Britain Faces Food Control and Distribution Crisis
Dr William Ren and Dr Allen describe Britain’s food policy as a wartime effort to centralize control over imports and home production. They note disrupted shipping, irregular arrivals,夜 shifts, and heavy Treasury regulation. Canada should accept a shifted diet, emphasize home production, and avoid price comparisons.
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William Ren
Agricultural Commissioner
Marketing Service
Dominion Department of Agriculture
Dominion
Agrcultural Supplies Board
Ottawa
Allen
United Kingdom
Canada
Englad
Yates Kingdom
Great Britain
Ministry of Food
Discomforts Of War Reflects English Resolve In War Time
Mrs William W Mathers wife of Captain Mathers of London Ontario describes staying in England amid wartime hardships stating the English face cold and discomfort without complaint. She praises their bravery and steadfast determination to see the war through to victory despite the harsh weather.
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England
William W. Mathers
Captain Mathers
London
Ontario
Production Doubled Bren Gun Output in July
Production output of Bren guns in July nearly doubled the revised schedule. The ramp up began last April, six months ahead of the original plan, per Honorable C D Howe minister of munitions and supply. Early results suggest with AIX orouths the supply could reach five units as fast as originally planned.
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C.D. Howe
Aix Orouths
Refugee Aid Reaches English F People after Blockade
Three shiploads of food and clothing for French civilians en route from the U S to France were seized by British forces after the Franco British fall. They have been released to about 75 000 French refugees in England.
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U.S
Frances
England
Bread From Hay Sour Forms Diet in Germany
In Germany bread made from hay sour forms a stable diet as regions reportedly rely on alternative grain substitutes. Local officials note shortages and communities adapt with creative recipes and shared resources.
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Germany
Soviet Grab of Bessarabia Shrinks German Grain Imports
A Romanian study reports Soviet Russia seized Bessarabia and northern Bukovina cutting Germany’s grain supply. Russia’s harvest removal hits Germany’s wheat by 35 percent, barley 38 percent, rye 53 percent, and corn 23 percent. Simultaneously German press says Balkan crops cover winter needs.
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Germany
Russia
Bessarabia
Bucovina
Rumanian Institute of Business Research
Rumania
Balkan
Europe
Captain Orders Power Off Degaussing Ship Blows Up
A neutral vessel bound for Sunderland anchored offshore when its captain cut power to the degaussing system to save electricity. An engineer reportedly warned against it, and the ship detonated on a newly laid magnetic mine, illustrating degaussing effectiveness in protecting ships from German mines.
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Germany
Britain
Sunderland
British plan to build with little steel and no wood
Building research station investigations in London design factories with minimal steel no wood at all and reduced glass as ARP measures. Dr E V Appleton says lighting stays via roof lights and window distribution. Government aims to spend over 8.9 billion dollars on 1940 construction. steel save focuses on roof design.
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Department of Scientific and Industrial Research
London
E. V. Appleton
Department
Summing It Up From The London Daily Sketch
The London Daily Sketch argues attitudes to money vary by action and outcome. It contends a money chase labels a man as moneymad or capitalist or playboy, while rejecting toil leads to derision and wealth gained without effort is blamed as foolish.
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London Daily Sketch
Airdrome Plan Costs Set for 77 Projects
Minister C D Howe says the Joint Air Training Plan will cost 15.5 million for 77 approved airdrome sites. Land purchases total about 2 million for 30,000 acres. Canada supplies about ten percent of U S maple products.
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C. D. Howe
United States
Canada
Sait Featured As Energy Boost In Fields and Plays
The article notes Sait physicians focused on Sait as an energy source. It mentions the famous ginger water of harvest fields and oatmeal water of athletic fields. Both are said to lose flatness with a Liberal pinch of sait.
The Fifth Horseman Pestilence Across Europe
The New York Times describes a Europe strained by famine and cold as Belgium and neighboring nations face shortages. Norway relies on fish in dark winters while Denmark and Holland lose livestock to fodder shortages. Northern France has wheat ready but nobody to harvest. The four horsemen of conquest war famine and death are joined by pestilence looming over a continent already scarred by invasion.
