Swedish designed dive bomber joins exercises at Skansen Park
A Swedish designed dive bomber was shown in action for the first time during exercises at Skansen Park in Stockholm. Lieut. Laird Bovaird of London Ontario has been named aide-de-camp to Canadian army commander Lt Gen A G L McNaughton. Manpower shortages prompt schoolchildren to help with Christmas mail in Britain and farmers urged to migrate to productive land in the U S. British MPs to train in munitions making in spare time at a London centre. Belgium and Dutch goods flow to Cologne after RAF raids. About 80 physicians needed for armed forces with Canadian Medical Association aiding the effort. Italian women suspected as spies in Northern Ireland face jail terms after Belfast court case.
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Skansen
Stockholm Park
Laird Bovaird
London
Northern Ireland
Belfast
Dublin
Wartime scrap prices set for metals and railcar parts
The wartime prices and trade board issued an order establishing price controls for brass copper bronze tin lead nickel and aluminum scrap. It classifies items such as old radiators shell cases bullet jackets trolley wheels and car boxes. Steel and iron scrap are excluded.
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Prices and Trade Board
Young Two-Piecer Pattern 4176 by Anne Adams
Pattern 4176 offers a nine oclock scholar two piece for girls in sizes 6 through 14 with a cross grain or contrast jacket and a gathered yoke skirt. Optional contrasting collar and cuffs. Cost 20 cents. Orders to Anne Adams Pattern Dept Winnipeg. British Caribbean sugar cane output listed as 281,017 acres.
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Anne Adams
Winnipeg
Union
McDermot Ave
Man
Sunday School Lesson on Growth in Christ
The devotional outlines Jesus growth as physical mental and spiritual and explains true growth as knowledge of Christ. It notes Luke 2 40 52 II Peter 3 18 and II Peter 1 8 11 and emphasizes faith growth through personal relationship with Jesus and living out His guiding ways.
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Jesus Christ
Jesus
God
Simon Peter
Christ
James Reid
Closed in Ancient Times Mangel Root History
The mangel is among the oldest cultivated crops with roots tracing to 2000 B.C. An Egyptian tomb plate shows a laborer offering a large root as a sacrifice on a table.
Gibraltar Area Noted At One and Seven Eighths Square Miles
A historical note records Gibraltar's area as one and seven eighths square miles, detailing land measurements in precise fractions. This compact geographic record highlights the tiny territory's size.
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Gibraltar
Great Britain Arms and Fortifies for Invasion Prep
Hannen Swaffers notes in People that Britain is becoming an armed camp with four airfields, trained troops, and stored munitions for an invasion, as Dieppe was a preview. He recalls RAF raids to Gdynia and predicts soon no German-held point will be safe, with Americans ready for a long-term plan and a second front later.
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Hannen Swaffers
Hitler
Great Britain
Dieppe
Amsterdam
Copenhagen
Gdynia
R.A.F
Cruden Bay Fishermen Return Lifeboat Awards
Two Cruden Bay fishermen who went to sea at night to rescue crashed airmen have surrendered their National Lifeboat Institution awards. They declined any personal gain, stating their aim was to help others.
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Cruden Bay
Aberdeenshire
Scotland
National Lifeboat Institution
Humorous Snippets and CBC Overseas Broadcasts
A collage of light exchanges and a lengthy note on CBC radio's Overseas Unit. The piece highlights humor from daily life and clarifies the cessation of personal messages from Canadians abroad after October 18 while outlining ongoing CBC efforts to report on British-based Canadian forces.
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Gladstone Murray
Radio
CBC National
CBC
Canada
Britain
Murray
The
Beaver Club
London
When Hitl er Was Tempted
A quotation on courage and leadership contrasts fear and pride. Earl Jellicoe asserts true heroism lies in facing fear without showing it, and suggests focusing energy on predicting success rather than forecasting disaster for a brighter world.
Unclear fragmentary text from a diary page
Ambiguous transcription mentions money and a warning not to be discouraged. The legible parts reference Daly and a claim about root causes, with no clear event, date, or proper nouns to anchor a news item.
Soviet composer may write anthem for Volga defence
The likelihood is that most Russians have not heard the Song of the Volga Boatmen yet some Soviet composer could create a new anthem to honor the defense along the river's banks. Agricultural workers form about 62 percent of Egypt's population.
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Volga
Egypt
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Wickard
M.P
Belgium
Holland
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Rhineland
Canadian Medical Association
British Caribbean
By Fred Neher
Sugar
K.C.A.F
Susan
Miss de Frost
Mr. Gayt
Robert
Bettyshe
Earl
Jellicoe
Mickie
Daly
BY William Ferguson
Maan
Lake Champlain
Ame
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Reg
Gene Byrnes
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