Prosperity For Agriculture in Western Canada
The people of Western Canada have long shown optimism about the Prairies despite drought, rust, frost, insects and economic pressures. Farmers solved many problems themselves or with scientists and economists. Improvements include rust and frost resistant wheats, new insecticides and fertilizers, plus farmer organizations working to boost prices and conditions.
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Western
Anaba
Canada
Prairies
Dominion
Breton Woods
Increase In Farm Income Amid Shifting Canadian Agriculture
A Canadian survey notes farmers now own more property, better cash position, and fewer debts, with farm prices up 60 percent and production up 50 percent since 1939. Income nearly doubles pre 1939 levels, reflecting prosperity from 1926 to 1929 and postwar plans for market and trade improvements.
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Carrada
Tim
Sea Going Movies On North Atlantic Naval Film Service
The Royal Canadian Naval Film Society rents 16 mm films to 175 ships for use on mess decks at sea. Navymen pay five cents per rental, totaling about four dollars for a minesweeper and ten dollars for a destroyer, covered by the ship canteen fund.
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North Atlantic
Royal Canadian Navy
Halifax
Royal Canadian Naval Film Society
Naval Service
Napoleon misfired in early Australia landings
Napoleon sent troops to seize part of Australia and named the colony Terre Napoleon. While the French commander, an amateur naturalist, hunted butterflies inland, the British arrived and captured the entire garrison.
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Napoleon
Australia
Terre
Magnificent Russian Gift Albums Mark Soviet Victory
At an Anglo Russian gathering in London on the second anniversary of Stalingrad, gifts from the City Council of Stalingrad were presented to British craftsmen who made the Sword of Honor. The albums show life in Stalingrad, messages to Churchill and Roosevelt, and a sword presentation record.
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Stalingrad
London
Sobolex
Marshal Stalin
Churchill
Roosevelt
R. M. Y. Greadowe
London Times
Canada Walk Named to Honor War Ties in Holborn
London County Council Holborn Borough propose naming the north side of Lincoln's Inn Fields 45 Canada Walk to honor cordial wartime relations between the Royal Canadian Air Force and Holborn citizens. A maple tree planted on that site by the Ottawa mayor was presented as a symbol.
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London County Council
Holborn Borough
L.C.C
Lincoln's Inn Fields
Canada
Royal Canadian Air Force
Holborn
Lincoln’s Inn Fields
Ottawa
Ontario
Holborne
Alfred Wilfred E. Mullen
Many Big Wars Across Ages and Nations
A brief tally shows France involved in 185 big wars since 500 B.C. Britain faces 176, Russia 151, and Austria 131. The fragment notes a numeric pattern totaling 2611 across eras, hinting at large global conflict history.
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B.C
France
Britain
Russia
Austria
New Canadian Telegraph Drill Cuts Pole Digging Time
A revolutionary telegraph pole and fence post drill, mounted on a D-2 Caterpillar tractor, digs seven foot holes up to 24 inches wide in under three minutes. Used by CN Telegraphs in the western region, it saves hours versus hand digging, even through frost, at Lundar near Winnipeg with plans to expand.
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Canada
Canadian National Telegraphs
A. P. Linnell
Western
C.N. Telegraphs
United States
CN Telegraph
GN. Telegraphs
Lundar
Winnipeg
Linnell
Has A Variety Hats Made All The Difference In The World
The Hamilton Spectator notes Mr. Churchill sports a range of hats from caracal pillbox to silk toppers. The piece highlights how each style signals a distinct persona from Slavonic touches to English squire tradition and American flair. It claims hats influence perception as much as personality.
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Churchill
Homburg
Dodge City
Hamilton Spectator
Mrs Churchill Accepts Soviet Invitation to Visit Russia
Mrs Winston Churchill has accepted an invitation from the Soviet government and Red Cross and Red Crescent societies of the U S S R to visit Russia, planned for early spring. It will be her first trip to Russia. She started the Red Cross Aid To Russia fund, which by year end had raised about 27 million dollars and shipped about 15 900 tons of medical supplies to the USSR.
