Third Birthday of British Commonwealth Air Training Plan
The piece notes the plan as a decisive wartime factor with about 83 000 people in training and 150 establishments. It praises Canada for building and funding the plan, outlines stages from a 1939 blueprint to a vast austral university of the air, and highlights fighter and bomber pilots, ground crew, and instructors across the Allied forces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gregory Clark
Canada
RCAF
British Commonwealth
British Commonwealth “University of the Air
United Nations
R.C.A.F
Aleutian Islands
India
Britain
R.A.F
Ottawa
R.C.A F
Dominion
Department of Transport
trans-Canada
Siege Sign Posts Reappear After Dunkirk
In a returning sign of stability, workmen raise road signs on the London to Folkestone route. After Dunkirk, invasion fears led to removal of identifications along the southeast coast. Signs going up again signal the most dangerous wartime phase passed, though clashes with Germans will resume in Europe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
British Isles
London
Folkestone
Dunkirk
England
Europe
Kent
Sussex
Financial Post
Father and son honored in same royal ceremony
Lieut. Richard Michell received the Distinguished Service Cross and was moved beside his father Commander Kenneth Michell, who earned the Distinguished Service Order and bar to the D.S.C., at a royal decoration event led by King George.
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George
Richard Michell
D.S.C
Kenneth Michell
Canada’s RCAF Birthday Greetings for Young Men
The passage honors Canada's young men who built the Royal Canadian Air Force from a blueprint into a world leading air power. It praises their character courage patience and intelligent understanding and salutes the drafters Plan pioneers and the nation’s youth.
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Canada
R.C.A F
R.C.A.F
Good Salvage Work Collects Tens of Millions in Materials
Voluntary salvage committees report 42 761 452 pounds of useful materials since May 1 1941 with a sharp rise in six months. From June 1 to Nov 30 they marketed 142 637 249 pounds, compared to 47 875 092 in the prior eight months. Iron and steel scrap totaled 69 760 374 pounds over 19 months, with metals, paper, rags, rubber and other items also tallied. Manitoba led on a population basis. eastern provinces supplied 175 829 908 pounds while Manitoba Saskatchewan Alberta and British Columbia contributed 66 931 544 pounds.
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Ottawa
Charles LaFerre
War Services
Manitoba
Ontario
British Columbia
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Gift from Queen Mary to aid Red Cross fund
Queen Mary donated a pair of tortoiseshell opera glasses engraved with M and a diamond crown. They are to be sold for the Duke of Gloucester's Red Cross and St. John fund to support relief efforts.
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Mary
Duke of Gloucester
Red Cross and
St. John Fund
India Seeks New Uses for Peanut Oil Extractions
India explores alternative applications for oil pressed from peanuts to expand its use beyond traditional cooking. Researchers look at industrial, medicinal, and energy potential to boost value from legume seeds.
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India
Bacon shipments to Britain emblem of wartime Canadian farming
wartime agriculture in Canada is highlighted by bacon shipments to Britain seen as a key epic of farm effort. Dr G S Barton notes bacon formed Britain's major wartime food requirement and was largely built in Canada as part of national food supply.
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Great Lakes
Harriet Williamson
Britain
Canada
Bacon
G. SH. Barton
Dominion
Story
Dr. Barton
South America
United States
India
Mexico
Seaboard
Great Britain
Ministry of Food
Welcome New Baby With This Coverlet
The item promotes a carriage or crib coverlet pattern 7435 with transfer motifs and simple stitchery. It notes wartime bacon exports from Canada to Britain, detailing production, shipping, and inspection efforts underpinning the 1941-42 agreement and goals for 675 million pounds in the coming year.
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Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Avenue
Winnipeg
Man
Censorship Decree Forces Letter Surrender on Italian Trains
Travellers on Italian trains and inter urban trolleys must surrender all letters to censorship inspectors under a decree. Inspectors stated that letters, if allowed, will be forwarded to their destination by the censor services.
Railway mail clerks keep letters moving across Canada
Canada’s railway mail clerks sort up to 20 000 pieces of mail on 300 mile jumps from Toronto to Vancouver. During Christmas they act as Santa’s messengers. clerks maintain 98 to 100 percent accuracy in practice tests and periodic exams, ensuring safe delivery for homes and troops overseas.
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Canada
Army of
Toronto
Fort William
Winnipeg
Moose Jaw
Calgary
Vancouver
Explained Delay Pat and the Pig Trough Watch
Pat bought a watch with a twelve month guarantee. After nine months it stopped when it fell into a pigs trough. He returned to the shop but explains he could not bring it earlier because the pig was only killed yesterday.
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Pat
Ancient urn unearthed in Holmbrook Cumberland burial site
An urn dating roughly 3000 years back was found in Holm brook Cumberland. The vessel was inverted over bones including both human and animal remains, possibly part of a funeral banquet.
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Cumberland
Holmbrooke
Eng
First of the Month Letters Echo Father’s Front Windows
A fragile line notes a child’s remark that marks the calendar as the first day of the month. The quip links Daddy’s letters to front windows, hinting at a domestic ritual or memory within a family scene.
Food and rations under Nazi Germany as war enters fourth year
Report notes almost all food is rationed with a tense public mood. Neutral observers find conditions better than 1917 18 yet Der Bund of Berne says workers’ nerves are strained as Goering promises higher production next year. Small extra Christmas rations were ordered.
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Nazi Germany
der Bund
Berne
Goering
Shipment of 45 Tons Vegetable Seeds to Britain Arranged
Arrangements have been made to ship 45 tons of vegetable seeds from the United States to Britain for the 1943 crop. Previous shipments for 1942 exceeded 22 percent germination in many cases. The British War Relief Society provided 90 tons of seeds last year and estimated that 0 000 tons of vegetables were grown.
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United States
Britain
Briiish War Relief Society
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King George
Queen Mary
United Kingdom
Dominion Department of Agriculture
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Alice Brooks
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