Dr Harrison Lewis Named Superintendent of Wildlife Protection
Dr Harrison Lewis appointed to head Wildlife Protection in the Land Parks and Forests Branch, Department of Mines and Resources. He succeeds Hayes Loyt, retires end of 1943 after 25 years. Lewis, a PhD from Cornell and former Federal Migratory Bird Officer for Ontario and Quebec, promotes wildlife management and postwar resource development in Canada.
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Harrison Lewis
Lande Parks and Forests
Department of Mines Amt Fegeurten
Minster
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Hayes Lioyt
Canada
Lewis
Nova Scotia
Acadia University
University of Toronto
Cornell University
Ontario
Quebec
American Ornithologists Union
Parliamentary Committee On
Gray Turgeon
Canada can bid for world trade and rebuild after war
The Liberty Magazine piece argues Canada should not fear deficit wartime instincts in peacetime. It urges using credits to create an initial market for peace goods, leveraging Canada’s raw materials, geography, tech knowhow, and mass production. It stresses self-reliant leadership over government job schemes.
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Canada
T& Government
China
India
Germany
Japan
Liberty Magazine
Whitewash Recipes for Farm Buildings
A collection of historical formulas for making rainproof and disinfectant whitewashes for farm buildings. Instructions cover lime slaking, salt, zinc sulphate, alum, creosote disinfectant, lye, cement, and glue additives, with variations for outdoor and metal surfaces and methods to keep color true.
Origin of the budget name and green bag history
A note on philology explains budgets named from bougette leather bags used by chancellors to carry financial papers. Green bags used by lawyers faded after Queen Caroline trial 1820 sparked public anger and burning of bags. Also notes prewar catering workforce and the old meaning of gospel as glad tidings or good news.
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Banncellor
Caroline
Law Courts
House of Commons Manchester Guardian
Best In The World Canada Supplies Ammunition Says Major
Cpl. Preston Browne, from Sicily with the Canadian Army film unit, told the Canadian Manufacturers Association in Toronto that Canadian ammunition and shells are the best made by any nation. He cited gunners conserving shells because they trust their supply in a pinch. Buffalo milk provides the canned cheese for India's fighting.
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Cpl
Preston Browne
Sicily
Canadian Manufacturers’ Association At
They Started Something Thanking The Sergeant
The piece extols how Nazi aircraft failed to protect Germany’s borders and Britain’s immunity. It argues the Luftwaffe over Poland and France drew British Lancasters and American Fortresses to strike Germany, breaking a shield between the Rhine and the Carpathians. The tone credits Allied air power for overturning German invulnerability.
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Britain
Germany
Poland
Low Lands
France
Rhine
Carpathians
New York Times
Prisoner of War: 13 year old Russian in oversized German uniform
A 13 year old Russian boy wearing a German army uniform was captured in France with the German 21st Panzer Division. He claimed forceful conscription a year earlier and transfer to France after training. Papers on him confirmed his age, and he appeared apathetic, brightening when aboard a ship to England.
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France
England
Replacing a Cracked Phrase With Dignified Terms
The text argues against replacing the term charwoman with a euphemistic title like minor manipulative trades woman noting its awkwardness while advocating a word free of snobbery to maintain dignity for an essential worker. It also notes battery hoarding is futile as unused batteries self discharge.
Factory built homes promised after the war
Palace Corp of Flint vows rapid, mail and phone order factory built homes. Five room, fully furnished houses can be ready for transport in 10 minutes and move in within 30 minutes of arrival. One phone call can add an extra wing. Capacity to reach nearly 1,000 homes monthly, with plans to triple output.
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Palace Corp
Flint
Sftch
D D Aichard
Palace
Archard
Helicopters and Household Life in a Postwar World
An Ottawa Journal piece cites Colonel HF Gregory of the US Army Air Forces predicting helicopters will have a substantial future in military and civilian use but likely won t clutter backyards. Costs remain high at about five thousand dollars and gusty downdrafts threaten washing lines, limiting domestic adoption.
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Saturday Evening Post
HF Gregory
US Army Air Forces
Helicoptera
Thor
Ottawa
First locomotive electric headlight patent filed
The item notes the first patent for an electric headlight for locomotives, referencing an early innovation in railway safety. It mentions the era around the late 19th century and highlights the impact on night locomotive operations and signaling.
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Canada's Wildlife Resources
Yeers Service
Ronto
Adolf
R.C.A.F
Porto
Mike Bartman
Vegreville
Alta
Aciace
N.S
Lac
Harry Elricks
Windsor
Ont
George Oliver
Liverpool
L.C.V
Manchester Guardian
Italy
RCAF
Lalan Almond Grove
RAF
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