Canada’s War Year 1942 Ends With Allied Stance Strengthened
A year-end review notes Canada’s first combat at Dieppe and brave sailors and airmen in global actions. It highlights wartime production tripling, inflation control, and heavy taxes funded by war savings. The piece credits Allied momentum in 1942 with growing air and sea power, Rommel’s retreat, and unity with Russia and China, ending with cautious hope for 1943.
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Canada
Dieppe
United Nations
Rommel
Libya
West Africa
Pacific
Russia
China
Churchill
Isle of Man Declares War for 28 Years in Silence
The Manx Government says it has been at war with Germany since 1914 but notes no peace treaty was signed since they were not invited to Ver sailes. No new declaration was made in 1939.
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Isle of Man
Germany
Manx
Versailes
Factory Padres spread to mills and works in Lancshire
Scores of Lancashire cotton mills and engineering works now have their own padre as a war aid idea to help workers with personal problems.
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Lancashire Cotton Mills
Lucien Roy Civilian Cameraman Dies on West Coast
Lucien Roy, 38, a renowned Canadian motion picture cameraman, died in a crash while covering Western Air Command activities on the west coast. He had worked for Associated Screen News Limited in Montreal for nearly 20 years and filmed major national events and notable personalities across Canada.
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Canada
Lucien Roy
Western Air Command
Roy
Associated Screen News Limited
Montreal
Dominion
Art Publication Among Rations Carried In German Dinghy
A recovered ration dinghy contains a packet of cigarettes with coupons promising a cheap "Art Publication" titled England The Robber Pirate. The flyer claims vivid text and 125 historical pictorials to reveal Britain’s alleged world power tactics, offered alongside architecture albums or a Fuehrer pamphlet from Brighton.
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England
Channel
Argus
Brighton
Sleep with Eyes Open Debunked as Training Feat
Medical consensus says falling asleep with eyes open is possible for a moment but unsustainable for a normal person. There is no evidence that anyone can train to sleep with eyes open for any length of time.
Indian summer called St Martin's in English autumn
The long stretch of fine autumn weather is called Indian summer in Canada and St Martin's summer in England, illustrating regional naming for the same period of mild conditions.
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Canada
St. Martin's
England
Canadians Form First Parachute Battalion At Fort Benning
Officers and men from all Canadian Army branches train together as the First Canadian Parachute Battalion based at Fort Benning Georgia. Veterans from Dieppe and other fronts join a cross section of volunteers training under American methods, with wings insignia designed by Canadian officers.
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Seth Hulton
Parachute Battalion
Fort Benning
G. F. P. Bradbrooke
Regina
Saskatoon
Benning
D. J Wilkins
Toronto
Dieppe
H. D. Proctor
Ottawa
R. F. Routh
Butter shortage not a panic but a storage issue in Canada
Dominion Bureau of Statistics shows higher butter consumption with steady production but lower stock than last year. Urges reduced butter intake to avoid rationing and promotes vitamin A from greens, carrots, liver, and cod liver oil as alternatives. Warns against mineral oil reducing carotene and notes children need more fat. A Vita min Chart is available from Health League of Canada.
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Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Health League of Canada
111 Avenue Road
Toronto
Bank Executives Back Wartime Taxes and Controls
G W Spinney and Huntly R Drummond urged wartime finance measures while warning of postwar inflation. Drummond pressed for rapid removal of controls to revive private enterprise, noting high income taxes and expanded government borrowing. Spinney reported assets of 1.175 billion and 596 million quick assets, with deposits over 1.06 billion, and described Dominion Deposit Certificates as flexible short term government financing.
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Huntly R. Drummond
Bank of Montreal
G. W. Spinney
Dominion of Canada Securities
Dominion
Treasury
Great Britain
Spinney
Dominion of Canada
Infantry Corps Formed to Transform Canadian Army
National Defence officials announce the creation of a new Infantry Corps for the Canadian Army with regimental integrity preserved. Lieut Gen Kenneth Stuart says the infantry will be motorized and more capable, signaling a shift from foot-slogging tactics to a modern, unified corps. The report also notes a Athens park, Constitution Square, is converted into a cemetery with near zero temperature preservation for cut flowers.
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Queen of Battle
J. L. Ralston
National Defence
Letson
Kenneth Stuart
Gems of Thought on Time and Choice
A collection of maxims from Chesterfield Horace Goethe Mary Baker Eddy Walt Mason and Henry Ward Beecher. The quotes warn against procrastination indecision and wasted time urging mindful use of the day and steady progress. Each voice reflects a timeless guidance on productivity and fate.
Church for Exiles in Halifax Serves Norwegian Community
Exiles from Norway living or visiting Halifax will have a church of their own after an impressive ceremony. A well known old Halifax home was taken over by Norwegians to serve as a place of worship.
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Norway
Halifax
Saved Shipmate by Iron Lung Built in Port
A wooden canvas and scrap metal iron lung built by shipwrights and engine room artificers saved a naval rating aboard while in a foreign port. Shipmates pumped the device by hand for two days and two nights to sustain life.
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