Canada’s postwar promise and rising global role
The piece argues Canada will seize postwar opportunities as industries and resources expand due to wartime needs. It notes Canada’s strong sea and air power, growth in research, and a pivotal geographic position aiding ties with Britain and the United States. It highlights employment prospects for returning veterans and the younger generation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
United Nations
Great Britain
United States
Canada Aims for New Frontiers in Mining Power and Air Travel
A Royal Bank of Canada bulletin highlights Canada as a growing hub for mining and farming lands, hydro electric power, and future air routes. It notes Canada's small population yet strong industry and financial standing, stressing that tomorrow’s actions determine greatness.
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Canada
World Airways
Royal Bank of Canada
the Bulletin
Quick relief from sore painful piles Hem-Roid offer
An advertisement promotes Hem-Roid tablets for internal pile relief claiming 40 years of use, easy at home testing with a five day trial and money back guarantee if unsatisfied. It stresses treating the internal cause, improved bowel movements, and recovery of rectal membranes with improved blood flow. The Canada based firm backs the offer.
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Canada
Balham Bomb Rescue Story Ends With Witty Rescue
An elderly Balham resident is saved from ruins by a group of navvies in a bold wartime tale from Civil Defence Headquarters. A bottle of whiskey, found among the wreckage, prompts a quip about using it for an emergency. Separately, Honduras mahogany trees take about two centuries to reach full size.
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London
Balham
Honduras
Eye Shields Arabs In Middle East Use These As A Protective Measure
Thousands of Arabs in the Middle East desert wear cellulose acetate eye shields that were supplied to British troops of the 8th 9th and 10th Armies. Produced in Britain for protection against poison gas they shield eyes from sand dust flies and sun glare helping both soldiers and civilians and saving desert children from eye infections. B X Plastics Limited sees a post war market in the Middle East and Far East for this wartime commodity.
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Middle East
Britain
A.R.P
B. X. Plastics, Limited
Far East
Fire-Resistant Ship Paints Described With Dual Roles
Two new fire resistant paints for ships emerge after the war. One targets steel surfaces and may discolor upon flame contact but will not burn. The other functions as a fire extinguisher by emitting a fire smothering vapor when heated, primarily protecting ship woodwork.
Price Control And Rationing Information
Questions and answers from Wartime Prices and Trade Board on selling rationed goods at church sales, rent notices, re issuing essentiality certificates, and butter coupon requirements. Advice covers local board applications, notice periods, and monthly coupon returns.
Hitler's Pet Soldier and Rommel's War Record
The Times calls Field Marshal Rommel a brilliant tactician while critics label him a German military thug. The piece credits Rommel's limited successes to heavy equipment and notes his defeats in equalizing conditions, including the French front and North Africa.
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Rommel
Times
Smut
Bernard Montgomery
Maubeuge
St. Valery
el- Alamein
Africa Corps
Berlin
New Drug Claims Cure for African Sleeping Sickness
A new drug reportedly cures early cases of African sleeping sickness, announced in Science, the official journal of American scientists. The disease has long been fatal and rendered large parts of Africa uninhabitable.
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Science, Official Journal of American Scientists
Color scheme on hospital ship Letitia aids patient recovery
The Letitia, Canada's new hospital ship, uses a green dominated interior with buff ceilings to foster serenity and recovery. Medical experts note color influences mood and can evoke specific emotions, guiding design on shore facilities as well. The ship serves as a short term resting place for wounded sailors.
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Canada
Letitia
United States
C. Harvey Agnew
Department of Hospital Services
Canadian Medical Association
Peter the Great Learned to Read After Five Years as Czar
The text notes that Peter the Great of Russia could not read or write when he first became czar, only gaining literacy after five years on the throne.
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Peter the Great
Russia
Laughable Vignettes and Witty Quips From Daily Life
A collection of humorous lines about lost woods meals inflated bills sailors and fashion. Jokes cover misers and manners at a circus. Punchlines touch on shopping eggs advertising and a clever courtroom quip about a wedding witness.
Enduring Pudding Dessert From Bread Remainders
A compact four square pudding uses day old bread to create a spiced, economy friendly dessert. Layers of bread raisins and All Bran are bathed in a milk vanilla egg mixture then baked, topped with a meringue, yielding eight servings from a shallow dish.
Woolen Sock Shrink Prevention Treatment Devised
Kansas City Quartermaster Depot officials announce a simple shrink preventive treatment for woolen socks that could apply to all woolen fabrics. Early tests suggest it will make other wool or partly wool fabrics non shrinkable.
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Quartermaster Corps
Kansas City Quartermaster Depot
Three Tons of Steel Go Into Building a Heavy Bomber
A detailed note explains that about three tons of steel are required to manufacture a single heavy bomber. The figure highlights the scale of material use in wartime aerospace production.
Navy Establishes 35 Million Ordnance Test Station
On a 656000 acre Mojave government tract the Navy creates an ordnance test station for new war weapons including rockets possibly used against Japan. Completion is projected in eighteen months. The rocket program alone calls for a hundred million dollars monthly for ammunition.
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Mojave Desert
Lava
U.S. Navy
Japan
Emerald Oil and Olive Oil Relief for Dandruff
A home remedy advises mixing Moone's Esmerald Oil with olive oil to ease itching and loose dandruff. Apply daily with fingertips and shampoo every fourth day. The treatment is said to soothe itching and promote faster healing, with Emerald sold in original bottles at drugstores.
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Moone
Bombing at Birkenhead Shipyards Yet Work Proceeded
During the winter of 1940-41 hundreds of incendiaries and 42 high explosive bombs fell on Cammel Laird's shipyards in Birkenhead England. Despite the damage, berths continued building vessels including the Ark Royal Prince of Wales and the submarine Spearfish.
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Cammel Laird
Birkenhead
Eng
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Angel
General Foods
Hunter
Reseed
California
Ifo
Kingdom Ours
Vicki VapoRub
VaroRus
Jilly
Weday
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