Farmers Of Canada Drive War Effort From Plow to Port
Ottawa Journal profiles Hon. James Garfield Gardiner and Canada’s farmers, detailing how the Dominion’s agricultural sector sustains Britain and supports the war. It notes record wheat storage, hog production, dairy stocks, and growing cheese output, with farmers urged to receive fair prices and maintain individual initiative.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gardiner
Hitler
Generalissimo
Poland
Canada
Napoleon
Ottawa Journal
Austrian Academy Opens in London For Exiled Austrians
Austrian refugees in Britain form the Austrian Academy in London. Sir George Frankenstein serves as president with Baron Guid Fuchs as vice president. The group aims to preserve Austrian culture and aid exiled scholars and artists to continue work in art and science and contribute to Britain’s intellectual life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Britain
London
George Frankenstein
Academy
Briain
Paris paper taps Chicago for war coverage
Le Journal subscribes to the Chicago Daily News Foreign Service for war reporting. Correspondents forward dispatches to Chicago, then radioed to London before reaching Paris. The piece notes a dictator’s priority on fear over patriotism.
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le Journal
Paris
Chicago Daily News
Chicago
London
Aerial Photography Aids Canadian Resource Survey 1939 Report
The Department of Mines and Resources annual report shows 55,300 new photographs added to the library bringing total to 784,560 prints covering about 40 000 square miles. Drought areas in Saskatchewan and Alberta were photographed totaling 18 806 square miles with 14 430 prints and 10 000 indexed for municipality folders. The work analyzes land use drainage water storage and irrigation possibilities.
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Canada
Department of Mines and Resources
Ottawa
House of Commons
Saskatchewan
Alberta
American Comic Strips Reach Global Audience
Ameri can comic strips produced by American artists appear in 32 foreign languages and in papers across most nations, signaling wide international reach and influence. The phenomenon underscores cross cultural appeal and enduring popularity of syndicated humor and adventure features worldwide.
The Rise of Baking Powder and Quick Breads
The article traces bread leavening from yeast to chemical leaveners. It explains how traditional starters were preserved and stored, then describes experiments with potassium carbonate vinegar and baking soda. It notes the shift to baking powder and calls baked goods using it quick breads.
Impressive Service Near Tower Of London Wartime Note
Mr Gossip of the London Daily Sketch recalls a church service near the Tower of London though the tower is closed. Attendees must arrive before the bell stops to hear the service and say the password Church to a guard. Beefeater records names as visitors enter. Lawn and moat scenery described.
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Tower of London
Gossip
London Daily Sketch
Insurance Study Ratifies Higher Night Death Risk
An American study by Greater Risk Insurance finds a driver traveling at 60 mph at night and his passengers face about a twenty percent greater chance of death than student pilots at army and navy flying schools.
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Army
Navy
William or Bill How People Address You
A reader considers choosing how to be called William or Bill based on the balance between dignity and popularity. The note reflects personal naming preferences and social perception.
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William
Bill
Moisture saving hoe work beats sprinkling for garden gains
The article argues that soil moisture is best kept by clean cultivation and weed control rather than constant watering. It cites Dominion stations in Swift Current Beaverlodge and Peace River region showing success with minimal post-transplant watering. It also notes New Zealand Maoris cook in hot springs using baskets and blankets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dominion Experimental Station
Swift Current
Peace River
Alberta
British Columbia
Dominion
Beaverlodge
W. D. Albright
Australian Hospital Plans Special Radio Pillow for Patients
Patients with head or neck injuries in an Australian hospital will receive a sponge rubber radio pillow containing a small loud speaker. The invention aims to provide comfort and optional audio therapy during recovery.
Linen patterns for decorative motifs in stitchery designs
Advertisement offers Pattern 6655 with 15 motifs from 1 0 by 2 0 inches to 2 by 2 ½ inches. Motifs include birds butterflies baskets flowers in blue brown and gay colors. Transfer pattern, materials, and color schemes illustrated. Send 20 cents to Cas on Seytore at 175 Sereemet Ave E.
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Seytore
Saskatchewan's Industry Mix Emphasizes Agriculture and Mining
Premier Patterson argues agriculture remains Saskatchewan's core but mining and manufacturing will grow alongside hydro power, with milling packing and dairy products accounting for about half of current provincial manufactured value. He notes wheat and livestock could boost totals if processed domestically.
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Saskatchewan
Patterson
Canada
Manitoba minister calls for more western factories at Winnipeg banquet
Hon J C McDiarmid Manitoba minister of mines and industry urged the Canadian Manufacturers Association to establish new plants in Manitoba and Winnipeg. He touted Manitoba’s cheap hydro power and noted the province has grown to over 1 000 factories in 25 years. He urged manufacturers to move west to be closer to consumers and questioned why farm implement makers have not yet shifted more sales west.
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Saskatchewan
Patterson
Canadian Manufacturers’ Association
Ontario
Que
France
Air Ministry
No-Man's-Land
Shaw on Hitler and British resolve during crisis
George Bernard Shaw argued that Hitler’s fright of Britain would backfire. He claimed the British react only when scared, noting emergency powers and saying the Kaiser and Hitler both misjudged the English temperament and warned what happens when they are frightened.
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George Bernard Shaw
Adolf Hitler
Hitler
Spring migrations drive 60 million waterfowl northward
The spring migration sends about 60 million waterfowl north toward breeding grounds in Canada, Alaska, and the northern United States, spanning multiple species and habitats as birds move to nesting sites.
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Canada
Alaska
Los Angeles Tops U S Cities By Area
The city of Los Angeles is described as the largest in the United States by land area, surpassing New York City in territorial extent.
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Los Angeles
United States
New York City
Dallas ambulance driver reports German air attack on refugees
Sam Pierce of Dallas described a Paris broadcast detailing a German air raid on refugee routes. Five Messerschmitts flew low above the road, targeting exhausted civilians and later firing on cattle, leaving about 30 killed or wounded within 500 yards.
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Sam Pierce
Dallas
Texas
American Volunteer Ambulance Corps
Paris
Messerschmitts
Pierce
Canadian Welfare Workers Support Overseas Troops
Six representatives from the Canadian Red Cross Salvation Army Knights of Columbus and YMCA join Canadian troops overseas to carry welfare work in cooperation with the Directorate of Auxiliary Services. The passage notes a proverb about revenge and forgiveness and gives Greenland’s population as 16 200 Eskimos and 100 Europeans.
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Canadian Red Cross
Salvation Army
Knights of Columbus
Y.M.C.A
Directorate of Auxiliary Services
Greenland
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Farmers of
Canatas
Atlantic Seaboard
Nova Scotia
James Garfield Gardiner
Great Britain
United Kingdom
Denmark
Norway
Holland
Belgium
Flanders
Leopold
New Zealand
Alice Brooks
Cope Ene Mouead
Lished In
Manitoba
J. C. McDiarmid
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