Malta the un sinkable aircraft carrier in World War II
The article recalls Malta’s pivotal role in the Mediterranean and North Africa campaigns. It notes Malta’s heavy bombing, RAF defenses, and its nickname the unsinkable aircraft carrier. It highlights Flying Officer George Beurling’s record of 29 Axis planes and his Western Canada tour.
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Malta
RAF
France
George Beurling
D.S.O
D.F.C
D-F.m
Bar
Canada
Beurling
Dominion
Malta Island Facts and World War Role
Malta is an island in the Mediterranean located 58 miles south of Sicily and 180 miles north of Africa. It covers 95 square miles and features the large Valetta harbor. Historically a naval base, Malta has an agricultural sector with vegetables cotton and tropical fruits, plus manufacturing and merchant shipping facilities. Settled by Phoenicians around 1000 B.C., it became a British dependency in 1814.
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Sebastopol
Moscow
Stalingrad
Russia
United States
Pearl Harbor
Guadalcanal
Bataan
Dieppe
Canada
Britain
Dunkirk
Mediterranean
Malta
North Africa
Island
Sicily
Africa
Valetta
Gibraltar
Cyprus
Alexandria
Baked Fish with All Bran Stuffing Recipe Remains Popular
A meatless Lent time favorite, Baked Fish with All Bran Stuffing blends a 3 to 4 pound fish with All Bran based stuffing. Instructions cover prep, stuffing, baking 450 to 475 degrees for 30 to 40 minutes, and garnishing with lemon. Yield six servings.
Nail varieties flood the market with over a hundred types
Market observers note a vast range of iron and steel nails available, with estimates exceeding 100 distinct types. Hardware retailers report ongoing demand across construction, woodworking, and home projects, prompting continued competition among manufacturers.
Desert Victory film chronicles British Eighth Army march
Army Film Unit cameramen followed the South and Eighth Armies from Egypt to Tunisia, capturing tanks and advance lines. The RAF film unit also worked on the project, producing Desert Victory which was shown in thousands of British cinemas.
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Sth
Egypt
Tunisia
Tobruk
8Th Army
R.af
Swine Anaemia and Parasite Remedies Highlighted
An agricultural note discusses pig anaemia causing high baby pig mortality, caused by iron deficiency and milk iron content. It outlines early iron treatment, soil access, and turf methods, then covers lice as a parasite, their life cycle, and control with crude petroleum or kerosene emulsion. It also notes iodine deficiency in piglets and prevention via iodine supplementation in sows.
Himmler Forbids Police From Naming Horses Adolf
A Stockholm report aired by Radio London states Gestapo Chief Heinrich Himmler banned German police from naming their horses Adolf. The directive reflects wartime propaganda and morale concerns.
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Stockholm
Radio London
Gestapo
Heinrich Himmler
Adolf
Air Training Plan Graduates Listed Across Canadian Schools
Long list of graduates from British Commonwealth Air Training Plan facilities across Manitoba Saskatchewan Alberta and Saskatchewan with service numbers and home towns including Brandon Wawanesa Edmonton Calgary Calgary and other locales. The report enumerates pilots air gunners air navigators and wireless air gunners from No 12 Service Flying Training School No 3 Mac i e and Gunnery School No 7 Air Observer School No 1 Central Navigation School No 5 Bombing and Gunnery School No 10 Service Flying Training School and No 5 Air Observer School Winnipeg noting hometowns such as Brandon Edmonton Moose Jaw and Portage la Prairie.
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No. 12
Service
Brandon
Man
Lac
Black
Inisfail
Alta
C. G. Gorrie
Wawanesa
Mee FE
Ramsbottom
R. Sanderson
Camrose
B. G. Warren
Lucky Lake
Sask
No. 7 Air Observer School
Portage la Prairie
R. O. Dé Nevers
Vandura
G .H. Lempriere
Edmonton
E. J. Wilkie
North Saskatoon
Central Navigation
Rivers
A. W. Teterson
McCord
Dafoe
J. RR
McCulloch
Setmenchuk
Moose Jaw
Sack
Dauphin
J. V. Bailey
Decker
Oakville
Pettapiece
Brave WAAFS Fight Fire During London Balloon Operation
Two women of the Women's Auxiliary Air Force aged 22 and 18 operated a winch to regulate a balloon height during a London night raid. Two bombs fell about 25 yards from them. they completed the task sending the balloon to the proper height. Air Marshal Sir Leslie Gossage praised their devotion to duty in a special order.
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WAAFS
Women's Auxiliary Air Force
London
Air Officer
Balloon Command
Leslie Gossage
Gems of Thought and Moral Maxims on Cheerfulness
A collection of quotations on happiness and faith. Each line offers concise reflections from Addison Montaigne Horace Mary Baker Eddy and Thomas Watson praising cheerfulness, divine guidance, and resilience. It notes the Dead Sea as the earth’s lowest point and urges hopeful outlooks and steadfast religion.
First all-women jury convened at Patuxent Maryland in 1656
Historical note records the first jury in Patuxent Maryland seated in 1656 consisting entirely of women judges and jurors. The event marks an early instance of female participation in colonial legal proceedings.
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Patuxent, Md
Victory Gardens Urged for Canadians to Grow Vegetables
Canada’s agricultural supplies board urges all-out cultivation of victory gardens in 1943. Gardeners should focus on vegetables like tomatoes carrots cabbages onions beans and similar crops to support allied forces and the United Kingdom.
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Victory Gardens
Canada
Agricultural Supplies Board
United Nations
United Kingdom
Australian trains lack steam heat forcing passengers to use robes
In cold weather Australian passenger trains operate without steam heating. Passengers cope by wearing auto robes and heavy clothing to stay warm during journeys.
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Island of
African Coast
Millar VE
Goitre
Creal
Ogilvie
No. 3
Mac Ie and Gunnery School
Macdonald, Man
F. D. Graham
S. Green
Grimshaw
H. Jackson
Calgary
W. B. Walker
Stranraer
E. A. Shde
Kinvso
RB. Co
Broadbent
Prince, Albert
Clement Marcelin
D. R
D. R.oCantera Edmonton, Alta. Lac. DJ Setter
Saskatoon
EB. Campbell Drumheller
FE EL Clarke
Bergen
Christiansen
Duchess
R. Sharpe
R. R. Anweiler
Melville
K. L. Davison
Moosemin
W. S&s Edwards
Sgt
A. Alta
C. Set
D. Sask
No. 5 Air Observer School
Winnipeg
J. A. Barclay
Kennedy
Sask Lac
T. H. Woodard
Weyturn
Auxiliary Air Force
Ramsay Company
Bank Street
Ottawa
Addison
Montaigne
Horace
Mary Baker Eddy
Thomas Watson
Hope Campbell
Dead Sea
Vicks VapoRus
Cppieford Paper
Amilton
Noe Ek
Montreal
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