Canada’s Navy’s Crucial Role in Keeping Atlantic Lanes Open
The Royal Canadian Navy supported Britain in 1940 with destroyers abroad and coastal patrols. Losses included Saguenay and Bras d’Or collisions, plus 300 total casualties. Canadian ships aided Dunkirk evacuations and captured enemy vessels like Weser, while planning to build larger warships at home.
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Saguenay
Atlantic
Royal Canadian Navy
Britain
Bordeaux
North Atlantic
Fraser
Bras d'Or
Canadian
Canada
Great Britain
Pacific
Assiniboine
West Indies
Italy
Capo Noli
St. Lawrence
Mexico
Prince Robert
Royal Navy
Rio de Janeiro
Ark Royal
Admiralty
England
South America
South Africa
Oran
North Africa
Dunkirk
United States
Ruddy Ducks Population Rises Across Prairie Region
The prairie migratory bird officer reports an upward trend in ruddy ducks over the past two years with a notable increase in Summer 1940 at widely separated sites. A notable spectacle occurred when 47 adults and immatures were seen at Goose Quill Lake Alberta, amid their typical breeding in pairs and small groups.
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Prairie Migratory Bird Officer
Department of Mines and Resources
Goosequill Lake
Alberta
Great Slave Lake
Northwest Territories
Great Plains
Prairie
Carnegie grants aid 14 Canadian universities and groups
Carnegie Corporation of New York approved grants totaling over 67000 to 14 Canadian universities and associations. Stephen H. Stackpole announced the awards, including a grant to the Canadian Association for Adult Education.
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Carnegie Corporation of New York
Stephen H. Stackpole
Association For Adult Edu
Sunflower Picked in Sittingbourne England
A sunflower over seventeen inches in diameter was recently picked in Sittingbourne England. The report notes the unusually large bloom and records its size for local interest.
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Sittingbourne
England
Sympathetic Listeners To Help Bombed Area Victims In England
The Marchioness of Reading announced that the Women’s Voluntary Service will provide listeners for bombed residents in Preston and Birmingham. Lady Reading said listeners should give full attention with no interruptions to ease nervous patients. In Canada, Hudson Bay Railway worker Joe Baker recalls 1940 Churchill area caribou herds, wolves, and a railway foreman named John Zworch fending off wolves after a collision.
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England
Marchioness of
Reading
Women's Voluntary Service
Preston
Lancashire
Birmingham
Manitoba
Churchill
Joe Baker
Hudson Bay Railway
Winnipeg
Gillam
Man
Baker
John Zworch
Zworch
Zword
University Students Fill Sleeping Car Ranks
The Brockville Recorder and Times notes that porters on sleeping and chair cars are often university students or graduates. One sleeping car conductor on the Toronto Sudbury run is a Bachelor of Engineering, while a porter serves as a part time preacher delivering sermons to a London Ontario congregation.
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Brockville Recorder
Times
Toronto-Sudbury
London
Ont
Weather Willie Spell Turns Into Weather Compliment
A teacher corrects a student on the spelling of weather with a twist noting a year of poor weather. The moment frames a classroom exchange about accuracy and humor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willie
Ostrich Plumes Boom Increases Pluck Intervals
During the plume boom, ostriches were plucked every six to nine months to harvest feathers for fashion and trade, reflecting industry rhythms of the era.
League of British Nations spreads culture across many lands
The article notes British tanners reach a wartime peak with 20 million pairs of boots produced in 1940, exporting leather from 60 ports. It highlights Empire-wide supply chains, Argentinian cattle, and scientific tanning methods, framing the war as a united effort of autonomous dominions.
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League of British Nations
Sole Ieather
Britain
South America
Argentina
Uruguay
Colombia
Brazil
Atlantic
Sole Lathor Tanners Association
Great Britain
Wesminister
Dominions
Canada
United States
Australia
New Zealand
Pacific
Japan
South Africa
Prosperity In Iceland Amid War Time Trade Boom
Seamen aboard the Hekla report Iceland enjoys a wartime boom with 130000 islanders employed and Reykjavik as a bustling port. A record herring catch spurs migration to northern villages while Britain buys more fish for rations despite war hardships.
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Iceland
Hekla
Britain
British Isles
Brain bank urged to preserve world learning in western hemisphere
Dr. K. A. C. Ebbott told the American Association for the Advancement of Science that a brain bank should protect Western Hemisphere science during a coming dark age. He urged saving scientists, laboratories, and literature, and maintaining international exchange of scientific ideas.
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Western Hemisphere
United States
American Association For the Advancement of Science
K. A. C. Ebbott
Institute of the Pennsylvania Hospital
Elliott
Australia to Produce 9 Million Shells Annually
Australia plans to run munition factories on two and three shifts daily to achieve a production of nine million shells per year in various sizes. The initiative reflects wartime industrial expansion and heightened demand for artillery ammunition.
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Australia
Discontent Among People Over Holdings and Desires
A reflection on public mood noting that some individuals feel discontent with their current possessions while others envy what they lack. The statement contrasts dissatisfaction across different social groups and situations.
Potatoes Harvested Over 400 Tons in Manchester Park Land
Industrial Manchester in England reported a potato yield exceeding 400 tons produced on park land last year. Local officials note the use of civic green spaces for agricultural output and potential policy review.
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Manchester
England
Denmark Faces Soap and Fat Rationing Crunch
National rationing limits Danish bachelors to one cake of hand soap per month or a shaving stick. Household soap use drops to about 14 ounces weekly per person with laundries and public baths cut to 75 percent and restaurants 50 percent. Fat content falls from 80 to 60 percent. butter allowance is 12 ounces per person weekly with margarine scarce and expensive.
Noisy Corner of New York City Reported
The intersection of 6th Avenue and 24th Street in New York is described as the world’s noisiest corner. Observers claim the din is strong enough to render a person two thirds deaf for as long as they stand there.
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Count Felix von Luckner
Sydney
Australia
von Luckner
Pacific
6Th Avenue
24Th Street
New York City
Rice paper from Formosa tree pith used by oriental artists
Taxidermists rely on ants to consume flesh for skeleton preparations. The rice paper used by Oriental artists originates from the pith of Formosa grown trees.
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Formosa
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