Canadian aviation gains postwar potential in wartime skyways
The article notes rapid aviation development since the war began and highlights Canada as a key asset. It recalls the R.A.F. Ferry Command now RAF Transport Command establishing East headquarters. Air routes carried aircraft from Canada and the United States to Britain with growing passenger and freight expectations after the war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Britain
Canada
R.af. Ferry Command
RAF Transport Command
United States
Canada On Direct Routes From Winnipeg and Edmonton
The piece explains that Winnipeg and Edmonton occupy a pivotal position on Arctic routes linking North America with Russia, China, and India. It notes postwar potential for civil aviation utilizing Alaska Highway expansion, new airfields, and continued training of Canadian air force personnel to bolster peacetime air transport and international connectivity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winnipeg
Edmonton
Russia
China
India
Arctic Circle
Dominion
Light Planes and Postwar Canadian Aviation
The article notes advances in fuels, plastics, and light metals enabling planes to fly nonstop from Canada to Europe with loads up to twenty tons. Planes will be much larger than the famous Clippers, and after the war there may be demand for small, efficient civilian aircraft. Canada trained thousands of pilots and has abundant airfields, with potential use of aviation to develop the North and expand postwar growth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Europe
Northland
Canada
Fish as a Protein Alternative and Cooking Tips
Advice on substituting fish for meat to ensure adequate protein intake. Highlights include salt water fish iodine value, vitamins A D and G in salmon halibut cod, seasonal price influence, freshness indicators, preservation methods, cooking guidance to avoid toughness, and garnish ideas. Ends with a note to request recipes from the Western Division Health League of Canada in Toronto.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Western Division Health League of Canada
Avenue Road
Toronto
Ontario
Women’s Land Army Reaches Over Fifty-Eight Thousand Members
By late March 1943 the Women’s Land Army of Great Britain counted more than 58 000 volunteers aged 17 to 40. They worked on farms market gardens and in forests. Some prisoners of war are now employed on British farms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Women's Land Army of
Great Britain
The Dairy Cow and Its Care in Feeding
The dairy cow is a highly specialized animal. The nervous physical and bodily strain in assimilating large quantities of concentrated food and coarse fodder together with milk production is great, requiring careful feeding and management to keep the cow in robust health.
Military flight training units list officers and bases
No. 10 Service Flying Training School at Dauphin and No. 7 Air Observer School at Portage la Prairie plus No. 12 SFTS Brandon and No. 3 Bombing and Gunnery School Macdonald are shown with numerous officer names and hometowns across Manitoba and Saskatchewan. The roster covers pilots navigators air bombers and gunners assigned to training facilities in Canada during the wartime program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
No. 10
Service Flying Training School
Dauphin
Man
L. R. Agnew
Weyburn
R. F. Ramford
Camrose
Alta
A. Boyde
Bigenr
H. A. Gilbert
Avonhurst
M. Irvine
Wetaskiwin
S. R. Murray
Glasneven
R. C. Percy
Dugald
Q. L. Piprell
Borden
G. H. Sobering
Gretna
A. Tullock
Craik
S. Tullock
A. N. Unser
Hazenmore
A. L. Wall
Stockholm
D. M. Whyte
North Battleford
Air Observer School
Portage la Prairie
J. A. Carmichael
Oberon
W. J. Odegaard
Shellbrook
Sask
No. 7 Air Observer School
D. W. Brown
Tantallon
A. C. Heaney
Pinawa
J. Hooks
Drumheller
Wm. Ritchie
Saitcoats
R. L. Schnuth
Hazlet
Brandon
Baker
Metador
R. R. Brownridge
Vawn
P. J. Cormier
Mazenod
Govan
O. J. MccGunigal
Prince Albert
R. W. Peel
Selkirk
EF. M. Reesor
M. Sheridan
Gladstone
S. A. Loftson
Lundar
K. L. Radcliffe
Rivers
A. Yarnish
MacGregor
M. FE. Burnard
Theodore
Carstairs
R. H. Rigelhof
Clandonald
D. L. Sehlin
Miller
A. B. Shanks
Olds
Urgent Canadian corn supply urged for starch industry
