RCAF Headlines Mark 1944 War Year Highlights
The RCAF reached a peak in 1944 with Canadian squadrons in war theatres. Canadian pilots downed 52 German planes in five days near Arnhem. Bomber Daniels from Rivers helped attack the Tirpitz in daylight. Victoria Cross awarded posthumously to Fit Lt David Hornell of Mimico after sinking a U boat. From war start to Nov 1, Canadians earned 52 DSOs, 1916 DFCs, and 423 DFMs.
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RCAF
Arnhem
Walter Daniels
Rivers
Man
R.C.A.F
David Hornell
Mimico
Ont
Death To Flies Postwar Fly Control Outlook
Entomologists with the U S Department of Agriculture report two new chemicals joining the established pyrethrum in fly sprays. One new plant derived substance proves more poisonous, while DDT will stay effective up to three months on walls and screens. After the war flies may invade homes factories and dairy barns at their own risk.
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U.S. Department of Agriculture
Mexico
Giant U S emblems flag storm hangs over Seattle store
The Stars and Stripes and a war bond flag stretch 66 by 100 feet, weigh 625 pounds each, and hang from the roof to the street. Made on the Pacific Coast, these large flags required about 800 yards of 36 inch fabric and a month of work.
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Seattle
Pacific Coast
United States
Traitors Listed From Britain and United States
British and American subjects living in Axis territory are being compiled as traitors and quislings. Officials expect treason trials after Germany’s defeat, with British prosecutions possible under the Treachery Act. Evidence includes enemy radio statements used in court.
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U.S
Germany
London Daily Mail
Cars Hard to Replace as War Demands Grow
Canadian motorists face prolonged use of current vehicles as wartime needs push back resumption of passenger car production halted in 1942. Information from the munitions department and other sources indicates new demands on war industry.
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Munitions Department
Real Memorial fund planned for Brighton and Hove
A Brighton and adjoining Hove in England group launches a 450000 dollar fund to build a lasting memorial honoring servicemen home guards police and medical and nursing organizations.
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Brighton
Hove
England
Amazon Basin Declared World’s Largest Tropical Jungle
The Amazon basin is identified as the globe’s largest tropical jungle spanning vast forested regions across several South American nations. Researchers note its immense biodiversity and critical climate role amid ongoing deforestation concerns.
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Amazon River
How Fish Reached High Lakes in Ancient Great Lakes
Scientists at the Royal Ontario Museum explain that during a period when the Great Lakes were much higher, their waters filled vast regions. Fish swam to distant basins and remained when waters receded, accounting for fish in lakes like Nipigon and Nipissing whose outlets now block ascent. Similar high water conditions explain fish in even higher lakes.
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Royal Ontario Museum
Great Lakes
Lake Nipigon
Lake Nipissing
Scotsman Arrested For Drunken Misconduct
A Scotsman told a magistrate he was not drunk but knelt on church steps outside a kirk to pray, claiming unworthiness to enter. The magistrate replied and ordered a seven shilling sixpence collection. Amber color notes follow about color meanings.
Ancient Metal Mirrors On Display At Royal Ontario Museum
The Royal Ontario Museum displays copper and bronze mirrors from ancient China Egypt and Etruria alongside a Roman glass mirror. Egyptian pieces date to 2400 B C with later engraved examples from 2000 B C and 1400 B C. Glass mirrors rose during the Christian era leaving metal ones rare until modern military use revived interest.
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Royal Ontario Museum
China
Etruria
Egypt
Weatherproof fashion and ocean depth facts in a mixed report
A Kingston Whig Standard item notes prophesied fabric advances let men wear only light clothing in storms, while women have done so before. The Atlantic near Puerto Rico reaches about 44 000 feet depth, and good hay offers roughly two thirds the digestive nutrients of grain.
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Kingston
Puerto Rico
Atlantic Ocean
Advertising Glossary Reveals Womanlike Terms and Tricks
A New York department store glossaries reveals terms for female apparel and mise en scene in ad language. It defines gossamer as near nothing in blacks and describes pink shades like bois de rose and teaberry, with playful phrases for mink and sable and other high end items.
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New York
Saint John Telegraph-Journal
Bell Foundry Offers Free Recast of Liberty Bell
The London Sunday Times reports the Whitechapel Bell Foundry, which cast the 1752 Liberty Bell, offers to recast the cracked emblem of American independence at no charge as a sign of Anglo American friendship. The original cracked bell sits in Independence Hall, Philadelphia, after breaking in 1835 during Chief Justice John Marshall's tolling.
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London Sunday Times
Whitechapel
Independence Hall
Philadelphia
John Marshall
Liberia Rubber Trade Began Under European Exploitation
In 1898 European powers began exploiting Liberia's rubber industry, marking the start of a era of external economic impact on the country.
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Liberia
Drought Lessons: Australia Dust Storms and Canadian Soil Care
Lethbridge Herald notes Australia’s drought and dust storms as a warning about soil loss. It compares Western Canadian farming to Perth’s drought experience and praises trash cover, summer fallow, and strip farming for protecting topsoil while urging further improvements.
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Saskatchewan
Perth
Australia
South Australia
Victoria
New South Wales
Queensland
Commonwealth
Sydney
Canada
Lethbridge Herald
Young Scots Guards Captain Becomes Major At Age Twenty Two
Captain Ling Chieh Kung of the Scots Guards is promoted to major, the son of China's former Finance Minister H H Kung and nephew of Marshal Chiang Kai-Shek. He arrived in England from an officers training corps in Germany and was commissioned two years ago, reflecting wartime leniency in Scottish guard traditions. A final line notes a modest girl and a pursuing mouse trap.
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Ling Chieh Kung
Scots Guards
H. H. Kung
China
Chiang Kai-Shek
Japan
England
Lisbon
Germany
Success of Air Training Plan and Canadian hospitality
The Yorksire Post reflects on Canada’s air training plan nearing its end, noting how warm hospitality and generous leisure for English airmen fostered lasting fond memories. The piece highlights bonds between Dominion and Britain that will aid postwar empire understanding.
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England
Canada
Dominion
Yorkshire Post
Big Ben Returns After Pendulum Spring Replacement
An old British clock, Big Ben, underwent surgery at the Parliament clock tower to replace a worn suspension spring weighing six cwts. The famous timekeeper briefly ran fast by thirty seconds, causing a BBC stir, but recovered and resumed normal timekeeping with a new appendix.
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London
Big Ben
Houses of Parliament
British Commonwealth
British Broadcasting Corporation
Two Privates Honored for Courage in Ottawa Fire Rescue
No citation was given for Pte Grace A Newman of Waterford Ontario and Pte Helen Kovachuk of Cleveland Ohio who earned C W A C commendations after saving cars from a burning service corps garage in Ottawa last summer. An army spokesman recalled the act during a $2 000 000 Lansdowne Park fire when the two women, in partial uniforms, drove army vehicles to safety while explosions continued.
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C.W.A.C
Service Corps
Ottawa
Grace A Newman
Waterford
Ont
Helen Kovachuk
Cleveland
Army
Lansdowne Park
Government Egg Grading System in Canada
The government mandates transparent grade marks on eggs sold in Canada. Grades A B and C apply across Large Medium and Pullet sizes. A-1 denotes the finest fresh eggs from government inspected flocks, with limited local supply.
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Canada
Food habits mix in historic peasant diets
Text notes that French peasants once ate cats as rabbits and suggests the practice persists in some areas. It adds that in China both cats and dogs are pickled whole and eaten.
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China
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France
Scots Guards Regiment
Leyte
Army General Hospital
Leyte Island
Bidua
Adelita
Adelia
Adelaide
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