World War II Briefs From Across the Globe
Reports note Britain and Canada receiving many U S warplanes while gasoline powered trains halt due to fuel shortages. Canada boosts steel output to 2.25 million tons yearly, and U S citizens in India offer defence help. German girls face six months more in auxiliary service after Reich Labor, tea to be bought from India. Twenty ships to cost about 102000 pounds. London records its sunniest day in 42 years with 15 hours 43 minutes of sun. North Vancouver Ship Repairs plans a 10,000 ton floating drydock and plant expansion. Federal studies consider farm labor shortage measures across departments.
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Great Britain
Canada
United States
India
Bengal
British Broadcasting Corporation
Reich
Etre
Dail
London
A. ©. Burdick
North Vancouver Ship Repairs, Ltd
Rice Grass Fodder Finds Wartime Use in Britain
Good Cattle Fodder Seeds taken to England last century on American ships yield valuable wartime cattle fodder. Spartina townsendii, a hybrid from America and native grasses, grows on coastal flats and estuaries. It protects banks, makes fine hay, and is grazed by livestock. planted in New South Wales and tested in South Africa, India, and Sudan.
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England
Britain
Hythe
Southampton Water
America
New South Wales
Riverina
Heifetz Donates Aluminum Practice Violin to Government
acclaimed violinist Jascha Heifetz donated an aluminum practice violin to national defense. New York Mayor Fiorello La Guardia called it the most precious item in the aluminum collection campaign. Heifetz plans to auction or sell it to acquire more aluminum, while noting two remaining violins, his Stradivarius and Guarnerius, valued at 150000 dollars.
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Jascha Heifetz
Heifetz
New York
la Guardia
Rapid kiln seasoning shortens wood drying times across species
Wartime demand drives faster timber seasoning with dry kilns at Canadian mills. Hardwood lumber can now be dried eight to twenty days after sawing, with continuous moisture control, enabling furniture and other goods to be produced within days of sawing while maintaining quality.
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Forest Products Laboratories
Department of Mines and Resources
Canada
Red Cross In Newfoundland June Relief Efforts Expand
Canadian Red Cross in Newfoundland reports June activity as three more groups of torpedoed ship survivors arrive in St Johns. About 150 men cared for, with comfort bags clothing and Red Cross staff meeting them at the pier. Beds improvised in Caribou Hut and recreation rooms. Hospital visits daily care for burns wounds and infections plus x rays and doctor visits. Survivors helped with clothing supplies and even painting and sorting at Red Cross HQ.
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Newfoundland
Red Cross
St. Johns
British morale seen through Pearson on CBC broadcast
British morale described by L B Pearson former secretary to the Canadian high commissioner in London as high undefeated and steady. He cited witnessing fear and shock among Londoners yet asserted no one says it is too much and wants to call it off during a CBC weekly feature.
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L. B. Pearson
Vincent Milagsey
London
Britain
Mr. Pearson
Pearson
External Affairs Department
CBC
Weat Florida Farther South Than Los Angeles
Key Weat in Florida is positioned more than 600 miles south of Los Angeles California. The note contrasts latitudinal lines, highlighting Florida’s warmer climate and southern extent relative to the California coast.
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Key Weat, Fla
Los Angeles
Calif
Canada to Replace Japanese Silk in Hosiery Industry
Canadian officials outline plans to substitute rayon and other fabrics for silk after Japan banned exports. Most silk used in stockings prewar, together with lingerie and dresses, would shift to rayon, with Canada sourcing material domestically and potential new viscose rayon plant in Vancouver. Officials say stockpiles may last through year end, and price effects are not expected for linings or lingerie.
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Japan
Ottawa
Canada
Dominion
Cornwall
Ont
Drummondville
Que
Vancouver
Craft Of AN Boats To Be Built In Large Programme
The munitions and supply department announced orders for 921 boats in its small boat construction programme. About 350 boats have been completed in an $8,000,000 effort. Sixty-eight shipyards are filling orders for the Royal Canadian Navy and other Allied services, building vessels from 12 foot collapsible assault boats to 112 foot motor ships and fast torpedo boats.
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Munitions and Supply Department
Royal Canadian Navy
Royal Canadian Air Force
Active
Well fitting slip for women pattern 4763
Advertises Anne Adams pattern 4763 for a full length slip with front panel and side seam shaping. Describes back design, lace edging options, and sizes 34 through 48. Includes yardage for size 36 and price of 20 cents. Orders to Anne Adams Pattern Dept Winnipeg Newspaper Union.
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Anne Adams
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot, Ave. E
Winnipeg
Man
Wool mittens from Tibet to London for Seafarers Fund
Three thousand sea hoat stock ings made of wool spun by people of Tibet and knitted by natives of Bengal were received in London by the Navy League Seafarer's Comforts Fund. They were of the circular type because the natives don't know how to knit heels. Just suppose the army and navy went on strike for half the pay rail way men get.
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Tibet
Bengal
London
Navy League Seafarer's Comforts Fund
Army
Navy
Peter Urges Christians to Endure Persecution Bravely
A Sunday School lesson on I Peter 4 12 19 and 5 6 11 urges believers not to be surprised by trials but to rejoice in sharing Christ s sufferings and glory. It discusses Christian identity, faithful conduct, and trusting God with anxieties, citing Pliny the Younger s record of Christians singing hymns to Christ and pledging abstinence from sin.
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Peter
Christ
God
Trajan
Pliny the Younger
Jesus
Antioch
Agrippa
Paul
Manitoba’s Maritime Consciousness Highlighted by CKY Feature
The CKY feature Manitoba Calling asserts Manitoba’s maritime view despite inland geography. It notes Hudson Bay salt waters reach 400 miles of coast, Churchill port for trans Atlantic traffic, Lake Winnipeg larger than Lake Ontario, a strong commercial fishing industry in 1940, and many Manitobans trained for the Royal Canadian Navy and Merchant Service. The piece cites the Winnipeg Sea Cadet Corps and routes to naval service, ending with a Denmark milk pouring custom.
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Great Lakes
Manitoba
CKY
Canada
Hudson Bay
Churchill
Duke of Marlborough
Britain
Lake Winnipeg
Lake
Ontario
Royal Canadian Navy
Naval Reserve
Merchant Service
Seven Seas
King
Winnipeg Sea Cadet Corps
Winnipeg
Royal Canadian Naval Volunteer Reserve
Winnipeg Free Press
Cooling of Forgings for Airplane Motors
The process controls forging cooling to take several days for steel to drop from around 2000 degrees Fahrenheit ensuring structural integrity during manufacturing.
Dental defects fuel draft denial and call for clinics
Health League of Canada reports that dental defects are the leading reason 11S draftees are rejected. Only about one in five accepted needed no dental work. An official links poor nutrition and poverty to early decay and urges free dental clinics in urban areas plus regular examinations to curb decay.
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Health League of Canada
League
Toronto
Canada
The
Health League
United States
Metals Shortages Slow Airplane Building Across War
British Columbia could help ease the magnesium bottleneck with deposits in the Cariboo near Clinton offering unprospected sources of magnesium hydroxide and magnesium sulfate. Aluminum remains abundant but scarce, limiting aircraft production as both metals are vital for light, strong aircraft alloys. Area of unoccupied France noted as 85,000 square miles.
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British Columbia
Cariboo
Clinton
D.A.M
Vancouver
France
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U.S
National Defence Campaign
Sak
Annie Adams
Bill Thompson
Horatio K. Boomer
Nick de Popolos
Banff
Bill
Banff Springs
Banff Mounted Police
Moffatt
William James
Denmark
Mickie
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