Prosperity For Agriculture In Western Canada
The people of Western Canada remain optimistic about the future of the Prairies despite drought rust frost insects and economic challenges. Farmers have solved many problems themselves and with help from scientists and economists. Advances include rust and frost resistant wheats new insecticides and fertilizers plus stronger farmer organizations improving prices and economic factors.
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Western
Canada
Prairies
Increase In Farm Income in Canada
A survey shows the average Canadian farmer now owns more property, has stronger cash position, and fewer debts than ever before. Farm prices rose about sixty percent from 1939 to 1944 while agricultural production increased fifty percent, making farm income nearly double pre 1939 levels and as favorable as the 1926 to 1929 prosperity period.
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Canada
Greatest expansion in Canada farming 1914 to 1918
The records show land under cultivation expanded by 18 million acres during 1914 to 1918, creating large wheat exports and price sensitivity to world markets. Agriculture employs 25 percent of workers and 30 percent of men, making farming Canada’s key industry. Provisions for farmer support after the war and Breton Woods ideas aim to improve trade and reduce farming hazards.
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Canada
Dominion
Breton Woods
Sea going movies aboard Royal Canadian Navy ships
The Royal Canadian Naval Film Society rents Alm productions to ships at sea and remote ports from Halifax to North Russia. Navymen pay five cents to rent films, buyer costs average about four dollars for a minesweeper and ten dollars for a destroyer, covered by the ship's canteen with no out of pocket expense to the crew.
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Royal Canadian Navy
Halifax
North
Russia
Royal Canadian Naval Film Society
Naval Service
Shipa
Napoleon's Australian Expedition and Allied Capture
Napoleon sent troops to claim Australia naming Terre Napoleon. While the French commander hunted butterflies inland, the British forces arrived and captured the garrison, ending the attempt.
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Napoleon
Australia
Terre
Magnificent Russian Albums Gifted After Stalingrad Victory
In London an Anglo Russian gathering marked the second anniversary of Stalingrad’s defeat. Gifts from the City Council and Stalingrad citizens were handed to British craftsmen who made the Sword of Honor presented by the King of Stalingrad. Albums, bound in scarlet silk, document life in Stalingrad and include messages from Churchill and Roosevelt.
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Albany
Stalingrad
London
Heroh
Sobolex
Marshal Stalin
Churchill
Roosevelt
R. M. Y. Gleadowe
London Times
Canada Walk Proposed in Lincoln's Inn Fields
London officials urge the London County Council to name the north side of Lincoln's Inn Fields Canada Walk to honor wartime ties between the Royal Canadian Air Force and Holborn citizens. A maple tree there was planted as a gift from Ottawa and Holborn leaders.
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London County Council
Helborn Borough
L.C.C
Lincoln's Inn Fields
Canada Walk
Royal Canadian Air Force
Holborn
Ottawa
Ontario
Holborne
Alfred Wilfred E. Multen
Many Big Wars Across Centuries Hidden Figures
A cryptic note cites numerous wars with figures such as France involved in 902, Britain in 176, Foe 151, and Austrian 131, suggesting a long history of conflicts across eras and continents.
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Ziere
France
Britain
Foe
New Telegraph Drill Cuts Post Digging Time Across CN Lines
A revolutionary drill mounted on a D2 Caterpillar tractor digs telegraph pole and fence post holes in under three minutes. It saves about an hour per post versus hand digging and up to seven hours in frost or hard pan. Used near Lundar, Manitoba, the system will roll out across the Western region.
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Canadas
Canadian National Telegraphs
A. P Linnell
Western Region
U.N. Telegraphs
United States
CN. Telegraph
C.N
Lunduar
Winnipeg
Linnell
Has A Variety Hats Mr Churchill Wears
The Hamilton Spectator notes Mr Churchill sports a wide hat collection influencing his image. A caracal pillbox fur hat worn at Teheran adds Slavonic flair while a bowler fits the English squire persona. The homburg signals London style and a silk topper marks him as British Prime Minister. The Nigara fedora appears American and the western sombrero reimagines him as a 19th century sheriff.
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Churchill
Mr. Churchill
Teheran
Dodge City
Hamilton Spectator
Mrs Winston Churchill to Visit Soviet Russia
Mrs Winston Churchill has accepted an invitation from the Soviet government and Red Cross and Red Crescent societies of the J S S R to visit Russia in the spring. This will be her first trip to Russia. She inaugurated the Red Cross Aid To Russia fund which by last year end had raised about 27 million dollars and shipped about 15 thousand tons of medical supplies to the U S S R.
