Admiralty details courage of human torpedo volunteers
The Royal Navy reveals deeds of the human torpedoes, two men in self sealing suits ride under water toward targets then detach and set fuses. They must maneuver by dead reckoning and may have to cut nets or walk along harbor bottoms to reach ships. Power limits force risky surface rescues or abandonment.
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Judes Vernecor
Sethrel
Dad
Brrth
Admiralty
Royal Navy
St Thomas
Locust Swarm Grounds Northern India Airfield
A vast locust invasion occupied a northern Indian airfield for an entire day. The swarm tightly formed across the field obstructing visibility and rendering the base useless as invading insects refueled on vegetation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
India
British Furriers Rally as Retirees Rejoin War Drive
Britain’s fur trade relies on elderly retirees returning to work to fulfill a wartime order worth about 750 000 skins. A new group of women from 34 nations trains in London for postwar relief, medical care, and humanitarian aid across Europe to ease hunger, housing, and welfare needs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
United Nations
RCAF unveils hot meal cabinet for aircrew in flight
Canada’s airmen may soon dine on hot soup roast beef and vegetables aloft thanks to a new metal food cabinet by the RCAF aero nautical engineering and medical branches. The device stores two full meals for nine men, uses thermos liquids, monel dishes, and a movable grid to prevent spills while plugged into the aircraft circuit to stay hot.
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Canada
R.C.A.F. Aeronautical Engineering and Medical Branches
RCAF
Proto
Air Force Engineering and
Soldier scientists pave invasion path on Normandy beaches
Headquarters reveal that covertly landed years ago a team of soldier scientists drilled trenches along invasion beaches in darkness. They found underlying clay would trap heavy gear, prompting new equipment tests in England. Normal gasoline mileage in low gear ranges from three to nine mpg, and four to twelve mpg in second gear.
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Normandy
England
Confidence in wartime leadership from Canadian Seamen Union
D Ferguson acting president of the Canadian Seamen's Union in Toronto sent cables to General Dwight D. Eisenhower and Lieutenant General Crerar pledging full confidence in their leadership. Messages urged all union offices and members to redouble efforts to ensure armies are well supplied with weapons and fighting equipment.
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D. Ferguson
Canadian Seamens Union
Toronto
Insight D Eisenhower
Tien
D G Crerar
Brita
Britain’s Navy Strength Surges Beyond Prewar Baselines
Britain’s naval construction has more than replaced her bases, so that by the end of 1943 in most vessel types her strength was greater than at the war’s start.
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Britain
Canada Considers Monthly Parcels to Prisoners in War
War Service Minister LaPiede said Canada may increase parcel shipments to Russian, Polish, French and Belgian prisoners. Current parcels average 10,080 weekly with 170,000 weekly parcels deemed ample. potential expansion includes food parcels to Canadian prisoners in Japan and opening more packing centres in London and Vancouver.
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War Service
LaPiede Eaid
Comaideratin
Nming
Canadian Red Cross Society
Germany
Japan
London
Vancouver
Wooden bullets used by Germans amid World War I firing
United States Rangers report German forces using 20 millimetre and infantry rifle ammunition with wooden slugs cut from wood and hollowed into metal cartridges. Several Rangers were killed, and the projectiles caused nasty wounds. The wood reduces range accuracy beyond 100 yards while remaining effective at shorter distances. Cartridges show evidence of reloads, hinting at steel shortages.
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United States
Three Tires Warnings From Detroit News
The Rubber Manufacturers' Association urges motorists to conserve tires in summer with three rules: drive as little as possible, drive as carefully as possible, and keep tires properly inflated. Tests show 90 degree heat doubles wear versus 69 degrees, and 110 degrees quintuple wear versus 49 degrees, with road surfaces hotter by 2 to 30 degrees.
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Pen A
Rubber Manufacturers’ Association
Detroit News
Penguins Cannot Fold Wings Like Other Birds
A concise note explains penguins cannot fold their wings and must keep them extended for balance and swimming efficiency.
Book of Remembrance kept in Kirk Bram church
A Book of Remembrance to inscribe names and regiments of men who served in the North African campaign will be kept in the Norman church at Kirk Bram in Lancashire. The project invites families to add entries honoring their relatives and units.
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Lancashire
Kirk Bram
Canadian Women Serving Overseas in Britain
FO. Patrita Griffin and other Canadian airwomen posted in Britain describe London as hospitable and the unit at headquarters as representative of multiple Canadian cities. They receive subsistence allowances, share flats, face high living costs, and note weight gain despite rationing. Griffin led the first overseas contingent and served as commandant at Canadian HQ in England. Canada remains home to these women.
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Sian
Rus
Patrita Griffin
Winabee
Britain
Stout
A R. Gov
Air Force
FO. Griffin
England
London
Dominion
Joan Reynolds
Montreal
Isabell Ball
Sasktoon
Diana Cameron
Windsor
Katie Goddard
Ottawa
Anne Henderson
Toronto
Fr. Griffin
Canada
Bartram urges sane tariff policy at Canadian conference
Bartram of Montreal, president of the Society of Chemical Industry, told delegates at the Canadian Chemical Conference in Toronto that the Canadian standard of living depends on post war export competition and urged adoption of a sane tariff policy.
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WG. Bartram
Montreal
Society of Chemical Industry
Toronto
Hot Meals For Flying Personnel In RCAF Aircraft
Air Force engineers introduce a metal food cabinet for long patrols allowing hot meals aboard aircraft. The device plugs into the aircraft circuit, keeps meals hot indefinitely on ground or air, and stores two complete meals plus hot beverages. Thermos bottles carry soups and drinks while removable grids keep containers stable during flight.
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