History of Horticulture in Canada Traced From Earliest Times
A review by M B Davis at a Winnipeg meeting outlines Canadian horticulture history from Indigenous cultivation of corn and pumpkins through European settlement and Loyalist immigration to modern developments. It notes early apple varieties, the Fameuse, and key figures at Central Experimental Farm Ottawa, with 1886 Dominion Farms, 1898 Macoun apple program, and Prairie fruit expansion. It also covers seed supply shifts, forestry stations, Morden station, and Canada becoming a seed exporter and innovator in dehydrated foods and processed cherry products.
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M. B. Davis
Dominion Horticulturist
Winnipeg
Western Canadian Society of Horticulture
Canada
Mr. Davis
Annapolis Royal
Nova Scotia
France
Dominion Experimental Farms
William Saunders
Silvia
Josslyn
Brighton
Central Experimental Farm
Ottawa
Prairie
Dr. Macoun
Division of Horticulture
Morden
Man
Praire
Europe
Germans Mandate Seventy Eggs Per Hen
The Nazi decree in Germany requires each hen to lay at least 70 eggs per year. Officials warn penalties for shortfall as farmers face pressure, while households adjust menus with more roasted and fried chicken dishes amid fodder shortages.
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Germany
Hentelligence Department
Christian Science Monitor
Egg seller punished in 15th century France
In 1451 France a person convicted of selling bad eggs was placed on the pillory as punishment. The eggs were distributed to children to hurl at the offender, illustrating harsh medieval public shaming practices for food fraud.
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France
Red Cross Parcels For Allied POWs From Canada
Canadian Red Cross supplies two thirds of all food parcels to Allied prisoners of war via the British Red Cross. Total weekly parcels reach 190,000 for about 190,000 prisoners, with 11 pound packages including milk powder butter cheese jam pork sardines meat biscuits and more. In ten months of 1944 Canada sent nearly 13.8 million parcels.
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British Red Cross Society
Canadian Red Cross Society
United States
British
Red Cross
Canada
Canadian
Europe
Far East
International Committee
Geneva
Switzerland
Ameager
Canadian Red Cross
Prairie duck population surges in provinces and territories
Ducks Unlimited reports a rise in wild fowl numbers from 30 million to 140 million since 1937 in the Prairie Provinces and Northwest Territories. Winnipeg’s T. C. Main notes census data from 2,000 key men. Also mentions air speed indicators for planes.
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Prairie Provinces
Northwest Territories
T. C. Main
Winnipeg
Ducks Unlimited
Edmonton
Salt sick in cows tied to copper and iron deficiency
The condition among cows known as salt sick is traced to a copper and iron diet deficiency, highlighting mineral balance as a key factor in livestock health.
Trial opens for Maidanek gas chamber staff in Lublin
Six German defendants from the Maidanek camp go on trial in Lublin after Radio Moscow reports. Anton Kerman testifies more than 60 000 people were suffocated in gas chambers. Ottler recounts how children and infants were killed and brought by truck to the chambers. A Mayer inmate cites about 200 000 already killed at the camp, including Russian POWs.
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Maidanek
Poland
Lublin
Radio Moscow
Anton Kerman
Ottler
Mayer
Quality Ship Proves Canadian Shipbuilding Prowess
The English captain of a Royal Navy minesweeper built in Canada salutes the vessel as proof that Canada can build quality ships. He notes she has withstood every challenge and has not been idle, countering wartime doubts about Canadian shipbuilding.
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Canada
Canadian Army Girls Send Toys to Bombed English Children
Canadian Women’s Army Corps Overseas members craft and sew Christmas toys for bombed-out English children. Barracks donate toys funded by Canadian Legion Educational Services with extra plans for gala parties, trees, games, and a Santa delivering gifts.
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Canadian Women’s Army Corps
Canadian Legion Educational Services
C.L.E.S
C.w.a.c.s
C.W.A.C
Trade revived by war boosts old mouth organ maker
The mouth organ trade, once a German monopoly, is revived by wartime demand for a British firm that created the instrument over a century ago. Output to the armed forces has jumped from 10 per week to 7,000 in three years. Umbrellas were used in ancient Egypt.
Navy chaplain voices furlough wish for sailors abroad
Canadian Navy men overseas hope every man will be given a fur lough in Canada before being sent to the Pacific to fight Japan Bishop G A Wells senior naval chaplain said in Toronto on his return from a three month tour of navy battle fronts.
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Canada
Pacific
Japan
G. A. Wells
Toronto
Britain’s War Effort Exceeds All Other Belligerents Says Bracken
British Information Minister Brendan Bracken in London released a White Paper asserting the total war effort of Great Britain surpasses that of any other belligerent. He highlighted mass civilian displacement, factory damage, and the mobilization of resources while noting Canada’s reverse lend-lease and U S support. He praised British sacrifice and warned critics to observe wartime realities.
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Brendan Bracken
London
Britain
Great Britain
Canada
United States
America
Bracken
Treasury
Robespierre
John Bull
Mr. Bracken
Trans-Canada Air Lines Sets Westbound Atlantic Record
Trans-Canada Air Lines established a new westbound trans Atlantic record with a non stop 11 hours 26 minutes flight from the United Kingdom to Montreal in a Lancaster. Captain J R Bowker of Ottawa led the crew. Co captain M Gauthier of Montreal has the distinction of serving on both east and west bound record flights.
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Trans-Canada Air Lines
T.C.A
United Kingdom
Montreal
J. R. Bowker
Ottawa
M. Gauthier
Reduced shrinkage wool socks reach army supply
The United States Bureau of Standards reports a new process lowers wool sock shrinkage to about five percent versus 20 to 25 percent for untreated socks. The method uses calcium hypochlorite and also extends sock life by about 60 percent.
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United States Bureau of Standards
Two Needle Mittens Pattern 7294 for Winnipeg Tot Wear
Knitting pattern for warm mittens using two colors of sport yarn. Describes snug cuffs to keep out snow and a simple stitch you can memorize. Pattern 7294 covers sizes 46 8 and 10 year. send twenty cents in coins to Household Arts Department Winnipeg Newspaper Union for this pattern with name address and pattern number.
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Household Arts Department
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Avenue E
Winnipeg
Man
RAF Mosquito Sets Record Flight From Labrador to Britain
An RAF transport command pilot in a Canadian Mosquito flew from Goose airfield Labrador to Great Britain in six hours eight minutes, establishing a new trans Atlantic record for the 2230 mile route.
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R.A.F. Transport Command
Goose Airfield
Labrador
Great Britain
Atlantic
Total solar eclipse duration limits and lunar eclipse length
An eclipse of the sun cannot exceed seven and a half minutes, while a lunar eclipse can endure for more than an hour. This contrast highlights how orbital geometry and Earth atmosphere affect eclipse visibility and timing.
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England
Ancient
Egypt
Ruhr
Cliff Black
Yarmouth
N.S
McA
Doug. Griffith
Capreol
L. E. Cram
F.C. Topp
Pisto
Sask
Navi Como
Ontario Paper Company
FO. Griffith
Collingwood
Pin Up
Fairchild Aircraft
Laura Manley
George Manley
Fairchild
U.S. Navy
Alice Brooks
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