Strength Of British Sea Power Drives War Effort
The article extols British sea power as the war effort’s lifeblood with 2,000 freighters and 600 warships at sea daily, protecting convoys across global routes. It notes ships deliver food, arms, and materiel to distant fronts, and laments the peril faced by sailors on Arctic to tropical seas.
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English Channel
French
British Isles
Australasia
High Seas
Britain
United Kingdom
Africa
America
Canada
Australia
New Zealand
Iceland
India
Russia
Hitler
Arctic
Tropics
Japanese at coast dwindles to 105 in Vancouver TB hospital
Pensions Minister Mackenzie reported that of 21,349 Japanese in the vulnerable British Columbia area on December 7, only 105 remained, all at Hastings Park in Vancouver serving as patients or staff at the tuberculosis hospital. The survivors are to be moved to interior New Denver, B C.
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B.C
Vancouver
Hasting’s Park
Mackenzie
New Denver
Ravnik Massacre Reflects Brutal Italian Actions
Windsor Star denounces the Ravnik village destruction in Yugoslavia as a brutal Italian act ordered by Mussolini. It notes the killing of men and boys, expulsion of women and children, and warnings against hiding survivors, calling for a clear record of barbarity.
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Ravnik
Yugoslavia
Rome
Raynik
Mussolini
Windsor Star
Mozambique sparsely populated with native majority
Mozambique is described as very sparsely inhabited with an average density of about 13 persons per square mile. The population, around five million, is predominantly native, while non natives total less than five percent, with half of them Europeans and the rest Arabs Indians Goanese Chinese and other Asiatics and mixed races.
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Mozambique
Brighten Your Home With New Slip Covers
Transformation guidance offers step by step directions for making slip covers to refresh chairs and sofas. Instructions 7397 provides pattern details and costs twenty cents to a Winnipeg address for the Household Arts Department.
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Household Arts Department
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Avenue
Winnipeg
Man
Air Power Ambition Shapes Allied War Plans
In planning for an army of 1 500 000 men the United States aims to assign 2 200 000 to the air force. Add troops to the Royal Air Force and the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan, and Hitler’s fear is said to rise as he speaks.
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United States
Royal Air Force
Hitler
Pilgrims Return to Westminster Abbey Thanksgiving Service
The New York Times notes a historic Thanksgiving observance at Westminster Abbey with American soldiers and the Stars and Stripes on the high altar. The ceremony reflects unity and shared traditions amid wartime, honoring the Pilgrims’ legacy and Lincoln’s emblematic role as the nation braces for a larger global unity.
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Church of England
Union
Arnold
United States Army
Shakespeare
Pitt
Edward the Conqueror
England
Abraham Lincoln
Whitehall
Westminster Abbey
New York Times
Aid To Russia Wall Notes Heavy War Material Sent
The British House of Commons disclosed that in the past year the United Nations sent Russia 3052 planes 4084 tanks 30031 vehicles and nearly a million tons of shells ammunition food and other vital war materiel. The article praises the effort but warns that supply must rise further for victory in Russia China and Africa.
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Russia
House of Commons
R. K. Law
United Nations
Arctic
China
Africa
Winnipeg Free Press
Ditty bag origin tied to Nelson era gifts
The Burford Advance notes ditty bags sent to Royal Canadian Navy sailors by patriotic groups and individuals echo Nelson era customs. British girls filled bags with cards bearing the senders' names and verses like Roses are red, violets blue, giving the tradition its name.
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Royal Canadian Navy
Burford
Early Nile Valley Finds Hint at Ancient Iron Furnaces
Archaeologists report that some of the first signs of iron smelting appear in the Nile valley, suggesting early metallurgical activity in the region. The discovery points to ancient furnaces and related artifacts, highlighting long-standing craft in Egyptian antiquity.
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Valley of the Nile
Teacher Shortage Highlights Wartime Canada and Lend Lease
The article notes a 16 percent drop in Canadian elementary and high school teachers from 50,000 to 42,000 as rural pay lags wartime wages. It cites salaries driving teachers to munitions work, with elementary shortages. lend lease is described as shaping postwar reconstruction and military aid, including large shipments to Egypt and allied nations while recipients also supply the U S.
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Federal Bureau of Statistics
Canada
Ottawa
Designs Training Plane by Canada’s Chief Aeronautical Engineer
Elizabeth Gregory MacGill is described as the sole woman on the continent holding the role of chief aeronautical engineer at Canadian Car and Foundry in Fort William since 1939. Her work includes directing one of the empire’s largest war plane plants and designing the Maple Leaf Trainer II, a primary training aircraft.
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Elizabeth Gregory MacGill
Canadian Car and Foundry
Fort William
Miss MacGill
New York
Edgar D. Hardy
National Council of Women of Canada
National Council of Women
United States
Elsie MacGill
British Empire
Canada
Hitler's Gibraltar blunder in Mediterranean strategy
The Port Arthur News-Chronicle argues Hitler missed a pivotal chance to seize Gibraltar, potentially sealing British defeat by naval blockade and exclusive Mediterranean control. Delays in 1940 41 allowed Britain and Allied forces to regroup in North Africa and across Russia.
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Hitler
Russia
Mediterranean
Britain
Africa
North
Port Arthur
End of the Hunt in Westchester County Hills
Mighty hunters stalked Westchester New York hills using bows and arrows restricted. By day’s end two deer were killed not by piercing arrows but by automobiles.
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Westchester County
New York State
Manitoulin Island Lakes Count Reveals Rich Geography
The Manitoulin Island area in northeast Lake Huron is noted for having around 100 lakes, highlighting its distinct hydrographic landscape and regional geography.
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Manitoulin Island
Lake Huron
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Edmonton Regiment
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Plymouth
Nelson
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Rommel
French North Africa
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