Canada’s War Year 1942 Ends With Growing Allied Strength
A year end assessment notes Canada’s first combat at Dieppe, widespread naval and air involvement, and a massive shift to war production making Canada the third largest UN arsenal. Inflation control through price and salary limits reduced hardship, with half wartime expenditure covered by taxes and war savings. Allied production reaches full strength, Rommel defeated in Libya, and steady Allied victories give hope for 1943.
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Canada
Dieppe
United Nations
Rommel
Libya
West Africa
Pacific
Russia
China
Churchill
Isle of Man at War Since 1914 Not Renewed in 1939
The Manx Government declares they were at war with Germany from 1914 and were never invited to Versailles nor signed peace, so no new declaration was needed in 1939. The situation implies a continuous 28 year state of war without formal renewal.
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Isle of Man
Germany
Manx
Versailes
Factory Padres Spread Through Industrial Mills
Scores of Lancashire cotton mills and engineering works have their own padre as depictions of religious support spread among workers and the wartime effort. The growing presence suggests the padres may stay to aid workers with personal problems.
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Lancashire Cotton Mills
Lucien Roy A Cameraman Dies In Coast Crash
Lucien Roy age 38, prominent Canadian motion picture cameraman for Associated Screen News Limited, died on a West Coast air force crash while on a news assignment. He had filmed in all provinces over 20 years with ASN and covered national events and notable figures.
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Canada
Lucien Roy
Western Air Command
Roy
Associated Screen News Limited
Montreal
Ife
Dominion
Art Publication Offer Found in Emergency Ration Car
A German airman’s ration packet contained coupons for a controversial art publication titled England The Robber Pirate. The text promises a critical view of England’s history and its “cousins across the channel” with 125 pictorial documents, plus options for an architecture album or a Fuehrer biography pamphlet.
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England
Channel
Argus
Brighton
Sleep With Eyes Open Debated By Medical Opinion
Medical opinion states that though sleeping with open eyes is possible for a moment a normal person cannot sustain the condition and there is no evidence of training to do so.
St Martin's Summer Compared to Indian Summer
The autumn period of fine weather, termed Indian summer in Canada, is known as St Martin's summer in England. This meteorological note contrasts regional naming for the same mild spell in autumn.
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Canada
St. Martin's
England
Canadians Form First Parachute Battalion at Fort Benning
Officers and men from every fighting branch of the Canadian Army train as the First Canadian Parachute Battalion under Lieut Col G F P Bradbrooke at Fort Benning Georgia. The unit includes Dieppe veterans and volunteers trained by both American and British parachute standards. The Guards wear white wings on dark green, with insignia designed by Major H. D. Proctor and Major R. F. Routh.
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Seth Halton
Parachute Battalion
Fort Benning
G. F. P. Bradbrooke
Regina
Saskatoon
Benning
D. J. Wilkins
Toronto
Dieppe
H. D. Proctor
Ottawa
R. F. Routh
Butter shortage myth debunked by health guidance in Canada
Dominion Bureau of Statistics data show Canadians eat more butter while storage falls, prompting warnings against rationing. The piece urges reducing butter intake and finding Vitamin A and fat from other foods like leafy greens, carrots, liver, and cod liver oil, noting carotene is fat soluble. It promotes a Vitamin A chart from the Health League of Canada for public guidance.
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Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Health League of Canada
111 Avenue Road
Toronto
Bank Execs Back Wartime Taxes and Controls in 125th Year
G. W. Spinney reviews the bank's year with total assets at 1 175 319 000 and deposits at 1 064 645 000 as Huntly R. Drummond of Bank of Montreal urges postwar removal of controls. He notes high income taxes, government war financing through Chartered Banks, and plans to close overlapping branches while preserving service.
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Huntly R. Drummond
Bank of Montreal
G. W. Spinney
Dominion of Canada Securities
Dominion
Treasury
Great Britain
Spinney
New Dominion of Canada
Infantry Corps Formed to Modernize Canadian Army
National Defence announces creation of a new infantry corps to adopt storm training and motorized tactics. Kenneth Stuart underscores shift from foot soldiers to a mobile force with stronger punch, while officers may transfer to preferred units. Constitution Square in Athens becomes a cemetery amid cold 2495 temperatures.
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J. L. Ralston
National Defence
Letson
Kenneth Stuart
Gems of Thought Reflections on Time and Resolve
A compact collection of maxims on time use and action from Chesterfield Horace Goethe and others. Each saying warns against procrastination and urges decisive living, linking daily effort to fulfillment and progress through cautious vigilance and purposeful work.
Norway Exiles Establish Church in Halifax
Exiles from Norway living in Halifax will have a church of their own after an impressive ceremony. A well known Halifax home was taken over by the Norwegians to serve as a place of worship for the community.
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Norway
Halifax
Saved Shipmate by Improvised Iron Lung on Foreign Shore
An improvised iron lung built from wood canvas and scrap metal by shipwrights and engine room artificers saved a naval rating aboard a cruiser while in a foreign port. Shipmates manually powered the device for two days and nights.
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