Empire Forces in the Pacific Paris of Allied War Efforts
The British Ministry of Information highlights Empire troops in the Pacific from the Aleutians to Burma. Canadian, Australian, New Zealand, Indian and West African forces fought alongside British and American troops, with Australia supplying most manpower and equipment in New Guinea. By year’s start five-sixths of Southwestern Pacific land forces were Australian, key successes included Buna Milne Bay and Sonananda.
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Europe
Pacific
Japan
British Ministry of Information
Aleutian Islands
Burma
Far East
Hong Kong
Royal Canadian Air Force
Australia
Herbert Morrison
Home Security
New Guinea
Far Eastern
United States
Buna
Milne Bay
Sonananda
Solid Basis For Victory in Pacific War Efforts
The Royal Australian Navy aided Allied success in the Pacific by transporting troops and equipment and participating in assaults on the Solomons and Guadalcanal. The New Zealand Navy also fought in the area, sinking several Japanese submarines. Australian and New Zealand air forces achieved key victories and conducted extensive reconnaissance. Indian troops supported Burma campaigns alongside British divisions, with West African troops noted as top jungle fighters. Empire forces are expected to reinforce the Pacific once Europe needs lessen.
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Royal Australian Navy
Pacific
Solomons
Guadalcanal
New Zealand
Australia
Burma
West Africa
Europe
Premiers Homes in Ottawa and Notable Residences
The passage lists historic homes of Canadian premiers in Ottawa. Earnscliffe overlooking the Ottawa River housed Sir John A Macdonald and now hosts the British high commissioner. Laurier’s Sandy Hill brick house is tied to Mackenzie King. Bord’s stone residence on Sandy Hill, once Bord’s, now houses the Chinese minister. Meighen lived in downtown Ottawa, Bennett occupied Chateau Laurier rooms. The cuttle bone in canary cages notes the internal shell of the cuttlefish.
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John A. Macdonald
Earnscliffe
Ottawa River
Parliament Hill
Wilfred Laurier
Sandy Hill
Wilfrid
Lady Laurier
Liberal Party
Mackenzie King
Ottawa
Lord Bennett
Chateau Laurier
London Free Press
Leaving Canada Director Of United Kingdom Information Office Returns To London
Ottawa Journal notes the departure of M. R. K. Burge, director of the United Kingdom Information Office in Ottawa, returning to the International Labour Office in London. The piece praises his open, humorous approach and world‑wise citizenship, bidding him farewell and wishing luck.
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United Kingdom Information Office
London
Burge
Sparks Street
Strand
Mr. Burge
Ottawa
Ottawa Journal
Price Control Information for Renters and Buyers
A wartime Prices and Trade Board sheet answers common questions. Tenants must receive six months' notice to vacate and notices cannot end between September 30 and April 30. Car owners can sell privately with a signed sale statement filed within four days. vehicle price must not exceed the ceiling set by the Motor Vehicle Controller. A buyer may not purchase more than one used passenger vehicle per calendar year. Ammunition purchases via gun registration are non transferable. To start a remake centre, write to the Secretary of the Consumer Branch, War Time Prices and Trade Board.
Synthetic quinine elimination of malaria after the war
The U.S. National Research Council board reports that civilized nations can eliminate malaria postwar using atabrine, a synthetic quinine substitute. Large scale production of quinine or totaQuine is not seen as essential for managing malaria in armed forces personnel.
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U.S. National Research Council
Board For
Toronto woman bakes 210 pounds of Christmas cakes for Irish Regiment
Mrs. Thomas C. Malone of Toronto organized Christmas parcels for forces overseas with a final mailing date of October 25. By August she had baked 46 cakes totaling 210 pounds, using Prices Board approved supplies for the Irish Regiment of Canada in England and France.
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England
France
Thomas C. Malone
Toronto
Irish Regiment of Canada
Prices Board
Benjamin Franklin Spurned Patents For Public Benefit
Benjamin Franklin argued that his inventions should serve the public and refused to patent them. He believed in sharing knowledge freely to advance science and society rather than securing personal profit.
