Knighted Air Officer Park Defends Malta And Beyond
Keith Rodney Park, a New Zealand born RAF officer of Scottish descent, has been made a Knight of the British Empire for organizing the air defense of Malta. As Air Officer Commanding the RAF in the Mediterranean, he oversees operations across the region, contributing to UN successes in North Africa while maintaining Malta as a crucial base for future offensives. Born in New Zealand, Park rose from WWI service to prominence in the Battle of Britain, later leading No. 11 Fighter Group and earning the CBE for his role in defense and strategic operations.
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Wartime Board Tightens Office Equipment Sales in Canada
The wartime prices and trade board bans sales of office machinery without written permission. In the future, businesses must prove their need to obtain new equipment. Armed forces government agencies war industries and essential businesses receive priority, with shortages cited as the reason.
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Prices and Trade Board
Canada
Don't Hesitate To Upholster Your Own Pattern 7460
Home repair ad offers step by step upholstery instructions to revive furniture. Readers are asked to mail twenty cents and provide name address and pattern number to the Household Arts Department in Winnipeg for the pattern 7460.
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Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Avenue
Winnipeg
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Homes Keep Faith as Nation Recovers Through Dark
A verse emphasizing that as long as homes and families endure through hardship, love loyalty faith and prayers sustain a nation. Even in darkness when leaders falter and nations grope, the strength of small homes with God behind them offers hope for recovery.
Spark Plug Condition Cuts Fuel Waste Up to Ten Percent
Worn or dirty spark plugs can waste as much as 10 percent of your gasoline, with potential efficiency gains from replacement. The note highlights the impact of ignition maintenance on mileage and performance.
Exciting RCAF coastal patrol sinks German sub off Canadian shore
The Royal Canadian Air Force coastal patrol claims a successful attack on a German U-boat off Canada in late 1942. Flight Lieut. M. J. Belanger led a crew including J. H. Houser, D. C. Bullock, and R. M. Cameron. depth charges, machine gun fire, and aerial photographs supported the claim, with caution about confirmation. Major Power announced the engagement as promising and credited the crew with potential destruction of the 740-ton submarine amid rough seas and strong winds.
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Vancouver
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Hamilton
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R. M. Cameron
Springhill
N.S
Canada
Major Power
Belanger
Cameron
Corp. F. N LaMarre
Montreal
Houser
Old Entertainer Charles Coborn Remains Aged Public Favorite
For more than 70 years Charles Coborn has appeared before the public and is now 90. Known for The Man Who Broke the Bank at Monte Carlo and Two Lovely Black Eyes, he entertained troops and factory workers in Britain. A salary dispute once led to his vaudeville ban by chains.
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Britain
Charles Coborn
Monte Carlo
St. Thomas Times-Journal
Household Knife Use Rates and Knife Design Advice
Consumer Information Service estimates housewives use knives about 130 times daily. Sharp tapering blades reach the point. paring knives benefit from small handles to avoid finger cramp. A straight edge suits mincing. serrated edges cut bread cleanly. A heavy eight to nine inch butcher knife handles chopping large vegetables and slicing cold meats.
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Consumer Information Service
National government for India needs all parties to agree
Sir Rama swami argues a lasting Indian national government can only arise from agreement among all political parties. He notes rising Moslem League influence and calls for checks and balances, urging dialogue with Moslems and other groups to resolve federation issues after the war. Ottawa Journal.
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India
Sir Ramaswami
Farmers Urged to Check Machinery for Replacement Parts
Wartime Prices and Trade Board says 1943 Canadian farm machinery output will be only 25 percent of 1940 tonnage, yet repair parts will be available. Production is planned at 150 percent of 1940 replacement parts. Officials urge farmers to inspect equipment and order needed repairs now to avoid delays during seeding and harvesting.
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Canada
Prices and Trade Board
NO DOUBT ABOUT IP MournfulMG Montgomery’s mother quips on son
The 70-year-old mother of Gen Sir Bernard L. Montgomery, a World War II commander, recalls that as a boy he was very naughty. Some Berlin sources may still doubt the claim.
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Bernard L. Montgomery
Erwin Rommel
North Africa
Bernard
Berlin
Nutrition Campaign Shapes Canadian Army Rations
The army cookhouse now serves the best of everything with rations scientifically planned under Canada's Nutrition Campaign. Regular life and outdoor activity boost appetites, and the program aims to make essentials of a good diet widely known so every Canadian, civilian or soldier, will obtain the food he needs.
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Cook House
Canada
Ample canned milk available for infants in Canada
An official said Canada has ample wholesale stock of 16 ounce canned milk for infants and no retail tie up. The fear of a freeze order depriving children of milk is unfounded as consumers can obtain it from retailers by specifying needs.
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Canada
Prices Board
Tea From East Africa Aims to Boost Output
Nyasaland plans to alleviate the tea shortage in the British Empire with higher production. In Dar es Salaam reports say this year’s yield reached 14,000,900 pounds and next season is expected to reach 15,000,000 pounds or more. The entire output will be sold to the British Ministry of Food for the duration.
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Dar-es-Salaam
Ministry of Food
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