Brooke's Canadian Ties Highlight War Office Ally
General Sir Alan Brooke, chief of the imperial staff, is depicted as a strong friend of the Canadian Corps. The article traces his wartime links with Lt. Gen. A. L. McNaughton and Maj. Gen. H. D. G. Crerar, notes his decisive support after Dunkirk, and mentions his faith in Canadian troops for future major tasks. It also covers Canada’s bold wartime uniforms and color codes for regiments, including Strathcona’s Horse and various corps.
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Alan Brooke
Imperial Staff
Canadian Corps
Brownstore
Whitehall
War Office
Imperial General Staff
A . L. McNaughton
HD. G. Crerar
Alan
Home Forces
Dunkirk
France
P. D. Armour Clothes Employees After Christmas
A Christmas gift of suits to Armour employees leads to a lesson in honesty. One clerk charged a $100 evening suit and faced a sharp remark from Armour about “packing a great many hogs” and dressing one. The exchange underscores the manager’s rebuke of self dealing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Armour Packing Plant
P. D. Armour
Theatergoer Objects To Show With Chinese Title
A man and woman approach a theater for an evening out. The woman resists buying tickets and insists the show is Chinese because of the title. The man argues the title confirms otherwise, noting Sun Mon Tue displayed at the venue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alfred
Fiji Island Population Figure Report
The Fiji Islands are recorded as housing 198,379 residents in the latest population tally. Officials note the count reflects all inhabited islands and communities across the archipelago.
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Fiji Islands
Was Not Impressed Davis Amazes London Society
American war correspondent Richard Harding Davis once arrived at an informal London gathering in his war time uniform, medals gleaming on his chest. Sir Henry Irving dismissed the display by counting the decorations aloud and asking, in effect, if they were for swimming.
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Richard Harding Davis
Sir Henry Irving
Davis
London
Irving
Task Is Never Done In Vichy War Commentary
The article portrays the drift of Allied and Axis expectations from Vichy with a view of Hitler’s ongoing struggles. It argues he gains ground in some places but must continually fight to reconquer lost territories from Norway to Greece and on the Eastern Front. The piece likens Hitler’s efforts to Sisyphus, eternally resetting tasks already completed.
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Vichy
Hitler
Europe
Norway
Greece
Sysiphus
Prairie Provinces Population Shifts in 1941 Census
Trade Minister MacKinnon announced 1941 census data showing Alberta up 57 000 since 1931 to a total of 788 649, Saskatchewan down 34 000 to 887 785, and Manitoba up 22 600 to 722 205. In 1931 Manitoba had 700 139, Saskatchewan 921 785, Alberta 731 605.
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MacKinnon
Prairie Provinces
Alberta
Saskatchewan
Manitoba
Farmer discovers town girl milking cow again
A farmer finds a town girl re milking a cow after deeming the first milk too thin. She explains she is re processing the milk to improve its quality, insisting the action is for better results.
Supplies From Canada Aid War Effort Across Front Lines
Canadian Red Cross Overseas shipments supply Russia for Soviet troops in Crimea and aid Jugoslavs Middle East and Czechs. Malta receives 50 crates of clothing plus 739 men’s garments, 3730 boys, 4790 girls, 3470 women, 3300 babies with quilts and baby outfits valued at 150000 dollars to British wartime relief. Red Cross urges replenishing overseas stocks for ongoing aid.
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London
Canadian Red Cross
Russia
Crimea
Florence Nightingale
Red Cross
Jugoslav
Middle East
Malta
Canada
Fashioned in powdered wigs and candlelit duels of old
In colonial America masculine finery included powdered wigs and silk stockings. At war’s start Britain held more than 2,000,000 registered vehicles.
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America
Britain
Never Wasted A Penny Her Economies To Extreme
Hetty Green, famed Wall Street queen and multimillionaire, carries a bundle of bonds on a trolley. She asks the bank president to credit her account with $200,000 in negotiable bonds. The financier scolds her for trolley use and she retorts she cannot afford a carriage.
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Hetty Green
Wall Street
Behind the Rising Sun discusses Japanese prisoners in China
J R Young argues in Behind the Rising Sun that many Japanese POWs in China cannot return home. Face culture drives officials to declare missing men dead and pay death bounties. Prisoners risk social shame and government lying accusations, while economic limits prevent paying death benefits.
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China
J. R. Young
Cute animal outlines with lazy daisy flowers pattern 7174
Transferred pattern includes 16 motifs sized 3 x 3% to 4% by 10 inches with outline stitch and color accents. Materials needed, send 20 cents to Household Arts Department, Winnipeg Newspaper Union, 175 McDermot Avenue E., Winnipeg, Man. No Alice Brooks pattern book published.
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Household Arts Department
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Avenue
Winnipeg
Man
Alice Brooks
British Commonwealth Air Training Plan Ahead Of Schedule Six Months
Air Commodore G E Brookes told the Electric Club of Toronto that the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan is running ahead of its April 1942 target by about six months. He credited broad international planning and Canadian leadership, noting Canada supplied over 80 percent of manpower and funded most of the cost as the plan expanded to over 130 establishments. He said the mission to train a vast pilot pool continues until Nazi tyranny is defeated and peace is secured for future generations.
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British Commonwealth Air Training Plan
Dominion
G. E Brookes
No. 1 Training Command
Electric Club of
Toronto
R.C.A.F
University of the Air
Britain
Brookes
United Kingdom
Australia
New Zealand
Canada
Ottawa
Europe
Channel
Commonwealth
The Canadian Navy Modernizes Into a Global Naval Power
A historic surge has turned Canada’s fleet into a 300 ship force with 25 000 sailors and a goal of 400 ships within a year. It has lost five ships and over 400 men but has captured or scuttled enemy vessels and helped convoy more than 40 million tons of war materiel from U S and Canadian ports to Britain. The Royal Canadian Navy now operates in close cooperation with the British and United States Navies in the Atlantic convoyes amid U-boat threats.
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Royal Canadian Navy
United States
Canadian
Britain
United States Navy
Atlantic
Canadian POW Relatives Report Bible Censored at German Camp
At a Winnipeg meeting of the Canadian Prisoners of War Relatives Association Mrs. Fred P. Clark of Brandon said she sent a Bible to her son P O H P Clark in Germany. The Bible arrived but is being censored at the camp.
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Winnipeg
Prisoners of War Relatives’ Association
Fred P. Clark
Brandon
P.O. H. P. Clark
Germany
O.K
Paris bookshop window display shocks Vichy readers
Travellers arriving in Vichy report a Paris bookshop removing window books and showing large portraits of two dictators with a small volume of Hugo’s Les Misérables placed between them. The display was discovered by Germans who then closed the shop. Hats now marketed with 25 percent skimmed milk. Gneisenau, a German battleship, is named for a Prussian general. Japan will face consequences for its actions.
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Vichy
Paris
Victor Hugo
Ready To Listen Phrase Origin From Warship Marines
The expression dates to old warships when marines fought on land and sailors stayed at sea. Bored crew would send talkative passengers to “tell it to the marines” to be rid of chatter.
Must Go Where Needed
Lieut General Kenneth Stuart warns that enemy aims to sow confusion in Canada and divert home defence resources. He stresses victory requires sending main forces where they are most needed overseas. The Canadian general staff views the war as decided abroad, not at home.
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Kenneth Stuart
Canadian General Staff
Canada
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