Cote Named Canada's Top Athlete For 1940 Marsh Trophy
Quebec marathon star Gerard Cote, 27, of St Hyacinthe, Que., won the Lou Marsh Memorial Trophy as Canada’s outstanding athlete for 1940. Norah McCarthy of North Bay, Ont., was runner-up for the award, which honors the best Canadian male or female athlete as chosen by a board of prominent sportsmen.
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Quebec
Norah McCarthy
Gerard Cote
North America
Lou E. Marsh
St. Hyacinthe, Que
Toronto
Board of Selection
North Bay
Ont
Ottawa
Mary Rose Thacker
Winnipeg
Cote
Lou H. Marsh
Toronto Star
Phil Edwards
Bob Pearce
Hamilton
Marshal Cleland
Toronto Horseman and Equine Authority
Bob Pirie
Saving Ontario's Natural Resources
G C Toner recounts the growth of the Royal Ontario Museum of Zoology aided by University of Toronto and other institutions. He notes Dr J H Garnier's 1891 collection of amphibians reptiles birds and mammals and discusses Canadian focus and gaps in the early exhibits and later taxidermy additions.
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G. C. Toner
Federation of Ontario Anglers
Royal Ontario Museum of Zoology
University of Toronto
Normal School
J. H. Garnier
Lucknow
Ontario
University of Toronto Museum
Garnier
Royal Canadian Institute
Royal Ontario Museum
Natural History Society of Toronto
Museum of the
Institute
Bloor Street
Toronto
Canada
E. M. Walker
Department of Biology
Goose Befriends Sheep on Vancouver Island
A cackling Canada goose from Qualicum Beach on Vancouver Island nests with and stays with a flock of sheep. The west coast migratory bird officer notes the goose followed the sheep during grazing and kept near the flock when observers approached. The small goose, about the size of a black brant, nests in western Alaska and migrates to California via the Sacramento Valley.
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Qualicum Beach
Vancouver Island
Migratory Bird Officer
Department of Mines and Resources
Alaska
California
Sacramento Valley
Sleep longer by pituitary gland removal
Doctors argue that pituitary activity governs hibernation and alertness. Experiments on animals show injections of pituitary extract may wake lethargic beings, though the effect on human sleepy sickness remains unproven. Pituitary extracts reportedly aid those unable to concentrate.
Roosevelt Calls for Full Aid to Democracies and War Readiness
Roosevelt asks Congress for authority and funds to produce more munitions and to lease or lend war supplies to Britain Greece and China to defend freedom. He outlines a three fleet Navy plan to protect Atlantic shipping and hints the United States is moving toward a war footing as Axis power expands in Europe and the Mediterranean.
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The
Union
Roosevelt
Seventy Seventh Congress
United States
Britain
Greece
China
U. S
Congress
University of North Carolina
France
William C. Bullitt
U. S. Navy
Atlantic
Pacific
Asiatic
Ontario News Briefs Highlight War Tensions and Domestic Policy
The piece notes Allied moves to deter Axis advance in the Balkans with troop deployments and diplomatic pressure on Bulgaria and Yugoslavia. It also reports German military actions in Albania and Italy, plus Ontario focus on Ottawa Rowell Sirois talks and a London Ontario farm policy meeting. Premier Hepburn pledges no new taxes in the upcoming fiscal year.
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Germany
Italy
North
Africa
Albania
Mediterranean
Balkans
Near East
Suez
Europe
New York Times
Gedye
Balkan States
Balkan
Black Sea
Austria
Rumania
Hungary
Bulgaria
Yugoslavia
Axis
Greece
Mussolini
Ontario
Dominion
Ottawa
London
Gardiner
Man Reclaims 22-Year-Old Mesopotamia Loan With Interest
In 1918 H. J. Seager borrowed 7.50 dollars from W. C. Timms in Mesopotamia. Timms forgot the loan until now, and Seager has located him in Coventry England and repaid the 7.50 with 7.50 interest after twenty two years.
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Mesopotamia
H. J. Seager
W. C. Timms
Timms
Coventry
England
Mr. Seager
Sutton
Mr. Timms
Caverns Old London Compared to Paris Underground City
The piece describes a vast underground cave system beneath London, about one tenth Paris size, housing Catacombs with six million bones and gypsum layers. The Quarry Service mapped tunnels along streets above, with springs, arches, pillars, and reinforcements. It notes France could have used it as an underground fortress if war differed.
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London
Paris
Ordance
France
Hitler
Worlds End by Upton Sinclair a society tale of Lanny Budd
The novel follows Anny Budd, son of a privileged woman and a munitions king, through Riviera villas and Paris salons. He encounters Basil Zaharoff, attends the Peace Conference, and watches Wilson map Europe. Sinclair frames a grand era's end and a new world on the horizon. Toronto Macmillan Canada edition priced at three dollars.
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Upton Sinclair
Anny Budd
Europe
Riviera
Basil Zaharoff
Woodrow Wilson
Lincoln Steffens
Soviet Russia
Lanny Budd
Toronto
MacMillan Company of Canada
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Harry Hopkins
Brain Trust
Churchill
B. Co
Wild Bird
U.S
By Fred Neher
Omar
Staurant
Gene Byrnes
City of
Andre Kostelanetz
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