Price Control And Rationing Guidance For Canada Readers
The bulletin answers common questions on rationing. It explains that travelers leaving Canada for over 60 days must surrender their ration books and reapply on return, and that one preserves coupon is required for each 12 ounce jar of cranberry sauce. It covers infant ration books and evaporated milk cards, store returns for garment issues, and how to contact Wartime Prices and Trade Board offices.
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USA
Canada
Focal Ration Boards
Standards Division
Ottawa
Consumers’ News
Prices and Trade Board
Canada Builds War Metal Supply Amid Global Conflict
The article notes a major wartime shift in Canada from civilian metal goods to military production. It highlights Canada as the world’s leading metal exporter, supplying aluminum copper nickel and magnesium crucial for arms and aircraft. Mercury mining supports domestic needs and exports. Strong future potential lies in North West deposits with new mines likely to replace exhausted wartime sources.
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Canada
United Nations
British Empire
Britain
United States
United Kingdom
Pacific
North West
Canada mining growth tied to new sites and jobs
The Canadian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy notes most active mines were opened before 1910, with only small shares opened in later decades. Modern geologists use electrical detectors to locate deposits, boosting future growth in mining which historically employed 107,000 workers and supported about 1.2 million people.
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Canada
Canadian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy
Advisory Committee
Sherman Tanks Face Royal Tiger in German Front Battle
Allied troops in Europe report the German Royal Tiger tank outclasses Sherman units. The King Tiger weighs 67 to 72 tons, tops 20 mph, with six inches of front armor and a long 88 mm gun. At least 23 Royal Tigers have been knocked out on this front.
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Second Armored Division
Germany
Royal
Bamboo cane now grown across Britain amid wartime demand
A wartime harvest spreads beyond Cornwall as bamboo cane is grown in England Scotland and even northern groves. Dealers travel nationwide to buy whole groves as China Japan supplies dwindle and British cane becomes frontline material. Bundles of 100 are common in trade.
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Britain
Cornwall
China
Japan
Scotland
British Isles
Milk Paste Heals Wounded Soviet Casulties
Soviet scientists in Novosibirsk develop a pressed milk paste with curative qualities for wounds. In a city hospital patients with slow healing improved after paste application despite novocaine, UV treatment, and antiseptics. The paste was used widely during the Leningrad blockade.
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Novosibirsk
Leningrad
Pins Scarce In Holland As War Strains Supplies
Ordinary straight pins are among the scarcest articles in Holland today highlighting wartime shortages.
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Holland
Evacuation Idea for Channel Islands Explored
The Ottawa Journal notes a debate on how to handle 7 000 German troops in the Channel Islands as British defense costs rise. A suggestion from the Daily Telegraph argues for evacuating the Germans with honors and avoiding a costly assault that would risk British lives. The piece weighs strategic value and civilian danger in a distant wartime dilemma.
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Channel Islands
France
Germany
London Daily Telegraph
Britain
Daily Telegraph
Ottawa Journal
War brides and immigration to Canada noted
The Brockville Recorder and Times comments on about 21 500 war brides and 8 300 children in Britain with 400 to 500 more British girls added monthly. It argues these newcomers deserve a warm welcome to Canada as an immigration movement of considerable dimensions develops.
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Britain
Canada
Brockville
RCAF
Wc's
J. M. Mills
St. John
N.B
J. E. Montgomery
Toronto
J. W. Mackvain
Montreal
L. G. C. Abbot
Camp Alice
Haney
R. L. Loveday
London
Ont
Value Of Forests And Conservation Urgency
A Vancouver Province excerpt warns that forest destruction threatens not only timber industries but farming livelihoods. It stresses long term desertification if firs pines and poplars are not conserved, recalling past civilizations that cut trees to ruin.
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Vancouver Province
Cedar Chest Oil Kills Moth Larvae
The volatile oil within a cedar chest proves fatal to moth larvae, acting as a natural repellent and preservative. The substance disrupts larval development, offering an effective, nonchemical method to protect stored textiles.
Salvage Prospects For Tirpitz After Torpedoes And Bombs
The Tirpitz survived two torpedo attacks and multiple bombings and sits partially sunk in shallow water. Air reconnaissance shows the keel exposed, offering a chance to study how German ships gained immense resistance. Wing Cmdr. Tait and crew demonstrated that even a massive vessel can be defeated by a direct 12 000 pound bomb.
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Cmdr
Tait
Jokes and banter from a 1920s variety show
A rapid-fire strip of humorous lines and puns from a village audience, including quips about marriage, hats, dogs, and a civilian artillery joke. Notable bits reference a performer, a constable, an employment agency, and a naval pestilence warning.
A Hotel Visit in Oxford County
The narrator describes rain in Oxford county and checks into a hotel with careful details. The room is neat and orderly, with bright lighting and a new Gideon Bible, suggesting a hotel run by an experienced innkeeper who has slept in hotels before owning one.
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Oxford
Morpheus
Army releases captured Metz food to civilians
The United States third army released large reserves taken from the German garrison at Metz to civilians. The booty included 150 tons of frozen beef 20 tons of frozen corn 50 carloads of flour 150 tons more flour stores of canned goods and cheese.
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United States 3Rd Army
Metz
OWI Debunks Pronunciation Fallacy About Japanese and Chinese
The Office of War Information denies a popular belief that the Japanese cannot pronounce the letter R. It claims the Chinese struggle with the letter L while Japanese have difficulty with the letter R, clarifying misperceptions in wartime propaganda.
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Office of War Information
O.W.I
Tobacco in Middle America Used as Medicine and Incense
Indigenous peoples in central lands used tobacco both as healing medicine and as an aromatic incense in sacred rites. The practice linked spiritual beliefs with plant use, reflecting cultural significance beyond everyday smoking.
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Middle America
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Ontario
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