Report On German Outrages From Last War
Analysis of the 1914 British committee report on German atrocities in Belgium. It cites four core conclusions: mass killings and rape of civilians, widespread looting and arson, and violations of wartime rules, noting these events occurred two decades before Hitler. The piece argues skeptics should accept documented evidence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. H. Asquith
Viscount Bryce
Frederick Pollock
K.C
Edward Clarke
Alfred Hopkinson
Te Fisher
University of Sheffield
Harold
Roneh
Belgium
Red Cross
Hitler
Real Fighting Man Private Soldier Remembered in Windsor Star
W L Clark urges honoring the private soldier the rough fighting man who slogs through mud to slug the enemy. He notes war has many specialty branches and the real fighting man is often forgotten. Thousands of young men in firing line seek to end the war and come home.
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W. L. Clark
Windsor Star
Signals Required for Ships in Fog at Sea
In foggy conditions ships underway at sea must sound a siren every two minutes to indicate their position and movement, enhancing visibility and safety for other vessels on the water.
Canadian Army's only woman barrister serves at Ottawa
Major Patricia Curtis of New Westminster British Columbia is the lone woman lawyer in the Canadian Army. Before joining she practiced law for several years and now works in the Judge Advocate General's office at National Defence Headquarters Ottawa.
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Patricia Curtis
C.w.ac
New Westminster
B.C
National Defence Headquarters
Ottawa
Saved By Pigeon Saves British Brigade In Italy
A U S Army report says a homing pigeon named G I Joe alerted a base near the 5th Army front that a British brigade had entered Colvi Vecchia near the Volturno river. Pilots were buckling in when the warning arrived, saving the formation from Allied bombers.
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Italy
United States Army
5Th Army
Colvi Vecchia
Volturno
G.I. Joe
Norseman Caribou Bomber Shown As Pure Canadian Craft
Flying magazine notes four of the world’s top 20 aircraft are made in Canada and the Norseman UC 4 is a uniquely Canadian design. Peter G. Masefield calls it a robust bush plane ideal for supply runs behind fronts and for general cargo and personnel transport, capable of eight men or spare engines.
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Canada
Flying
Peter G. Masefield
Aeroplane
Lord Beaverbrook
U.S. Army Air Forces
Masefield
Parker urges farmers to hold the bacon line in Canada
Worthwhile Job W. Parker, president of the Manitoba Pool Elevators, in an address at Winnipeg urged farmers to hold the bacon line. Speaking at a meeting of the Canadian Society of Agriculturists and Manitoba Agronomists, Parker said the United Kingdom needs Canadian bacon and urged efforts to meet overseas requirements. He stated it is still worthwhile to go out and hold the bacon line.
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W. J. Parker
Manitoba Pool Elevators
Winnipeg
Canadian Society of Agriculturists
Manitoba Agronomists
Parker
United Kingdom
Canadian Navy destroyers aid Bay of Biscay anti U boat sweep
Canadian destroyers Iroquois and Athabaskan and corvettes Edmundson Snowberry Calgary joined Royal Navy and RAF in Bay of Biscay submarine patrols aiding the blockade against U boats before new Azores bases. Aircraft crews including Canadians helped sink subs amid depth charge attacks. Athabaskan struck by a German glide bomb. other ships escaped damage.
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Royal Navy
RAF
Bay of Biscay
Britain
Azores
North Atlantic
Bay of Biscayelon
Navy
Macdonald
Iroquois
Athabaskan
Edmundson
Snowberry
Calgary
Bissau
Hitler
Cmdr
W. L. Helms
Victoria
Cmar
G. R. Miles
Rothesay
N.B
Canada
Lieut
Madgwick
Ottawa
J. C. Hibbard
D.S.C
Halifax
J. C. Stubbs
Kaslo
B.C. Edmundson
H. K. Hill
Kingston
Ont
John E. O'Brien
Fort William Coal Dock Shows Large U S Fuel Shipment
The Canadian Pacific Railway moved 1 224 000 tons of Kentucky and Illinois coal from Chicago to Fort William for western use during the Great Lakes season. Of this, 1 049 000 tons go to locomotives between the lakehead and Moose Jaw, 175 000 tons for other importers, with 148 ships transporting the coal. Images show the clamshell bucket dumping into a trolley car and the loading of freight cars, illustrating February through December activity. Importing American coal helped avert a western Canada shortage this winter.
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Canadian Pacific Railway
Great Lakes
Kentucky
Illinois
Chicago
Fort William
Lakehead
Moose Jaw
U.S
C.p.r’s
Canadian Pacific
Western
Canada
Co operation to Guide Postwar World Atherton Says
Hon Ray Atherton American ambassador to Canada addressed the Canadian Club at Quebec City stating that international co operation will be the guiding principle of the postwar world. He urged nations large and small to share peace through working together and each to take full responsibility beside its peace loving neighbors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ray Atherton
Canada
Quebec City
Atherton
Auction At Manchester Sees Low Prewar Values
A 30-year-old landau once owned by a peer failed at bid at $180 in Manchester as wartime changes shifted values. A vintage brougham for cab work sold for $81 and a high-wheeled open Ralli car with prewar value around $14 fetched $99.
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Manchester
England
Pineapple Style Fan Chair Pattern 7653
Advertisement for a pineapple design fan chair set using easy stitches. Describes fine cotton beauty and gift appeal for home lovers. Pattern 7653 lists materials and directions and costs twenty cents. mail to Household Arts Department Winnipeg Newspaper Union 175 McDermot Avenue Winnipeg Man. Pattern mail may be slow.
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Household Arts Department
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Avenue
Winnipeg
Man
Churchill Receives Lion From Londoner for Zoo
Premier Churchill owned a pet lion named Rota presented by George Thomson. The lion could not be kept at Downing Street and was given to the Zoological Society.
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Churchill
George Thomson
Downing Street
The
Zoological Society
Japan Warned to Fight Alone After German Defeat
Japanese government spokesmen warn the nation that with Germany likely to be defeated soon Japan must continue the war alone. They say after the German loss the Japanese people will be the loneliest on earth.
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Japan
Germany
Tuberculosis Treatment Beds in Canada Report
About 11 500 beds are available in Canada for the treatment of tuberculosis. The figure reflects capacity across major hospitals and designated TB centers, indicating substantial national resources for patient care.
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Canada
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Army
Royal Marines
Ceylon
Royal Marine Group
Mobile Naval Base Defence Organization
Chatham Camp
Colombo
Sylvester II
MR. Churchill
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