Agriculture And The War In Canada
Agriculture is a major industry in Canada with wheat as the leading crop. The Statistical Year Book of the League of Nations shows 1941-42 wheat consumption per person at 28 bushels in Canada, higher than Australia and Argentina and far above the United States. Wartime demand for food has underscored agriculture as a war-time priority and Canadian farmers are praised for their UN war effort despite wartime difficulties.
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Canada
League of Nations
Australia
Argentina
United States
United Nations
British Show Fine Results
British farmers have boosted home food production during the war from 40 percent to 70 percent. Despite labour shortages as 46,000 skilled workers joined the armed forces, they were offset by increased machinery use, a 83,000 strong Women's Land Army, Land Clubs, and holiday camps. Prisoners of war and conscientious objectors also aided in easing shortages.
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Britain
Much Credit Is Due To Farmers
An education program in modern scientific farming has boosted Britain's agricultural output through fertilizer use and a 4 000 000 acre reclamation project. About 30 000 acres of swamp land were drained and grazing lands converted to crops, though arable area remains 2 percent below pre war levels due to wartime factory needs. Credit goes to British farmers and Canadian farmers for the Allied Nations' hopeful position.
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Britain
Canada
Prices and rationing questions answered for wartime readers
A Wartime Prices and Trade Board pamphlet clarifies canning sugar coupons eligibility for discharged soldiers, retailer value limits to be new October 30, bicycle tires not rationed with trade in, and landlord notice forms required for vacating tenants. It urges sending questions or requests for Consumers' News or the Blue Book to the local board office.
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Prices and Trade Board
Prices Board
Consumers’ News
Oil seed acreage surges in Europe wartime farming
The Current Review of Agricultural Conditions in Canada notes sharp rises in oilseed cultivation across France Germany and Roumania during 1942 43. Output increases yield edible oil per acre and supplies livestock protein feeds via oilcakes but may depress postwar butter and lard imports.
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Canada
France
Germany
Limited English Vocabulary in British Bible Translation
A British publication of a New Testament translation uses only 850 distinct words. The constraint highlights a deliberately restricted lexicon to convey core Christian texts.
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Britain
Mrs Emma Shapton Knits Through Blindness For War Effort
An 84 year old Niagara Falls woman, totally blind, has knitted over 600 pull over sweaters for the Canadian Red Cross since the war began, averaging about 10 monthly. She also makes socks, mitts and scarves, knitting by touch with help only to cast on. Her grandson serves in the RCAF and a son-in-law is the fire chief.
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Emma Shapton
Drummond Rd
Niagara Falls
Canadian Red Cross
Shapton
Robert Hayes
R.C.A.F
Germany
Clara Hayes
John C. Shapton
Books For Soldiers Rally Sends Books By Air and Land
Large numbers of books flow to soldiers as the Services Central Book Depot in London despatches 1000 parcels in one day and 40 parcels by air on another. The effort is part of the Ministry of Supply salvage campaign with 3 million school children helping alongside Women's Voluntary Services and local workers.
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Services Central Book Depot
London
Ministry of Supply
Firestone unveils heat tempered all plastic tire innovation
W. H. Funston announces the first heat tempered all plastic tire developed by Firestone Canada. Lab tests in Akron aim to prove cooler operation and twice the heat resistance of rubber tires, but civilian availability hinges on current military and essential civilian production demands.
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W. H. Funston
Firestone Tire and Rubber Company of Canada Limited
Akron
Ohio
Firestone
Underground Factory Found in German Engine Plant
American infantrymen found a buried underground factory inside Germany in a 1000 foot railroad tunnel near the Siegfried line. The idle plant was packed with machinery and raised questions about how much war industry operated underground amid heavy Allied air raids.
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Germany
No Man’s Land
Siegfried Line
Hitler
Salt and starch patching plaster for small wall holes
A simple home remedy uses salt and starch mixed to form a patching plaster. The mixture fills small holes in walls, offering an easy repair option using common kitchen ingredients. The method emphasizes quick setting and inexpensive materials.
Canadian Jewish war effort praised by Ottawa in New Year message
Col. Ralston outlines Jewish contributions to Canada’s defence and honors more than 15,000 Jews in uniform with 300+ deaths and 41 decorations. He urges an end to Nazi persecution and anti Semitic incidents, praising Jewish and Christian Canadians for defending liberty. The Ottawa Citizen reports.
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Col
Ralston
National Defence
Germany
Canada
Canadian Jewish Congress
Europe
Dominion
Ottawa
Canadian Aircraft Workers Boost Victory with Innovations
Aircraft Industry Relations Committee credits Canadian workers with saving thousands of hours and over 567 thousand dollars through faster cheaper production ideas. Edmonton’s Miss F Hassen created a four hour reduction in a 24 hour blade grinding process. In the same plant journeyman welder Harry Kleparchuk earned a 50 dollar Victory Bonds award for a grinder that cuts motor mount work from 16 hours to 30 minutes.
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Canada
Aircraft Industry Relations Committee
Miss F. Hassen
Edmonton
Alberta
Harry Kleparchuk
Journeyman
Victory Bonds
More Than Mere Form In Ontario Naturalization
A Toronto Star editorial laments that a recent Ontario court naturalization ceremony lacked welcome and congratulation. It argues naturalized citizens should feel equal status and be warmly welcomed, not simply sign papers or take an oath. New York City has 578 miles of waterfront.
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Ontario
Toronto Star
New York City
Smile Awhile Quirky Dialogs and Punny Exchanges
A collage of humorous exchanges and wordplay from an old style schoolroom and domestic scenes. It features teachers guiding language quirks, children mispronunciations, and playful misunderstandings about clothes kittens wear and historical questions. The mix ends with a short line about primitive man and trade.
Uganda Named Cruiser Promises Ties Between Canada and Uganda
The Uganda will be commissioned as a Royal Navy ship, with Canada and the British Protectorate of Uganda forming a naval link. The Uganda is described as a medium cruiser, bearing gifts from the African protectorate and retaining its name for symbolic reasons. Subsequent Canadian cruisers may bear provincial names. Naval naming follows a rigid tradition with tribal destroyers, river destroyers, and town-named frigates and corvettes.
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Canada
Uganda
Royal Navy
Macdonald
To Press On Political Democracy in Britain
Jennie Lee argues that British democracy is a new responsibility not a fixed ancient institution. She recalls her grandfather winning the vote and states the 20th century marks the ordinary man's emergence, insisting the nation must press on and not remain static.
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Britain
Jennie Lee
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