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Belgium
Europe
Norway
Denmark
Holland
France
New York Times
German dive bombers Ju-87 and Ju-88 dominate strategy
Observers in Britain report that Germany relies mainly on two dive bombers the Ju-87 and Ju-88. The Ju-87 is among the first planes designed specifically as a dive bomber, predating adapted American and British models. Its wings show a distinctive kink from wing tips to fuselage with a 12 degree downward bend at the center and an 8 degree upward twist on the outer panels.
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Britain
Germany
Strawberry Guerrilla Grower in Holbrook Hits Nine Inch Berry
A Massachusetts resident in Holbrook cultivates a strawberry nine inches in circumference. The unusual fruit prompts playful questions about making a whole strawberry shortcake from a single berry.
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Holbrook
Massachusetts
Forage Crops Growable on Alkaline Soils in Semi-Arid Western Canada
The article outlines which forage crops tolerate alkaline and saline soils across Saskatchewan and western Canada. It notes alkaline soil extent, drainage remedies, and crop choices like sugar beets, mangels, grasses, and cereals suitable for medium to strong salinity, with guidance on management practices and manure use.
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Canada
Saskatchewan
Soils Department
Bullet Proof Vest Tested By Toronto Inspector
Major W. H. Cross of Oakville Ontario claims a protective vest will stop machine gun bullets. Inspector William Bolton tested the vest firing .38 revolver bullets and .45 submachine gun rounds. Bolton reported the bullets entered the material but did not pass through, noting they looked turned inside out.
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W. H. Cross
Oakville
Ont
William Bolton
Toronto
Major Cross
Imperial Staff
Canada
Bolton
Arms Production Surge Pulls Workers From Army in Britain
The British public reports that thousands of skilled workers, both men and women, are being withdrawn from military service to return to arms manufacturing. The ministry of labor aims to accelerate full production across new and existing factories as aircraft bombs guns and shells reach unprecedented outputs.
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Britain
British Broadcasting Corporation
Ministry of Labor
B.B.C
An Interesting Book by Hon William Buchan Edited in Training
The Hon William Buchan, second son of the late Lord Tweedsmuir and RAF trainee, serves as editor temporarily for The Royal Air Force at War. The book, with stunning photographs and a full service narrative, is produced with air ministry co operation and is believed to be the first authoritative wartime account of the air forces.
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William Buchan
Lord Tweedsmuir
R.A F
Royal Air Force
Air Ministry
Auction of prize bull-pup amid theatre gale in Johannesburg
The report notes Matt Jackson Lipkin offering at auction his bull-pup AOMLS. Herdy during a gale in a Johannesburg theatre as 2000 guineas flow to aid Royal Navy Greatritain seadogs. England trims war luxuries affecting Winston Churchill’s cigars and Crecuseg blooms amid the fat effort.
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Greatritain
Matt Jackson- Lipkin
AOMLS
Herdy
Johannesburg
South Africa
England
Winston Churchj
Ottawa Clock Tops Parliament Hill Named Big Ben Link
A Ottawa Journal feature notes the Parliament Hill clock as Canada’s largest clock. Its circumference is 47 ft 6 in and diameter 13 ft 9 in with nine ft 6 in minute and five ft 8 in hour hands. It runs on electric power using 100 ohms per half minute and needs a yearly oiling.
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Parliament
Ottawa
Big Ben
Capital
Westmintter
London
Canada
G.G.G
Ottawa Journal
Censorship Rules Under German Occupation in Norway
Stockholm dispatch details strict censorship in Nazi occupied Norway. Editors must publish German military statements verbatim and follow placement requests. No royal family, government, or general staff speeches or photos may appear. Allied communiques and broadcasts are banned unless routed via Oslo’s telegrams. High Command communiqués are bolded.
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Norway
Stockholm
London
Germany
Oslo
Queen's Rule Echoes Drawbacks and Global Spotlight
A historical note recalls Queen Elizabeth facing a major drawback to her position as queen. It hints that millions of women might share the burden, and references a widely told moment when Elizabeth was forty, drawing global attention.
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Elizabeth
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