Growth of Canada North From Rivers to Vast Provinces
The article traces Canada's expansion from small St Lawrence settlements to a nation spanning Atlantic to Pacific. It highlights frontiers receding as Western settlement unlocked land and experiences, noting the North as the remaining frontier and the region's two-fifths of Canada’s area. Public interest has surged with recent recognition of the Norths potential.
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Canada
St. Lawrence River
Atlantic
Pacific
Dominion
War Awakened New Interest in Canadian North
The Northwest Territories Yukon Hud son Bay district and Ungava New Quebec form the Canadian North covering 1 500 000 square miles with 17000 people 5000 in Yukon The war with Japan spurred the Alaskan Highway and Cano projects teaching much about climate and wealth The Royal Bank of Canada notes climate is not a barrier to development and cites Russian cities like Leningrad as examples of far northern settlements
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Northwest Territories
Yukon
Hudson‘s Bay District
New Quebec
Ungava
Japan
Aleutian Islands
Royal Bank of Canada
Russia
Leningrad
Great Activity Anticipated in Canada’s Northern Regions
Authorities foresee rapid northern expansion after the war with mineral and oil development in the Cance area and Athabaska sands. Wheat and fruit farming show potential in arctic zones, though market access limits large scale agriculture now. About 11,000 Peace River farmers manage over 1,000,000 acres, signaling future mining and agriculture growth despite current constraints.
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Cance
Athabaska
Peace River
Arctic Circle
Canada
Nazis Seek Flying Fields Outside Germany
London Daily Sketch reports Allied governments hear Nazi plans to bypass post war air restrictions by setting up airlines in neutral countries and financing new airfields to form a new Luftwaffe.
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Germany
Luftwaffe
London Daily Sketch
War time dancing to extend hours praised by police chiefs
Darwen magistrates granted a works dance extension to 2 a.m. marking the first postmidnight dancing in the town of 37 000 during wartime. Police chiefs and Lancashire magistrates back the move as a step toward brighter Britain this winter.
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Britain
Darwen
Lancashire
Omaha Engineer Sees Ocean After Long Rail Career
William Fisher of Omaha Nebraska a locomotive engineer has spent about six million miles over 33 years and now for the first time glimpses salt water calling it the finest sight yet.
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Wiliam Fisher
Omaha
Neb
Rationing Questions and Answers on New Books and Sales
A wartime advisory explains how to obtain a new ration book after missing it, including filling a K coupon on Book 4 and presenting it with your name and address. It covers selling a grocery store, reporting rationed goods, and the return of canned grapefruit to ration lists. It notes that grapefruit juice was never rationed and that unused F coupons from Book 3 have no further value.
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Ration Administration
Nscineak
Consumers' News
Prices and Trade Board
Royal Navy creates permanent scientific service
The Admiralty consolidates its scientific, technical, and chemical pools into the Royal Naval Scientific Service. The aim is ships at sea to reflect modern science and engineering. The force grows from 600 prewar members to 3,000 since the war, with postwar strength uncertain. Admiralty research gains shared benefits with the United States.
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Royal Navy
Admiralty
Royal Naval Scientific Service
United States
Decline of France Needs Strong Leadership
Pertinax, a French journalist, argues France has declined under second-rate statesmen since Clemenceau and Poincare. He urges decisive leadership and suggests Charles de Gaulle as a potential strong future leader for the country.
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Pertinax
France
Clemenceau
Poincare
Times
de Gaulle
Brockville
Mackenzie Urges Scholarships for Postwar Canadian Research
Dr. C. J. Mackenzie, president of the National Research Council in Ottawa, said that first place in any comprehensive postwar Canadian research plan should go to a system of scholarships and university grants.
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C. J. Mackenzie
National Research Council
Ottawa
Timid Pinsk girl carries out Nazi official's execution
In German occupied Pinsk, Galya a timid servant girl kills Nazi gauleiter William Kube by planting bombs in his bedroom and under his bed after years of terror. Her sister a Partisan arranged access and the two bombs blow Kube's house apart at midnight ending his rule.
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Galye
Pinsk
William Kube
White Russia
Galys
Galya
Kube
Rube
Kubes House
Budget Outfit By ANNE ADAMS Pattern 4647
One yard fabric needed for jacket and jumper plus blouse. Pattern 4647 for toddlers sizes 1 to 6 includes embroidered transfer. Send 20 cents to Anne Adams Pattern Dept Winnipeg Newspaper Union 175 McDermot Ave Winnipeg Man. Delivery may be delayed due to mail slowness.
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Anne Adams
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot’ Ave
Winnipeg
Man
Burglary Defendant In Gratitude Note Case
A man charged with burglary was acquitted by a jury. The defence counsel's skill impressed the jury and the defendant. A few days later the barrister received a package with a valuable print and a note saying the item was found during the perpetration of a recent job.
City of Delight in Romanian Roots
In Latin and Romance usage Bucharest translates to city of delight, reflecting its etymology and historical naming tradition. The claim ties Bucharest to a meaning rooted in local language evolution and geographic heritage.
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Bucharest
City
Hating Everybody The Germans and Their Allies
A reflective critique cites Germany’s regime as universally despised, except possibly Japan, with the London Chronicle attributed quote by Jan Masaryk condemning Hitler for provoking widespread hatred across Europe and beyond.
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Japan
Europe
Jan Masaryk
The
London Chronicle
Laughing stock of jokes and quips from Brushville
A siting of jokes and quips from a Brushville style miscellany. It features puns about wages, ghosts, marriage, eggs, poetry, drills and counting. The pieces probe everyday misunderstandings and social foibles with light humor.
Health Education Demand Highlighted in Saskatchewan Report
A Saskatchewan Health Services Survey Commission report urges expanded health education across the province. It stresses school-based instruction, teacher involvement with health habits, and mobilizing civic groups to support preventive medicine efforts.
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Saskatchewan
Saskatchewan Health Services Survey Commission
Henry E. Sigeriat
Johns Hopking University
Baltimore
Homemakers’ Clubs
Physical Fitness and Recreation
Simlar
Humidity Helps Save Coal This Winter Says Heating Experts
Heating authorities say keeping humidity high in homes boosts comfort at lower winter temperatures and saves coal. Potted plants, well watered, and steam from a kettle or a pan under radiators provide inexpensive humidification for stove or radiator heated homes this season.
Postman Ritz Delivers 4 Millionth Letter in Ontario
Walter Ritz, a veteran postman of Galt Ontario, recalls delivering his 4 millionth letter to John Jarian as he nears retirement. He notes his long career included a last trip before retirement with that final letter. Lotus XIV is said to have originated the minuet.
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Walter Ritz
John Jarian
Galt
Ont
Lotus XIV
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