Films For Education In Canada Amid War Propaganda
The piece notes motion pictures as entertainment and education in Canada with growing wartime use for propaganda. It highlights the National Film Board’s expansion, schools utilizing films, and experts suggesting cinema could counter Nazi messaging in Occupied Europe. It references Charles Francis Coe’s view on using films to show decency and individual values against dictatorship.
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Canada
Mhst
Dominion
Great Britain
United States
Russia
National Film Board In
Europe
Charles Francis Coe
Motion Picture Company
Forgery Proof Clay Seals in Mesopotamian History
The piece notes how 3000 years before Christ Mesopotamian scribes used clay tablets and seals to authenticate documents. It highlights the cylinder seal as a forerunner of rotary printing and explains how intricate designs protected against forgery. The Royal Ontario Museum recently showcased a collection of these ancient seals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mesopotamia
Near East
John Henry
Royal Ontario Museum
Red Clover Winter Survival in Britain Mentioned
A passage notes red clover varieties resistant to Canadian and Russian winters may fail under UK conditions as the crown is kept below ground, contrasting with native red clover where the crown remains above ground. It also references the world’s largest strawberry market to Wallace, North Carolina.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Britain
United Kingdom
Wallace, N.C
RCAF BCAT P LIST OF GRADUATES
The Britga Commonwealth Air Training Plan lists graduates from No. Bombing and Gunnery School Dafoe Sask and No. 3 Bombing and Gunnery School Macdonald Man along with No. 1 Central Navigation School Rivers Man and other detachments. Names include W A Brown O'Brien Bay BC J L Staples Kindersley Sask C W Austin Delburne Alta and many others listed by station and role.
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Britga Commonwealth Air Training
Dafoe
Sask
W. A. Brown
O'Brien Bay
B.C
Creelman
A. F. Dunn
Netherhill
H.W. Francis
Prince Albert
H. G. Franko
Theodore
M. E. Gates
Red Deer
Alta
J. Gingrich
Mazeppa
Sat. E. Jones
Unity
H. G. Landrum
Oberon
Man
Bat
R. A. Leman
Muirhead
F. Vv
Lingblom
Naham
J. B. Linstead
High Hiver
M. A. Lowick
Fosterton
C. M. McIlroy
Mannville
D. C. Pannell
Lloydminster
H. B. Rice
G. G. Baldwin
Fertile
M. G. Beatty
G. C. Bellamy
McKague
R. L. Joyce
Rivers
M. G. McFarlane
Tisdale
J. Robinson
Elmpton
Bask
F. A. Scott
Freemont
J. EB. Scotten
Durban
A. 5
Tyrrell
Qu’ Appelle
Service Flying Training School
Dauphin
W. W. Pollock
J. BR
G. Sadler
Air Observer School
Portage
Raitic
Mans
B . Wils Set
LG. Smith
Carman Mane
No. 7
Portage la Prairie
F. X. Burleigh
Wroydminster
E. P. Gronow
Westeroose
G. R. Ingram
Sidestone
Sask. Set. 3 Knysh, Gardenton, Man. Sgt. R. F. Meggison, Goodland
F.C. Squires
Wembley
No. 12
Brandon Felf
Birdfell
EF Lake
Bet EM
No. 5
Winnipeg
Air Bombers
D. H. Bennett
Stony Mountain
A. Williams
Stonewatt
ME Dauncey
Webb
N. L. Mazer
Rams
G. L. Parke
Onion’ Lake
Bjorkdale
C. L. Cariaga
Watrous
G. N. Fisher
Sylvan Lake
Alte
J. H. Nafaiger
Vulcan
Famine Relief Sends Wheat to India From Britain
In a bid to ease famine, Britain ships reserve wheat to India amid rice shortages in Bengal. The move aims to bolster supplies for India as Bengal imports large quantities to meet demand. The effort involves military and civilian logistics to deliver relief to affected regions.
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Britain
Indie
Bengal
Humorous Jottings From Daily Life and Misunderstandings
A collection of light vignettes and cartoons depicting motorists lovers and wives, golf and weather jokes, a rural magistrate tax gag, a weather lesson quip, a misdrawn child drawing joke, a puzzled draft question tale, MP and public questions banter, and a mother and teacher exchange about Randolph’s drawing to close.
Our Boys And Girls On Active Service
A wartime feature highlights Canadian servicemen and women with stories from the Royal Canadian Navy and air force. It notes amputations from a naval bombing, a Vancouver pilot’s destruction of a Junkers 88, DFC awards to Westerners, and profiles including instructors at the Empire Central Flying School. Navy Week and Navy League efforts are outlined along with Winnipeg’s Petty Officer Art Cordy and Calgary Wren Jo an Cole performing unique liaison duties on the Welland Canal.
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Royal Canadian Navy
Calgary
University of Flying
England
Empire Central Flying School
SL. R. C. Stovel
Winnipeg
SL. R. Newsome
Saskatoon
Sask
Art Cordy
Wren Joan Cole
Alta
Welland Canal
Navy
Coast Guard
Propaganda Doubt Over Moscow Four-Power Pact Sells
The Buffalo Courier-Express notes Nazi broadcasts question the Moscow pact between Russia Britain China and the United States. It suggests Goebbels wonders who sold out to whom while asserting the real selling was by Hitler and his circle, not a British American influence.
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Russia
Britain
China
United States
Berlin
Moscow
Stalin
Soybean protein and oil content vary with conditions
Soybeans and Alberta under somewhat drier conditions appear to have a tendency for slightly higher protein and lower oil content than soybeans produced in other provinces where the west use supply is normally more.
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Alberta
Fraser Sockeye Pack Drops Sharply in Bad Season
Vancouver Province notes a weak Fraser River sockeye season with 72,090 cases caught by October 2, far below last year’s 434,701 and the five year average of 201,000. The article warns of hardships for fishermen, small investors, and processing firms, stressing fishing as a necessary though risky gamble.
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Fraser
British Columbia
Vancouver
Children First: Protecting Canada’s Young Lives
Otto Zoff urges action to safeguard children as war and disease threaten lives. The piece cites 1942 infant mortality in British Columbia and Canada, with thousands dying from preventable diseases. Parents are urged to immunize and shield children from whooping cough, diphtheria, smallpox, and scarlet fever to ensure Canada’s future.
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Otto Zoff
Survey Graphics Magazine
Mr. Zoff
Canada
E. Couture
Division of
Federal Department of Pensions and National Health
British Columbia
Final Goal Berlin Speech Forecasting Allied To Strike
The London Sunday Express quotes a bold wartime message: the final goal is Berlin and the German war machine will be smashed. The plan mentions potential routes through Italy or the Balkans, southern France, Norway, or Denmark as stepping stones toward ultimate defeat. The author recalls standing alone against Goliath three years prior, but now the sling and stone remain enough for victory.
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Berlin
Italy
Balkans
France
Norway
Denmark
Goliath
London Sunday Express
Gems of Thought on Brotherhood and Faith
A compact collection of quotes from Lyman Abbott Mary Baker Eddy Cannon Sheppard Calvin Coolidge and Edwin Markham emphasizing the brotherhood of man as central to Christianity and public life, the unity of God and humanity, and the avoidance of war through Christian living.
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Man
God
Lyman Abbott
Mary Baker Eddy
Cannon Sheppard
Calvin Coolidge
Edwin Markham
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