Padre Tells of Airmen's Problems
The Canadian padre, Sed Lar Ashford of Calgary, who spent six months with Canadian squadrons in the Mediterranean, praises airman morale while detailing hardships of heat cold fires vermin and water shortages. He classifies letters home into three harming categories for morale.
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Hed. Ashford
Pedre
Calgary
Sed
Lar Ashford
Italy
Ashford
RCAF
North Africa
Sqd
Charmed Life Seaman Shorty Windsor Earns DSM in WW II Tale
The Isle of Man sailor known as Shorty Windsor, age 20, served on the Lady Shirley from Gibraltar. He fought a U-boat with Hal Crow, drove it to surface with depth charges, and both men survived long hospital stays before the ship was lost with all hands.
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Shorty
Dunkirk
Billy
Shorty” Windsor
Isle of Man
Lady Shirley
Gibraltar
Halcrow
Terence
Nazi leaders suffer heavy losses as Berlin banks bombed
Informants report Allied bombs destroyed most major Berlin banks except the Reichsbank. Leaders were said to have stored valuables, furs, and art treasures in vaults from occupied countries and ten years of rule.
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Berlin
Reichsbank
Germany
Repatriated POWs Describe Barter Tariffs in German Camps
Canadian and British prisoners of war report a formal barter system in some German camps. Guards treated luxuries as currency with items like 20 cigarettes trading for three eggs and a single cigarette fetching 15 saccharine tablets when available.
Expensive Mouthful Auctioned Ale Bottle from 1902
Five repatriated prisoners shared ale brewed in 1902 during King Edward VII's era. The Red Cross auctioned the rare bottle, bought for 450 dollars by antique dealer John Rushmer who cited a 75 dollar per mouthful price.
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Edward VII
Red Cross
John Rushmer
Unknown Soldier’s Tomb Moves Visitors at Westminster Abbey
The Unknown Soldier slab at Westminster Abbey draws diverse visitors including an old mother, a young woman, and a girl as American soldiers file in reverently. A clergyman says he feels kinship with the nameless soldier, saying many think he belongs to them and have prayed for him for 27 years.
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Robert J. Casey
Chicago Daily News
Westminster Abbey
Amiens
Somme
Wren
Piccadilly
Combat marks 50th issue with bold resistance salute
The clandestine French weekly Combat celebrates its 50th number with a special edition and strong editorial vow to defy the Gestapo. The paper, boasting 300000 readers, continues to promote resistance while reporting mass arrests and harsh Nazi repression.
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Combat
Gestapo
Tuberculosis Drops From First to Seventh Leading Death Cause
Tuberculosis, once Canada’s main killer, has fallen to seventh place among causes of death in 1912. Public health officials note progress in disease control and rising deaths from other conditions, signaling shifting health trends and ongoing battles against infectious disease.
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Canada
Gems of Thought Reflections on Experience and Learning
A collection of aphorisms about learning from experience and the future shaped by past trials. Quotes from Wieland Beattie Eddy Coleridge Terence Longfellow emphasize moral certainty growth through defeat and new information from age.
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James Beattie
Mary Baker Eddy
Gift From Cameron Smith To Stalin Grad Hospital
The complete surgical equipment of Major A. H. Cameron Smith, who died years ago, is donated by his sister Helen Cameron Smith of Powassan Ontario to Stalin grad for use in a Toronto hospital. Maj Cameron Smith served overseas in the First World War with the Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps and later practiced in Northern Ontario.
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A. H. Cameron-Smith
Helen Cameron- Smith
Powassan
Ont
Stalingrad
Toronto
Maj
Cameron-Smith
Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps
Ontario
Higher ideas or aims in time of war
The Niagara Falls Review cites a Chicago Tribune label calling Allied leaders "the Boy Scouts at Cairo" while R. M. Harrison in the Windsor Star recalls the Scout oath urging duty to God and country. The piece asks what higher aim could justify violence in wartime reflections.
