Canada pledges 77 million for UN Relief and Rehabilitation
Hon. J L Isley announces Canada will contribute 77 million dollars to the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration for the year ending June 30 1943 based on one percent of national income. The national income is reported at 7615 million dollars. The U N R A R A plans relief units and specialists to aid liberated areas with food clothing and medical care as top priorities.
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Canada
United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration
J. L. Isley
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Dominion
United States
United Nations
U.N.A.R.A
Need For Food In Many Lands
The article outlines Europe’s agricultural recovery after German occupation, noting devastation left by retreating Nazis and efforts to train refugees in modern farming methods. Britain funds Seeds for Europe and coordinates seed and implement donations. A strong Canadian harvest could ease famine in liberated countries.
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Europe
Britain
Seeds For
Canada
The Newspaper Boy Training for Success in Army and Business
Major General James Ulio notes that ex newspaper boys are strong officer material. He cites field observations from Italy where an army doctor observed that the best officers emerge from boys who learn to act independently and earn money as peddlers. Resourcefulness is key to both business and military achievement.
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James Ulio
U.S. Army
Italy
Kitchener Record
Rosthern rescue net aids sea survivors for wartime ships
Canada's corvettes and destroyers receive the Rosthern rescue net to scoop exhausted wreck survivors from the sea. The device lifts men numbed by cold water or burdened with floating oil and hoists them aboard the deck.
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Canada
Opium Policy Allegations Haunt Japanese War Effort
The Ottawa Journal reports that Japanese forces allegedly pushed opium upon Chinese civilians to subdue resistance. A new Pacific report warns opium use has spread among Japanese soldiers, signaling possible self-inflicted trouble for Tokyo amid brutal wartime tactics.
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Pacific
Tokyo
Ottawa Journal
Red Cross official foresees resumed flow of British dependents to Canada
Major General B. W. Browne of Ottawa, assistant national commissioner for the Canadian Red Cross, said in Winnipeg that the temporary halt on British dependents of Canadian soldiers moving to Canada will soon end. He estimated about 20,000 more wives and children are on the way.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. W. Browne
Ottawa
Canadian Red Cross
Winnipeg
United Kingdom
Canada
Steel in common items crafts weapons of war
The passage notes that steel from a tricycle could form a 75 mm howitzer shell and steel from a baby carriage could manufacture a .45 caliber submachine gun, highlighting material dangers.
Wartime Price and Rationing Guide Q and A Update
Practical answers on tea coffee coupons sugar F coupons and No 3 book usage. Milk and train snack prices set by Wartime Prices and Trade Board. How to obtain Re Make Wrinkles booklet and Consumers News pamphlet via wartime offices.
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O— Q
Prices and Trade Board
Canada
Consumers’ News
Hitler imitation veteran Maurice Thorburn shines on stage
Maurice Thorburn, 39, aircraft worker from Winnipeg, imitated Hitler to a passable standard and impressed high ranking officers after a Sept 1939 Royal Canadian Engineers entry. He entertained troops overseas in 1940 and later worked at MacDonald Brothers Aircraft Ltd as procurement supervisor after returning to Canada in 1942. He also served with the Royal Navy in the last war.
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Maurice Thorburn
MacDonald Brothers
Winnipeg
Hitler
Royal Canadian Engineers
Aldershot
Canada
MacDonald Brothers’ Aircraft Ltd
Royal Navy
Canada to Grow About Two Million Acres of Flax This Year
A House return tabled for A. H. Bence shows flax acreage planned for flaxseed oil and cake at 2,069,000 acres in Canada this year. It also lists last year’s flax output at 17,900,000 bushels and notes eight new flax processing plants completed in 1943 in Montreal Winnipeg Toronto Vancouver Medicine Hat Hamilton and St Boniface.
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Canada
A. H. Bence
P.C
Saskatoon
Montreal
Winnipeg
Toronto
Vancouver
Medicine Hat
Alta
Hamilton
Ont
St. Boniface
Man
Amazon River Delivers Massive Flow to Atlantic Ocean
Report notes the Amazon river discharges about 5,000,000 gallons of water into the Atlantic each second. The figure underscores the river’s enormous contribution to global freshwater input and oceanic circulation.
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Amazon
Atlantic Ocean
Vancouver students christen planes for war savings drive
Seven Vancouver area schools earned official recognition for war savings efforts totaling 155900 dollars. At Sea Island seven young people christened seven fighter planes funded by the drive. Squadron Leader D L Ramsay presented RC A F crested plaques to student representatives.
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Vancouver
Sea Island
British Columbia
D L. Ramsay
R C.A.F
Ramsay
Europe
Russia
Greater
Notorious German Officers Captured at Cherbourg Fall to Allies
No Money Three top-ranking German officers captured at Cherbourg General Schlieben Stattler and Admiral Hennecke were taken to England. Schlieben had an American barber cut his hair, apologized for the lack of funds and signed the soldier’s autograph book. Hennecke mused about future captor nations, joking of next being Japan.
