releasing gas to inflate within seconds, aiding crossing water defenses and rescuing airmen.
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Walter Kidde
New York
Sixty-Year-Old Winnipeg Woman Finishes Birthday Flight
Ten years after vowing to celebrate her eightieth birthday in the air Mrs M J Pile of Winnipeg flew for a half hour from Stevenson airport. She said on landing that from now on she goes by plane marking a milestone in aerial travel for a centenarian. A note on Toronto’s name and places abroad adds local color.
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M. J. Pile
Winnipeg
Stevenson
Boston soil carried as ballast to Halifax ships
The Evening Tran notes a historic curiosity from sailing days. Soil from Boston Common was used as ballast on the Nova Scotian Canadian National Railways Hotel voyage to Halifax, illustrating how distant soil traveled with ships.
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Halifax
Boston
Evening Transcript
Canadian National Railways
Boston Common
Flow Feeds Three Oceans From Glacier Peak Divide
Water from Triple Divide Peak in Glacier National Park flows into three oceans the Atlantic Pacific and Arctic as reported by the Department of the Interior.
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Triple Divide Peak
Glacier National Park
Atlantic
Pacific
Arctic
Department of the Interior
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