Battle Scarred Bugle Honors Hong Kong Stand Soldiers
A dented battle scarred bugle and a Royal Winnipeg Rifles hat badge returned to Canada from Hong Kong honor the 1st Battalion Winnipeg Grenadiers heroic stand in 1941. The bugle, traced to Winnipeg Grenadiers, was presented by Lieut Col Scott as a reminder of unit courage. The hat badge rests with other regimental relics and confirms some RW R members served with the Grenadiers in Hong Kong.
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Royal Winnipeg Rifles
Winnipeg
Canada
Winnipeg Grenadiers
Hong Kong
D . E. Middelburg
Netherlands
Toronto
S&s. M. Scott
R.W.R
Riel
Louis Riel
Black Devils
Rifles
Far East
Russell Smith
Pte
Frank Smith
Pritchard Avenue
R.w.r.’S
Pte. Smith
J. E Tulloch
Dad
Grenadiers
Russell
Anne Smith
Royal Winnipeg Rites
Evacuation Splits BC Economy as Japanese Property Passes On
About 22 900 Japanese evacuated from British Columbia coast after Pearl Harbor. Chinese and Whites moved into former Japanese stores boats farms and timber holdings. Custodian says liquidation followed by public tenders with funds credited to former owners. Dominion order challenged by three evacuees.
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British Columbia
Pearl Harbor
Vancouver
Tokyo
Chungking
F. G. Shears
Dominion Order In Council
Dominion
Kenya Wheat Drive for Middle East Armies Begins
The Kenya Agriculture Production Board starts large scale wheat production to serve Middle East armies. Local bread now mixes 30 percent maize to free more wheat for the forces. The letter z is noted as the least used in English.
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Kenya Agriculture Production Board
Middle East
Evacuated Children and Aircrew Appointments Across Canada and Germany
The report compares German home front warnings on evacuation with Allied air threat effects and lists five Alberta and several British Columbia pilot students and navigators commissioned after training. Names include Arthur D. Lewis, Walter Basarab, Gordon Low, Douglas Pearce, Frederick Wood, and Kendal Fee among others, reflecting wartime advancement and morale concerns.
Cripps Reveals Aircraft Repair Figures and Innovations
The London correspondent reports Sir Stafford Cripps presenting figures on 1940 aircraft repair. First half 1941 repairs show 1080 frames 945 engines and 2207 propellers. Planes are repaired multiple times and new cable cutters are fitted to bombers to clear fields faster. Sixteen cutters per bomber and a precise manufacturing process noted.
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London
Ottawa Journal
Stafford Cripps
Bierwagon Sought Name Change Over Embarrassing Remark
Stanley and Margaret Bierwagon petitioned the Los Angeles superior court to change their surname to Mitchell to avoid ongoing face threats and embarrassing remarks. The filing cites the name as a source of ridicule and requests a legal correction.
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Stanley
Margaret Bierwagon
Los Angeles
Mitchell
New Diving Oxide Anesthetic Boasts Rapid Action
A novel diving oxide anesthetic is claimed to work faster and more efficiently than ether chloroform or other gases. Saturn’s rings are described as composed of many small moons bound by gravity.
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Saturn
World’s Best Loved Poems advertised by Home Service
A 32 page booklet features Riley and Browning poems and selections from Stevenson and more. Readers are urged to send 15 cents in coins with name address and the World’s Best-Loved Poems title to Home Service Dept Winnipeg Newspaper Union 175 McDermot Ave Winnipeg Man.
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Ike Walton
James Whitcomb Riley
Browning
Pippa
Stevenson
Home Service Dept
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave. E
Winnipeg
Man
Phrase origin tied to 1637 siege dilemma
The saying between the devil and the deep blue sea traces to 1637 a Scottish regiment trapped between the sea and Swedish artillery during a wartime stand.
Postwar aviation to foster peace and understanding
United Nations plans postwar aviation as a key peace factor. Captain Lamplugh argues safe, economical air transport will cut misunderstandings and war, with Britain backing regulated international routes and affordable costs. Glider tow experiments signal future possibilities for cross-border freight and internal services. The UN aims to use air as a peaceful communication means to deepen mutual understanding and prevent future conflicts.
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A. G. Lamplugh
Earth
Britain
United Nations
Atlantic
Canada
Atlantic Ocean
United Kingdom
Governor General and Princess Alice Tour Canada Ends Ottawa Visit
The Governor General and Princess Alice wrap a seven week cross country journey by train plane auto mobile and horseback through far northwestern Canada. They return to Ottawa reflecting that Governors General remain Canada s staunch friends. The piece notes Fahrenheit origin and wartime savings ad.
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Princess Alice
Rideau Hall
Canada
Ottawa
Dominion
Ottawa Journal
W A A F Chief Visits Canada on Coast to Coast Tour
Air Chief Commandant K J Tre fusis Forbes head of the British W A A F arrives in Canada for a coast to coast tour. She will visit Royal Canadian Air Force Women’s Division units while remaining senior officer of the W A A F though relinquishing duties as director for the tour.
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K. J. Trefusis Forbes
C.B.E
W.A.A.F
Canada
Royal Canadian Air Force
Women's Auxiliary Air Force
R.A.F
Study On Preventing German Scorched Earth Tactics
Patriots in Holland Belgium and France study methods to hinder German scorched earth retreating operations. They recall the wartime destruction in Belgium and France including flooding of mines and long restoration. Warnings urge districts to protect mineral wealth production and transport facilities.
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Holland
Belgium
France
Rag Doll Twins Pattern 7627 For Winnipeg readers
Pattern 7627 offers a doll with a three piece head and two piece body plus scrap fabric clothes. Transfers for doll and clothes included. Send twenty cents to Household Arts Department Winnipeg Newspaper Union 175 McDermot Avenue E Winnipeg Man. Include name address pattern number. Mails may take four weeks.
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Household Arts Department
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Avenue E
Winnipeg
Man
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Kenya
R.C.A.F
AW2
Patricia Braum
Horace Braum
Fredericton, N.B
R.c.af. School of Photography
Rockcliffe
Air Force Commissions
No. 4 Training Command Ministry
Calgary
Mannheim
Poland
Gestapo
Germany
Propaganda
Deutsche Bergwerks Zeitung
Hamburg
Hamburger Fremdenblatt
Hamburger Tageblatt
Muenchner Neuste Nachrichten
New York Times
No. 2 Air Observer School
Edmonton
Garfield W. Cross
Ronald C. Shaw
Kenneth D. Clements
Kimberley
B.C
Lloyd G. Peardon
New Westminster
Kenneth I. Durk
Leonard F. Paxon
Carbon
Alberta
Karl G. Gutensohn
Frederick C. Samuels
Donald B. MacMillan
Victoria
John H. Sargent
New Hazelton
Jack K. Balcombe
James R. L. Linn
Lethbridge
Frank A. Theriault
Leduc
Alto
James S. Thomson
John A. Wolf
Howard L. Tilley
Oyen
Bryn E. Roberts
Poe
Alta
Joseph P. Berube
Prince Albert
Sask
John Keple
Regina
Home Service
The
Fahrenheit
Gabriel Daniel Fahrenheit
W.A.A.F. Chief
Rag Doll
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