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Cherbourg
Schlieben
Stattler
Admiral Hennecke
England
von Schlieben
Not Small Affairs in Air Warfare Says General Arnold
General H H Arnold, head of the U S Army Air Forces, explains that air operations are large scale. He notes 700 heavy bombers imply about 7 000 airmen and 600 medium bombers add 3 000 more, plus 1 000 fighters, totaling over 10 000 men per mission. Each raid is a mission of great military magnitude.
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H. H. Arnold
U.S. Army Air Forces
Germany
New Sea Water Purification Method Delivers Drinkable Water
A seaman stranded at sea can now obtain drinking water by using two chemical compounds and four plastic bags. One compound in sea water removes toxins, a second bag filters out salt, a third neutralizes alkali, and a final filter makes the water palatable.
Right Answer unit gains assist for busy military hospital section
In a military hospital section where special work is done the female supervisor long sought help for months as the workload overwhelmed her. This week two senior officers inspected the unit and praised the work. One remarked you have chosen the right word unit meaning one. The reply was effective and she will receive an assistant.
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James
Glasgow Herald
Flying Blue Amazons: Turkey's Women in Air Force
Turkish air force creates the Flying Blue Amazons designation for its women pilots, highlighting their roles in aviation and national defense amid evolving gender integration in the military.
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Turkey
From Hartford to Quebec City Wartime Enlistment Tale
Travel from Hartford England to Quebec City via South Carolina leads Pte Pamela Chalmers to join the Canadian Women's Army Corps after meeting CWAC recruiting officer Lieut C Kernan in South Carolina. Her sister Zillah serves with the WAAF in England. Queen Christina Crowell CWAC of Windsor crowned Queen of the Annapolis Valley Apple Blossom Festival. Carole and Helen Bileski of Saskatoon pursue multiple education courses at National Defence Headquarters Ottawa, study chemistry and algebra, sew, and plan an Army Administration Course at Brockville.
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Hartford
England
Quebec City
South Carolina
Canadian Women's Army Corps
Mar
Pte
Pamela Chalmers
Pamela
United States
Lieut. C. Kernan
C.W.A.C
Chalmers
Zillah
Women’s Auxiliary Air Force
Sgt
Christina Crowell
Windsor
N.B
Annapolis Valley
Queen Christina
L. F. Page
Atlantic Command
Halifax
CWAC
Marie Captell
Wolfville
N.S
Mary Perry
Peterborough
Ont
Canada
Carole
Helen Bileski
Saskatoon
Sask
National Defence Headquarters
Ottawa
Anxie
Canadian Legion Educational Services
Directorate of Education
Brockville
The girl behind Peystnally CWAC photographer in Ottawa
Corporal Margaret Hermesten of Englehart Ontario has served twenty months as the only woman photographer in the Army Directorate of Public Relations in Ottawa. She joined the Canadian Women's Army Corps in October 1941 and earned special permission to attend an RCA F photography course at Rockliffe. A graduate of Ontario College of Arts, she hopes to be a fashion photographer after the war. She is the daughter of Mr and Mrs Melvin Hermesten of Englehart.
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CWAC
Margaret Hermesten
Englehart
Ont
Hermesten
Directorate of Public Relations
Army
Ottawa
C.W.A.C
R.C.A.F
Rockliffe
Ontario College of Arts
Cpl
Hermeston
Melvin Hermeston
India to Produce Millions of Reclaimed Rubber Shoes in 1944
Due to wartime supplies of reclaimed rubber, arrangements are made in India to produce six million canvas shoes with rubber soles and one million pairs with leather uppers for public sale in 1944.
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India
Telegraph plateau cables cross between Newfoundland and Ireland
A shallow ocean bottom called the Telegraph plateau lies between Newfoundland and Ireland where a score of submarine cables now traverse the area linking continents.
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Newfoundland
Ireland
Humorous Vignettes from Camp and Courtship
A varied collection of light jokes and quips featuring a bank cheque mixup with a soldier, a waiter’s prompt to order steak, and banter about camp life, sailors laundry, a school science moment, and satirical doctor and newlywed dialogue.
Egypt’s Nile Valley holds vast ancient history claims
The article notes Egypt’s Nile valley as a treasure trove of world history and speculates that future historians may uncover remnants of Nazi legions buried beneath shifting sands.
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Egypt
Valley of the Nile
Earth
Quintilis and Sextilis Known as July and August
In ancient calendars Quintilis and Sextilis were the fifth and sixth months, later named July and August to honor Roman leaders. The two months retained their positions in the year as mid summer periods for civic celebrations and agricultural cycles.
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