Grave Problems Confronting Europe This Winter
UNRRA hopes to boost Europe relief with U S and Canada supplies plus help from other UNRRA nations. Herbert Lehman warned London press that Western Europe faces severe privations without expanded food, coal, textiles and building materials this winter. Canada and the United States must tighten belts as funds near depletion, with possible doubled contributions debated at the council.
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Roses Munro
United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration
Europe
United States
Canada
U.N.A.R.A
Herbert H. Lehman
London
New Zealand
Australia
Brazil
Lehman
UNRRA
Council
Dominion
Congress
Parliament
U.n.r.ra
Greece
Albania
Yugoslavia
Czechoslovakia
Italy
Poland
Russia
Alexander to be Canada’s Governor General in Ottawa post
Field Marshal Alexander says the new Governor General role will be fascinating and expects to contribute constructively. He notes he has not been to Canada but will study the Dominion, praises Canadian troops from the 1st Canadian Corps, and hopes to bring a high sense of responsibility to the position. Buy War Savings Stamps regularly.
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Alexander
Canada
Ottawa
Mediterranean
Summer Palace
Italy
el Alamein
Dominion
Retiring Lt Col Tweedsmuir Led Hastings and Prince Edward
Lt Col Lord Tweedsmuir son of the late Governor General and OBE. 33 from Ottawa retires from the Canadian Active Army National Defence Headquarters announces. He commanded the Hastings and Prince Edward Regiment in Sicily in 1943 and was wounded during the Agira action. An executive of Hudson Bay Company in civilian life he has served overseas since 1939 in staff roles and with Gleaforths of Canada.
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Lord Tweedsmuir
O.B.E
Ottawa
National Defence Headquarters
Canada
Hastings and Prince Edward
Sicily
Agira
Buckingham Palace
Hudson Bay Company
Gleaforths
1St Canadian Army
H. and P.E
Ite Hastie Pees
German Spy Revealed as Counter Espionage Asset
An unidentified German spy captured at Gaspe on November 9 1942 was spared execution and recruited into Allied counter espionage. He fed Hamburg and Nazi networks with innocuous data while reporting ship sinkings, later aiding British intelligence before being transferred to Britain. The Guildford clock will be restored after war safekeeping.
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Gaspe Peninsula
Allied Commission On War Crimes
Werner Janowski
New Carlisle
Que
Montreal
Secret Service
Hamburg
Canada
Gaspe
United States
R.c.mp
Britain
Ancient mound near Duncan yields hints of distant culture
Find A. E. Pickford of the British Columbia government museum staff reports a mound at Camute Camiaken near the Camiaken reserve may be over 1,000 years old and tied to a remote period. Excavation revealed a large stone cyst but no bones or relics. ash suggests ceremonial cremation.
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A. E. Pickford
British Columbia
Government Museum Staf
Duncan
Vancouver Island
Pickford
Her Lucky Number in Ship Fire at Point Edward
A Sault Ste. Marie woman identified as Mrs. A. Tonner survived a ship fire aboard the Hamonic at Point Edward. She arrived in Canada in 1913 as the seventh of thirteen children and was aboard on the summer schedule’s thirteenth trip. Her lucky thirteen is noted but no harm came to her.
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Sault Ste. Marie
A. Tonner
Hamonic
Point Edward
Tonner
Canada
Great Lakes
Sault Daily Star
Port Arthur
Gallery of War Planes Fifteen Main Aircraft Types Made
Canada shows warplane models that reflect rapid wartime industry growth. Each new type improved on the last with worker input guiding training and combat designs. The Air Ministry Relations Committee notes worker ideas cut production costs by 816,316 dollars and awards totaling 114,776 dollars.
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Canada
Airown Mainastry Relations Committee
Seven Tests of Freedom Show Churchill’s Guide to Liberty
The article outlines Winston Churchill seven tests for national freedom, stressing free expression, political accountability, independent courts, equal justice, protection for the poor, individual rights under state duty, and security from oppressive police. It notes few nations meet all tests and connects this to ongoing education toward truly free democracies. It also describes spring in sub Arctic Canada with Arctic lupine, heather blooms, rare flora, and sunflower planting aiding bird food and color displays.
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Winston Churchill
Balkans
Europe
Canada
Gestapo
Arctic
Great Bear Lake
Arctic Sea
Fort Good Hope
Mackenzie River
Arctic Circle
La Hulloise Sails Home With Five Mascots Aboard
HMCS La Hulloise, famed for the most mascots in the Atlantic convoy lanes, returns to Canada on its final run with five dogs aboard. A sailor on shore leave in Gibraltar tried to smuggle a rock ape onto the ship but dropped and the ape escaped to freedom.
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la Hulloise
Royal Canadian Navy
Canada
Gibraltar
Rock
War crime critics sparked protest by animal group
The Norwegian Society for the Protection of Animals protested an insult comparing war criminals to animals. The group said animals are not as bad as men and demanded war criminals be designated as devils.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norwegian Society For the Protection of Animals
Bread Baking Among Ancient Arts
A concise note describes bread baking as a foundational practice in human history, detailing how flour or parched grain is transformed by heat into baked goods and highlighting its status as one of the oldest crafts.
Atomic energy expert predicts controls for atomic bomb effects
Dr. Roy K. Marshall, director of Dell Planetarium, says high speed particles from an atomic blast bombard surrounding matter unless restrained. He foresees peacetime atomic energy ending internal combustion engines within about a decade and boosting medicine, power, transport, and fuels.
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Roy K. Marshall
Dell Planetarium
Franklin Institute
Marshall
Simple Charming Doilies Promote Tiny Crochet Gifts
Odd pieces or luncheon sets feature two doily sizes 18 inches and 12 inches. They use little thread and look attractive. Pattern 7151 includes crochet directions. Send twenty cents in coins to Winnipeg pattern request address.
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Household Arts Department
Winnipeg
Unon
McDermot Avenue
Man
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