Survival film shows aircrew when forced down at sea and in bush
The National Research Council backs a new Allied film titled Survival to teach RCAF aircrew bush survival. It covers three forced landings, one at sea and two on land, with realistic on location shooting in Newfoundland Quebec and Montreal.
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Became &Mmorh
Cenata
Hearrat
RCAF
HCAF
the Domini
Yukon
Alberta
Saskatchewan
S.L. Morley Whillans
Medical Aviation Research Section
R.C
Reindeer Lake District
Gulf of Sydney
N.S
St. John's
Quebec
St. Agathe
Montreal
Anson
Mont Tremblant
National Film Board
Postmen Break Wartime Rules To Notify Sleepers
In wartime Britain postmen bend rules to aid night workers and deliver silent or off address letters. A Manchester postman defied standards by delivering a letter from a prisoner of war son to an engine driver at his cab after tracing his work schedule and station times.
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Britain
Manchester
Bertin
Praise for British Courage in War Effort Noted
A Cleveland Plain Dealer column lauds British resilience during the war, praising decentralized production and camouflage aided plants. It stresses admiration for Britain's wartime output and notes surprisingly strong domestic food despite shortages, ending with a quip about English sausages.
Fitted In All Right Hitler Birthday Broadcast Incident
A German Hitler birthday program featured a Luftwaffe spokesman praising Hitler when an announcer warned of Allied planes. A studio operator played an interval signal resembling a cuckoo call, creating a comic effect later shared by the BBC Overseas Service.
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Germany
Luftwaffe
Hitler
BBC
Cuckoo
Nature’s compensation offered in a humorous tale
The lecturer explains that nature balances losses by enhancing remaining senses or abilities. A listener named Pat jokes that when one leg is shorter, the other seems longer, echoing the theme with a comic twist.
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Pat
Unlucky Minister Among Blitz Woes
Oliver Lyttleton the Minister of Production endured repeated Blitz damage to his homes in London. His Connaught Place house was bombed, its furniture moved to a store that was bombed, and his Berkeley Square flat burned nearly out, leaving only the clothes he wore as he was away on a visit.
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Oliver Lyttleton
Connaught-place
Berkeley Square
Lyttleton
Family Generations Earn Military Decorations In Britain
The London Daily Herald notes the McSwineys of Britain earning honors across generations. Brigadier McSwiney led the Thirteenth Cavalry in India and was among the first DSOs. His son Brig Herbert won the MC with Gurkha Rifles and later the DSO on Allenby’s Palestine staff, and shortly after his Bucking ham Palace ceremony, Maj John McSwiney received the DSO and MC.
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McSwineys
Britain
London Daily Herald
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Thirteenth Cavalry
India
D.S.O
Brig
Herbert McSwiney
Gurkha Rifles
Allenby
Palestine
Buckingham Palace
Maj John McSwiney
Royal Data
A Real Essential Every Garden Should Have a Tree
A tall broad tree with low crotch invites climbing by a boy and offers shade and hospitality to a man resting beneath. Its deep roots and strong fibre withstand storms built over years, aging into greater stature as seasons pass. Youngsters seek adventure from its branches while adults find distant horizons at its foot.
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New York Times
Garden As Memorial for St Pauls Suggested by Letter
In a letter to the London Daily Telegraph Oswald P Milne urges preserving the St Pauls view as a national memorial and proposes a garden in the heart of the Empire with a grand building to enshrine names of those who died for liberty. Kenneth Sulivan and Paul Morris fished in a small boat. Morris caught an 11 pound bass but the boat lacked space for both, so Sullivan swam ashore while Morris returned with the fish.
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Oswald P. Milne
London Daily Telegraph
St Paul's
Old London
Lord Chatfield
Royal Society of Arts
Washington
Taj Mahal
St Paul's Cathedral
Commonwealth of Nations
London
Nelson
Wellington
Kenneth Sulivan
Paul Morris
Winter Park
Florida
Morris
Sullivan
Production cost cuts credited to worker ideas in Dominion plants
The Aircraft Industry Relations Committee of Toronto reports a reduction of 534 359 dollars in production costs across Dominion aircraft plants due to worker suggestions for faster and cheaper methods. The price of this program and its impact are highlighted in the committee's announcement.
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Dominion
Aircraft Industry Relations Committee
Toronto
Canada
Place Names in Alberta Echo Early Frontier History
The Edmonton Journal reflects on historic Alberta names from Deadman to Dog Pound and Jumping Pound, noting they reflect frontier rivalries, Indigenous and settler journeys, and the region’s wild character. It argues against changing names like Swastika and Fort Wheop Up, urging preservation of local history.
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Dog Pound
Calgary
Mountain View
Westmount
Morley
Sarcee
Fdmonton Journal
MP Directs Traffic in Italy Keeps German Lieutenant Waiting
A military policeman in Italy at a crossroads behind the front directed traffic and observed a German lieutenant sitting on a rail fence waiting to surrender. The German offered to surrender only after the MP completed his duty, delaying the moment.
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Italy
First all metal plane built in 1922 powered by two engines
The report notes the milestone of the first all metal aircraft completed in 1922 featuring dual 300 horsepower engines, marking a major advance in aviation design and propulsion.
Governor General links farming progress to wartime resolve
In a Kitchener rural field day speech, the Earl of Athlone praises Canadian farmers for adopting new methods and experimental farms. He warns that civilization faces pests of war and urges extending agricultural research to international cooperation to prevent recurring wars.
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Canada
Earl of Athlone
Kitchener
Delnery
Waterton County Federation of Aegiiollture
German Warning Quotation Cited by Die Tat on England
The Swiss Die Tat reprints a pre war German book by Kurt von Stutterheim noting England has often gone to war unprepared but with strong diplomacy behind it. The piece claims Britain fights not with lions but as a constrictor and urges war savings stamps.
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Die Tat
London
British Empire
Kurt von Stutterheim
England
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