Good Land Still Available in West
The Winnipeg Free Press notes divided views on western settlement land. A 25.5 million acre assessment deemed unoccupied but farmable and 25 million more suitable for grazing or woodlands, suggesting western Canada could double or triple farming population with better soil surveys and use, ahead of postwar expansion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. H. Gurton
C.N.R. Colonization Department
Manitoba University
Canada
Winnipeg
Town Lawyer Brockington Returns From European Front Tour
L. W. Brockington, a well known town lawyer, reports Canadians and allied forces helped by press services and underground networks in Europe. He describes captured German items from Calais and praises Maple Leaf newspaper work in Italy and Belgium. He notes Lord Tweedsmuir as liaison to the Eighth Army and foresees a future great story about freedom fighters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. W. Brockington
Attown
Defence Departments
Calais
Gestapo
George Bernard Shaw
Robert Burns
Cotter
Poland
Italy
Lord Tweedsmuir
Canada
Three Innovations Shaped Canadian Dairy History
In Canadian dairy history the Babcock test emerges as a key invention for measuring milk fat. The brief survey highlights three standout developments transforming dairy quality control and industry practices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Babcock
Food Rationing Pleases Canadian Housewives Amid War
The Victoria Daily Times notes minimal grumbling about wartime food rationing by average housewives. They accept coupon systems and regulations as necessary, trusting government will ease controls when feasible.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
Victoria Daily Times
Farm machinery needs in liberated France and Belgium noted
James Duncan of Toronto, head of the farm and food machinery committee, says requirements in liberated France and Belgium are far below expectations and that shipments from Canada and the United States are not an extremely pressing need. Buy War Savings Stamps regularly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
Belgium
Canada
United States
James Duncan
Toronto
Farm and Food Machinery Committee
Combined Production and Resources Board
Gems of Thought on Christianity and Truth
A collection of aphorisms linking Christian faith with wisdom, public virtue, healing, and liberty. Quotes from Landor Franklin Eddy Coleridge Parker and De Tocqueville reflect on Christianity as a practical living path, universal truth, and the source of liberty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Plato
Socrates
Joseph Parker
de Tocqueville
Food For Thought Provokes London Debate On Soul Weight
Bernard Duffy's London book Food For Thought argues the soul weighs during death, claiming 2 to 214 ounces lost by the body. Psychologists and spiritualists counter that no evidence supports a physical weight for the soul, with critics calling the claim nonsense and implausible.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Bernard Duffy
Harry Price
The
National Laboratory of Psychical Research
Harley Street
Duffy
T. W. Ella
London District Council of Spiritualists
National Council
Nightingales Move Into British Gardens Amid War
The nightingale song shifts from remote woodlands to urban gardens as wartime displacement brings birds into town areas. BBC records once required fieldwork to capture their notes, but now Britons hear them in backyards despite plane noise, with hope for a town square performance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B.B.C
John Keats
Wandering Minstrel and The Sun's Heat Fact
A Toronto Telegram tribute compares Churchill to a wandering minstrel answering duty with a steadfast voice for freedom. The piece praises courage and dedication, then oddly cites a solar core estimate of 180 million degrees Fahrenheit.
Canada’s Hospital Ship Letitia Prepares Maiden Voyage
Canada’s Letitia, among the world’s largest modern hospital ships and sister to the Athenia, awaits its maiden voyage to bring home Canadian troops and assist Allied forces following wartime actions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
Athenia
The
Letitia
A. Wallace
Vancouver
B.C
A. E. Mackenzie
Niagara Falls
Ont
A. F. Barker
Bancroft
E. Hastings
Toronto
Sgt. G. Claremont
Montreal
Railway Man Tapley Retires After 50 Years With CN Rail
Fred B. Tapley maintenance of way engineer with Canadian National retires after more than five decades in the railway life of the Dominion. He will reside in Winnipeg and be succeeded by R. W. Ross, with N. M. Waddell and Benjamin Chappell advancing in turn. Tapley began in 1890 as a messenger in Saint John and rose through engineering roles, with his last duties in Winnipeg. The company honors included a Seventh Victory Loan bond, a pen and pencil set, and a watch chain from Western Region officers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred B. Tapley
Canadian National Railways
Walter C. Owens
Tapley
Dominion
Winnipeg
R. W. Ross
Manitoba
Mr. Ross
N. M. Waddell
Mr. Wadell
Benjamin Chappell
Saskatoon
Mr. Chappell
B. T. Chappell
Mr. Tapley
Saint John
New Brunswick
Moncton
Edmonton
Grand Trunk Pacific
Regina
Western Region
Devenish
Churchill on Allied Wins and War Outlook
The Buffalo Courier-Express notes Churchill remains balanced as British and Canadian forces push Germans from Southwestern Holland and Antwerp falls, while he cautions the war may extend beyond spring and up to 18 months for final victory over Japan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Churchill
Holland
Antwerp
America
Philippines
Churchill
Hitler
Buffalo Courier-Express
Barber-Surgeon Profession Founded in England 1461
The barber-surgeon craft was incorporated in England in 1461 under King Edward IV, establishing a formal fusion of medical and surgical practice that shaped early surgical trades.
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England
Edward IV
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Europe
Scheldt
Landor
Benjamin Franklin
God
Mary Baker Eddy
Coleridge
Food For
Toronto Telegram
Railhead
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