Dominion Day Remembrance of Canada’s Confederation
On Dominion Day Canadians reflect on the seventy five year milestone since Confederation. The nation notes world events and stands with freedom of speech religion and learning as soldiers sailors and airmen serve abroad while workers supply allies. Canada’s geographic position has kept war from reaching its shores though submarines and Japanese planes have appeared near the continent.
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Confederation
Canada
England
Libya
Malta
St. Lawrence River
Alaska
Must Face The Future
A wartime Canadian reflection acknowledges sacrifices abroad and at home. The speaker notes taxes rationing and shortages, urges understanding and broad outlook, and urges Canadians to face internal difficulties as they mark another year of national life with gratitude and pride.
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England
Russia
China
Canada
Dominion
German camouflage experts build dummy blast furnaces near Essen
Joseph W. Grigg Jr said German engineers created many ersatz blast furnaces away from Essen to mislead RAF raids. He noted Ruhr targets including Essen Dortmund and Gelsenkirchen showed fires and smoke at night, but the dummies were meant to fool bombers into striking false beacons.
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Essen
Joseph W. Grigg, Jr
United Press
Berlin
London
Germany
Berlins
Ruhr
Dortmund
Gelsenkirchen
Grigg
R.A.F
Salvage Nets 25000 From Grounded Merchant Ship Off Nova Scotia
H N M Stanbury the provincial salvage organizer said fishermen earned 25000 from salvage of goods from a ship wrecked off Nova Scotia. They recovered tons of lard in cases and barrels, floating on the surface with tires and war supplies among the cargo. One fisherman reportedly received 1549 in salvage tolls for weeks of effort. Pago Pago is a United States port in Samoa.
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Nova Scotia
H. N. M. Stanbury
Great War Plane Bristol Beaufighter overview and achievements
The Bristol Beaufighter is described as one of the RAF’s most powerful all purpose aircraft, combining speed, range and heavy firepower. It served as night fighter, convoy escort, escort for daylight bombing, and excelled in the Middle East, using Beaufort components in production to speed manufacture.
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R.A.F
Aeroplane
Britain
Middle East
Air Ministry
Bristol
Lord Askwith dies famed arbiter of British labor disputes
Lord Askwith, renowned as布 Britain's top arbitrator who once filed a special report on Canada's labor laws, has died. He was credited with settling more industrial disputes in Britain than any other man. Tin accounted for about 70 percent of Bolivia's 1939 exports.
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Lord Askwith
Britain
Canada
The Individual Citizen's Army and National Unity
The piece urges Canadians to practice personal rationing to support war effort and civilian defense. It argues true national unity means shared burdens like gasoline, tea, coffee, and sugar cuts, and praises the Reserve Army as part of the broader Individual Citizen's Army. It contrasts eastern and western concerns over gasoline allotments and calls for voluntary restraint to aid all provinces.
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Maritime Provinces
Maritimes
Ottawa
Local holiday observance note draws state focus
A brief item notes that there are no federally mandated US holidays and that each state holds authority over its own observed days, highlighting a patchwork of observances across the nation.
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United States
Poor Living Quarters Plague Japanese Warships
A New China Daily News article by a Japanese POW notes crowded bunks on lower decks of Japanese ships, causing disease and reduced efficiency. It cites the Hyuga with 1000 of 1500 crew in cramped spaces, frequent collisions, groundings, and explosions from poor conditions and air-attack fears.
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New China Daily News
Japan
Commonwealth Air Training Plan Graduates Named
List of graduates from No 7 Bombing and Gunnery School Paulson Manitoba and No 5 Dafoe along with No 12 No 10 Service Flying Training Schools. Names include air gunners observers and pilots with residences across Saskatchewan Manitoba Alberta and Ontario.
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Paulson
Manitoba
D. Agent
St. W
Prince Albert
Sask
I. Fergusso
Evremore
Alta
M. Gravel
Dear Iy
Larkman
Ave W
Chleargita
I. Tlufes. Watson
RJ. McGill
Strasbourg
J. Quail
St. Medicine Hat
Alta No. 5
Dafoe
Lac
J. A. Castle
Edmontor Alta Lac
Down
Rounthwaite
Man
GFE
Germiquez
St. E
Princes Albert
Sask Lac
R. J. Hooker
Prinferry
Sask Lag
D. HH. Jonasson
Baldur
Man Lac
S Konar
Manitoba Ave
Winnipeg
R. Lacimodierre
Lorette
Man. Lac
J. K. Medintyre
Biggar
A. J. Normandreau
Ritchot St
Strontface
I. Peterson
Theodore
A. V. Taraska
Burrows Ave
Dpd
E. Pusher
East Coulee
Brandon
S. Fraser
Ste. 23
Norwood Court
Norwood
Mar Lac
J. A. Gates
Ste. 3
California
Apts
Saskatoon
Sask Bac
W. Heath
MelLaughtin
Satutesan
Montrose Ave. E
Kildonan
Service Flying Training
Dauphin
A. R. Bews
Batonia
H. G. Clegg
Treherne
Bac
W. Wadohuston
St. S.E
GEMS OF THOUGHT Quotes on Expectation and Achievement
A compact collection of aphorisms on how anticipation shapes desire and progress. Feltham Mary Baker Eddy Thomas Arnold Goethe and Beecher offer reflections on enjoying, hoping, and striving toward future goals.
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Mary Baker Eddy
Load limits cut for Canadian infantry in modern war
The Canadian army reduces march weight to 40 pounds per foot soldier including clothing weapons and kit to speed movement. Veterans recall World War I packs reached about 90 pounds per man.
Older banks and age gaps spark cautious advice
A clergyman warns a twenty year old considering marriage to a forty year old that he will be sixty when she is forty. He suggests forty year olds marry twenty year olds so they age together. The note then mentions the Bank of Sweden founded in 1668 as the oldest bank of issue.
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The
Bank of Sweden
Spiders used for war sights and Ireland’s land area noted
The article notes spiders and their webs as unusually strong for gun sights and reports Ireland as the seventh largest island with 32,600 square miles of area.
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Ireland
Island
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Appreford Paper Product
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Montreal
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