Western Canada Backs Board to Safeguard Hudson Bay Route
At the On-to-the-Bay Association annual meeting in Saskatoon resolutions urged a Western Management Board for the Churchill port and for joint rail rates to move grain from Western Canada. The group sought parliamentary action, warned against political interference, and stressed protecting a $56.9 million investment to benefit prairie provinces.
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Western Canada
a-te-the-Bay Association
Saskatoon
Werte
Churchill
Torisen Grain
Howse
Hudson Bay
Sestern
Port Nelson
G. A. Hurst
Saskatchewan
Manitoba
Alberta
Western
Canada
West
Desuetude
Nau Nana
Bay
Wetern Canada
Ths
Atlantic
Alfost
Box villagers revolt over air raid siren wages
The London Daily Mail reports 2700 Box residents demand the siren remain after county police ordered its removal. Robert Dyer, 63, parish council clerk paid 80 cents weekly, seeks 20 cents more to cover lighting and upkeep. Villagers insist one man cannot guard it 24 hours daily during wartime. They appeal to the Minister of Home Security.
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London Daily Mail
Box
England
Robert Dyer
Dyer
Minister of Home Security
First Allusion to Bombs in John Evelyn Diary 1678 Entry
A 1678 diary note attributed to John Evelyn mentions bombs as devilish engines fired from a mortar at Blackheath. The passage is framed as an early reference, noting the terrifying potential of explosive weapons. The text hints at a lineage from that fear to later developments.
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John Evelyn
Blackheath
Modest Canadian Soldier Refuses to Brag About Heroics
Pte. Jack Droye of Vancouver in the 2nd Canadian division helped rescue survivors from a building after Nazi air raids in London. He kept silent about the act even to his batman Lieut. Ferguson and asks no fuss. A Red Cross letter alerted senior officers to his service.
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England
Jack Droye
Vancouver
London
Red Cross
Droye
Lieut
William Ferguson
Winnipeg
Batman
English craftsmen keep walking sticks tradition alive
Across Surrey and Essex border a small wood supplies the finest walking sticks and shepherds crooks. The Downland ash yields straight, polished pieces with barked stems highly valued. Five generations support the craft as war continues, producers in hamlets on the Downs sustain the English habit of carrying a stick.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Britaie
Surrey-Essex
United States
Look For Metals To Make This Continent Independent Of War Material
Harold Ickes announces a western hemisphere effort to free the region from foreign war materials. Six US Geological Survey scientists travel to Bolivia, Cuba, and Brazil to locate tungsten, manganese, chromite ore, and other critical metals for steel and aircraft alloy production. Prior supplies from eastern Europe and Asia have been disrupted by war.
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Western Hemisphere
Harold Ickes
United States
Merior
United States Geological Survey
Bolivia
Cuba
Brazil
Brahma the German Circus Elephant Dies at 100
Brahma, prized attraction of Circus Krone in Munich, died aged over a century. The private rail car owner Carl Krone built for him carried the big elephant on four around the world tours. Once labeled malicious in youth, Brahma became Krone’s pride and led the world’s largest elephant show for years.
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Brahma
Munich
Germany
Krone
P. T. Barnum
Carl Krone
Circus Krone
Australian income tax rates noted in 1920s style
The text discusses Australian taxation with 5 percent on $1 065 25 percent on $3 550 and 50 percent on incomes above $5 325. It adds historical commentary on public speaking, advice to decline a speech, and notes on early 19th century nail production and Chiltern Hills beechwood tent pegs.
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Australia
Chiltern Hills
England
Slanders on Red Cross War Effort Exposed
The Toronto Globe and Mail rebuts claims that the Canadian Red Cross Society pays high salaries and is poorly audited. It states that chairmen and secretaries earn modest sums, with total salaries around 13 600 dollars, and that audits are thorough. The piece labels criticisms as malicious attacks aimed at hindering the war effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
Canadian Red Cross Society
Red Cross
Routley
Globe and Mail
Dominion
Toronto Globe and Mail
Canadawide youth training plan eyed for army trades
Labor department officials say a nationwide youth training program may instruct selected Canadian forces personnel in certain trades. If approved, about 5 000 men could be involved, with prior cooperation already training around 600 as part of military programs. The branch used existing technical schools and summer facilities to train air force ground mechanics and war industry workers. Milk kept in a shallow basin stays sweet longer than in a jug. Hawaiian islands note: white violets grow on stalks four feet high.
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Labor Department
Defence Department
Air Force
Hawaiian Islands
Turkish Air Force Strength and Training Compared to Neighbors
Reynolds News reports Turkey's air force, with front line strength between sixty and sixty aircraft, features many British, American, French, Polish, and German aircraft. The force mirrors RAF structure, pilots and crews trained abroad, and a 12 officer bureau under Ankara's General Staff to maximize land activities.
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Ruama
Turkey
Midh
RAF
Ankara
Selected Recipes Pie and Cocoanut Cream Pile
Ingredients and method for a baked pie filling with custard base and meringue topping. Includes sugar corn starch salt hot milk egg yolks vanilla butter and a baked crust. Cocoa-nut cream pile adds shredded coconut and vanilla before browning the meringue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Durham
Ello Plum Pudding Jell O Molded Fruit Dessert
A vintage recipe for Ell O plum pudding using lemon or cherry Jell O salt cinnamon cloves hot water and mixed fruits nuts Grape Nuts and optional brandy. Dissolve Jell O fold in fruit mix mold chill unmold and serve with foamy sauce or nutmeg whipped cream. Serves 10.
Testing Steel X rays speed up inspection of warship parts
A new 1,000,000 volt X ray tube developed by General Electric speeds steel inspection for military equipment. It can photograph four inch thickness in two minutes and five inch depth in five minutes, vastly faster than prior methods, with the operator observing behind a 36 inch wall. The device, praised for revealing hidden flaws, was originally devised for cancer work at Memorial Hospital New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
General Electric Company
Memorial Hospital
New York
Two Ways to Pay Your Income Tax in Wartime Canada
An October 1941 pamphlet outlines two methods to handle income tax payments. The hard way demands the full amount by April 30, while the easy way offers monthly instalments without interest. The guide encourages planing, easing personal budgets, and supporting the war effort through steady revenue collection.
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Canada
Pitanels Counsel
Toronto-Montreat
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