C P R Chief Sees 1928 Peak Yet Untaxed Capacity
D C Coleman of Montreal newly named CPR president says 1928 traffic volume peaks are not straining facilities. He notes wartime shipping bottlenecks, surplus rolling stock, and manpower limits, with rail and air services adapting as postwar readjustment looms. He stresses win the war first, plan later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canadian Pacific Railway
Seaboard
D. C. Coleman
Montreal
C.P
United States
Coleman
2.P.R
Acteman
Trans-Canada Airlines
sub-Arctic
Iso
Angus
Fees
Calgary
C.P.R
Malton
Air Observers
Commonwealth Air Training Plan
Spiders Provide Webs for Gun Sights in War Effort
Spiders weave strong fine webs to aid gun sights. They withstand two days of starvation to reach even thickness, then are cut to one third of the original. The unusual wartime use highlights animal fibers contributing to military needs.
Massive haul of metal milk bottle caps for war work
More than 50 million metal milk bottle caps were recovered in a single month to support war production in England. The effort highlights extensive recycling by civilians and factories to provide essential materials for the home front.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Housewives Asked For Co operation
Broadcast to Canadian women by Donald Gordon, Wartime Prices and Trade Board chair, announces new rationing limits. Sugar allowed half a pound per person weekly, tea and coffee cuts of 50 percent and 25 percent respectively, with enforcement and prosecutions for violators.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Women of
Canada
Donald Gordon
Wartime Prices and Trade Board
Gordon
Polish Preserves Wooden Furniture
Advice on preserving wooden furniture against summer moisture and winter heat. Recommends oil or polish mixtures including turpentine and boiled linseed oil, application frequency, cleaning steps, and fixes for scratches and white spots. Uses practical, period tone.
Boys First Class of Fighting Navy
Two laundry boys aboard a passenger liner in a merchant navy action earned a king’s commendation for smothering a fire from an incendiary bomb and aiding a dud high explosive. Named J. Wiggins and A. McLellan, they were praised for courage and initiative.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fighting Navy
Merchant Navy
Adaptability P by Arthur Guiterman
A playful verse extols practical flexibility in travel and daily life. It contrasts gas cars, bicycles, carriages, and horses with a resourceful, can do mindset. The speaker celebrates walking when buses fail and turning challenges into clever alternatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Guiterman
Humorous Vignettes Tickle Readers In Witty Dialogue
A string of light anecdotes and puns from a British humor column. A Scottish boy faces Navy exam viva and jokes about battles, a surgeon and a patient exchange lines, a shopkeeper and a hat fashion quip, a general mocked by an Australian, a child named Janie dreaming of dieting, and a grocer remedying a headache with playful banter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Navy
Flodden
Time Joke Between Friends Highlights Four O'clock Bet
Dialogue shows Ethel asking for time while Willie hedges about exact hour. Willie says it isn’t four yet, as Ethel plans to be home by four. The exchange captures a light domestic moment with humor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ethel
Willie
No Supply Ship For Hong Kong
The Argentine Foreign Office said Japan would allow an International Red Cross visit to Hong Kong to inspect treatment of prisoners but refused a Red Cross supply ship. Argentina represented UK interests in Japan until April 29, then withdrew at London's request after UN unified representation via Switzerland. Japan cited security reasons for not permitting a Red Cross ship to Singapore and Hong Kong. The embassy reported progress on postal services for interned soldiers and civilians.
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Japan
Red Cross
Hong Kong
United Kingdom
London
United Nations
Switzerland
Singapore
Tokio
World's Smallest Daily Newspaper Bulletin Celebrates 1879 Start
Tyron Daily Bulletin of Tyron North Carolina bills itself as the world's smallest daily. It prints in a compact format with eight pages in a four by seven inch sheet. Front page features letters to editor and local items such as church meetings obituaries. About fifty five percent of space is advertising. Editor is Seth M. Vining. The paper has run since 1879 and ships copies to Canada.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tyron
N.C
Canada
Seth M. Vining
What Science Is Doing Says Lewisite Would Back Fire If Used
The Toronto Telegram reports Prof. W Lee Lewis of Chicago claims the United States could retaliate with the secret gas Lewisite if Hitler introduces gas into total warfare. A former Northwestern professor and Chemical Warfare Service colonel says the War Department kept the formula for twenty five years. He says Lewisite is more humane than World War I gases yet deadly and persistent in cold, moist conditions and remains long after contamination.
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Hitler
United States
W. Lee Lewis
Chicago
Toronto Telegram
Lewis
Northwestern University
Chemical Warfare Service
U. S. War Department
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Mgr. Coleman
Andy Anderson
Toronto
Ontario
Pontiac
Hudson
Chevrolet
Plymouth
Studebaker
KGLER
DODGE
Oldsmobile
DE Soto
McLaughlin-Buick Pontiac Ltd
Bay St
J. Wiggins
A. McLellan
Fee
Janie
Peek
Taylor Umitee
Toronto Safe Works
Vorozniv
BABY
BRAY
LL. x N.H
Bray Hatchery
John
Hamilton
Tweddle Chick Hatcheries Limited
Fergus
Hubbard Ortable Oven Co
Bathurst T
T. Eaton CO. Ltd
Musical Instrument Department
St. Clement
Dixon
Munro's
Elgin
Ottawa
Mami
de- Luxe Book Company
Queen St. West
Ont
Butchers
Bos College Strée Oronto
Mount Pleasant Motors Ltd
Chrysler
Mt, Pleasant
Yonge St
Danforth Avenue
Sloan’s Restaurant
Gravenhurst
Muskoka
Munro’s
335 High
M. B. Horst
St. Jacobs
Patenn
Peth Herstonhaugh & Company Patent Solicitors
King West
Old, Dominion Rug Weaving Company
Queen St. W
Pinkham
Redge
Department H
Parker's Dye “Works
Yonge Street
Photography
Imperial Photo Service Station
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