Canadian Soldiers Training for Skilled Trades in Vocational Schools
Canadian active army recruits are undergoing phased training across technical schools to build a corps of craftsmen. Volunteers from varied civilian jobs receive aptitude testing, then intensive trades instruction at civilian centers, before advancing to Hamilton army trade school for practical military applications.
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Dominion
Canada
Army Trade School
Hamilton
Ottawa Technical High School
Paratrooper Training In Britain Attracts Volunteers
A London correspondent notes the air and army staff guiding Britain's paratrooper training. Acting Squadron Leader Louis A. Strange leads air aspects, while a senior officer handles physical training, map reading, and explosives expertise. Recruits wear khaki with wings and parachute insignia and receive special pay.
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Britain
Louis A. Strange
Army
Corps D'Elite
London
Ottawa Journal
O.c.'s
War Economy May End Trouser Turn-Ups In Britain
Tailors press for ban on trouser turn-ups to conserve wool as a 70 percent cut in supplies hits the British market. They propose shorter jackets and standard sizes, with the straight leg likely first. Federation official T R Hewitt notes his own wear of turn-ups but calls them unhygienic.
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T. R. Hewitt
Federation of Merchant Tailors
Ponies Escape Milk Delivery Rearrange in England
A dairy stable wall collapse in England freed 24 ponies used for milk delivery. All but two were recaptured immediately, and the next morning two unmounted ponies were found continuing their rounds from house to house. In Sweden telephone operators replaced demanding delays with the phrase In the wink of an eye.
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England
Sweden
Night fighters train with green goggles to meet darkness
Britain’s pilots wear green goggles to accustom their eyes for night missions and some have become highly receptive to faint illumination invisible to normal sight. The text also notes the Chinese wall’s remaining height, its total length including extensions, and the count of U.S. manufacturing establishments consuming steel.
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Britain
Paradox of Life Loss in Britain Cited by Red Cross Official
James B. Forgan of the Chicago Red Cross explains at the national convention in Washington that Britain’s wartime death toll appears lower than peacetime due to extensive public health training and precautions. He notes better first aid, sanitation, vaccination, and safer practices reduce fatalities despite bombings.
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Red Cross
England
James B. Forgan
Chicago
The
Washington
Remarkable self-taught life of Sir Hamilton Harty
The late Sir Hamilton Harty is praised as almost entirely self taught in all aspects of music. Born to a poor church organist, he grew to be a world renowned conductor accompanist and respected composer. He learned French German and Italian by reading parallel language novels and dictionaries.
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Sir Hamilton Harty
No Revolutionary Changes in Coal Stove Since Franklin Era
The article notes many new devices and equipment updates but asserts coal burning stoves have seen no major revolutions since shortly after Benjamin Franklin invented the first stove.
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Benjamin Franklin
Death of Mary Hughes the Angel of the East End
Mary Hughes 81 died in London in early April. Survived by a single daughter of Thomas Hughes author of Tom Brown’s School Days. She lived in Whitechapel since 1900 devoted to the poor, backed temperance, became a Quaker, and served as a Justice of the Peace in Stepney.
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Mary Hughes
Thomas Hughes
Tom Brown
London
Whitechapel
East End
Stepney
Dew Drop Inn
Detroit Salt Mines Proposed as War Shelter
The 160 acre salt mine complex under southwestern Detroit could shelter the city’s 1 618 549 residents in war, with 1100 foot depths and 58 degree air. Officials say it could house key industries a hospital or ammunition dump, with over 25 miles of passages.
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Detroit
Crochet Pattern of Lord's Prayer Panel Catholic and Protestant
Pattern 6947 offers a crocheted heirloom panel featuring the Lord's Prayer with both Catholic and Protestant versions. It includes chart directions illustrations and stitching materials. Send 20 cents to Household Arts Department Winnipeg Newspaper Union for the pattern. no Alice Brooks pattern book exists.
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Household Arts Department
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Avenue
Winnipeg
Man
Alice Brooks
Seapower Key To Allied War Effort In Wartime Letter
A London letter to the Hamilton Spectator argues Sea Power anchors Allied aims and British survival. It notes Royal Navy protection of Atlantic convoys vital for munitions and food, with offensives from Lofoten to Mediterranean and Red Sea showing naval reach.
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Royal Navy
Britain
Oversea
Atlantic
America
Middle East
Cape of Good Hope
Albania
Mussolini
Aegean
Eritrea
Italian Somaliland
Abyssinia
Royal Air Force
Navy
Lofoten
Mediterranean
Red Sea
Somaliland
Germany
North Cape
Pyrenees
Value of one ship highlights wartime shipping strain
Sir Arthur Salter argues one ship can move vast resources to Britain and cites a tanker damaged by a mine as a stark example. He notes the 5 million ton Allied shipping loss and stresses quick turnarounds and rapid repairs to avert shortages.
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Britain
Arthur Salter
British
Ministry of Shipping
Newcastle
Maclean’s Magazine
Twenty Years On The Estate A Gardener’s Cottage Gossip
The master of the house finds the old gardener digging and then reveals a startling memory about Annie the former maid. The gardener recalls offering his muffler and coat to keep her warm while she claimed to be cold, implying a past romantic moment that leaves him furious and unsettled.
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Mac
Annie
Nizam Purchases Trawler for Mine Sweeping Duties
The Nizam of Hyderabad buys a trawler to be deployed along the Indian coast for mine sweeping and anti submarine operations. The vessel will bolster coastal defense and maritime security.
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Nizam of Hyderabad
India
Adventurous Airmen Bomb Fort With Homemade Ordnance
A Kenya defence force member recounts two airmen using a draughty old plane as a flying ambulance to launch a solo bombing raid on an Italian fort in Africa. They filled a forty gallon oil drum with explosives, lit the fuse midflight, and dropped the bomb near the fort, flattening the entrance before returning wounded. The act occurred without official sanction and only came to light after the pilot was shot in the leg and reported to hospital.
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London
Hamilton Spectator
Britain
Broadway
Cotswolds
England
Italy
Maud Bowes-Lyon
Bowes
Lyons
Africa
Kenya Defence Force
Jack
Just Leave Pockets Says Ottawa Journal Fashion Trend
The Ottawa Journal notes that British tailors omit cuffs to save cloth, but men value pockets and will resist giving them up. It also observes mohair usage rising, noting it is more used in motor cars than in home furniture.
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The
Ottawa Journal
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