Canadians face manpower and supply strains in war effort
The Financial Post notes optimism misled production and reinforcements, causing downscaled schedules and plant closures. It cites Allied setbacks from Arnhem to Aachen, overstretched supply lines, and Canadian High Command misjudgments about infantry needs as the war dragged on.
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Quebec
Arnhem
Europe
Aachen
Britain
Canada
United States
Financial Post
The Magic of Christmas Home for Christmas
A wartime Christmas reflection on home and peace. Canadians abroad and at home share the season’s blessing as soldiers overseas press toward victory. The message honors those five Christmases apart and the hope of security for the free world.
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Hitler
United Nations
Dominion
Bright Christmas Ahead Amid War and Education Reform
The piece envisions a hopeful 1945 Christmas despite ongoing war. It notes Premier Drew’s Department of Education Act funding urban and rural schools with grants tied to assessed costs and class sizes, promising tax relief. It also discusses Allied war delays blamed on ammunition shortages and strategic tempo reflected in reports from Quebec.
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Drew
Santa Claus
Department of Education
Britain
Canada
United States
Supreme Headquarters
France
Germany
Eisenhower
Quebec
Editorial Notes from 1944 Year End
Christmas greetings and reflections on 1944 in Ontario politics local council actions and road conditions. Editorial comments joke about proofreading jobs and ship christening wine scenes. The piece mixes personal notes with public affairs and small town humor.
Christmas Buying and Holiday Mail Delays Explored
The piece urges spreading Christmas buying and mailing over time to avoid peak strains at stores and post offices. It notes two weeks before holidays are hectic for workers and suggests wartime prosperity may enable earlier purchases.
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Carlier
Britain Plans New Highways Across the Country
London reports Britain plans postwar highways to carry fast-moving traffic. Roads will be 100 feet wide, with over 1000 miles planned, motors-only rules, ban on pedestrians and cyclists, and parallel up and down routes. Likely London to South Wales crossing via a new Severn bridge.
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London
Britain
British Nond Federation
South Wales
Severn River
Brave girl driver Tony Cornell leads London fire service
Doris Cornell known as Blite girl number one drives NES ambulances in the East End during bomb blitzes. She faced hundreds of incidents without fear, once attended eight flying bomb events in one night, and remained on duty the next day despite noticable illness.
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London
Tony Cornell
The
Nation Fire Service
Tony
Doris Cornell
East End
Riverside
R. Greene
Aick
Railwayman Milks Travelling Cows in Sarnia
Stanley Smith, alderman in Sarnia, respond ed to an emergency at the Canadian National freight shed. Twenty cows arriving by train had not been milked for 21 hours, so he climbed into a stock car, rolled up his sleeves, and milked all twenty cows by himself after 1 am.
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Sarnia
Stanley Smith
Canadian National Freight Shed
Alderman Smith
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