New Route Opens Land Path to China Amid War Effort
Lord Mountbatten announces at Quebec that the land route to China via the Ledo road is opened. Convoys head toward Kunming while air supply via the Hump continues, easing shortages and inflation though not ending them. The 1000 mile jungle corridor enables faster delivery of essential war materiel to China as Japan faces setbacks.
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Staf
Roosevelt
Churchill
Lord Mountbatten
Quebec
China
Amd
Kunming
Ledo Road
Myitkyina
Daniel L. Sultan
Air Transport Command
India
Lord Mounbatten
New York Sun
Malta Convoy Vessels Lost In 1942 Sea Battle Heroism Noted
The 1942 Malta convoy battle saw the Waimarama and Empire Hope lost after air and sea attacks. Cadet Treves, 17, rescued the radio officer from burning waters as the Waimarama and Wairangi were destroyed or torpedoed. Survivors were taken to Malta aboard the Penn and Eskimo.
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Malta
Shaw Savill
Waimarama
Wairangi
Empire Hope
Penn
Ohio
Hves
Cadet Treves
London Times
Forest Products Leader Sees Unabated War Demand
J. D. B. Barrison of Ottawa, president of the Canadian Society of Forest Engineers, told Fort William’s 37th annual convention that war demand for lumber and pulp products remains strong. He noted a 23 percent rise in forest cutting during wartime and said production capacity is held back by manpower limits. He forecast continued demand through war’s end and the early postwar years. There is a note mentioning about 3,000 volumes in a battleship library.
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J. D. B. Barrison
Ottawa
Canadian Society of Forest Engineers
Fort William
Eggs From Canada Help Britons Endure Wartime Ration
Britain to receive 600 000 cases of shell eggs stamped Canada by end of April. Each case holds 30 dozen eggs, amounting to under five eggs per person for four months. Dr Diehl of Minnesota cautions no special diets cure colds. rest and general hygiene aid recovery.
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Canada
Britain
Seaboard
Harold S. Diehl
University of Minnesota
Liberty Of Speech Sir Arthur Salter Remarks On BBC
Sir Arthur Salter, M P, recounted a story from an American friend about hearing a critic of the Metropolitan Police in Hyde Park. The tale centers on the aggressor asking the driver to stop his engine so the speech could be heard.
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Arthur Salter
M.P
BBC
Hyde Park
First land convoy into China covered by global press
The inaugural land convoy along the new road into China drew 56 war correspondents and four radio teams from Britain the United States Australia China and India. The press party traveled in 26 jeeps and four trucks.
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China
Britain
United States
Australia
India
Faster Than Sound The RAF Bomb That Sank Tirpitz
The RAF 52 ton bomb is described as perfectly streamlined and capable of falling faster than sound, a feature said to greatly increase accuracy and contribute to achievements including sinking the Tirpitz.
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Ra.f
Tirpitz
Secret water gun to locate mines on English coast
The army uses a high pressure water gun on the south coast to uncover buried mines by removing shingle. The device exposes the mines by washing away sand and debris, aiding mine clearance efforts. 2607
Books For Service Totals Exceed 43 Thousand In 1944
In a CNR employees war services event held in Montreal, office boys and girls donated over 15,000 books and magazines for the forces during November and December, pushing the annual total to 43,550. One boy alone contributed 2,067 items.
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Canadian National Railways Employees War Services Association
Montreal
Why Men Laugh At Women According To J. S. M in Winnipeg
A reader comments on male chuckles at women's gossip, indecision, hats, intuition, vanity, talkativeness, and emotional shifts. He asserts men laugh at similar male traits, citing sports fervor as mass hysteria and noting both genders share humorous flaws. Written in a column voice from the Winnipeg Tribune.
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Pete
Winchell
Madame Andre Simard Seeks Quebec Legislature Seat
Madame Andre Simard, a Canadian member of the consultative assembly in France, plans to return home soon and expresses a wish to join the Quebec legislature. She is noted as the first woman in over a century to sit on her native France’s governing body.
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Madame Andre Simard
Consultative Assembly
France
Quebec
Jellied Gasoline in WWII Flame War Tactics
The St Thomas Times Journal describes jellied gasoline as a secret Allied weapon made by mixing a white powder with motor fuel. It burns intensely for about ten minutes, ignites items normally hard to burn, and is delivered by flame throwers with a 750 foot range. The report notes its role in destroying concrete pill boxes and burning German forces.
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St. Thomas Times- Journal
Justice and flight on the England India air route
The piece contrasts quotations on justice with a news note that a British Sunderland aircraft completed a trial flight on the England to Karachi route in 28 hours of flying time for a 5,000 mile leg. The record highlights speed and endurance in historic air travel.
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Karachi
German calendars reflect war glamour through a soldier’s eyes
In a Time essay, Detroiter E L Warner Jr. argues German calendars show war glamour. He notes Germans live with modern comforts, then glorify combat in images of Panzer units, Pionier troops, and battlefield scenes while criticizing postwar views.
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E. L. Warner, Jr
Detroit
U.S
Pionier Gruppe
Niagara Falls
One Way Disk Care Warns Prairie Farmers
D C McKay of Dominion Experimental Station Swift Current Saskatchewan advises winter check overs for the one way disk to ensure trash anchoring and even depth. He stresses sharpening by rolling or grinding, inspecting arbor bolts and linkages, and keeping wheel bearings and frame bearings well greased for longer life and lower costs.
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Experimental Farms News
Prairie Provinces
D. C. McKay
Dominion Experimental Station
Swift Current
Sask
Century date quirk and animal sightedness noted
A school group explains that stenographers can write the date in numeric form every century as 1-23-45 or 12-3-45, with the next instance on December 3. The piece notes this occurs rarely and adds that most wild animals are farsighted except baboons which are near sighted.
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