Week with the RCAF Overseas Supervises Morale and Training
A Canadian editors’ tour of English air bases highlights the RCAF shift toward Canadianization while remaining integrated with RAF structures. Air Marshal Edwards stresses identity and morale as key, praising pilots from Canada and noting superb training and equipment. The group observes squadron status, bomber operations against Duisburg, night raids, and Lancaster crews, with meals, clubs, and tea typical of station life.
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England
Royal Canadian Air Force
HL. Bo Edwards
Sommaander Tin Ubief
Army
Navy
R.C.A.F
Keith Hodson
D.F.C
London
Ontario
C. H. J. Fisher
Wadenna
Sask
J. W. Cantelon
Ridgetown
Duisburg
Edu- Hora
Germany
Lea
Ths
Fight
Reynold Quinn
Bromptonville
LCA
Niece Girl's Identity Trick Foiled at North Bay Normal School
A graduate of North Bay Normal School posed as Miss Roseburrough Murray to take charge of a West Luther school in Monck. For a week she acted as a female teacher before Police Officer Morley Wright exposed her disguise when she appeared as a young man. The motive remains a mystery.
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North Bay Normal School
No. 8
West Luther
Ao Young Indy
Roseburrough Murray
Monck Oan
Morley Wright
Arthur
Miss Murray
Arthur Enterprise
Miss Tar Reports Hong Kong Atrocities to Britain
Phyllis Tar, a 23 year old Lancashire widow, witnessed the Hong Kong atrocities and reported them to the British government, prompting renewed British concern about the colonial crisis.
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London
Phyllis Tartop
Lancashird
Ewil Sere- AL
Britain
Five-Story Chicken Hotel Opens On Geiger Farm
Brooklyn reporter details Karl Geiger's poultry hotel converting a barn into a six level complex with an electric elevator, running water, sun lamps, hay lofts, and dormer windows. It houses 1,100 hens and 200 breeding ewes with plans to reach 500 dozen eggs weekly.
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Brooklyn
Towa
Karl Geiger
Roo
Geirer
Geiger
Stowallray
Ogge
Lawther Rise of a Miner Rights Champion in Wartime Britain
A vivid portrait of Lawther, a towering Mineworkers Federation figure, praised for leading miners during prewar coal shortages. The piece recalls his hard work ethic, discouragement of German influence, and fierce defense of miners with pay gains and safer conditions, amid looming fascist threats.
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London
Wil Laweth
Liitnin
Kovernment
Farea
Mineworkers’ Federation
Durham
Wales
War Bridegrooms Watch Your Step
New York reports brides and mothers now dress alike at weddings with matching hats and gowns. Bride’s mother often favors pastel tones, while the bride wears white. Mothers of today’s war brides are typically younger, more romantic, and bring heirloom jewels to the ceremony.
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New York
Wilma Allen
Shao
Gene Dows
Miss Allen
Bridaleconsultant
Fifth Avenue
CBS
Dannach
Smoke pile up London Thwarted by high tobacco imports
A scrambled report notes a surge in tobacco stock with 120 pounds observed and 1S pounds in a matching period. The item hints at consumer demand and trade conditions affecting households. Separately a help-wanted notice seeks general hausre work with family care and home trips.
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London
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