Fur Farming Holds Key Position In Canadian Industry
W M Ritchie of the Fur Inspection and Grading Services says fur farming is a large, healthy Canadian industry with an estimated $40.99 million investment. In 1943 raw fur production reached a record $27.69 million, led by mink, muskrat, silver fox, and coyote pelts, amid war-time prosperity and rising imports after price controls eased.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W M. Ritchie
Dominion Department of Agriculture
Canada
Ritchie
United States
New York City
Africa
Persia
Montreal
Altitude Gyro Enables Pilots to Perform Aerobatics Blind
A new flight instrument named the altitude gyro offers pilots a continuous picture of their position relative to the earth, allowing all aerobatic maneuvers without ground reference.
Silk Industry in China Tied to Fashion, Not Hosiery
Dr. Tingu F. Tsiang, head of the Chinese delegation to the UN relief council, said China’s silk industry depends on fashion tastes of women. He hopes postwar use of silk fabric for dresses and close ties with fashion centers in Paris or New York. Canada and China could pursue a two way exchange with Canada exporting wheat and lumber and China exporting silk and ornamental goods.
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China
Tingu F. Tsiang
United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Council
Montreal
Dr. Tstang
Paris
New York
Dr. Tsiang
Canada
Chinese Republic
Common Sense Letter Questions Numerology Date Logic
A Vancouver Province reader questions the accuracy of a war end date forecast by a numerologist. The writer notes arithmetic with birth year and age, years in office, and 1944 totals, then mentions ancient Egyptian beam scales to dismiss the numerology. The tone is skeptical and humored.
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Vancouver
Tough-Fibred Russians Endure Through Discipline In War
A Detroit Free Press feature notes how Soviet air force Lt. Col. Yevodkia Bershanskay, a Kuban Cossack’s daughter, completed 130 missions with no retirement in sight. Her husband and son remain distant, and comrades call her “Mama” for blazing a path.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yevodkia Bershanskay
Mama
Yevodkin
Russia
Detroit Free Press
Ypres Remembered by Canadian Soldiers in Gas Attacks
Ypres, the 35 miles south of Ostend, known as Wipers, with 40 cemeteries nearby, saw the 2nd and 3rd Brigades of the 1st Canadian Division endure German gas on April 24 1915 with minimal protection, leaving a lasting Canadian memory of wartime valor.
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Ypres
West Flanders
Ostend
Menin
Yprey
Energy of 112 Ounces of Coal Lifts One Ton Freight One Mile
A historical note states that 112 ounces of coal provide enough energy to move a ton of freight one mile. This line reflects early energy efficiency estimates and transportation physics of the era.
Brother Reunites With Brother Amid French Battlefront
Paul Harp of Mound City Illinois wrote his wife from a foxhole in northern France. He was pleased and surprised when his brother Leon, missing for 20 years, stumbled into the same trench during a battle.
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France
Paul Harp
Mound City
Ill
Leon
Canadian Fund Aids Australian Relief And Breeding Policy
In 1942 the Queen's Canadian Fund allotted £5000 for Australian relief but redirected to war charities. First £1000 funded a Missions to Seamen Club in Williamstown opened by Canadian High Commissioner T. C. Davis. Canada supplied police horses to Trinidad and Barbadoes for eleven years, about 75 head. shipments paused in 1941 and resumed in 1944. Breeding Station Policy drives selection of Thoroughbred cross horses for remount and police work, with private stallions and government support to owners.
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Queen's Canadian Fund
Australia
Williamstown
Melbourne
T. C. Davis
Canada
British West Indies
Trinidad and
Barbadoes
Brampton Ontario
Trinidad
Dominion Department of Agriculture
J. M. McCallum
Fach
Pineapple Doilies Pattern 7201 from Winnipeg Newspaper Union
This item offers a crochet pattern for pineapple doilies in No 30 cotton. Pattern 7201 includes instructions and materials. Send twenty cents to the Household Arts Department, Winnipeg Newspaper Union, 175 McDermot Avenue E, Winnipeg, Man, with name address and pattern number.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Household Arts Department
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Avenue
Winnipeg
Man
Animal Cemetery of Nashua Opens with Unknown Dog Marker
A Nashua New Hampshire burial ground for animals, established in 1929, houses the first Marker to an Unknown Dog. Requests for burials come from across the nation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Proctor
Nashua
N.H
Nativ
Echoes Repeating 30 Syllables Recorded
A brief field note reports echoes repeating a sequence of about thirty syllables has been captured in the dataset during the recording session. Local observers note pattern consistency across trials and consider potential linguistic or acoustic significance.
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Britain
Dieppe
B. P. Hall
Humboldt, Sask
Belgium
Nieuport
Foxhole
West Indies
Wes By
Alice E Brooks
R.C.A F
Normandy
Sac Walter “Tiny” Reave
Timmins
Ont
Herbert E. D Ashford
Calgary
RCAF
Paul Y. Davoud
D.S.C
D.F.C
Kingston
M. F. McRady
Rigger
Cpl “Lefty” Helm, Cook
Kitchener
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