India Builds War Industries Rapidly During Five Years
Government report details India’s aircraft sector growing from a single Hindustan Aircraft factory output to 18 civil maintenance units and many private firms producing 1,006 parts. Shipbuilding expanded to 56 firms employing 50,000 with over 100 large ships built in two years. Directorates oversee aircraft and ship programs, while trained labor shortages hinder progress and a $3 million government boost underpins expansion.
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Hindustand Aircraft Factory
India
Ministry of Aircraft Production
England
Directorate General of Shipbuilding
Government of
Largest Canadian multi-engined transport York completes trials
Victory Aircraft reports the York freighter completed flying trials at Malton Airport with Capt. Ernest Taylor as chief test pilot and Capt. Don Rogers as co pilot. The four motor high wing monoplane cruised at 220 mph at 5000 feet and may reach 300 mph at 12000 feet. The freighter panel measures 60 feet by nine feet and was designed to carry a Hurricane fighter without wings.
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Canada
Malton
Victory Aircraft, Ltd
York
Ernest Taylor
Don Rogers
Walter Duncan
Victory
Band Plays On After Robot Bomb Lands Near Park
A robot bomb landed near a band stand where a military band performed. The blast uprooted trees and stripped leaves. An observer noted the extraordinary effect, while another commented that the band kept playing throughout.
Papanek Urges Small States to Share German Roles
At Albany Dr Jan Papanek minister plenipotentiary of the Czecho Slovak Government urged that small European countries be given some industrial functions of Germany to make them stabilizers in Central Europe.
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Albany, N.Y
Jan Papanek
Germany
Europe
King George Views Plotting Room Where D-Day Was Planned
In a 100 foot underground Portsmouth combined headquarters plotting room the King and senior officers observed the naval invasion plan for Western Europe on D-Day. Eight Wrens and a WAAF member worked at telephones around a large map as 5,000 signals were sent and over 450 service women guarded the lines.
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Western
Europe
Portsmouth
Commodore G. Bellars
James Little
Wrens
W.A.A.F
Channel
Perfect Car Built for Moscow Draws Secret Delivery
The British factory completed a deluxe $20,000 eight cylinder Sedanca de Ville type car for a Russian government official. It features an open driver compartment and a closed air conditioned passenger area, powered wipers, heated components, and anti freeze measures. The designer’s identity is kept secret to prevent duplication.
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Moscow
London Daily Mail
Mail
Bat the Mail
Soviet U.S. Diplomatic Ties Mark 11th Anniversary
The Soviet press hailed the eleventh anniversary of formal diplomatic ties between the USSR and the United States as the most important date in the history of relations between the two democracies.
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Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
United States
Reunion of Army Couple Brings Frontline Moment
A Davenport Iowa couple marked their first reunion at the Western Front. Lieutenant Richard K. Sunderbruch of the Signal Corps, wounded at Aachen, met his wife, a lieutenant in the Army Nurse Corps, serving at an evacuation hospital behind the lines.
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France
Richard K. Sunderbruch
Davenport
Iowa
Signal Corps
Aachen
Army Nurse Corps
Canadian CWAC officers enter Royal Military College program
Five officers of the Canadian Women’s Army Corps join the Canadian War Staff course at Royal Military College Kingston marking a first for female officers in the program. The three month, full course includes training, administration and supply studies with officers posting to RMC on December 13. Maj. F. E. H. Carter Ottawa Camp Borden Capt. A. Jean MacLennan Victoria Pacific Command Capt. Eleanor C. Riley Winnipeg Headquarters M.D. 10 Capt. Jessie Millar Victoria Headquarters M.D. 4 Lieut. Jane M. Johnson Oshawa Headquarters M.D. 2.
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Canadian Women’s Army Corps
Canadian War Staff
Royal Military College
Kingston
Ont
Defence Headquarters
C.W.A.C
Canada
Russians Return From Europe as War Prisoners Arrive
Russia secured acquiescence to repatriate Soviet citizens held after forced service in German forces. About ten thousand prisoners and civilians reached Murmansk from Britain, with more to follow as transport becomes available. The dispute over Russians captured with German troops influenced wartime policy and Eden reportedly protested harsh resistance by some troops.
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Russia
Europe
Murmansk
Britain
Foreign Office
Eden
Christmas Seals Aid Tuberculosis Prevention and Rescue Efforts
E L Ross explains that Christmas Seals funds support the Manitoba Sanatorium Board tuberculosis prevention, traveling clinics, and surveys. The program aims to x ray contacts of cases, identify early infections, and expand coast-to-coast surveys financed by seal sales.
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E. L. Ross
M.D
Sanatorium Board of Manitoba
Manitoba
Canada
Brandon
Dauphin
Portage la Prairie
Selkirk
Sanatorium Board of
Ninette
Post War Education Grants Urged for Canada
Ottawa inspector Robert Westwater argues that Canada must fund postwar adult education to match advances by armed forces personnel. He calls for generous grants to expand programs and access nationwide.
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Robert Westwater
Ottawa
Canada
Hippos Can Stay Underwater About Five Minutes
A short note states that hippopotamuses can remain submerged for roughly five minutes. It highlights the animal's aquatic adaptation and breathing limits.
Remember The Lesson Germans Prepared To Wage War Again
A London Sunday Chronicle editorial warns readers that captured German soldiers and Hitler Youth broadcasts signal a repeat threat. The piece urges vigilance, noting Germany already won and lost vast territory by murder and will again seek to deceive and attack with feigned mercy.
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East Prussia
London Sunday Chronicle
Quilted Boots Pattern 7256 Offer From Winnipeg
Alice Brooks promotes a quick to make quilted boots gift in gay colors for housewives or career women. Pattern 7256 includes sizes small to large and directions. Send twenty cents to Household Arts Department Winnipeg Newspaper Union to receive the pattern. Mail slowness may delay delivery.
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Household Arts Department
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Avenue
Winnipeg
Man
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