Salvage Drives War Effort Across Canada
War era salvage gains importance as Canadians collect scrap metal paper fat bones and aluminum to boost production. Junk dealers organize under the Canadian Institute of Secondary Materials to sort and return materials to industry aiding national defense and conserving foreign exchange.
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Dominion
Minister of National War Services
Canada
Canadian Institute of Secondary Materials
Secretary of State
Federal Department of Salvage
Germany
Canada Needs You Motto Calls All Citizens To Support War Effort
A wartime appeal urges every Canadian from housewives to factory workers to contribute to the war effort. It stresses morale, compliance with taxes and restrictions, and the duty to donate blood and conserve resources. The message highlights freedom, unity, and teamwork of about twelve million Canadians toward victory and postwar reconstruction.
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Canada
University of Toronto Dean Reveals War Era Engineering Gains
The Dean of the Faculty of Applied Science and Engineering at the University of Toronto notes that wartime engineering has accelerated the Dominion's war effort. While many advances remain secret, he reveals machine tool industry capacity has risen by over 800 percent.
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Faculty of Applied Science and Engineering
University of Toronto
Napoleon Feeds Captured Soldiers War Food Draws Loyalists
Napoleon provided abundant meals to captured troops making them prefer staying with him after battles. The generous rations contrasted with the meager sustenance in their home countries, attracting many to surrender in hope of continued good food.
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Napoleon
Family survives wartime by shared living costs
In wartime, many households combine to cut expenses as the saying goes two must live cheaper than one. The text notes diverse Africans speaking around the world with many languages.
What is the average length of a generation
The Metropolitan Life Bulletin explains that generation length varies by perspective. A cohort of 100000 births shows an average life of about 63 years, but generations overlap with a mother to daughter interval around 28 years and a father to son interval around 33 years, giving roughly three generations per century.
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Metropolitan Life Bulletin
Frozen porridge carried by travellers in early New England
A mass of frozen bean porridge was carried by travellers in early New England. They hacked off bits with hatchets when hungry.
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New England
Silver mining worth billions across the Western Hemisphere
From 1493 to 1933 the Western Hemisphere mined silver valued at more than 56.3 billion dollars, reflecting vast extraction and economic impact across regions and eras.
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Western Hemisphere
Holland Echoes Across Nations and Regions
The name Holland appears as a country, a linen fabric, a Michigan city, and a Lincolnshire England district, illustrating geographic and cultural diversity tied to a single term.
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Holland
Michigan
Lincolnshire
England
Naval VC holder Stannard recalls Namsos rescue in Boston port
Lieutenant-Commander Richard Stannard, Victoria Cross recipient and commander of the anti-submarine vessel Arab, recalls his actions at Namsos Norway. He evacuated 2,000 French Chasseurs in ten trips, fought fires, and stayed to defend the jetty as German forces approached. The Arab, damaged yet saved, reached Britain with a crew of 40. Stannard, ex Orient Line chief officer, is married with two children. his wife serves as an ambulance driver for the Royal Air Force.
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Joommender Stannard
H.M.S. Ramsey
United States
Meade
Boston
Richard Stannard
Fogarty Feran
Jervis Bay
Stannard
V.C
Namsos
Norway
Britain
Orient Line Steamship
Eagle Squadron
Royal Air Force
Selected Recipes for Cookies in Antique Measure
Shortening and brown sugar are creamed until light and fluffy then eggs are added. Dry ingredients including flour soda baking powder and salt are sifted and folded with nuts dates and corn flakes. Drop spoonfuls onto a greased sheet bake at 375 degrees for about 15 minutes yields about three dozen two inch cookies.
Aunt Janes Krisp Magic Macaroons
A compact old recipe card describes Aunt Janes Krisp Magic Macaroons using 44 cup condensed milk 1 cup shredded cocoanut and 1 cup oven popped rice cereal. Mix ingredients and drop spoonfuls onto a greased sheet then bake at 350 degrees for about 10 minutes until lightly browned yielding about 1 1/2 dozen cookies.
Beginning To Tell Industrial Sabotage In Conquered Countries
Jan Masaryk, Foreign Minister of the Czech Government in exile, told reporters in Ottawa that Nazi control was weakening as underground pressure from occupied Europe grew. He credited Czech sabotage for making the German invaders jumpier and eroding the conquerors hard line.
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Europe
Jan Masaryk
Ottawa
London Invention Tests Water Leaks By Sound
A handy instrument based on the stethoscope principle, devised in London, lets a tester locate leaks in water pipes and determine the direction of water flow.
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London
Government Capital Invested In Large War Enterprises
The Canadian government operates 11 Crown companies with capital tied to private industries, placing it among top world war producers. Investments total about $582,000,000, with much machinery for war use unlikely in peacetime. Crown arms include Allied War Supplies Corp plants, Small Arms Ltd. rifles and Bren guns, Wartime Merchant Shipping Ltd. shipbuilding, Research Enterprises Ltd. electrical gear, Federal Aircraft Ltd. Anson planes, and control of rubber wool and silk supplies, plus machine tool purchases exceeding $60,000,000.
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Allied War Supplies Corp
Small Arms Ltd
Merchant Shipping Ltd
Keela
Research Enterprises Ltd
Federal Aircraft Ltd
Must Be Saved by Knightley Warns of Waste Paper Shortage
William Knightley, supervisor of the national salvage campaign, warned of a paper shortage as Canadian mills operate on a hand-to-mouth basis. He noted only about a quarter of produced paper is salvaged and urged public cooperation to save every scrap. One ton of waste paper can yield shells, fuse parts, ammunition boxes, and packing cases for military use.
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Dominion
Canada
William Knightley
National
Officer puzzled by arrival of sixty wheeled carriers
A regiment commander in the Middle East misread a notification for sixty carriers as a new tank type and ordered parking for wheeled vehicles. He later received sixty wheel barrows. Separately, Greater Germany’s 1941 potato crop is estimated at 65,000,000 tons.
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C.O
Middle East
Greater Germany
Three One Act Plays Bring Nerves Relief in Rural Festival
Richard in Northern Saskatchewan entered three one act plays in the Class B Drama festival at North Battleford last year and won several awards. They performed in surrounding towns, bringing confidence from public appearances and using the whole stage to engage audiences. The shows offered an escape for taut nerves after twelve rehearsals and invited comments to Mary Ellen, Box 326, Regina.
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Mary Ellen
Richard
Saskatchewan
North Battleford
Box
Regina
Health at War Sparks Ontario Nutrition Conference
Dr L B Pett of the federal nutrition department called a Toronto conference to plan a nutrition program and possible Ontario provincial nutritionist. Fifty representatives chaired by Dr J T Phair noted that to sustain war production workers must have adequate nutrition.
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Canada
L. B. Pett
Federal Nutrition Department
Canadian Council of Nutrition
Toronto
Ontario
J. T. Phair
Ontario Health Department
Great Britain
Pett
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