Food Demands in Wartime Lift Canadian Exports
The Current Review of Agricultural Conditions in Canada reports wartime food needs for the Allied nations. Large quantities of wheat flour bacon cheese dried eggs and concentrates are required. The bacon contract of 600 million pounds is near completion with weeks left. UK 1942 43 bacon needs are likely to stay substantial. Cheese production looks sufficient for overseas needs. Dried eggs shipments continue under the Special Products Board with contracts of 45 million dozen through 1942. The UK remains Canada's largest food customer for 1942 43, sustaining export levels to match productive capacity.
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Canada
United Kingdom
Special Products Board
Cause For Pride Russian Doctors In Field Hospitals Achieve High Recovery
The Informa tion Bulletin from the Soviet embassy in Washington notes 70 percent of wounded treated in Red Army field hospitals are discharged fit for active duty. It cites advances in skull wound care and shock treatment, praising surgeons like Prof. Alexander Vishnevski and Surgeon Spasski for extraordinary feats.
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Red Army
Washington
Alexander Vishnevski
Vishnevski
Spasski
Lancaster Bomber Story Defies Red Tape At Aircraft Works
The Lancaster, praised as the finest among British bombers by many, was secretly redesigned by A. V. Roe Company designers Dobson and Chadwick to a four engine model after no permit was granted. The aircraft was built, tested, and celebrated by Air Ministry officials. The project later drew no reprimand from authorities.
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Gribhh Company
Pameas
Germany
British
Air Ministry
Canadas
United States
Toronto
Washington
R. H. Dobson
A. V. Roe Company
Manchester
Roy Chadwick
Mr. Roe
Anson
Lancaster
Roe Company
Messrs Dobson
Chadwick
Ministry For Air
Dobson
St. Thomas Times-Journal
Shortage in beef shocks a confident nation
The Ottawa Journal laments a surprising beef shortage despite vast farms and abundant hay and grain. The piece criticizes reliance on material wealth and declares civilization lies beyond beef, butter, and fossil fuel abundance.
Molnar Keeps Promise in Restaurant Hiatus Tale
Ferenc Molnar once cut ties with a famed director. An intermediary set a test at a restaurant. When the director greeted him Molnar ordered him to sit. He pointed to an empty table, proving their rift remained despite the ruse.
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Ferenc Molnar
Molnar
Oldest Journal in China Marks 1000-Year Run
A Chinese newspaper records a millennium of continuous publication and receives a letter from a subscriber recalling a stance taken in 1066, as reported by the Edmonton Journal.
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China
Edmonton Journal
Privately Owned Anticosti Island Bigger Than Rhode Island
Anticosti Island in the Gulf of Saint Lawrence is two and a half times Rhode Island’s size and has been privately owned for 260 years. Private ownership and geographic scale are noted in the historical description.
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Gulf of St. Lawrence
Island of
Anticosti
Rhode Island
Dehydration Saves Shipping Space for Food
The article explains how dehydration halves volume and reduces weight for meats and vegetables, converting eggs milk and vegetables into portable forms. It notes dried beef can rehydrate into croquettes loaves or pies, and dried eggs suit cakes noodles and omelets.
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U.S
Mexico President Hopes for Canada Diplomatic Ties
President Avila Camacho voiced optimism that Canada and Mexico may establish diplomatic relations soon. He spoke as Canadian minister J A MacKinnon and U S officials arrived in Mexico for the inauguration of a New York to Mexico flight service by American Airlines.
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Mexico
Canada
Avila Camacho
el Nacional
United States
New York
J. A. MacKinnon
Rare Sugar From Paper Mill Waste Moves Toward Abundant Supply
Dr. Jonas Kamlet reports to the American Chemical Society that D-ribose, a rare sugar once costing 18000 dollars per pound, can be produced cheaply from sulfite liquor in paper mills. The sugar is essential for vitamin B-2 and bread fortification, with yeast from sulfite liquor cited as the source and the U.S. Bureau of Standards acknowledged for isolating it.
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American Chemical Society
Jonas Kamlet
Miles Laboratories
New York
Kamlet
U.S. Bureau of Standards
Names of Pike and Pickerel Explained by Expert
J R Dymond of the Royal Ontario Museum explains that pike rightly bears the name across regions. He notes pickerel includes two small pike relatives and that the so called yellow pickerel is actually a pike-perch.
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J. R. Dymond
Royal Ontario Museum
Toronto
England
Europe
Asia
North America
St. Thomas
Canadians urged to adopt welcoming motto for visitors
A historic notice advises Canadians to make themselves welcome while hosting visitors. It suggests bringing tea coffee and sugar, and notes ration cards should accompany guests if travel lasts beyond a few days. Week end guests are urged to contribute sugar tea and coffee from their own rations to help hosts.
Silent Scot Airman Earns Distinguished Flying Medal
Sergeant Thomas Oswald Mediquham from Carleton Place Ontario earned the Distinguished Flying Medal for coolness and marksmanship in a Halifax bomber during the Cologne raid last May, downing a Focke Wulf 190 and damaging a MB 109 a month later, likely destroying it.
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Thomas Oswald Mediquham
Carleton Place
Ont
Germany
Cologne
Pint size parrot charms with big mischief
A budgerigar or budgie is a pint sized parrot popular as a pet. It can mimic song and speech and learns phrases like Therell Always Be An England and Britannia Rules the Waves. Its curiosity brings danger from household devices or candles, shortening its lifespan.
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America
England
Donald Duck
Britannia
Toni
Trans-Canada Airlines reports July mail express growth
Air mail and express carried by Trans-Canada Airlines rose again in July per O. T. Larson, vice president. Passenger traffic dipped from 10 317 in June to 9 440 but signs point to heavier travel in August.
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Trans-Canada Airlines
O. T. Larson
Condensed Milk Favored Over Bottle Cream in Alaska
In Alaska, condensed milk is preferred to bottle cream and people place the can with two holes punched in the top on the table.
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Alaska
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Ottawa Journal
Canadiens
R.A.F
Royal Air Force
R.A
P.O. R. A. Dunn
Lyons Brook
Pictou
N.S
F. S. Marsh
Montreal
Bill Sanders
Headingley
Man
Bill Hane
Charlow
A. E. Ingram
St. John
N.B
Thornton Brown
Ridley
Winnipeg
Budgie
RAF
Sunderland
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