Britain's Salvage Prowess From War Efforts Across Seas
Details from Captain J B Poland outline Britain's wartime salvage and harbor clearance gains. Between 1939 and 1944 salvage services saved over 50,000 tons of merchant shipping, with bases and divers worldwide. The text notes innovations in pumps, submersibles, welding, air systems, and specialized tugs, plus dramatic port clearances at Tripoli Marseilles Naples and across northwestern Europe, enabling postwar global salvage capability.
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Britain
66Toritain
J. B Poland
Salvage Department
British Admiralty
Royal United Service Institution
Admiralty
United Kingdom
Mercantile Marine
Iceland
Faroes
Mediterranean
Africa
India
Pacific
Arctic
Indian Ocean
British
North Africa
Admiral Ramsay
North
Sicily
Italy
France
Europe
Tripoli
Marseilles
Naples
Havre
Cherbourg
Rouen
Dieppe
Boulogne
Calais
Ostend
Antwerp
Scheldt
Royal Navy
Future of aviation speeds reshaping globe and Canada role
W F English of Trans-Canada Airlines told the Mid-Canada Air Conference that air travel is shrinking distances to hours not miles and will quicken further with future aircraft. He noted trans Atlantic hops Montreal to the UK could soon be under 12 hours and said war shapes policy, while Canada’s global position as a crossroads grows in strategic importance. D R MacLaren of TCA echoed that Canada’s location makes it a key hub in future aviation networks.
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Canada
W F. English
Trans- Canada Air Lines
United States
Montreal
United Kingdom
Mr. English
Aviation Canada
Transition Gradual Writing Ink in Brandon Sun History
The Brandon Sun notes ink manufacture as an ancient craft dating back to early writing. It traces inks from lampblack glue and gum to modern formulations, with references to Pliny and Vitruvius. It cites Canada production in 1942 reaching 666000 pounds valued at 412000 dollars.
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Brandon Sun
Pliny
Vitruvious
Canada
Dominion
Rapid brick house panels built in half a day
Britain tests a new construction method where bricks pressed into steel molds receive concrete over their backs. When the concrete sets the brick panel is hoisted into place by machinery, enabling rapid erection of permanent brick houses.
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Briatin
Yugoslavia Adopts Law Against Hatred Incitement
Belgrade dispatch cited by Moscow radio says the anti Fascist council passed a law criminalizing incitement to national racial and religious hatred.
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Yugoslavia
anti-Fascist Council
Belgrade
Moscow Radio
Trans Canada Air Lines honors five years of service by Helen Brown
Miss Helen Brown passenger agent at Lethbridge, the longest serving woman at T C A, received a five year service pin in a company ceremony. Born in Ottawa, she trained as a nurse before joining T C A as a stewardess and later became passenger agent at Lethbridge. A teletype from VP W F English was read as E W Stull presented the award and praised her as the first female to complete five years of continuous service.
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Trans Canada Air Lines
Helen Brown
Lethbridge
Alta
Miss Brown
Ottawa
Civic Hospital
T.C.A
Windsor
Toronto
Winnipeg
Vancouver
Trans-Canada Air Lines
W. F. English
E W. Stull
Pacific
H. Brown
Brown
Stull
Canadian wartime price control urged by Gordon
The Wartime Prices and Trade Board shows inflation risks persist after war. Donald Gordon appeals to Canadian women to maintain price control as Canada battles Japan and transitions to postwar life.
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Canada
Prices and Trade Board
Mexico
Donald Gordon
Japan
Effective Methods For Controlling Persistent Perennial Weeds
H E Wood of the National Weed Committee outlines two weed groups deep rooted and persistent including leafy spurge and field bindweed. Chemical control with sodium chlorate is effective in small patches, while extensive infestations require aggressive cultivation or reseeding to rapid crops. manitoba units coordinate spray programs and grazing may aid marginal lands. Norman J MacMillan named general counsel for Canadian National Railways succeeding Tempie.
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H. E. Wood
Canada
Manitoba
Norman J. Macmillan
Canadian National Railways
R H. M. Tempie
K.C
University of Manitoba
MacMillan
Winnipeg
Montreal
New Bullet Invention Enables Realistic Live-Fire Training
The Evening Standard reports a new bullet design that disintegrates on impact allowing military fire to train with live ammunition in safer, controlled conditions.
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Military Fiere
The
Evening Standard
Bathtub From Goering Villa Defies Removal
American soldiers at Berchtesgaden uncovered a bathtub once owned by Hermann Goering. The item, large enough for two men, could not be moved as a souvenir. It was flown from Berlin by Luftwaffe bomber, too big for doors or windows, and hoisted in after tearing part of a wall.
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Berchtesgaden
Hermann Goering
Goering
Berlin
Luftwaffe
New York Herald Tribune
Clyde Shipyards Launch 303 Merchant Vessels 1939 45
From Sept 3 1939 to March 31 1945 Clyde Scotland shipyards launched 303 merchant vessels totaling 1 634 216 tons. The war period total for Clyde and East of Scotland yards reaches 456 ships and 2 167 836 tons.
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River Clyde
Scotland
Clyde
East of Scotland
German admiral Heye captured with gold caches in Kiel farmhouse
The Daily Mail special correspondent reports that Sub Commander in Chief Admiral Heye of the German midget submarines was arrested by a British naval party. He was found in a Kiel farmhouse with six strong boxes of gold used to pay naval spies across Europe.
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Admiral Heye
Daily Mail
Kiel
Heye
Europe
Wigs And Hairpieces Booming For V Bomb Victims
British women under air attack suffer hair loss due to shock, prompting a surge in wigs toupees and artificial curls. Wigmakers report stocks booked through year end with priority given to genuine V bomb victims as doctors note the cause remains unclear though mainly affecting women.
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England
Medica
Embroidered Towels Pattern For Bridal Shower Gift
Pattern 7043 offers six motifs for towels featuring a gay canine romance. Instructions state 5 by 6 inch stitches and image transfer. Send twenty cents in coins to the Household Arts Department Winnipeg at 175 McDermot Avenue, Winnipes Man, with name address and pattern number.
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Household Arts Department
Winnipegately
Yh Union
McDermot Avenue
Winnipes Man
Loss avenged by British forces sinking Japanese cruiser
The Hamilton Spectator reports a Japanese cruiser of 10 000 tons was sunk off the Malay peninsula by British naval and air units, aiding the avenging of the loss of the Prince of Wales and the Repulse earlier in the war.
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Hamilton Spectator
Malay Peninsula
architectural terms collonade and peristyle explained
In architecture a collonade is a row of columns. If the columns fully encircle a building it is called a peristyle.
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Cox
London
Admiralty Salvage Department
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