Canada at War Air Training Plan Tour Highlights
The editors tour Eastern Canada reviews the Commonwealth Air Training Plan with stops at Malton, Camp Borden, and Camp Debert. It notes 90 training schools, 40 000 instructors, 1 860 buildings, and Canada’s share near 600 million dollars, while British airmen train in Canada and Atlantic flight services expand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
Commonwealth Air Training Plan
Matton
Trans- Canada Air Lines
Malton
Atense
Air Praervers
Rupert Davies
The
RCAP
Camp Borden
Service
Borden
Yale
Harvard
ABS
Camp Debert
N.S
Coastal Command
Hudson
British Isles
Britain
Biltz
England
Continent
Empire Air
Australia
New Zealand
United States
C. G. Power
Defence
Air
Scotland
Power
Chateau Laurier
Ottawa
James Spence
Canadao House
London
Atlantic
Jimmy” Spencer
Inish
Ciliens
Sully
Trenton
Canuta
Tenner
Ralston
RF. C. A. FP
Howe
Wavell
Footwear Craftsmen See Three U S A Presidents Noted
In a London basement untouched by Nazi raids the boot and shoe lasts collection preserves iconic feet of leaders and elites. Since 1899 craftsmen have visited the United States almost yearly to study footwear tastes of presidents and famed figures such as Gouverneur Morris and Jay Gould. West Point graduates have been extensively interviewed for boots. An Indian prince once ordered 167 distinct pairs with leather boxes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
British Empire
London
Europe
United States
Price Caller
Payne Whitney
August Belmont
Gouverneur Morris
John Dred
The
Barrymores
Foxhall Keene
Governor Beechman
Gen. Pershing
Clarence Moore
Jay Gould
Andre Brewster
West Point
England
First Canadian Steamship and the Accommodatio’s History
The piece traces early Canadian water transport from canoes to steamships. It notes the first steamship Accommodatio, built in Montreal by John Molson and launched in 1869, its size and sidewheel propulsion, its Montreal to Quebec voyage in 60 hours, its role in the War of 1812–14, and the Historic Sites and Monuments Board’s commemorative bronze tablet at 167 Notre Dame Street East, Montreal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nayioga- Powan
Canada
Montreal
John Molson
Quebecc
Quebec
Historic Sites and Monuments ‘Board
Dominion
Notre Dame Street
Post discharge plan outlined for ex servicemen in Canada
Ottawa reports a new program by Pensions Minister Mackenzie to aid discharged servicemen aiming for broader postwar transition. The plan includes unemployment insurance parity, living allowances for training, and paths to peacetime work, with further proposals on land settlement and industry absorption under ongoing rehabilitation efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allan Harvey
Ottawa
Mackenzie
Armed
Alex. Walker
Dominion
Canadian Legion
Cannadian
Munitions and Supply Department
Canada
Howe
Alan H. Williamson
Canada Wheat For Guianans
Trade between western Canadian wheat farmers and British Guiana East Indian consumers has risen due to wartime changes. British Guiana relies on imports for flour, and recent favorable customs treatment has shifted almost all flour purchases to Canada.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
British Guiana
Canada
Most Fall Hats Going High Hat
Montreal notes fashion commentary on hats and skirts, describing forward or backward movement as the trend. The piece highlights hats as high-hat and Indies favored, with long necked outfits and draped covers, plus synthetic materials shaping the new hatline and skirt interaction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montreal
Indies
Doctors Restore Fireman’s Organs After War Injury
London report describes a groundbreaking wartime operation in which doctors repositioned Norman Daniel’s heart, lungs, and stomach after a high explosive blast displaced them. The procedure aims to save the injured man by returning organs to their proper positions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Norman Daniel
Also Mentioned on This Page
BM. P
Sarviss
the Navy
Carriere Uke
U.S.A
Acton
Haley
British Columbia
Yesley
Hepburn
Ontario
Mie
Gated Noarit Aehat
Tisley
WAR Savings Committee
Hitler
Bank Sledos
War Savings Bank
USA
Eveye
Pena
Cansole
Mons
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