Alaska road flight strips aid northward air movement
The Wartime Information Board said flight strips along the Alaska highway provide contact flying facilities and safe landings to move construction and maintenance crews, supplementing the Edmonton to Whitehorse northwest route used since 1941 for US planes to Alaska and the north Pacific war zone. Total Canadian expenditures on the route reach 25 million dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
OTTAWA
Alaska highway
United States
Wartime Information Board
Canada
Edmonton
Whitehorse
Yukon Territory
Alaska
north Pacific war zone
Grande Prairie
Fort St. John
Fort Nelson
Watson Lake
Snag
Aishihik
Teslin
Smith River
Beaten River
NAMAC FIELD
Namao
transport department
R.C.A.F
Army Casualties Ottawa War List Shows Officers and NCO Losses
Latest casualty list names officers from British Columbia and Canadian regiments, with many believed killed or wounded in action. Includes ranks from Lieut to Pte and notes next of kin in Vancouver, Calgary, Edmonton, Banff, and other communities across Alberta, British Columbia, and Saskatchewan. Wounded and remaining on duty statuses are listed for several corps including Armoured, Artillery, and Postal units.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
OTTAWA
C.P
British Columbia Regiment
WILSON
Richard Alexander
Alexander Douglas Wilson
Vancouver
B.C
PARKER
Basil Grosvenor
Margaret Veronica Parker
Canadian Armoured Corps
THRING
Kenneth George
Dorothy Gibson Thring
Arrowwood
Alta
BARTON
Kenneth Ford
Margaret Barton
BONNELL
Franklin Harrison
Saul Bonnell
Banff
N.C.O.’s
RILEY
George
William C. Riley
Lillooet
Alberta Regiment
BROBER
Walter Lawrence
John Bober
Derwent
DEMCHUK
William
Anne Demehuk
Edmonton
LISTER
Robert
Sarah J. H. Lister
McLENNAN
William Maxwell
Clayton Harvey McLennan
Byley
MURPHY
Patrick
K. Conrad
Pinto
Sask
RUSTAN
Wilmot James Bennet
Henriette Sheppard
Out Bombing Nazis 400 to 1 in 194? air war
London reports the Royal Air Force has dropped about 6,000 tons of bombs on German targets from January 1 to January 17 18, while German forces moved around 15 tons over Britain. Air Minister Sir Archibald Sinclair told the House of Commons the disparity stands at roughly 400 to 1 in favor of Allied bombing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
LONDON
Jan
Royal Air Force
Germany
Britain
Archibald Sinclair
commons
Alexander Praises Canadian Navy in Atlantic War Effort
London reports A V Alexander first lord of the admiralty hailed the Royal Canadian Navy for expanding greatly in the Atlantic fighting, supplying more than two-fifths of ocean going escorts while the Royal Canadian Air Force handles a quarter of U boats operations. He noted R C N manpower nearing Royal Navy levels in peacetime and praised sailors from home shores for their enduring courage and decorations. Canada and Britain now lead convoy protection in the north Atlantic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
LONDON
C.P. Cable
A. V. Alexander
admiralty
Royal Canadian Navy
United Nations
R.C.N
north Atlantic
R.C.AF
Royal Navy
Canada
United Kingdom
Air Ace Wade Dies in Africa China? Crash in Italy
Wing Cmdr Lance C Wade, Canadian trained American RAF ace with 25 kills in the Mediterranean, died Jan 12 in Italy when a small communications plane spun to the ground behind the front. He was 27 and from Tucson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ALGIERS
Lance C. Wade
RAF
Mediterranean
Italy
Wade
George C. Buerling
Verdun
Que
R.CAF
Malta
R.AF
Tucson
Aziz
Britain builds up armored equipment with US aid
Prime Minister Churchill said Britain, strengthened by American supplies, is amassing adequate armed gear. He noted tank production is satisfactory and that forces will be well equipped. Churchill met with General Dwight D. Eisenhower, commander of the invasion, yesterday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
LONDON
C.P
Churchill
Britain
United States
commers
Dwicht D. Eisenhower
Urge World Air Authority For Air Routes
CANBERRA Australia Jan 20 The Australian New Zealand conference backs the principle that ownership operation and control of international civil air routes be vested in an international air authority H V Evatt and Prime Minister Fraser announce support subject to two conditions International trunk routes must be specified in any air transport agreement and each country may conduct all services within its territorial jurisdiction
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
CANBERRA
Australia
H. V. Evatt
Fraser
New Zealand
Rose Hips Provide Major Vitamin C Source
Dr Jules Tuba and George Hunter of the University of Alberta report a year of work showing rose hips yield vitamin C. They estimate Alberta could harvest 500000 tons of vitamin C annually, enough to supply every person in Canada if all hips were utilized.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
EDMONTON
Jules Tuba
George Hunter
University of Alberta
Rose hips boost self-sufficiency in vitamin C among nations
Dr. Tuba notes Russia, Norway, Britain, and Germany rely on rose hips and evergreen needles for vitamin C for years. Canada lags in production, while Alberta is among the leading regions experimenting with rose hips.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russia
Norway
Britain
Germany
Canada
Tuba
Alberta
Gentleman's resolve and priceless paintings in fireproof home
Leonard Lyons recalls Harry's first standing ovation and easy confidence after singing Annie Laurie. Charles Taft, brother of the late president, kept priceless paintings in a wooden Cincinnati house with lights untouched for fire safety. The collection now rests in a $3 million museum, fully insured. Ida Tarbell once opened her Chautauqua Herald column with James Thomson poetry about dews.
