Canada’s Navy Grows Into Major World Power
The Brockville Recorder and Times notes Canada’s Royal Canadian Navy expanded from 15 ships to over 350 in service by 1943 with 150 ships added in 1942-43. Plans call for 70 more fighting ships, including Tribal class destroyers and two six inch cruisers, plus possible aircraft carriers and a Fleet Air Arm.
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Canada
Royal Canadian Navy
Britain
Canadian Army
Europe
Angus L. Macdonald
National Defence
Brockville Recorder and Times
Navy adopts waterproof envelopes for ship documents
The United States Navy adopts a new waterproof envelope to protect shipping documents from water damage. The envelopes use two Kraft paper layers with an asphalt middle layer. Scientists say hydrogen and helium are abundant on the sun.
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United States Navy
Records of wartime letter writing set by service members
Cpl F G Bulgin of Montreal and other service members boast long stints of letter writing from Britain. Soldiers, wives, and civilians tally thousands of letters sent and received over years of overseas service, with messages spanning 1939 to 1943. Buy War Savings Stamps Regularly.
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Cpl
F. G. Bulgin
Montreal
Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps
Britain
London
Cpl. H. Beaudoin
Ena Reeves
A Cow’s Calcium Source After a Milk Lesson
Nutrition Services explains that cows obtain calcium from grass hay and grain, while humans rely largely on milk and cheese. Vegetables like leafy greens and potatoes provide some calcium but require careful cooking to preserve the nutrient.
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Billy
Nutrition Services
Demand for Food In Canada Through 1944
The Current Review of Agricultural conditions in Canada predicts continued strong demand for food through 1944 as Allied forces advance. Meat dairy and poultry needs will strain supplies while cereal grain surpluses shrink given postwar needs. Overall output nears peak with current manpower machinery and inputs, assuming normal weather.
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Canada
Forbes Thrasher Runs Royal York Style Leave Hotel in Canada Town
Captain Forbes Thrasher, former Lord Nelson Hotel manager and Royal York assistant, now runs a 32 room officer leave hotel in Canada Town with Sgt-Major R. McGlarke and 18 Italian staff. The Grande Albergo Del Greco has become the Royal York, drawing strong business as kitchens adapt to Canadian customs. Officers stay 48 hours. meals and rooms priced in shillings with a six piece orchestra providing evenings’ entertainment.
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Forbes Thrasher
Lord Nelson
Halifax
Royal York Hotel
Toronto
Canada Town
R. McGlarke
Vulcan
Alta
Royal York
Thrasher
Sicily and Southern Italy Wheat Outlook During War
The article notes Sicily grows durum wheat for macaroni and bread, with about a third of its land sown to wheat and prewar acreage near 2 million acres yielding 32 million bushels. It warns wartime losses may reduce local supply, creating an outlet for North American wheat, while Crete relies on imports as only about one third of its area is arable.
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Sicily
Italy
Crete
Cardboard Tokens Supplant Copper in Fiji Currency
Fiji experiences money shortages as government notes expand from five shillings to seven and clerks issue card board tokens for change. Suva shops run out of copper coins and post offices distribute half penny stamps. In New Guinea Australian troops ease currency woes by importing tobacco valued at twenty sticks per pound, acting as a de facto medium of exchange.
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Fiji
Suva
New Guinea
What Inflation Means to an Ontario Restaurateur
A letter to Bill Wong, an Ontario restaurant proprietor, described inflation from his homeland. It carried stamps valued at 16 in Chinese money, about one dollar locally. Wong estimated that 100 pounds of rice in China cost between 1 000 and 1 200 dollars.
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Bill Wong
Ontario
Wong
China
Tuberculosis Tops Deaths in Young Adults
Public health appeal urges readers to buy Christmas Seals as a preventive measure. The message highlights tuberculosis as the leading cause of death among people aged 15 to 45, emphasizing the impact on individuals and the nation.
Canadian Women's Army Corps Leader Named
Post Lieut Colonel Margaret Eaton serves as assistant adjutant general handling organization administration discipline and personal services for the Canadian Women's Army Corps.
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Margaret Eaton
Canadian Women’s Army Corps
The Story of the International Livestock Exposition Book
Alvin H. Sanders publishes a 360 page privately printed history of the International Livestock Exposition from 1900 to 1941. It covers breeding feeding and marketing progress with anecdotes about key figures and notes Canadian winners. Available for order from the Chicago Stock Yards exposition offices at a nominal price.
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Canada
Alvin H. Sanders
Chicago
Dominion
International Live Stock Exposition Association
New Inventions Include Wooden Spring Furniture and Tablet Foods
The Dominion patent report shows patents issued for wooden spring furniture and tablet form foods, with 7,686 patents granted in the year ending March 31, 1943. It notes advances in television and electron microscopes and mentions no details on the inventors.
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Dominion
Commissioner of Patents
Wildlife numbers rise across Canada amid war era ammo shortages
A Canadian Press survey reports increases in ducks and geese migrating through Canada amid wartime ammo restrictions. Farmers stockpiles and past purchases sustain hunting. bears and wolves show no unusual rise. Manitoba's waterfowl count tops 100 million, while British Columbia notes wildlife growth and Ontario cites more ducks, geese, and predators.
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Canada
E. S. Forsyth
Regina
Saskatchewan
British Columbia
Frank R. Butler
D. J. Taylor
Ontario
Game and Fisheries
Camouflage Tactics Boosted by Canadian Farms Service
Dominion Experimental Farms Service lends support to camouflage efforts by supplying guidance on suitable trees and shrubs to conceal military establishments from land sea and air. The Division of Horticulture cooperates with National Defence, with coastal branches especially aiding Atlantic and Pacific coast defenses.
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Canada
Dominion Experimental Farms Service
Division of Horticulture
Department of National Defence
Atlantic
Pacific
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Poser
Holy
Chicacro
Ducks Unlimited
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