Air Training Plan marks third year of operation
The British Commonwealth Air Training Plan enters its third year with December 1939 Ottawa talks finalizing details and April 1939 class starting in Toronto. The plan, discussed before the war, has exceeded early hopes and trains across all Canadian provinces. Prairies offer ideal conditions for landing and flying with airmen from Canada and abroad.
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Britain
Australia
New Zealand
Canada
Ottawa
Toronto
Dominion
Prairies
Rapid Growth Of R C A F
The Air Training Plan is a joint Canadian effort with Canada bearing two thirds of maintenance costs. Since 1939 the R C A F expanded from 283 officers and 3,400 men to 125,000, with 83,000 in instructional and support roles. It operates 93 training schools across 150 establishments and over two thousand buildings, earning Canada the title an airdrome of democracy and aiding Allied defense.
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R.ca.f
Canada
R.C.A.F
Air Strength Is Important in Commonwealth Training Plan
Britain Australia and New Zealand send the finest to Commonwealth Air Training schools. Joined by Canada they sail to fight and patrol coasts as Allied air power grows. Air Chief Marshal Sir Arthur Longmore recounts early RAF odds and the need for strong air support in all operations.
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Britain
Australia
New Zealand
Sir Arthur Longmore
Middle East
Canada
R.A F
Commonwealth Air Training Plan
Finland War Debt Claims Debunked by Times-Journal
The St Thomas Times Journal argues Finland never owed a U S war debt as Finland existed as a Russian province during the last war and a Bolshevik backed government later fought Mannerheim. It says the civil war funded by U S money supported anti democratic forces and compares the Finnish situation to Franco’s Spain.
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Finland
United States
Washington
Russia
Mannerheim
Germany
Franco
St. Thomas Times-Journal
Population of India and its British status in 1900s era
The article states India covers 1,576,000 square miles with a population of 388,800,000. It notes one in five people globally are Indian, with 92,973,000 Indians not British subjects in Indian states covering two fifths of the area, while 295,827,000 Indians in 11 provinces of British India are British subjects.
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India
Patience Rewarded at Boston Hotel
An elderly Boston Back Bay hotel guest tipped a waitress a penny per meal for weeks. She asked to see the pennies saved and then matched each penny with a dollar. The waitress received $181 after counting her earnings, proving patience rewarded.
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New York Post
Boston
Back Bay
Britain Plans Postwar Africa Development Base
American journalist Negley Farson reports Britain plans a future where indigenous industry grows across Africa to provide a strong economic base for natives and reduce exploitation.
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Britain
Africa
Negley Farson
National Food Tasters at Home Honor Lord and Lady Woolton
Food Minister Lord Woolton revealed he tried Britain's new wartime loaf at home with his wife acting as tasters. Lady Woolton denies the role of head food taster but is curious about kitchen experiments and often inspects cooking in progress.
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Lady Woolton
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John N. Kennedy
New York City
Royal Canadian Air Force
J. L. Ralston
National Defence
New York
Martin Kennedy
U S
18Th
Montreal
Black Watch Regiment
Rca.f
Five Allentown Marines Make Pearl Harbor To Guadalcanal Trip
Five childhood friends from Allentown Pennsylvania joined the Marines in December. They trained at Parris Island and New River and two reached Guadalcanal in July. In November all five stood on a Guadalcanal beachhead watching a troop transport unload reinforcements.
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Pearl Harbor
Five Lads
Parris Island
New River, Mg
Guadalcanal
Pangborn Captains RAF Lancaster In Ferry Command Role
Pioneer flyer Clyde Pangborn sits at the controls of a large Avro Lancaser bomber. The Lancaster, 102 foot wingspan and 69 foot length, weighs about 60 000 pounds and stands 20 feet high as Pangborn serves in RAF ferry command.
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Clyde Pangborn
Pangborn
RAF Ferry Command
Seven Vautour brothers serve in wartime from Ste. Anne
Seven sons and kin from Ste. Anne de Kent support the war effort. William Leo and Donat enlisted early and serve overseas while Gerard Wilfred Eloi remain in Canada. Eusebe, after earlier failures, earns recruitment and trains in Fredericton with Canadian Legion War Services aiding his schooling. The piece notes the family pride and expanding roles of V.A.D. volunteers and Provost Corps training at Camp Borden.
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Anne de Kent
N.B
William
Leo
Donat
Gerard
Wilfred
Eloi
Canada
Eusebe
Canadian Legion War Services
Eusebe Vautour
Fredericton
Gasoline Substitutes Used in Europe and Beyond
A London survey shows hair tonic and other substitutes fueling vehicles in Europe. A French inventor is credited with using scalp vigor izor to power an auto. A Swedish baker gathered alcohol from bakery fumes and grapes have been used to produce alcohol for cars. In South Africa, city gas and gasogene fumes from briquettes are employed.
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Europe
London
South Africa
Aid to Russia Fund Appeals for One Million Dollars
The piece extolls the brutal conditions on the Russian front around Stalingrad with 15,900,000 engaged and millions wounded. It urges Canadians to donate to the Canadian Aid to Russia Fund to dispatch essential supplies, highlighting doctors and surgeons’ tireless work in harsh winter fighting.
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Stalingrad
Russia
Atlantic
Pacific
Canada
Britain’s Secret York Plane Still On List
In the House of Commons Robert Perkins says Britain is producing a new large flying boat named the York. He notes air control could release 20 Yorks and 10 Sunderlands, enabling Britain to face Pan American Airways. The York remains on the secret list, implying a big passenger and freight aircraft.
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Robert Perkins
House of Commons
Britain
Perkins
Air Control
Pan-American Airways
Gems on Redeeming Time From Thought To Action
The passage urges filling each hour with thoughtful, productive living. It warns few are skilled at managing time or choosing company prudently. It stresses present focus, prudent choices, and enjoyment of today as life’s core, not a step toward tomorrow.
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Clarke
Ruskin
Submarine Dive Analogy Mirrors Fish Swim Bladder
The Christian Science Monitor compares submarine operation to a fish adjusting its swim bladder to dive and rise by taking in and expelling water or gas. The analogy emphasizes regulatory control of buoyancy in both vessels.
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