Courage Shown By Airmen Who Ride The Limitless Skies
Airmen of the Royal Canadian Air Force endure rain and cold to press on with missions over the North Sea. A squadron sergeant recalls escorting convoy strikes and the perilous high altitude battles that mark their war effort. A Warsaw tale shows grit as Polish aviator Anna flies from factories to airfields and trains to handle heavy bombers for the RAF.
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Joan Clarke
RCAF
Royal Canadian Air Force
North Sea
Sergeant Smith
Toronto
Smitty
Regina
Montreal
R.C.A.F
Anna
Air Transport Auxiliary
Polish Telegraph Agency
United Kingdom
Poland
Rumania
Jugoslavia
France
Paris
Rue de Rivoli
Great Britain
England
Pauline Gower
Air Transport Auxiliary Service
Royal Air Force
Gandhi as a Natty Dresser in Youth and Later Politics
William J. Brittain recalls Gandhi as a slender youth who prided himself on appearance while a barrister and later as a political figure. The piece notes Gandhi’s early legal career in England India and South Africa and links his asceticism to political strategy amid turbulent times.
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Gandhi
Wiliam J. Brittain
Great Britain and the East
India
South Africa
Sir Alfred Watson
Sweden to Produce 6000 Tons of Beet Coffee Substitutes
Sweden announces a plan to manufacture about 6000 tons of coffee substitutes from sugar beets. The project aims to reduce reliance on imported coffee by using domestic beet processing and related plant operations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sweden
Disliked Dieppe Raid Film Sparks Swiss Furor
A German propaganda film about the Dieppe raid was pulled in Zurich after Swiss audiences roared with heckling and shouted for it to be shown elsewhere. National Zeitung called the filmed propaganda fake and biased. Eight Canadians sit in the British Parliament as a minor note.
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Dieppe
Zurich
Switzerland
National Zeitung
Killing Dutch Cattle for Nazi Fats Hit Dutch Dairy
The Windsor Star reports W L Clark saying Nazis will slaughter 100000 cows to boost German fat supplies. 187000 acres will be sown to rape seed to produce vegetable oil, a move that will hurt Dutch dairy herds and burden local people within two years.
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Netherlands
W. L. Clark
Windsor Star
Germany
Reich
Europe
Canada Hosts Allied Recruits and Wartime Training Grounds
Canada provides training facilities for allied nations' forces as war shifts global roles. Norway operates two air schools in Ontario while Belgium Poland and the Netherlands run training units in Canada. Royal families and exiled governments also reside in Canada during the Second Great War.
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Canada
Becomig
Netherlands
Luxembourg
Norway
Poland
Belgium
Royal Air Force
Ontario
Toronto
Gravenhurst
Muskoka
Atlantic
Britain
Joliette
Que
Windsor
Ont
Owen Sound
Royal Netherlands Army
Juliana Barracks
Stratford
Europe
Juliana
Wilhelmina
Ottawa
Charlotte
London
Washington
Montreal
Royal Family of
Quebec
Changing London Every Generation Loses Its Youth
Almey St. John Adcock recalls how London changes across generations. He notes the Great Fire, railway expansion, and wartime scars reshape the capital while street facades often mask deeper ruin beneath.
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London
Almey St
Guide To Britain Troops Over There
A London Spectator review praises a newly issued pocket sized Short Guide to Great Britain for American troops. It highlights a map of the British Isles, a bilingual glossary with bake shop terms, and insignia cuts for services. The author, once a publicity agent, is acclaimed for the work. Psychologists note one fourth of drugstore shoppers pause at the fountain.
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Great Britain
British Isles
Navy
Air Force
New York
London Spectator
Whaling Declares Dominant Industry For Antarctica
A historical note claims whaling is the sole industry on the Antarctic continent. It states that whaling dominates economic activity across the region, with no other industries identified.
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Antarctica
Quantity And Variety In Easy To Do Gifts
Gift pattern 7283 offers fourteen craft articles with full instructions and materials lists. Send twenty cents to Household Arts Department at Winnipeg Newspaper Union, 175 McDermot Avenue, Winnipeg Manitoba, including name address and pattern number.
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Household Arts Department
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Avenue
Winnipeg
Man
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New Zealand
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Russia
Red Army
Rhzev
Zubtrov
U.S.S.R
Prices and Trade Board
British Board of Trade
Munitions and Supply Department
John H. F. Turner
Prices Board
Turner
Dominion
Guide To
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