Surplus Wheat Problem Spurs Diverse Solutions
The surplus wheat issue prompts talks on assisting Russia with Canadian wheat, converting Australian wheat to power alcohol, and boosting natural vitamin B1 in bread. Dr. Newman notes bread’s health value and urges higher B1 content to lift domestic consumption, while war changes may alter feasibility of alcohol use.
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J. G. Gardiner
Russia
Hitler
U.S.S.R
Ukraine
Dominion
L. H. Newman
Newman
Canada
Her Only Home Is Tube Shelter Nightly Home in London
The London Daily Sketch reports a woman asked for her address at a London hospital answered Bed No. X Piccadilly Circus Tube Station. Her only home is the tube shelter where she spends each night. The GPO frequently receives letters addressed to public shelters and these are delivered by the postman.
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London Daily Sketch
London Hospital
Piccadilly Circus
G.P.O
Not Queer At All Airmen In Toronto Snow Joke
The Windsor Star comments on Australian airmen arriving in Toronto who faced jeers for snow in June, arguing they are not ignorant just unused to Canadian weather and noting readers may be surprised by such climate oddity.
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Toronto
Saya
Windsor Star
Visitors to Banff April surge in postwar period
Visitors to Banff in the Canadian Rockies rose sharply in April compared to April 1940, increasing by about four hundred percent. The data imply a strong rebound in tourism as wartime restrictions eased and travel resumed.
Halifax Canadian Atlantic Port Spotlight
Halifax stands as Canada’s chief port on the Atlantic coast, handling major cargo and passenger traffic, supporting regional commerce, military logistics, and fisheries supply, with enduring role in Atlantic trade and travel.
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Halifax
Canada
Atlantic Seacoast
Test Drawing Nearer Lord Beaverbrook Says Britain Faces Great Test
Lord Beaverbrook warns that Britain's survival hinges on a near test as Hitler may invade the Motherland soon. Britain’s Minister of State cannot specify timing but urges the people to fight or fall, declaring there will be no retreat and a resolve to conquer Hitler or die.
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Lord Beaverbrook
Hitler
Britain
United Kingdom
Thoughtful reminiscences of Hitler Mussolini in exile
The remark reflects on Hitler and Mussolini, noting their earlier hardship in Vienna and Switzerland, with a Russian countess said to have aided Mussolini during tough times. The quote frames their later rise to power by contrasting past poverty with later notoriety.
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Hitler
Vienna
Mussolini
Switzerland
Waterfalls Surpass Niagara in Verified Heights
The record notes 67 waterfalls with authenticated heights exceeding Niagara Falls, spotlighting substantial natural landmarks. It emphasizes verified measurements and the global distribution of these heights, reflecting advances in topographic surveying and measurement accuracy.
Beetle Leg Necklace Sighting on Pacific Island
A fragment describes a necklace made of beetle legs found on a Pacific Island. The lone readable details mention a Golomon Islands setting and a strange, goldlike token aspect to the artifact.
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Golomon Islands
Pacific Ocean
Veteran Journalist Hailed For Long Editor Tenure At The News of the World
The piece lauds Sir Emsley Carr on fifty years as editor of The News of the World, noting Churchill's attendance at a luncheon, a royal congratulatory message, and comparing Carr’s record with C P Scott’s 57-year editorship at The Manchester Guardian. It highlights the paper’s rise to a potential three million weekly circulation.
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Winstom Churchill
Emsley Carr
News of the World
C. P. Scott
Manchester Guardian
Scott
Sir Emsley Carr
Sir Emsley
P. O'D
To Sell Goods Urges Advertising During War Emergency
Col Willard Chevalier of New York publisher of Business Week told the Toronto Advertising and Sales Club that advertising must continue during the war emergency to preserve the buying habit for future re establishment. He warned neglect will disrupt postwar business as products become scarce rationed or suspended and urged managements to keep the public interested in products now.
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Willard Chevalier
New York
Business Week
Toronto Advertising and Sales Club
Col. Chevalier
Births and marriages rise in Canadian towns during 1940
The Toronto Star notes marriages in towns and cities over 10 000 population increased 23 percent in 1940 and 19 percent in the first third of 1941. Urban births surged 1243 percent in 1940, with Canada’s natural increase climbing from 120,517 in 1939 to 132,988 in 1940, reflecting higher birthrates.
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Canada
Dominion
The
Toronto Star
Pan American Chief Sees RAF as Well Rounded Unit
Juan T. Trippe, president of Pan American Airways, on return to New York from England, predicted no more daylight air raids over England and that night raids would be costly to Germany. He observed about 500 new British airfields and RAF crews ready to fly within 20 seconds, forming a cohesive organization.
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Royal Air Force
Juan T. Trippe
Pan American Airways System
New York
Clipper
England
Great Britain
R.A.F
Hope to set government standard for flour and bread
Dr L H Newman of Ottawa urged a government standard grade with a minimum vitamin B1 content in flour and bread at a Guelph region meeting of the Canadian Society of Technical Agriculturists. He called for wheat derived vitamins rather than synthetic fortification and warned measures should ensure compliance with minimum legal requirements. He argued a vitamin rich loaf would restore white bread as the real staff of life and boost bread and wheat consumption. Tests show current flours average about 150 IU per pound, versus the target of 400 IU per pound.
