Britain Forges Heavy Bacon and Egg Aid From Canada
Canada must supply a massive wartime food export to Britain including 100000 hogs weekly for bacon and hams and 112 to 150 million pounds of cheese in 1941 1942. Ontario and Quebec regulation aided exports while drought and rising US hog prices challenged production. Eggs also pledged with Britain ordering 30 million dozen and seeking more.
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United States
Britain
Canada
Agriculture Department
Department
United Kingdom
Dairy Products Board
Ontario
Quebec
British Food Ministry
Dominion
Montreal
Empire
Canadian Seaboard
Canadian Bacon Board
Merchant Seaman Credits King and Queen for Return to Sea
Seaman Charles Bartley of the Royal Navy recalls how a meeting with King George and Queen Elizabeth during a visit to the Pioneer Corps prompted his return to merchant service. Bartley, a former H.M.S. Collingwood midshipman, had failed to join merchant service at first but soon sailed again after the royal conversation and Admiral Sir Edward Evans' involvement.
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George Charles Bartley
Royal Navy
H.M.S. Collingwood
King George
Bartley
Pioneer Corps
Queen Elizabeth
Sir Edward Evans
H.M.S
Collingwood
Sir Edward
Princess Donates Blood To Aid War Wounded
Princess donated a half pint of blood to help wounded soldiers and air raid victims. A note mentions plum pickles in Japan and their household prevalence.
Prefers The Hills Prospector Not Yet Ready To Come Back
Sam Cleland a 77 year old prospector in Wells British Columbia says after hearing war news he will not stay in civilization long. He recalls fighting at Vimy Ridge in World War I and says he has not seen a fellow human since 1932. He plans to return to the hills where he belongs and may stay there on his next exit.
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Sam Cleland
Wells
B.C
Mountain Goat” Country
Cleland
Vimy Ridge
Peace River Country
British Columbia
Britain
Germany
Curious Laundry Customer and the Lipid Labeled Man
A curious customer presses a Chin Laundryman for identification in a playful exchange. The laundryman hesitates before admitting the label describes him as “lil fat man who never smile,” as the scene unfolds with light humor.
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Laundryman
Isolated flu germ sparks vaccine research era
The report from Doctors Leslie A Chambers and Werner Henle at the University of Pennsylvania describes influenza as not a living microbe but a chemical-like agent that reproduces in tissue. They note a new vaccine already made for animals and outline how flu particles attach to larger particles, aiding global spread.
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Leslie A. Chambers
Werner Henle
Eldridge Reeves Johnson Research Foundation
University of Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania
The Bone China Story From China to Europe
The article explains that bone china contains about half bone ash and traces its secret to Chinese potters. A French missionary’s question to a Chinese sage led to the idea of adding bone for strength, which English makers then translated into actual bone ash in porcelain.
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China
Europe
London
Brockington to Speak in Britain as War Cabinet Adviser Resigns
Ottawa journalist praises L W Brockington as he resigns from the War Cabinet post to become a permanent resident and bomber flight speaker to England and American radio audiences. He will practice law in Ottawa and remain a key war effort asset.
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L. W. Brockington
War Cabinet
England
BBC
United States
Brockington
Britain
Ottawa
Ottawa Journal
War ace tests Bel Air cobra in Buffalo
WW II fighter pilot Wing Commander Roland S. Tuck, 25, describes how habits from combat over the English Channel persist in peacetime. He says while flying over the Niagara River he constantly scans for enemy ships, noting he remains on alert even in routine flight.
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America
R.A.F
Buffalo
English Channel
France
Roland 8. S. Tuck
Niagara River
Not For Food Cob Pipe Farmer Grains 360000 Pipes
J G Gray of Clay County Missouri raises corn cobs for pipe making not grain. Last year he produced 7000 bushels of cobs and expects 360000 good cobs from which about three pipes can be made per cob. He has farmed 21 years and 15 years past specializing in cob pipe corn under contract with a Washington Missouri pipe company.
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J. G. Gray
Clay County
Missouri
Gray
Washington
Duke of Gloucester Returns From Gibraltar First Royal Visit Since 1937
The Duke of Gloucester returns to England after a week’s visit to Gibraltar his first experience of The Rock. He inspected every aspect of life on the Rock and was cheered in the streets by local residents as he returned to the fortress.
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Duke of Gloucester
England
Gibraltar
the Rock
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