Radio-Telephones For Trains In Postwar Britain
A Montreal Daily Star report by A M Low describes tests of railway radio telephony across British Railways. It notes potential in carriage phones linking to any number, possible train to office calls, and future automatic exchanges. Developments include engine crew to guards communication, signaling via radio methods, radar adaptations, and safer high speed travel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Britain
Penard Matthews
London & North-Eastern Railway
London
Charles Newton
British Railways
General Post Office
Paddington
A. M. Low
Montreal Daily Star
Motifs In Pairs Variety Embroidery Crochet Pattern 7482
Pattern 7482 offers two motifs per design for linens with 2 inch crochet edgings or standalone use on pillow cases towels and scarves. Average size about 4 by 12 inches with natural color flowers and transfer. Send twenty cents to Household Arts Department Winnipeg Newspaper Union 175 McDermot Avenue E Winnipeg Man and include name address and pattern number due to slow mail delivery days longer than usual.
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Household Arts Department
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Avenue
Winnipeg
Hitler vowed five-year plan echoed by Aunt Hattie
Aunt Hattie recalls that Hitler told his people to give him five years and Germany would be unrecognizable. The Christian Science Monitor notes such a claim as keeping his word. A 1833 Arctic explosion on Nova Zembia was heard 2000 miles away in Berlin.
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Christian Science Monitor
Hattie
Hitler
Germany
Fuehrer
Arctic
Nova Zembia
Berlin
Kiam R. Valentiner
Countries issue Red Cross stamps across the years
The article surveys stamps issued by nations to honor Red Cross work from 1856 to recent times. Sweden Haiti Nicaragua Cuba Chile Dominican Republic the United States and others have released commemoratives and surtax stamps. It also mentions historic Red Cross stamp issues by Bahamas France Belgium Finland Switzerland Netherlands and Greece with notable figures and events.
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International Red Cross
Sweden
Red Cross
Haiti
Nicaragua
Cuba
Chile
Dominican Republic
United States
Bahamas
Union of South Africa
Belgium
Henri Dunant
Florence Nightingale
Finland
France
Switzerland
Society
Netherlands
Netherlands Red Cross
Netherlands East Indies
Suriname
Greece
No Petty Rivalry Among Allied Air Crews
The Toronto Telegram notes that Allied bomber and fighter crews share a common aim and respect for any superior aircraft, regardless of whether it was designed or built in the United States or Britain. The piece urges credit to both nations’ aircraft industries and rejects petty claims of superiority.
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U.S
Toronto Telegram
The Cunning Japs Offer War End If They Take Chinese Lands
Windsor Star columnist W. L. Clark argues Japan would quit the war if allowed a large Chinese territory rich in minerals. he claims such terms would effectively win the war by leaving Japan with resources to rebuild its war machine after Pearl Harbor. The piece ends with a provocative aside about a Hindu wish regarding beef.
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W. L. Clark
The
Windsor Star
China
Pearl Harbor
Development Of Defence For Vital Convoys In The Atlantic
The Admiralty reports during the Battle of the Atlantic’s peak that multiple British merchant ships were equipped with flight decks to launch and recover defence aircraft. A superimposed deck made traditional derricks and hatch openings impractical, a system limited to ships loaded from side chutes and unloaded by suction.
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Admiralty
Atlantic
Rawalpindi
Jervis Ba
War Effort Shaped by Canadian National Railway Across War Years
A 1944 report notes CN Raily system carried vast wartime tonnage and passengers from 1939 to 1944. It logged 330 million train miles, 10 billion car miles, 433 million tons freight, and over 132 million passengers. It transported 4 million troops in 6,540 special trains and supported war industries with 37 million passenger trips. The network fed millions through dining cars and hotels while paying nearly $1 billion in wages and contributing to Victory Loans. Shipping, air and shipyard units also supported Allied operations with hospital cars and aircraft overhaul programs.
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Canadian National Railways
Canadian National
Canada
Canadian National Railway
Dominion
C.N.R
National Railways Munitions Ltd
Montreal
Prince Rupert
B.C
Canadian National Steamships
United Nations
West Indies
Alaska
Prince Henry
Prince David
Prince Robert
Europe
Trans-Canada Air Lines
T.C.A
Young German Sergeant on Front Describes Troop Age Gap
A German sergeant, veteran of Russia Crete North Africa Sicily and Italy, surrendered to a London Star reporter on the 2nd Army front. He said the oldest soldier in his platoon was 16 and many demanded their mothers in battle. His lieutenant was 19 and had no prior active service. He called the troops impossible to command.
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Russia
Crete
North Africa
Sicily
Italy
London Star
Canadian film entry since 1917 under commerce bureau
The first Canadian government entry into the motion picture field occurred in 1917 via sponsorship by the exhibitions and publicity bureau of the trade and commerce department. The note adds that Caesar Charlemagne and Napoleon used the Saar valley as a highway to conquest.
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Exhibitions and Publicity Bureau
The
Trade and Commerce Department
Caesar Charlemagne
Napoleon
Saar Valley
Princess Elizabeth Joins Auxiliary Service Motor Centre Work
King George and Queen Elizabeth surprise visit to an Auxiliary Territorial Service motor centre sees Princess Elizabeth in oil stained KI overalls working on an army test engine. The king jokes that she must have left something out as the engine still wobbles. Oil and water mix but will unite with soap.
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Elizabeth
King George
Eliza
Auxi
Territorial Service
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British Isles
Edinburgh
Melbourne
Sydney
Ottawa
Toronto
Alice Brooks
Dr. Wi
Ubo
Fockewulf
Fleet Air Arm
D.E.M.S
Maritime Royal Artillery
Caribbean
West Africa
U.S.A
Churchill
Churchill Roosevelt
Royal Navy
Royal Canal Navy
Con Command
Merchant Seas
Engir
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