Empire Forces In The Pacific Swiftly Moving Fronts
British Ministry of Information highlights empire participation in the Pacific war from the Aleutians to Burma. Canadian Australian New Zealand Indian and West African troops fought beside British and American forces, with Australians leading in New Guinea and Buna Milne Bay and Sonananda campaigns.
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Europe
Pacific
Japan
British Ministry of Information
Aleutian Islands
Burma
Solid Basis For Victory
The Royal Australian Navy aided Allied Pacific efforts by transporting troops and equipment and taking part in assaults on the Solomons and Guadalcanal. The New Zealand Navy also fought nearby, sinking several Japanese submarines. Royal air forces from Australia and New Zealand achieved numerous victories and carried out extensive reconnaissance. Indian troops in Burma fought alongside British divisions, with West African troops noted as top jungle fighters. Empire forces are expected to reinforce the Pacific when Europe needs lessen, joining those who laid solid foundations for victory.
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Hong Kong
Aleutian Islands
Royal Canadian Air Force
Australia
Pacific
Herbert Morrison
Home Security
New Guinea
Far Eastern
United States
Buna
Milne Bay
Sonananda
Royal Australian Navy
Solomons
Guadalcanal
New Zealand
Burma
West Africa
Europe
Premiers Homes in Ottawa and Their Later Occupants
Ottawa leaders lived at Earnscliffe overlooking the Ottawa River. Laurier’s Sandy Hill house passed to Mackenzie King. Borden’s stone residence on Sandy Hill houses the Chinese minister. Meighen lived in a small downtown home. Bennett used Chateau Laurier suites. A London Free Press note ends with a remark on cuttlefish shell used as a bill sharpener.
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John A. Macdonald
Earnscliffe
Ottawa River
Parliament Hill
Wilfred Laurier
Sandy Hill
Wilfrid
Lady Laurier
Liberal Party
Mackenzie King
Robert Borden
Rideau River
Robert
Canada
Arthur Meighen
Ottawa
Lord Bennett
Chateau Laurier
London Free Press
Leaving Canada Director of UK Information Office Returns to London
M R K Burge director of the United Kingdom Information Office in Ottawa leaves for London to rejoin the ILO. He is praised as a humane, witty, world citizen who spoke freely and balanced humor with understanding. Ottawa Journal notes his departure with fond wishes for a welcome back.
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United Kingdom Information Office
London
Burge
Sparks Street
Strand
Ottawa
Ottawa Journal
First locomotive headlight patent issued in 1881
The earliest patent for an electrical headlight used on locomotives was granted in 1881, marking a milestone in railway illumination and safety technology. This invention helped improve night visibility and signaling on early rail systems.
Price control and housing rent notes and car sale rules
Consumer Price Board guidance covers rent fixation for room use with six months notice, private car sales within four days filing, ceiling price limit by Motor Vehicle Controller, and non transferability of gun ammunition permits. It also advises petitioning Wartime Prices and Trade Board for remake centres information and the Consumers News pamphlet.
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Consumers’ News
Prices and Trade Board
Synthetic quinine elimination of malaria after the war
The US National Research Council board reports that malarial elimination in civilized nations is possible with atabrine and preventive methods. Large scale production of quinine or tota quine is not vital for military malaria management. The post war world could eradicate malaria, a blessing from a costly war.
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US National Research Council
Board
Canadian Woman Prepares Christmas Cakes for Overseas Troops
Mrs. Thomas C Malone of Toronto organized timely Christmas parcels for Canadian forces in England and France with an Oct 25 mailing deadline. By August she had baked 46 cakes weighing 210 pounds for the Irish Regiment of Canada using Prices Board approved supplies. Benjamin Franklin did not profit from his inventions as he believed in public contribution and refused patents.
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England
France
Thomas C. Malone
Toronto
Irish Regiment of Canada
Prices Board
Regular Again After Weeks I am Happy to Be Free
A reader testimonial praises Kellogg's All-Bran for constipation relief. The user reports abandoning pills for natural elimination after using All-Bran daily with ample water. Claims include improved regularity and cost savings, with the product manufactured by Kellogg's in London, Canada.
