Youngest daughter of McGee dies in Montreal
Brief notice reports the death of 3 year old Clara McGee, youngest daughter of Thomas D'Arcy McGee, in Montreal. Other items note Alberta oil production near half a million barrels extra, higher sales value, and various war era logistics and defense efforts including a proposed Niagara power plant and shipments to Britain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mie Agma Clara McGee
Thos. D'Arcy McGee
Confederation
Montreal
Alberta
T. H. Hogg
Ontario Hydroelectric Power Commission
Niagara
Vancouver
Ottawa
Dominion
United States
Donald V. Trueblood
Seattle
Quality As Important Canada Must Attain Higher Grade A Hogs
Officials of the Dominion department of agriculture warn Canada must improve hog quality to raise the proportion of Grade A hogs. A 1940 study shows only about 75 percent reached A grade, threatening Wiltshire export quality to the United Kingdom and the future of Canada’s bacon industry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
Dominion Department of Agriculture
United Kingdom
Great Britain
Lindbergh Support Motion Sees Mixed Family Backing
Lindberghs mother-in-law signed a petition to President Roosevelt urging stronger U S support for Britain along with 168 other prominent Americans. The text notes Lindbergh’s German connections may limit the impact on public sentiment and suggests his relatives’ views may not sway broad opinion.
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Lindbergh
Roosevelt
United States
Britain
Britain to Make 5 Million Battle Dress Suits from Wool
The British Ministry of Supply orders 10,000 tons of wool to produce over 9,000 miles of serge and more than 5,000,000 battle dress suits, reflecting a massive wartime textile push to outfit troops.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ministry of Supply
New Device Aids Track of Airliners In Flight
United Air Lines announces a ground based system to locate airplanes by shortwave signals. A rotating antenna atop a building transmits data to a chart in the dispatch office, allowing instant bearing and a running flight record. Triangulation from multiple stations pinpoints exact position.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Air Lines
Chicago
J. R Cunningham
Cunningham
Lines’ Communications Laboratory
Learn Shorthand At Home To Boost Office Skills
A home study guide offers Pitman shorthand to help job seekers gain speed and accuracy. Practice dictation daily, learn one sound per day, and use the 32 page booklet Self-Instruction in Shorthand plus 15 cent add on titles like Rugs and Glass Designs from Winnipeg Newspaper Union.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pitman
Home Service Dept
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave. E
Winnipeg
Man
Club Woman's Guide
The Worm Wizard Oliver and Earthworm Pioneers
A 1906 Texas physician turned worm culture pioneer Dr George Sheffield Oliver expanded from gardens to public parks and Hollywood estates. He developed intensive worm diets and fertilizers, crossbred worms, and built a California operation. Hailed as world’s top authority, his worm-based agriculture boosted crop quality and profits despite early struggles.
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Charles Darwin
Texas
George Sheffield Oliver
Darwin
James Oliver
George Oliver
Oliver
Nature Magazine
John Eel Hogg
Cinema Stors
Hollywood
California
Los Angeles
Dr. Oliver
Wizard Oliver
Hogg
A Fort William aviation contrast from past to present
The Fort William Times-Journal notes a stark change in aviation since Alcock and Brown and Lindbergh. Bombers now fly regularly across the ocean from North America to Great Britain, with crossings completed in under ten hours, far quicker than a train trip from Fort William to Winnipeg.
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Fort William
Winnipeg
British Press Praised by Swiss Paper Basler National
Basler National applauds the British press for its conduct during the London onslaught, noting no signs of whining rage or vengeance and calling the attitude admirable amid heavy criticism from abroad.
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Basler
Zeitung
Londo
Bananas Displayed Inverted On Maturity Trellis
At maturity bananas hang in bunches with fingers pointing upward, a display arrangement opposite to their usual store presentation. The description notes this unusual orientation in the production setting.
Australian forces fully mechanized for war areas says minister
Army Minister McBride reports that the entire Australian Imperial Force left the Commonwealth fully mechanized with no horses. The statement emphasizes modernization of Australian operations and suggests a transition to motorized and mechanized transport and equipment for deployment.
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Commonwealth
Army
McBride
Slenderizing Shirtwaister by Anne Adams Pattern 4578
The Anne Adams pattern 4578 offers a slim youthful shirtwaister with back yoke darts and notched collar. Choose long sleeves or short sleeves, pockets optional, and fabric options in wash cotton or silk checks. Sizes 34 to 48. order via Winnipeg Pattern Dept. Send size name address and pattern number.
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Anne Adams
Rite Plainty
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave
Winnipeg
Selected Recipes From An Old Menu Card
A set of kitchen notes detailing candy apples and a short crust shell. It lists ingredients including 12 red apples 2 cups sugar 4% cup corn syrup and 12 wooden skewers, plus 4, cup butter and corn flake crumbs. Instructions describe candying apples and forming a crumb crust shell for a pie.