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Winston Churchill
Red Cross
Red Crescent Societies
J.S.S.R
Russia
Churchill
Red Cross Aid
U.S.S.R
Wartime rationing Q A guidance on room rates and cuffs
The Wartime Prices and Trade Board allows landladies to set their own room and board rates and offers adjustment if in line with local standards. Cuffs are not allowed on ladies slacks, but pleats are permitted. Sugar in restaurants must be requested by customers, and seeds and plants are exempt from price controls.
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Wartime Prices and Trade Board
Prices and Trade Board
Scrap Metal From U.S. Sold To Japan Used In Munitions
Battelle Memorial Institute metallurgists report that spectroscopic analysis shows Japanese use United States scrap metal in munitions against U.S. forces. The study notes trace elements detectable to one part in a million confirm remnants from prewar sales.
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United States
Japan
U.S
Battelle Memorial Institute
U.S. Army
Navy Ordnance Departments
Office of Scientific Research and Development
In Civilian Life on a Royal Naval Reserve Course
The RNV R officers in a recent H M S Lochinvar course included civilians such as a Local Government clerk, surveyor's assistant, chemist, shop manager, school master, chartered accountant, printer, bank cashier, glove salesman, police inspector, fur-buyer, display artist, fiction writer, architect, cabinet-maker, and Australian sheep-farmer. Ether’s practical use began in 1842 after its 18th century discovery.
Domesticity dreams guide CWAC sergeant in Sask
Sgt Barbara Leonard of Ogema Saskatchewan, an early CWAC member, prepares for postwar life with night classes in sewing and spelling, while her husband serves overseas on his second tour. The piece notes other CWAC members Mary Mills and Rosalind Sherman working at the Canadian National Telegraphs in Winnipeg, and lists graduates and marriages among CWAC personnel.
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Barbara Leonard
Ogema
Sask
Barbara
C.W.A.C
Saskatchewan
Royal Canadian Ordnance Corps
Western Front
Mary Mills
Rosalind Sherman
Canadian National Telegraphs
Winnipeg
Manitoba
Gilbert Mills
Regalind Sherman
Paid The Price On Eve Of World Security Conference
On the eve of March 1, the deadline beyond which new belligerents could join the San Francisco World Security Conference, 46 Allied nations had declared war against Germany or Japan. Neutral remained Switzerland Sweden Spain Portugal and Argentina while Finland Hungary Italy Bulgaria and Romania moved toward repentance and were at war with Axis powers.
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San Francisco
Germany
Japan
Switzerland
Sweden
Spain
Portugal
Argentina
Finland
Hungary
Italy
Bulgaria
Romania
Smile Awhile Jokes And Quips In A Comic Sketch
A collage of humorous lines features remarks about hats, millinery secrets, hog pens under houses, unspoken truths, a waiter’s bill, a professor’s sentence, and a father asserting one wife is enough. The snippets mix waiter, barber, judge, and soldier banter with quick punchlines and situational humor.
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Roya
North Atlantic
Rus
Wijth
Minard
Liniment Near
Dominicn
T. Q
Consumers’ News
Royal Navy Volunteer Reserve
Reichwwald Forest
MacDonald
CWAC
Kitchener
Qnt
Pres
G. T. Airth
Stonewall
Man
FE. M. Hurd
Woodmore
A. B
Loney
Pine Creek
J. V. Fox
H. M. Smith
Swift Current
L. M. Anderson
White Fox
J. L. Hart
Landis
H .Haubrich
Hodgeville
EF. H. Thurston
Vonda
J. M. Fourneir
Pincher Creek
Alta
A. Howden
Seebe
E. M. Walker
Pashley
Fern Florence Davidson
F. Davidson
Tisdale
Neil Brown
Mount Forest
Ont
Bordon
Hants
England
L Cpl. M. Durand
Regina
Ruth Grant
Hardwood Lands
N.S
Loretta -Dora Kerschtien
Carl Kerschtien
Steen
Canadian Women's Army Corps
Fort Osborne Barracks
Brandon Mental Hospital
Cpl
Edna Kerschtien
RCAF
W.D
Buttercup
Penelope Cwac
Ural Moun- Itain
World Security Conference
Kate
Mabel
Ann
Guy
Robert
Barber
Ike
Sultor
Jane
Helen
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