Firth of Clyde A Key Britain Air Traffic Port
In wartime Scotland’s Firth of Clyde became a major trans Atlantic and world air traffic hub led by Prestwick. Visionaries in the 1930s saw its strategic value for refueling and aircraft construction, linking North America with Northern Europe and boosting Scotland’s industrial skills and air self sufficiency.
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Firth of Clyde
Britain
A. C. Wallace
London
Prestwick
Montreal
Ayrshire
New York
Scotland
Hebridean Islands
Duke of Hamilton
Marquis of
America
England
North America
Europe
Iceland
Cemntral
United Nations
Canada’s Wheat Exports Rise Amid Australian Shortfall
Canada will continue shipping wheat briskly despite reduced U S demand. Australia faces a severe crop disaster, pushing exports to the Southern Hemisphere including New Zealand and Australia, with many millions of bushels likely if ships are found.
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Canada
United States
Australia
New Zealand
Saskatoon Star
Romans Introduce Etruscan System Through Fabius
A fragment notes that Rome adopted Etruscan practices as introduced by Quintus Fabius about 291 years before Christ, marking an early influence on Roman governance or culture.
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Rome
Etruris
Quintus Fabius
Christ
Gnr Engstron Vanishes On London Glasgow Express Mystery
The Daily Mail reports Gnr Robert Nels Engstron of the Canadian Army vanished on a London to Glasgow express at 80 mph. He woke unharmed in a Warwickshire house claiming he remembered only being on the train and waking in a different place. Police found him asleep upstairs at a Blissworth residence after a dog walk call.
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The
Daily Mail
Gnr
Robert Nels Engstron
Warwickshire
Engstron
Glasgow
Canadian Wrens Visit Scottish Estate and Navy Dance
Canadian Wrens arriving at Lang House near Glasgow were greeted by British Wrens and fed fresh eggs. They tour Scotland visiting Glasgow and Edinburgh on a 36 hour leave. A haunted estate is rumored. on New Year's Eve they join a U S Navy dance after getting lost at sea in fog and guiding American sailors.
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Lang House
Glasgow
Scotland
Edinburgh
United States Navy
U.S
Canada’s War Effort Magnitude Highlighted by Drumheller Mail
The Drumheller Alberta paper notes Canada’s wartime output including steel for a world length railway, armored vehicles for the German army, and enough bullets for two shots per person. It cites synthetic rubber, Mosquito plywood planes, radar and explosives, dehydrated foods, anti seasickness pills, and bacon curing. Farm income in year five hit a record level of 1.75 billion dollars amid a 40 percent rise in output from displaced younger workers.
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Canada
Drumheller
Alta
Mail
A Cold Cure Odyssey Through Endless Remedies
The Windsor Star notes the multitude of suggested cold cures from friends and the public through the past days. The piece humorously lists lemonade linseed oil liquor tar syrup and hundreds of patent and homemade remedies. It concludes there is no real cure and jokes about an implausible composite look and overstuffed medicine cabinets.
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Windsor Star
Churchill's Tact At Middle East Conference Not Smoking Cigar
Prime Minister Churchill avoided smoking during meetings with Arab rulers. The gesture respected local customs in the Arabian peninsula where smoking is viewed as sinful. King Abdulaziz Saud reportedly appreciated Churchill's restraint.
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Churchill
Araman Peninsula
Abn Saud
Bee Baldness Sparks Quip From Ottawa Citizen
A radio commentator veered from war to bees and noted that bees shed hair and go bald. He joked that a bee would be angry to have a comb in the hive but be unable to use it, as reported by the Ottawa Citizen.
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Radio
The
Ottawa Citizen
Rail Cars Become War Vets Club Enroute Refreshments
Canadian servicemen traveling through Montreal on military trains have access to special rail cars at Point St. Charles Yard. The Canadian National Railways and Canadian Legion War Services, Inc. have equipped restaurant and sitting cars with card tables, loudspeakers, newspapers, magazines, and tobacco. The exhibit features a Women’s Voluntary Service group of veterans returning home after over five years overseas, with a rummy game in progress.
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Montreal
Canadian National Railways
Point St. Charlies
Bonaventure
Central
Canadian Legion War Services, Inc
W.V.S
How Germany Prepared for War and Evaded Versailles Limits
The St. Thomas Times-Journal recalls as World War II looms how Germany trained hundreds of thousands under Versailles limits, expanded industries via international cartels, and hid military aims in civilian and educational programs. Secret U-boats and aircraft plans, plus a vast secret army, enabled a rapid war shift post 1939.
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Yalta
Germany
Versailles
Hitler
Winston Churchill
Junkers
East Prussia
Japan
St. Thomas
Prince Robert Sailor Ship Delivers Bananas to Save Child
The Canadian anti recraft cruiser Prince Robert carried shells and a stock of bananas on 86 000 sea miles. After a long absence she sent ripe fruit by air to a town near London to feed a child with coeliac disease. A Belfast hospital appeal drew bananas plus oranges and lemons from Robert during engine repairs.
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Prince Robert Caries
London
Robert
Belfast
Canadian Provost Corps man cages five German prisoners
L Cpl L D Cameron of Prince Albert Saskatchewan detailed to guard a prisoner of war compound behind the front line improvised a cage around a wrecked house. He spotted a German in a hole and after he approached four more emerged with an automatic. Cameron, armed with a revolver, forced their surrender and completed the enclosure.
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Canadian Provost Corps
L-Cpl
L. D. Cameron
Prince Albert
Sask
Cameron
Jerry
Mun
Canadians Live Up To wartime Tradition in World War II
Across The Line notes Canadian forces face criticism but have continued strong performance in World War II. It recalls WWI heroism at Ypres Cambrai and Passchendaele and cites Dieppe Caen Normandy and Goch as recent examples of comparable UN troop performance.
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Ypres
Cambrai
Passchendaele
Dieppe
Caen
Normandy
Goch
United Nations
Detroit Free Press
Needlework Pattern 7436 Ha Crochet Apron Chart
Easy to follow file crochet apron pattern 7436 Ha with directions and chart. Send twenty cents to Household Arts Department Winnipeg Newspaper Union 175 McDermot Avenue Winnipeg Man to obtain pattern. Write name address and pattern number clearly for delivery.
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Household Arts Department
Winnipeg
Union
McDermot Avenue
E. Winnipes
Tunnel Hospital at White Cliffs of Dover
A hospital was built in a network of tunnels beneath the White Cliffs of Dover, 150 feet underground, designed to be dry, comfortable, and well equipped. It was established as invasion threats rose to provide doctors a safe place to work.
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Dover
CIA
Britain
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