Canada at War Economic Front Calls All Nation to Total Effort
A Financial Post analysis argues victory requires mobilizing every sector of Canada’s economy. It details factory, metals, farm fronts, and the massive costs of modern warfare, urging drastic fiscal controls and mass production to match enemy totals and sustain a complete national effort.
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Financial Post
Hitler
Heighle
John Canuck
Hans Schmidt
Canada
Canadas
Canadian airmen win British Empire Medal for bravery
P P Conlin and C R James of the Royal Canadian Air Force received the British Empire Medal in the military division for saving a pilot from a crashed and burning aircraft, as announced in the London Gazette.
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Royal Canadian Air Force
P. P. Conlin
C. R. James
London Gazette
Gas for heating at southeastern Alberta artillery area
Two wells now in production are expected to provide natural gas for heating the field experimental station at the headquarters of a large southeastern Alberta area being prepared as artillery testing grounds. Military authorities announced.
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Alberta
Downtown drivers clock 360 gear changes per hour study
An urban traffic survey shows motorists in dense downtown conditions shift gears or depress the clutch about 360 times each hour, reflecting heavy stop and go driving patterns and frequent acceleration and braking.
Trapdoor Spider Alters Home in Torres Strait Islands
A trapdoor spider on the Torres Strait Islands in Australia burrows underground during the dry season and ascends a tree to create a bark trench when the wet monsoon arrives, adapting its habitat to seasonal conditions.
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Torres Stairs
Australia
Decline in Best Sellers After 1890s to 1920s America
In the twenty years after 1890, twenty-nine books each sold over 500,000 copies in America. By the twenty years after 1920 the count fell to twelve, reflecting a sharp drop in top selling titles.
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America
World Highway Mileage Rises Over Ten Years
Mileage of the world's highways grew from about 6.5 million miles to more than 10 million in a decade. Roads expanded across continents as nations invested in infrastructure projects and urban sprawl increased demand for surface transport.
Bees Inject Formic Acid Into Honey Cells
A beekeeping note explains that bees add a tiny drop of formic acid to each honey cell before sealing to prevent spoilage, helping preserve the stored nectar in the hive.
Canadian Women’s War-Mercy Effort Aids Britain
Gregory Clark reports Canada’s women produced 750000 garments and 80000 blankets for Britain, with Red Cross funds turning a dollar into two in goods. The Red Cross British Bomb Victims Fund funds clothing, shelter, and medical supplies, including ambulances and baby layettes, shipped as goods, not cash.
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Canada
Britain
Canadian Red Cross
Red Cross
Canadian Red Cross Society
Muffins From Bran Apple Cinnamon Mix
Sift flour with baking powder salt cinnamon and nutmeg. Add All Bran. Cream shortening and sugar add egg and heat well. Add flour mixture alternately with milk. Fold in apples. Fill greased muffin pans two thirds full sprinkle with sugar cinnamon and nutmeg. Bake in a moderate 425 degree oven about 20 minutes. Yield 20 muffins.
Ice supply shifts as Anchorage markets old ice vein
In Anchorage Alaska winter nears yet ice dealer Walter Groh nerts advertises 50 000 year old black crystal ice from the Independence mine 60 miles away at eighty dollars per ton. The vein was discovered as the city faced a depleted stock from last winter.
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Anchorage
Alaska
Walter Grohnerts
Independence
British envoy Sir Percy Loraine retires after 37 years
Sir Percy Loraine aged 61, who served as British ambassador in Rome from April 1939 until Italy joined the war a year later, has announced his retirement after 37 years in Britain's diplomatic service.
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Percy Loraine
Rome
Italy
Britain
Four diseases kill more than accidents in all ages
The note lists heart disease cancer nephritis and general hemorrhage as leading killers across ages. It also oddly mentions Julius Caesar wearing a laurel crown due to baldness sensitivity. The fragment mixes medical stats with a historical aside, presenting two unrelated ideas.
Canada expands labor training amid war emergency programs
Labor Department officials report Canada has broadened wartime training to unseen extents with 33,003 trainees from April 1 to August 20 and 10,063 in training on August 1 across 93 schools. Among new enrollees the 20 to 29 age group is largest, with 3,972.
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Canada
Labor Department
Ofiicials
Royal Canadian Air Force
Army
Navy
R.C.A.F
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Longevity Expert Seeks 200 to 300 Year Life Lab
Dr Maurice Ernest a noted longevity authority proposes after the war to create a laboratory to develop theories that humans can live 200 or 300 years. He cites fish as a model for slower aging and periodical rejuvenation without surgery. He founded the Centenarian Club in 1928 to inspire longer, healthier lives.
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Maurice Ernest
Ernest
London
Conan Doyle
Centenarian Club
Brest
Canada’s first women gain university access around 1850
The piece notes that many men tie up their dogs at night while allowing their children to roam freely and cites a historical fact that women were admitted to a Canadian university circa 1850.
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Canada
Airmen Are Good Cooks Graduates at Guelph RCAF School
Seven of the Canadian provinces England and Scotland were represented in the Royal Canadian Air Force School of Cookery class at the No 4 Wireless School tied to Ontario Agricultural College Guelph. The twenty second class to graduate from the short course in two years, with fitting ceremony. Flight Lieutenant Dr H D Branson recommended them for graduation. Wing Commander A H Keith Russell praised their work and noted the cook's importance to overall effectiveness. The class was presented by Flight Lieutenant W M Thomson.
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England
Scotland
Royal Canadian Air Force School of Cookery
No. 4 Wireless School
Ontario Agricultural College
Guelph
H. D. Branson
A.C
Air Force
A. H. Keith Russell
W. M. Thomson
M.C
D.F.C
Vladivostok Exports and Trans Siberian Railroad History
Exports of Vladivostok include soybeans and by products timber and dried fish. The Trans Siberian railroad completion boosted Vladivostok from frontier town status in the early twentieth century. Bald eagles have been noted retreating when confronted by a bold kingbird.
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Vladivostok
Trans-Siberian
Money Easily Earned Good Richart Brinsley Sheridan
English playwright Richart Brinsley Sheridan hunted all day without success. He found a man by a pond who offered a shot at a flock of ducks for a sovereign. Sheridan paid and shot, killing many ducks, only to learn they were not the man’s ducks.
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Richart Brinsley Sheridan
Sheridan
Old Lady Compliments Beer Like Long-Standing Medicine
An elderly woman remarks that the beer tastes good, comparing it to the medicine her husband has taken for 40 years, highlighting a humorous, domestic moment that mirrors long-term health routine.
Onion ban for barbers shocks Waterloo Nebraska in 1910
A Waterloo Nebraska ordinance of 1910 prohibits any barber in town from eating onions between 7 a m and 7 p m, reflecting strict moral policing of daily habits. The quirky regulation captures a era of local governance and colorful municipal rules.
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Waterloo
Neb
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