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Telephones at war

This bi-monthly magazine included features on air raid precautions in telephone exchanges, operators training in rifle skills, employees in uniform, and fund-raising and charitable activities.

Serving the wartime economy

Charles McGrath was in charge of Canada's fuel supply during the First World War, and in this speech he discussed various ways in which Canadians could serve the war economy.

Profiteers and frauds

To embarrass the Conservative government, the Liberal Party released this pamphlet alleging profiteering, kickbacks, and fraud in the manufacture and supply of munitions for Canada's war effort.

Shell and Fuse.pdf (6.83 MB)

Manitoba Calling

The monthly magazine of Manitoba's government-run radio network was always full of wartime material: letters from staff members on active service, stories of fund-raising efforts, features on the BBC's reportage from the front, the work of the Canadian Red Cross and other voluntary organizations, and human interest stories covering different aspects of the war effort.

Canadian Federal Finance

This booklet, in many ways a response to an earlier work published by O.D. Skelton under the same name, examines war finance within the broader period of 1913 to 1926, to provide a "correct" perspective on postwar finance.

Canadian Federal Finance

In this booklet, O.D. Skelton writes of Canada's financial situation resulting from the war effort of the previous four years. He emphasizes the need for economic vigilance on the part of all Canadians.

Economic Stabilization in Wartime

The later war years witnessed a marked rise in the cost of living. This booklet addresses different means of stabilizing the wartime economy, and outlines the various reasons for and means of counteracting inflation.

Wartime hints from BC Electric

The monthly newsletter carried a wide range of advice and suggestions: slip-covering furniture rather than purchasing new; maintaining kitchen appliances that could not be replaced; the importance of walking in a time of gasoline rationing; recipes for such things as pickled walnuts and mint tinkle; canning fruits and vegetables; and stretching coffee and tea rations.

HSN Apr 42.pdf (26.7 MB)
HSN Aug 42.pdf (32.95 MB)
HSN Sept 42.pdf (27.94 MB)
HSN Sept 41.pdf (39.9 MB)
HSN Apr 42.pdf (26.7 MB)
HSN Aug 42.pdf (32.95 MB)
HSN Sept 42.pdf (27.94 MB)
HSN Sept 41.pdf (39.9 MB)
HSN Apr 42.pdf (26.7 MB)
HSN Aug 42.pdf (32.95 MB)
HSN Sept 42.pdf (27.94 MB)
HSN Sept 41.pdf (39.9 MB)
HSN Apr 42.pdf (26.7 MB)
HSN Aug 42.pdf (32.95 MB)
HSN Sept 42.pdf (27.94 MB)
HSN Sept 41.pdf (39.9 MB)
HSN Apr 42.pdf (26.7 MB)
HSN Aug 42.pdf (32.95 MB)
HSN Sept 42.pdf (27.94 MB)
HSN Sept 41.pdf (39.9 MB)

The Hyde Park Declaration - Statement by William Lyon Mackenzie King

The Hyde Park Declaration of 1941 detailed an agreement between the United States and Canada to allow American-produced war materials made in Canada, for Britain, to be included in the Lend-Lease agreement. The United States, still neutral at the time, had passed legislation allowing for the production of war materials for the Allied countries, with payment to be made at a later date. The King government feared this would divert British orders in Canada to the United States, so Roosevelt and King devised the Hyde Park Declaration as a means to alleviate this concern.

Income Tax, 1917

Originally presented as a temporary wartime measure, the Income War Tax Act of 1917 was viewed as a controversial measure at the time. This digest, offered by R. Easton Burns, a certified accountant, goes through the act clause-by-clause to discuss its full impact on Canadians.