Air Blockade Drives Allied Air Offensive From Britain to Europe
The article notes a long Allied air campaign against Germany and occupied territories as part of a master plan. It recalls the Battle of Britain three years prior, when the Royal Air Force, though outnumbered, destroyed 2 375 German planes with 735 British losses, establishing air supremacy over Britain and extending it toward Europe as more planes and men joined the effort.
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Germany
Britain
Royal Air Force
Luftwaffe
English Channel
Europe
R A F Trained For Offensive
The Luftwaffe was built up as a support for land armies while Britain planned to use the RAF to enforce an air blockade supplementing naval power. Land forces form one fifth of war strength. four fifths lie in war industries and transport. RAF raids on Hamburg Essen Cologne and other cities demolished targets and disrupted German industry and morale.
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Luftwaffe
Germany
Britain
R.A F
Royal Air Force
Hambourg
Essen
Cologne
Oil Supplies Reduced in Allied Air Blockade Efforts
The article notes the RAF air campaign boosting the naval blockade against Nazi Germany. It cites cuts to Hitler's pre war imports and targeted raids on oil wells and refineries. It also reports rail disruption, locomotive damage, and frequent attacks on German locomotive factories as part of an intensified air offensive.
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Royal Air Force
Royal Navy
Hitler
Germany
Europe
Wartime pickle recipes offer low sugar relishes
The Wartime Information Board Consumer Information Service presents two unusual relishes. Vegetable Marrow Chutney uses marrow salt and spices to create a thick pickle, while Uncooked Vegetable Salad Pickle combines tomatoes peppers onions celery and hot chilies with vinegar sugar and spices for eight pints. Low sugar versions are available on request from the Dominion Department of Agriculture in Ottawa.
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Consumer Information Service
Wartime Information Board
Dominion Department of Agriculture
Ottawa
Colonial cost shares and British aid for India’s defense
The United Kingdom bears most defence costs of the Colonial Empire while colonial territories pay little more than five percent of their budgets. Britain provides large scale financial help for India’s defence and covers India's troops abroad. In a separate note, the pansy is identified as a violet family garden flower.
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United Kingdom
Britain
India
Our Boys And Girls On Active Service In Wartime Canada
A wartime roundup notes artifacts returned from Hong Kong by D. G. E Middelburg. It highlights Western Canadians earning Military Cross and Military Medal for Sicily bravery, plus RAF crosses for Canadian fliers. It praises blood donor efforts and recalls a rescue of ten airmen by HMCS Gian.
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U.S
H.M.C.S
Atlantic
Stoker
Sidney Francis
North Battleford
Sask
John Baker
Moose Jaw
Carl Thorndson
Camrose
Alta
Calgary
Winnipeg
Vancouver
Railway Appointment Succeeds A. A. Campbell
E H Jenkins of Edmonton is named assistant general superintendent car equipment for Canadian National Railways in an official announcement by A Beardshaw. Jenkins will base at Winnipeg and began railway work in 1910 as a coach carpenter, later moving to Edmonton in 1939. Campbell retires after 35 years in service.
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A. A. Campbell
E. H. Jenkins
Edmonton
Canadian National Railways
A. Beardshaw
Jenkins
Winnipeg
Mr. Jenkins
Fort Rouge
Belmont
Rainy River
Mr. Campbell
Rivers
Transcona
Canadian Troops to Receive Salmon and Cod Supplies Overseas
Hon. Ernest Bertrand states Canada will ship 1,200,000 cases of salmon and 1,000,000 cases of herring overseas this year. He adds 9,000,000 pounds of frozen cod fillets and 25,000,000 pounds of salt cod are being requisitioned for United Nations consumption.
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Ernest Bertrand
Victoria
United Nations
Java the densest island hosts over 36 million in 1932
Java spans 48 504 square miles and is the world's most densely populated island. In 1932 its population exceeded 36 000 000, reflecting intense concentration of people on a limited land area.
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Java
Uniform marine tonnage method sought by Roosevelt era
The Halifax Chronicle notes multiple tonnage definitions from dead weight to bale cubic capacity and urges a single standard. It recalls Roosevelt directing the War Shipping Administrator and Navy to devise a uniform calculation to clarify statistics on ship losses and construction. It contrasts with a playful past image of grapes near the Arctic Circle and breadfruit in Oregon.
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Roosevelt
War Shipping Administrator
Navy Department
Halifax Chronicle
Arctic Circle
Oregon
Colorado
South Dakota
Swine Erysipelas Common in Continental Europe and Britain
Swine erysipelas has long plagued Continental Europe and the British Isles, especially in young pigs under six months, with outbreaks common in spring to fall. The organism erysipelothrix rhusiopathae lives in soil and can seed recurrent infections. carriers remain infectious. Symptoms include acute, chronic, and skin types. diamond skin disease features red patches on lighter areas of skin. Post mortems show pneumonia in acute cases and spleen enlargement. cauliflowers on heart valves in chronic form. Diagnosis uses laboratory testing and blood samples. Treatment focuses on isolation, soft food, and swine erysipelas serum injections, with prevention via age-based serum dosing and sanitation.
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Europe
British Isles
Deepest British Empire Well Reaches 11,833 Feet Near Calgary
Shell Oil Explorations tests at Jumping Pound, 25 miles southwest of Calgary, have hit 11,833 feet, aiming to reach 250 more feet in limestone. Turner Valley wells remain the only Alberta Madison limestone producers. Sir James Morton, famed for fast colors, dies at 76 near Cumberland. Buy War Savings Stamps Refilarly.
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British Empire
Shell Oil Exploration
Jumping Pound
Calgary
Shell
Turner Valley
Madison
Alberta
James Morton
Cumberland
Britain
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Neepawa
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R. W. Elienwood
J. G. McBride
Carlyle, Sask
Marie Christie
Canadian Women’s Army Corps
Broadway
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New York
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Elbow
F.O. D. B. Williams
Saskatoon
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Turin
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Edward Reed
Hamilton
Burgess Radio
TN Ae
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Iid Eee
British Columbia
Associated Screen Studios
Christmas Carton
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Rey
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