Scientific Organizations Driving War Inventions Network
The Inventions Board under the National Research Council channels inventions offered to the government into a common pool for wartime use. Since 1945 over 7,600 submissions have been examined, with a modest number adopted while many ideas spark further research or improvements. The board coordinates with defense services, universities, and industry to assess merit and potential international collaboration.
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Inventions Board
National Research Council
Armed Services
Canada
United Kingdom
C. J. Mackenzie
Defence
Navy
Army
Air
S. J. Cook
Council
Bers
A. Cambron
O. King
McGill University
British
Air Ministry
Paul Pouliot
L'Ecole Polytechnique of Montreal
Air Force
Department of Munitions and Supply
Research Council
Defence Services
United States
Great Britain
Dr J S Plaskett Leader in Canadian Astronomy Remembered
The obituary honors Dr J S Plaskett as a world renowned scientist and first director of the Little Saanich Mountain astrophysical observatory. It notes his discovery of the great Double Star and proof that the galaxy rotates around a distant center, with the sun’s revolution taking 250 million years. His work brought Canada wide recognition. It also calls out Sixth Columnists as a wartime menace, urging rigorous punishment for profiteers and traitors.
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Dominion
J. S. Plaskett
Astrophysical Observatory
Little Saanich Mountain
Canada
Plaskett
The
Conscription of Wealth in Canada Discussed
The piece argues wealth is conscripted to keep industry operating and expand via taxation and loans. It warns that taking over all industry would overwhelm any government and notes Canada nears practical wealth conscription, stressing that knowing you think matters less than thinking you know.
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Canada
Processing Of Fruits And Vegetables In Canadian Labs
Experiments in processing fruits and vegetables at Dominion Experimental Farms Ottawa Kentville and Summerland are used by commercial processors across Canada to make cider vinegar and other products.
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Dominion Experimental Farms
Ottawa
Ont
Kentville
N.S
Summerland
B.C
Canada
Notable WWI Artillery and Aircraft Facts
The German gun that bombarded Paris in the First Great War boasted an 80 mile range and a single shell cost of $8 000 to fire. Modern transports or bombers carry about 50 instruments in their cockpits.
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Paris
First Electric Headlight Patent for Locomotives 1881
The article notes the 1881 issuance of the first patent for an electric headlight designed for locomotives, marking a milestone in rail safety and locomotive illumination.
Chinese Air Power Sparks Planned Warplane Comparisons
The article notes Americans in China ready for major tests to compare Japanese and American war planes. It highlights Japan's O-1 pursuit ship and B-98 bomber as top weapons, with the O-1 possibly matching or edging American rivals in speed and climb, while Chinese forces may already hold faster fighters arriving this winter.
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China
Nippon
Indo-China
Japan
Tribute to Churchill as a powerful war orator
The Omaha World-Herald praises Winston Churchill as a superior orator whose fervent yet learned speaking sways Americans to join Britain in a holy war against Nazi tyranny. It notes Churchill’s role in affirming U S and British resolve to defeat Nazism and questions how soon the United States will join the fight.
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Winston Churchill
Roosevelt
Churchill
Britain
United States
Omaha World-Herald
Prophetic inscription on grand tombstone in Essex church
A 500-year-old Essex tombstone at Church Comsie bears a searing prophecy about living pictures moving ships swimming skies and a world soaked in blood. The verse foresees modern tech and war like scenes and sounds remarkably prescient today.
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Church Comsie
Essex
Queen Elizabeth Writes Speeches In Longhand Then Types Manuscript
Report notes the royal process as Queen Elizabeth drafts speeches by hand and personally types the final manuscript, reflecting meticulous preparation and hands on involvement in public addresses.
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Queen Elizabeth
Pattern 7101 Doilies For Buffet Set Delivery
Pattern 7101 provides crochet doilies with diagrams and stitch instructions. It lists materials and steps to complete the set quickly. Send 20 cents in coins to the Household Arts Department at Winnipeg Newspaper Union to obtain the pattern.
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Household Arts Department
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Avenue
Feng Man
Power fuel and fruit mail ban for Britain explained
The Canadian Post Office bans sending fresh fruit by mail to the United Kingdom and other countries under war conditions due to rot and delays. Apples may be shipped to Britain through a special export plan via wholesale merchants. Separately, U.S. laboratories announce a new high octane gasoline around 115 octane for warplanes with rapid power gains, with 125 octane possible in tests.
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Canadian Post Office Department
United Kingdom
United States
Dominion Department of Agriculture
Great Britain
Dominion Fruit
Ottawa
Canadian Horticultural Council
U.S
Canada
Harold Ickes
Royal Air Force
RAF
Britain
Institution of Automotive Engineers
Australia
G. A. C. Leaver
Beaufighter Becomes Key Coastal Command Fighter
Coastal command trained crews fought bravely in the Battle of Crete. Beaufighters conducted ground strafing raids in Sicily destroying at least 36 enemy aircraft with no aircrew losses. A single Beaufighter shot down a Nazi Condor in a two second duel.
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Britain
Royal Air Force
Coastal Command
Air Ministry
Crete
Sicily
Ban on Canadian peat exports to United States
The Office of Production Management announced a ban at Canada's request on peat exports to the United States, allowed only by a U S government order. Canada supplies virtually all needed peat for U S magnesium production, with British Columbia as the sole source meeting the required quality. Canadian peat is currently used domestically for packing and as flooring in agriculture.
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Washington
Office of Production Management
United States
British Columbia
O.P.M
Clearer fox ranching grade system outlined in amendments
Agricultural department officials announced amendments to fox ranching grading rules to create clearer standards and establish grading centres across the dominion. The changes aim to distinguish grading and promote top quality furs.
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Dominion
Agricultural Department
Astronomer Dr John Plaskett Dies at 75
Dr John Stanley Plaskett, 75, renowned astronomer and former superintendent of the Dominion Government astrophysical observatory near Victoria British Columbia, dies at his Esquimalt home after a life of travel and lecturing in scientific capitals. He retired in 1934 and received many honors for his work.
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John Stanley Plaskett
Astrophysical Observatory
Victoria
B.C
Esquimalt
Plaskett
United States
Original religion of Japan titled Shintoism
The record notes that the earliest faith in Japan is identified as Shintoism, referenced as the native religion preceding later influences. It highlights Shinto as the foundational belief system tied to Japan's ancient practices and rituals.
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Japan
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