Art of fencing practised by army gains momentum
Major Jan Eisenhardt, Canadian Army Sports Officer, leads a fencing program to train soldiers in basic positions, parries, and thrusts. The effort links fencing to bayonet combat and aims to improve health and fighting readiness with mass teaching and exhibitions in Ottawa. More competitions may follow for Canada’s armed forces.
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Rmy
Camadian Army Sporta
Jan Eisenhardt
Ottawa
Canada
Pioneer naval air service dreamer heads overseas
Lieutenant Alfred E. Horne a RCNV A veteran tester of the Canadian Anson and de Havilland Mosquito projects and a Victory Aircraft engineer, sails to join the Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm. He also owns half a British Guiana gold mine and once helped an aerial reconnaissance party discover a 500 foot waterfall amid jungle.
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Alfred E
Horne
R.C.N.V.A
de Havilland
Toronto
Victory Aircraft
Royal Navy
Fleet Air Arm
Canada
Navy Air Army
British Guiana
Glass Containers Industry Seeks Postwar Market Share
Glass manufacturers privately expect to retain much of the war boosted container business. They note that cans won favor for its speed, but new techniques allow fast automatic filling and sealing of glass. With the can’s advantage overcome, glass makers believe consumers’ desire to see contents will secure a strong share of vegetable and fruit packing.
Closing In After Axis Collapse in Africa World War II
After three years of fighting in Abyssinia Eritrea and Italian Somaliland and a long Libyan duel Allied and Axis forces achieved decisive victories at Alamein and the Tunisian bridgehead. The Axis collapse at Cape Bon signaled the continent’s fall with Stalingrad and Cape Bon marking the start of global delivery.
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Abyssinia
Eritrea
Italian Somaliland
Libya
French North Africa
Alamein
Tunisian
Cape Bon
Africa
Stalingrad
Lucky draw winner owns $10,000 farm in Chilliwack
Johnny Daly a pipefitter from North Vancouver won a $10,000 farm in a service club drawing in Chilliwack British Columbia The farm cost Daly exactly one dollar the price of a ticket in the draw.
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Johnny Daly
North Vancouver
Chilliwack
B.C
Daly
Nelsons Column overhaul in Trafalgar Square every twenty years
The Manchester Guardian notes Nelsons Column in Trafalgar Square undergoes repairs roughly every twenty years at £400 to £500, with usual fixes and past large arm cracks filled by cement. Heavy traffic and tube vibrations plus air raids have raised concern about further damage to the structure.
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The
Manchester Guardian
Nelson
Trafalgar Square
Office of Works
Soldier’s Homecoming Hurts Mother in Tight Embrace
Cpl. Norman Leblanc, a radio operator on a U S Army transport, hugged his mother after 16 months in the South Pacific and cracked two of her ribs. The fracture occurred during the reunion as mothers welcome their sons returning from war.
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Cpl
Norman Leblanc
United States Army
South Pacific
Weather glossary note lists fifteen thousand terms
A compiled weather reference enumerates about 15 000 terms describing atmospheric phenomena. The list covers common to obscure terms used in forecasting and meteorology.
Miner-Defusing Sergeant Shinogaki Honored for Valor at Cassino
Sgt Calvin K Shinogaki, of Japanese descent, crawled through mud to defuse mines between two roads at Cassino front. He cleared three mine blasts in 50 yards and earned nominations for the Legion of Merit and the Distinguished Service Cross.
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Calvin K. Shinogaki
Cassino
Shinogaki
Alberta Coal Output Sets Provincial Record
Alberta's coal production reached 7 677 982 tons, the second highest in the province's history, according to the mines branch annual report presented in the Legislature by Hon. N. E. Tanner, Minister of Lands and Mines.
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Alberta
N. E. Tanner
Still and silent pools hide bugs says O Brien
Howard Vincent O'Brien argues that silent pools collect bugs while babbling brooks stay clear, in a Chicago Daily News chat about talk and listening. Charles N Wheeler visited for a discussion on the art of talking, suggesting people talk too much.
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Charles N. Wheeler
Howard Vincent O’brien
Chicago Daily News
Manchukuo Last Jap Stronghold Before Home Islands
Article argues the final Pacific war battle could center in Manchukuo as Japan fortifies its last holdouts. It notes large population shifts to Manchukuo, wartime production work there, and shrinking shipping capacity as Japan plans a last defense ring around the home islands.
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Tokyo
Manchukuo
Sea of Japan
O.W I
Japan
Korea
Asia
Home Islands
Chicago Daily News
Windson Destroyer’s Dunkirk Run Sets Wartime Record
One of the first destroyers to reach Dunkirk for the evacuation of troops, the old Windsor has made a wonderful wartime record. In eight months she steamed 30,000 miles and in one month 4,060 miles. In 1941 a six months commission logged 16,000 miles, and in 1942 another 24,000 miles.
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Dunkirk
France
Old Windsor
Death of Sir Elly Kadoorie in Shanghai noted in London
Sir Elly Kadoorie financier and philanthropist died in Shanghai on February 8, with the obituary announced in London. The notice urges readers to buy War Savings Stamps regularly.
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Elly Kadoorie
Shanghai
London
Nuns Escape Jap Menace Then Help Canadians in India
Four Royal Canadian Air Force officers met two Canadian Grey Sisters at a rest home near Bombay. Sister St. Kenneth and Sister Mary Vianney, who fled Chinese missions after dodging Japanese strafing, had reached India. An all Canadian tea was held with host Mrs S A Seddon. The nuns recalled walking through mountain passes penniless and hiding in an open grave during air attacks. Sister Mary Vianney weighed 70 pounds on arrival.
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Royal Canadian Air Force
Bombay
Grey Sisters of the Immaculate Conception
Pembroke
St. Kenneth
Katherine Ratley
Toront
Mary Vianney
Iona Bertrand
Fort Coulonge
Que
India
China
S. A. Seddon
Northampton
Eng
RCAF
Grant Nelson
St. Thomas
Ont
Tom Smith
Crystal City
Man
Seddon
Rowland Lorimer
Regina
Fred Lonsdale
Marshall
Sask
Scare in the Pacific as Hague Ditches Plane
Pilot Officer F. D. Hague of London Ont. ditched his fighter after the engine failed west of Vancouver Island. He released a dinghy and clung to life until Pilot Officer Wilkie of Vancouver directed an air sea RC AF crash boat to the scene. About an hour later Hague was taken toward shore in warm blankets.
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Pacific
F. D. Hague
London
Vancouver Island
P.O. Hague
Wilkie
Vancouver
R.C.A.F
Barter Makes a Comeback in British Classified Ads
A shift back to bartering appears in Times and Daily Telegraph classifieds. Wealthier buyers swap goods for desired items, paying high per line rates for ads while seeking everything from mink coats to second hand clothes. Some listings show poignant appeals like a bike for a child’s birthday.
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The
Times
Daily Telegraph
London
Golden Cross
Uckfield
Red Cross official cites guards easing in German camps
Harold H. Leather, Canadian Red Cross official, said guards in German prison camps are easing their treatment of Allied prisoners. In England he spoke with 66 repatriated men who described guards beginning to "play the game" though food remained poor and Red Cross parcels were vital to survival.
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Harold H. Leather
Red Cross
Canada
British Isles
England
Leather
Returned men offered 10 week UBC spring session
University of British Columbia announces a 10 week Spring session from April 24 to June 30 for returned men and women to start or resume university study. Dean D. Buchanan of arts and sciences commented on the program's aim and eligibility.
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University of British Columbia
D. Buchanan
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