Urgent Orders for Package Bees Ahead of Spring
Canada warns beekeepers to order package bees now as demand rises in both countries. Dominion Apiarist C B Gooderham notes bees come from the United States and buyers must handle regulations, currency, and a 10 percent war tax. Specify quantity size and arrival date, inform express and nearest bank, attach revenue stamps, and have housing and feeding setup ready for prompt delivery. Further details in Wartime Pamphlet No 5 from Ottawa.
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Canada
C. B. Gooderham
Dominion Apiarist
United States
Acus
Foreign Exchange Control Board
Customs Department
Ottawa
Furter
Dominion Department of Agriculture
Censoring Military Details In A Soldier’s Letter
A letter demonstrates safe guarding military information by noting the difficulty of sharing location and travel details. The writer hints at dangers of a censor watching for sensitive content while describing weather, travel, and appearances in a general way.
Wake You Up Service Sprouts During Gas Rationing
Mrs. Gwendolyn Shelton of University City started a late night wake up call service using her home telephone as gasoline shortages push work start times earlier. In a week she gained many customers including a young woman who needs to sleep early for her job. Shelton is instructed to call at 10 pm nightly to usher guests to the door or help secure belongings.
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Gwendolyn Shelton
University City
Sailors Adopt Mack Neckerchiefs After Nelson Death
British sailors changed neckerchiefs to Mack in 1805 to honor Lord Nelson. The switch reflected naval mourning customs and linked attire to the fallen admiral's legacy.
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Mack
Lord Nelson
Bottle salvage urges voluntary groups to stop collecting
Ottawa officials of the war services salvage division urge voluntary salvage committees to halt collecting bottles or broken glass for remelting at glass foundries unless they have an immediate outlet for such collections.
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War Services Salvage Division
Ottawa
Milk products in textiles and everyday items noted
A note lists diverse goods made from milk products such as textiles resembling wool cotton and silk knife handles fountain pens shoe horns piano keys and door handles among thousands of others. The message also urges buying War Savings Certificates.
Picture of Connecticut seal removed from Baldwin office
A large picture of the Connecticut state seal hanging in Governor Baldwin's Hartford executive office was quickly taken down after the governor discovered the frame bore the inscription Made in Japan.
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Connecticut
Hartford
Raymond E. Baldwin
Japan
Courage of Achates Crew Dives Into 33 Degree Waters
Lieut. L. E. P. Jones recounts the British destroyer Achates sinking after a German cruiser attack on an Allied convoy to Russia. Smoke screens failed, fire and flooding overwhelmed the crew, eight decades after the ship sank in two minutes. Eighty survivors were saved by the trawler Northern Gem.
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Russia
L. E. P. Jones
A. H. T. Johns
Jones
Great RAF and Navy air sea rescue saves 73 after torpedoed ship
In the North Atlantic a merchant ship torpedoed and sunk 500 miles off, led to one of the war’s largest air sea rescues. RAF Coastal Command aircraft logged over 55 000 miles while corvettes destroyers sloops and tugs swept the seas. After days of no success a Sunderland flying boat located a boat and dropped rations. A merchant ship later rescued 18 survivors, then 38 more were saved from a second pair of boats by a destroyer. A Fortress finally found the captain’s boat and deliveries of food water and medical supplies followed. The captain and crew had endured 13 days afloat before rescue.
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North Atlantic
RAF Coastal Command
Royal Navy
Sunderland
London Times
Commandos Strike at Dawn filmed with Canadian forces on Vancouver Island
Canadian Army sailors soldiers and airmen star in the Columbia Screenplay Commandos Strike at Dawn. Paul Muni leads in a Norway inspired setting with Frt Lieut Robert Coote and other Canadian service members. The film also features Anna Lee and Lt W S Godfrey with Sir Cecil Hardwicke as a rear admiral.
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Canada
New Columbia
Vancouver Island
Paul Muni
Norway
C. W. Forester
Muni
Robert Coote
Canadian Navy
RCAF
Ann Carte
John Farrow
Leutenant
R-C.n.v.r
Anna Lee
The
Wrens
W. S. Godfrey
R-C.n
Cecil Hardwicke
Home in the West on Four Dollars a Year
A Stratford Beacon-Herald extract describes Vancouver Island settlers living frugally in a log ranch house. The family sustains itself by self produced food, trapping, fishing, and minimal purchases, with annual cash needs about 400 dollars.
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Vancouver Island
W. H. Colough
Stratford Beacon-Herald
Young Buddy Beaver Teaches Healthy Eating
A lively description shows Young Buddy Beaver eating a diet rich in milk dairy products whole grain cereals eggs meat or fish green and yellow vegetables Canada approved bread and fruits emphasizing proper foods build healthy bodies and make eating enjoyable.
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Buddy Beaver
Canada
Great Help Canadian Army In Britain Credit For Rommel's Defeat
A Daily Telegraph report notes that the Canadian Army in Britain aided the Eighth Army in Egypt and helped push Rommel beyond his reach. J. E. Sewell calls the Dominion forces an army in being, poised to strike and potentially end the war, citing Dieppe as a warning and hinting at future decisive action.
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Britain
Eighth Army
Egypt
Erwin Rommel
J. E. Sewell
The
Daily Telegraph
Dominion
Canadian First Army
Donetz
Caucasus
Hitler
Paratroopers balk at jump height in India
Two native paratroop students fretted before their first jump asking an officer about height. When told 500 feet and later 300 feet, they balked, noting they would have parachutes, prompting the officer to caution delays in chute deployment.
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India
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Dieppe
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