Pioneer bush flyer Roy Brown now test pilot
Roy Brown, a Winnipeg born bush flyer turned test pilot at MacDonald Bros. Aircraft Ltd., has logged about 11 000 flying hours in a career spanning Arctic rescues and wartime service. He helped recover Arctic explorers in 1929 and survived a month with a smashed wing on Aylmer Lake. He expects rapid growth in flying as a future trend.
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Roy Brown
MacDonald Bros. Aircraft Ltd
Winnipeg
Brown
Arctic Circle
Roy
Cycle Corps
Air Force
CNR
Aylmer Lake
Canada
Ing
Shortage Of Help At Ottawa Government House
The Toronto Telegram notes a domestic servant shortage affecting Government House in Ottawa despite its status as a private home.Mme Chiang Kai-Shek and entourage visited as guests while Princess Alice and the Earl of Athlone vacated rooms to ease the strain. Lady Byng moved from Nassau to Colonel Willis O'Connor’s residence, amid only two upstairs maids available. hotels and hospitals claim priority in maid assignments.
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Toronto Telegram
Government House
Ottawa
Mme
Chiang Kai-Shek
HMH
Alice
Earl of
Willis O'Connor
British raids cited by Marshal Petain quoted remark
The remark says British American air raids have no excuse, prompting contrast with London Plymouth Coventry Rotterdam Warsaw Belgrade bombings. The speaker accuses Petain of not recognizing wartime retaliation and allied bombing campaigns.
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Marshal Petain
London
Plymouth
Coventry
Rotterdam
Warsaw
Belgrade
Early Ink Ingredients in Ancient Writing
The earliest writing inks used lampblack mixed with glue or gum solutions.
Russian Hero Marina Raskova Honored With Liberty Ship
A Liberty ship launched at California yards was named for Marina Raskova, famed Soviet aviator and Hero of the Soviet Union. Raskova, who flew with two other women from Moscow to Komsomolsk and set long distance records, trained many pilots now fighting the Germans on the Russian front.
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Christener
Marina Raskova
Haskoeva
Red Army
Raskova
Kremlin
Amelie Earhart
California
Nila Magidoff
Robert Magidoffl
NBC
Moscow
Komsomolsk-on-the-Amur
Manchuka
Lindbergh
Paris
Soviet Union
Airwomen Shift Clerical Tasks as RC AF Sees Roles Expanded
Corporal B Ralph Poston of Elkhorn Manitoba moves from Clerk General to Aircrew as women join the armed services to free men for combat. Poston joined the RC AF in 1940 and led Central Registry duties at No 6 Recruiting Centre Winnipeg. Lead Airwoman Iona Sweeney assumes registry work as Poston trains for aircrew. He was a familiar radio and band figure in western Canada prior to enlistment. Sweeney, educated in Winnipeg, enlisted in 1942.
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R.c.af
B. Ralph Poston
Elkhorn
Manitoba
Armed Services
Poston
RCAF
Winnipeg
Iona Sweeney
Corporal Poston
Ralph Poston
Charlie Herald
Postie
C.B.C
Red River
Virden Citizen
Elkhorn- Fleming
L.A.W
Laura Secord
Gordon Bell
Self sealing cloth from cotton fibers unveiled in Manchester
A new self sealing fabric method developed by Dr. F. T. Price at the Shirley Institute in Manchester uses cotton fiber moisture to seal interstices. The material, producing water holding without rubber, is already being supplied to the government for war needs and holds promise for civilian use.
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Manchester
Eng
F. T. Price
British Cotton Industry Research Association
Shirley Institute
Canada Britain pact on 1943 egg powder supply
A contract between Canada and Britain for 1943 calls for a little over 10 000 tons of egg powder produced from 63 million dozen eggs.
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Canada
Britain
Depend On Farms Canadian Have Few Other Sources Of Food
Opinion piece argues Canada must rely on family farms for food as war industries strike. It contrasts farm work with labor unrest and suggests strikers belong in the army or on the farms to understand real work.
