Publicity for Canada grows in British press
Recent months have seen rising British interest in the Dominion of Canada driven by Canadian troops stationed in Britain. Coverage highlights the Commonwealth Air Training Plan, Dieppe raid participation, and defense minister Ralston’s remarks, with Canadian correspondents’ eyewitness pieces and photos widely published.
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Great Britain
Dominion of
Canada
Dominion
Dieppe
Ralston
Interest in Canada Gains Attention in British Papers
British papers increasingly cover Canada with fulltime Canadian correspondents and overseas reporters reporting on Canadian affairs. The paper size shortage limits news, yet interest in Canada grows across major outlets and wire services.
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Canada
The
London Times
Manchester Guardian
Reuter
United States
Service Men Are Admired
Britain praises Canada for its war effort with admiration for Canadian soldiers sailors and airmen. The piece highlights Canada's role in the Battle of the Atlantic and its supply of food and munitions. It notes potential postwar immigration interest and Canada's rich resources and growing British regard.
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Canada
Britain
Great Britain
Canadian wood workers switch to aircraft parts in war effort
Canadian tradesmen from Kitchener shift from furniture making to aircraft production. The plant has converted its plywood craft to wing and tail assemblies and stabilizers and now produces plywood seats for the Cornell trainer, reflecting skilled labor adapting to wartime needs.
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Kitchener
Ontario
Cornell
Solomons Report Shows Large Native Population Estimate
A notice notes approximately 15 000 native residents in the Solomon Islands with emphasis on population size and regional demographics. The item highlights the scale of indigenous communities across the islands and references demographic data.
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Solomon Islands
Great Road Builders Salute The Romans In Windsor Star
W L Clark notes British road and rail systems as essential for war effort. In the Middle East Britain built 1300 miles of railway linking Tobruk to Egypt Palestine Syria and Iraq while maintaining 4600 miles of roads and operating 20 ports to sustain fighting forces.
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W. L. Clark
Windsor Star
Middle East
Tobruk
Egypt
Palestine
Syria
Iraq
Belladonna Relocated from Central Europe to North America
The plant Belladonna once native to Central Europe is now being cultivated in North America. Details indicate relocation from its traditional region to a new growing area with adaptation noted by agricultural sources.
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Central
Europe
North America
Commonwealth Air Training grads listed for No 38 SFTS Estevan
A tally of graduates from No 38 Service Flying Training School Estevan Saskatchewan under the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan. Entries include pilots wireless air gunners air navigators with names and home towns across Manitoba Saskatchewan Alberta and Ontario.
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No 38
Service Flying Training School
Estevan, Sask
R.A.F
Pogf Cook
Lethbridge
Alta
No. 7 Bombing and Gunnery School
Paulson, Man
No. 11 Service Flying Training School
Yorkton Sask
Canadian composers invited to sixth annual scholarship contest
The Canadian Performing Right Society launches its sixth annual scholarship for Canadian composers under 22, with a top prize of 750 dollars to the Toronto Conservatory of Music. The junior division for under 16 also offers three cash prizes. Closing dates are March 1, 1943, with entries to the society’s head office in Toronto.
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Canadian Performing Right Society
Toronto Conservatory of Music
Toronto
Sir Ernest MacMillan
Faculty of Music
University of Toronto
Leo Smith
J. J. Gagnier
Montreal
Godfrey Hewitt
F.R.C.O
Ottawa
Hector Charlesworth
Henry T. Jamieson
Society
Firemen Find Unusual Cause Of North End Blaze
Firefighters in St. Thomas Ontario were called to a northeast home where an Indian family tried to fight a fire begun by wallpaper placed around stove pipes to improve a room’s look.
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St. Thomas
Ont
Royal Bank of Canada 74th Annual Meeting Highlights
The 74th annual meeting reports assets surpassing 1.29 billion with a strong liquid position and deposits over 1.18 billion. Sydney G. Dobson notes record assets, reduced dividends to 6 percent, and war-driven expansion alongside tax concerns. Morris W. Wilson defends free enterprise and explains postwar employment needs while praising staff contributions during wartime.
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the Royal Bank of Canada
Sydney G. Dobson
Morris W. Wilson
Royal Bank of Canada
Dobson
Canada
Tribute to fallen Canadian servicemen at shareholders meeting
The speaker notes that branches overseas include a majority of male staff under 45 and calls for a safe return of these patriotic workers. He recalls forty or so young men who died serving Canada, their names recorded in proceedings and held in honour as a tribute to their memory.
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Canada
Remarkable Feat as British Fighter Fends Off Japanese Raid
Calcutta anti aircraft defenses score a 100 percent when three Japanese medium bombers raided the city and were shot down by a single British fighter. Frt. Sgt. Maurice Pring of Birkhamstead England is credited with the remarkable feat and already has three enemy planes to his credit.
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Calcutta
Maurice Pring
Birkhamstead
England
GEMS OF THOUGHT PRUDENCE QUOTATIONS
A collection of brief quotations on prudence from various authors. It contrasts prudent behavior with vanity, envy, and vice, highlighting prudence as key to virtue, peace, and controlled pleasure across thinkers from Mason to Epicurus and Eddy.
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Mary Baker Eddy
Epicurus
Jeremy Collier
Burke
Tennessee lad raises one ton in poker clash with Tommies
A tall Tennessee soldier sits in a poker game with British troops. He holds four aces and, after reconsidering, announces a bold raise claiming he will bet one ton.
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Tennessee Hills
Tennessee
Wartime Rail Signs Rewritten by Passenger
A Pennsylvanian Railroad sign about wartime car shortages was subtly altered by a passenger who blacked out the word under in the phrase understand, changing the tone of the message from hopeful to ironic.
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Pennsylvania Railroad
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