Duty Of Public To Assist Authorities In Tracking Down Spy Suspects
Canadians are urged to aid police in tracking down spy suspects while avoiding overreactions. The Mounted Police advise wary reporting, refuse rumors, and stress written tips over loud whispers to prevent hindering investigations. Public vigilance plus calm, factual alerts help counter subversive propaganda.
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Mounted Police Quarterly
Canadian Mounted Police
Defence of Canada
Prairie Ducks Favor Prairie Waters for Breeding
The Calgary Herald notes ducks show strongest breeding concentration in prairie waters where alkaline ponds support rich aquatic vegetation and abundant food. Parkland and bush regions have fewer ducks and serve as less preferred habitats for nesting.
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Praire
Alberta
Calgary Herald
Opinion of Gandhi on Hitlerism and the Fuehrer
Gandhi described Hitlerism as a naked ruthless force reduced to an exact science and worked out with scientific precision. He said the Fuehrer was not giving the Germans pleasure of empire but the burdens of sustaining its crushing weight. The little leader of his people has the faculty of terse and forceful expression.
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Gandhi
Scrambled Egg Loss and Iceberg Traffic Decline
A record notes 13.5 percent of original food value remains after scrambling eggs in cooking vessels. It also cites North Atlantic shipping lanes with an average of 439 icebergs in past four decades, predicting only 260 this year.
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North Atlantic
English Ferrets Ease Ottawa Hull Pest Problem
An Ottawa Hull report notes R C Mullen imports four pair of tame ferrets from England to hunt rats in buildings. The ferrets stalk prey at night, bite from behind and sever spines, yet avoid eating the rats and instead take bread and milk.
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Ottawa
R. C. Mullen
Carillon Street
Hull
Mr. Mullen
Old Country
Ottawa Journal
Wards Of The King Bring Children To Canada For War
Dr. Charlotte Whitton of the Canadian Welfare Council spoke in Montreal about placing threatened English children in Canadian homes during the war. She urged government supervision of refugee movements and said Britain must decide when and where children move, with voluntary groups assisting.
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Canada
England
Charlotte Whitton
Ottawa
Canadian Welfare Council
Montreal
Whitton
Dr. Whitton
Robot weather reporting stations announced by NBS
The National Bureau of Standards in Washington announces perfected robot weather reporting stations. Harry Diamond and Wilbur S Hinman Jr bureau radio experts developed equipment that can send periodic radio reports on barometric pressure temperature humidity wind direction and velocity rainfall and other data. The devices are designed to operate on mountain peaks islands or other inaccessible locations for long periods without maintenance.
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National Bureau of Standards
Washington, D.C
Harry Diamond
Wilbur S. Hinman, Jr
Daughter of Lord Roberts presents trophies for war effort
The daughter of the famous field marshal Lord Roberts donates all his war trophies including field pieces and presentations to the state for use as scrap in the war effort.
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Lord Roberts
Weather Deluge Hits Natal With Heavy One-Day Rain
A recent report notes Natal received twenty inches of rainfall in a single day setting records. The remark about marriage adds a humorous exchange, contrasting with the storm event.
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Natal
The British Are Hard for Some to Understand
The Christian Science Monitor argues that critics misjudge Britain's resolve against Hitler. It states the British will not yield, backing air power and steadfastness as the island defends the Old World, despite urging critics to support them rather than advise retreat.
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Christian Science Monitor
Federal Aircraft Operated By Government Formed for Anson Production
Federal Aircraft Limited, a government owned and non-profit body created to coordinate and accelerate Anson plane production for the air training plan, will run like other war‑time companies under the department of munitions and supply. The organization will operate as a private, non profit entity with president and directors serving without remuneration.
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Federal Aircraft Limited
Department of Munitions and Supply
C. D. Howe
First Woman Pilot Killed in Britain's War Effort
Mrs Elsie Joy Davison a member of the women's section of the air transport auxiliary was killed on an instruction flight while flying new planes from factory to Royal Air Force stations. Her death marks a tragedy in the early role of women in wartime aviation.
