Tribute to Canadian Seamen Strength of the Merchant Navy
Commander H D Simonds lauds Canadian seamen in Ottawa speech as Battle of the Atlantic endures. The piece notes brave merchant mariners, corvettes built in Canada, and Angus Macdonald’s figures on eight thousand ships and fifty million tons sent to Britain. It highlights Canadian ports, navy pride, and the nation’s role in the Empire’s maritime dominance.
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Buckingham Palace
H. D. Simonds
Royal Navy
Ottawa
Athenia
Britain
Pacific
Dominion
Prairie Provinces
Angus Macdonald
Navy
Macdonald
Canada
Escalator Etiquette and Unrelated Factoids
A department store installed escalators prompting a young attendant to offer help. a shopper declined saying she would go to the basement awaiting the steps to "re vege." Separately a statistic notes about 4 percent of Americans attend church, and Guam natives are called Chamorros.
Air Training Plan Graduates At Brandon and Dafoe Schools
Military graduates listed from No 12 Service Flying Training School Brandon Manitoba and No 5 Bombing and Gunnery School Dafoe Saskatchewan on January 16 1942 led by LACs Frederick Adsett Frank Bond Rodney Clement Harry Cox Alfred Hewlett William Kenny Morton George Vann Joseph Chartier John McBrideGeorge Muth William Schramm Michael Steffanick George Yung. The note adds historical wind record and an unrelated line about asters and pioneer women.
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Brandon
Man
Frederick Charles Adsett
Munson
Alta
Frank Eugene Bond
Consdale
Rodney Stewart Clement
Russell
Harry Kenny Cox
Union Point
Alfred Hewlett
Manor
Sask
William Booker Kenny
Wolseley
Francis Lionel Morton
Gladstone
George Cecil James Vann
Beresford
Dafoe
Lac
Joseph Leon Trifle Chartier
Rabbit Lake
John Dugald McBride
St. E
Prince Albert
George Stewart Muth
Box
Norquay
William Allan Schramm
Melville
Canada whaling season 1941 yields higher catches and oil
Canadian whaling ships from two British Columbia stations landed 328 whales in 1941 up from 220 in 1940, with 566505 gallons of oil, about 50 tons of fertilizer, and 271 tons of meal. Oil and fertilizer gains surpassed 1940, while a whale attacked and damaged a harpooned whaler during the season.
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British Columbia
Canada
Glass replaces steel in hot café cabinets
To Save Steel Britain promotes ginsene on steel substitute using translucent toughened glass for hot cabinets in cafes and restaurants. It can withstand 125 to 190 degrees, saves steel, reduces heating costs, eases cleaning, and frees steel for the war effort.
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Britain
Breton refugees build lifeboat in 36 hours in London yard
A London boat-yard accomplished a lifeboat in 36 hours after a shipping official called for a rapid build. Six Breton workers and two English colleagues worked nonstop. the boat was completed in time to sail with the ships waiting crewed.
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London
Marmalade Nut Bread From Old Recipes
Diet reader style: a recipe for Marmalade Nut Bread with flour, baking powder, salt, orange rind, egg, corn syrup, milk, orange marmalade and walnuts. Instructions mix dry ingredients, add rind, beat egg with syrup and milk, combine, stir in marmalade and nuts, pour into a leaf pan, let stand, bake at 350 degrees for about one hour.
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Mazda
The Citizen's Army a weekly column on arms and services
Alan Maurice Irwin explains the Army terms Arma and Services, detailing branches like Artillery Engineers Signallers Armoured Corps and Infantry and the supporting arms Royal Canadian Ordnance Corps Army Service Corps and Army Medical Corps. He recalls WWII era jibes, stretcher-bearers, improvised weapons training, and the shift from tin hats to new helmets.
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Varus
CGS
DMO & 1
Guard
Arma
Royal Canadian Ordnance Corps
Royal Canadian ‘Army Service Corps
Royal Canadian ‘Army Medical Corps
Jbe
Serpe
Eoin
Ordnance
Army Service Corps
Sour
Iran
St. John's Ambulance
Kellogg's All Bran Promotes Bulk for Constipation
An advertisement from Kellogg's promotes All Bran as a better option for constipation relief through bulk in the diet. It notes that All Bran does not work like laxatives, requires time to act, and is available in London Canada packaging and restaurant servings as well as grocery stores.
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Docval
Quebec
Kellogg's
Kelloge's
London
Canata
Ground preparation by mechanized squads for spring planting
Weathering war wounds to health, sulfanilamide aids recovery, while British agriculture organizes mechanized storm-diggers of 100 to ready districts in Strom for land girls to plant next spring.
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British Agriculture Department
Strom
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Tempe
Seamen
United States
Guam
Rola Asl
Brandon and Dafoe Schools
British Isles
Quilty
County Chase
Ireland
England
Stoppe, Quien
ASE
Citizen’s Army
Alan Maurice Irwin
All-Bramn Serenion
Mars Cathartics
By Fred Neher
Flavour
Goplolord
Kina
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