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Kellogg's
London
Canada
Keeping Navy Hon Angus Macdonald Speaks at Port Arthur
Hon Angus Macdonald, Navy Minister, urges that Canada must never let its navy fall back to the neglect of the 1920s and 1930s. He warns of postwar economy clamors harming security and recalls a London Times warning a century ago about costly peace. The piece cites Montreal Gazette and stresses defending national security at sea.
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Angus Macdonald
Port Arthur
London Times
Montreal Gazette
Fur Trade Prosperity Ahead in 1944 Says Officials
Federal officials forecast stronger fur trade in 1944 despite a looming cycle peak. Canadian raw fur production reached 27.69 million dollars in 1943, up 11 percent from 1942, with Indians Eskimo and white trappers supplying about 40 percent of the catch. W M Ritchie cites a healthy industry with fur farming valued around 40 million dollars and rising employment boosting the fur trade from farms to manufacturing and retail.
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W. M. Ritchie
Agriculture Department Fur Inspection and Grading Service
Irony Of War: England's Losses Then Rome's Fading Scars
The piece notes England with London as a wounded heart losing homes hospitals beauty and history yet keeping honor through every wound. It contrasts the French reclaiming Paris untouched and Rome emerging with few scars despite a history of war guilt and recent conflicts.
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England
London
Rome
Editor's Quick Action Halts West Town Traffic
In a small American West town a service wire dropped across Main Street stopping all traffic. Citizens stayed clear, fearing the line might be live. The editor sent two reporters to cover the event, one to approach the wire and the other to file the story.
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American West
Northward focus urged for Canada in Roosevelt call
Ottawa officials are urged to shift from east west to north south thinking. The Bremerton speech attributed by The Evening Citizen to President Roosevelt calls Alaska and the Aleutians automatic stepping stones to the Far East and presses Canada to parallel American northern development for administrative and defence purposes. The Ottawa Citizen notes inadequate northern administration and urges Parliament to act.
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Roosevelt
Bremerton
Alaska
Aleutians
Far East
Northwest
Evening Citizen
Washington
Rrad Bowman
Canada
United States
Ottawa
Ottawa Citizen
Navy engineer aids Byrd in overheated room incident
An engineer at the Navy Department in Washington was summoned to raise temperature in an overcooled air conditioned suite. The caller was Rear Admiral Richard E. Byrd, the famous polar explorer. Washington doctors report strong summer business since air conditioning became common. Lt. Earle Mayfield, Texas ex-senator’s son, traveled from Houston to the capital and was hospitalized with pneumonia.
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Navy Department
Washington
Drew Pearson
Richard E. Byrd
Earle Mayfield
Texas
Houston
Remembering the German Murder Vans in Lublin Camp
The St Catharines Standard cites a United Press witness describing a liberated Lublin camp where over half a million people were massacred. Ilya Ehrenburg recalls German murder vans and urges remembrance as Russians advance toward Berlin.
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Lublin
Ilya Ehrenburg
Berlin
Germany
St. Catharines
Duck Population Soars Amid Low Hunting Pressure
The war reduces hunting pressure causing a sharp rise in duck numbers. Wintering grounds fill heavily and crops suffer significant damage as many ducks leave water to invade fields. Grains such as wheat corn and rice are most affected. Calgary Herald.
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Calgary Herald
One Hour Fuel Need for Fast Navy Plane
A wartime note estimates that the gasoline to power a swift navy aircraft for one hour would fuel an automobile trip from Montreal to Calgary, highlighting fuel efficiency concerns.
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Montreal
Calgary
Cliffs Rise High above Norwegian Fjords
Norwegian fjords are enclosed by cliffs that tower from the water to heights between 2100 and 3000 feet, creating dramatic vertical walls along the coastline.
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Norway
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Empire Forces
NAY & James, Ltd
Regina, Sask
Canary
Mand
Sloan
SS Mint
Benjamin Franklin
Paris
Firestone
Mercator
Oltedt
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