The Making Of One World Air Travel And Maps
A discussion of how air travel shrinks world distance and reshapes geography. It compares historic coach speeds to modern jets and rockets, notes five hour trans Atlantic airliner goals, and explains air maps differ from Mercator projections with city dots indicating optimal routes rather than national boundaries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Atlantic Ocean
Royal Bank of Canada
Mercator
Greenland
North Pole
Reykjavik
Montreal
Moscow
Aden
Winnipeg
Nome
Tokyo
Canada
Iceland
Japan
Toronto
South Africa
Miami
Natal
Brazil
Atlantic
West Africa
Labrador
Europe
Profound Effect On The Future
The piece notes rapid aviation advances that shrink distances across continents and seas. It highlights Halifax to Vancouver air travel in hours and Atlantic routes under twenty four hours, stressing how airpower and aircraft progress will shape life after the war. It emphasizes linking nations and reducing remote regions through flight.
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Canavia
Halifax
Vancouver
Canada
Europe
Pacific Ocean
Crossword Puzzle Clue Bombe Tor
A brief crossword clue item titled Our Crossword Puzzle appears with the line Bombe tor as a fragment. The readable text hints at a themed puzzle entry or cryptic clue without full context or solution.
Price Control And Rationing Information
Price control and rationing notes explain turning in meat coupons and tokens to boost overseas shipments. Local boards will supply lists of voluntary organizations collecting them. Q and A cover distribution timing for ration book 6 and coupon validity with instructions to bring current book and RB 191 card.
In Memory of RCAF WDs Rose Goodman Section Officer Honored
A chapter dedicated to W D Rose Goodman, the first RCAF women’s division member on active service, is named by Indian girls under Edith Sugarman. Goodman, from New Glasgow, joined in October 1941, trained in Toronto as part of 150 in the Administrative training class, and died in January 1942 when a training plane crashed near Claresholm Alberta.
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W.D
RCAF
Rose Goodman
B'nai Brith Girls
Edith Sugarman
Goodman
New Glasgow
Toronto
Claresholm
Alta
Crown as unifying symbol amid empire transition
The British Crown is described as a unifying force within the Commonwealth during the shift from empire to a new international order. The Royal Family commands broad respect, while the Commonwealth’s structure differs from the United States with no single rallying flag. The piece notes multiple flags in use and potential future changes. A separate brief notes a theatre casting interview with a witty exchange about looks.
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Britain
Commonwealth
United States
New York Herald Tribune
Regina Rifles Eric Luxton New Rehabilitation Chief
Former Regina Rifles officer Eric Luxton, noted for service from Caen to war end, succeeds Gordon Bigelow as executive officer of the Regina Citizens Rehabilitation Committee. He enlisted 1941, served in Normandy anti tank platoon, awarded a mention in dispatches, discharged last month to begin new duties. He plans to return to university with his wife and young daughter.
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Eric Luston
Memb
Regina Ites
Eric Luxton
Caen
Rely
Gordon Bigelow
Regina Citizens’ Rehabilitation Committee
Bigelow
Saskatchewan Reconstruction Housing Corporation
Luxton
Regina Rifles
England
France
Regi
Canada
Regina Army Counselling Service
British gasoline ration raised after US loan approval
Full Minister Shinwell told the House of Commons the basic British gasoline ration will rise due to the 3.75 million dollar loan from the United States. The increase would allow pleasure cars to run about 270 miles a month, up from 180, with a generous share set aside for essential industrial users.
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London
Shinwell
House of Commons
United States
Special crops boost Canadian farm income from beets
A long report notes several specialty crops like tobacco sugar beets soybeans sunflowers rape seed and maple products contribute to cash farm income. It details Ontario beet production historical factory sites Chatham Wallaceburg Fort Garry St Hilaire and recent shifts to Alberta Manitoba Saskatchewan and Quebec with mechanization reducing manual labor and improving beet handling from harvesting to processing.
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Ontario
Kent
Elgin
Middlesex
Lambton
Chatham
Wallaceburg
Alberta
Manitoba
Fort Garry
St Hilaire
Quebec
Firmness and steadfastness in character quotes
A collection of maxims on firmness and steadfastness from various thinkers. It cites Chesterfield Confucius Lavater Swartz Eddy and Scott, framing firmness as essential to character and success, yet warning against folly without knowledge. The text notes a higher death rate among stable hands and hostlers aged 15 to 64 than in other employed groups.
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Chesterfield
Confucius
Swartz
Conditions In China Impair U S Ties and UNRRA Relief
The St. Louis Post-Dispatch notes China under Chiang Kai-shek has strained relations with the United States and UNRRA as the Kuomintang Yeran truce talks fail. It cites Chiang's refusal to reform and remove an UNRRA director seen as politicizing relief and warns of weakened authority amid prolonged procrastination.
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Chiang
United States
UNRRA
China
Nanking
Chiang Kai-shek
Cmit
Guardia
St. Louis Post- Dispatch
Statue Is Back Winged God Of Love In London
London's beloved Eros the winged god of love returns to Piccadilly Circus after seven years away. Taken from wartime hiding in Surrey, the statue is re placed on its pedestal, reviving the postwar wish of Londoners for its return. Service men from Canada and other Allied countries saw savings posters at the old stand during its absence.
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London
Piccadilly
Eros
Surrey
Piccadilly Circus
Canada
Calgary to Build Modern Yeast Plant for Western Canada
Fleischmanns to open a new yeast plant on 15th Street south of the Calgary Brewing & Malting Co in western Canada. The facility aims to produce fresh yeast for bread bakers and households, starting early 1947, using Calgary’s fuel and power resources and clear air to ensure high quality production.
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Brokstruction
Calgary
Dollar Fleischman
15Th Street
Calgary Brewing & Malting Company
Arket
Canada
Fastern
Eid William L Cunliffe
Standard Brands Limited
Cuncliffe
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Fleischmann Laboratories
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