Rare Metals Used In The Prosecution Of War Are Now Mined In Canada
Canada expands war metals soon after 1939 efforts. Mercury from Pinchi Lake BC now replaces imports and fuels Britain. Antimony production rises from Trail BC to supply alloys and rubber goods. Chromium from eastern Quebec increases. Gowland Lake NB to boost manganese. Tungsten from scheelite scarce but shipped. hopes for profits fade. Tin appears as by product at Trail. amber mica studied for aviation spark plugs.
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Canada
Britain
Department of Mines
Pinchi Lake
B.C
Italy
Trail
Quebec
Gowland Lake
N.B
Ontario
British Columbia
Mayo
Yukon
Ottawa
Changed His Route
A mild mannered witness endures hostile cross examination. He testifies he crossed the Atlantic seven times and was born in New York. When pressed about being on the other side, he calmly explains his last trip home via Siberia and the Pacific Ocean.
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Atlantic
New York
Siberia
Pacific Ocean
Manager by marriage and iron first mined in Quebec
A man boasts of becoming manager at a bank, joking that he has no prior management experience. He quips that he managed to marry the president's daughter. The text notes iron ore was first mined and smelted in Quebec in the early 1700s.
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First National Bank
Province
Quebec
Vitamins Wheat Germs Boost Animal and Poultry Feeding
Dr A E Cliffe of Ogilvie Flour Mills Montreal says adding wheat germ to animal and fowl diets speeds growth and boosts egg and milk output. In wartime Britain needs Canadian supplies, and wheat germ aids fur color in fur farming and reduces hog maturation from seven to five months. It lowers mortality and is used in medicine for deficiency diseases.
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A. E. Cliffe
Ogilvie Flour Mills
Montreal
Britain
Canada
Cliffe
Winnipeg Free Press
Rails salvaged from Welsh Highland for war steel
Britain mobilizes iron and steel by reclaiming 1200 tons of rails from the 28 mile Welsh Highland Railway. The old line closed in 1937 and its modern rails will be relaid on war needed sidings, with locomotives sent to dismantlers and rolling stock metals also diverted for armament production.
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Britain
Welsh Highland Railway
Principality
Danger Threatens Canada Invasion Plan, Hambro Claims
Carl Hambro, head of the Norwegian government, said Germany planned last year to invade Canada via Iceland with invasion fleets built in Norwegian harbors. He spoke in Toronto during a Little Norway visit, noting fleets have disbanded but asserting Canada invasion was planned.
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Carl Hambro
Germany
Canada
Iceland
Hambro
Toronto
Norway
Sugar beet secures Britain’s sugar supply at home
A Ministry of Agriculture official says after two years of war Britain now produces all its domestic sugar from home grown beet thanks to inter war state support. The note adds 350000 acres under sugar beet and a target of 405000 acres next year as sugar remains cheap and plentiful.
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Tehind
Lord Woolton
Ministry of Agriculture
London Star
Early Custom of Finger Bowls and Glass Rinsing
In the 18th century guests used finger bowls to wash glasses and were provided a glass beaker of water to rinse between wines, preventing bouquet confusion during dinner.
Germany trains parachute troops since 1935
Germany has maintained parachute training units since 1935 with units and doctrine evolving through years of prior military development and airborne capability establishment.
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Germany
Canadian Navy takes leading role in Atlantic patrol
Captain F L Houghton of the Royal Canadian Navy told a Montreal luncheon the navy is not only supporting but has a leading part in guarding the Atlantic. He said Canada bears responsibility for a definite portion of the Atlantic patrol and that most ships are fully occupied in the western Atlantic and Canadian home waters.
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F. L. Houghton
Royal Canadian Navy
Montreal
Atlantic
Houghton
Canada
Ban on commercial use of the V for Victory symbol
The Windsor Star reports government action banning the V for Victory symbol from commercial use in Canada. The piece notes the symbol’s high origins but warns of its cheapened status and the limits of authorities to curb inappropriate uses while stopping cross commercialization of the device.
