Canadian Black Watch Bears Heavy Losses in Normandy Campaign
The Canadian Black Watch battalion endured about 2,500 casualties from Normandy landing on June 6 to Germany’s surrender ten months later, including roughly 130 officers. Nearly 450 unit members were killed, with companies decimated at times, yet the regiment also inflicted heavy enemy losses and captured hundreds of prisoners in key battles near Caen, St Andre, Hochwald, Manten, and around the Rhine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Black Watch
Normandy
Royal Highland Regiment
Rhine
Hochwald
Manten
Caen
St. Andre
Rees
Eric Motzfeldt
Montreal
Bruce Ritchie
England
Terborg
Fort Garry
Cpl
R. E. Stacey
Toronto
Val Traversy
Stacey
Steenderen
Motzfeldt
Twenthe Canal
Laren
Watch
Traversy
Sydney Thomson, Dso
Salmon River
B.C
Seaforth Highlanders
Holland
Dutch refugees urged to settle in Canada by Ottawa Journal
The Ottawa Journal cites Professor Ruttan and wartime praise for Dutch settlers and argues Canada can house thousands. It highlights Dutch qualities, agriculture prowess, and proposed settlement sites in British Columbia Ontario Quebec and the Maritimes with government aid, aiming to integrate Dutch families into Canadian society.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruttan
Canada
Europe
Prairies
British Columbia
Ontario
Quebec
Maritimes
United Kingdom
United States
Ottawa Journal
Philippines to shift exports from sugar to gold after war
Filipino leaders plan to replace sugar as the Philippines chief export after the war. They aim to replant former sugar land with rice and reduce food imports. They would pay for imports with gold and other commodities including abaca rope fibre and coconut oil.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philippines
Switzerland Punished Non-Voters in 1835 Practices
Historical record notes that in 1835 Switzerland authorities imposed penalties on those who did not cast ballots. The measure reflected active civic duty norms of the period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Switzerland
Sailor Pays Up for Unacknowledged Railway Rides
A middle aged sailor in the Merchant Navy and follower of Father Divine paid $60 at the Canadian National office in Vancouver for free freight train rides between Winnipeg and Sudbury and between Vancouver and Kamloops. He admitted the services were not acknowledged as proper, and he was among the few who settled obligations in person.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Merchant Navy
Father Divine
Canadian National
Vancouver
Winnipeg
Sudbury
Kamloops
Watchmakers of Lwow Earned Rent-Free Square Home
In fifteenth century Lwow Poland guilds of watchmakers cared for the town clock and were granted a rent-free home on the city square as compensation for their service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lwow
Poland
Jack Miner Foundation Seeks Support for Sanctuary
The Jack Miner Migratory Bird Foundation of Kingsville Ontario released a four page pamphlet outlining future plans and needs for the sanctuary following naturalist Jack Miner who died November 3. The foundation notes two funds the Maintenance Fund needing 17500 yearly and an Endowment Fund to sustain the site now a major North American wildlife and education hub. Interested readers may obtain the pamphlet by writing to The Jack Miner Foundation Kingsville Ontario. Buy War Savings Stamps regularly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Miner
North America
Kingsville
Ontario
Friendly Canadians Welcome Visitors From War Wives Club
The British War Wives' Club of Calgary writes that Canadians are the friendliest people and hospitality will be remembered. They note wooden houses feel warm and charming, adjust to traffic, praise ice cream and foods, enjoy shops, and miss Sunday papers and cinema while disliking radio advertising.
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Canada
England
Calgary
Typographical slips haunt final print and a hostile term
A historical note on errors slipping through before press and the irony of a small typographical mistake growing large on paper. It also mentions a Turkish term Giaour used for non Mohammedans as a pointed aside.
Pigeon Plans To Spare Wings During War Time
A Royal Canadian Air Force carrier pigeon flock stayed at Jasper Park Lodge near a closed hotel. Sgt. William Goebel led the flock while one bird, a Prince Rupert native, tried to return home, traveling by train for 700 miles before being found on a CN train bound for the coast.
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RCAF
Jasper Park Lodge
William Goebel
Canadian National
British Empire Lost Major Share Of Allied Shipping During War
The report states Britain lost more than half of the total Allied shipping during the war, with thousands of tons of new shipping.
Downfall of a Nation and Its Cruel Godlike Myth
A harsh meditation contrasts German arrogance with its wartime crimes. The piece cites Josef Kramer at Auschwitz and Belsen, noting brutalities done in service of a corrupted culture. It links this to postwar Allied losses and Britain’s merchant navy casualties in the war era.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
Himmler
Goring
Josef Kramer
Belsen
Kramer
Auschwitz
Liberty Magazine
The Latest Nuisance at Brooklyn Library
Brooklyn public library chief Milton James Ferguson complains about "o-fillers" who alter posters and book pages by filling in the letter o with moustaches and added features. He urges offenders to stop the vandalism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brooklyn Public Library
Ofillers
Milton James Ferguson
Prize-Winning Crochet Patterns for Scarves and Mats
Beginners crochet guide offers inexpensive, pick up work for scarfs and mats. Pattern 7006 provides directions for single or double strand work. Send twenty cents to Household Arts Department Winnipeg Newspaper Union to obtain the pattern. delivery may take longer due to slow main pattern distribution.
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Household Arts Department
Winnipeg
Union
McDermot Avenue
Winnipeg Bridge Engineer William Walkden Retires
Bridge engineer William Walkden of Canadian National Railways retires after 38 years of service. Based in Winnipeg, he oversaw major structures including the Dunblane bridge and high viaducts near Rivers Uno and Entwistle, and the 4300 foot Port Arthur trestle with an 82 foot deck.
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William
Bill” Walkden
Canadian National Railways
Winnipeg
Bill Walkden
Dunblane
South Saskatchewan
Rivers
Uno
Entwistle
Walkden
Port Arthur
McKenzie and Mann
Also Mentioned on This Page
F. J. T. Ruttan
United States Army
America
Sailor
Borneo
Forrest B. Royal
U.S.N
George F. Wooten
D.S.O
Royal
Brunei Bay
Adm
Wooten
1St
Prince Rupert
British
British Information Services
Navy
Maritime Commission
Washington
Cyril Hurcomb
Ministry of War Transport
London
Britain
Alice Brooks
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