Firth of Clyde Named Key British Atlantic Air Traffic Port
A 1930s vision by Scottish flyers turned Prestwick and the Ayrshire coast into a major terminal for trans Atlantic and world air traffic. The Firth of Clyde offers fog free fields, proximity to North America, and industrial Scottish craft at hand.
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Firth of Clyde
Britain
A. C. Wallace
London
Prestwick
Montreal
Ayrshire
New York
Scotland
Hebridean
Luftwaffe
Duke of Hamilton
Clydesdale
MacIntyre
Mount
Everest
Himalayas
Great Britain
America
England
North America
Europe
Scrctland
Iceland
Firth
Mysterious disappearance ends with soldier found asleep
Gnr Robert Neil Engstron of the Canadian Army vanishes from a London to Glasgow express traveling 80 mph. He is later found asleep in an empty house in Warwickshire after waking from unexplained slumber. police note he recalls only being on the train and waking in the house. A door slam and alarm cord stop are cited.
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The
Daily Mail
Gnr
Robert Neil Engstron
Warwickshire
Engstron
Glasgow
Blissworth
Rugby
Canada to Export Wheat If Ships Available
Canada may rapidly move wheat abroad as ships become available. Despite reduced US demand, Australia and New Zealand are targeted, with a crop disaster in Australia driving the shift. A few million bushels could be sent south if freight capacity exists.
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Canada
United States
Australia
New Zealand
Saskatoon
Art of painting in Rome traced to Quintus Fabius
The article asserts painting came to Rome from Etruria via Quintus Fabius 291 years before Christ, marking a historical introduction of painting in Roman culture. The claim frames Fabius as a pivotal figure in early Roman art integration.
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Rome
Etruria
Quintus Fabius
Christ
Canadian Wrens Visit Lang House in Scotland
The Canadian Wrens arrived at Lang House near Glasgow and were greeted by the British Wrens who hosted them with fresh eggs. They toured Glasgow and planned a 36 hour leave to Edinburgh, while a haunted estate and a New Year’s Eve dance with the U S Navy featured in their first Scottish visit. They rode a whaler, got lost in fog, and asked many ships for directions before joining the U S sailors to welcome the new year.
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Lang House
Glasgow
Scotland
Edinburgh
United States Navy
U.S
Canada’s War Effort Magnitude Revealed in War Years
Drumheller Alta Mail notes Canada’s wartime output included vast steel for a world spanning railway, armored vehicles for the German army, and bullets to fit a population. It highlights new industries like synthetic rubber and Mosquito aircraft, radar, warships, and advanced foods.
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Canada
Drumheller
Alta
Mail
A Cold Cure Catalogue From Friends
The Windsor Star notes the flood of home remedies offered for a cold. The piece lists lemonade linseed oil liquor turpentine herb tea tar syrup beer broth beef soup patent medicines and many oils plasters and sprays. It suggests trying all cures would produce a bizarre appearance with a permanent cure avoided.
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Windsor Star
Churchill Adopts Arabian Etiquette at Middle East Talks
During conferences with Middle Eastern rulers Prime Minister Churchill abstained from smoking his cigar. His gesture aligned with local customs where smoking is viewed as sinful, and King Ibn Saud reportedly praised his tactfulness for respecting traditions.
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Churchill
Arabian Peninsula
Ibn Saud
Bees Go Bald From Hair shedding Says Ottawa Citizen
An Ottawa Citizen note reports a radio commentator discussing bees shedding hair and becoming bald. The piece uses a humorous angle on the annoyance of a bee with an unusable comb in the hive.
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Radio Wonderful
The
Ottawa Citizen
Rail Cars Serve Canadian Servicemen in Montreal
Uplifting facilities at the Canadian National Railways Point St. Charles Coach Yard provide refreshment and entertainment for Canadian servicemen on military trains. Restaurant and sitting cars offer card tables loud speakers and musical transcriptions plus newspapers magazines cigarettes and matches. These services echo improvements made at Bonaventure and Central Stations and are supported by the Canadian National Railways and the Canadian Legion War Services.
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Montreal
Wor
Bonaventure
Canadian National Railways
Canadian Legion War Services, Inc
How Germany Prepared for War and Evaded Versailles Rules
A St. Thomas Times-Journal analysis recalls Versailles limits and shows how Germany secretly expanded its military capacity. It cites covert training, industrial manipulation, educational departments for armaments, and covert U-boat and aircraft programs that enabled rapid conversion to war capability after 1933.
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Germany
Hitler
Winston Churchill
Junkers
East Prussia
Japan
St. Thomas Times- Journal
Prince Robert Ship Supplies Bananas to Save Dying Child
The Canadian anti aircraft cruiser Prince Robert carried a legend of fruit aboard during 80,000 sea miles. On two occasions bananas saved lives by aid to a starving child near London and a Belfast hospital patient needing bananas, oranges, and lemons.
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Prince Robert
London
Robert
Belfast
Canadian Provost Corps Captures Five German Prisoners
Lask, a Canadian Provost Corps member, single handedly captured five German prisoners of war using a cage built around a wrecked house behind the front line. He found a German NCO dead near a hole that hid four others, who surrendered when discovered. L. D. Cameron aided by preparing the POW compound.
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Canadian Provost Corps
L.-Cpl
L. D. Cameron
Prince Albert
Lask
Cameron
Provost Corps
Mun
Canadians Live Up To Wartime Tradition At Dieppe And Caen
In World War I Canadians earned fame at Ypres Cambrai and Passchendaele. Now in World War II they match United Nations troops at Dieppe Caen after the Normandy invasion with notable courage and performance.
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Ypres
Cambrai
Passchendaele
Dieppe
Caen
God
United Nations
Detroit Free Press
Crocheted Filet Crochet Apron Pattern 7436
Learn to make a filet crochet apron with an easy-to-follow chart. Pattern 7436 includes directions and chart. Send twenty cents in coins to the Household Arts Department Winnipeg Newspaper Union 175 McDermot Avenue Winnipeg Man with name address and pattern number.
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Household Arts Department
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Avenue
Winnipeg
Man
Tunnel Hospital at Dover Destroyed in War Work Remnant
A hospital carved under the White Cliffs of Dover sits 150 feet underground, built during the invasion threat to keep doctors safe and provide dry, well equipped care. The article notes its purpose and location in wartime Britain.
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Dover
Britain
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General Fellers
MacArthur
Bilibed Prison
Manila
A. G. Skerl
Werkets’ Club
Railways Point
St. Charles
W.V.S
Yalta
Versailles
Detroit
Alice Brooks
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