Grannks Lead Women Workers in Midlands Air Plant
In wartime Britain a north Midlands factory employs about six elderly women known as the Grannks to manufacture aircraft parts. They work eight hours a day six days weekly, often extra half days, with high dedication while tackling tasks from drilling to riveting. Their teams of women, supervised by women, repair crashed service planes and handle design, testing, inspection, and repair, showcasing notable technical skill. Mrs. Aubrey Brooke, 32, granddaughter of Lord Aberconway, a trained engineer, helps produce plane parts requiring extreme accuracy.
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Midlands
Smirces
Wooven
Ministry of Aircraft Production
Britain
North Midlands
Aubrey Brooke
Lord Aberconway
Floating Cinemas aboard British warships
Royal Navy ships from destroyers to carriers now act as floating cinemas. Films are sent out as soon as made with 34 titles shown so far at 35,000 per performance, plus 60 weekly newsreels. Each ship runs 1–3 programs weekly, circulating until worn out.
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Destroyers
Arctic
Mediterranean
Pacific
Dumbo
Royal Navy
H.M
Britain
British Industries Bulletin
Clever Young Pilot Joins Royal Canadian Air Force
Kenneth Johannesson aged 20 from Winnipeg enlisted in the Royal Canadian Air Force at Winnipeg. Son of Konrad Johannesson operator of a private flying school at Stevenson Field. Kenneth learned to fly early with his father who flew in World War One with the Royal Flying Corps and RAF. He made his first flight at ten on a Detroit round trip and gained control experience from age twelve.
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Royal Canadian Air Force
Winnipeg
Kenneth Johannesson
Konrad Johannesson
Stevenson Field
Royal Flying Corps
Royal Air Force
Kenneth
Detroit
Earliest Explorer Samuel Hearne纪 Coppermine River Discovery
Samuel Hearne, born in London in 1745, was the first white overland visitor from Hudson Bay to the Arctic, discovering the Coppermine River on his 1769 71 expeditions. He established Cumberland House in 1774, became Fort Prince of Wales governor in 1775, was captured by La Perouse in 1782, released in 1783, and died in England in 1792.
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Samuel Hearne
London
England
Royal Navy
Hudson's Bay Company
Fort Prince of Wales
Churchill
Arctic
Hearne
Coppermine
Hudson Bay
James Bay
Montreal
Cumberland House
Cumberland Lake
Saskatchewan
la Perouse
France
Eradicate Disease A campaign under occupation aid
An army veterinary section led by Captain Frank Todd assists Iceland in eradicating fatal livestock diseases. Tests for tuberculosis and Bangs disease are conducted on Reykjavik area cattle and will expand to the island’s 54 000 head. Cooperation from the Icelandic government supports the effort.
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Iceland
Reykjavik
Cromer Lifeboat Crew Win Right to Remain on Service
Cromer Norfolk's famed lifeboat crew, fifteen tough seamen, avert call-up threats that would have split the team. Minister Bevin assured no immediate danger. town proud of saving 600 lives in two years and argues lifeboat work suits them better than service in army or navy. BBC Bulletin.
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Dublin
England
Cromer
Norfolk
North Sea
Germany
Air
Danny Ernest Bevin
Labor and National Service
Greeks Pride Remains Amid Invasion Pressure
An American traveler notes Greek pride despite hunger as Mussolini attacks. He recalls Greeks saying one Greek outweighs five Italians and mentions about 4,000 British soldiers still at large in Greece with bounties. The Greeks risk death to shelter and aid them and to provide care. The note also observes pulp and paper industry as Canada's top employer in wages.
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Mussolini
Greece
New York Times
Canada Wool Grading Regime Expands With War Needs
1941 wool grading in Canada reached 8,788,223 pounds up from 4,058,754 in 1940 as grading rules cover most commercial fleece but exclude pulled and home spun wool. Analysis shows 27.4 percent fine grades, 56.4 percent medium and low medium for military use, 8.4 percent low staple and coarse, with 78 percent rejects. Grading operates in 26 warehouses nationwide to supply manufacturers with graded Canadian wool amid rising military demand and potential import restrictions.
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Canada
Dominion
Charcoal Use Expands In Aircraft and Industry
Canadian Forest Products Laboratories report charcoal demand rises as it enables light-weight aircraft construction and producer gas for engines. Before the war it served mainly for kindling and camp stoves. now Europe and Australia use it to replace gasoline in buses tractors and cars. Kiln and retort methods yield charcoal and by-products from hardwoods like maple beech and yellow birch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
Forest Products Laboratories
Department of Mines and Resources
Europe
Australia
Postal Rules Ban Items Across Many Nations
The Canadian Official Postal Guide lists items restricted from mailing to various countries and regions. It covers weapons, pornography, edible items, stamps, and timing devices, noting bans in places from Estonia to New Zealand and distant entries like Argentina and Bulgaria, with Canada enforcing prohibitions on obscene books.
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Guatemala
Nicaragua
British India
Burma
Estonia
Latvia
Lithuania
Bolivia
British Honduras
Cyprus
Dahomey
Dominican Republic
Ivory Coast
Africa
Mauritius
Iran
Iraq
Yugoslavia
Bulgaria
Spain
Tunisia
Russia
New Caledonia
South Africa
New Zealand
United States
Canada
Belgian unions endure under Nazi occupation
Belgian workers kept labor organizations alive despite German terror. A union with 23,000 members has lost only 1,500 since the occupation. In a bold strike, 123,000 workers in metallurgy, textiles, and public services walked out despite German opposition.
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Belgium
Cake packing tricks travel well for army mail
Mrs. W. H. Robinson of Greybull Wyoming solved a packing problem by surrounding a cake with light puffy stuffing to prevent crushing en route to her son in the army. The method also doubles as a two course snack and saves postage.
Belief in Two Blood Types Debated in History
A line reflects an old notion that humanity held two kinds of blood one in the veins and another in the arteries. The excerpt shows a historical view on blood classification and its evolution.
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Floating Cinemas
Pmc
Sable Island
Atlantic
Nova Scotia
Northern
Manitoba
Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada
U.S. Army
Press of
South America
BBC Bulletin
Pulp and Paper
Wiere
National Railways
Canadian National Railways
C. D. Howe
Angus Macdonald
Naval Services
W. P. Mulock
R. C. Vaughan
Howe
Josephine Skull
Mr. Macdonald
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