Growing War Effort Signals Big Tax Revenue Rise
Finance Minister J L Isley reported direct tax receipts for the year ending May 31 1942 rose by 347200000 dollars. Personal income tax up 105100000 dollars national defence tax 86900000 dollars and excess profit tax 155200000 dollars. The Bank of Nova Scotia survey notes a 30 percent rise in industrial employment and 18 percent farm cash income in 1941.
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Dominion
House of Commons
J. L. Isley
Isley
National Defence
Canada
Bank of Nova Scotia
War time farm output rises as costs increase
The passage notes a five per cent rise in living costs since the outbreak of the wet season and higher production costs, but farm output, metals, and forest products all show substantial gains. It urges renewed support for the war effort and calls for Canadians to mobilize funds for troops.
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United Nations
The Erie Canal Debate in a Quaker Meeting
In a Quaker business meeting Elias Hicks opposed the Erie Canal as speculation. He argued no canals were needed since creation. a member responded with the line And Jacob digged a well, then sat down.
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Elias Hicks
Jacob
Rationing Aids Health, London Tests Show Improvement
Health tests in London indicate rationing has improved average health for adults and children due to careful preplanning of rationing decisions. Over 10,000 evacuees are weighed and measured quarterly, with similar testing in evacuation camp children. lessons will guide postwar practice.
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London
Tiny platinum wire can be drawn to long airborne strands
Scientists reveal a one pound lump of platinum can yield nearly 5000 miles of superfine wire capable of floating in the air. The feat promises advances in high precision electronics and sensing applications.
McKims Directory Lists Canada Publications by Type
The 35th edition of McKims Directory of Canadian Publications reports 1 811 publications with 953 weeklies and 107 dailies, plus 20 monthlies and 23 miscellaneous titles. Foreign language dailies decrease to one weekly. Chinese run 66 foreign language titles. war economy shifts advertising emphasis.
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Canada
McKim
Toronto
British Columbia
C. T. Pearce
A. McKim Limited
Dominion
Gems of Thought on Peace and Liberty
A collection of quotes on peace from Cicero Ruskin Emerson Eddy Jefferson and Tennyson. The sayings emphasize resisting evil, personal choice, principled triumph, love and guidance, universal kindness, and peace as a universal ideal.
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Emerson
Over 2 Million Cigarettes Gifted to Canadian Forces Overseas
The Dodds Medicine Company Limited of Toronto donates two million cigarettes for Canadians serving abroad. Distribution runs via the Overseas League Tobacco Fund in Toronto with packets of 25 cigarettes for $1, accompanied by donor cards. The effort is led by the Overseas League Tobacco Fund with Governor General Lord Athlone as a leading patron.
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Dodds Medicine Company Limited
Toronto
Overseas League, (Canada) Tobacco Fund
Canada
United States
Air Force
Navy
Army
Merchant Marine
Overseas League Tobacco Fund
King Edward Hotel
Lord Athlone
Women Home Defence Corps Drill Interrupted by Cat
Fifty Mayfair business girls trained with live bombs but a cat entering the room with a live mouse caused the group to leap from their chairs in alarm. The scene highlighted their composure under drill and the unexpected animal intrusion.
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Women's Home Defence Corps
Essex children collect iron scrap from hedges for race carts
In Essex England children using soapbox carts gathered scrap iron from hedges and ditches forming a pile about 10 feet high and 84 feet in circumference, showing a notable community salvage effort.
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Essex
England
Sea Erosion Carves Ancient Peaks into Rocky Mountains
In a dramatic geological reversal, ancient seas once blanketed the area that is now the Rocky Mountains. Over millions of years tectonic uplift and erosion shaped the peaks we recognize today, with marine fossils discovered high in the ranges indicating its submerged past.
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The
Rocky Mountains
The Individual Citizen's Army and the Sacrifice Distinction
An essay argues against equating citizens with machines in wartime. It urges recognizing sacrifice as personal acts of duty rather than equating support actions with soldiers. It warns thoughtless patriotism risks treachery and calls for individual responsibility.
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Kipling
Egyptian Belief About Sacred Cats in Ancient Times
In ancient Egypt, when a cat died the male head of household shaved his eyebrows and the family mourned openly, sitting in simulated anguish to honor the sacred animal.
Ponies Catch London Fancy as Country Costermongers Buy
Desired in London streets ponies of 12 to 14 hands surge in demand as residents avoid cars and travel by traps and gigs. Prewar prices near $120. current prices about double. Dealers report scarce supply and note women favor ponies for ease of handling and horse sense.
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London
A Poor Balance Dialogue on Luxuries and Thought
Colgate University president George B. Cutten critiques consumer excess with a quip about two chickens and two cars. He notes efforts to balance this budget by cutting reading and thinking, reflecting a satire of wealth and intellectual life.
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George B. Cutten
Colgate University
Weighing a Mountain by Plumb Line Attraction
A mountain can be weighed by a plumb line measuring how far the plum bob is drawn from vertical by the mountain’s gravity. Colored diamonds owe their color to a small impurity in the carbon that forms the stones.
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Mary Baker Eddy
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