Technical Agriculture To Aid In Maintaining A Sound Farming Industry
Dr J M Swaine of the Dominion Department of Agriculture outlines how technical agriculture will support Canada during and after the war. He calls for market expansion at home, better fertility, top seed varieties, pest control, storage and processing expansion, and stronger education and policy to ensure low costs and quality produce. He stresses leadership by science and careful planning for postwar stability.
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J. M Swaine
Scere
Dominion Department of Agriculture
McMaster University
Hamilton
Ont
Canada
United Kingdom
Great Britain
Ontario
Prairie Provinces
France to abandon industrial boom for peasant farming says Pomaret
The London Times cites M. Pomaret minister of labor stating that postwar France will revert to peasant agriculture and forsake exaggerated industry. The piece links this plan to German aims to curb British industrial power through nonindustrial economies and controlled markets abroad.
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London Times
Hitler
France
Petain
M. Pomaret
Germany
Balkans
Canadian Soldier Diet Rolls on With Packed Rations
The army maintains steady food supplies to keep soldiers from hunger. Daily allowances include meat 10, bread 14, sugar 2.5, margarine or butter 11, tea 1, bacon 3, cheese 2, jam 1, tinned milk 2, fresh vegetables 8, potatoes and salt. Salmon or other fish 3 ounces twice weekly plus other provisions.
Kite Flying Banned in Netherlands for Public Security
Dutch kite flying forbidden under new regulation announced by the German commissioner general for public security. Kites may be used for aerial guidance to British airmen, prompting restrictions amid wartime measures.
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Netherlands
Ancient North American Crabapples Yield to Eurasian Stock
The text notes that crabapple trees originated in aboriginal North America, but the large modern apple crop stems from Eurasian stock. It highlights the transfer of cultivated varieties and the global shift in orchard genetics.
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North America
Free French in Equatorial Africa Aid British War Effort
A New York Times analysis notes fewer than 5,000 Europeans in French Equatorial Africa, but French resistance there helps Britain by denying Axis a Lake Chad route. It highlights Lake Chad’s strategic value, past road link from Ouargla, and the impact of French commanders’ defiance on rallying colonial authorities to continue the war.
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French Equatorial Africa
Vichy
Lake Chad
All Africa
Italian
Libya
Georges Mandel
Ouargla
Algeria
France
Wingeria
Britain
Equatorial Africa
Africa
Equatoral Africa
New York Times
St Richard de Wrych Church Auction in Sussex
A Sussex church, St Richard de Wrych in Colemans Hatch, is set for auction. Also noted is a claim that over 4 million European immigrants arrived in Brazil in the last five decades.
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Richard de Wrych
Coleman's Hatch
Sussex
Brazil
Lovely Pineapple Crochet Cloth Pattern 6724
Crochet pattern notice describes a pineapple design cloth in two cotton strands for a 72 inch cloth. Pattern 6724 lists sizes, illustrations, stitches and material. requests 20 cents to Household Arts Department Winnipeg Newspaper Union 175 McDermot Ave Winnipeg. no Alice Brooks pattern book published.
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Household Arts Department
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave. E
Winnipeg
Alice Brooks
Blue Ladies Canteen Units Aid Troops in Britain
Mobile canteens run by the Electrical Association for Women provide meals books and letters to service personnel in Britain. The fleet uses electric cantons with portable libraries and a traveling library. Volunteers sew on buttons mend socks and post letters, while flowers and a clock create a homelike atmosphere. An electrically propelled canteen with dozens of members will join soon.
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Britain
Electrical Association
William Paterson
UK Ministry of Food Described As Major Enterprise
The United Kingdom Ministry of Food is a vast operation with a turnover of 600 million pounds annually and 23 000 staff in 17 divisions and 15 000 subdivisions. It imports 85 to 90 percent of UK food supplies including bacon cheese and butter and has cut total imports by 12 percent down mainly in calories by 1 percent to meet food value needs.
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United Kingdom
Ministry of Food
Department of Trade and Commerce
Frederick Hudd
Canada
St. Thomas
Albert the super-sniffing police dog tests accuracy
In a New York Post feature Neal O Hara describes Albert the police dog’s exacting test. Six men stand with stones and each hides one. Albert smells one hand and is asked to identify the correct stone. After a brief sniff he picks the right stone.
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Neal O'Hara
New York Post
Wonder
Albert
Navy appoints first woman doctor in relative rank
The London Gazette notes Mrs. Genevieve Rewcastle MB ChB granted relative rank of surgeon-lieutenant as of May 21, 1940. She lives with her husband C B Rewcastle KC in Richmond Surrey.
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Navy
London Gazette
Genevieve Rewcastle
Attracta Genevieve Rewcastle
British Commonwealth Has Huge Resources And Staying Power
The article argues the Commonwealth’s vast resources and global maritime network give it unmatched staying power. It claims self interest weakens under crisis, praises collective duty, and notes Britain’s naval dominance and global reach tying continents into a single protective system.
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British Commonwealth
Intelligent Frenchman learns English proverb humor
Henry Barret of Orpington England aged 99 bought new garden tools and will show others how to raise potatoes. He recalls learning English by noting quick tied free spent and not to eat all produce fast. He was tempted by the sentence The first one won one guinea prize but remains eager to teach and learn.
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Henry Barret
Orpiington
England
Red Cross to ship supplies directly from Canada to Iceland
The Canadian Red Cross will send socks helmets mufflers and hospital materials directly from eastern Canadian ports to Iceland replacing shipments routed through Britain. Mrs. H P Plumptre announced the plan after Canada’s troops arrived in the north outpost and discussions with Canadian officials led to new arrangements. London has been notified that no further stores are needed to be released, avoiding duplicate shipments. First direct Canada shipment to Iceland is already under way.
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Red Cross
Iceland
Canadian Red Cross
England
Canada
H. P. Plumptre
Flest
Britain
Denmark
Germany
Advisory Committee
London Committee
Hats under tax rules in Britain's new budget
A Washington style column notes the British Government faces a debate over whether ladies hats count as luxuries or necessities. It mocks the taxation issue, arguing hats have become economic factors in the budget and urges the chancellor to ease restrictions.
Courage Award for Young Air Observer in Desert Flight
Ian Blair a 22 year old air observer received the Distinguished Flying Medal after taking control in danger without prior fighter experience. He piloted a damaged plane across 350 miles of the western Egyptian desert after the pilot was killed, saving the lives of himself and another crew member.
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Ian Blair
Comtrols
Egypt
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Burma
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Berlin
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South America
Panama Canal
North Atlantic
Pacific
Gibraltar
Mediterranean
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Cyprus
Suez Canal
Red Sea
Aden
British Somaliland
Italy
Indian Ocean
India
Ceylon
Malaya
Borne
New Guinea
Australia
New Zealand
Royal Navy
Port of London
Dover
Fritzie
Idover
Hope
Ture
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