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Niagara Falls Review
The
Chicago Tribune
Roosevelt
Churchill
Cairo
R. M. Harrison
Windsor Star
Mulgan Debuts Oboe Suite Written Between Battles
A London orchestra premiered a suite for oboe and strings composed by Denis Mulgan a New Zealander then fighting in Italy. The work was written between two battles in Tunisia highlighting a musician and soldier.
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London
Tunisia
Denis Mulgan
Italy
All metals vary in silver gray with copper red and gold yellow
The passage notes metals primarily appear silver gray while copper shows red and gold presents yellow. It contrasts metallic colors across common elements.
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Copper
Ottawa Sergeant Rita Hetherington Heads Despatch Duties
Women's Army Corps Sgt. Rita Hetherington of Ottawa rose to Despatch Operator during the Quebec conference then worked at Chateau Frontenac desk handling transport for visiting officials. She now drives for Lt. Gen. Kenneth Stuart at National Defence Headquarters. She has two sons in uniform and four brothers serving overseas.
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Rita Hetherington
Ottawa
Ont
Canadian Women's Army Corps
Quebec
Hetherington
Chateau Frontenac
Sgt. Hetherington
Kenneth Stuart
C.B, D.S.O
M.C
National Defence Headquarters
Melville Hetherington
Royal Canadian Engineers
Gordon Hetherington
R.C.N.V.R
One For The General
A U S Army general in London recounts a clash with a battered London taxi. His staff car, bearing rank insignia and driven by a military chauffeur, sideswiped the cab. The general berated the cabby until asked for a response, and the cabby retorted Pearl Harbor to you, sir.
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London
Pearl ‘Arbor
Nation
New York
Tomato juice scarce in shops says Ottawa Journal
The Ottawa Journal notes little hope of public access to tomato juice this winter and reports shoppers will find the announcement unsurprising given recent shortages.
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The
Ottawa Journal
Britain plans postwar food commission to protect health standards
The British government, grateful for wartime rationing results, proposes a permanent postwar food commission to ensure adequate healthful diets for all, restructuring agriculture to boost milk eggs fruits and vegetables, and coordinating with world production and Canada.
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Canada
Britain
Dominion
Winnipeg druggist convicted over toothpaste tube rule
A Winnipeg druggist was convicted in police court for failing to comply with board rules that prohibit selling toothpaste or cream in metal tubes unless an empty tube is returned by the customer. A Halifax court fined a Woodside landlady $100 for unregistered room rates. A merchant in Owen Sound received a one year sentence for selling rationed goods without coupons. A Summerside sugar hoarder paid $100, while Cartierville and Sudbury restaurant keepers paid $25 and $10 for serving meat on Tuesday.
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Winnipeg
Woodside
N.S
Halifax
Owen Sound
Summerside
Prince Edward Island
Cartierville
Sudbury
Consumers’ News
The Cold Dilemma and Theatre Risk
The text weighs varied cold prevention tips from singing to onions and strict habits. It notes the impracticality of following every rule and, if choosing to risk a cold, prefers to attend the theatre rather than avoid all outings.
Plans for Abyssinia Constitution Education in Democracy
Reports say Haile Selassie, aided by British experts, plans a constitution for Abyssinia starting with educating the people in democratic procedure. The proposed elective body would be mainly advisory for now.
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Haile Selassie
Abyssinia
German mother jailed over Hitler Youth timing dispute
A Swiss paper reports a German mother was sentenced to 15 days in prison after her 12 year old son complained the mother made him late for a Hitler Youth meeting by making him gather wood for the kitchen fire.
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Democrate of
Lucerne
Brazil Holds One of World’s Largest Iron Ore Reserves
Brazil maintains an estimated 15 billion tons of iron ore reserves, ranking among the world’s largest deposits. The figure reflects sustained mining capacity and regional resource significance.
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Brazil
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