Padre Tells of Airmen's Problems During War
Squadron Leader HFD Ashford, padre of Calgary, recalls six months with Canadian aircrew in the Mediterranean. He describes hardships abroad and details letters from home that damage morale, categorizing them as from worried mothers, quarrelsome wives, and wives in the service seeking releases.
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Hfd
Ashford Padre
Calgary
Waller
Sqd
Ldr
Ashford
Italy
Syd
RCAF
North Africa
Sqd Ldr
Seaman "Shorty" Windsor earns DSM after gallant action aboard Lady Shirley
The Isle of Man o boy, 20, nicknamed Shorty Windsor, survived Dunkirk evacuations and a mine strike. He and Seaman Hal Crow battled a U boat in the trawler Lady Shirley from Gibraltar, then both nearly died in hospital before being sent ashore. The Lady Shirley was later lost with all hands.
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Shorty
Windsor
Isle of Man
Lady Shirley
Gibraltar
Halcrow
Nazi bank vaults hit as Berlin offices fall to bombs
Informants say allied air raids destroyed the main offices of almost all Berlin banks except the Reichsbank. Leaders were reported to have stored valuables, furs and art treasures in vaults from occupied lands and during a decade of Nazi rule.
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Berlin
Reichsbank
Germany
Bargaining at German camps revealed barter with guards
Repatriated Canadian and British prisoners report a regular tariff system in some German prison camps. A package of 20 cigarettes could buy three eggs when available, while one cigarette yielded 15 saccharine tablets.
Five veterans share 1902 ale at Red Cross auction
A rare 1902 ale brewed for King Edward VII was auctioned by the Red Cross. Five repatriated prisoners shared a bottle purchased for 450 dollars by antique dealer John Rushmer who invited the servicemen to drink with him. The ale cost 75 dollars per mouthful.
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Edward VII
Red Cross
John Rushmer
Unknown Soldier Ties Across Time at Westminster Abbey
The Unknown Soldier story follows visitors at Westminster Abbey kneeling by the dark tomb slab. An old woman, possibly his mother or widow, shares a quiet vigil with a young girl as various passersby reflect on loss. American soldiers enter, silent and solemn, forming a loose chorus of remembrance. The piece closes noting that tuberculosis was once Canada’s leading killer.
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Westminster Abbey
Amiens
Somme
Wren
Piccadilly
Combat celebrates 50th issue with defiant resistance tone
The clandestine French weekly Combat marks its 50th edition with a full size issue and photo spread. Its inflammatory editorial proclaims continued resistance to the Gestapo, while noting mass arrests and harsh Nazi repression, as the paper asserts its resolve and circulation.
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Combat
Gestapo
Gems of Thought Collected Reflections on Experience
A compilation of aphorisms on experience and learning from authors such as Wieland Beattie Eddy Coleridge Terence and Loneyfellow. The quotes emphasize that knowledge comes from experience and that the past informs a hopeful future.
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Mary Baker Eddy
Gift Of Stalingrad Surgical Equipment To Toronto
The complete surgical gear of Major A. H. Cameron-Smith who died years ago has been donated by his sister Helen Cameron-Smith of Powarson Ontario to Stalingrad grad for use in a Toronto hospital city sister. Maj. Cameron-Smith served in the First Great War with the Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps and later practiced in Northern Ontario.
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A. H. Cameron-Smith
Helen Cameron- Smith
Powarson
Ont
Stalingrad
Toronto
Maj
Cameron-Smith
Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps
Ontario
High ideals in wartime rhetoric and scout oath contrast
The Niagara Falls Review notes the Chicago Tribune's taunt labeling Roosevelt and other Allied leaders as The Boy Scouts at Cairo. R M Harrison in the Windsor Star cites the Scouts oath urging duty to God and country and helping others. The piece muses on higher aims for a man in war and comments on metal colors.
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Niagara Falls Review
The
Chicago Tribune
Roosevelt
Churchill
Cairo
R. M. Harrison
Windsor Star
London Orchestra Premieres Ob U Suite Between Battles
A London orchestra gave the first performance of a suite for oboe and strings composed between two battles in Tunisia by Den's Mulgan, a New Zealander now fighting in Italy.
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London
Tunisia
Den
Mulgan
Italy
Ottawa Woman Sgt Hetherington Shines In War Service
Women's Army Corps Sgt Rita Hetherington of Ottawa gains notice at a Quebec conference for a Despatch Operator post. Now driving for the Chief of the General Staff at National Defence Headquarters, she previously held a desk job at the Chateau Frontenac and has two sons in uniform with relatives also serving overseas.
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Royal Canadian Air Force
Airwommen
Canada
Betty Roth
125Th St. Edmonton
Brantford Air Sation
Rita Hetherington
Ottawa
Ont
Canadian Women's Army Corps
Quebec
Hetherington
Chateau Frontenac
Sgt. Hetherington
General Staff
Kenneth Stuart
C.B. D.S.O
M.C
National Defence Headquarters
Canadian Women’s Army Corps
Sgt
Melville Hetherington
Royal Canadian Engineers
Gordon Hetherington
Rc.n.v.r
One For The General
A U S Army general in London recalls a clash between his staff car and a battered London taxi. The general berates the cabby until asking what he has to say. The cabby responds with a sharp retort referencing Pearl Harbor, delivering a quick zinger from a New York Nation source.
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London
Pearl ‘Arbor
Nation
New York
Tomato juice shortage noted for coming winter
The Ottawa Journal reports slim chances of public access to tomato juice this winter as shop seekers already find current announcements self evident.
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The
Ottawa Journal
Britain plans postwar food commission to secure health
Britain begins plans for a permanent postwar food commission to guarantee health standards and adequate nutrition for all families after the war. Aimed at shifting from tea and margarine to butter milk and meat, with reorganization of agriculture to boost milk eggs fruits vegetables and supplies. Canada noted as a key supplier of bacon and eggs.
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Canada
Britain
Dominion
Multiple small fines and convictions across Canadian towns
A Winnipeg druggist was convicted for not complying with board rules banning metal toothpaste or shaving cream tubes unless customers return empty tubes. A Woodside landlord in Nova Scotia was fined 100 dollars for unregistered room rates. An Owen Sound merchant received a year in prison for selling rationed goods without coupons. A Summerside sugar hoarder was fined 100 dollars. Cartierville and Sudbury restaurant keepers paid 25 and 10 dollars for serving meat on Tuesday.
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Winnpeg
Woodside
N.S
Halifax
Owen Sound
Summerside
Prince Edward Island
Cartierville
Sudbury
Consumers' News
Good Suggestions On How To Avoid A Cold
The piece lists many preventive tips from singing to raw onions to prevent colds. It notes that none are practical for the average life and argues people should not spend all time avoiding illness. It concludes that if theatre attendance risks a cold, one should still go to the theatre.
Plans for Abyssinia Constitution Education in Democracy
Reports say Haile Selassie plans a constitution for Abyssinia with Pritish experts. The initial elective body would be mainly advisory while focusing on educating the people in democratic procedure.
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Haile Selassie
Abyssinia
German mother jailed for delaying Hitler Youth meeting
A Swiss newspaper from Lucerne reports a German mother was sentenced to 15 days in prison after her 12 year old son complained that her insistence on stacking wood for the kitchen fire made him half an hour late for a Hitler Youth meeting. Brazil holds an estimated 15 billion tons of iron ore.
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Democrate of
Lucerne
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