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Britain
Elsie Joy Davison
Air Transport Auxiliary
Cross Stitch For Curtains Linens Pattern 6664
Pottery tulip cross stitch designs promise room transformation. Pattern 6664 includes two motifs 111 and ten 2 by 15 inch motifs with stitch illustrations and color schemes. Send 20 cents to Household Arts Department Winnipeg Newspaper Union 175 McDermot Ave E Winnnipeg for the transfer pattern. no Alice Brooks pattern book published.
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Household Arts Department
Winnipeg
Union
McDermot Ave
E. Winnnipeg
Alice Brooks
Parachute dates traced to over a century ago
Rights of Wembley win wheat and oats championships at Calgary. Lioyd and Justyn Rigby of Wembley Alberta crowned world grain kings at the Chicago exposition. They swept the wheat and oats champion ships at the Calgary exhibition with first prizes in open wheat and oat classes. Willowhaugh Swanky Royal an Ayrshire bull owned by Mrs Agnes Steele Neptune Saskatchewan judged grand champion in its class. Strathview Princess and Strathview Bunty Supreme won reserve titles. R O Biggs Dundas Ontario judged Ayrshire classes. Midwood Dragon Percheron stallion from Lloydminster Saskatchewan named reserve champion. Paragon Harold Belgian stallion shown by Robert Thomas Grandora Saskatchewan won reserve champion. Dr Charles Head Regina judged Percherons and Belgians. Captain Stanley Harrison Qu Appelle Saskatchewan judged the light horses. Govan boar owned by A C Weir Aberdeen Saskatchewan won reserve grand and reserve senior championships. reserve junior champion boar and grand champion sow also shown by Weir.
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Lioyd
Justyn Rigby
Wembley
Alta
Chicago
Calgary
Govan
A. C Weir
Aberdeen
Sask
Mr. Weir
Admirals Warspite and the Mediterranean Front Tale
Admiral Sir Andrew Cunningham, aged 57, leads Britain's Mediterranean fleet aboard the Warspite, a 30 600-ton veteran of Jutland and Narvik. The article details battles near Narvik Fjord and the Warspite’s recent voyage, plus historic parachute milestones from 1783 to 1925.
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Great Britain
Mediterranean
Sir Andrew Cunningham
Warspite
Jutland
Narvik Fjord
Andrew
Scorpion
Not Always Good Rule
The Milwaukee Sentinel argues against mandatory retirement at 65 for teachers in Santa Barbara California. It praises many 65 year olds as efficient and brilliant and urges evaluating individuals rather than fixed age limits, noting experience can surpass youth in skill and judgment.
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Milwaukee Sentinel
Santa Barbara
Calif
Cat Kills Snake to Protect Kitten Near Yethorme
A mother cat used one of her four kittens as bait to draw a snake from hiding near Yethorme Australia. After luring it with the kitten, the cat pounced and killed the serpent in a fierce encounter, then nursed the frightened kitten.
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Yethorme
Australia
Eternal Flapper Edna Hopper Undergoes Third Face Lift
Seventy five year old Edna Wall lace Hopper credited surgeon Dr E Daniel Shorell with a successful third face lift. He said she looks twenty years younger and she aims to return to the stage to resemble her 1890s girlish star image from The Girl I Left Behind Me.
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Edna Walllace Hopper
New York
E Daniel Shorell
Miss Hopper
de Wolf Hopper
Not For Children War Toys Draw Attention Of Anne Farrell
Anne Farrell, toy designer, urges keeping war toys from young children. She recently returned to Pittsburg from Sweden where she was invited to design playthings for experimental education. At the outbreak of the present European war, England boasted 500 golf courses, 1200 bowling greens, 3000 cricket pitches, 2500 football grounds, and 59000 tennis courts.
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Anne Farrell
Pittsburg
Sweden
England
Egypt Exports Over Two Million Pounds of Cotton Early Year
Egypt shipped more than 2,009,009 pounds of cotton to foreign markets in the first four months of the year, indicating strong export activity and demand. The figures reflect ongoing trade with multiple countries and the government's role in supporting the cotton sector.
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Egypt
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