Air Training Plan enters third year with wide Canada training
The British Commonwealth Air Trainee Plan marks its third year of operation. Representatives from Britain, Australia, New Zealand, and Canada met in Ottawa in December 1939 to finalize details. The plan, started in Toronto in April 1939, has surpassed hopes and now trains across all provinces, with Prairies favored for landing and air training as crews from Canada and abroad work nationwide.
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British Commonwealth Air
Britain
Australia
New Zealand
Canada
Ottawa
Cliss
Toronto
Dominion
Prairies
Rapid Growth of the RCAF and Its Training Plan
The Air Training Plan, a joint effort though essentially Canadian, has expanded from 283 officers and 3,400 men in 1939 to about 125,000 personnel today. Canada bears two thirds of the cost, with 150 connected establishments and 93 training schools nationwide.
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RCAF
Canada
R.C.A.F
Air Strength and Commonwealth Training Plan Support
Britain Australia and New Zealand ship their best to Commonwealth Air Training schools. Joined by Canadian youths they patrol coasts and fight overseas as Allied air power expands. Air Chief Marshal Longmore recalls early war odds and stresses air strength as vital to all operations. Canada benefits from its role in training and deploying airmen.
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Britain
Australia
New Zealand
Sir Arthur Longmore
Middle East
Canada
R.A F
Commonwealth Air Training Plan
Finland and War Debts Revisited in Civil War Context
The St. Thomas Times-Journal argues Finland did not owe a genuine war debt to the United States since the 1918 conflict was a civil war within a country then under Russian rule. It credits General Mannerheim with coercing U S aid to fight democracy’s opponents, and compares Finland’s situation to potential Franco involvement in Europe.
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Finland
United States
Washington
Russia
Mannerheim
Germany
Franco
St. Thomas Times-Journal
Population figures for India and British India areas
The document states India covers 1 576 000 square miles with a population of 88 800 000. It claims one in five people worldwide are Indian and cites 2 973 000 Indians not British subjects living in Indian states covering two fifths of India's area. It notes 295 827 000 Indians live in 11 provinces of British India and are British subjects.
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India
An Offer to Every Inventor by Ramsay Company
Ottawa patent attorneys Ramsay Company offers free information on inventions with a full listing of ideas and details at 273 Bank Street.
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Ramsay Company
Bank Street
Ottawa
Canada
Patience Rewarded at Back Bay Hotel
An elderly Boston woman living in a Back Bay hotel tested a waitress by tipping a penny per meal for weeks. She later claimed the pennies were matched with dollar bills, totaling $181, and told the waitress she had judged her patience accurately. The story ends with the waitress astonished by the sum.
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New York Post
Boston
Back Bay
Britain Plans Postwar Africa Economic Development
American journalist Negley Farson notes Britain is already planning for Africa’s future. He cites top minds working full time to boost indigenous industry and build economic bases to prevent exploitation.
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Britain
Africa
Negley Farson
National Food Tasters Lady and Lord Woolton Tasting Wartime Bread
Lord Woolton revealed at table that he and Lady Woolton quietly act as national food tasters. He tasted Britain's new wartime loaf, while Lady Woolton, a practical eater, shows curiosity about kitchen experiments and wartime cooking.
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Lord Woolton
Lady Woolton
Britain
Allentown Marines Reunite After Guadalcanal Link
Five friends from Allentown PA who entered the Marine Corps together in 1941 and trained at Parris Island and New River later saw action on Guadalcanal. Two went overseas in July, while the remaining three joined them on the island in November as reinforcements approach the beachhead.
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Allentown
Pearl Harbor
Five Lads
Parris Island
New River, Me
Guadalcanal
Pangborn Leads RAF Ferry Command Lancaster Display
Clyde Pangborn, famed long-distance flyer, sits at the controls of a massive Avro Lancaster in RAF ferry command service. The bomber, 102 foot wingspan, 69 foot length, 60,000 pound gross weight, and 20 foot height, dominates the air exhibit.
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Clyde Pangborn
Pangborn
RAF Ferry Command
Seven Vautour brothers enlist for war service
Seven sons of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Vautour of Ste. Anne de Kent wear the King's uniform. William Leo Donat serve overseas. Gerard Wilfred Eloi on duty in Canada. Eusebe Vautour, after initial failures, is training at Fredericton NB. The family also notes many relatives serving. V.A.D. recruits grow. chevrons to be reintroduced for long service. A New York boy John Kennedy is rejected but commended by the Defence Minister. Camp Borden opens a new Canadian Provost Corps training centre teaching infantry duties.
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Joseph Vautour
Ste. Anne de Kent
N.B
William
Leo
Donat
Gerard
Wilfred
Eloi
Canada
Eusebe
Canadian Legion War Services
Eusebe Vautour
Fredericton
V.A.D
Home War Establishment
Canadian Red Cross
St. John’s Ambulance Corps
R.C.A.M.C
John N. Kennedy
New York City
Royal Canadian Air Force
J. L. Ralston
National Defence
New York
Martin Kennedy
U.S
18Th
Montreal
Black Watch Regiment
R.C.A.F
Provost Corps
Camp Borden
Gasoline substitutes used in Europe and beyond
A London survey notes diverse substitutes for gasoline in use across Europe. Reported methods include a Frenchman using scalp vigor izor to power an auto, a Swedish baker collecting alcohol from bakery fumes, grapes providing alcohol for engines, and city gas fumes or gasogene from briquette fires used in South Africa.
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Europe
London
South Africa
Canadian Aid to Russia Fund Urges $1,000,000 Support
The article describes the brutal 24 hour Russian front at Stalingrad across 2000 miles of Soviet territory and the immense suffering. It reports 15 million engaged, countless wounded, and Soviet doctors operating under extreme strain. The Canadian Aid to Russia Fund appeals to all Canadians to donate one million dollars to send essential supplies to the Russian people.
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Stalingrad
Russia
Atlantic
Pacific
Canada
Dew More Destructive Than Rain to Car Finish
A compact note states that dew damages automobile finishes more than rain, highlighting humidity and overnight moisture as major factors in paint wear and surface staining.
New British Plane York Remains Secret in Postwar Plans
In the House of Commons Robert Perkins reveals Britain has a new large plane, the York, still on the secret list. He says air control could release 20 Yorks and 10 Sunderlands to face Pan American Airways, implying Yorks would carry passengers and freight.
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Robert Perkins
House of Commons
Britain
Perkins
Air Control
Pan-American Airways
Gems of Thought on Time and Fortune
A collection of maxims on redeeming time and prudent living. Quotes urge filling hours with thought and action. Emphasizes choosing company wisely, living in the present, and avoiding haste toward tomorrow. Includes statements from Clarke Chesterfield Eddy Ruskin and Hyde.
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Clarke
Ruskin
Submarine compares water intake to fish swim bladder
The Christian Science Monitor notes a submarine’s method of taking in water to dive and expelling it to rise mirrors how a fish adjusts its swim bladder for depth control.
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Christian Science Monitor
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