Canada Crerar Leads Dominion War Advisory Staff in England
The Dominion forms a wartime advisory group to address blackouts supply and trade issues. Brigadier Crerar heads the first Canadian overseas division staff in England with members Melvor Breadner Shaw and Jackson from wheat, agriculture, and trade posts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Star
Bagerts
England
Copetusem
Dominion
CG Cretar
Royal Miitary College
Kingston
L. 5. Breadner
Crerar
Mines and Resources
Melvor
Canadian Wheat Board
J. R Murray
Shaw
University of Saskatchewan
Wheat Board
Agricuture Department
Breadner
Royal Air Force
Canadian Air Board
Royal Canadian Air Force
Jackson
Premier Bracken
Manitoba
Germany
Russia
Wilgress
Canada
Getting On With Yourself
A reflective piece by Seal Murray in You Magazine invites readers to assess self sufficiency and maturity. It asks if one can enjoy solitary moments, make up own mind, trust judgment, and handle disappointments without pretense, urging active self improvement and personal responsibility.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seal Murray
Lon- Goa
Whele
Balloons Supplant Planes In Weather Forecasting
Balloons with radio sonde instruments replace planes for upper air data. United States Weather Bureau, Bureau of Standards, Harvard, and MIT developed a sounding balloon system that ascends to the stratosphere, measures pressure temperature humidity and wind, and transmits data to ground stations. After a year of testing at 12 weather stations the method proved cheaper and more efficient than airplane flights.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Weather Bureau
Army
Navy
Weather Bureau
Bureau of Standards
Harvard University
Massachusetts T Institute of Technology
Idea Proved Money Maker for Brewster's Millions
George Barr McCutcheon, author of Brewster’s Millions, credited his brother John T. McCutcheon Chicago Tribune cartoonist with suggesting the idea of a man compelled to spend a million dollars in a year. The novel became a best seller and successful play with George sharing one quarter of the royalties with Ben McCutcheon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John T. McCutcheon
Chicago Tribune
George Barr McCutcheon
McCutcheon
Ben
George
Goodyear Rubber Discovery and Food Canning Dates
The text notes Charles Goodyear accidentally discovering vulcanization of rubber with heat in 1989 while experimenting with rubber curing. It also mentions general cooking guidance for vegetables and a Greek law requiring date stamping on canned goods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Goodiyear
Goodyear
Greece
Eskimo Eskimo Reindeer Herd Trials Reported In Canada
The mines and resources department notes many of Canada's Eskimos are shifting from hunting to herding and may become reindeer ranchers. A native herd on the Mackenzie river delta is in excellent condition, aiding Eskimo food and clothing needs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Mines and Resources Department
Canada
Mackenzie River
Northwest
Valuable Newfoundland stamp fetches 1330 at London sale
An unused 69 cent Newfoundland stamp from 1927 sold for 1330 in London auctions. One of 300 stamps issued to mark the trans Atlantic flight by the Italian Marquess of Pinedo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newfoundland
London
Europe
Marquess of Pinedo
Japan Reaches Reparations for China War Damages
The Tokyo government settled claims of U S interests over Japanese operations in China. Shanghai University property was repaired and families displaced by occupation were allowed to return. Payments included 1300 yen to the Lutheran mission at Tsimo-Hsien Shantung and damages paid to the United Brethren church at Siu lam Chungshan-Hsien Canton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokyo
United States
China
Shanghai University
Tsimo-Hsien
Shantung Province
United Brethren Church
Siulam Chungshan-Hsien
Canton
Singing Workers Turn Out Clothes For Britain’s Soldiers
In English factories workers sing as they sew uniforms and boots for British troops. From khaki cloth to belts and patterns, plants show massive production and strict government inspection. Factories report weekly outputs of 2,500 to 4,500 great coats and complete suits amid wartime retooling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Britain
Salvation Army Women Mend Socks for Troops in Canada
War time effort by Red Shield Women's Auxiliary. repair of worn socks sent from training regiments in Calgary Windsor London Stratford and other cities. Quar termaster forwards washed socks to workers who mend them and return them to troops. One centre repairs 560 pairs weekly saving wool and resources.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Shield Women’s Auxiliary
Salvation Army
War Charities Act
Calgary
Windsor
London
Stratford
Red Shield
Military Standards Program Aims to Fit Youth for Army
Provincial Secretary G. M. Weir announced a provincial division of recreational and physical exercises to raise young men to military standards. A 79 year old Czech refugee in Beckenham offered services to England, ready to perform any task, and her name was placed on a volunteer register.
