Chemistry In Agriculture Marks Century of Fertilizer Progress
The article notes 1940 as the 100th anniversary of chemical fertilizer industry birth in Britain and honors Dr. Frank Thomas Shutt CBE, who advanced Canadian farming via scientific fertilizing methods. It discusses Western Canada’s cautious use, soil and climate factors, and the need for farmers to study soil composition, moisture, and weather to optimize applications. It highlights nitrogen, phosphorous, and potash as key constituents and traces the industry’s history from Lawes’ 1840 discovery of superphosphates to the development of fertilizer manufacturing in Deptford.
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Canada
Great Britain
Frank Thomas Shutt
Dominion
Europe
Mr. Shutt
Helleiger
German soldiers play long-distance chess via mail in Westwall fortifications
The Greater German Chess Association reports 200 German soldiers in Westwall fortifications playing three simultaneous long distance chess matches by postcard. Meanwhile British shipping through the Panama Canal in 1938 totaled about 1,500 vessels, averaging four per day.
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Greater German Chess Association
Westwall
Panama Canal
Anxious to Please and Vicar’s Daughter Engagement
Maud comments on Fred’s odd behavior since his engagement to the vicar’s daughter. He wears collars wrong side out and plans stained-glass windows in his new car. The piece also notes German wages for last year and income distribution among the population.
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Fred
Maud
Peregrine White Born Aboard Mayflower
Historic note recalls Peregrine White as the child born during the Mayflower voyage to America. Cold winter weather may dramatically reduce a battery’s cranking power by fifty percent or more.
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America
Peregrine White
Sky Writer Luke Newhouse Joins Finnish Air Effort
Luke Newhouse born Luke in the Netherlands left Canada to join the Finnish air force with 450 official flight hours. Rejected by the RCAF due to sight, he previously ran a Montreal flying school and is known for sky writing. He plans to travel to Scandinavia to obtain equipment amid wartime propaganda needs.
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Finland
Newhouse
Luke
Canada
R.C.A.F
Selected Recipes Raisin Dessert Between Two Crusts
Raisins are simmered until tender then thickened with starch and milk, sweetened with sugar and corn syrup, then beaten eggs with lemon juice are folded in. The mixture is baked between two crusts in a hot oven after cooling slightly.
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St. Lawrence
Durham
Layered Peach and Raspberry Mold
Recipe instructs layering sliced peaches in a mold with orange or raspberry Jell-O and raspberries. Dissolve Jell-O in hot water, arrange fruit, pour Jell-O, chill until firm, unmold, and serve with whipped cream or mayonnaise if used as a salad. Yields six servings.
Benes Urges Allies to End Nazi Regime
Eduard Benes, former president of Czecho Slovakia, urged the Allies not to fail in destroying the Nazi regime. He argued all states bear responsibility for their governments and called for European solidarity, a re created League of Nations, and guaranteed freedom for smaller central European states and economic cooperation.
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Eduard Benes
Czecho-Slovakia
Arm of Justice
Benes
Europe
League of Nations
Germany
Cree Indians Near Nelson House Support Red Cross Drive
About six hundred Cree Indians around Nelson House Manitoba donate fur pelts to aid the Red Cross. Each person contributes a fur bearing animal pelt, including small mammals. Pelts are sold to traders and proceeds go to the Red Cross.
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Nelson House
Manitoba
Winnipeg
Canada
Indian Affairs
Department of Mines and Resources
Ottawa
Red Cross
Adequate Reason Mother and Daughter Exchange
A mother cautions her 18 year old daughter Sally about improper conduct on the street. Sally responds with a playful, evasive line about whether the man is looking at her and whether she is looking back, reflecting social norms and adolescent wit.
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Sally
Harvard and Rochester Hold Vast Lilac Collections
The report notes Harvard University houses 417 lilac varieties while Rochester New York lists 396 kinds in its local collection. This comparison highlights the breadth of regional botanical offerings and the prominence of lilac cultivation.
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Harvard University
Rochester
New York
Deserves No Sympathy Thyssen Exiled From Germany
Kingston Whig-Standard argues Fritz Thyssen, who funded the Nazis and built war weapons, merits none of the pity some outsiders offer. It notes his exile in Switzerland, his past labor strife, and claims his anti Nazi stance was forced by Hitler and Goering. The piece says any Allied aid should await a proven change of character and fortune.
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Fritz Thyssen
Switzerland
Thyssen
National Socialist Party
Germany
Hitler
Nazis
Goering
Kingston Whig-Standard
Cats consume vast milk supply in British Isles estimate
An estimate places the British Isles cat population at 30 million cats using about 170 million gallons of milk annually from total milk production of 905.5 million gallons. The figure highlights a large demand linked to feline consumption patterns.
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British Isles
Elothe rium skull among ancient earth finds
A swine like animal named elothe rium lived on earth millions of years ago. Its skull measured over three feet in length, indicating a substantial head and distinctive anatomy for its time.
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Elotherium
Last Writings Read At Banquet Of Canadian Scouts
The speech of Lord Tweedsmuir was read at the Boy Scouts Association of Canada banquet in Toronto. He urged linking Scout training to practical youth problems and emphasized moral and physical discipline as a foundation for life amid postwar challenges.
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Lord Tweedsmuir
Canada
Boy Scouts’ Association of Canada
Toronto
Lady Tweedsmuir
Viscount St Davids Serves as Batmen for Royal Engineers
A Royal Engineers padre rings for a batman and gets Lt. Davids son of a Welsh peer. Viscount St Davids 22 drives a car to aid the padre and helps operate a mobile cinema for troops in remote areas.
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Royal Engineers
Batman
Wales
Viscount
St. Davids
Lt. Davids
Woman Tries Bow Wow Ticket at Hialeah Mutuel
A Florida racegoer buys a bet labeled Bow Wow at Hialeah near the Flamingo Stakes post. Clerk says Bow Wow is not in the race. She corrects to Woof Woof, and the horse Woof Woof wins the event.
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Hialeah
Florida
Goats Raised for Milk and Hide As Secondary Product
Goats are primarily raised for milk production, while their hides serve as a secondary product.
Clerical workers in England exceed forty percent women
A report shows that more than 42 percent of England's clerical workforce are women, highlighting gender distribution in office roles and changes in labor demographics across the country.
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England
Byrd Reports New Antarctic Peaks Near Marie Byrd Land
Rear Admiral Richard E. Byrd reports unknown mountain peaks spotted during a three hour flight in Marie Byrd Land Antarctica. The dispatch notes the peaks along the northern coast first seen from the air in 1929 and confirms Sulzberger Bay is larger than charted and a large bay east of Cape Colbeck.
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Antarctic
Richard E. Byrd
United State Navy
Marie Byrd Land
Admiral Byrd
United States
Byrd
Sulzberger Bay
Cape Colbeck
We Can Always Do Our Hardest Work Before Breakfast
A brief editorial line asserts that the hardest tasks are accomplished before breakfast, emphasizing rising early as key. The statement contrasts effort with morning routines and frames discipline as essential.
Anzacs Supposedly Support Turkish Side In Conflict
The remark suggests that Turkish forces may gain comfort from the idea that the Anzacs are now aligned with them in the combat situation, reflecting shifting alliances and wartime hopes.
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London
All-Bran
Sky
Raisin
Haere
Boy Scouts’ Association
Padre
Ppleford Paper Productg
Appleford Paper Products Ltd
Ehouses
Winnipeg - Regina
Saskatoon
Calgary
Edmonton
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