Canada to use mobile hospital railway car for wounded return
A compact khaki mobile hospital car, designed to house 16 patients, nurses, and a medical officer, will be used on Canadian rail routes to bring wounded soldiers from hospitals to their homes. Lt-Col J Jenkins led the car from Montreal and officials approved minor design changes.
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Canada
Ottawa
Murfhal
Mary
Canadian Porta
J. Jenkins
Medical
Montreal
Canadian National Pailways
Col. Jenkins
van Francis Bacchus
CNR
Basin listing on prairies shown inconclusive for crop yields
Three year Dominion experiments at Brandon Indian Head Swift Current Scott and Lethbridge show basin listing does not consistently improve moisture or yields. Some fields show gains while others decline. deeper ridges increase evaporation and poor germination. Further study needed and labour costs high.
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Dominion
Prairie Provinces
Wm. Dickson
Field Husbandry Division
Dominion Experimental Farms Service
Brandon
Man
Indian Head
Sask
Swift Current
Scott
Lethbridge
Alta
Twenty Forestry Companies Prepared for Canadian Service
The Forestry Corps will raise twenty companies for overseas service under Hon J L Ralston and Brig Gen John B White who will command. Six units start immediately with HQs in Kingston Montreal Saint John Winnipeg and Victoria. Training will precede departure with priority to skilled forestry and lumbering workers. Recruiting runs via military district offices. Brig Gen White chairs Canada’s forest industry groups.
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J. L. Ralston
John B. White
Montreal
France
Canada
Kingston
Quebec
Saint John
Winnipeg
Victoria
General White
Forest Industries
Canadian International Paper Company
Canadian Forest Industries Association
Cheap Pasture Feeding for Dairy Cows Guides Growth
C D MacKenzie of the Dominion Experimental Farms Service explains pasture as the cheapest food for milk production and urges extended grazing, rotation grazing with oats and Sudan grass, and use of aftermath from hay areas. Silage and salting crops can supplement late summer feeding, with grain needs scaled to milk output. Water salt mineral intake and shade are essential for cows.
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C. D. MacKenzie
Division of Animal Husbandry
Dominion Experimental Farms Service
Baron Edouard de Rothschild Brings Jewels to New York
A French banker Baron Edouard de Rothschild arrives in New York aboard the Yankes Clipper with a small handbag containing jewels valued at about one million dollars. The collection includes a $100,000 double strand pearl necklace and other Rothschild heirlooms such as diamond bracelets sapphire pendants rubies and emerald rings.
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New York
United States
Baron Edouard de Rothschild
Edouard
France
Bank of France
Neon Of Towns For Naval Weasels
Rear Admiral Percy W. Nelles states new Corvette class ships built in Canadian shipyards will bear town names. Canadian destroyers and minesweepers are named after rivers and other geographic sources. Mrs John Hay of Bainburgh knitted a scarf for Lord Gort for his 100th birthday.
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Percy W. Nelles
Naval Staff
Canada
John Hay
Bainburgh
Lord Gort
About the most annoying thing to woman in indifference
The fragment notes a discussion on what annoys women in social or interpersonal indifference. It references feelings of neglect and nonresponse, indicating a reflective or advisory tone on respect and attention in relationships. No specific people or places are named in the readable text.
Correct Designations for Governor General and Princess Alice
Guidelines for addressing the Governor General and Princess Alice in Dominion usage are outlined. The Earl of Athlone is the Governor General and may be styled His Excellency. Princess Alice remains Her Royal Highness or Princess Alice, Countess of Athlone, with full titles including K.G. and other honors. The phrase Their Excellencies is discouraged.
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Dominion
Canada
Earl of
Princess Alice
Alice
Countess of
Spinach through cows and milk noted in odd claim
A quirky line suggests feeding spinach to cows to produce milk as a method. It also mentions 1111 blind men to 100 blind women in the United States.
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U.S
Poultry Welfare Urged as Heat Strains Birds for War
Red Cross warns heat waves will raise losses among poultry bound for England. Ralston R. Hannan advises tighter flock oversight, vented houses, insulated roofs to cut temperatures, white coatings, water, and ice in pens. NJ College notes egg size drops above 60F. eye weight data show declines with heat.
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Seaboard
England
Ralston R. Hannan
Jersy College of Agriculture
New Jersey
New Jersey College
Red Cross Ambulances Ready at Windsor for England Shipment
Ambulances for the British Red Cross are completed daily in Windsor Ontario with inscriptions. The first batch has been transferred to the seaboard for shipment to England. Ottawa’s government house sent a letter inviting the new Governor General Earl of Athlone to be President of the Canadian Red Cross Society. London reports 25 000 cases of dried apples and 25 000 cases of canned apples offered by the Department of Agriculture for hospitals and refugees, with 1000 cases of each shipped to the Finnish Legation in Washington for refugees.
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British Red Cross
Windsor
Ontario
Seaboard
England
Canadian Red Cross Society
Government House
Ottawa
Earl of Athlone
London
Canadian Society
Department of Agriculture
Washington
Tesla Claims Death Beam To Melt Airplane Engines
Nikola Tesla, Nobel laureate in physics, says he is ready to disclose a secret death beam to the U S government. He claims the device can melt airplane motors at 750 miles and rests on a new physics principle never imagined before.
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Nikola Tesla
United States
Tesla
Earl of Athlone Named Chief Scout for Canada
The Governor General of Canada, the Earl of Athlone, adds Chief Scout to his roles. He previously served as Chief Scout in South Africa and helped unify Dutch, English-speaking and native Scout bodies.
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Earl of Athlone
Canada
South Africa
Lord Athlone
How Atlas Came to Name a Book an Atlas
The piece explains the origin of the term atlas a map book received from Atlas the Greek Titan who bears the heavens. It notes Mercator’s 1595 frontispiece showing Atlas supporting the earth and the subsequent use of atlas for map collections.
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Atlas
Mercator
Canadian built submarine chaser launched on St Lawrence
A sleek Canadian submarine chaser was launched from an Eastern shipyard amid rain and cheering workers. The craft, built for British and Royal Canadian Navies, will operate under the Royal Navy ensign once outfitted, with no naming ceremony yet decided by the Admiralty.
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St Lawrence
Royal
Royal Canadian Navy
H. A. Sheridan
Admiralty
British Supply Board
London
Government Grading of Dressed Poultry Explained
The Dominion Department of Agriculture outlines why poultry grading helps buyers. It details outward signs of quality for fowl, turkeys, ducks and geese, and explains grade tags red for A blue for B yellow for C and pink for Special Grade to remove guesswork.
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Dominion Department of Agriculture
Bose
Legless Pilot Leads RAF Squadron Against Dornier
Flying Officer Douglas Brader, a Briton with artificial legs after a prewar crash, commands a squadron of Canadians in the RAF. He resumed flying at the outbreak of war and during a raid piloted a Hurricane to shoot a Dornier bomber into the sea. The report notes his perseverance and combat achievement.
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Royal Air Force Fighter Command
Air Ministry
Oicer
Douglas Brader
Ayer
Royal Air Force
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