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Newspaper
Macgregor Herald
Location
Macgregor, Manitoba, Canada
Date
May 14, 1942
Page
2
During both peace and war the Red Cross brings blessings to humanity. In the Western Provinces outpost hospitals aid isolated areas and crippled children are helped. In economic hardship people value the Red Cross ministrations and voluntary subscriptions fund relief with minimal administration costs.
The Canadian Red Cross rapidly expands wartime work answering Britain’s call. It ships clothing, surgical dressings, and millions of food parcels to air raid victims, sailors, and prisoners of war. Two million food parcels planned for British POWs this year. 22,500 weekly parcels last year. The movement traces to the 1864 Geneva origins aiding soldiers.
A scanned listing shows names of students who graduated under the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan from No 7, No 3, and No 5 Bombing and Gunnery Schools in Canada. Names include Paulson, MacDonald, MacGregor, Dafoe, Wimmer, and others, with associated provinces such as Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta, and the Northwest Territories. The fragmentary OCR preserves the training plan context and the regional designations.
Engineers introduce Litra violet lamps that illuminate airplane instrument dials with invisible radiation. The four watt bulbs cause fluorescent coatings to glow in the dark, aiding pilots while the cabin remains near dark. A traffic cop tells a driver to use her noodle as she searches the car.
Sgt. Air Gunner William Garton of Winnipeg and a Lockheed Hudson crew earned high praise after a daring Norway raid on Aalesund. The pilot earned a bar to his DFC, and Garton received a personal letter from Britain’s Air Ministry. Garton now serves as a pilot officer in an RCAF Hudson squadron in Britain.
The National Farm Radio Forum ends for winter and returns in a summer series of 15 minute broadcasts monthly. The National News Summary moves to new daily times across zones under daylight saving. CBC announcers Byng Whittaker Lorne Green Larry Henderson and Ted Devlin will present. Regional bulletins from Winnipeg Vancouver and Toronto continue at set times with BBC London news twice daily.
More than 1200 Indians have enlisted in the armed forces during the present war and the Mines and Resources Department reports that figure is expected to rise when final agency reports are received.
A recent Chilean law mandates that 10 percent of total building construction costs be dedicated to sculpture and decorative art projects, directing funds to cultural enhancement within urban development.
A Canadian Army weekly column extols blood donation to aid soldiers and civilians, noting donors sometimes faint. It links sugar hoarding to Red Cross supplies, explaining 400 units weekly processed in Toronto and a wave of wartime self-help as civilians train for home front duties.
One of the noted Wise Men, Winston Churchill, has tapered his exercise with age. Once a polo player who rode a pony and kept pace with a sturdy belt, he later bricklayed yet disliked bending. Now he prefers brisk walks, appearing livelier and lighter than in his earlier years, while the passage ends with a remark on sea names: Black Red White and Yellow.
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