China And The War A Nation Scarred Yet Rising
The article notes the resilience of China and its people in World War II after invasion by Japan. It highlights disrupted Allied aid, isolation since 1942 via the Himalaya air route, and Japanese control of heavy industry. Despite hardships, China built interior plants in caverns and tunnels to produce equipment, with scientific labs operating in mountainous caves.
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United Nations
China
Japan
Europe
Pearl Harbour
Himalaya
Yangtse
Russia
New Resources Discovered Fuel China’s Industrial Ambitions
The article notes vast new resource discoveries in China including iron ore gold coal and mineral oil as interior exploration expands. It cites 80 percent of pre war industry still operating with plans for 3 000 000 tons steel 80 000 000 tons coal and 300 000 tons of shipping amid ongoing expansion and hopes for future freedom and development.
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China
Britain
United States
Northwest
All-Bran Diet Promises Gentle Constipation Relief
An advertorial extols Kellogg's All-Bran as a simple daily cereal remedy for constipation caused by lack of bulk. It recommends daily consumption, water intake, and using All-Bran in muffins, stressing it is a cereal not medicine and available at grocers in London Canada.
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Kellogg's
London
Canada
Caterpillar Landing Gear Promises Heavier Airliner Ops
British post war civil airliners may use caterpillar tracks instead of traditional undercarriage. This design aims to allow heavier loads to operate from land bases by increasing ground contact. Development is challenging but progress is being made in this engineering project.
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Britain
India Expands Rubber Resources Amid War Needs
India reports expanding rubber resources with an annual production of about 17 500 tons. The entire output is stated as being used within the country for war purposes.
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India
Navigation Opens 1800 Miles on the Volga River
The Volga, Europe’s longest river, is navigable for 1800 miles, highlighting extensive waterway use and potential for trade and transport across Russia.
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Volga
Europe
Daily ration of caramels and water aids shipwreck survivors
Five conscientious objector volunteers on a life raft off Cape Cod tested a new daily ration of ten butterscotch caramels and a pint of water. Doctors at Massachusetts General Hospital backed the small, light-weight ration, noting it saves space and water while providing glucose and fat.
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Cape Cod
African Star Ribbon for Wartime Merits
Matron Mrs L B Dunster of a British war factory is pictured wearing the African Star ribbon. She served in the merchant marine and saw action at Dunkirk evacuation, as well as the Jervis Bay and the San Demetrio during German shelling.
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L. B. Dunster
Dunkirk
Jervis Bay
San Demetrio
Price Control And Rationing Information
Questions on rationing cover tea and coffee limits with four ounces per tea coupon or one pound per coffee coupon and monthly coupon validity. It advises clipping a monthly ration calendar, listening to broadcasts, and notifying ration authorities of name or address changes with serial numbers. It also explains applying for milking machine purchase permits via wartime prices board offices.
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Wartime Prices and Trade Board
Consumers’ News
Prices and Trade Board
Siege of Odessa by underground defenders long after Germans fled
Report from Odessa details an underground resistance that lasted 2 1 2 years after German withdrawal. Some 10 000 guerilla fighters and 3 000 refugees lived in limestone caverns 75 to 160 feet below streets. By day they hid, by night they attacked the occupying force with Slovak and French deserters joining late in the siege.
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Odessa
Moscow
Romania
Gems of Thought on Companionship and Wisdom
A collection of quotes on provident time, prudent company, restraint, true fellowship, and learning from books. Notable lines from Jeremy Taylor Lord Chesterfield Francis Bacon Mary Baker Eddy Landor Andrew Lang and a note comparing wool to thread.
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Jeremy Taylor
Mary Baker Eddy
Andrew Lang
Canadian Equipment Ready for Pacific War Tested in Ottawa
Canadian research scientists in Ottawa have developed rot resistant fabrics and testing methods to withstand jungle conditions in the Pacific. Treated Ontario cloths are buried at 80 degrees for extended periods to simulate jungle rot, proving materials can endure tropic wear.
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Ontario
Pacific
Bravery Victoria Crosses by Dominion and Indian Forces
The article lists Victoria Cross recipients by empire group across the war. Dominions and India earned 31 of 85 army V Cs, Australians 11 of 59, Indians seven, New Zealanders five, Canadians three, South Africans one. Air force V Cs include Australians and New Zealanders, while all naval V Cs went to Royal Navy personnel. The first awards went to Warburton-Lee and two EEF members at Dunkirk. Flying personnel Gordland and Grey were the first RAF V Cs for a 1940 Maastricht bridge attack and did not return.
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Dominions
India
V.c.s
Royal Navy
B. A. W. Warburton-Lee
Narvik
HMS. Hardy
Sgt
T. Grey
Royal Air Force
V.C
Maastricht
Albert Canal
Belgium
CBC Chief Engineer Says TV Plans Wait Until After War
G W Olive of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation states that television plans will be delayed until after the war due to equipment shortages. He notes a Mount Royal Montreal transmitting station is unlikely to be built soon and extensive coverage may not occur for a decade.
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G. W. Olive
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
CBC
Britain’s Railroads Overrun War Demands With Milestone Loads
Britain’s railroads operate a million ton miles daily more than prewar levels and run 2,000 special trains weekly for troops and government work. They handle about 900,000 loaded wagons weekly in freight yards despite manpower shortages.
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Britain
Text Book Uniformity Moves Saskatchewan Readers Update
Minister of Education announces discontinuation of Highroads to Reading in grades I to VI in 1945. A departmental committee studied readers with teachers’ input, aiming for uniform, scientifically designed texts across Saskatchewan and neighbouring provinces. Inter-provincial talks yielded progress toward agreement, with a follow up conference planned mid June.
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Hubert Staines
Saskatchewan
Manitoba
Alberta
British Columbia
Calgary
Victoria women take over spring ship cleaning here
Essential Job Women of Victoria replace male workers to scrub and paint coast service vessels. A wary job market looms as 75 women, including housewives and working girls, assemble at the dockyard, enduring grease and grime to overhaul ships in Victoria and foreign docked vessels.
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Victoria
B.C
British Columbia
Chinatown
The
Coast Service
Forest Resources of Canada Stir Imagination
The Sherbrooke Record notes Canada has vast forests, second only to Russia and Brazil. It covers about 1,500,000 miles, nearly the combined area of several European nations, and accounts for 16 percent of land area with future agricultural value remaining limited.
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Canada
Sherbrooke
Russia
Brazil
British Isles
France
Spain
Portugal
Netherlands
Denmark
Sweden
Humorous Exchanges and Daily Quips in a Nick of Time
A collage of quick witted lines and put downs from a social page. Jokes cover domestic life policing and the workaday world with comments on pets money and manners. The banter uses dialect and brisk humor to depict common scenes and social quirks.
Tuberculosis Germ Found By Robert Koch in 1882
The germ that causes tuberculosis was identified in 1882 by German scientist Robert Koch, marking a milestone in medical microbiology and infectious disease research.
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Robert Koch
TB Tests for Cattle Made Compulsory in Bermuda
Bermuda introduces compulsory T B tests for cattle under new regulations aimed at eradicating the disease in the colony.
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Bermuda
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Massachusetts General Hospital
Office of Scientific Research and Development
Lord Chesterfield
Francis Bacon
Landor
Mecca
Fighty
Forest Resources
Countries
Molly
Jane
Joan
Simms
Grant
Pinkhat
Can Lyon
Pinkham
Vecerasie
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