Canadian Soldiers Train In Vocational Skills For Army Demands
Canadian active army recruits in technical schools across the Dominion undergo three phase training to become skilled tradesmen. Soldiers learn electrical work, carpentry, and wood turning while aiming to support modern mechanized forces. Among trainees are Gar Howell and Gov Barkley, shifting from past civilian roles to new trades, with lessons at Ottawa Technical High School and Hamilton army trade school.
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Dominion
Canada
Army Trade School
Hamilton
Ottawa Technical High School
Gar H. Howell
Campbellton
N.B
Campbellton “Tigers
Gov. H. L. Barkley
Cornwall
Ont
C. Benwell
Winnipeg
T. E. McQuinn
Saint John
L. E Lavoie
Woodstock
Benwell
Spr
R. W. Gaines
Montreal
H Nott
Ottawa
Paratrooper Training in Britain and Suit Trimming Trends
A London report details Britain training paratroopers under Acting Squadron Leader Louis A. Strange with a fierce selection for physique and intelligence, offering special pay. It also notes wartime wool shortages prompting tailors to cut trouser turn-ups to save cloth, amid debates on jacket styles and standard sizes.
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Britain
Louis A. Strange
Corps d
London
Ottawa Journal
O.C
Delivery Ponies Escape Dairy Collapse In England
A dairy stable wall collapse freed 24 ponies. all but two were recaptured immediately. By morning the two missing were found delivering milk door to door without cart or driver. In Sweden, telephone operators switch from one moment please to in the wink of an eye.
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England
Sweden
Get Used To Darkness Night Fighter Pilots Train With Green Goggles
Britain learns night flying requires green goggles to accustom eyes to darkness. Some pilots report sensitivity to illumination unseen by others. A description notes the Chinese wall stands about 16 feet above ground with a total length including spur and curves of 2550 miles.
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Britain
Iron and Steel Direct-From-Industry Manufacturers Count
Approximately 22 000 manufacturing establishments in the United States consume iron or steel directly from the steel industry.
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United States
Paradox: Life Loss in Blitz England Falls Short of Peace
James B. Forgan, Chicago Red Cross chair, argued at a Washington national convention that England’s life loss in the blitz was smaller than in peacetime. He credited widespread first aid training, accident prevention, hygiene, vaccination, and safer daily life for saving more lives than the enemy could claim.
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Red Cross
England
James B. Forgan
Chicago
The
Washington
Mary Hughes the Angel of the East End dies in London
Mary Hughes widow of Thomas Hughes author of Tom Brown's School Days died in London in early April at 81. Known as the angel of the East End she dedicated years to aiding the poor in Whitechapel and Stepney, living simply and funding welfare through the Dew Drop Inn for Education and Joy where she led volunteers as a Quaker and justice of the peace.
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Mary Hughes
Thomas Hughes
Tom Brown
London
Whitechapel
East End
Stepney
Dew Drop Inn
Great Musician Sir Hamilton Harty Remembered
The late Sir Hamilton Harty is praised as nearly self taught in many arts. He rose to be a leading conductor accompanist and distinguished composer and even learned French German and Italian by reading novels and dictionaries.
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Sir Hamilton Harty
Small evolution in coal stoves since Franklin era
The article notes many new devices and equipment changes but asserts no revolutionary progress in coal burning stoves since a few years after Benjamin Franklin created the first one.
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Benjamin Franklin
Ideal Shelter In Detroit Salt Mines 160 Acres War Reserve
Old salt mines beneath Detroit cover 160 acres in the southwest with 1100 feet deep chambers and air corridors. Constant 58 degree temperature, pillars hold ceilings, and refuge would shield 1,618,549 residents from bombardment. Officials see use as shelter for industry, hospital, or ammunition dump with over 25 miles of passageways.
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Detroit
Pattern 6947 Prayer Crochet Panel Published
The pattern offers a crocheted heirloom panel of the Lord s Prayer in Catholic and Protestant versions with a chart, directions, illustrations and stitch guidance. Send 20 cents to the Household Arts Department of the Winnipeg Newspaper Union for the pattern.
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Household Arts Department
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Avenue
Winnipeg
Man
Alice Brooks
Broad Way hostess was Queen Elizabeth's aunt dies in Cotswolds farmhouse
A London letter to the Hamilton Spectator recalls a visit to Broad way in the Cotswolds where Lady Maud Bowes-Lyon, the Queen's aunt, hosted visitors at Orchard Farm. The piece links her death and her garden style with Italian furnishings and Bowes family pewter heirlooms. The essay then extols Sea Power as the Allied war hub, stressing the Royal Navy's role in protecting convoys and enabling Allied offensives from the Atlantic to the Mediterranean and Red Sea.
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London
Hamilton Spectator
Britain
Broadway
Cotswolds
England
Italy
Maud Bowes-Lyon
Bowes
Lyons
Royal Navy
Oversea
Atlantic
América
Middle East
Cape of Good Hope
Albania
Mussolini
Aegean
Eritrea
Italian Somaliland
Abyssinia
Royal Air Force
Navy
Lofoten
Mediterranean
Red Sea
Somaliland
Germany
North Cape
Pyrenees
Ship power to Britain underscored in wartime speech
Sir Arthur Salter cites ships as both wheat and timber lifelines for Britain. He notes a tanker sunk by a mine could have saved far more fuel than lorry pooling, illustrating the stakes of five million tons of Allied shipping lost since the war began.
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Britain
Arthur Salter
British
Ministry of Shipping
Newcastle
Maclean’s
Maddened Gardener Remembers Twenty Year Old Maid
The master of the house and the old gardener discuss a memory from two decades ago. Mac recalls comforting Annie the maid by giving his muffler and coat when she claimed to be cold. He grows furious at realizing her supposed intention of needing closer affection.
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Mac
Annie
Nizam Purchases Trawler for Coastmine Duties
The Nizam of Hyderabad buys a trawler to be used for mine sweeping and anti submarine tasks along the Indian coast. The vessel will enhance coastal defense and maritime security through specialized naval operations.
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Nizam of Hyderabad
India
Adventurous airmen bomb a fort in Africa with home made device
A Kenya defence force member recounts two airmen using a draughty old flying ambulance to drop a forty gallon oil drum explosive onto an Italian fort in Africa. With no official sanction they light the fuse on the way to the target and the fort is flattened before the pilot is wounded and sent to hospital.
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Africa
London
Kenya Defence Force
Britain
Jack
Cuffless Trousers Spark Debate on Pockets
The Ottawa Journal notes tailors in Britain omit trousers cuffs to save cloth, but pockets stay essential. The piece suggests men will resist complete cuffless fashion as long as pockets remain usable.
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The
Ottawa Journal
Mohair Used More in Cars Than in Furniture
A report highlights that Mohair fibers are increasingly used in automotive interiors while usage in household furniture remains comparatively low. Experts note durability and sheen favor automotive applications as designers seek premium textiles.
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Are Tailors
T. R. Hewitt
Federation of Merchant Tailors
Ralaty
New York World-Telegram
Detroit City
Crochet
Lord's
Queen Elizabeth
Taffrail
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