Canadian Black Watch in Normandy to Rhine Battles
A historic account of the Canadian Black Watch Royal Highland Regiment’s heavy losses and valiant actions from Normandy landing June 6 through the Rhine crossing. The narrative highlights casualties near 2,500 including 130 officers, notable fights at Hochwald Xanten Caen St Andre, and acts of gallantry that shaped the Fifth Brigade’s advance in late wartime.
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Black Watch
Normandy
Ames
Royal Highland Regiment
Rhine
Hochwald
Xanten
Caen
St. Andre
Rees
Eric Motzfeld
Montreal
Bruce Ritchie
England
Watch
Holland
Germany
Terborg
Fort Garry
Cpl
R. E. Stacey
Toronto
Val Traversy
Stacey
Mohborhood
Martha
Dutch Settlement Hope Promoted By Holland Professor
Prof F J T Ruttan of Holland, on a special Canadian mission for the Dutch government, suggests resettling Dutch families in Canada. He cites Dutch farming skill and democracy as reasons, proposing colonies in British Columbia Ontario Quebec the Maritimes with government aid to aid relocation and settlement.
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F. J. T. Ruttan
Holland
Toronto
United States Army
America
Ruttan
Canada
Philippine exports to shift from sugar to gold after war
The Philippines aims to replace sugar as the main export with gold. Leaders propose replanting sugar lands in rice and reducing food imports, paying with gold while other exports include metals, abaca fibre, and coconut oil. The note adds a 1835 reference to Switzerland punishing non-voters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philippines
Manila
Houdini Brother Hardeen Dies in New York Hospital
Theo Hardeen 69, renowned prestidigitator and Houdini heir, died after an operation in a New York hospital. Houdini left his tricks to his brother with a will that stated they would die with him, a secret kept for 19 years as Hardeen reportedly preserved Houdini's escapes from tanks and locked trunks.
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Houdini
New York
Theo Hardeen
Hardeen
Pigeon Message Service At Jasper Park Lodge Winged Rescue
A wartime RCAF pigeon kept at Jasper Park Lodge unoccupied by guests flew from the pool area to carry messages. Sgt William Gobel led the flock training the birds to reach aircraft in emergencies. the inset shows one bird training or handling.
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RCAF
Jasper Park Lodge
William Goebel
Jack Miner Foundation Publishes Plan For Sanctuary
Kingsville Ontario foundation releases a four page pamphlet detailing future plans and needs for the Jack Miner Sanctuary. The late naturalist died November 3, foundation notes maintenance and endowment funds, seeks support for annual expenditures of 17500 and invites interested readers to request the pamphlet by mail.
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Jack Miner
Intéxck
O.B.E
North America
Jack Miner Bee Foundation
Kingsville
Ontario
Friendly Canadian welcome described by war wives in Calgary
The British War Wives' Club of Calgary writes of Canada as a hospitable land with warm wooden houses, friendly people, and new experiences. They note traffic unfamiliarity, lack of indicators, tasty foods, clothing shops, and miss Sunday papers and cinema while disliking radio advertising.
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Canada
England
Typographical slips and a Giaour term in print
The passage highlights how small typographical errors escape notice until ink is applied, then loom large. It also notes the Turks nickname for non Mohammedans as Giaour, underscoring outsider labeling in print.
Downfall of a Powerful Nation and Wartime Losses Examined
A reflective piece contrasts Germany’s past greatness with its brutal state, citing Josef Kramer and Belsen to illustrate moral collapse. It notes Allied and neutral ship losses in World War II, with figures for U S and Britain and a British merchant navy casualty toll, highlighting war’s toll and shifting fortunes.
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Germany
Himmler
Goring
Josef Kramer
Belsen
Kramer
Auschwitz
Liberty Magazine
British
British Information Services
United States
Navy
Maritime Commission
Washington
Cyril Hurcomb
Ministry of War Transport
London
Britain
Public library decries o-fillers vandalism
Dr Milton James Ferguson, chief librarian, condemns o-fillers who deface library posters and books by filling in letters and drawing features. He urges patrons to stop this vandalism at the Brooklyn library.
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Brooklyn Public Library
Ofillers
Milton James Ferguson
Veteran Canadian National bridge engineer Bill Walkden retires
William Walkden renowned CN railways bridge engineer in the western region retires after 88 years of service. Based in Winnipeg he designed the Dunblane bridge and large viaducts near Rivers Uno and Entwistle and completed a 4300 foot trestle at Port Arthur for the ore dock project. He began as a draughtsman in 1907 and became assistant engineer in 1916 and bridge engineer in 1918.
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William
Bill" Walkden
Canadian National Railways
Winnipeg
Bill Walkden
Dunblane
South Saskatchewan
Rivers
Uno
Entwistle
Walkden
Port Arthur
McKenzie and Mann
Crochet Scarfs and Mats Pattern 7006 Offered
Beginner's crochet guide praises a prize winning feel for scarfs and mats. Pattern 7006 shows single or double strand options and costs twenty cents by mail to Household Arts Depart Winnipeg Newspaper Union, 175 McDermot Avenue. Include name and address and pattern number clearly.
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Household Arts Department
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Avenue
Winnipeg
Man
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Switzerland
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Canadian National
Borneo
Forrest B. Royal
U.S.N
George F. Wooten
C.B
C.B.E
D.S.O
Royal
Brunei Bay
Adm. Royal
General Wooten
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Alice Brooks
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