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Canada
Windsor Star
RAF Leader Drops Bottle Over Berchtesgaden
A young Royal Air Force squadron leader on a Western Germany reconnaissance mission could not resist a prank. With no bombs available he pitched an empty bottle from the cockpit, creating a loud noise over Hitler's mountaintop retreat Berchtesgaden.
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R.A.F
Germany
Berchtesgaden
Hitler
Horses Might Return to City Life in Wartime Struggle
The piece argues gasoline shortages and a lack of blacksmiths complicate reintroducing horses to streets and roads. It notes the need for harnesses and shoeing and laments dwindling farm and road use, but asserts wartime spirit can overcome these obstacles.
Australian Sunderland patrol squadron tops coast guard U boat kills
Members of the Sunderland flying boat patrol squadron in Britain have returned to Australia to share combat experiences. The report notes alcohol from corn used in Argentina for vermouth and wine processing. Port Royal in Nova Scotia began as Annapolis in 1605.
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Sunderland Flying Boat
Britain
Coastal Command
Australia
Argentina
Home Sweet Home Crochet Chair Set Pattern 7108
Crochet pattern 7108 offers a simple home décor chair set with charts directions materials. Send 20 cents in coins to Household Arts Department Winnipeg Newspaper Union 175 Mc Dermot Avenue Winnipeg Man for this pattern. There is no Alice Brooks pattern book published.
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Household Arts Department
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Avenue
Winnipeg
Man
Alice Brooks
Ark Royal’s dramatic career praised in Admiralty review
The article recounts the Ark Royal’s varied operations from coastally attacked duties to Atlantic and Mediterranean searches for raiders, detailing a long voyage across 4,500,000 square miles and a final heroic death in the Mediterranean. It also discusses Russian military prowess as viewed by British officers, noting tank strength, mechanization, and joint land sea air tactics.
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Goebbels
Gayda
Macbeth
Banquo
Ark Royal
Admiralty
South Atlantic
Graf Spee
Atlantic
Mediterranean
Norway
St. Thomas Times-Journal
Russia
Red Army
Ivor Montague
Archibald Wavell
Charles Martel
British
Royal Armored Corps
Montague
Marshal Voroshilov
Soldier on Leave Receives City Help at Bus Stop
A British soldier alighting from a bus in Birmingham is assisted by a civilian who steadies his rifle and helmet while he sets down his kitbag. Additional bystanders lend aid by handling the suitcase and lighting a cigarette before the Tommy salutes and departs with a grin.
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Birmingham Post
Russia Thanks Red Cross for 도움 to Poles in Russia
A cable from the Polish Ambassador relays gratitude to the Canadian Red Cross Society for humanitarian aid to Poles in Russia. Edward Raczyński expresses heartfelt thanks, noting dire need and hope the relief will arrive in time to ease suffering.
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Toronto
Canadian Red Cross Society
Russia
Edward Raczynski
Britain to publish naval operation booklets hints from minister
First Lord of the Admiralty A. V. Alexander told a Commons questioner plans for a series of booklets describing naval operations. The reports will cover fleet air arm submarines and destroyers on various fronts. India and Ceylon annually grow 35.7 percent of the world’s tea.
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Britain
The
Admiralty
A. V. Alexander
House of Commons
Fleet Air Arm
India
Ceylon
German Invasion Strategy Supposedly Poses Ireland Threat
A widely read magazine argued the most likely German invasion tactic would be glider borne troops and tanks landing in Ireland. It warned an attack was not imminent but could come soon, predicting Britain would face difficulty similar to Belgium and that the US would do little to intervene.
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Ireland
Belgium
United States
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Louisiana
Navy
Carolinas
U.S. Marine Corps
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Annapolis, N.S
USSD
Finland
Geoffrey Cox
Karelian
Toronto Globe and Mail
Red Cross
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