Wartime Training Plan to Open in October at Lethbridge
A new bombing and gunnery school of the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan will open in October at Lethbridge. The report notes wartime labor shifts and various home front measures across Australia and Canada as governments mobilize resources and civilians.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
British Commonwealth Air ‘Training Plan
Lethbridge
Australia
Ministry of Food
South Africa
C. W. Dolman
British Columbia
Vancouver
Reich Ministry of Food and Agriculture
Canadian Spitfire Joins Royal Canadian Air Force in Britain
A Spitfire nicknamed Byng of Vimy, flown by Squadron Sergeant Pilot P. B. Pitcher of Montreal, joins the RAF in Britain. The £5000 aircraft was donated by Viscountess Byng in memory of her husband, former Canada governor-general, to be flown by Canadians.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Byng
Vimy
Sqdn
P. B. Pitcher
Montreal
Royal Canadian Air Force
Britain
Ministry of Aircraft Production
Viscountess Byng
Canada
Canadian Red Cross Rescues 40 Norwegian Women Evacuated to England
The first group of 20 women including two brides was evacuated from Spitabergen to England by Canadian soldiers and outfitted by the Canadian Red Cross in London. They received underwear, nightgowns, stockings and cardigans from Canada. A second group of 20 women and children was expected, with kits prepared to match them with British families for the weekend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
CIA Red Crom
Prom
Spitaberres
Spitabergen
England
Lofoten
Canadian Red Cross
Canada
London
Red Cross
Toronto
Cadogan Square
How To Make Your Own Rugs and Other Booklets
A Home Service notice describes a candlewick rug crochet method using rose and black yarn on a clothesline base. It offers a 32 page booklet with rug making details and lists other booklets available for 15 cents each, plus a note about Canada’s tree species and color blindness in sunlight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ao Young
Home Service Dept
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave
Winnipeg
Man
Pattern 4874 by Anne Adams for slimming frock design
The ad promotes Pattern 4874 by Anne Adams for a slimming style dress with a V neck bodice and flower embroidery. It notes optional embroidery, two bodice panels creating a slender silhouette, a buckled back sash, soft cut side fronts, and a row of front buttons. Available in women sizes 34 to 48, with 36 3% yards of 39 inch fabric. Send 20 cents to Anne Adams Pattern Dept Winnipeg Newspaper, Winnipeg, Man.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anne Adams
Winnipeg
Union
McDermon Ave
Man
University of Toronto Establishes Chair of Chinese Studies
The Winnipeg Free Press reports the University of Toronto creating a chair of Chinese studies under Bishop W C White. The move expands Chinese cultural teaching, attracting Canadian students and reflecting growing China relations amid wartime shifts in scholarly assignments.
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Toronto University
Toronto
Royal Ontario Museum
University of Toronto
W. C. White
Britain
Canada
China
Winnipeg Free Press
No Longer Infant Industry Divorces In Canada Increase
Statistics from Dr. Coats show Canadian divorces rising yearly from 1921 when over 500 were granted to surpassing 1 000 in 1932 and 2 000 in 1938. By 1939 Canada averaged one divorce per fifty marriages, with wartime marriage surges. The piece compares UK ratios and notes US figures sparsely published since 1932.
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Canada
Coats
Dominion
England
United States
Vision of the New Jerusalem and God’s Presence
A devotional meditation on Revelation 21 1 2 and 22 verses exploring the vision of the holy city the new Jerusalem as God dwelling with humanity The text contrasts paradise regained with paradise lost and links the marriage of the Lamb to believers readiness and God’s promise to overcomeers with the divine promise Alpha and Omega the source life and water of life offered freely.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earth
Paradise Lost
Paradise Regained
New Jerusalem
John
Ezek
God
Whittier
Health League of Canada to Launch 13 Radio Dramas This Autumn
The Health League of Canada will begin a 13 program radio drama series this autumn to spur action for a stronger public health program. Produced under Rai Purdy direction, the plays dramatize medical heroes and battles against disease, including Pasteur and Banting linked stories. More than 38 Canadian radio stations will air the broadcasts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Health League of Canada
Playright
Rai Purdy
Louis Pasteur
Lord Lister
Magic Bullet
Frederick Banting
Insulin
Canada
Japan bans Maupassant translations over wartime danger
Japanese authorities ban translation of varius works by Guy de Maupassant citing wartime danger and the risk of liberal ideas misled the public despite literary value.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Varius
Guy de Maupassant
Japan
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Irerly
House of Commons Select Committee
Newcastle
Viscount Byng
Ays
Arkansas
Montrose
South Dakota
Herald
Oloured Pictures
CEO Syrup
Gormest
Home Service
Unday
Exphane
Jose and
Common
Wim
Jim Brown
Jim
Peon
Radio DE
Invenes
Bran
Kellogg’s
Kellogs
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