Hidden Wealth Awaits Development in Canada's Western Northland
The article notes mining growth in the Northwest Territories and Yukon through 1944, with minerals valued at about 21 million dollars, led by gold and radium. It describes 2300 claims staked in Yellowknife, 79 exploring companies, and prospects for postwar employment, tourism, and settlement near the Alaska Highway while warning seekers of restricted lands and harsh conditions.
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Department of Mines and Resources
Ottawa
Yellowknife
Canada
Arctic
Mackenzie Delta
Northland
Robert Service
Northwest Territories Administration
Alaska Highway
Northwest Territories
Yukon
United States
Yukon Territory
British Columbia
Dominion appoints J H Craigie as Dominion botanist in Ottawa
Ottawa announced Dr J H Craigie of Winnipeg becomes associate director of the Agriculture Department science service and chief of botany and plant pathology. A 57 year old fellow of the Royal Society of Canada he previously led the Winnipeg lab since 1928 and has won multiple honors including the Flavelle medal in 1942.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. H. Craigie
Winnipeg
Agriculture Department
Science Service
Dominion
Ottawa
Craigie
Dominion Laboratory of
H. T. Gussow
Minnesota
Manitoba
Professional Institute of the Civil Service of Canada
Erikson
International Botanical Congress
England
Royal Society of Canada
Flavelle
France
Has Not Changed Young German Prisoners
Two young German prisoners of war who escaped a lumber camp in Alberta and were recaptured in New Westminster B C say Nazi youth still believe Hitler will win the war and Germany will dominate Europe. They claim their aim is to return to aid that cause and note Nazi education of youth as thorough as military planning before the war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alberta
New Westminster
B.C
Hitler
Europe
Germany
Calgary Herald
Meteorites Reveal Earth Core Clues and Island Origins
Meteorites, viewed as visitors from space, help illuminate Earth’s interior as their composition resembles the planet’s core. Oceanic islands are lands that rise from the sea through volcanic activity.
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Earth
Rugged Oxford Professor Clings to Male Menu During War
A story from Oxford describes a professor who refuses to acknowledge female students. In a wartime class he insists on calling the mixed group Gentlemen, even as women outnumber men. Finally one male student remains. he begins again with Sir.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oxford University
Diamonds in War II and Bougainville Hat Custom
The article notes that U S production plants used over a ton of diamonds in one war year for cutting tools. It also mentions a Bougainville Island secret society placing hats on every newborn male to be worn until marriage as a cultural custom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Bougainville Island
South Pacific
Tea Planters War Efforts Help Restore Rationed Tea
In wartime India tea planters aided front line defense, built airfields and relief networks, ferried supplies and refugees, and fought epidemics while boosting production to a record 570 million pounds. Canadian rationing relief followed, returning the teapot to the stove.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
Sumatra
Java
India
Ceylon
British East Africa
Burma
Praise For Sailors From The Navy League Of Canada
David Gibson president of the Navy League of Canada pays tribute to Allied and merchant seamen for lifting tea and coffee rationing in Canada. He recalls hardships to keep sea lanes open and transport munitions and food as Canada rejoices in the victory and freedom gained.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
David Gibson
Navy League of Canada
War to End All Wars Requires Change in Human Nature
Halifax Herald editorial argues that human nature must change for survival as science advances toward atomic disintegration. It declares peace essential and rejects defeatist views that human nature cannot change, urging decisive moral reform to avert humanity’s collapse.
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Hitler
Tojo
Halifax Herald
Six swallows return to birthplace after leg-banding
Six young swallows hatched at the Dominion Experimental Station in Saanichton BC were leg-banded in 1943 and released. A watch in 1944 found one returning swallow with the metal legband, proving at least one of the six survived to spend the summer at its birth site.
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Dominion Experimental Station
Saanichton
Moon’s temps swing from 216 F to 243 below zero
Scientific note reports lunar surface heats to 216 degrees Fahrenheit in sunlight and cools to 243 degrees below zero when shaded. The range underscores extreme temperature shifts on the moon’s environment.
London Home Repairs By Sailors Heal War Scars
British Navy sailors assist Londoners by repairing damaged homes after flying bombs. Photo shows A.B. E. J. Rawlings and A.B. A. Walton removing a roof as part of the work. The image captures war wounds slowly mending in the capital.
World’s Largest Air Raid Shelter Quarry Draws U S Officials
Eight U S Air Force officers study a 400 year old French stone quarry near the Renault plant. Once a mushroom grower, it was converted to shelter 20 000 workers. The 100 000 square foot complex features 10 to 50 foot high tunnels, miles long.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
Renault Automobile
Fall crochet pattern for hats and purses
Directions for a crochet set in worsted yarn with a sun touch for early fall. Pattern 7228 includes hat and purse stitches and costs twenty cents in coins. Send name address and pattern number to Household Arts Department Winnipeg Newspaper Union 175 McDermot Avenue Winnipeg Man.
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Household Arts Department
Winnipeg
Union
McDermot Avenue
Winnpeg
Hedge plant roots influence windbreaks at Nursery
Observation at the Do minion Forest Nursery Station in Indian Head Sask notes that hedge plants and shelterbelts affect growth across an area on both sides of the belt equal in width to the belt’s height.
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Dominion Forest Nursery
Indian Head
Sask
Tn Belt
China Produces 561 160Hx Key Sticks in Norms Time
A report notes China manufactures 561 160 hx key sticks each year within standard production cycles. The figure highlights steady output amid industrial norms and market demand.
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China
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