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Dr. Newman
Newman
Guelph
Ont
L. H. Newman
Dominion Cerealist
Ottawa
Canadian Society of Technical Agriculturists
Department of Health
Cauliflower and Soda Wafer Bake Recipe
A simple bake using cauliflower in alternating layers with Christies Soda Wafers, seasoned with salt and pepper. Milk is poured over, Canadian cheese sprinkled on top, dots of butter added, and baked in a hot oven for 15 to 20 minutes yielding six portions.
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Christie's
Crunchy Flake Macaroons From Frugal Recipe
A vintage recipe for crunchy flake macaroons using 2 egg whites 1 cup brown or granulated sugar unspecific vanilla corn flakes 1 cup chopped nuts 1 cup shredded coconut. Whip whites to stiff peaks fold in sugar flavoring corn flakes nuts and coconut bake at 350 for 15 to 20 minutes then cool and remove immediately. Yield about a dozen two inch macaroons.
London’s scarred glory earns a unique Cockney strength
Canon Cody argues freedom and peace of mind require defense. He contrasts London with Paris, noting Paris remains large and unscarred while London has grown through suffering into a city of proud resilience. Toronto Telegram cites T. R. Henry on futility of saving life at cost of soul.
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Canon Cody
London
Paris
T. R. Henry
Toronto Telegram
Blitzkrieg fish on display at New York Aquarium
The New York Aquarium exhibited a torpedo ray known as the blitzkrieg fish, delivering 200 plus volt shocks and about three horsepower in a fraction of a second. A brief power demonstration paralyzed five attendants, marking the largest specimen handled by the aquarium staff.
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New York Aquarium
New York Zoological Society
Aquarium
Rescue Valor on Sea Echoes Mutual Aid Between Enemies
The second officer of a British merchant ship risked his life to rescue three wounded German airmen from a sinking raft. The act stood in stark contrast to the likely reception had their roles been reversed, highlighting chivalric conduct amid war.
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Hfe
Law Defines Sea Shore Under Tidal Bounds
English law identifies the sea shore as the land between high and low tide limits. The definition clarifies the shoreline boundary for legal and property purposes.
Exterminate the House Fly With Wilson's Fly Pads
Danger from house flies brings summer illness to babies and eye diseases. Lectures warn, but flies invade homes carrying millions of bacteria. Wilson's Fly Pads offer quick humane kill for flies in homes and stores using a sugar water mix.
Identity of Jordan X. X. Smith Remains Unsolved Mystery
Westminster Military Hospital in London carried for 20 years a patient known only as Jordan X. X. Smith. A First World War veteran with deteriorated speech, he drifted through records from a German uniform to unclear loyalties. He died June 30 and a Jersey City sister’s telegram to a claimed brother was returned.
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Jordan X. X. Smith
Westminster Military Hospital
London
Smith
Ripon
England
Germany
Canada
Westminster Hospital
Jersey City
N.J
Air Training Plan boosts pilots and overseas force plan
Air Minister Hon C G Power said the Commonwealth Air Training Plan yields 25 percent more pilots observers gunners and wireless operators than projected. Training of ground crews is so successful that 23 R C A F squadrons overseas may be manned by local personnel. A composite school for washed out pilots at Trenton Ontario under Squadron Leader Denton Massey is highlighted with low discharge rates.
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C. G. Power
National Defence
Air
Commonwealth Air Training Plan
Power
R.C.A.F
Royal Air Force
Trenton
Ont
Denton Massey
Leaflets from Nazi planes urge Britons to surrender
Dropped on the British Isles the leaflets urge Britons to give up citing impending starvation this year or early next year. They quote Roosevelt on British aid and claim German sinkings to portray Britain’s supply routes as finally closed in the Battle of the Atlantic.
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British Isles
Roosevelt
Britain
Flowers in sandbags aid camouflaging defence post
Soldiers in Scotland use flowers growing in sand bags to camouflage their guna, reducing need to gather twigs and grass for disguise.
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Scotland
New Electric Eye Measures Wheat Protein Content
A new electric eye device has been developed to determine the protein content in wheat. The instrument promises rapid, noncontact analysis, aiding grain grading and quality control for farmers and processors.
Meteor speed ranges shown by photo measurements
Photo measuring devices indicate meteors travel from 8 to 50 miles per second, detailing a wide velocity range for incoming space rocks.
Berlin Shopkeepers Hit With Price Law Fines
In a single month, nearly 4,000 Berlin shopkeepers were fined for violating Nazi price control laws. The crackdown targeted businesses enforcing or inflating prices, reflecting the regime’s strict oversight of commerce and consumer costs during the period.
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Berlin
Pastor echoes thought creed with phrase "As you think so you are"
A pastor asserts a mental discipline idea, stating if you think positively you become so. conversely, if you do not think at all you simply do not exist in that sense. The remark links mindset to self-identity in a concise proverb-like form.
Beaver Handles Log Weight On Land And In Water
A 40 pound beaver can move a 60 pound log on land and a 100 pound log in water, showcasing its strength in different environments.
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Banff
Canadian Rockies
Niagara
Ater of
Lydia
Pinkham
Pinkham's
Blitzkrieg
Torpedo Bay
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Appleford Paper
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Edmonton
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