Canada Funds 77 Million for UNRRA Rehabilitation Effort
Hon. J. L. Isley announced Canada’s 77 million dollar contribution to UNRRA based on one percent of national income for the year ending June 30 1943. The Dominion Bureau of Statistics cited a 7 615 million national income, with the US following the same method. The article notes focus on food clothing and medical care, plus seeds and agricultural implements, and highlights measures to restore European farms and aid refugees as part of postwar relief.
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Canada
United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration
J. L. Isley
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
United States
United Nations
UNERA
Europe
Britain
Seeds For
Newspaper Boys Learn Business Skills for Army Rise
The Kitchener Record notes that boys who peddle newspapers gain useful business training that helps later in life and in the army. Major General James Ulio says field observations show capable officers come from former newspaper boys who learn to act, think, and earn money, forging resourcefulness for success.
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James Ulio
U.S. Army
Italy
Rosthern rescue net adopted by Royal Navy ships
Canada will fit Rosthern rescue nets to corvettes and destroyers to haul exhausted survivors from the sea. The device lifts men numbed by cold water or drenched in floating oil, who then are hoisted aboard a rescue boat.
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Canada
Opium Trap Reverses Against Japanese In War Report
The Ottawa Journal cites a Pacific report claiming opium spread by Japanese agents to Chinese civilians has backfired as opium use grows among Japanese soldiers. The piece notes brutal Japanese actions in war and frames the turn as punitive retribution by fate.
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Pacific
Tokyo
Ottawa Journal
Red Cross official says Canadian
Major General Browne of Ottawa, assistant national commissioner for the Canadian Red Cross, told Winnipeg readers the flow of British dependents of Canadian soldiers to Canada, halted before the invasion, will resume soon. He estimates about 20 000 more wives and children will come. He notes steel in a tricycle could be made into a 75 mm shell and in a baby carriage into a .45 caliber submachine gun.
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B. W. Browne
Ottawa
Canadian Red Cross
Winnipeg
United Kingdom
Canada
Wartime Price and Rationing Guidance For Canadians
Citizens are advised how to obtain tea coffee coupons for 12 year olds, where F coupons for canning sugar are found, and that beef price charts must be displayed in retail markets. Train refreshment prices are set by the Wartime Prices and Trade Board, milk at 10 cents and sandwiches at 15 cents. Information on the Re Make Wrinkles booklet and Consumers News is available by writing to local Wartime Prices and Trade Board offices.
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Prices and Trade Board
Canada
Consumers’ News
Hitler Imitator Maurice Thorburn Dies in Winnipeg
Maurice Thorburn 39 an aircraft worker from Winnipeg linked to MacDonald Brothers and a veteran of two wars impressed officers with a Hitler imitation in 1939 while serving with the Royal Canadian Engineers. He later entertained troops overseas and returned to Canada in 1942 to work as procurement supervisor. He previously served with the Royal Navy in the last war.
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Maurice Thorburn
MacDonald Brothers
Winnipeg
Hitler
Royal Canadian Engineers
Aldershot
Canada
MacDonald Brothers’ Aircraft Ltd
Royal Navy
Canada to Grow About Two Million Flax Acres This Year
A government return tabled in the commons by A. H. Bence shows flax production in Canada this year at about 2,069,000 acres for linseed oil and oil cake. Last year output was 17,900,000 bushels and eight new flax processing plants were built in 1943 in Montreal Winnipeg Toronto Vancouver Medicine Hat Hamilton and St Boniface.
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Canada
A. H. Bence
P.C
Saskatoon
Montreal
Winnipeg
Toronto
Vancouver
Medicine Hat
Alta
Hamilton
Ont
St. Boniface
Man
Amazon River Delivers Vast Flow Into Atlantic Each Second
Scientists quantify the Amazon river discharge at about 5.000900 gallons of water per second into the Atlantic Ocean, highlighting the river's massive contribution to global freshwater input. The figure underscores the Amazon's role in regional and oceanic water cycles and potential nutrient delivery.
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Amazon
Atlantic Ocean
Vancouver students christen seven fighter planes
War savings efforts by seven Vancouver area schools totaled more than 155000 dollars in the past year. At Sea Island British Columbia seven students christened seven fighter planes funded by the campaigns. Squadron Leader D L Ramsay presented plaques bearing the R C A F crest.
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Vancouver
Sea Island
British Columbia
D. L. Ramsay
R.C.A.F
Ramsay
Europe
Russia
Greater
German General Captured at Cherbourg Receives Haircut
Three top German officers General Schlieben Stattler and Admiral Hennecke were captured at Cherbourg and brought to England. Schlieben, given a haircut by an American soldier barber, apologized for not paying and signed the autograph album with thanks. Hennecke quipped about future captor foes.
