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Newspaper
Orono Weekly Times
Location
Orono, Ontario, Canada
Date
May 08, 1941
Page
6
Carolus Linnaeus and Systema Naturae form the backbone of biology in the excerpt. It explains the tenth edition as authority, Latin roots, and the need to study Latin. The piece distinguishes plants from animals and clarifies common language usage versus scientific taxonomy.
Booth Tarkington presents Hatcher Ide a young man seeking work love and meaning in a midwestern town altered by the 1929 downturn. The novel follows his cautious step into adult life as his father struggles and old assumptions fade in a new era. Published by McClelland Stewart Toronto at $2.50.
Dr Yen Man and Dr Bedford Shelmire offered a Poison Ivy preventive at a dermatologists' convention. They described boiling ivy leaves in ether, evaporating the ether, mixing the residue with corn oil, and making capsules to be taken gradually up to 10 drops daily to induce immunity.
U S Navy ships push toward a two ocean fleet with Edison destroyer showing reduced construction times. North Carolina and Washington battleships join new fleet, while analysts debate the Balkan and Egyptian fronts and Turkey's stance amid the expanding war.
Prime Minister Mackenzie King warns Canadians of extended fighting with taxes rising to fund war. A 1941-42 budget targets a record 1.4 billion dollars, adding new levies on gasoline, autos, cinema, cigarettes, and more. Britain seeks aid. U S actions edge toward war. More conscriptions and overseas lend help follow.
The navy began sending warships, destroyers and carrier-based aircraft to the Atlantic patrol with aim to combat Nazi submarines and raiders. Soviet “Red Fleet” declared the extended U S naval patrol would enable America and Britain to prevail in the Atlantic war.
The Health of Animals Division reports 68,468 stock cars and 8,615 trucks were cleansed and disinfected in 1940 at 22 railway points across the Dominion. Cars are treated unless already cleansed since last use for stock, under supervision of the Dominion Department of Agriculture.
On January 25, 1941 Canada held 266,050,488 pounds of refined sugar, up from 192,884,644 pounds on the same date in 1940. The figures show a significant year over year increase in available refined sugar stocks.
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