Salvage drives Canadian war effort through waste materials
The article explains how salvaging junk becomes crucial to wartime production. It notes households save metals papers fats and bones for industry use and cites aluminum rubber and rags as key inputs, highlighting the role of junk dealers and the Canadian Institute of Secondary Materials in coordinating nationwide salvage.
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Dominion
Minister of National War Services
Canada
Canadian Institute of Secondary Materials
Secretary of State
Federal Department of Salvage
Germany
Canada Needs You poster plea for all citizens
A wartime appeal urges every Canadian to contribute to the war effort. Men and women, housewives, workers, teachers are called to conserve, increase production, donate blood, and support government measures. The message promotes morale, unity, and reconstruction of a united nation.
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Canada
Crown Crown Companies Drive Canada War Effort Under Government Control
The Canadian government runs 12 Crown companies investing about 582 million dollars in private industries to boost war production. Allied War Supplies Corp. employs 30,000 across 21 plants in chemical and explosive work, while Small Arms Ltd expands rifles and Bren production. Wartime Merchant Shipping Ltd. has 32 ships laid down with seven launched by Nov. 30, and Research Enterprises Ltd. employs 2,200 for secret electrical devices. Federal Aircraft Ltd. reports strong Anson plane output, with other Crown firms handling strategic materials, machine tools, and wartime supply chains.
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Allied War Supplies Corp
Small Arms Ltd
Merchant Shipping Ltd
Research Enterprises Ltd
Federal Aircraft Ltd
Won Decoration At Namsos Commander Stannard VC Holder
HMS Ramsey captain Lieutenant-Commander Richard Stannard is the only living Victoria Cross recipient aboard the Ramsey praised for unsparing wartime service. He earned the VC for directing the Arab evacuation at Namsos, rescuing 2,008 French Chasseurs in ten trips and repelling German forces despite heavy damage.
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Stannard
Richard Stannard
Fogarty Fegan
Jervis Bay
V.C
Namsos
Norway
Britain
Orient Line
Royal Air Force
Engineering gains in war effort at University of Toronto
The Dean of the Faculty of Applied Science and Engineering at the University of Toronto reveals that wartime engineering progress, though often secret, includes the machine tool industry expanding its capacity by more than 800 percent to speed the Dominion's war effort.
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Faculty of Applied Science and Engineering
University of Toronto
Dominion
Napoleon’s meals entice captured soldiers to stay
Napoleon fed prisoners with exceptional meals causing many to choose to remain with him after the war rather than return to meager national rations. Reported that some surrendered willingly to receive the famed food.
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Napoleon
Two for the Price of One Becomes Wartime Cheer
In wartime days many people find savings by choosing two for the price of one, a trend reflecting tighter budgets and practical frugality as households stretch scarce resources.
Tongues of Africa Reach Nine Hundred Among Tribes
The article notes that Africa hosts about 900 distinct languages spoken by diverse tribes, reflecting rich linguistic and cultural variety across the continent.
What Is the Average Length of a Generation
Metropolitan Life Bulletin explains generation length varies by perspective. If starting with 100000 newborns and tracking through life, about 63 years would be a generation, though overlaps occur as children are born before prior generations finish. It notes roughly three generations per century.
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Metropolitan Life Bulletin
Frozen porridge sustenance in early New England travels
Travelers carried frozen porridge shaped from beans and used hatchets to cut off portions when hungry. The blunt mass gave portable nourishment during long journeys.
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New England
Silver Mining Value in Hemisphere History
From 1493 to 1933 the western hemisphere mined silver to an estimated value of more than 6.3 billion dollars.
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Western Hemisphere
Holland Name Covers Country Linen City and District
Holland refers to a country a type of linen fabric a city in Michigan and a district in Lincolnshire reflecting multiple geographic and cultural usages.
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Holland
Michigan
Lincolnshire
Selected Recipes for Cookies from 14 Cup Shortening
Blend shortening and sugar thoroughly then eggs until light and fluffy. Sift flour soda baking powder and salt, fold into creamed mix with nut meats dates and corn flakes. Drop tablespoons onto greased sheet, flatten, bake at 375 F for about 15 minutes yields about three dozen cookies.
Aunt Janes Krisp Magic Macaroons
A condensed milk coconut macaroons recipe instructs mixing one cup condensed milk with one cup shredded coconut and one cup oven popped rice cereal. Drop spoonfuls on a greased sheet and bake at 350 degrees for about 10 minutes until delicately browned. Yield about 142 dozen cookies.
Czech Foreign Minister Warns Nazis Faltering Under Underground Pressure
Jan Masaryk told reporters in Ottawa that the Nazis were losing grip as underground resistance across Europe grew. He cited Czech sabotage as making the conquerors jumpy and destabilizing Germany's control.
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Europe
Jan Masaryk
Ottawa
London stethoscope detects water leaks and flow
A stethoscope style instrument, invented in London, enables testers to locate leaks in water pipes and determine the direction of water flow.
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London
Ramsay Company Patent Offer For Inventors
Ottawa firm Ramsay Company Registered Patent Attorneys offers free listing of inventions with full information. Address 273 Bank Street Ottawa.
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Ramsay Company
Bank Street
Ottawa
Three Act Plays Lift Rural Drama Festival
In Northern Saskatchewan Richard entered three one act plays in the Class B Drama festival at North Battleford last year winning awards. Communities enjoyed touring performances in clubs and towns, using the stage like a front room and giving locals a chance to escape taut nerves through twelve rehearsals and shared life on stage.
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Mary Ellen
Richard
Saskatchewan
North Battleford
Regina
Nutrition program urged at Toronto conference
Dr L B Pett of the federal nutrition department told a Toronto conference that health is vital during wartime and a nutrition program may be instituted with a possible Ontario provincial nutritionist. Fifty representatives under Dr J T Phair of Ontario health department discussed sustaining adequate production through nutrition measures.
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Canada
L. B. Pett
Federal Nutrition Department
Canadian Council of Nutrition
Toronto
Ontario
J. T. Phair
Ontario Health Department
Great Britain
Pett
Must Be Saved Says Knightley Warns of Milling Slowdown
William Knightley, supervisor of the national salvage campaign, warns Canadian paper mills face a hand to mouth supply due to waste paper shortages. He notes less than 25 percent of produced paper is salvaged and urges public cooperation to save every scrap. One ton of waste paper yields material for shell containers and components used in munitions.
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William Knightley
National
Canada
Officer Misreads Orders For Carriers In World War II
An officer in a Middle East regiment misinterprets a notice about arrivals as tanks and arranges parking for sixty wheelbarrows. Later it becomes clear the shipment was sixty wheel barrows. The report also notes Greater Germany’s 1941 potato crop estimate at 65,000,000 tons.
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Middle East
Greater Germany
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Pres- Canada
Crown Companies
Daily Mail
Ramsey
Meade
Boston
Cross
Ery Mall
By Fred Neher
Cippleford
Frobuete
Hamilton
Montreal
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