Flood of overseas mail becomes Canada’s busiest war industry
The Department of National Defence says letters home to servicemen now rank as Canada’s busiest war industry. The Base Post Office sorts and bundles millions of overseas letters daily, with the Canadian Post Office Department and the Canadian Postal Corps coordinating pickup, sorting, and dispatch to the Base Post Office. Airlines and the RCAF handle air routes while surface mail returns to civil post offices for embarkation, under Major R. Stephen and Capt. E R. Kightley and Lieuts. W. R. Allen and R. McKinnon in charge.
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Department of National Defence
Canada
Canadian Post Office Department
Canadian Postal Corps
C W.A.C
CWAC
RCAF
Air Transport Service
Trans-Atlantic Air Service
R. Stephen
E R. Kightley
W. R. Allen
R. McKinnon
Lisbon a refugee port as Sweden's liner brings nearly 1000 to safety
The Gripsholm sails into Lisbon with diplomats, journalists, private citizens, and many Germans from Vichy camps. Lisbon remains a wartime hinge with an international airport, mixed American British French and German presence, and venues like Avenida da Liberdade and Estoril, illustrating its unique role as listening post and gateway to occupied Europe.
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Lisbon
Gripsholm
Germany
Vichy
France
Europe
International
Berlin
England
Avenida da Liberdade
Victoria
Estoril
Oppenheim
Ottawa Journal
Oak Leaf For Mention In Despatches In Despatches
Members of the three armed services named in despatches will soon wear a small bronze oak leaf beside their service ribbon. In the last war palm leaves were used. this war uses silver maple leaves for overseas service, with the oak leaf added to indicate mention. The ribbon shown is the Canadian Voluntary Service Medal.
Miss Florence Horsbrugh to Visit Canada for Health Study
Parliamentary secretary to the British health minister will travel to Canada to study hospital infant welfare nursing and nutrition methods. She will address Public Health League gatherings on wartime Britain’s approach to women children and factory workers health. She notes Canada’s differing wartime conditions and expresses interest in meeting people with different living conditions.
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Florence Horsbrugh
Canada
Public Health League
Britain
Churchill defends patience over Eire in wartime remark
Prime Minister Churchill says Britain has been patient toward Eire and questions de Valera's view of neutrality, noting Hitler’s air force defeat in the Battle of Britain would have altered their position today.
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Great Britain
Eire
Churchill
Hitler
Britain
de Valera
Eric
Ceylon Crude Rubber Output Tops Allied Territories
Ceylon's crude rubber production exceeds the combined output of all other territories accessible to the Allies, marking a major share of wartime supplies.
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Ceylon
Germans chained to a world conquests dream says Windsor Star
The Windsor Star recounts a captured Nazi parachutist in Italy still firing and cursing his comrades. He asserts ancestral duty, claiming his father and he were good soldiers and hopes his son will fight in the next war for Germany’s bid for world domination.
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Italy
Windsor Star
Germany
Largest mural unveiled in Canada at Toronto Union Station
A massive and vigorously executed mural dedicated to the achievements of the RCAF was unveiled in Toronto Union Station. The project is believed to be the largest mural ever executed in a public place in Canada. Buy War Savings Stamps regularly.
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R.C.A.F
Canada
Toronto Union Station
War Activities Pictured In Railway Report
The Canadian National Railways annual report to the House of Commons shows war work across the system. It highlights heavy materials transport troop movement shipbuilding aircraft maintenance and naval gun production with CN ships serving in the Royal Canadian Navy and other vessels carrying war cargoes. The 1943 gross receipts reached 440,615,955 with an operating ratio of 73.64 percent, the best in the railway’s history.
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Canadian National Railways
House of Commons
National System
Canadian National
Royal Canadian Navy
United Nations
R. C. Vaughan
Striking Example Of United Nations Collaboration In A French Sloop
A historical feature celebrates the French sloop of war Chevreuil and its multinational crew. From internment in Britain to refitting in the Pacific and convoy actions in 1941, the ship fought German U boats while crews from six nations served under Villebois. The vessel endured brutal storms, heroic acts, and decorations including the Legion dHonneur and British Cross.
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United Nations
le Vaisseau
Chevreuil
British Isles
Pacific Coast
Haven
Atlantic
High Command
North Atlantic
Ensigne Bureau
Teddy Duilt Bureau
Lave
Lieut
de Vaisseau
Francois Fourlinnie
Lieut de Vaisseau
Henri Kerez
Lieut. de Vaisseau
Pierre Villebois
France
Villebois
South Pacific
Chevreuill
New Caledonia
Martinique
French North Africa
Food and Agriculture Canada can aid postwar development
Dr. L B Pett director of nutrition services argues in Toronto that current food and agriculture plans could help lead the world toward greater cooperation and less war. He urges Canadian leadership in shaping UN food discussions and stresses health and welfare as the measure of welfare rather than mere insurance.
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L. B. Pett
Pensions Department
Toronto
Food and Agriculture
Pett
Canada
Webs Used for Sights In Wartime Instruments
The text describes the unusual wartime task of collecting spiders webs to be used in binoculars and submarine periscopes. It notes the extreme delicacy and strength of each thread and its role in precision instruments.
Exquisite Crochet Pineapple Doilies Pattern 7141
Exquisite crochet variation of pineapple design for doilies suitable for buffet sets or incidental pieces. Pattern 7141 includes directions and stitch illustrations. Send twenty cents in coins to Household Arts Department Winnipeg Newspaper Union 175 McDermot Avenue E Winnipeg Man for pattern 7141.
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Household Arts Department
Winnipeg
Union
McDermot Avenue
Man
National plan for India education system with technical schools
A national education plan for India proposes universal basic schooling and a school for Artisans. It includes technical high schools and a three year diploma course for engineers to elevate technical skills nationwide.
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India
British Air Losses Amid War Totales
The report tallies 33 300 British pilots and air crew killed and 10 400 missing in action. It also records over 10 000 aircraft lost, with a cumulative figure of 25 462.
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British Isles
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