Arctic Explorer Views on Nazi Arctic Invasion Risk
T H Manning, veteran Arctic explorer, surfaced views in Winnipeg after returning from Baffin Land 2600 miles north. He doubted Nazis would base bases in the Arctic to mount air raids on Canada, noting long bomber ranges and ice navigation risks.
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T H Manning
Winnipeg
Bawfin Land
Canada
Arctic
Bafin Land
Hudson Strait
Manning
Cape Dorset
Baffin Land
Hudson Bay
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Dominion
Repulse Bay
Mr. Manning
Southampton Island
Census plans aim to count Canadians in all services
Tentative arrangements for the next June census cover Canadians serving in the army navy or air force at home or abroad. Defence Department records may help identify overseas servicemen and authorities seek complete details for those overseas. Enumerators will question personnel in military establishments while information on non‑forces Canadians abroad may come from relatives at home.
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Army
Navy
Air Force
Defence Department
Canada
United Kingdom
Proving His Words quotation misattribution
The Winnipeg Tribune notes a famous quotation about Britain’s resolve was written not by Pitt or Churchill but by Austrian Adolf Hitler in Mein Kampf. The article highlights misattribution and points to the original author and work.
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Hitler
Britain
Pitt
Winston Churchill
Adolf Hiller
Winnipeg Tribune
Record Sugar Beet Yields Hit New High in Leth Bridge District
A frost-free period of 165 days and timely rains produced remarkable yields of sugar beets in the Leth Bridge district last year. The average was 14.10 tons per acre, the best on record, with the 1938 crop at 12.9 tons. A large sunflower will require two barrels of water to reach maturity.
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Lethbridge
British MPs hear on wheat germ and vitamin C claims
Maj Gwilym Lloyd George told the Commons that Lord Woolton arranged tests of a Canadian milling process to retain wheat germ and oil in flour. He cited authoritative reports on an American process that did not support germ content claims and noted Ottawa’s push to fortify Canadian flour with synthetic thiamin or adjust processes to keep more germ and oils in white flour.
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Gwilym Lloyd George
Board of Trade
House of Commons
Lord Woolton
Britain
Lloyd George
Trade Department
Ottawa
Canada
Canadians to Aid British Timber Drive in 1941
Major A I Harris of the timber ministry said Canadian foresters will join British efforts to boost timber production. Four figure force will cut trees and operate mills with equipment from the Dominion, alongside Newfoundland and empire foresters. Canada has supplied timber shipments to Britain since the loss of European sources, with 250000 tons shipped by rail from the Pacific coast since last spring, and other imports from eastern provinces. The controller praised Canadian cooperation and fair prices to meet British needs.
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United Kingdom
A. I. Harris
Ministry of Supply
Harris
Dominion
Newfoundland
Empire
Canada
Britain
Major Harris
Pacific
Atlantic
Panama
Alberta to survey airbase route from Edmonton to Alaska
The Alberta government will survey a chain of air bases from Edmonton to Alaska for the national defence department. Survey parties have already headed north and will also examine Fort St. John in northeastern British Columbia 450 air miles northwest of Edmonton. After surveys, construction will be supervised by Alberta with private firms carrying out work. A western Canada aerial highway, linking the United States with Alaska, is to be publicly announced and may build on bases used by Yukon Southern Air Transport from Edmonton to Whitehorse.
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Edmonton
Alaska
Alberta
Department of National Defence
W. A. Fallon
Fort St. John
British Columbia
Ottawa
Canada
United States
Yukon Southern Air Transport
Whitehorse
Y.T
Admiralty Board Endorses Divine Service Aboard Warships
The Board of Admiralty urges regular divine service on warships and calls for spaces dedicated to worship in battleships and cruisers. The London Spectator notes the First Lord endorses the policy, bought to light via Fleet Orders and attributed to the board rather than a chaplain’s office.
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Board of Admiralty
Royal Navy
London Spectator
Farmer with long curls spared by induction board
Marietta Oklahoma farmer Ivan Barzella Heiderich aged 33 feared losing his shoulder length hair to the army. He was rejected by an induction board which ruled his greater usefulness lay in his present occupation. He said his curls trace back to childhood when his mother refused to cut them.
