British Commonwealth Air Training Plan At Three Years Old
On its third anniversary the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan is celebrated as a decisive factor in the war. About 83,000 are now engaged in instruction, administration, and maintenance across 150 establishments and 2,000 buildings, with Canada bearing much of the cost and RCAF organizing the effort. The plan has produced fighters, bombers, ground crews, and instructors, shaping the air war from Britain to India.
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Gregory Clark
Canada
British Commonwealth Air Training Plan
Government
RCAF
British Commonwealth
British Commonwealth “University of the Air
United Nations
R.C.A.F
Aleutian Islands
India
Britain
RAF
Ottawa
Dominion
R.C._A.F
R.C.A F
Department of Transport
trans-Canada
Sign posts go back up as Britain ends invasion fear
A photo shows workmen erecting a sign post on the London to Folkestone road. After Dunkirk signs were removed from the southeast coast, now they are returning, signaling the dangerous phase of the war has passed and hostile troop movements will not be as easily guided.
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British Isles
London
Folkestone
Dunkirk
England
Europe
Kent
Sussex
Financial Post
Medals Given by King George to Father and Son Naval Heroes
A father and son, Lieut Richard Michell and Commander Kenneth Michell, were decorated at a royal ceremony. Richard received the Distinguished Service Cross and was positioned behind his father who earned the Distinguished Service Order and bar to the DSC.
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George
Richard Michell
DSC
Kenneth Michell
Birthday greetings to Canada’s air power builders
A voice lauds the young men who joined the Royal Canadian Air Force, praising their character courage and patience. The passage honors drafters of the Plan and pioneers who shaped Canada’s air force into a leading world power.
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Canada
Rc.af
Rc.a.f
Good Salvage Effort Tops Millions in Recovered Materials
Voluntary salvage committees reporting to Ottawa have gathered and marketed 42 761 452 pounds of useful materials since May 1 1941 with strong gains in the past six months. In six months June 1 to Nov 30 they marketed 142 637 249 pounds, compared with 47 875 093 pounds in eight months earlier in 1941. From May 1 last year to Nov 30 this year they collected 69 760 374 pounds of iron and steel scrap, plus vast amounts of metals paper rags rubber fats bones bottles glass and other items. Ontario Manitoba and western provinces show high performance with eastern provinces contributing 175 829 908 pounds and Manitoba Saskatchewan Alberta and British Columbia 66 931 544.
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Ottawa
Charles LaFerre
War Services
Manitoba
Ontario
British Columbia
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Gift from Queen Mary to aid Duke of Gloucester fund
Queen Mary donates tortoiseshell opera glasses bearing an M and a crown of diamonds to be sold for the Duke of Gloucester Red Cross and St John fund. The items are presented as a charitable gift for the relief effort.
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Mary
Duke of Gloucester
Red Cross and
St. John Fund
India Seeks New Uses for Peanut Oil Extracts
India explores alternative applications for peanut oil, aiming to broaden its industrial and consumer use beyond traditional cooking. Research initiatives and collaboration with agricultural firms seek scalable, eco friendly options to boost demand and farmers' incomes.
Bacon Shipments To Britain In Wartime Canada
Dr. G. S. H. Barton calls Canada's wartime bacon effort the epic of Canadian farms and the nation's greatest single contribution to Britain's food supplies. The bacon system traces to the prewar build up that established a reliable export structure.
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Britain
Canada
G. S. H. Barton
Dominion
Great Britain
Welcome New Baby With This Coverlet
A Winnipeg era notice offers a 1940s craft pattern for a baby coverlet and notes wartime bacon trade details. The second part explains Canada’s postwar bacon export to Britain, describing slaughter, processing, transport, and inspection in the wartime supply chain. Breed the sows and save the pigs, and the bacon will be produced.
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Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Avenue
Winnipeg
Man
Censorship Decree For Italian Trains and Trams
Under a decree travelers on Italian trains and inter urban trolleys must surrender all letters to censorship inspectors. The inspectors announced that if allowed the letters will be forwarded to their destination by the services.
Railway mail clerks keep Canada connected over Christmas
Canada’s railway mail clerks sort up to 20,000 pieces of mail on 300 mile hops from Toronto to Vancouver. They act as Santa’s messengers during holidays, with tests and periodic exams ensuring 98 to 100 percent accuracy for letters and parcels sent to Canadians at home and overseas.
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Canada
Army of
Toronto
Fort William
Winnipeg
Moose Jaw
Calgary
Vancouver
Explained Delay in Warranty After Pig Trough Incident
Pat bought a watch with a 12 month guarantee. Nine months later it stopped, he returned claiming it had fallen into a pig trough six months earlier. The jeweller asked why he hadn’t brought it sooner, Pat replied they only killed the pig yesterday.
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Pat
Ancient urn unearthed in Holmbrooke village burial site
A 3000 year old burial urn was found inverted over bones in Holmbrooke England. The urn appeared with remains of human and animal bones that may indicate a funeral feast. The report notes the discovery in the Cumberland village during excavation.
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Cumberland
Holmbrooke
Eng
Food Situation in Nazi Germany At Start of Fourth Year
Neutral observers say conditions are generally better than in 1917 18 though food remains scarce and rationed. Der Bund notes nerves strained and people living from hand to mouth as Doering promises higher production next year. Small extra rations were ordered for Christmas.
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Nazi Germany
der Bund
Berne
Shipment of 45 Tons Vegetable Seeds to Britain Planned
Arrangements are made to ship 45 tons of vegetable seeds from the United States to Britain for the 1943 crop. Previous shipments for 1942 yielded high germination rates, often over 92 percent, aiding wartime food production. The British War Relief Society provided 90 tons last year, supporting an estimated 90,000 tons of vegetables grown.
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United States
Britain
U.S
British War Relief Society
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Seaboard
Alice Brooks
Are
Daddy
Goering
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