Canadian Air Force crews meet India's animal residents
Flight Lieutenant K G B Wright recalls Canadian bomber crews on the Burma and Bengal fronts living among elephants, mosquitoes, scorpions, snakes and jackals. He notes beds harbor pests, mosquitoes in nets, anti mosquito measures, and the humor in labeling many insects as animals. He highlights interactions with birds, goats, cows, and sacred monkeys, ending with tall tales awaiting homecoming.
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K. G. B. Wright
RCAF
Indian Oyal
Burma
Bengal
Suiger
India
Bay of Bengal
Prairies
Valuable Training For Boys Sea Cadet Movement Endorsed
The Welland Tribune praises the Sea Cadet movement as a valuable training for boys aged 15 to 17. It highlights Navy League support, patriotic purpose, and benefits such as physical training, chart reading, navigation, small arms basics, and two weeks at camp. The piece links cadets to Canada becoming a sea power after the war.
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Royal Canadian Navy
The
Navy League
Canada
Welland Tribune
India’s Destinies Shaped by Complex Population Facts
The United Kingdom Information Office notes India has seven distinct racial divisions, 225 spoken languages, and 17 written languages, with under two percent literacy in English, highlighting the challenges officials face in directing the empire amid global upheaval. The piece cites British governance as a record of wisdom. The text also mentions Babylon’s Hanging Gardens dating to 600 B.C.
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India
United Kingdom Information Office
Montreal Gazette
Winnipeg CWAC Joins Parachute School as Riggers
Private Marjorie Perry of St Boniface Man becomes the first woman attached to the Canadian Parachute Training School at Camp Shilo. She will train as a rigger to pack and maintain chutes, freeing men for other duties. Training spans about two weeks to pack and a month for repair and upkeep. Major Routh notes women can relieve manpower by handling chute maintenance.
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Winnipeg
Camp Shilo
Marjorie Perry
St. Boniface
Man
Perry
Canadian Women's Army Corps
R. F. Routh
Cwacs
American airmen save boy with fresh juice at Berkshire hospital
A 10-year-old boy in Newbury England faced a rare abdominal disease. Doctors lacked fresh fruit juice, but American airmen arranged transport to obtain juice. An American pilot picked up oranges from a northern airport and delivered them to the hospital. A crate of Tunisian oranges and lemons followed, and the boy recovered.
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Christopher Hutt
Newbury
Berkshire
England
Christopher
Tunisia
Britain Follows Law in Prize Ship Judgments
An official confirms Britain adheres to prize court rules for captured Axis ships. A writ in prize is published in the London Gazette, then reviewed by the Admiralty Division before any ship or cargo is deemed a lawful prize. Six ships including a 7,000 ton German merchantman will face court action with invited German claims via the Swiss protecting power.
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Britain
London Gazette
Admiralty
High Court
Massawa
Red Sea
Italian
Eritrea
Tools Supplied To Blind People Across Empire
The National Institute for the Blind launches a scheme ensuring no blind person in Britain or its empire lacks tools or apparatus to earn a living. Applicants receive free items from a listed range after obtaining an application form. The catalogue includes piano work tools, chair-caning, shoe-mending, carpentry gear, Braille shorthand machines, tape measures, thermometers, and watches.
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British Empire
National Institute For the Blind
Tallest fishing story in the air claim by colonel
The BBC bulletin recounts Colonel H J Orford of the South African Medical Corps catching two eight inch fish stuck to a plane wing after a bird struck the aircraft over Egypt. He landed the plane and asserts a record for the tallest fishing tale.
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B.B.C. Bulletin
H. J. Orford
South African Medical Corps
Egypt
Air Gunners Save Crews and Planes in Coastal Command Tales
A Coastal Command air gunner is highlighted for essential duties during combat. He reports incidents, photographs attacks, and often ferries the crew home after gunfire damage. In one engagement a gunner saved a Wellington by precise shooting enabling a safe landing.
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Coastal Command
Wellington
Arados
The Cleverest Bird and a Goose Remembering Kindness
A sportsman recalls vowing not to shoot wild geese after reading The Snow Goose. The piece praises the story as a masterful bird tale and notes geese’ memory and recognition of human kindness. Hans Andersen and Massingham are referenced as others who valued birds. Examples from the writer’s experience are hinted at.
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Hans Andersen
Massingham
Lilacs And Pansies Linens Pattern 7563
Pattern 7563 offers a transfer design featuring lilacs in lazy-daisy stitches and bright pansies. It includes six motifs about 4x inches and a list of materials. Send twenty cents to Household Arts Department Winnipeg Newspaper Union for pattern delivery.
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Household Arts Department
Winnipeg Newpaper Union
McDermot Avenue E
Winnipeg
Man
Will Rogers Invites Coolidge to See Lecture
Will Rogers planned a Washington lecture and invited President Coolidge to attend. Coolidge agreed after Rogers teased a two to three hour talk and a singing quartet, noting he likes singing.
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Will Rogers
Washington
White House
President Coolidge
Coolidge
Will
Blitz Hero Boy Lifts Stone To Save Family
A twelve year old John Robson in a northeast English town supported a heavy stone with his back shielding his mother and five others buried beneath debris after an apartment was bombed. Rescuers freed them unharmed.
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John Robson
John
Troops Receive Good Rations and Nutrition Focus Abroad
Lt-Col Ralph H Webb returns from overseas noting Canadian troops enjoy ample rations and strong morale. He cites rising interest in scientific food prep with nutrition and catering courses for all ranks, cookery schools, and officer courses. He says British whole wheat bread remains a key diet staple.
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Ralph H. Webb
Bristol bricklayers win national production shield record
A Bristol bricklaying gang formed by bricklayers set a national production record by laying 91 bricks per hour per man, surpassing the target of 30 bricks per hour and maintaining the pace to win the shield.
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Bristol
Greeks Seek Gold by Sun Baths Belief in Golden Hair
A note on ancient Greek practices where sun exposure was thought to lighten hair and create a golden hue. The passage suggests cultural beliefs about tanning and appearance shaping daily life and rituals.
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