Industrial uses for farm products expand wartime research
Government funded at four regional laboratories in 1941 to develop industrial uses for farm products. Milk casein brush bristles and an apple syrup substitute already reach early commercial testing and several firms plan or already produce. Apple concentrate aims to repurpose culs unsalable fruit into bakery candy and beverage ingredients with strong demand.
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United States
Eastern Regional Laboratory
Department of Agriculture
New Orleans
Albany
Congress
Philadelphia Government Laboratory
Western Laboratory
Peoria
Midwest
Philadelphia Laboratory
General Foods
Duffy Mott Corp
N.Y
Canadian Apple Products Co
Automatic Signals linked 175 miles of CP main line
The Canadian Pacific completes 112 miles of new automatic signals between Swift Current Maple Creek and adds 63 miles previously installed to create 175 continuous miles of block signaling from Swift Current through Medicine Hat to Suffield. The system will speed dispatching of grain crops war goods and civilian traffic, with central control from Medicine Hat. About 50 workers installed 469 relays and 100 relay cases at a cost near 500000.
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Canadian Pacific Railway
Swift Current
Maple Creek
Medicine Hat
Suffield
Western Canada
Alberta
Canadian Pacific
Dunmore
Alta
J. W. Cartwright
Calgary
E. S. McCracken
Chinese Casualties Mount in War With Japan
In seven years of war against Japan the Chinese army has suffered over 2,800,000 casualties. But the sufferings of the civilian population have been even more severe.
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Japan
Morse reply lights up Hay clock tower in NSW message
A lost plane over Hay New South Wales asked What town is this The response came via Morse by flicking the lights on and off in the post office tower clock signaling the town name to guide the aircraft back to safety.
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Hay
New South Wales
Tribute by Morrison and Alexander to Commonwealth need in war
British home secretary Morrison and A V Alexander praised the Commonwealth in wartime. They urged sustained consultation on foreign policy and unity in the fight against Japan. They lauded Royal Canadian Navy escort duties and Australian cruisers, stressing imperial navies must protect sea lanes and merchant movements.
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Atlantic
Mediterranean
Commonwealth
Japan
Empire
Tall Clock at Claremont Library Worth More Each Year
One of America’s oldest clocks stands nine feet tall in Clare mont New Hampshire library. The Tall Clock is a duplicate of a Dresden Saxony Green Vault piece and cost $1000 when imported in 1880. It has appreciated in value since then and urges buying War Savings Stamps regularly.
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United States
Claremont
N.H
Royal Palace of the Kings of Saxony
Dresden
Germany
Europe
Life and customs of Bulgaria from a New Yorker piece
A New Yorker article surveys Bulgaria south of Romania noting a six and a half million population, Danube and Black Sea borders, attar of rose industry, rose picking at dawn, and Sofia as a Europeanized capital. It describes social roles, folk beliefs, politics, and stereotypes including vampires, Bogomils, and traits attributed to Bulgarians, with references to cuisine, dress, and language.
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Bulgaria
Rumania
Kentucky
Balkans
Danube
Black Sea
Sofia
Trajan
London
Pimes
Jaimes Bourchier
Thtres
Segf
Bogomils
Maines
New Hampshire
Rafid
New Yorker
Cheerfulness in Thought and Spirit Across Quotes
A compact collage of quotes on cheerfulness and wisdom. Blair, Monibhigne, Veher, Eddy, Addison, and Carlyle emphasize that steady cheerfulness elevates virtue, clears perception, and keeps the mind serene, even as wit and kindness sustain true joy.
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Mary Baker Eddy
Addison
Ching-Noung Taught Wheat Bread Wine From Rice Claim
A historical note asserts Ching-Noung as the first to teach a method for making bread from wheat and wine from rice in 1998 B.C. The claim reflects ancient culinary innovations attributed to this figure.
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Ching-Noung
B.C
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Anerwan
General Railway Signal Company
C. R. Hodgdon
Winnipeg
Western Lines
Arthur Davies
Philadelphia
Lord of the Admiralty
Canadian Army - Wits Radiophoto
R.C.A.F
BBC
Rex Bolland
R.a-F
Sgt
Reg. Cappleman
WO. C. E. Pimlott
Victoria
Boulogne Fall
Camp D'Alprech
Boulogne
Pte H Wright
Fran Mulger
Blair
Iet
Carlyle
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