Atlantic Air Travel Surges Amid Dense Sky Traffic
An American pilot notes the North Atlantic is crowded with daily departures to Europe and returns from the Americas. He describes robust safety practices, northern routes via Newfoundland and Iceland as least turbulent, and the risks of radio loss, icing, and static discharges.
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Europe
Atlantic
Ruseci] Owen
New York Times
North
South
Air Transport Command
Ocean
South America
Africa
A.T.C
Newfoundland
Greenland
Iceland
Cape Farewell
Farewell
North Atlantic
Scotland
England
Wales
British Isles
First Woman Flag Lieutenant Joins Royal Canadian Navy
Lieut Marion O Toole of Montreal becomes flag lieutenant to Rear-Admiral H E Reid RC N naval member of the Canadian Joint Staff in Washington She serves as aide to the admiral at official functions and accompanies him on inspections aboard ships including HMCS Unganda Mildly thrilling to note she compares with Mareen Stuart Clarke the Royal Navy s second officer and fellow flag lieutenant to Sir James Somerville Both women will attend official duties with their admirals.
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Royal Canadian Navy
Marion O’toole
Montreal
H E. Reid
CB. R.C.N
Canadian Joint Staff
Washington
Pacific
Lieut
O'Toole
Royal Naval Service
Mareen Stuart-Clarke
James Somerville
Royal Navy
Canada to be world research hub says British Admiralty official
Charles Seymour Wright, Toronto born Chief of Scientific Research for the British Admiralty, visited Toronto and urged sustained peacetime defence research. He praised Canada for aiding wartime science, called for ongoing information exchange with Britain and the United States, and envisaged Canada as a research bridge while preserving facilities like Leaside's Research Enterprises and the National Research Council.
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Britain
Toronto
Charles Seymour Wright
British Admiralty
Wright
Canada
Germany
United Nations
United States
Admiralty
Research Enterprises, Limited
Leaside
National Research Council
Britain’s Merchant Navy Losses Highlighted by Official
Sir Cyril Hurcomb, director general of the ministry of war transport, reported wartime losses: over 30,000 merchant seamen died, about 4,000 wounded, 4,000 interned or captured, and 4,700 missing.
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Britain
Cyril Hurcomb
Ministry of War Transport
Britain’s forests cut down during war call for massive reforestation
The St Thomas Times Journal reports that Britain felled about 130 million trees in wartime, leaving gaps in landscapes and prompting a long term reforestation plan. Four percent of timber use was domestic in peacetime, rising to 50 percent during war, with nearly 4 million tons cut and Canada to supply postwar needs.
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Britain
Sweden
Finland
Russia
Baltic States
Europe
Canada
United States
West Africa
Portugal
Brazil
Canadia Forestry Corps
British Isles
Dominion
St Thomas
British scientists barred from Russia visit
Eight of thirty British scientists scheduled to attend the Soviet Academy of Sciences meeting have been forbidden by the British Government. The government says their services are too essential for the war against Japan to be interrupted and thus the trip is canceled.
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Russia
Soviet Academy of Sciences
Japan
History Made In The Air A Orkney Of Britain For RCAF
A Canadian Press piece by Frt. Lt. Frank Tinsley honors Canadian airmen in the RCAF who based across England during World War II. It chronicles bomber and coastal commands at locations from Yorkshire and Marston Moor to Bircham Newton and Plymouth Hoe, noting ties to English history and literature.
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Frt
Frank Tinsley
RCAF
Britain
England
Exland
Yorkshire
Canada
Emily Bronte
Wutherings Heights
Marston Moor
Cromwell
Towton
Allerton Hall
Bomber Group
Earl of Mowbray
Rcaf Coastal Command
Demon
Bircham Newton
Norfolkshire
Fen
Devon
Vale of the White Horse
Wiltshire
Lynx
Husky
Tom Brown
Alfred
Ashdown
Dragon's Hill
St. George
Vancouver
Cambridge
Cantaber
Spain
Plymouth Hoe
Drake
Cornwall
Hastings
Kent
William the Conqueror
Hitler
British film firms plan postwar expansion and North American tour
Arthur Rank says his British film companies will expand in Canada Latin America and Europe after the war. He outlines a two month North American tour beginning in Canada and ending in California to gauge American tastes. He reports 120 theatres in Canada and plans for many more, with Latin American HQ planned for autumn.
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Arthur Rank
Canad
Latin America
Europe
United States
Nort
Spain
France
China
Ranl
Crochet Square Pattern 7081 From Winnipeg Union
Dainty and useful crochet square pattern 7081 offers a 12 by 12 inch square suitable for pillow tops scarves and spreads. Send 20 cents in coins to Household Arts Department Winnipeg Newspaper Union 175 McDermot Avenue Winnipeg to obtain the pattern with name address and pattern number.
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Household Arts
Winnipeg
Unio
McDermot Avenue
Winnipe Man
Duchess of Kent to Visit Ulster in Summer
The Duchess of Kent plans a first visit to Ulster during the summer. She was previously to accompany the late Duke of Kent to launch a ship before the war but could not due to political events in Ulster at that time.
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Duchess of Kent
Ulster
Duke of Kent
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