Canada adopts Royal Canadian Naval Air Service for coast defense
Hon. C. C. Ballantyne announces the formation of the Royal Canadian Naval Air Service to defend Canadian coasts during the war. The service, modeled on the Royal Navy and assisted by the United States, will recruit cadets aged 23 to 40 for training in the United States and England, with plans for provincial cadet distribution and expansion as vacancies permit.
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C. C. Ballantyne
Naval Services
Canada
Royal Canadian Naval Air Service
R.C.N
Admiralty
Barron
United States
Lieut. Jonson
U.S.N
Air Minister
Admiral Kingsmill
R.N.A.S
R.A.P
Royal Naval Air Service
Cain
Uited
England
Internal Combustion
Militia Department
Origin of Bolshevik name explained by Russian doctor
A Russian doctor offers a true origin of the term Bolshevik arguing it did not arise from current chaos. He traces 1903 events in the Russian Democratic movement and the shift in methods that led to the label Bolshevik.
Let in the Sun People and Horses Face Fear In Dusty Room
A fragmentary item notes fear and avoidance of a dark space where horses and people are present. The text hints at air quality and disease control but is unclear and largely incomprehensible.
Greater Part of Wheat Grading No 1 This Year
Competent authorities note most wheat arriving at terminals is No 1 grade. Exceptional weather during ripening and lack of heavy rain since cutting began contribute to high quality. Flax samples of high grade also received, with Manitoba flax largely grown for Britain from Siberian seed.
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Winnipeg
Eighty Canadians Blinded in War
Captain E. A. Baker who lost sight in France has been named to the department of soldiers' civil re establishment vocational staff to aid blind soldiers. Baker, an electrical engineer, won the Military Cross and Croix de Guerre after thirty days in Flanders and will help arrange training at St Dunstan's for blinded Canadians now returning from war. About eighty Canadians have been blinded. the war department plans further training at St Dunstan's and some veterans have already been sent to England for instruction.
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England
Department of Soldiers
Ottawa
James Lougheed
E. A. Baker
France
Baker
Queen's
Flanders
St. Dunstan's Hospital
Hydro-Electric Power Commission
Toronto
War Department
St. Dunstan's
Canada
Goliaths
Davids
Mont Blanc
Berlin
Germany
Britain
Kipling
America
British Isles
Made in China Now A Pencil Factory Opens in Shanghai
A new pencil factory in Shanghai with a daily output of one hundred gross marks the start of a new Chinese industry. The product compares well with imports from Germany and Austria and could replace foreign makes over time.
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Shanghai
China
Germany
Austria
Canadian Forces Subdue German Outpost After Bombing
An account recalls a battlefield exchange where a red German officer urges surrender amid a Canadian pursuit. The narrator describes lying low as the attackers press forward, followed by an explosion from a Midts bomb and a tense moment of exposure.
Doom of Germany Sealed by Britain's Entry to War
Editorial from the Philadelphia Public Ledger argues Britain’s full mobilization doomed Germany’s ambitions. It credits British stamina and sacrifice, notes millions of British and imperial troops abroad, and praises Britain's global role in naval blocks, Far East actions, and support for Allied fronts.
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Germany
Britain
England
Western Front
Suez
Pacific
Russia
Dardanelles
Tigris
Safoniki
Adriatic
France
A.R. Conques
Philadelphia Public Ledger
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Hirst
Dasters
Hirst Remedy CO
Hamilton
AIR Service
Atlantic Coast
Minister of Naval Services
United States Information of Service
Old England
Great Britain
Hindenburg Line
Belgium
Eg H
Lord Northcliffe
Freemont
Pamety &E Myroubles
Anaes
Tak Wee
M. Govpex
Napoleon St
Fremont
Lydia E. Pinkham
Chalpinkham Medicine CO. Lyun. Mass
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