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Benjamin Franklin
Regular again after 2 weeks with All-Bran
A reader proclaims relief from constipation after two weeks on Kellogg's All-Bran. He notes avoiding pills and medicines, finding the product affordable and effective, and credits a return to regularity to increased bran in his diet.
Must Keep Navy Man
Angus Macdonald in Port Arthur urges Canada not to repeat 1920s and 1830s naval neglect. He warns postwar economy threats to security and cites British Times on costly peace. The editorial draws on Montrea l Gazette to stress national defense and self reliance at sea.
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Angus Macdonald
Port Arthur
Canada
London Times
Montreal Gazette
Fur Trade Prosperity Nears 1944 Outlook
Federal officials project a stronger 1944 for Canada's fur trade after a record 1943 value of 27.69 million dollars. About 40 percent came from Indigenous, Eskimo and white trappers with fur farming investments around 40 million dollars. Officials say the industry is healthy, boosted by scarcity of raw furs and rising employment in production and manufacturing.
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W. M. Ritchie
Agriculture Department Fur Inspection and Grading Service
Irony Of War Keeps England’s Heart in Shattered London
The piece reflects on war ironies as England bears losses in homes hospitals and history while Paris recovers its capital without major scars. It contrasts Rome’s largely unscarred revival amid its long record of war guilt from past conflicts.
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England
London
Rome
Two Reporters Sent After Live Wire Incident
In a Western town a service wire fell across Main Street halting traffic. Citizens dared not touch the wire for fear it was live. The editor ordered two reporters to handle the situation one to touch the wire and one to write the story.
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American West
Look To The North A Urgent Northward Shift In Policy
The Ottawa Citizen argues that wartime maps demand north south thinking not east west. President Roosevelt describes Alaska and the Aleutians as stepping stones to the Far East and urges Canada to parallel US northern development. Ottawa departments are criticized for weak northern administration and Parliament should act.
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Roosevelt
Bremerton
Alaska
Aleutians
Far East
Northwest
Evening Citizen
Washington
R. T. Bowman
Canada
United States
Ottawa
Ottawa Citizen
Air Conditioning Sparks Hospital Trips in Washington
Navy engineer called to raise heat in an overcooled room on the second floor where Polar Explorer Rear Admiral Richard E. Byrd had complained. Washington doctors report busy summer as air conditioning becomes common. Lt. Earle Mayfield, son of Texas' ex Senator, arrived in air cooled hotels from Houston and was hospitalized with pneumonia.
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Navy Department
Washington
Drew Pearson
Richard E. Byrd
Earle Mayfield
Texas
Houston
Fuel compare shows navy plane burn rate over an hour
A one hour fuel burn for a fast navy plane would power an automobile from Montreal to Calgary, illustrating the high consumption of military aviation.
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Montreal
Calgary
Cliffs Around Norwegian Fjords Reach Great Heights
The steep cliffs that enclose several Norwegian fjords tower sharply from the water, rising between 2,000 and 3,000 feet above sea level, creating dramatic vertical escarpments along the coast.
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Norway
Remembering the horrors of Lublin and the German murder vans
A St. Catharines Standard comment recalls a UPI witness describing a Lublin camp where over half a million were slaughtered. It cites Ilya Ehrenburg on the murder vans and urges Russians to remember the cruelty, calling for a Muscovite scourge through Germany overdue.
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Lublin
Ilya Ehrenburg
Berlin
Germany
St. Catharines
Duck populations rise amid reduced hunting pressures
The war has reduced hunting pressure allowing duck populations to surge. They overuse wintering grounds and invade croplands, causing damage to grains such as wheat corn and rice. Serious losses occur as many species leave water to feed in cultivated fields. Calgary Herald.
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Calgary Herald
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Empire Forces
Regina
NAY & James, Ltd
Sask
Canary
Sloan
Consumers’ News
Prices and Trade Board
Paris
Chrome
Firestone
Mercator
Eco
Appleford
Appleford Paper Products
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