In an Ottawa dispatch interview G F Benson Jr president of Canada Starch Co says corn deliveries by Canadian farmers have fallen, risking starch industry needs. Government allows US imports with subsidies. Benson notes fair Canadian price ceilings and urges steady deliveries to keep the local market.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. F. Benson Jr
Canada Starch Company Limited
Ottawa
United States
Benson
New Industry for India Aims to Boost War Effort and Peacetime Industry
British experts sent to India to establish a first line machine tool industry for threefold goals: increase India's war contribution, save shipping space, and build peacetime industrial capacity. The article notes the game's Roman origins in a separate line.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
India
Sunflower Harvest Projected At Record Canadian Volume
The Dominion bureau of statistics reports Canada may harvest nearly 20 million pounds of sunflower and rape seed oils this year. Two years ago these crops were little known. growth stems from wartime oil shortages in North America. About 1,000 growers planted sunflowers in western Canada while 366 prairie, Ontario, and Quebec growers planted rape seed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
North America
Pacific
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Prairie Provinces
Ontario
Quebec
Canadian lifeboat shift favors rafts says Lt Cmdr Harding
Lt Cmdr C P Harding of the Royal Canadian Navy told a Toronto service club that Canada has advanced raft lifesaving designs. British Admiralty and authorities in the United States Australia New Zealand and South Africa seek Canadian specifications. He asserted you can sink a lifeboat but not a raft and that sailors prefer rafts over lifeboats aboard many vessels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cmdr
C. P. Harding
Royal Canadian Navy
Toronto
United States
Australia
New Zealand
South Africa
Smile Awhile Riffs on Hats and Farm Eggs in Humorous Skit
A humorous collage from a shore of gags includes Mrs Modern asking for her hat while her husband jokes he cannot tell hat from handbag. A coted housewife complains eggs are small and farmers rush from nest. A playful line about a dentist’s golf advice and a dog tax pun closes the bit with Pat quitting work over wages.
Dust Exposure Rules Highlight Worker Health Risk
A health note warns that workers in dusty trades may inhale up to 100 pounds of dust over a lifetime. The statement emphasizes long term respiratory risks and the need for protective measures and monitoring.
No Reduced Fares Extended To Feb 15 1944
The order in council suspending weekend and holiday reduced railway fares has been extended to February 15 1944. Controller T C Lockwood cited heavy civilian travel and the need to favor armed services, keeping pleasure travel within current limits to avoid hindering war material movement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. C. Lockwood
Gems of Thought Quotes on Service and Charity
A collection of moral maxims from L. M. Child Lew Wallace Emerson and others praising service to others. Emphasizes happiness through acts for others and equal rights, urging service over rule and direct kindness as true measure of virtue.
Government warns of looming Christmas tree shortage
The statement cites a shortage of railway equipment and limited truck use, plus manpower limits in essential industries and twine scarcity affecting tree binding. It targets cutters dealers shippers and retailers. Also notes jackrabbits leaping seven-foot fences in a separate tidbit.
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Canadian Aviation
Health League
Women's Land Army
Ogden
Ny & Dé
Wings Parade
R.caf
BCAT
No. 7 Bombing and Gunnery School
Paulson, Man
B.C. Nelson
Tyndall
A. Sabo
Fleming
No. 5 Bombing and Gunnery School
Dafoe
Wireless Air Gunners
J. D. Rent
Duntane
M. FE. Golden
Wilcox
H. L. Howard
Frobisher
K. W. Kelland
Antath
J. T. Kennedy
St. Boswells
Sicily
Cpl
H H. Whitaker
The
Royal Canadian Signals
Axees , Joy
Illiggs
Kellog Company of Canada
Mrs. Modern
Husband
Little George
Deb
Henry
Mrs. Strong
Pat
L. M. Child
Lew Wallace
Emerson
Charles L. H. Wagner
Mary Baker Eddy
God
Benjamin Franklin
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