Morrison Defends Britain In War Effort Speech
British Home Secretary Herbert Morrison told the nation no apology was needed for Britain’s three year war effort. He noted Britain did not wait to be attacked, countered Hitler’s advance, and with allies faced superior forces in Africa and Europe while sustaining heavy casualties in 1940 and 1941.
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Herbert Morrison
Britain
Europe
Morrison
France
Hitler
Egypt
Abyssinia
North Africa
Greece
United Nations
British Empire
United Kingdom
Britain tops war material output and navy feats
Britain leads in war material production with twenty two million workers and two million part timers. September output rose fourteen percent and aircraft weight eighteen percent. The navy guards trade routes, escorts 120000 convoys, delivering 199 of 200 ships safely to port and ships eighty percent of war materials abroad.
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Britain
Morrison
Have Reason To Be Proud Of Britain's War Role
The article reviews Britain's air supremacy in the Battle of Britain and the RAF with Dominion and Allied squadrons, noting over 10 000 Axis planes destroyed between 1939 and 1942. It cites Mr Morrison defending Britain's war aims and highlighting Ethiopia, resilience, and the democratic way of life.
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Britain
R.A.F
Europe
Royal Air Force
Dominion
Allied
Morrison
Ethiopia
Mr. Morrison
Eating for health at dinner: vitamins and minerals count
A guide urges including green and yellow vegetables and fruits at dinner to build strong bones teeth and blood. It contrasts high and low vitamin meals and highlights milk as a valuable calcium source for children while suggesting a Vitamin Chart from the Health League of Canada.
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Johnny
Mary
Health League of Canada
111 Avenue Road
Toronto
Ont
Sheep Dominate Raw Material for Glove Making
Sheep provide the majority of raw material used in glove production. The wool and hides from flocks are essential inputs for tanneries and glove makers, shaping supply chains and pricing in the industry.
Earl of Derby Introduces Alpaca Cloth to England in 1836
The Earl of Derby introduced alpaca cloth to England in 1836, marking a notable development in textile fashion. This revival of alpaca materials influenced clothing styles and trade in that era.
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England
Earl of Derby
Air Training Plan No 10 Service Flying Schools Listed
A long list of aircrew trainees and locations across Manitoba Saskatchewan Alberta and Ontario. Names include Beetz Yotre Ronner Cantin Dalton Mean Leblanc Leblanc MacKenzie Payne Peden Reisner Rogers Roy Stewart Wilton Hates Cheronpita Chick Ewing Gibbs James Kelso McKay Matheson Moreside Olmstead Patterson Petch Spink Swinton Trotter Wood Wyatt among others at Dauphin Brandon and other air training locations in Canada. The roster covers pilots LAC and associated training staff and stations.
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Lac
EL J. Beetz
Winnipeg
Man Lac
A. Yotre
Gravelbourg
Sask
M. W. Ronner
Miniota
Man
Cantin
McCreary
G. E. Dalton
Regina
W. F. Mean
Yorkton
Sask Lac
J. A. J. Leblanc
Unwin
J. A. L. Leblanc
Flin Flon
K. J. MacKenzie
Winnipec
FL Payne
T. M Peden
R. M. Reisner
Limerick
E. Rogers
Spruce Grove
Alta
C. N. Roy
Glentworth
W. W. Stewart
Radville
Sisk
W. T. Wilton
K. Hates
W. T. Cheronpita
Theodore
W. Chick
R. W. Ewing
Dellurne
Alta Lac
BB. Gibbs
Edmonton
V. James
Strasburg
S&s. R. Kelso
Roblin
J. McKay
Brandon
R. J. Matheson
W. McCuaig
Portage To
Prairie
J. W. McKnight
Virden
H. FE. Meirae
Huxley
J. M. McRae
The Thousand Days film previews in Toronto for war effort
A preview of The Thousand Days by Associated Screen News shows Canada’s war effort in the first 1000 days of war. Gordon Sparling directs a 20 minute documentary highlighting factories, munitions, and leader ship, including Churchill in Parliament and Canada’s auto and shell production milestones. Pratt Kuhn endorses the film as factual and patriotic.
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Toronto
Associated Screen News
Gordon Sparling
Winston Churchill
Canada
Dominion
Pratt Kuhn
New Army Dress Rules Cut Cloth Use and Pockets
Army officers will wear regimental jackets with simplified pockets and sleeves to save cloth. Mail censored daily to prisoners of war, and next of kin urged to obtain the proper regulations before writing. Dieppe wounds reported mostly minor. canteen films move to 16 millimeter first run for barracks. Training centers expanded for Women’s Army Corps with new cooks and drivers courses at Kitchener and Vermilion. Dobbin enlisted. Petawawa uses horses to save fuel and rubber. Promotions and reorganizations at National Defence Headquarters listed.
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E. F. Collins
Department of National War Services
Ottawa
Canada
Motion
Canadian Women's Army Corps
Kitchener
Ontario
MacDonald College
St. Anne de Bellevue
P.Q
Vermilion
Alberta
Fire brigade blitz photographs to go on display
Work of the London fire brigade photographic unit from the blitz will be shown to the public. The display aims to reveal how fire fighters carried on during air raids and preserved readiness amid destruction.
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London Fire Brigade
Ramsay Company Patent Offer To Inventors Ottawa
The Ramsay Company, registered patent attorneys at 273 Bank Street Ottawa, offers free lists of inventions and complete information to every inventor.
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Ramsay Company
Bank Street
Ottawa
Canada
Gems of Thought Light and God Quotes
A collage of quotes on light from Genesis to Goethe to Mary Baker Eddy. Includes lines by James Russell Lowell John R Lord Goethe Bernard Barton and others about divine and natural illumination guiding truth and paths.
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God
James Russell Lowell
John R. Lord
Heaven
Goethe
Mary Baker Eddy
Cripps Links India Crisis to Gandhi Nonviolence Policy
Sir Stafford Cripps notes in an interview that India’s crisis hinges on Gandhi's non-violence stance. He says Britain cannot tolerate an Indian government pledged to pacifism while Britain fights a life and death war, even if peace with the Axis were possible.
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Stafford Cripps
India
Gandhi
Britain
Insects Fill Air Above Each Square Mile
An estimate claims 25 000 000 insects inhabit the air over every square mile of the earth’s surface. The figure underscores the vast density of airborne life noticed by scientists.
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Pat Burton
Calgary Stampede
Burton Ranch
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Service Flying Training School
Dauphin, Man
Pilotsi
News of
Directorate of Public Relations
Dieppe
R. B. Murray
Markdale
Kingston
Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps
Dobbin
Petawawa
Ralph S. Carey
National Defence Headquarters
Richard Barton Sharpe
Windsor and Whitby
Ordnance
Norman A. Gianelli
D.A.A
Q.M.G
M.D. 10
Camp Borden
Joseph W. G. Clark
Information Armed Forces
H. C. Howard
Montreal
Naval Services
G. H. Sallans
Army
Gerald M. Brown
Rc.a.f
Bernard Barton
Wilder
Gopleford
Paterfeazs
Amilton
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