Canada’s Returning Soldiers Will Shape Its Future
In a message from Ross Munro, 1st Canadian Army commander, he declares the army is to dissolve as soldiers return home. He stresses the future rests with returning overseas troops, praising their leadership, sacrifice, and the need for peacetime opportunity to prove the traits shown in war. He links Canada’s democratic life to Lincoln’s ideal of government by the people.
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Ross Munro
EN Crepar
Canada
Hitler
Germany
Army of Canada
1St Canadian Army
1St
Abraham Lincoln
Pansy Tam
Oakland
Chinatown
Grant Avenue
Bell Telephone Company
Chinatown Exchange
Jet Planes Bring Simpler Flying and Hidden Secrets
Britain and the United States announce new jet planes the RAF Meteor and the American P-51 Shooting Star. The jet engine promises reduced weight and simpler operation with fewer instruments, potentially transforming aircraft production and fuel use as kerosene and coal-based oils loom as alternatives.
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U.S
Barry Fitzgerald Delayed Dinner Visit in Hollywood
The New Yorker reports Barry Fitzgerald was late to his brother's Holly wood home after being detained by people who claimed they stood up and believed they had gone. Fitzgerald described the incident as furious and odd.
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Barry Fitzgerald
Hollywood
The
New Yorker
Mr. Fitzgerald
Plane delivers food to banquet after meals go missing
A Buffalo room service crew solved a Toronto conference crisis for 25 American Airlines officials by delivering hot meals within an hour. They had telephoned Buffalo after V E Day celebrations left them without meals, and a scheduled plane arrived with thermos dishes of chicken, salad and dessert.
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Buffalo N.Y
American Air Lines
Toronto
Buffalo
Ditton Park served in war as Royal Navy compass station
Ditton Park a noted British moated manor housed the Royal Navy Compass Department. It provided a staff of scientists navigators and skilled workers who produced magnetic and gyro-compasses to meet wartime naval needs.
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Ditton Park
Britain
Royal Navy
Glass that kills flies by light and heat absorbing property
A Birmingham scientist Dr. W. M. Hampton reports a bluish glass named 3A anti-fade that absorbs heat rays and kills flies, initially tested in an abattoir window. its mechanism remains unexplained. Firestone introduces world’s largest tires with 34 plies and three miles of piano wire for earth moving and military airport construction, 9.5 feet tall and over three feet wide.
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Birmingham
W. M. Hampton
Hampton
Firestone Tire & Rubber Co
Sault Ste. Marie Locks Guarded During War Tension
Special correspondent Austin F. Cross describes heavily defended locks on the St Marys, with Canadian and American fortifications, searchlights, and anti aircraft guns. The piece notes wartime traffic, troop expansions after Pearl Harbor, and cross border forces including American negro troops.
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Sault Ste. Marie
U.S
Mesabi
Michigan
Minnesota
United States
Canada
Wartim
Acros
Great Lakes
Europe
Pearl Harbor
Their For Brady
Sault Ste Marie
Ont
Mich
Hitler Memorabilia Found in Munich Safe
United States 179th Infantry men opened Hitler’s private Munich safe on Aussere Prinz Regenten Strasse. They found 12 autographed first edition copies of Mein Kampf, no other papers, and a bomb proof underground shelter with steel doors and a small electric kitchen.
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United States
179Th Infantry
Hitler
Aussere Prinz Regenten Strasse
Fuehrer
Germany
Munich
Berlin
Obersalzberg
Berchtesgaden
Koenigsplatz
Summer crochet hat and purse pattern offer
Quick inexpensive project for a hat and purse set using two med lions joined together. Pattern 7416 provides directions and requires twenty cents. send to Household Arts Department Winnipeg Newspaper Univ 175 McDermot Avenue, Winnipeg, with name and address clearly written. Mail delays may extend delivery.
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Winnipeg
Univ
McDermot Avenue
Winnipe Man
Britons to Emigrate to Commonwealth Satellite Towns
A memorandum to the Manchester district planning committee proposes emigration of five million Britons to satellite towns within the Commonwealth with an English town acting as the “big brother.” The report was prepared by E H Leemin, surveyor for Urmston district council.
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Big Brothers
Manchester and District Regional Planning Committee
E. H. Leemin
Urmston Distric
Admiralty Rejects Oak for Shipbuilding in 1540 Debate
The British Admiralty in 1540 contended that oak was superior to fir and refused to accept the material for shipbuilding.
Miners Find Lumber Enough for Twenty Homes
A single minesweeper yields lumber sufficient to construct twenty average civilian homes. Officials confirm the find as a notable resource gain.
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Wagher
Friede
Austin F. Cross
Ottawa Evening Citizen
San Francisco
Sing Lee
Lee
Ottawa
Ontario
St. Mary River
Washington
Ger
Hudson Bay
Alice Brooks
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