Canada’s Radium Industry Grows on Arctic Frontier
Canada’s radium industry reports steady progress as Eldorado Gold Mines boosts pitchblende output at Great Bear Lake and a Port Hope refinery operates at capacity. The two sites are linked by an expanded, economical processing program and the sector focuses on product and market research.
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Great Bear Lake
Port Hope
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Department of Mines and Resources
Ottawa
Eldorato Gold Mines Limited
N.W.T
Ontario
Evacuation of Microbes Threatened by Bomb Damage
Pasteur Institute evacuated millions of microbes collected worldwide in sealed glass vessels. A fountain spill or shell fire could scatter dangerous germs, undoing years of study and thousands of hours of work. Also notes that about one third of US potato production occurs on the farms where grown.
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Paris
Pasteur Institute
United States
Mystery of the Disappearing Cabinet Minister Captures War Week
Amid steady war talk and diplomatic chatter a sensational question erupts over the British War Secretary’s fate. Goering’s economic power and Roosevelt’s defense push shape 1940 outlook as Canada weighs conservation and tourism amid wartime strain.
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Winston Churchil
Deadwood
Oliver Stanley
Oliver
Hore-Belisha
Paris
New York Times
Archambault
France
Hermann Goering
Germany
Roosevelt
Congress
U. S
Warnon de Valera
Finland
Canada
Ontario Outdoors The Sportsman And War
The declaration of war unsettled the province's sportsmen groups as they debated whether to scale back or boost activities to meet the emergency. A recent statement from the province's leading conservation organization comments on this issue.
Moulders of National Destinies
Professor F. H. Soward, known to CBC listeners, profiles key world figures by tracing careers. The book links events and policies in peaceful and wartime nations with vivid, concise biographies and historical anecdotes. It serves as a compact guide to recent international trends and complements current newspaper readings.
Voice of the Press Quote on Virtue and Inaction
An editorial quote from the Quebec Chronicle Telegraph laments inaction and warns that vice prospers when the virtuous fail to act. The line contrasts wicked pursuit with the reluctance of the good to act.
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Quebec Chronicle - Telegraph
Partial Solar Eclipse Noted for November 11 1940
Peterborough Examine notes a solar eclipse on November 11 1940 with two European individuals mentioned as likely to share the event. The Farmers Advocate cites broad consent among eleven million people that farmers deserve higher product prices but no clear method is offered.
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Europe
Peterborough
Get a Little Air.
Halifax Chronicle notes many people spend most time indoors and in vehicles and offices. It argues fresh air and sunshine are essential to health and that cold weather reduces outdoor time, contributing to illness.
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Halifax Chronicle
Moulders of National Destinies and Tobacco CropRecord
Notable figures listed from Wilson to Chiang Kai shek in Moulders of National Destinies by F H Soward. Toronto Oxford University Press. Canadian tobacco growers harvested a record crop this year totalling 108,770,100 pounds, up from 101,894,000 in 1938 and 72,093,400 in 1987.
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Roosevelt
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Stresemann
Hitler
Dollfuss
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Poincare
Briand
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Stalin
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de Valera
Venizelos
Chamberlain
Eden
Pilsudski
Sun Yat Sen
Chiang Kai-shek
F. H. Soward
Toronto
Oxford University Press
Banquet in Paris Challenges Guests with Wine and Dish Quiz
In Paris a banquet for gourmets offered prizes for identifying wine vintages and dishes. The winner named five wines but only three of seven dishes. Even France’s top food experts could not distinguish venison from hare.
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Paris
France
Impromptu Omelette after Icy Crashed Produce Truck
A produce truck loaded with crates of eyes overturned on the icy ditch near No. 2 Highway west of Thamesford Ontario during Christmas week. The two occupants escaped unharmed and the truck damage was minor. The vehicle is owned by F Pole of Appin.
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F. Pole
Appin
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