Wheat In Canada Western Canada S article on wheat growth
Western Canada has long produced a large share of the world’s finest wheat. Settlers from Scotland via Hudson Bay began sowing in 1814. Wheat acres and bushels rose from 1449 figures to over 32 million by 1880 and then into the hundreds of millions, despite rust frost and insect challenges.
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Western
Canada
Selkirk
Scotland
Hudson Bay
York Factory
Lord Selkirk
Hudson's Bay Company
Marquis Wheat and Saunders Legacy Boost Canadian Agriculture
Obstacles to wheat farming in the Prairie Provinces were overcome through farmer efforts and research. Dr. William Saunders and his sons C. E. and A. P. Saunders developed Marquis wheat, an early maturing variety ready before frost, introduced in 1909. This innovation helped make prairie wheat a leading Canadian industry and a major world food contributor.
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Wm. Saunders
Dominion Government Experimental Station
Ottawa
C. E
A. P. Saunders
Prairie Provinces
More Acreage Now In Wheat Across Western Provinces
Dominion figures show Saskatchewan, Alberta and Manitoba shifting back to wheat after wartime hog production. Saskatchewan up three percent, Alberta up a little over one percent, Manitoba flat for wheat but higher in other grains. Hog output declines as wheat reemerges as Western Canada’s major crop.
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Prairies
Britain
Canada
Dominion
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Manitoba
Wool Clip Shows Improvement In 1935 Domestic Wools
The Current Review of Agricultural Conditions in Canada notes that 1935 domestic clips show marked improvement over 1944 in fleece preparation. Bright grades largely from British Columbia and Manitoba due to better moisture, while Saskatchewan and Alberta yield more semi-Bright grades from higher earth content. Eastern wools likely grade better than 1944 with lighter shrinkage. Total fleece wool in 1944 graded in registered warehouses reached 10,553,243 lbs, up 167,641 from 1943.
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Canada
British Columbia
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Gems of Thought Fortitude and faith across sages
The excerpt compiles quotes on fortitude and duty from Locke Lincoln Eddy Galatians and Stevenson, praising steadfastness, moral strength, and enduring faith in guiding action despite adversity. It emphasizes inner resolve, spiritual priority, and upright character as sources of true power.
Smile a While and Quick Lighter Jests Refer to Daily Life
A collection of light quips about sheep counting and family ties features jokes about a millionaire Woolworth pin and a warning letter. Other shorts include a raw recruit’s dressing down and a western westward window joke. An Irish driver avoids blame with wit as a judge asks about signaling. Brazil remains the era’s top coffee exporter.
Crossword Puzzle Grid Challenge
A large crossword puzzle fills the page with across and down clues. Clues range from Persian poet to goddess of the harvest and include geography, language, law, chemistry symbols, and measurements. The puzzle lists many entries such as portico, venial, and armdillo in a dense word game.
Meat rationing and coupons for service personnel explained
Questions and answers outline meat coupon eligibility for leave personnel, beef ring registration with local ration boards, and validity of meat coupons every Thursday. It also confirms sugar canning coupons for a husband returning from overseas if he applies before October 31, 1945, and directs readers to Wartime Prices and Trade Board offices for pamphlets and ceiling price tracking.
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Consumers’ News
Prices and Trade Board
Ulster Loyalty Highlighted by Churchill Tributes
The Belfast Telegraph notes Northern Ireland’s wartime function and Ulster’s strong harbor value for Britain in countering the submarine threat. Churchill and other ministers praised Ulster’s steadfast resilience amid 1941 Nazi air raids on Belfast and surrounding cities.
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Northern Ireland
Germany
Winston Churchill
Ulster
Britain
Belfast
High frequency egg sterilizer tested at UC Davis
The University of California farm at Davis develops a high frequency device using oscillations between radio and diathermy to cook eggs in nine minutes or kill germs with ten seconds exposure. It aims to improve keeping quality and appearance, destroy shell bacteria, and stiffen albumen for yolk visibility, with oil preservation compatibility. Experts caution awaiting commercial viability.
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University of California
Davis
Calif
Brandon Sun
Hidden Normandy Mines To Keep Killing Until 1947
Six to seven million unexploded German land mines remain in Normandy and Brittany fields and beaches. Since D-Day an average of 200 people, many of them children, are killed each month by mines. By Aug 1 only about one tenth had been removed by French workers and POWs trained by U.S. sappers.
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Normandy
Brittany
United States
WAC CWAC Meeting Phrase Echoes Across Pages
A fragment echoes a meeting motif with WAC and CWAC repeated in a cryptic rhythm suggesting multiple gatherings or sections titled WAC and CWAC. The text hints at recurring events or titles without providing dates locations or participants.
Night Vision Unit CWAC hero among wartime tours
S/Sgt. Pollock of Virden Manitoba rose through CWAC ranks after enlisting in 1943 and serving in No. 3 Co. CWAC. She tested hundreds at Debert Nova Scotia and later Camp Shilo Manitoba, praising night vision work. Education tours in Germany follow. Captain Beatrice Munroe’s play Heroines of War wins a Saskatchewan award.
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Virden
Manitoba
Polly) Pollock
Prince Albert
Cupar
Sask
Canadian Women’s Army Corps
Regina
Vermilion
Alta
No. 3 Co
Nova Scotia
Pollock
Debert
Polly
Camp Shilo
Man
No. 112 Depot Coy
C.W.A.C
Civvie Street
Beatrice D. Munrée
Canadian Daughters League
Saskatchewan
Munroe
Egypt
India
West Indies
Canada
Toronto
Estero
Admin
CWAC
Dundurn
Canadian Clothing Collection aids destitute war victims
The National Clothing Collection a joint effort of Canadian United Allied Relief Fund and UNRRA seeks used clothing for free distribution to needy women men and children in war torn Allied nations. Public urged to donate washable garments in usable condition including coats dresses overcoats suits and footwear to be collected across Canada.
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National
Canadian
United Alied Relief Fund
UNRRA
United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration
Canada
Roosevelt
Europe
Honest Man Returns Truthful Overpayment At Local Bank
A stranger visits a St Thomas bank amid a busy rush and cashes several large checks. That night the teller is $1000 short in balance. The next day a visitor from another city returns the extra $1000 claiming to have received too much.
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St. Thomas
St. Thomas Times-Journal
Big Ben A Symbol of Hope For French Airman
A French airman writes in the Daily Sketch that Big Ben’s chimes gave comfort and strength during German occupation. He hid in the Resistance and listened to hidden radios nightly, believing Liberty remained alive as long as the bells rang. Paris native Paul Verdbois recalls seeing Big Ben on a London visit.
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London Daily Sketch
Westminster
Resistant Movement
Europe
London
Big Ben
Paris
Paul Verdbois
Maltese Toronto group pledges care for Canadian graves
Thirty one Malta residents pledge to tend 30 Canadian graves in the second great war cemetery on Malta. The graves will be kept sodded and planted with flowers, announced by Jobs Giordmaine, vice president of the Maltese Society of Toronto.
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Malta
Island
Jobs Giordmaine
Maltese Society of Toronto
Irony Marked MacArthur Password for Manila Surrender Talks
General MacArthur used a sharp irony by noting Bataan as the password for admitting Japanese representatives to the Manila conference on surrender terms, signaling the tense mood of the talks.
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MacArthur
Bataan
Manilla
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