Petrick Builds Flourish Chinaware Plant in Weststock
Hungarian immigrant Petrock Petrick turned to clay and formulae after fleeing war in Europe and a failed farming venture. He claims to have developed high vitrified chinaware on the continent and now operates a small Weststock plant using Quebec clay. His wife aids production of candlesticks and figurines. Canadian firms buy his output. he declined a US offer of 16000 a year, saying Canada has been good to him and he wishes to stay.
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Ciimaware
Weststock
Podapest
John Pretrick
Petrick
Porner
University of Budapest
Petrock
Europe
China
Budapest
Continent
England
Quebec
Ton Tots
United States
Elizabeth Dow
Canada
Polar bear cubs moved from Hudson Bay to St Louis by train
Three Polar bear cubs arrived in Winnipeg aboard Canadian National Express en route to a St Louis zoo. Two cubs were captured northwest of Nelson after a fierce dog fight with a trapping party. one killed the mother bear and lead dog with a single shot. The third cub, captured between Nelson and Churchill after the mother was shot, resisted briefly. All cubs, about two feet high and 20 to 25 pounds, were packed in a metal lined crate and handled with care by express staff.
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Hudson Bay
Winnipeg
Canadian National Express
Zoological Park
St. Louis
Missouri
Nelson
Churchill
Express
RAF driver returns scarf knit by 97 year old English woman
An RAF transport driver in Haly learned the scarf from a Red Cross box was made by Mrs. Eliza Hall, a 97 year old in England. He replied with a generous return gift sending a whole box of war scarce oranges.
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R.A.F
Haly
Red Cross
England
Eliza Hall
Well camouflaged German tourists explore Europe after war
The Ottawa Evening Journal notes Germans toured many nations after World War I, visiting Norway France Egypt Russia Holland Greece Poland Denmark Tunisia Spain Czechoslovakia Yugoslavia Belgium Libya and more yet England remains largely unseen by them except as POW prisoners. The piece mocks their wanderlust and warns England will be spared only as prisoners.
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Clemenceau
Germany
France
Tiger
Norway
Egypt
Russia
Holland
Greece
Poland
Denmark
Tunisia
Rome
Spain
Czechoslovakia
Yugoslavia
Belgium
Libya
Europe
England
Ottawa Evening Journal
Pancake the Hood Mascot Outlived His Ship
New York Post writer Esa Maxwell recalls Edwina Mountbatten telling of Pancake, the HMS Hood mascot. The cat rode the seas, explored ports, and vanished as the ship sailed to its final, doomed voyage when the Hood was sunk off Greenland in 1941.
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New York Post
Esa Maxwell
Gotham
Lady Mountbatten
HMS Hood
Greenland
Hood
Empire
Pancake
Edwina Mountbatten
Infantry Dominates After Cassino Bombardment
Still the infantry fights the hard ground war as Cassino falls to aerial and ground assault. The Doughboy’s pace through mud and wire decides the town’s fate while urging support for War Savings Stamps.
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Cassino
Four Flying Boats Rescue 42 Survivors in Indian Ocean
British and Canadian crews aboard four Catalina flying boats rescued 42 survivors from a merchant ship sunk in the Indian Ocean. The aircraft searched 2,000 square miles, faced rough seas, and maintained a shuttle supply run for four days before locating a tanker to direct to the rescue site.
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Catalina
Indian Ocean
London Calling: Children Playing With Daddy Listening BBC
A Viennese mother returned home to find her children hidden under a bulging carpet and a suitcase mound. They explained they were playing at their father listening to the BBC.
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BBC
Daily Telegraph
Britain Uses Abandoned Quarries as Underground Ammunition Depots
Britain has repurposed several abandoned quarries as underground ammunition depots, aiming to store munitions securely. The move reflects wartime precautionary measures and strategic stockpiling, with sites spread across multiple remote locations.
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Britain
Atlantic Convoy Defended By Navy Planes After Sunset
The admiralty reports naval aircraft from escort carrier HM S Pursuer defended a valuable Atlantic convoy against an air attack after darkness. Lt Cmdr Digby Cash led the fighter flight with Lieut Harry Wilson and others from Canada and Britain. Seven enemy bombers attacked. Turner credited with one kill. The convoy remained undamaged and all Pursuer aircraft landed safely.
