Canada’s first hospital railway car approved for field use
The khaki colored 16 bed car, inspected in Ottawa by medical army and railway officers, will serve as a model for mobile hospital units across Canada. Lt Col J S Jenkins led its transfer from Montreal and officials suggest minor design tweaks such as showers. The car includes nurses’ compartment, medical officer quarters, dispensary, orderly area, diet kitchen, and dining coach ties to return wounded soldiers home. Francis Bacchus, 55, from Montreal, is honored as porter of the No 1 hospital car.
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Canada
Ottawa
Canadian
J. S Jenkins
Medical
Montreal
Canarian National Railways
Col Jenkins
Forestry Corps Mobilization For Overseas Service Announced
Hon. J. L. Ralston, defence minister, announced a Canadian Forestry corps for overseas duty. Brig. Gen. John BR White will command, with six immediate companies and HQ in Kingston, Montreal, Saint John, Winnipeg and Victoria. Twenty companies total to be raised, with intensive training and preference for skilled forestry workers.
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J. L. Ralston
John BR. White
Montreal
Canadian Forestry Corps
France
Canada
Kingston
Quebec
Saint John
Winnipeg
Victoria
White
Forest Industries
Canadian International Paper Company
Canadian Forest Industries Association
Jewels Worth Million Land With War Refugee Return
Baron Edouard de Rothschild, noted French banker and former senator, arrived in the United States aboard the Yankee Clipper carrying a small handbag of jewelry valued at about one million dollars. The collection included a $100,000 double strand pearl necklace and heirloom pieces such as diamond bracelets sap phire pendants ruby and emerald rings.
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United States
Edouard de Rothschild
Towns Named For Corvette Class Ships
Rear Admiral Percy W. Nelies states corvette class ships built or nearly done in Canadian shipyards will bear the names of towns across Canada. Desroyers and minesweepers in the Canadian Navy are named after rivers and other geographic sources. Mrs John Hay of Edinburgh aged 100 knitted a scarf for Lord Gort.
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Percy W. Nelies
Naval Staff
Canada
John Hay
Edinburgh
Lord Gort
Basin Listing Yields No Clear Benefit on Prairie Crops
Dominion experiments over three years across Brandon Indian Head Swift Current Scott and Lethbridge show basin listing does not reliably improve crop yields. While it reduces run off and conserves moisture, deeper ridges may raise evaporation and germination issues. further work is needed to define beneficial conditions.
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Canadian Prairies
Dominion
Prairie Provinces
Wm. Dickson
Field Husbandry Division
Dominion Experimental Farms Service
Brandon
Man
Indian Head
Sask
Swift Current
Scott
Lethbridge
Alta
Cheap Pasture and Feed Practices for Milk Cows
Advice from C D MacKenzie on extending pasture season with rotation grazing and annual crops like oats and sudan grass. Use silage to supplement late summer and feed 30 to 35 pounds of milk daily with little grain, or adjust with meal for higher output. Recommend home grown oats and barley, linseed as grasses mature, plus water salt minerals, shade, and fly protection.
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C. D MacKenzie
Division of Animal Husbandry
Dominion Experimental Farms Service
Correct Styles for Governor General and Princess Alice
Guidance on proper titles for Canada’s Governor General Earl of Athlone and Princess Alice. Do not use Their Excellencies. refer to the pair as His Excellency and Her Royal Highness. Use full titles when needed: Major-General the Rt Hon the Earl of Athlone KG P C GCB GMMG GCV O DSO FR S A DC.
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Princess Alice
Canada
Earl of
Alice
Countess of
Red Cross War Efforts Target Poultry Ambulances To England
Heat waves threaten poultry with higher losses as birds lack sweat glands. Ralston R. Hannas urges close flock monitoring and ventilation. New Jersey College of Agriculture advises insulated roofs, reflective coatings, water, and ice in pens to reduce heat. Higher temperatures lower egg size. 60 degree threshold shifts weights per dozen.
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Seaboard
England
Ralston R. Hannas
New Jersy College of Agriculture
New Jersey
New Jersey College
Red Cross Work Advances as War Aid Ships From Windsor
Ambulances built daily at Windsor Ontario for the British Red Cross are sent to the seaboard for shipping to England. Ottawa confirms the Earl of Athlone as President of the Canadian Red Cross Society. Canada receives 25 000 cases dried apples and 25 000 cases canned apples from the Department of Agriculture for hospitals and refugees, with 1000 cases of each already sent to the Finnish Legation in Washington.
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British Red Cross
Windsor
Ontario
Seaboard
England
Canadian Red Cross Society
Government House
Ottawa
Earl of Athlone
London
Canadian Society
Department of Agriculture
Washington
Tesla claims death beam to melt aircraft at 250 miles
Nobel prize winner in physics Dr. Nikola Tesla, 84, says he will disclose a secret death beam to the United States government. He described a device based on a new principle of physics never before imagined and noted his fame for the rotary magnetic field and AC power.
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Nikola Tesla
United States
Tesla
Chief Scout for Canada Title Added to Governor General Athlone
The Governor General Earl of Athlone adds the post of Chief Scout for Canada to his duties. His prior tenure as Governor General of South Africa saw him unite Dutch English speaking and native Scout groups.
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Canada
Earl of Athlone
South Africa
Lord Athlone
How Atlas Named Atlas Came To Name a Book
A 1595 frontispiece by Mercator showed Atlas bearing the earth, inspiring the term atlas for a book of maps. The name traces to the Greek Titan who upheld the heavens and was used as the book’s title in cartography.
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Atlas
Mercator
Canadian submarine chaser launched in rain at eastern yard
In a quiet ceremonial launch, a Canadian built submarine chaser slid into the St Lawrence under rainy skies as hundreds of workers looked on. Rear-Admiral Sheridan noted no name had been chosen yet and hinted the vessel may bear a Canadian wildflower title for use by British and Canadian navies.
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St Lawrence
Royal
Royal Canadian Navy
Royal Navy
H. A Sheridan
RN Admiralty
British Supply Board
Admiralty
London
Government Grading Eases Poultry Purchases
The Dominion Department of Agriculture explains that government grading standardizes dressed poultry. Grades reflect quality across chicken fowl turkey duck and goose with color coded discs on the birds: red for Grade A blue for Grade B yellow for Grade C and pink for Special Grade.
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Dominion Department of Agriculture
Legless Pilot Returns to RAF in Air War Feat
The United Kingdom Flying Officer Douglas Prader, a legless veteran who lost both legs before the war, led Canadians in battle after being fitted with artificial limbs. He rejoined Royal Air Force Fighter Command, commanded a Hurricane, and shot down a Dornier bomber during a weekend raid. The piece notes Prader’s perseverance and wartime service.
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Royal Air Force
Air Ministry
Douglas Prader
Rayal
Glasgow Housing Scheme Replaces Fences with Iron Railings
Report notes a city plan to swap wooden fences for iron railings in a new Glasgow housing scheme. Officials say the change aims at improved security and durability for the neighborhood.
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Glagow
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