Medical Survey Aims at Surveying Canadian Medical Staff
A two day conference of the Canadian Medical Procurement and Assignment Board outlined methods to complete a personnel survey by March 31. The board will assign 12 loaned field secretaries to check available doctors dentists and nurses for armed forces and civilian needs while minimizing disruption to civilian medical services.
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Canada
Cvilian m Cical
Defence
Ralston
Air
Power
Labor
Mitchell
Pensions
Mackenzie
Dental
T. C. Bentley
Toronto
British Children stood firm in daylight London bombing
The article praises British schoolchildren for calm under air raids and highlights resilience shown after a daylight bombing in London. It recalls a five year old girl rescued after 10 hours, breaking both arms, who told rescuers I can walk. Teachers report drills and humor help blunt fear while pupils eagerly awaited bomb scrap.
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Heroom
Secret Melbourne china hoard of Agnes Howard revealed
Agnes Howard an elderly Melbourne resident died recently leaving a vast private museum of Chelsea and Doulton china worth thousands. Neighbors knew her as solitary but her home held a rare collection jammed in glass cases. She collected from Europe and America and kept it largely anonymous even when showing it for charity.
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Australia
Agnes Howard
Melbourne
Chelsea
Doulton
Red Cross
New Pigeon Message Drops From Planes At Great Heights
The U S Army Signal Corps has a cage with an automatic opening device to drop homing pigeons from scout planes at heights beyond 10 000 feet where birds can no longer fly The technique enables pigeons to carry messages from reconnaissance missions while radios remain silent The Lake Chad region in central Africa was first explored by the British in 1823.
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U.S. Army Signal Corps
Signal Corps
Lake Chad
Central Africa
Newspapers Drive Scrap and War Bond Blitzes Evidence of Uplift
The Quebec Chronicle Telegram notes how WW II scrap drives turned news pages into promotion urging Americans to boost scrap metal collection and Victory Bond sales. It cites Canada’s three week Victory Loan campaigns and the growth of War Savings stamps as effective, urging daily readers to participate.
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Quebec Chronicle-Telegraph
U.S. War Production Board
Canada
United States
National War Finance Committee
Whining And Blood Drive In Wartime Discourse
Excerpts compare German attitudes to self pity and cowardice with wartime calls for civilian sacrifice. The piece, citing Montreal Gazette and London Daily Mail quotes, reflects on German behavior during losses and urges blood donation in support of fighting men. It frames empire critique and civilian contribution as essential wartime elements.
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Germany
Montreal Gazette
London Daily Mail
Military leader lauds McNaughton at luncheon address
Major Hahn declares Et Gen A G McNaughton a soldier-scientist who aggressively advances development. Hahn, director general of the Army Technical Development Board and head of John Inglis arms plants in Toronto, notes the enemy had a strategic plan for years before the war.
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United Nations
Hahn
Empire cas _ ronto
A. G . McNaughton
Solitier
Army Technical Development Board
John Inglis Arms
Toronto
Army limits hindered equipment development plan
Major Hahn describes the Army’s organizational setup for arming future forces. He notes restrained funding from the United Nations nations and outlines efforts to coordinate development across the Army Technical Development Board and national defense directorates.
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United Nations
Hahn
Army Technical Development Board
Department of National Defence
China Faces Economic Collapse Warns Chinese Ambassador's Wife
Mme. Wellington Koo, wife of the Chinese Ambassador to Great Britain, tells War Chest workers in Philadelphia that China risks economic collapse threatening the United Nations war effort. She notes Roosevelt’s statements on lend-lease, argues China receives only two percent, with most aid to England and Russia, and warns no food crosses the Burma Road.
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United Nations
Mme
Wellington Koo
Great Britain
War Chest
Philadelphia
China
Roosevelt
Burma Road
England
Russia
Burma
America
Churchill Visits Turkey Highlighting Shift in World Ties
The piece notes that Churchill's meeting with Turkey's president holds greater practical weight than Roosevelt's talks with Liberia and Brazil leaders. It observes German radio reactions and Nazi ambassador Von Papen's urgency, underscoring Berlin's surprise at the alert and the fragile state of German prestige as reported by the New York Herald Tribune.
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Churchill
Turkey
Roosevelt
Liberia
Brazil
von Papen
Berlin
New York Herald Tribune
The Conference That Delivers No Action
A witty reflection portrays a group of men who cannot act alone but as a collective can agree nothing can be done. The saying critiques committees that yield inaction despite dialogue.
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