Empire Unity in War Effort Across Colonies
The British Ministry of Information highlights contributions from Empire colonies in World War II. Ceylon raised 3,290,000 for war funds with 1,654,060 from the State Council. East Africa colonies donated over 12,606,000. Tanganyika's war savings doubled its 2,200,000 target. Trinidad investors bought 37,000 in war certificates and the Bomber Fund surpassed 900,000. Loans totalling over 30,900,000 came from colonial governments and private residents, who also cover interest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E Ir
Ceylon
Tanganyika
Trinidad
Trinidad Bomber Fund
Empire wartime aid across colonies strengthens total mobilization
The article notes inter-Empire cooperation beyond financial support, with Britain shipping machinery to Kenya, Northern Rhodesia, East Africa, British Guiana, and more to mobilize resources. Canada supplies 150 plows for Kenya as part of a broader voluntary aid network, reflecting enduring loyalty to His Majesty's government and reluctance to alter the imperial relationship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Britain
Kenya
Northern Rhodesia
East Africa
British Guiana
Canada
Churchill
Native greens boost summer vitamins in Canada
A health note urges Canadians to diversify leafy vegetables beyond lettuce and celery. It highlights greens like green peppers parsley dandelion watercress turnip leaves and beet tops as rich sources of vitamins A and C and explains cooking tips to conserve nutrients. A postcard request to the Western Division Health League of Canada offers a free vitamin chart.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vitamin A
Fe International
Western Division Health League of Canada
Avenue Road
Toronto
Garson cites Sirois report as basis for postwar reform
Premier Stuart S. Garson told Winnipeg delegates that constitutional reform in Canada after World War II is impossible without reform and that the Sirois report could provide the essential foundation for these changes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
Stuart S. Garson
Conference On World Missions
Winnipeg
Sirois
Remembering Home and the World Beyond
A reflection from the Kitchener Record notes that many veterans plan travel after the war, though some will stay. It highlights a practical army guide urging civilians to mind nutrition while exploring distant lands such as Africa and the Arctic, mentioning dangers like poisonous polar bear livers and rabbit starvation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Africa
Trade links between Britain and colonies noted
A historical note states that only 12 percent of Britain’s overseas trade is with the British Colonies and imports from the United Kingdom constitute merely 24.44 percent of the Colonies’ total imports, indicating limited colonial economic ties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Britain
United Kingdom
Sulfa Drugs Benefit Farm Animals Warned By Canada
A veterinary summary notes sulfa drugs save human lives and now aid poultry, calves, sheep, and swine. Sulfaguanadine helps coccidiosis in poultry and calf diseases, with cautions from Canada’s Veterinary Director General that use must be under veterinary supervision to avoid danger.
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Veterinary Director General of
Canada
Smile Awhile Humorous Snapshots and Quotations
A collage of lighthearted lines and jokes from everyday life. The pieces feature a wife and husband exchange about insurance and accidents, a toddler in a bathing suit testing dryness, the uncle and loan advice, late hours vs excitement, a daughter and practical mother, a doctor and patient on walking, and a jurist with a thief. Also included is a note on a giant camera at Bell Labs capable of 800 negatives daily, with the photographer working inside the device in darkness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Bell Telephone Laboratories
Graduates of British Commonwealth Air Training Plan list
The list names numerous graduates from No 5 Bombing and Gunnery School Dafoe Sask No 6 Air Observer School Winnipeg and other postings across Canada and Manitoba as part of the Air Training Plan The Soviet Union relies on water from Baku wells as a new iodine source.
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G. A. Stratton
Weyburn
Sask
H. Murray
M.A. Degast
Gunton Flo
Manena
Lilac
Dafoe
J. P. Plenel
St. Gregor
W. R. Wilson
Shell Lake
Ask
Air Observer
Winnipeg
Man
J. E. Taylor
Fillmore
Sak
H. Young
Parkber
Air Observer School
Berezowski
Duchanan
R. EB. Cummings
W. OD
Hardacre
Breton
Alta
C. M. Hawkins
Carvel
J. Sosiak
Transcona
E. C. Whitney
Valjean
Macdonald
Air Gunnera
J.D. Waigh
Souris
W. C. Barrett
Miniota
W. R. Cole
Wapella
W. R. Nicolle
Strongfeld
L. W. Toombs
Pequis
W. B. Martin
Daylesford
No. 7
Portage la Prairie
D. H. Loewen
Scott
R. H. Sneath
Elgin
R. Walld
Bluff Cronk
Stan
R. C. Whetler
R. Johnson
Henriborne
W. J. van Maarten
Winnifred
D. V. Chandler
Medicine Hat
Laird
D. M. Grant
Tisdale
L. M. Harmon
Banff
J. B. Hurlburt
Vegreville
W. Larsen
Mawer
Neufeld
Steinbach
R. M. Peterson
Galahad
Rita
B.C. Rosa
Oakner
Man, Co. BR
Spriggs
Tuxford
N. B. Streight
Vanguard
Soviet Union
Bakuol
Nomura proposes holding out as new path to victory
New York Times reports Admiral Nomura, Japan’s pre Pearl Harbor ambassador, telling the Axis peoples there is no need to attack. Victory now lies in holding out in conquered positions, a strategy the Germans and Italians have tried and failed at repeatedly, from Stalingrad to Tunisia and across the Pacific.
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Nomura
Japan
Washington
Italy
Stalingrad
Rostov
Kursk
Tunisia
Coral Sea
Midway
Solomons
Bismarck Sea
Guadalcanal
Papua
Attu
New York Times
The Right Stuff at 86 Farming Alone for Battle Effort
George F. House, 86, remains on his Bertle township farm near Fort Erie Ontario after his grandson Howard Reuben Noyes left for Toronto to join the RCAF. He plans to self farm and grow crops to aid the war effort against Hitlerism.
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Bertle Township
Fort Erie
Ont
Howard Reuben Noyes
Toronto
R.C.A.F
George F. House
First English printed advertisement believed to appear in 1477
An item notes that the earliest English printed advertisement is thought to have appeared in 1477. The remark frames a milestone in early publishing and the commercial use of print.
Unpatriotic Evasion in Soldiers Overseas Parcels
Damaged parcels repacked by the Canadian Postal Corps reveal items like layettes silk stockings powder puffs and cosmetics sent to soldiers overseas. Authorities warn such items breach regulations and could jeopardize special British privileges for service members while civilians shipping for civilians in soldiers parcels face penalties. Apples have been cultivated in Britain since the Roman occupation.
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Canadian Postal Corps
Britain
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New Zealand
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Ministry of Information
Ogden
Ogden’s
Betty
Billkins
Mose
Yassuh
Wings Parade
R.caf
BCATP
Royal Canadian Air Force
Christies Biscuits
Jack Miner
Senate of
Alma College
St. Thomas
P. S. Dobson
Wilhelmina Conklin Miner
Wilhelmina
Manly F. Miner
Kingsville
Ontario
Amie TS
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