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Cherbourg
Schlieben
Stattler
Admiral Hennecke
England
von Schlieben
Not Small Affairs in Air Warfare Says General Arnold
General H. H. Arnold, commander of the U. S. Army Air Forces, argues air operations are large scale. He notes 700 heavy bombers imply about 7,000 crew and support, 600 medium bombers add 3,000, plus 1,000 fighters, totaling over 19,000 men per mission. He stresses each raid is a major military operation.
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H. H. Arnold
U.S. Army Air Forces
Germany
Sea water purified by compact chemical filtration system
A seaman adrift in a lifeboat can now obtain drinking water using a four bag system. Two chemical compounds, compressed to the size of a soap bar, dissolve in sea water to remove impurities. The process uses filters in bags to remove salt and alkali, yielding palatable water.
Sergeant Major’s Unit Joke Brings Help at Hospital
In a military hospital section of high workload a female head sought an assistant for months. Two senior officers inspected and praised the work. One officer said you’ve chosen the right word unit meaning one. Her quick reply sparked an aid response. Glasgow Herald reports the unit will get help.
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James
Flying Blue Amazons: Turkey Names Women in Air Force
The Turkish air forces officially designate female pilots as Flying Blue Amazons, a term reflecting their combat role and pioneering status within the service.
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Turkey
Canadian CWAC recruits travel from Hartford to join
Pte Pamela Chalmers travels from Hartford England to Quebec City via South Carolina to enlist in the Canadian Women's Army Corps. Her sister Zillah serves with the WAF. Queen Christina Crowell of Windsor NB is crowned Queen at Annapolis Valley Apple Blossom Festival. Carole and Helen Bileski of Saskatoon pursue multiple courses at National Defence Ottawa and plan an Army Administration course at Brockville.
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Hartford
England
Quebec City
South Carolina
Canadian Women's Army Corps
Pamela Chalmers
Pamela
United States
Lieut. C. Kernan
Cw.a.c
Pte. Chalmers
Zillah
Women's Auxiliary Air Force
Sgt
Christina Crowell
C.W.A.C
Windsor
N.B
Annapolis Valley
Queen Christina
L. F Page
Atlantic Command
Halifax
CWAC
Marie Captell
Wolfville
N.S
Mary Perry
Peterborough
Ont
Canada
Carole
Helen Bileski
Saskatoon
Sask
National Defence Headquarters
Ottawa
Canadian Legion Educational Services
Directorate of Education
Brockville
First Woman Photographer Joins Ottawa Army Public Relations
Cpl. Margaret Hermesten of Englehart Ontario, a CWAC veteran, serves as the only woman in the Directorate of Army Public Relations in Ottawa. She helped found CWAC in 1941 and earned permission to attend an RC A F Photographic Course at Rockliffe. An Ontario College of Arts graduate, she aims to be a fashion photographer after the war.
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Hermesten
Directorate of
Army
Ottawa
C.W.A.C
Rockliffe
Ont
Ontario College of Arts
Cpl
Hermeston
Melvin Hermeston
Englehart
India plans 1944 output of millions of shoes
With released reclaimed rubber, arrangements in India target production in 1944 of six million canvas shoes with rubber soles and one million leather upper shoes for public sale.
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India
Telegraph plateau cable cross Atlantic between Newfoundland and Ireland
A shallow ocean floor called the Telegraph plateau lies between Newfoundland and Ireland where a score of cables now cross the seabed linking continents and advancing telecommunication.
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Newfoundland
Ireland
Humorous Exchange At Camp Dinner Party
A series of light anecdotes recount camp life and social banter. Jokes touch on money and identification at a bank, laundry at sea, medical miscommunications, and domestic dining mishaps, all delivered in a late night party tone. The snippets evoke mutual humor among soldiers hosts and guests.
Egypt’s sands may bury Nazi legions beneath Nile Valley
The article notes Egypt’s Nile valley holds vast history and suggests future historians might unearth remnants of Nazi units buried in shifting desert sands. It emphasizes Egypt’s unique role as a repository of world history.
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Egypt
Valley of the Nile
Earth
Quintilis Quintilis to Quintilis and Sextilis to Sextilis
In ancient Roman calendar July and August were named Quintilis and Sextilis. They were the fifth and sixth months respectively before reform.
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Margaret Hermesten
Engiehart, Ont
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Lator
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Mr. Henpeck
Dr. Knowall
Mr. Smith
Lydia E. Pinkham
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