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Ivan Barzella Heiderich
Marietta, Okla
United States Army
Veterans Reunite in Britain as Allied Service Pair
Two Canadian veterans from the first World War serve again in Britain with the Canadian Active Service Force. Quartermaster-Sergeant Alexander R. Bedard of Prince Albert Saskatchewan and Company Sergeant-Major Peter L. Hyde of Calgary, Alberta, are now firm friends. Both ran unsuccessfully in the 1935 federal election and share 190 pound frames and April 24 birthdays. They enlisted as privates again and are senior NCOs in the same Alberta Highland infantry company.
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Britain
Alexander R. Bedard
Prince Albert
C.S.M. Hyde
R. B. Bennett
West Calgary
N.c.o.'s
George Cross Model Description Approved by the King
The approved George Cross model is plain silver with four equal limbs and a central circular medallion bearing the design of St George and the dragon.
Contagious Disease Defined as Airborne and Waterborne
A contagious disease is one spread by germs in air or water and can be transmitted without direct contact with the patient.
Hyperion Destroyer Sunk After Mine in Adriatic Engagement
Naval officials reveal the British destroyer Hyperion lay damaged for two hours under Italian shore guns near the Adriatic coast before sending an SOS. Three rescuing destroyers reached the ship, then slipped away under fortified territory as the Hyperion, part of a light force scouring toward Durazzo, was sunk by a British gunner after a mine strike. The distress call was kept secret until main forces escaped threat.
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Alexandria
Hyperion
Adriatic
Durazzo
Toronto Generating Revenue From Salvaged Tin Cans
Street cleaning commissioner Harold Bradley proposes revenue from salvaged tin cans collected by city workers. He cites 5,000 tons of empty cans annually valued at about $40 per ton and declined to share plan details.
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Harold Bradley
Toronto
Bradley
London Transport Board Issues Six-Point Shelter Safety Code
The London Transport Board has issued a six-point safety code for people sheltering in underground railway stations. The rules aim to prevent accidents and fatalities related to sheltering during disruptions.
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London Transport Board
Foula Island Cut Off By Rough Seas
Sea conditions around Foula in the Shetlands isolate the island for weeks as winds and waves batter the coast. Residents endure shortages of supplies while rescue and relief efforts assess options to reach the community.
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Island of
Foula
The
Shetlands
Coffee’s First Known Use Traced to 12th or 13th Century
A historical note places the earliest known use of coffee in the 12th or 13th century, with later spread through trade routes and cultural adoption. The fragmentary source cites ancient texts and region names associated with early beverage culture.
Bombing Rome and Paris Considerations Shape RAF Strategy
Britain weighs strategic restraint in RAF bombing. Rome’s limited military targets and Vatican protection reduce value of strikes, while Paris risks alienating French opinion though it contains German war production. Government notes Britain may bomb Rome, not declaring it an open city.
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Royal Air Force
Germany
Italy
Paris
Rome
Ra.f
Berlin
Vatican City
London
Britain
House of Commons
City of Light
Soil Survey And Its Value
A. Leahey explains soil surveys classify and describe soils by characteristics and show locations on maps. They consider physical factors affecting agricultural production and provide a basis for cropping, fertilizer practices, and land use planning within the country.
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A. Leahey
Central Experimental Farm
Ottawa
Vitamin D Tablet Shipment for Hong Kong Red Cross
Trans-Pacific Clipper delivered 1,676 pounds of vitamin D tablets to the American Red Cross in Hong Kong. The Red Cross aims to bolster civilian health weakened by wartime hardship and poor nutrition.
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American Red Cross
Hong Kong
Red Cross
Dynamic Entertainer Makes a Charged Impression
A lighthearted quip portrays a friend as a human dynamo. The joke hinges on a playful double meaning about being charged from head to toe, implying high energy and a pun on electrical charge.
Alexander the Great’s canal dream at Suez feared silting
Tradition holds that Alexander the Great proposed digging a canal at the Suez region but refrained after worrying the mouth would quickly silt up. The episode reflects early ambitions in linking seas and expanding trade under ancient rulers.
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Alexander the Great
Suez
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Wren
Oklahoma
Tobruk
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