Canada turns farm output into wartime food supply
Canada frames agriculture as a vital war industry matching arms production. It notes shipments to Britain including over 300 million bushels of wheat and seven million barrels of flour in two years, along with 800 million pounds of bacon and pork, 195 million pounds of cheese, 15 million dozen eggs, and 13 million pounds of honey to sustain troops and civilians.
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Army
Navy
Air Force
Canada
Britain
United Kingdom
Facing The Situation Facing The Situation
Canadian farmers prepare for 1942 with reduced wheat acreage and a shift to flax barley and other crops to support Britain. Western Canada aims to maximize production while ensuring farm labor and machinery upkeep, as sons enlist and measures aid shipping and wartime needs.
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Canada
Britain
War scrap drive urged by Canadian Harvester dealers
International Harvester Company of Canada announces a Dominion wide scrap collection campaign among 3 000 farm communities. Dealers will set up depots for farmers to drop scrap metal which will be sent to arms factories. Farmers are paid full value. no profit or commission to dealers. The drive backs national salvage and war production aims endorsed by Minister J T Thorson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. T. Thorson
National War Services
H. C. Ray
International Harvester Company of Canada, Limited
Canada
A. W. Wright
W. O. Maxwell
International Harvester
Ray
Department of National War Services
Harvester Company
Mr. Ray
Constipation Relief Question Signals Dietary Advice
A brief inquiry asks about suitable remedies for constipation caused by insufficient intake of the right kind of nutrients. It suggests evaluating fiber, fluids, and exercise as part of a balanced approach while noting individual health considerations.
Canadian Fliers Chapel In Scotland Also Recreation Room And Canteen
Canadian and English airmen share a chapel in Scotland built by the United Church of Canada. Known as The Church of Canada Hut, it also includes a recreation room and canteen run by a Scotswoman with Canadian roots. Funds from the United Church of Canada supported the project, supervised by the United Church of Scotland. The long wooden structure sits beside a road at a major airfield. First Sunday services led by Frt. Lt. Gordon Porter drew over 150 squadron members from a Beaufighter unit led by Sqdn. Ldr. Maurice Lipton. The recreation room features books, writing desks, letter paper, and envelopes, plus a rolling concert stage behind a collapsible wall. The chapel and recreation room together hold about 1,500 people.
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Scotland
United Church of Canada
Britain
Church of Canada
United Church of Scotland
Gordon Porter
Lakefield
Ont
R.C.A.F
Hamilton
Maurice Lipton
Sydney
N.S
Belleville
Simple feet exercises promise better posture and slim figure
A Winnipeg newspaper notice promotes a 32 page booklet with exercises to ease foot pain and improve posture. It details a towel exercise for metatarsal relief and claims benefits for waist, hips, legs, shoulders, and nerves, urging readers to send 15 cents to the Home Service Dept. for the booklet.
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Home Service Dept
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave
Winnipeg
Man
The Individual Citizen's Army Guerrilla Warfare and Home Front Roles
Alan Maurice Irwin argues guerrilla warfare themes fit Canada post 1930s, urging citizens to act as guerrillas at home. He links defence mindset to national effort, cites conservation, rationing compliance, and honest pricing as micro actions against the Axis, urging Canadians to act proactively and efficiently. He notes Scouts and outdoor skills prepare citizens for stealth, observation, and endurance in daily life.
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Canadian Miliia
Department of Militia
Department of National Defence
Malay Peninsula
China
Home Guard
Old Country
Canada
Quebec
British Columbia
Boy Scout Movement
Axis
Tomato Catsup Abbreviated Charge Causes Confusion
A woman questioned a 15 cent item on her grocery bill labeled as tom cat. The grocer explained it was an abbreviation for tomato catsup, highlighting a humorous old-time shorthand from the era.
No More Fancy Luggage Says Wartime Board
Toronto report from E. J. Shoemaker administrator of luggage Wartime Prices and Trade Board states unnecessary pockets dress hangars and twin locks will be removed from dressing cases club bags and trunks to conserve rubber rayon and metal for the war effort.
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Toronto
E. J. Shoemaker
Gems of Thought on Righteousness and Faith
A compilation of moral maxims and religious quotes from figures such as Montgomery Phillips Lincoln and Harrison. It emphasizes obedience to divine law, loyalty born of love, and following God’s path as the source of peace and eternal life. The collection links personal virtue to national fidelity through faith and righteousness.
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Wendell Phillips
Abraham Lincoln
Earth
Benjamin Harrison
Smile Awhile Quick Quips From Stories and Letters
A collage of light hearted lines from a story page includes humor about marriage listening anonymous letters and family banter. Jokes feature a nursemaid detective lines a husband missing a cuspidor a mother writing to her Army son and a boy urged to kiss Aunt Agnes.
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West
Ogden
Big Hill Creek
Cochrane
Alberta
W. Hutchinson
Home Service
Alan Maurice Irwin
France
Russia
Yugoslavia
Brown's
Jack
Vancouver
Montgomery
H. W. Beecher
Nell
Belle
Bill
Nora
Sandy
Johnny
Agnes
William J. Tracey
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