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Nature
Brandon Sun
British Parents Stick With Classic Names Amid War Talk
In Britain, parents keep traditional given names such as John William and Mary, resisting the First Great War trend of naming children after famous military leaders.
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Britain
John
William
Mary
Bank of England adopts varied ship names for offices
Offices of the Bank of England adopt ships of all sizes from destroyer to motor launch as part of their naming or marking scheme, reflecting a nautical theme across departments.
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Bank of England
Portex plastic resin may alter reconstructive surgery
Experts say Portex plastic resin can be formed into hard ivory or bone, soft rubber like material, or liquid and used to restore noses cheeks ears and skin tissue. The material reportedly resembles healthy flesh in resilience and resists indentation, promising fewer operations for war and civilian injuries.
War aims and public sentiment in wartime Britain
The Winnipeg Tribune notes that those bombed day and night show hardheaded resolve. They understand the nature of the war and favor punishing the guilty when calling for justice against enemies.
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The
Winnipeg Tribune
Mountains Reach 24,000 Feet in Lisuland Border Region
Mountains rise to heights of 24 000 feet in Lisuland along the Burma China border as observers note dramatic alpine terrain. The report highlights extreme elevations and border geography affecting local travel and defense considerations.
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Lisuland
Burma
China
Norway in Exile Fights On For United Nations War Effort
After the Nazi takeover of Norway the government in exile directs its merchant marine to join Britain while Axis ports bar Norwegian ships. About 800 of 1,000 ships survive, 2,000 sailors died, and exiled authorities fund the government from merchant marine revenue. Norway trains air crews and commandos in Britain Canada and Scotland to support Allied operations.
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Norway
Canada
Britain
England
Scotland
United Nations
Ottawa Citizen
The Witnesses Fill the Sky Watching Bombers Eastward
Poem by George A. Wright remembers wartime witnesses as bombers approach from England. It invokes Coventry London and the Hunish hate, noting victims in Coventry London and the lowlands, the Norsemen, and the persecuted Jews Greeks Poles Slovaks awaiting divine retribution.
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England
Coventry
London
George A. Wright
Courage That Will Live In History by Malcolm W. Bingay
The Detroit Free Press columnist discusses a Great Britain poll on wartime contributions. He notes British public opinion credits Russia 50 percent and Britain 42 percent for current impact, with America 3 percent. He praises Britain’s Dunkirk era resolve and argues the war effort overall remains a future strength rather than present power.
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Malcolm W. Bingay
Detroit Free Press
Great Britain
Russia
Britain
United States
China
America
Dunkirk
Winston Churchill
Mussolini
France
Substitute Fluff From Cattail Heads Replaces Kapok
Wisconsin farmers near Milwaukee harvest cattail spikes to produce fluff for life preservers pillows quilts and insulation once sourced from kapok. A battery plant converts cattails into usable material boosting winter earnings with $2 per thousand spikes and a projected ten million spikes for the season. Tests show 20 ounces of cattail fluff can support 18 pounds of dead weight in water for over a week.
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Java
Milwaukee
Wisconsin
Wall Street Journal
Gem of Thought Quotations On Ideas And Progress
A compilation of quotes about ideas, imagination, and progress from writers such as Jean Ingelow Austin Phelps E H Chapin Mary Baker Eddy W M Paxton and Ralph Waldo Emerson. The passages highlight the power of ideas to shape history and society beyond mere circumstance.
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Mary Baker Eddy
Tanganyika Rubber Estates Prepare for Full Production
African rubber estates in Tanganyika are ready for full production and training of African workers. The territory is producing its own rubber equipment such as tapping knives spouts and buckets to support the industry.
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H.M.C.S. Iroquois
Tanganyika
Canteen Etymology Traced to Italian Wine Cellar
The term canteen traces to the Italian cantina meaning wine cellar originally applied to a goldier’s water bottle highlighting the shift from wine storage to portable drinking vessel.
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Goldier
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