Duty Of Our Citizens To Uphold The Principles Of Democracy
A speech by Lieut-Col James Moss at the 1943 Regina Canadian Clubs meeting urges vigilance against propaganda and defends democracy as freedom rooted in Christianity. He extols Churchill and warns that war rivals Hitler's tyranny, outlining six democratic duties to protect truth, liberty, and unity among diverse communities within the Dominion.
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James Moss
Association of Canadian Crude
Regina
Hitler
Churchill
Dunkerque
Mr. Churchill
France
Britain
Goebbels
Reich
Buckingham Palace
Berlin
Royal Air Force
Pilot’s Airacobra Dive Sets Speed Record Claim
Lieut. Andrew C. McDonough of Atlantic Georgia piloted a Bell Airacobra on a busman's holiday test reaching 620 mph in a 21 000 foot dive, allegedly the greatest speed endured by a human. Bell officials stopped short of claiming a record while McDonough, Eastern Airlines officer on leave, described the dive in vivid detail.
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Arlines
Andrew C. McDonough
U.S.N.R
Atlantic
Airacobra
Bell Aircraft Corporation
Buffalo
H. Lloyd Child
Curtiss-Wright
McDonough
Eastern Airlines
Robert M. Stanley
Bell
Western division urged for National Research Council
Cecil Lamont of Winnipeg told a Toronto audience that the Northwest Line Elevators Association seeks government action to create a western division of the National Research Council. He urged the division focus on new edible and inedible uses for farm products. The piece also notes Gutzen Borgham's 60 foot sculpture on Rushmore in South Dakota.
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Cecil Lament
Winnipeg
Toronto
Northwest Line Elevators Association
Doominion
National Research Council
National
Chemurgic Committee
Lamont
Gutzen Borgham
Washington
Rushmore Mountain
South Dakota
Romanian wit echoes Axis ties amid global strife
A Bucharest Romanian writes a biting note claiming Romania is an Axis member with bread like Germany's soldiers like Italy's revolutions like Spain's and earthquakes like Japan's, reflecting sharp satire despite turmoil.
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Bucharest
The
Axis
Germany
Italy
Spain
Japan
Bravery Award For 18 Year Old Fire Rescue Hero
Frederick Clements of the 76th London Company receives the Cross for Heroism for attempting to rescue his aunt from a house set aflame by an oil bomb. He and his cousin saved his mother and grandmother but flames trapped him during the upstairs rescue. He forced an upstairs window, found his aunt, and suffered burns and cuts.
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Boys' Brigade
Frederick Clements
76Th London Company
Clements
Alpha Orionis emits most heat to Earth among stars
Among stars outside the sun, Alpha Orionis stands out as the primary heat source reaching Earth. Its radiative output surpasses other stellar sources observed from our planet.
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Alpha Orionis
Earth
Rust Resistant Wheat Varieties Spread Across Western Regions
Rust resistant wheat has rapidly dispersed through Manitoba and into eastern Saskatchewan and Alberta. Varieties Thatcher Renown Apex Regent show early maturity and equal or higher yields than Marquis, with Regent and Renown now produced as Registered Seed via the Canadian Seed Growers Association. Research continues on resistance to ensure permanence and avoid over-economy.
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Manitoba
Saskatchewan
C. H. Goulden
Dominion Rust Research Laboratory
Winnipeg
Alberta
Lloydminster
Marquis
Organization of Seed Growers
The
Canadian Seed Growers’ Association
Methods Free From Disease Evacuation of children
The evacuation of children from dangerous zones in the British Isles was undertaken with trepidation about contagion but proved groundless. Public health officers and health campaigns reduced fears, and health improvements in urban evacuees did not harm rural children, seen as a triumph for modern methods.
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British Isles
Britain
Rumor on Albanian Fascist Song Debunked
The Stratford Beacon-Herald reports no truth to a rumor that the favored marching song of Albania's Fascist forces is Show Me the Way to Go Home. The item appears as a light, speculative note in the newspaper's pages.
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Stratford Beacon-Herald
Albania
Norway Orders Nazi Salute for Public Workers
An Oslo report states that the Nazi salute is now compulsory for all government, municipal, and public service employees in Norway.
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Norway
Oslo
Canadian drama award honors eleven from seven provinces
Eleven actors and theatre practitioners from seven provinces received the 1940 Canadian Drama Award at a Victoria governing committee meeting. The honors include three to Toronto, two to Manitoba, two to Saskatchewan and one each to New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Quebec and British Columbia.
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Victoria
Toronto
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
New Brunswick
Nova Scotia
Quebec
British Columbia
Maj. L. Bullock-Webster
Edgar Stone
Maynard Robinson
Ernest Reynolds
Galt
Ont
John 8. Richards
Charlottetown
Paul Gauvremont
French Repertory
South African Girls Serve as Attested Soldiers in East Africa
Forty nine South African girls serve as attested soldiers in East Africa as members of the South African Women’s Auxiliary Army Services under Captain Mrs. K. E. Hamman. The corps headquarters, nicknamed the masses, is housed in a partly evacuated boarding school.
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East Africa
South African Women’s Auxiliary Army Services
K. E. Hamman
Union Defence Force
Masses
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U.S. Airlines
North Africa
Alice Brooks
Household Arts Department
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave. E
London
Holland
Bardia
Sidi Barrani
Piave
Vittorio Veneto
New York Times
Grenoble
Army
Legion of Honor
Legion
South Africa
Egypt
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