Reconnaissance Squadrons Protect Atlantic Lanes From Submarines
A North Atlantic outpost squadron of the Royal Canadian Air Force conducts relentless patrols against U boats and enemy aircraft. Squadron Leader Clare Annis leads a tight, morale rich unit where pilots observers and ground crews share duties, cribbage, and stories of long Atlantic patrols while awaiting dusk operations and field identification from Flight Lieutenant Alex Knight.
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North Atlantic
Royal Canadian Air Force
North American
Clare Annis
R.C.A.F
Annis
Canada
C.O
Jack Young
Hamilton Ontario
Cribbage
Archie Cameron
Meadowville
N.S
Bertrand Hutchinson
Wall Kill NY
Cameron
Atlantic
Hutch
France
RCAF
Made Of Rug Cotton Made In A Jiffy Crochet Mats And Scarfs
Colorful jiffy crochet in rug cotton for mats and scarfs to brighten luncheons. Pattern 7282 gives instructions and illustrations. send 20 cents to Household Arts Department Winnipeg Union 175 McDermot Ave WinnipegMan to obtain pattern. Easter origin noted as Eastre in the fourth month.
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Household Arts Department
Winnipegerage Union
McDermot Avenue
Winnipeg
Man
Wearing Proper Shoes For Your Feet This Season
Proper footwear boosts comfort and efficiency. Measure feet each time, avoid relying on last shoe size, and choose shoes that fit with a half inch extra at the toe, the ball resting on the widest sole, and a snug arch and heel. Use shoe trees to maintain shape when not worn.
Lace shop anecdote from Malta sparks Navy pride
A BBC London radio reel features Commander Woodrooffe praising Carmela’s lace shop in Malta. He recalls midshipmen buying lace for relatives and notes a Maltese cable saying Carmela’s shop was flattened but spirits remained. The note is signed Carmela Cassar.
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Malta
BBC
London
Woodrooffe
Carmela
Carmela Cassar
Capetown Scientists Claim Bomb Proof Glass Breakthrough
A team from Capetown University reports a low cost method to make ordinary window glass withstand a 500 pound bomb detonating 70 feet away. The researchers say the treated glass can prevent shattering and reduce blast damage in raids.
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Capetown University
Survivors of torpedoed ship refuse internment return to sea
After five days battling storms in the south Atlantic 38 men including the captain escaped a torpedoed Netherlands vessel. They reached a Vichy coast but chose to sail 40 miles more to reach British land rather than be interned, with one wounded man dead and all survivors later brought to London.
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Netherlands
South Atlantic
Vichy
London
John Barrymore Ad Libs Between Macbeth Laughs
A theatregoer notes John Barrymore returned to hear his ad libs, including a famous quip after Duncan's murder, as Lady Macbeth asks if anyone heard a noise. Barrymore retorts that the only sound is the braying of a distant ass, in Shakespearean style. England produced nearly four million pounds of honey last year.
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John Barrymore
Macbeth
Duncan
Lady Macbeth
Barrymore
England
Farmers Support Price Control To Keep Balance In War Economy
H. H. Hannam, president of the Canadian Federation of Agriculture, says farmers back price control but want it administered to maintain a balanced economy. He notes wartime highest national income, rapid production gains, and ongoing radio forum discussions with War Time Prices and Trade Board chair Donald Gordon.
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Canada
H. H. Hannam
Canadian Federation of Agriculture
CBK
Watrous
CBC
National Farm Radio Forum
Farm Radio Forum
Donald Gordon
War Time Prices and Trade Board
Hannam
Roosevelt
Isley
Hints On Spices For Cooks And Final Note Of Civic Effort
Practical kitchen tips suggest adding onion ginger cloves and bay leaf to corn beef while boiling. Cloves in canned soup, tiny sage with salmon, honeyed sweet potatoes with mace or nutmeg, ginger on melon, mace in soup, oregano with cream cheese for crackers, oregano in lamb stew and stuffing. A civic note praises a worker for 72 days carrying lunch in the same sack.
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T C. McCall
Bud" Hoodsmith
Belleville
Ontario
E.R. “Teddy” Williams
Victoria
Mike Black
Toronto
FE. J. Padder
Chicago
Williams
Joe
Alex “Pop” Knight
Pop
Eastre
Alice Brooks
Britain
United Kingdom
By Thurston Topham
Canadas
CNR Motive Power Department
National System
Red Cross
Boer W
War Services Associations
CNR
Qanada
Ren Cross
Marion Lake
Glacier National Park
British Columbia
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