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Admiralty
London
Hm.s. Pursuer
Atlantic
Digby Cash
Ottawa
Harry Wilson
Orillia
Ont
Cash
Wilson
Lawrence Brander
Lossiemouth
Scotland
Norman Turner
Maidenhead
Eng
Turner
H.M.S
Britain lists eligible campaigns for 1939 43 Star award
The British Parliament was told that Canadians and other air crew serving in France Hong Kong Sicily and other campaigns from 1939 to 1943 qualify for the 1939 43 Star. Eligible operations include Spitzbergen Dieppe Aleutians and Italy is excluded. One day of service in listed campaigns suffices.
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France
Hong Kong
Sicily
House of Commons
Spitzbergen
Dieppe
Archibald Sinclair
Churchill
Archibald
Aleutian Islands
Italy
Sir Archibald
Belgium
Holland
Norway
Greece
Crete
Northwest Indian Frontier
Lofoten Islands
Lucania
Syria
Malaya
Vangso
Burma
Bruneval
St. Nazaire
Awelo
Madagascar
Boulogne
le Touquet
Sark
Health programme funding announced for Trinidad
The Colonial Office plans to spend 2 million dollars on Trinidad health efforts this year. Improvements include hospital specialists, higher nurse salaries, and a Health Education Officer to supervise school hygiene teaching. Work on the 1.2 million dollar tuberculosis sanitarium may begin, and the article notes women made up one in six wardens during Britain's blitz.
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Colonial Office
Trinidad
Canada Proud Of Air Heroes In War Effort
The article cites Defence Minister Na Gamal defending air mastery as crucial in the current war. It notes Royal Canadian Air Force strength with over 200,600 personnel and heavy air losses, echoing pride in air crews who have fought across theatres and earned international recognition.
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Bor
Na Gamal
Air
Canada
Canacs
Europe
Fiers
Lethbridge Herald
Tribute to Churchill’s Endurance and Leadership
The speaker praises Prime Minister Churchill for extraordinary endurance and buoyant temperament during a national crisis. He notes the global debt to Churchill grows daily and expresses deep gratitude for all Churchill has done and continues to do, thanking him from the heart.
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Churchill
Hat etiquette clash in New York hotel elevator sign
In a New York metropolitan hotel a sign asks guests not to remove hats in the elevator due to limited space. The notice notes some guests are slim while a few are fat and urges compliance to keep the space clear.
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New York Metropolitan
When He Laughed Between An American And An Englishman
An American and an Englishman discuss a joke. The American expects laughter, the Englishman reveals he already had it last summer, prompting amusement at the misunderstanding.
Strange booty war yields elephant in North Burma loot
Chinese forces near Jambu Bum report capturing Japanese supplies and an elephant among the seized equipment in the jungle campaign.
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Burma
Jambu Bum
British wartime refugees swell Uganda population
War refugees in Uganda and British East Africa have grown to about six times the prewar European population of the Protectorate, reflecting a dramatic shift in demography amid ongoing conflict and displacement.
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Uganda
British East Africa
Alaska to United States Telephone Link Completed
The 2,600 mile line connects Alaska to the United States via Canada. Army engineers and Signal Corps members built the system with pole excavations in rocky frozen ground. A photo shows workers drilling and the line running along the Mackenzie range through cleared forest.
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Alaska
United States
Canada
U.S. Army Engineers
Signal Corps
Fhoto
Mackenzie Mountain Range
English-born leader of Canadian Bomber Group in England
Wing Commander Clive Linton D F C 29 years old commands Porcupine Squadron of the Canadian Bomber Group in England He is an Englishman in the R C A F a former sailor and weatherman He spent a decade in the Royal Navy and moved to Bermuda before joining the R C A F in Ottawa during World War II He notes a mutual fondness with Canadian crews and says Canadians make him feel at home
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Newfoundland
Bell Telephone
Montreal
Montreal St. Johns Newfoundland
Porcupine
England
Clive Linton
D.F.C
R.C.A.F
C.O
Linton
Ottawa
The
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House of Lords
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