Pilots Learn To Handle Planes At Elementary Flying Schools
The article profiles Mount Hope and other Elementary Flying Training Schools in Canada. It explains civilian management with an RCAF officer in charge, the training routine of about 50 hours flight and classroom work, parachute practice, and the Spitfire sight training using models and diagrams. It notes parachutes, instructors, and facilities, including Mount Hope and Camp Borden, and describes the two air training camps operated by RAF and RCAF as part of the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan.
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Moust Hope
Hamilton
Grand River
Httle
Royal Air Force of Great Britain
Royal Canadian Air Force
British Commonwealth Air
Nome
Canada
Mount Hope
Euporovise
RCAF
RCA
RCAP
Britain
Eact
Oat Moutt
Pleasance
No Admittance Gate at Mount Hope RCAF School
A visitor recounts being barred at Mount Hope RCAF training gate for lacking a pass, then gaining entry after a guard issued one. The article notes the flat terrain, standardized huts, and availability of training planes like Fleet Finches and Tiger Moths. It highlights a flawless safety record since opening, with no injuries or hospital emergencies among students. Parachute use and preflight gear for first flights are described in detail.
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RCAF
N.C.O
Mount Hope
Price
Reno
Home Guard
Hitler
Canada
Air Raid Shelters Expanded in London
About 278000 wooden bunks and 10000 steel bunks have been installed in London shelters. Public shelters have been issued to local authorities with 29000 adults' facilities and 28000 children's bunks added to communal and Andersen shelters.
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CCR
London
London Civil Defence Region
Uttttlys
Andersen
East Africa Campaign of World War One Recap
The piece recounts the Allied drive in German East Africa from 1916 to 1917 led by Smuts and Northey, capturing key strongholds such as Kiliran jar o and Dar es Salaam. It notes the geography, naval dominance, and grueling jungle campaigning that yielded Allied gains without modern war innovations.
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Michael Omara
Dodoma
Pang
Zanzibar
Ujifi
Kenya
Portuguese East Africa
Belgian Congo
Tanganyika
Azanian Sea
Jan C. Smuts
Kiliran- Jaro
Dar-es-Salaam
Norfolk fenland reclamation boosts wartime food output
London reports Britain reclaiming 1,000 acres of Norfolk fenland once covered in weeds to bolster wartime food production. Project aims for 1,000 tons potatoes 1,000 tons sugar beets and 500 tons oats this year with 8,000 more acres expected by next summer. Minister Robert Hudson cites modern machinery and US made tractors, pumped irrigation and Lease-Lend aid as key factors.
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London
Norfolk
Robert Hudson
Lnd
Muetho
Puid
Ehudson
Inaugural Caer Hospital Baby Registry Draws 250 Plus
More than 250 women and children born at Caer hospital registered as members of the Crace Hospital Babies inaugural program. The event highlighted the hospital’s new family registry and community welcome.
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Mavennipeg Ccp
Caer Hospital
Othe Crace Hospital
Babi Alanine Atts
Where Are The Old Rifles
An article recalls old rifles retired after the Great War and found in storage. In Ontario town a plant renovates them into serviceable weapons for training, detailing parts worn, barrels, and testing to ensure reliable firing.
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Ontario
Cockle boat Audacious sinks in Thames Estuary survivor named
Denis Medd, 17, the sole survivor of four aboard the cockle boat Audacious which sank in the Thames Estuary near Gravesend. One victim was Thomas Noakes, father of 11 children.
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Gravesend
England
Dennis Medd
Thames Estuary
Thomas Noakes
Gift From Aden London Receives War Grant
The Colonial Office announced receipt of an anonymous contribution to Britain's war effort of Ll 0,000 from a resident of Aden.
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London
Colonial Office
Britain
Aden
New Colors Seen In London Styles
London fashion notes for fall 1947 highlight mulberry violet prune shades across couture. Evening looks feature velvets and corduroys with wide skirts and dramatic sleeves. day wear shows muted violets, lavender, and stone tones in tweed and loose weaves. New York previews add peasant influences, square-shouldered capes, and velvety fabrics.
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Canallan
Alixon Settle
London
New York
Britain spends on national talks scheme costs exchequer
Britain's national talks scheme costs the exchequer about 60,000 pounds annually, equivalent to roughly 6.5 million dollars in current terms.
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Britain
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Mount Tope
German East Africa
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Eheita
Aei Tee Carroll
Runswick Sardines
Tin
Christie's
Lynn Valley
Peaches
Aylmer Sweet
Weston’s Duchess
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TOS
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Kelloggs
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