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Winston Churchill
Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies
U.S.S.R
Russia
Churchill
Red Cross Aid
Ussr
Price Control And Rationing Information
Q and A on Wartime Prices and Trade Board rules cover board rates for landladies, cuff allowances on men's trousers but not on ladies' slacks, serving sugar with tea or coffee in public eateries, and exemption of seeds and plants from board regulations. Readers are urged to request pamphlets and blue books from provincial offices.
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Wartime Prices and Trade Board
Wartime Prices and Trade Board For Adjustment
Prices and Trade Board
Consumers’ News
Spectroscope links Japanese war scrap to U S troops
A Battelle Memorial Institute study for the U S Army Navy Ordnance and OSRD reports that metallurgists using a spectroscope detect trace metals in U S scrap sold to Japan before the war. The data indicate residuals from that scrap appear in munitions used against the United States.
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United States
Japan
U.S
Battelle Memorial Institute
U.S. Army
Navy Ordnance Departments
Office of Scientific Research and Development
Domestic life dreams drive CWAC sergeant's postwar plans
Sgt Barbara Leonard of Ogema Saskatchewan is among early CWAC members who plan for life after service. She studies cooking and sewing at night school while her husband serves overseas. The piece also notes CWAC graduates in 194? and several Winnipeg and Saskatchewan members, with wedding scenes and training remarks.
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Barbara Leonard
Ogema Sask
Barbara
CWAC
Saskatchewan
Royal Canadian Ordnance Corps
Western Front
Allies Admit 46 Nations to World Security Conference
On the eve of March 1, 46 Allied countries had paid the price of admission by declaring war against Germany or Japan. Neutral states included Switzerland, Sweden, Spain, Portugal and Argentina, while Finland Hungary Italy Bulgaria and Romania stood between axis and ally in varying repentance.
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San Francisco
Germany
Japan
Switzerland
Sweden
Spain
Portugal
Argentina
Finland
Hungary
Italy
Bulgaria
Romania
Notable Civilians in HMS Lochinvar RNV Officers Training
Civilian members training on a single HMS Lochinvar course included Local Government clerk, surveyor's assistant, chemist, shop manager, school master, chartered accountant, printer, bank cashier, glove salesman, Metropolitan Police inspector, fur-buyer, display artist, fiction writer, architect, cabinet-maker, and an Australian sheep-farmer. Ether discovery dates noted. practical use began in 1842 after its 18th century discovery.
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HMS
Lochinvar
R.N.V.R
Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve
Metropolitan Police
Smile Awhile Jokes and Quips Brighten Page
A collage of humorous exchanges and quips from everyday life. Prose vignettes include a millinery secret, a sanitary hog pen under a house, waiter’s missing tip, a teacher asking for a sentence with fascinate, a father with a buttoned waistcoat, nurse and doctor banter, barbershop pratfalls, fashion praise, a twenty birthday gift, a prisoner facing lawyers, officer reports, and a suitor asking if two daughters can be supported.
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Minard
Mr. Churchill
Red Cross
Cwac-Eds
Mary Mills
Rosalind Sherman
Manitoba
Gilbert Mills
George Sherman
Prince Albert
Paddockwood
Sask
C.w.ac
Bi T.C
Kitchener
Ont
G. T. Airth
Stonewall
Man
E. M. Hurd
Woodmore
A. E. Loney
Pine Creek
J. V. Fox
H. M. Smith
Swift Current
L. M. Anderson
White Fox
J. L. Hart
Landis
H. Haubrich
Hodgeville
FE. H. Thurston
Vonda
J. M. Fourneir
Pincher Creek
Alta
A. Howden
Seebe
E. M. Walker Pashley
Fern Florence Davidson
F. Davidson
Tisdale
Neil Brown
Mount Forest
Bordon
Hants
England
M. Durand
Regina
Ruth Grant
Hardwood Lands
N.S
Loretta Dora Kerschtien
Carl Kerschtien
Steen Sask
Canadian Women's Army Corps
Fort Osborne Barracks
Brandon Mental Hospital
Cpl
Edna Kerschtien
RCAF
W D
MacDonald, Man
Pte
Buttercup
Penelope Cwac
Ural Mountain
World Security Conference
Royal Navy Volunteer Reserve
Fik
Reichswald Forest
Kate
Mabel
Ann
Guy
Robert
Jane
A Lee
Omfort
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