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Mazda
Kellogg's
North Atlantic air service to resume next spring
Authorities say North Atlantic air service will be resumed in the spring. It is understood that two or three Clippers bought by the British government from Pan-American Airways will be used, along with the Clyde and the Clare which made ten crossings last summer.
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North Atlantic
Pan-American Airways
Clyde
Pound Book Dealer Sells by the Pound in Los Angeles
Michael Foreman, a seven year bookseller, began selling used books by the pound in Los Angeles at 25 cents for the first pound and 10 cents for each additional pound. The British Ministry of Supply has contracted for 5,000,000 battle dress blouses and 6,000,000 trousers in the largest single wartime order.
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Los Angeles
Michael Foreman
Ministry of Supply
Multilingual operators at Faraday House exchange in London
Up to sixty operators on duty at Faraday House London speak as many as five languages each. A two pound fish weighs only about one pound in salt water.
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Faraday House
London
International Exchange
Parable of the Great Supper Lesson Reflections
A Sunday School lesson on Luke 14 15 35 and the parable of the great supper. It cites Maclaren Trench and Euthymias to explain why guests refused the feast and how Gentile invitation expanded the invitation, ending with none of the original invitees tasting the supper.
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Isaiah
Alexander Maclaren
Christ
Trench
Euthymias
Advances in medicine since the First Great War
The text outlines medical progress from the First Great War to contemporary conflicts, noting pneumonia defenses, blood transfusion advances, and improved wound care. It highlights Dr Trueta's Barcelona method of wound healing, cast immobilization, and the impact of nutrition on recovery while detailing infection control and battlefield medical supply improvements.
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Barcelona
Trueta
Giraffe Uses Pencil-Thin Tongue to Reach Thorn Leaves
The giraffe can narrow its tongue to the width of a lead pencil enabling it to probe among thorny branches of the African thorn tree and pluck small leaves. The behavior highlights remarkable neck and tongue adaptation for feeding in harsh savanna environments.
Unusual Trademark Marks Equal Rights on Bread in Albany
A baker and suffrage advocate in Albany New York baked on bread loaves the words Equal Rights as a trademark between 1884 and 1887. Mlle Eve Curie, daughter of the radium discoverer, works nights in London aiding bombed families with temporary homes. Stains on ivory knife handles can be removed by rubbing with a cut lemon dipped in table salt.
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Albany
N.Y
Mlle
Eve Curie
East End
London
Death of Dr. McCullough Remains Noted Canadian Medical Pioneer
The obituary recalls Dr. McCullough dying January 5 1941 at age 72 with his birthday looming January 26. He served in the Canadian Army Medical Corps 1914 18 and as Ontario chief health officer 1910 35 initiating free diphtheria antitoxin distribution, public health labs, and TB clinics. Surviving are his widow and three daughters and a son at Mayo Clinic.
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McCullough
Toronto Globe & Mail
Canadian Army Medical Corps
Ontario
Department of Health
Peterboro County
Dr. McCullough
John J
Matilda Scott McCullough
Owen Sound Collegiate
Trinity Medical School
University of Toronto
New York
London
Eng
Alliston
Ont
Great Lakes
Ottawa
Health League
L.O.O.F
Lo.f
Mississauga Golf Club
Academy of Medicine
Alice Margaret Lawson McCullough
Fenwick
Col. Co. P. Fenwick
Dorothy McCullough
Toronto
Nora McCullough
South Africa
J. A. Lawson McCullough
Mayo Clinic
Rochester
Minn
Soil survey work during the 1940 field season in Canada
In 1940, Canada conducted reconnaissance on 10,299,280 acres and detailed surveys on 30,910 acres under a cooperative Dominion Provincial framework. Twenty eight Dominion and eighteen Provincial surveyors participated, with 80 airfields surveyed at the request of the Department of Transport as part of war work. Rabbits threaten sandalwood trees in Western Australia’s goldfields as a separate note.
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Canada
Dominion
Field Husbandry Division
Dominion Experimental Farms Service
Colleges Or Departments of Agriculture
Department of Transport
Fewer Barristers Called in London Amid War Shortage
Fewer than 60 barristers were called in London this term due to wartime constraints marking a record low. A lone woman wore wig and gown in the abbreviated ceremony. A renowned saying cautions that sustaining earnings meets the demand of ambition.
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London
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Brefly
American Committee For Defence of British Homes
Walter Carpenter
Australia
Canadian Post Office Department
Middle East
Mulock
Mickie
Advertite
Home Service
British Press
Fhe Pound
DR. J.W. $. McCullough
China
Goldfields
Western Australia
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