Royal visit begets rare black beaver pelt display in Regina
The Hudson's Bay Company seeks two black beaver skins for a British king visiting Canada. A lone black beaver pelt captured by Thomas Wolverine is on display at Forsyth's office in Regina. The beaver, worth far more than a brown pelt, may be kept for a future governor general or royal gift.
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Forsyth
Regina
Hudson's Bay Company
Canada
Hudoon's Bay Company
R. Ashley Cooper
Old
Fort Garry
Wolverine
Game Commissioner's Branch
Best Pupils From Canadian Army Train As Smithfield Butchers
The London Smithfield Meat Trades Institute at Smithfield in peace time educates Empire and Allied troops on meat saving and distribution. Canadian Army units in Britain are regarded as the brightest pupils among the trainees with a three week course totaling 33 hours per week. The instruction covers butcher tools, breeds, carcass types, slaughter methods, carcass division, cutting and boning to optimize use of all meat and reduce shipping needs. British Industries Bulletin.
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Britain
Smithfield
London
London County Council
British Industries Bulletin
H.R.H. King George
Greece
Earl of
Modern Armored Division Requires 155 Million Annual Cost
A modern armored division unknown in the last war would need 155 million dollars each year to equip and maintain. The expense equates to 15 dollars per person in Canada. Scrap metal from one old car could produce a tank cannon, and a tank could be built from the scrap of 25 old cars.
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Canada
Farm Machinery Cost Reduction Methods for Farm Operations
W Kalbfleisch of the Central Experimental Farm Ottawa suggests eight strategies to cut farm machinery costs. Emphasizes repairing with farm labor, keeping equipment in good repair, buying second hand tools, sharing specialized gear, hiring expensive machines, performing custom work, matching power units to needs, and running a large enough operation to utilize machinery efficiently.
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W. Kalbfeisch
Central Experimental Farm
Ottawa
Bacon For Britain Young Pigs Growing
The Agricultural Supplies Board urges farmers to keep young pigs growing to meet a 600 million pound target of Canadian bacon and pork exports to Britain by October. Feed should mix farm grains with protein and minerals, plus ample water and some green feed. Pigs must be kept clean and comfortable to reach market weight sooner, with each hog shipped earlier aiding the agreement with the British Ministry of Food.
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Britain
Agricultural Supplies Board
Ministry of Food
Exploding bombs hardly slow British egg production
Reports from Great Britain say bombs do not seriously affect egg output. Soft-shelled eggs occur briefly and hens may molt early. A bomb killed a dozen hens in a henhouse but the next day the birds laid eggs again. Blackout rules raise costs for poultry keepers and fines occur for unshielded lights. A “Bombed Chicken” dish was served to Mrs. Winston Churchill and 150 homeless people, with birds killed in air raids donated to bombed towns.
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Great Britain
Britain
Winston Churchill
Must See It Through No Turning Back When Decision Made
Lord Winster warns that opening a second front will be a dread decision testing fortitude courage and sacrifice for all. He says the nation must stake everything and go to the end. The piece notes the Capitol statue and horse birth facts as context.
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Lord Winster
Fletcher
Admiralty
Cwmbran
Mon
London Daily Sketch
Slim Diet Reflects Wartime Food Rationing
J B Priestley, the British author, laments strict wartime food controls. He notes scarce fruit and dairy, limited meat intake, and the cutting of dining pleasure as civilians share shortages with servicemen. He insists he is not poor but accepts rationed abundance for others.
Nazi fears malnutrition prompt Greek study report
Professor Wassermann of the German Medical Corps has been sent to Greece to study the effects of malnutrition and return a report with recommendations to aid German civil medical services. The move signals Nazi concerns as ration cuts loom and fears grow about impact on their own people.
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Wassermann
Greece
Germany
London Daily Sketch
Archbishop Temples Ruhr Proposal For International Syndicate
The Archbishop of Canterbury William Temple urged using Ruhr Valley resources postwar under an international syndicate to repurpose war output. He linked the German Prussian tradition and vast war potential to the problem and suggested foreign collaboration beyond the Reich, noting ownership form could be decided later.
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Canterbury
William Temple
Germany
Ruhr
Foreign Press Association
London
Reich
Tax cuts hit high earners harder than average workers
The Sarnia Canadian Observer notes that a typical earner earning 1200 to 2000 dollars yearly will face tax changes in 1942, while a 500000 dollar man loses 26896 dollars and a 50000 dollar man drops to 15447 dollars, with little sympathy expressed.
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Sarnia Canadian Observer
United States Navy completes giant base at Londonderry
The U S Navy finishes a large base at Londonderry Northern Ireland guarding Britain’s western approaches during the Battle of the Atlantic. Commissioned February five the facility refits repairs and supplies destroyers and light craft for convoy duty.
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U.S. Navy
Londonderry
Northern Ireland
Britain
Ross Stewart
British Naval Establishment
Minister of Agriculture Flags Dolphin Emblem at Sea
The Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries and the First Lord of the Admiralty may fly a flag when sailing, since the peace time fishery cruiser bears a Dolphin device. R. 8. Hudson, the minister, has had no chance to fly it and likely won't during the war.
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Admiralty
Hudson
Languages spoken worldwide number 2 9 according to survey
A survey reports 29 languages spoken by peoples across the world, highlighting linguistic diversity and regional concentration. The study emphasizes the prominence of multilingual communities and implications for education and cultural preservation.
Anxious to Get Back British Pilot Recalls War
Sub-Lieut Derek Anthony Steven son, a British Fleet Air Arm fighter pilot trained in America, returns to front duty after three years of air war. He praises American methods and training, recalls a near miss landing a bomb, describes convoy patrols, and expects continued low level flying and dive bombing.
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Derek Anthony Stevenson
Itim
At MM
New York
Fleet Air Arm
Lieut. Stevenson
South
Stevenson
Tess
Kew Gardens Grows War Time Herbs and Remedies
The British botanic center at Kew in Surrey cultivates belladonna and colchrium for medicinal needs. It also displays culinary herbs like dill fennel sage and thyme to assist housewives with wartime cooking while running a 288 acre site with a woman gardener guiding amateur allotment holders in growing vegetables and potatoes.
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Kew
Surrey
Britain
England
British Industries Bulletin
Ferry Command crosses Atlantic six times in two weeks
Royal Air Force Ferry Command crew in a Consolidated B 24 crossed the Atlantic six times in two weeks. Five crossings occurred in nine days with a three day rest before the return to Montreal. The crew logged over 500 hours in 99 days and completed four round trips to Australia. Captain Fortune A Dugan led the team with Captain Ralph E Adams as co pilot. James J Fraser radio officer. Arthur F Ryan flight engineer. The ferry service ships war materials and ferries crews to Britain and back. The article notes a total Western Hemisphere population of 264 500 000.
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Royal Air Force Ferry Command
Atlantic
Air Ministry
London
Montreal
Ralph E. Adams
Emory
Tex
James J. Fraser
Charlottetown
Prince Edward Island
Arthur F. Ryan
Toronto
Britain
Canada
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