Popularity of the Spitfire and Mosquito noted by London Letter
The article credits R. J Mitchell for shaping the Spitfire through wartime testing and racing seaplanes, linking its 1936 prototype to the 1940 Battle of Britain. It also extols the versatile Mosquito, capable as bomber, fighter, intruder, and reconnaissance, and traces its design lineage to the Comet racer for the 1934 England Australia race.
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R. J Mitchell
Gestapo
Oslo
Goering
Nazi Party
London
Ottawa Journal
Air Secretary cites clear battlefield vision for RCAF pilots
Modern Technique Air Secretary Sinclair told Typhoon dive bomber and photo recon crews of the RCAF that accuracy comes from showing the enemy’s status in black and white. He praised high level and fighter reconnaissance while noting Allied fighters blind German generals. His audience included wings led by Group Captain E H C Moncrieff of Winnipeg and Group Captain Paul Y Davoud of Kingston.
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Sinclair
R.C.A.F
Duke of Wellington
E. H. C. Moncrieff
Winnipeg
Paul Y. Davoud
Kingston
Ont
Britain to build world’s most luxurious airliner for postwar service
The Bristol Aeroplane Company Ltd announces a giant airliner for trans Atlantic service to Canada after the war. Weighing over 100 tons it will carry passengers and two tons of mail at 250 mph. Jet propulsion is planned, and officials claim British bombers outpace American 400 mph models like the Boeing Superfortress.
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Bristol Aeroplane Company, Ltd
Canada
Bristol Company
Boeing
Back In Service Liberty Ship Repaired After Arctic Storm
A Liberty ship split in two during a fierce Arctic storm, then was rebuilt by Canadian workers and returned to service. After delivering War supplies for Russia, the bow and stern were separated by ten miles. a U.S. destroyer and two naval tugs towed the halves to North.
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Russia
United States
U.S
North
Campaign on Alpine Front Tests Allies in Brutal War
American and French troops fight along a 200 mile Alpine front from the Swiss border to the Ligurian Sea. Maj Gen Robert Frederick’s airborne force helps protect the 7th Army and French 1st Army flank while German mountain troops hold peaks in Italy. Severe cold, treacherous terrain, and ambush danger shape daily patrols as soldiers endure the harsh Cham pagne Front.
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Ligurian Sea
Monte Carlo
Robert T. Frederick
Cannes
Nice
7Th Army
1St Army
Albert Kesselring
Riviera
Double Photo Proves Nazi Impersonator Hitler
The London Daily Express claims incontestable proof that a Hitler double has impersonated the Fuehrer since the July 20 assassination attempt. A photo-microscope test compared ears in prewar images to a September 25 Berlin shot and found Hitler’s right ear nearly half an inch larger, a change the paper says proves fakery since ears stop developing by age 21.
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London Daily Express
Hitler
Berlin
Fuehrer
Express
New German Mastermind Westphal Named To West Front Command
Lt Gen Siegfried Westphal named chief of staff to Field Marshal Rundstedt, becoming the German defense mastermind in western Europe. A late Rommel associate, Westphal helped early desert wins, then split with Rommel during the 1942 African campaign and was recalled home.
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Europe
Siegfried Westphal
Gerd von Rundstedt
Westphal
Erwin Rommel
Western
Desert
Rommel
Food drives growth and size through nurture and heredity
The piece argues that diet largely shapes height and weight across populations, noting that Japanese raised in the U S are taller than those in Japan due to different food. It cites milk as boosting growth in boys and mentions varied food supply as a key factor in development, alongside heredity.
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Alfie
United States
Japan
Rationing of Farm Machinery Continues Despite Demand
Wartime Prices and Trade Board keeps current rationing policy for new farm machinery. Farmers are cautioned not to dispose of old tractors without a permit to buy next spring. No limit on repair parts. even with war end, it will take at least a year to boost supply. Canadian production constrained by manpower and material shortages.
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Prices and Trade Board
Board
Europe
Dangerous Task of Minesweeping Evolves in War Navy
Minesweeping has become a highly specialized and dangerous duty for the navy. Early war crews were mostly deep sea fishermen in battered trawlers, but now under 5 percent are fishermen. In the D-Day Seine Bay operations over 200 sweepers served, including 21 American and 21 Canadian. 70 British sweepers were in reserve in British ports.
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Seine Bay
Time wasted in offices raises paper clutter and delays
The Victoria Colonist notes that wasting time on others' tasks wastes minutes that could be saved by personal attention. It cites public offices where a letter is needed to perform simple actions, creating a growing file of trivial correspondence and wasteful paper use. Buy War Savings Stamps regularly.
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Victoria Colonist
Air Marshal Bishop Invested Knight Bath at Government House
A New Decoration Air Marshal W A Billy Bishop retired from the RCAF as director of recruiting in September receives the Companion of the Bath at a private investiture at Government House. Bishop already holds V C D S O and Bar M C and D F C and had been awarded CB in the King's birthday honors list. The investiture was performed by the Earl of Athlone with Mrs Bishop present.
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W. A
Billy) Bishop
R.C.A.F
Order of the Bath
Government House
Air Marshal
Bishop
V.C. D.S.O
M.C
D.F.C
C.B
Earl of Athlone
Mrs. Bishop
Telling The Story: Attlee Despatch on Britain's War Casualties
A London despatch discussed manpower limits and the burden on families with surviving sons in war, as Deputy Prime Minister Clement Attlee told Commons that non operational duty could not spare the last surviving son in a casualty-laden family. The piece notes American reception and Anglophobe critiques, urging shared wartime kinship.
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London
Clement R. Attlee
Commons
Britain
United States
Buffalo Courier-Express
Marks Of Dignity In Wartime English Dress
Howard J. Moore told Windsor Kiwanis Club that in Britain clothing rationing drives men with families to sacrifice coupons. He noted that shiny suits and frayed cuffs signal dignity, while one English acquaintance has given up four years of suits to clothe his children.
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London
Howard J. Moore
Kiwanis Club
Windsor
Moore
Chrysler Corporation
England
Gems of Thought Across Faith and Philosophy
A compact reflection aggregates quotations on Christ Jesus as the path to God and the essence of love and truth. It contrasts biblical guidance with philosophies, citing Emerson Drummond Eddy and Brooks to emphasize Christ’s example as the route to spiritual fellowship.
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God
Christ
Jesus
Henry Geekings
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