Weed Seed Testing and Air Plan Leader Tie Canada’s Farm to Flight
The article details the weed seed testing guidance from George A Ellicott on seed purity and germination with home and laboratory options and lists Dominion Plant Products Division laboratories. It then profiles Air Commodore Ernest Walter Stedman guiding Canada’s postwar air training plan, outlining his rise from engineer to key planner, and his roles in the Royal Canadian Air Force and Handley Page project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George A Ellicott
Dominion Department of Agriculture
Plant Products
Sackville
N.B
Montreal
Ottawa
Toronto
Winnipeg
Saskatoon
Calgary
Vancouver
Ernest Walter Stedman
Canada
England
Stedman
Maidstone
Royal Naval Service
France
Norfolk
Handley-Page
Daily Mail
Newfoundland
Alcock
Brown
Handley- Page
New York
Nova Scotia
Sted
Canadian Air Board
Royal Canadian Air Force
R.C.A.F
Red Cross Draws Large Winnipeg Supplies Shipment
Red Cross Headquarters Manitoba Division reports two day shipments on May 9 and 10 delivering 40 cases of hospital supplies for servicemen overseas valued at 5618.80 dollars. The mail includes 1056 abdominal bandages 816 triangular bandages 1584 T bandages 528 pillow cases 156 bedsheets 228 seamen socks 144 seamen scarves 456 wool socks 21056 wool scarves 960 half mitts 54 bed jackets plus 710 pullovers 120 bed jackets 240 wool scarves 6 gown 960 wool socks 216 seamen socks 792 hospital gowns 900 surgical towels and 1052 bed pan covers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross
Manitoba
Canadians Invited To Buy 25 Cent War Savings Stamps
Canadians will be invited to purchase 25 cent war savings stamps to help finance the Dominions war effort. The stamps will be sold in post offices banks and chain stores with nationwide reach and linked to war savings certificates. Over 100000 people are employed in producing clothing for England’s army. Shirting material is ordered by the mile and shirts by the hundred thousands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dominions
England
Advance Of Civilization Brings Modernity To Lhasa Tibet
British enterprise aids Lhasa with telephone and electric light as 1,800 cases of machinery reach a Tibetan generating plant. Coolies and mules navigated steep paths and 12 000 foot climbs to transport equipment from Darjeeling. A British electrical firm supplied the plant after overcoming transport hurdles, with a contract note dated in rice paper as the twenty first day of the fourth month of the waterbird year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lhasa
Tibet
Darjeeling
Bombing of Brussels by German bombers cited in report
The Niagara Falls Review notes the first bomb to strike Brussels killed two children. It accuses Lord Haw Haw of deflecting blame, suggesting he may blame Churchill for the Athenia sinking instead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Niagara Falls
Brussels
Lord Haw Haw
Winston Churchill
Athenia
Proper tire inflation boosts fuel efficiency
Article notes that cars use less gasoline when tires are inflated to the correct pressure. The point emphasizes maintaining appropriate tire pressure to improve economy and performance.
