Courage Shown By Airmen Who Hunt The Enemy
Flying officers of the R C A F recount a raid over the North Sea where crews pressed to 20 000 feet to strike targets, sinking ships through heavy flak while mates joke and steel themselves for the next mission. The scene captures wartime grit and camaraderie at a coastal command station as log books and letters are updated and the crew steels for danger.
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John Clarke
R.C.A.F
Royal Canadian Air Force
North Sea
Smitty
Regina
Montreal
R.C.A
Natty Dresser Brittain Calls Gandhi A Political Ascetic
William J. Brittain portrays Gandhi as a stylish yet ascetic political figure. The editor notes Gandhi’s past as a barrister in England and India, his resistance campaigns in South Africa, and his use of loincloth fasting and silence as a political persona.
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William J. Brittain
Great Britain
Gandhi
India
South Africa
Sir Alfred Watson
Sweden Plans to Produce Coffee Substitutes from Sugar Beets
Sweden announces a program to produce 6000 tons of coffee substitutes derived from sugar beets. The initiative aims to boost domestic supply and reduce reliance on imported coffee by converting surplus beet crops into beverage substitutes.
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Sweden
Polish woman pilot flies for Air Transport Auxiliary
Anna, 27, daughter of a Polish officer, is one of two Polish women in the Air Transport Auxiliary. She has flown Spitfires, Hurricanes and bombers from UK factories to RAF airfields, and trained to handle heavy bombers like Blenheims and Wellingtons.
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Anna
Air Transport Auxiliary
Polish Telegraph Agency
United Kingdom
Poland
Rumania
Jugcslavia
France
Paris
Rue de Rivoli
Great Britain
England
Pauline Gower
Air Transport Auxiliary Service
Royal Air Force
Disliked The Picture Sold Dieppe Raid Film in Zurich
A German propaganda film about the Dieppe raid was pulled from Swiss screens in Zurich amid loud protests from a Swiss audience shouting to move the film elsewhere. The National Zeitung called the film a fake German propaganda piece aimed at a protesting public. Fight Canadians are members of the British parliament.
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Tieppe
Dieppe
Zurich
Switzerland
National Zeitung
Fight
Killing Dutch Cattle Nourishes German War Effort
Windsor Star reports W L Clark noting that 100000 cows in the Netherlands will be slaughtered by the Nazis to boost fat supplies for Germany. 187900 acres of pasture will be sown to rape seed for vegetable oil, a move that will harm Dutch dairy herds and affect local food security in the coming years.
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Netherlands
W. L Clark
Windsor Star
Germany
Reich
Europe
Canada Hosts Allied Recruits as War Shapes Training Grounds
Canada becomes a training hub for allied forces during the Second Great War. Norway operates air schools in Ontario while Belgian, Polish, and Dutch units train in Joliette, Owen Sound, Windsor, Stratford, and Ottawa. Royal families from Netherlands and Luxembourg reside in Canada. Britain allocates cotton imports via wartime boards.
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Canada
Becomig
Netherlands
Luxembourg
Norway
Poland
Begium
Royal Air Force
Ontario
Toronto
Gravenhurst
Muskoka
Britain
Joliette
Que
Belgium
Windsor
Ont
Owen Sound
Royal Netherlands Army
Juliana Barracks
Stratford
Europe
Juliana
Queena Wilhelmina
Ottawa
Grand Duchess
Charlotte
London
Washington
Montreal
Québec
Changing London Between Generations and Wars
Almey St. John Adcock notes London’s evolving character across eras from Shakespeare and the Great Fire to Dickens and the railway. He portrays a city where visible scars of war coexist with intact facades, concealing inner devastation behind outer walls as streets reshape through time.
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London
Almey St
Pocket Guide To Britain For American Troops At War
London Spectator praises a new compact booklet issued to American troops in Britain. It includes a clear map of the British Isles, a two-language glossary, insignia cuts for services, and notes on British terms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Britain
British Isles
New York
London Spectator
Quantity And Variety In Easy To Do Gifts
A Winnipeg Households Arts pattern offers fourteen decorative accessories with directions and materials. Pattern 7283 costs twenty cents and provides designs and step by step instructions. Send coins to the Household Arts Department at 175 McDermot Avenue Winnipeg Man with name address and pattern number.
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Household Arts Department
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Avenue
Winnipeg
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Smith
Rommel
New Zealand
Egypt
Russia
Red Army
Rhzev
Zubtrov
Ussr
Prices and Trade Board
British Board of Trade
Munitions and Supply Department
John H. F. Turner
Prices Board
Turner
Dominion
Guide To
Antarctica
Alice Brooks
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