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British Columbia
G. M. Weir
Beckenham
Eng
England
Harvard Observer Reports New Comet by Clarence L. Friend
The Harvard Observatory records Clarence L. Friend of Escondido California as the discoverer of a new comet. Spokesmen noted Friend was first to report it, sighted in the Hercules constellation about three degrees south of the great Hercules cluster.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harvard Observatory
Clarence L. Friend
Escondido
Cal
Observatory
Friend
Hercules
Radio versus newspaper: enduring role in information
The aging debate notes radio cannot replace the newspaper nor start a fire with a radio wave, underscoring print's lasting place in reporting.
Queer View of Anger Cools Fingers at Symposium
Experiments by Bela Mittlemann and H G Wolff at the Cornell Medical Centre show anger and related emotions can cool the fingers. Tension fear and depression lowered hand temperature, with drops varying by person. In a 55 to 65 degree room the largest fall reached 20 degrees, and one case cooled to nearly four degrees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Institute of Physics
Bela Mittlemann
H G. Wolff
Cornell Medical Centre
Toy Trends Shift Toward War Equipment in Britain
British manufacturers race to fill toy shortages after German and Czechoslovakian supply cuts. Toy soldiers fall from favor as the modern child seeks war gear like tanks anti air craft guns and miniature air raid shelters. A London store shows a Maginot Line display manned by British and French soldiers in service uniforms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Bananas Grow Indoors in New London Cellar
Jason Thomas plans to harvest bananas this winter in a New London cellar after moving a 10 foot summer plant indoors near the furnace. The plant continues to grow despite the season change and the story notes a unrelated line about African witch doctors scaring hail clouds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jason Thomas
New London
Conn
Stradivarius myths questioned by Harvard acoustics study
Dr Frederick A Saumers of Harvard reports tests show old Stradivarius and Guarnerius violins offer little more tone quality than modern instruments costing about 100 dollars. Modern violins often win listener favor in blind tests while old masters may only differ in start of tone and heavier construction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick A. Saumers
Harvard University
Saunders
American Acoustical Society
Iowa City
Iowa
Sign to Pub Puts Scots Inn on Flodden Trail
A Edinburgh tale recalls a clever innkeeper who asked Sir Walter Scott for a sign idea after Marmion. Scott declined citing busyness but suggested a simple change to an inscription over Sybil Grey's well by omitting the letter r from one line.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Will Grant
Edinburgh Scotsman
Sir Walter Scott
Flodden Field
Sir Walter
Sybil Grey
Duty Free Entry Rules for Gifts and Donations
A memorandum from the Department of National Revenue in Ottawa states that during the war personal gifts from Canadian overseas forces or Canadians serving with allied forces may enter Canada duty free. Donations of clothing and other bona fide Red Cross items and goods for POW prisoners’ personal use, not for sale, are also duty free.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Customs and Excise
Department of National Revenue
Ottawa
Canada
Red Cross Society
The Calm Englishman and the Torpedoed Vessel
Sir Harold Austin recalls the calm Englishman aboard a ship torpedoed by a submarine. He says the man went to his cabin and dressed for departure as his boat was attacked. The piece notes that in 1907 the average automobile cost over $2,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold Austin
W. L. Clark
Windsor Star
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Ers
South Africa
B. C. Giels
W. J. Patterson
Saskatchewan
Isabell Stillingfleet
British Empire
Orilla
Alma Parent
Dorothea Greenwood
U.S
Czecho-Slovakia
France
Red Cross
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