Refugee Children Immigration Plan Proposed in Canada
A proposal to bring hundreds of refugee European children to Canada is set to be debated in the Senate with a Commons push. Ottawa Senator Catrine Wilson leads the drive, seeking a government backed refugee immigration board to select and place children from Austria, Czecho Slovakia and Germany with public and private funding. The board would coordinate with the mines and resources department immigration division and determine totals and placements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
Commons
Great Britain
Canada
England
Catrine Wilson
Ottawa
Canadian National Committee On
Wilson
Dominion
Sir Charles Stead
London
Movement For
Germany
Need For Action
Sir Charles
Austria
Czecho-Slovakia
Mines and Resources Department
McGill Charter Rediscovered After a Century Lost
The 1821 original charter of McGill University was found in Christ Church Cathedral vaults in Montreal. Rt. Rev. Arthur Carlisle presented it to Principal F Cyril James, by act of the Anglican Synod. James Oliphant located the document while researching church property.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McGill University
Montreal
Arthur Carlisle
F. Cyril James
Christ Church Cathedral
James Oliphant
Anglican Synod
Carlisle
McGill
Synod
James
Belgium’s Defiance Lauded by Italian Leader 1914 Quote
In official London circles the reaction to the German invasion of the Low Countries is echoed by Benito Mussolini who praised Belgium for rejecting a corrupt bargain and choosing defense over compromise. The article also notes the hummingbird’s specialized tubelike tongue for nectar gathering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belgium
London
Low Countries
Benito Mussolini
Crochet Flowers in Easiest Basket Edging Pattern 6681
Simple crochet guide Lazy Daisy and Crochet Effective Flowers offer easy basket edgings for pillow cases towels or scarfs. Includes 12 motifs from 5 by 15 to 2 by 4 inches with charted stitches and directions. Send 20 cents to Winnipeg Newspaper Union Arts Department for pattern 6681 at 175 McDermot Ave E Winnipeg. There is no Alice Brooks pattern book published.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Agen Arts Department
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave
Winnipeg
Alice Brooks
Growth And Extension Of Royal Canadian Navy A Matter Of General Interest
The article notes rapid growth of the Royal Canadian Navy during wartime, aiming for 220 vessels under Rear Admiral P. W. Nelles with 6,000 to 7,000 personnel. It highlights expansion in destroyers, patrol vessels, and minesweepers, plus increased anti submarine, convoy, and patrol duties, and outlines Admiral Nelles family naval lineage and career. It also discusses breeding tomato varieties on the prairies, focusing on determinate types and breeding aims at the Dominion Experimental Station, Morden, Manitoba.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prairies
Dominion Experimental Station
Morden
Man
ER. M. Adamson
Royal Canadian Navy
P. W. Nelles
R C.N
Percy Walker Nelles
R.C.N
Charles M. Nelles
Niiagara-on-the-Lake
Lakefield
Trinity College School
Port Hope
Halifax
Esquimault
Canadian Naval Service
Army
Navy
Admiral Nelles
S. Nelles, DD
Victoria University
Cobourg
Ont
University of Toronto
C. M. Nelles
Cmg
Royal Canadian Dragoons
France
Canada
Mons Revisited as British and French Troops Enter Belgian Town
The article reflects on Mons in 1940 as British and French forces cross the Belgian frontier. It recalls World War I memories of Mons, where Canadian Brigadier J. A. Clark received keys from a grateful mayor, and contemplates public sentiment as a new British army advances to meet the foe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mons
J. A. Clark
Grande Place
Kaiser Wilhelm and Britain’s Fleet Dominance
The Los Angeles Times argues Kaiser Wilhelm could have warned Germany’s doom at sea, comparing Napoleon and Prussia’s defeats to the current odds favoring Britain’s fleet. It notes naval supremacy may decide land and air developments, while a curious aside mentions the crawfish and King Mtesa’s famed harems.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles Times
Kaiser Wilhelm
Germany
Napoleon
Prussia
Britain
British Guards officer rescues Dutch securities and diamonds
A young officer from a Guards regiment was flown from Britain to Ymuiden by destroyer to recover Dutch foreign securities. Despite heavy German bombing and widespread espionage, he escaped with millions in securities. A Dutch diamond merchant rejoined Amsterdam, then delivered diamonds to Britain, his luggage bursting with gems.
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Britain
Ymuiden
Amsterdam
Taking No Chances A British Soldier Forces POW Restraint
A British officer questions a soldier who explains hauling a German prisoner by rope around his body to prevent attempted drowning after shell holes filled with water. The soldier says fear of the prisoner scuttling himself prompted the restraint.
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Air Training Plan
McGill Charter
Alice Brooke
Prairie Tomatoes
West
King Mtesa
Uganda
Africa
Seragtio
Securities and Diamonds
Holland
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