Soils Rich in Organic Matter Boost Fertility and Structure
Soils with higher organic matter content show greater fertility and better structure. Humus formation from plant and animal residues feeds bacteria that release usable nutrients. Practices such as green manuring and barnyard manure build humus, improve drainage, water retention, and soil texture, enhancing crop growth.
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H. J. Atkinson
Division of Chemistry
Dominion Experimental Farm Service
Worry, Work, and Mental Balance Advice
An old article counsels that worry is a mental disorder easily escaped by work and hobbies. It notes the mind can be trained to forget and urges dismissing worry, concentrating on something else, with a remark about French girls teaching French to soldiers.
Renewal Mail Lifts Publisher's Winter Blues
An Ontario weekly publisher amid worries over world and business receives a six month renewal from a skeptical subscriber then an optimistic note and two year renewal from a 93 year old former resident, restoring his confidence in the town and his paper.
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Ontario
John
Nazi pilot photographed Scottish ports before the war
A seventh Nazi pilot in civilian clothes admitted photographing principal Scottish fishing ports prior to the war. He carried a miniature camera and said he took hundreds of photos at every place he visited. He met Dr Wenn Gregor in Glasgow in May last year and is suspected of espionage work in Norway.
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Scottish
Wenn Gregor
Glasgow
Norway
Long Range Strategy and British Resolve Cited
Neville Chamberlain’s stance on Nazi aggression notes that long range strategy can win the war. The piece acknowledges Britain’s early hardships yet asserts England’s historic resilience and capacity to prevail despite initial defeats. Dave Boone comments from the New York Sun.
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Neville
England
Dave Boone
New York Sun
French Units Edit Papers At The Front
Independent French war front gazettes multiply as units publish mimeographed sheets in camps and trenches. The editors fill pages with stories poems cartoons and promotions while avoiding any direct wartime reference.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Americans Lead Global Cigarrette Smoking Among Nations
A study ranks Americans as the heaviest cigarette smokers, with England, Mexico, Belgium, and France following in order. The findings highlight differences in consumption across regions and potential public health implications.
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England
Mexico
Belgium
France
Canada Ranks Fifth in World Trade for 1938
Canada placed fifth among 24 leading commercial nations in total trade for 1938, reflecting strong export performance and a sizable trade surplus. The ranking highlights Canada's growing role in international commerce during the late 1930s.
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Canada
Air Commodore Leckie Leads Canadian Air Training Effort
Air Commodore Robert Leckie of the Royal Air Force trains Canadian recruits as part of the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan. A Scot who helped found Canadian aviation, he recalls a 1920 Halifax to Vancouver transcontinental flight and notes Canada’s strong air training system, with pilots gaining 160 hours before squadron duty. He and his wife, an American, have two sons. their elder son favors the navy.
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Canadian Flying Clubs Association
Ottawa
Canada
Mallen Airport
Toronto
Toronto Flying Club
Transport Department
Association
Royal Air Force
Royal Canadian Air Force
RCAF
Leckie
Robert Leckie
Royal Naval Air Service
Leckies
Scotland
RAF
Dominion
Air Board
Canadian Air Force
R.A.F
England
Royal Naval Staff College
Mediterranean Air Arm
China Station
HMS
Halifax
Vancouver
George V
Edward VIII
George VI
Muskoka Lake
Ontario
British Air Arm
Mediterranean
Central Flying School
China
Navy
Air Force
Youngest Air Vice-Marshal Lyon Playfair Led Frontline Air Force
Air Vice-Marshal Patrick Lyon Playfair, commander of the Advanced Air Striking Force in France, was the Force’s youngest air vice marshal at his 1934 promotion aged 44. A former gunner, he once led British forces in Palestine for two years and now calls himself a “worker” able to work 18 hours a day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Patrick Lyon Playfair
France
Palestine
News of the World
Winners Were Losers and a Dorset Milkman’s Fortune
Howard C. Wilson a Baltimore union officer won a bowling prize of fine military brushes and raffled them off. At Stoke Newington England Henry Skinner ton a longtime milkman died worth £30000 in pyramided investments, a fortune built over 40 years.
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Howard C. Wilson
Baltimore Typographical Union
Wilson
Howard
Stoke Newington
England
Henry Skinnerton
New Letter From Old Comrades Arouses Overseas Hope
A 120 foot long letter of messages written by 800 members of the 15th battalion Old Comrades Association with sweethearts mothers and wives will be sent overseas to the men of the 48th Highlanders. Secretary George Lovegrove conceived the idea.
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48Th Highlanders
15Th Battalion
Old Comrades’ Association
George Lovegrove
Invention of the Slide Fastener
Whitcomb Judson first created the slide fastener in 1883 and was later improved and patented by Gideon Sundback.
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Whitcomb Judson
Gideon Sundback
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Alice Brooks
Tulip
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McDermot Ave
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British Columbia
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Southern
Africa
Chamberlain
Hitler
Cementville
Bacon Board
Great Britain
J. G. Taggart
Hermes
Holland
Amsterdam
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