Battleships Helped Salerno Infantry Push Forward
Lt Commander Thomas Woodrooffe recalls how Valiant and Warspite bombarded the Salerno coast aiding infantry. He notes mine sweeps air cover and anti submarine screens kept ships safe as Italian fleet faded, enabling a strategic shift of British naval power toward the Far East and India via Suez.
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Thomas Woodrooffe
London
Valiant
Warspite
Salerno
Mediterranean
Salerno Gulf
Gulf
United States
Italy
Japan
Far East
Malta
India
Suez
Cape
Burma
Buried Treasures Found in Lincoln Cathedral Chamber
Irreplaceable artifacts from Lon dorn’s Lincoln cathedral lie sealed in a rock chamber sixty feet underground for safekeeping. An archival note mentions a depth of 60 feet and a single code 2542 accompanying the find.
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Londorn
Lincoln Cathedral
New Mosquito Aircraft Combines Multiple Roles
The Mosquito family adds a fighter-bomber variant capable of a 1000 lb bomb load along with four cannons and four machine guns. It serves as day and night bomber, fighter, reconnaissance bomber, and rapid transport, adapting after bombing runs to a swift fighter role.
Indian Labor Department enrolls thirty nine thousand trainees
Under India's Labor Department technical training plan thirty nine thousand trainees have been enrolled. A single army division overseas consumes seventy five thousand pounds of food daily.
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Technical Training Plan of
India
Labor Department
Costly conflict risks civilization says MP
A British member of Parliament warns the current conflict costs civilization about 422 million dollars daily. He says the price includes lost young lives and widespread destruction of the world’s architectural heritage. He urges every person to share the responsibility for returning to sanity and a better world, beyond statesmen alone.
Father of English watchmaking Thomas Tompson
Thomas Tompson, hailed as the father of English watchmaking, produced a vast array of clocks and watches at his works during the latter part of the 17th century.
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Thomas Tompson
German Luftwaffe Loses Thousands of Planes in North Africa
Allied authorities reported the German air force lost about 6,000 planes in a year of fighting with North African air forces. Allied losses ran about 1,500. The year also saw 185 enemy ships sunk, 353 damaged, and nearly 100,000 tons of bombs dropped.
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Luftwaffe
Europe
Canadian Bomber Groups In Britain Acquire New Names For The Different Squadrons
RC A F bomber groups in Britain adopt informal squadron names reflecting Canadian heritage. Moose Squadron honors Wing Commander John Fulton while Goose, Thunderbird, Iroquois, and Bluenose names reflect culture and regions. Lions benefit from a film company sponsorship, City of Bradford marks a city link, Leaside Squadron honors Leaside, Ontario.
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Britain
T. C. McCall
Rc.a.f
England
R.C.A.F
John
Moose) Fulton
D.S.O
D.F.C
A.F.C
RCAF
Tiny) Ferris
Edmonton
Canada
West
S. S. Blanchard
Brandon
Man
Thunderbird
Lancasters
W. H. Swetan
Kapuskasing
Ont
W. F. (Bills) Newson
Victoria
B.C
Halifax
C. E. Harris
Annapolis Royal
Maritine Provinces
Luenburg
Turnbull
D.F.M
Govan
Sask
Jay Chsanoff
Winnipeg
Bradford
J. A. P. Owen
Royal Air Force
J. D
Pat” Pattison
Toronto
T.C.A.F
Cmdr. C. W. A. McKay
Vancouver
Leaside
Learning New Words From Allied Food Habits
Catering for American troops in Britain has led to many new words for staff. The restaurant manager notes that crackers are now described as biscuits and syrup treacle or honey serve as molasses substitutes. Marmalade with breakfast meats is becoming common.
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Britain
Canadian Women's Army Corps learns ironing shirts
The unit has received training on ironing a shirt as part of a broad set of skills taught to all members, reflecting practical, everyday tasks included in their discipline.
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Canadian Women’s Army Corps
Cadet Training Emphasizes Citizenship Values
A core principle in Royal Canadian Army cadets training is to instill the value of good citizenship in youths.
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Royal Canadian Army Cadets
Gun Maker Gus Swebilius Turns Small Start Into Big Fortune
Carl Gustave Swebilius of Hamden Connecticut rose from a modest gun and tool maker to a fortune after supplying 25 000 50 caliber machine guns to Britain in 1940 41. His 1941 42 income exceeds a million dollars ranking second only to Louis B Mayer. A veteran of Sweden to US trade he helped Bj Browning develop the Browning machine gun and patented an aircraft mounted firing mechanism.
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Carl Gustave Swebilius
Hamden
Connecticut
Gus
U.S. Treasury
United States
Louis B. Mayer
Gus Swebilius
Sweden
John Moses Browning
Hidden War Hero Laughed at Nazis in French Farmhouse
The New York Journal American recounts an American pilot forced to parachute into occupied France who seeks shelter with an elderly farmer. She hides him by dressing him in women's clothes and making him work in the fields. He slips into disguise for weeks until he flirts and reveals his Dunkirk arrival.
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France
New York Journal-American
Dunkirk
Jaunty Beret and Matching Bag Crochet Pattern 7629
Instructions describe a pliant beret with a flirtatious ruffle and a matching bag to be crocheted at low cost using a short yarn. Pattern 7629 includes hat and purse directions, material list, and price twenty cents sent to the Household Arts Department in Winnipeg.
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Winnipeg
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T.C.A
M. B. Barclay
Trans-Canada Air Lines
Montreal
C. D. Howe
H. J. Symington
TCA
J. R. Baldwin
Privy Council Office
trans-Atlantic Air Service
R. F. George
Baldwin
Howe
Symington
Barclay
Air Force
Termoli
J. L. Jemmett
Kirkland Lake
Tpr
J. A. Reardon
Wetaskiwin
Alta
Germany
Winston Churchill
House of Commons
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