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Harry
Annie Laurie
Miss Malvern
Leonard Lyons
New York Post
Charles ‘Taft
President Taft
Cincinnati
Taft
Ida Tarbell
Chautauqua Assembly
Daily Herald
James Thomson
dews
Relative Dangers Of Land And Air Travel
Detroit News compares transport risks noting air travel safer than rail but both safer than driving. Air fatalities 2.2 per 100 million passenger miles, rail 0.14 in 1941, auto 4 per 160 million. Also mentions home accidents while traveling by train or plane is safer than the average home. Includes a cartoon fragment about a rural magistrate and a London blitz adoptive mother story.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit News
air line
National Safety Council
Jeff
Jedge
Changed economy halves Britain’s food output since before the war
The article notes a shift in Britain’s agricultural balance, stating that prior to the war the country produced one third of its food and now produces two thirds, reflecting wartime changes in production and self sufficiency.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Britain
RCAF Casualty List Overseas Names Among Casualties
The latest air casualty list from Overseas names Sgt Joseph Albert Yvon Lamontagne of Montreal Quebec and others including Clarence Floyd Larson of Tisdale Saskatchewan Hugh Patrick Morrison of Calgary Alberta Arthur Leopold Schoenthaler of Winnip eg Manitoba George Albert William Shank of Markham Ontario Emerson Earl Case of Woodstock Ontario Clarence Burdette Wallace of Stony Beach Saskatchewan Ernest Byron Edgett of Indian Orchard Massachusetts William Frederick Forster of Hamilton Ontario W O Slassor of Morpeth Northampton England and related reports of missing and killed on active service or dying on active service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
LAMONTAGNE
Joseph Albert Yvon
Ernest Lamontagne
Montreal
Que
LARSON
Clarence Floyd
N. E. Larson
Tisdale
Sask
MORRISON
Hugh Patrick
William Morrison
Calgary
Alta
SCHOENTHALER
Arthur Leopold
Nicholas Schoenthaler
Winnineg
Man
SHANK
George Albert William
EB. B
CASE
Emerson Earl
E. E. Case
Woodstock
Ont
WALLACE
Clarence Burdette
Set
Berton Wallace
Stony
EDGETT
Ernest Byron
P. W. Edgett
Indian Orchard
Mass
U.S.A
Two Japanese Warships Sank on Minefield
Chungking radio reported two Japanese warships struck exploding mines and sank off Hsiekiangkow near Tungliu on the Yanetse River January 4. The broadcast said the enemy suffered considerable losses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
NEW YORK
Chungking
Hsiekiangkow
Tungliu
Yanetse River
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BEEVER
Edith Beever
WHITMORE
Benjamin William
Ada Whitmore
Royal Canadian Artillery
LEE
Paw
Gmr
Elizabeth Lee
Oneway
Manitoba
BROWN
John Edward
Richard Brown
Arborg
British Columbia
Joan Olga Martin
Worthing
Sussex
England
James H. Martin
Nanaimo
Reading
Berkshire
James McGee
West Edmonton
MacLEAN
Neil
Annie MacLean
navy
Scott
SCOTTS
Alexander
Africa
World Air Authority
CHARLES TAFT
vy—V—V
London Daily Mail
Kerin
Dorothy Kerin
Chapel House
Ealing
Beach
EATON’S DAILY STORE
HEWETSON’S “WELT-EE
OXFORDS
Hewetsons
EATON’S
Wien
Staples
Omi ao Sage
Foodateria
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