Complete Record Of Soldiers From Enlistment To Discharge
The Army maintains a comprehensive biographical file for each recruit, from moment of enlistment to discharge or mobilization. It includes birth, religion, education, employment, and a running history of training, assignments, and personal developments, kept confidential for personnel allocation and wartime needs. The Militia Book tracks enlistment date, schooling, promotions, inoculations, family details, and medical classification.
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MFM 2
Abe
B.C
Normal College
Toronto
Ontario
Navy
Department of Labor
London motorists balk at new street lighting plan
A wartime shift from blackout to mixed lighting alarms drivers. After five years of near darkness, London now shows a patchwork of bright pools under lamps and dark gaps between. Drivers say quick adaptation is hard and night driving in built up areas is far riskier.
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London
Greater London
Billiard Expert Revoy From Winnipeg Gains Fame
Joe Harry Revoy a Winnipeg dining car steward with Canadian Pacific since 1910 earns wide fame as a top billiards authority. He holds Manitoba amateur and British Columbia titles, has broken records in LaSalle Winnipeg with a 1 000-point event, and aims for the British Empire amateur championship while praising Walter Lindrum as his idol.
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Harry Revoy
Winnipeg
Canadian Pacific Railway
Calgary
Dominion
Revoy
Manitoba
British Columbia
Canada
Tom Tothill
Vancouver
LaSalle
Harry
Walter Lindrum
Canadian Pacific
Tve
Auto uses less gas at 30 mph than at 60 mph
An automobile consumes 50 percent less fuel at 30 miles per hour than at 60 miles per hour, indicating higher efficiency at the lower speed.
Canada’s National Parks Protect Big Game Wildlife
Canada’s national parks shelter large and small wildlife including Rocky Mountain bighorn sheep, goats, buffalo, elk, moose, and caribou. Elk Island hosts plains buffalo with 1000 plus animals. Buffalo Park spans Alberta and Northwest Territories with about 9000 head. The parks span Banff to Riding Mountain, protecting prairie moose and caribou, and Cape Highlands may restore eastern big game.
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Canada
Rocky Mountain
Elk Island National Park
Alberta
Buffalo Park
Wainwright
Northwest Territories
Banff
Jasper
Kootenay
Mount Revelstoke
Yoho
Glacier
Waterton Lakes
Prince Alberta National Park
Saskatchewan
Riding Mountain National Park
Manitoba
Prairie
Audy Lake
Riding Mountain Park
Cape Highlands National Park
Nova Scotia
British Submarines Sink Japanese Ships in Far East
Since 1944 began, H M submarines in Far Eastern waters have sunk one cruiser and 157 ships of various sizes. An enemy aircraft carrier was torpedoed and believed sunk, another cruiser hit by torpedoes, 31 ships damaged, and several submarines conducted bombardments against shore installations.
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Far Eastern
H.M
Fewer Bicycles Produced in Canada in 1943
Wartime metal and labor restrictions cut Canadian bicycle production to 47 673 units in 1943, the lowest since 1935, as demand rises for gas rationing and messenger services. Output remains limited despite the need.
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Montreal Gazette
Remarkable Mascot Sassie Watches Whitstable at Sea
A small wire-haired terrier named Sassie serves as mascot of the U.S. Whitstable. She guards the gangway in port and wakes the relief watch on deck, then returns to the Master’s cabin bunk. Lassie enjoys shore leaves but never overstays, and the crew credits her with safer passages and good weather.
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Sassie
U.S. Whitstable
Whitstable
Lassie
British Information Services
Absand Oils Refinary Near Fort McMurray Reports Early Output
Edmonton report notes the Absand Oils Limited Fort McMurray refinery completed its initial test run on December 24. Vice-president G. B. Webster said in early December the plant was about to swing into a 450 barrel per day stream output, with full operation reaching 600 barrels daily.
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Edmonton
Absand Oils Limited
Fort McMurray
G. B. Webster
Air Training Plan Curtailed as Demobilization Starts
The British Commonwealth Air Training Plan is drastically cut back with expiry set for March 31 1945. Thousands of aircrews will graduate before demobilization, while several training commands merge and Northwest Air Command takes over routes in the dominion.
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R.C.A.F
Sin. Nn
Air Council
Army
Rc.a.f
Robt. Leckie
L.S. Breadner
Britain
Maj. Power
Japan
Europe
R.A.F
Northwest Air Command
Dominion
No. 2
Winnipeg
No. 4
Calgary
No. 2 Air Command
Moose Jaw
Sask
No. 1
Toronto
No. 3
Montreal
No. 1 Air Command
Trenton
Ont
Canada Hopes to Ship 180 Million Eggs to Britain Next Fall
Agriculture Department officials said Canada aims to provide the United Kingdom with 180 million fresh eggs next fall. They expect surplus 1944 fall production to be bought by the special products board at more than 70 million eggs, calling the expansion “one of Canada’s most notable agricultural achievements of the war.”
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Canada
Britain
Agriculture Department
United Kingdom
Special Products Board
Italian cabinet sets spring elections across liberated Italy
The new Italian cabinet plans elections in liberated areas next spring, even if the north is not yet freed. It will be the first free Italian vote in 24 years. Also noted, a New York bakery makes elaborate cakes with blue print designs.
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Italy
Invented by accident linoleum’s long origin story
An English chemist Frederik Walton reportedly discovered linoleum nearly 100 years ago while improving floor coverings. He lifted a dried paint piece from a can and realized its potential as linseed oil oxidized with cork and pigments. The process now uses large cauldrons and aging, with maintenance advice to wax a surface and clean with mild soap.
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Frederik Walton
Lleum
Salt Bed Strike Boosts Alberta Oil Prospects
Minister N. E. Tanner says a 400-foot deep salt bed discovery spurs land development interest in the region. The strike occurred at the V milion Consolidated Oil Co. well as drilling reached 3,481 feet with salt showings continuing to 3,900 feet.
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N. E. Tanner
Alberta
Dem
Thermilion
V Milion Consolidated Oil Co
Beginner Crochet Fascinator Pattern 7323
Promotes a Jiffy crochet fascinator pattern for all ages from teen to grandma. Requires 45 4 st in knitting wool and asks readers to mail 25 cents in coins to Household Arts Cement Winnipeg to obtain pattern 7323. Note warns deliveries may take longer due to slowness.
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Household Arts Cement
Winnipeg
McDermot Avenue
Winn Man
Rufus Choate Queries Age In Droll Diplomacy
A quoted exchange shows Rufus Choate asking a hidden question about age. He inquires an age and the diplomat replies with a wry remark about what age is most fascinating, delivered icily in defense of curiosity.
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Rufus Choate
Blood traverses lungs about 2000 times daily
A brief note states that all blood in the body passes through the lungs roughly two thousand times each day, reflecting the circulation cycle and pulmonary involvement.
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Armsy
Joe
Rocky Mountain Goats
Jasper National Park
Absand Oils
France
Rmy
Haguenau
Durance
New York
Acciden
the Brooks
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