Remarkable wartime progress in food dehydration and tablets
Wartime research highlights the development of concentrated meat tablets called Pep tablets aiding soldiers’ endurance. Dehydration of foods expands supply, with vegetables and eggs shipped overseas, and dried butterfat now produced in New Zealand. The British government has contracted for up to 20,000 tons of dry butterfat, while whey butter processing shows promise for large-scale use.
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United States
Dairy Research Institute
New Zealand
England
St. Thomas
Salvage collapsible tubes for war effort pledge
Citizens are urged to return used collapsible tubes to drug, cigar, general, or department stores for War Time Salvage Limited. Tin from tubes supports Bolingbroke bombers, shell cases, water canteens, and aircraft parts. Canada has no tin ores. disposal without returns is illegal.
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Egypt
Bolingbroke
Prices
Wartime Salvage Limited
Hitler
Color Linens For Bride's Trousse Pattern No 7349
Pattern 7349 offers a bed set transfer with two 5 by 14 4 inch motifs and one 6 by 16 inch motif, includes stitch illustrations and edging directions. Send 26 cents in coin stamps to Household Arts Department, Winnipeg Newspaper Union, 175 McDermot Avenue East, Winnipeg, Man. Include name address and pattern number in clear handwriting.
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Household Arts Department
Winnipes Newspaper Union
McDermot Avenue
Winnipeg
Early American theatres built for other uses
The first theatres were repurposed buildings seating about 300 with no heat beyond a large foyer stove. Patrons were advised to bring their own foot warming devices.
Kansas Leads Nation in Wheat Production
Kansas remains the top wheat producing state in the United States as farmers harvest robust yields across the region. The state's crop output reinforces its central role in national grain supply and agricultural economics.
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Kansas
U.S
Destroyer Wild Swan Sinks Four German Bombers in One Attack
The destroyer Wild Swan, a veteran built in 1928, shot down four German bombers in a single attack, with two additional enemy planes believed to have collided amid anti-aircraft fire. The feat stands as a naval record, underscored by skilled shipyard workmanship and engine-room dedication keeping such ships effective past official life limits.
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Wild Swan
Manchester Guardian
Baseball's rising popularity across Central and South America
Baseball has grown remarkably in Central and South American nations, fueling youth programs and regional leagues. Local clubs report increased participation, sponsorships, and media coverage, signaling a broad expansion of the sport beyond traditional strongholds.
Surveying Origins Traced to Ancient Egypt
Scholars trace the roots of surveying to ancient Egypt with early tools and field work shaping map making and construction practices. The discipline evolves from practical measurement to formal techniques used in monumental architecture and land division across Nile settlements.
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Ancient
Egypt
Victory Garden Clinic Warns of Future Food Shortage
Paul H. Jones of Wayne County Michigan warns that by 1350 a drastic food shortage could strike the continent due to plant diseases and scarce insecticides. He cites war-era air routes spreading germs, urges hygienic gardens, limited chemical use, and notes progress in disease resistant cabbage strains after two decades of research.
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Paul H. Jones
Victory Garden
Wayne County
Dearborn
Michigan
Horace 5. Rackham
Detroit
Jones
Africa
Brazil
Rockefeller Foundation
Noisy City Noise Study Aims To Cut Siren Loudness
Chicago researchers led by H A Leedy of the Greater Chicago Noise Research Council propose a five decibel citywide reduction to improve air raid siren effectiveness without harming ears. The study notes autos horns trains and vehicles as main noise sources, with police whistle and riveter sounds among the loudest recorded. Rigid anti noise enforcement and civic action are urged along with war bond promotions.
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Enid Wareinga
H. A. Leedy
Greater
London
Leedy
Chicago
Errors and Salvage Drive War Materials Effort
The Leeds Yorkshire Post notes printers errors show misprints can alter meaning and reveals Canada’s salvage drive. Dozens of millions in weight of scrap rubber iron and steel rags fats and bones are being sorted and sold through junk dealers under strict controls. Housewife involvement and municipal collection plans boost output funding recreation for armed services across Canada.
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Canada
Leeds Yorkshire Post
Dominion Salvage Organization
Montreal
Kingston
LaFerle
Greyhound Advice for city dweller and power line lightning note
A humorous exchange advises a city resident to choose a greyhound for indoor living while noting an engineer estimate that every 50 miles of power line is struck by lightning about 50 times annually.
Perilous snake bite trial of a lone aviator in flight
Lieut Robert Vaught of the US Army reports a perilous incident aloft at 3 000 feet when a peculiarly marked snake bit him twice near his left foot as he attempted to slide it away. He made a forced landing, treated wound with tourniquet and mud, radioed for help, fired on buffaloes at night, then improvised a hand operation for the rudder, and safely returned to base with later hospital care.
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Robert Vaught
United States Army
Vaught
Jewels Recovered From Bix Consignment Found in Australia
Connie an Aboriginal woman returned to Broome authorities a tube containing diamonds valued at 32000 dollars from a consignment lost on a Netherlands air flight from Java. She found the tube while sifting Carnot Bay sands. A beachcomber located a large quantity of diamonds nearby sixty miles north of Broome.
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Connie
Broome
Australia
Netherlands
Java
Carnot Bay
Building a battleship costs coal and labor
The production of a 35,000 ton battleship consumes 40,000 tons of coal to generate power. This amount equals a single day's output for more than 6,790 coal miners.
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Alice Brooks
By Thurstan Topham
Sperry
CNR
Jeep
Town
National Railways System
Hamilton Ont
Kingston Ont
R.C.A.F. Flier
North Sea
Holand
Holbrooke Mahn
Denver
Royal Canadian Air Force
Marin
Mahn
Sret
Towart Recovery
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