Canada’s Naval Power Growth Boosts World Ranking
Canada has rapidly expanded its Royal Canadian Navy over five years from about a dozen ships and 1,700 personnel to hundreds of ships and roughly 100,000 sailors. The country is now the fourth largest sea power, with Britain, the United States, and Japan ahead, and Canada poised to reach third as Japan’s dominance wanes. The growth includes more bases, yards, and other naval support.
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Royal Canadian Navy
Canada
Britain
United States
Japan
Record of Canadian Navy in Combat
The Royal Canadian Navy’s wartime record is hailed as splendid with 109 ships in Europe invasion and 10 000 sailors. A record convoy of 150 ships carried over a million tons of materials, and Canadian ships sank 13 surface ships and 15 submarines while damaging or capturing 17 more. Plans call for a postwar force of up to 15 000 and two aircraft carriers, two cruisers, and light destroyers at a possible 50 million dollar annual peacetime budget.
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Royal Canadian Navy
Macdonald
Europe
North Atlantic
Canada
Father and son share battle Bible from World War II days
At a New York Port of Embarkation camp a father and son reunited. Master Sgt. Galan Swank, once of Minneapolis and now Conyers, N Y, presented Staff Sgt. Marcell Swank with a bloodstained Bible he carried through Dieppe El Guettar Tunisia Sicily Salerno and the Italian campaign.
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New York Port of Embarka
Galan Swank
Conyers
N.Y
Minneapolis
Dieppe
Swank
North Africa
el Guettar
M i
Tunisia
Sicily
Salerno
Italy
IMPLEMENT FACTORY PURCHASED GREGG MACHINERY PLANT
Canadian Co-operative Implements Ltd buys Gregg Manufacturing Co. Winnipeg plant for about 400000 dollars. J B Brown confirms potential prairie government support up to 250000 dollars. The C C I consists of farmers from the three prairie provinces.
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Canadian Co-operative Implements, Ltd
Gregg Manufacturing Co
Winnipeg
J. B. Brown
Netherlands Contributes Over Two Million Tons to UN Ship Ping Pool
The Netherlands reports a contribution exceeding 2,000,000 tons to the United Nations ship ping pool. The announcement highlights the nation's commitment to international maritime logistics and aid efforts.
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Netherlands
United Nations
Smile a While Jokes and Quips From Everyday Life
A string of light humor and misheard lines features a systematic wife, a banter about trumpets, a black patched hat mistaken for an injury, and quips about money and marriage. The snippets include jokes about camouflage, household mishaps, and family roles told in a casual domestic tone.
Price Control And Rationing Information Q&A
Q and A cover valid sugar coupons in Book 3 and decline of extra tea and cream, plus milk allowance. It notes second tea or coffee servings allowed with limits, and that ration books printed before changes will not yet use tea coffee coupons. It also explains auto model year change and birth certificate rules for ration books.
Trained in Canada Under Commonwealth Air Plan
Canada has trained over 200000 air force personnel under the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan. At least half are highly skilled air crew members.
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Canada
End Constipation With All Bran Daily
A reader endorses Kellogg's All-Bran as a daily bulk alongside ample water rather than harsh laxatives. The ad promotes All-Bran as a nutritious cereal, not a medicine, with instructions to use daily and mentions availability at grocers in London, Canada.
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Kellogg’s
London
Canada
Canadians abandon insignia before Gothic Line push
Report describes security measures before the Italian Gothic Line action in World War II. Canadian troops removed “Canada” badges and regimental flashes, keeping towns out of bounds. After the security ban ended, they appeared before Florence and launched the assault on the Gothic Line. A photo shows a regiment’s prank following the ban lifting.
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Italy
Canada
Cassino
Florence
James Gordon Bennett Declares Delmonico’s Mistake
A Christmas morning scene at Delmonico’s ends with a waiter discovering six $1,000 bills in a waiter’s roll given by James Gordon Bennett. Bennett corrects the error and insists the money be returned to his waiter, asserting he never makes mistakes.
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James Gordon Bennett
New York
Delmonico’s
Mr. Bennett
Butter Fat Spread Aids Troops In Pacific Campaign
A tropical butter fat spread made from creamery butter in Australia and New Zealand resists melting below 105 degrees F. If it melts, it can be re incorporated by stirring. The spread has proven a boon to troops in the Pacific theater.
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Australia
New Zealand
Pacific
Drums Signal Training Shine at Conestoga Wrens Station
At Conestoga training establishment in Galt the Women's Royal Canadian Naval Service Wrens learn drums led by Lorraine McAuley and Joan McMaster. Enthusiasm grows as recruits perform for morning parades and inspections. Grace Prestley, from Regina, plays the bass drum as officers’ training continues.
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Drake
Hmcs
Conestoga
Royal Canadian Naval Service
Galt
Lorraine McAuley
Winnipeg
Man
Joan McMaster
Orangeville
Ont
McAuley
McMaster
Grace Prestley
Regina
Sask
Carry On for Sailors After Europe Victory
The piece urges continuing support for Canadian sailors and merchant seamen after Germany’s defeat. It notes Canada will join the Pacific campaign proportionally and stresses long-term care, supplies, and morale for seafaring personnel as they prepare for postwar duties.
CWAC Visitors Impress US Army Camp at Santa Monica
Two Canadian Women’s Army Corps members Sgt Edna Mitchell of Vancouver and Pte Shirley Granger of Kimberley BC were hosted by the US Army Recreation Camp at Santa Monica California. The visitors enjoyed 14 days of Southern California sights and hospitality and returned to their Vancouver posts.
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Uncle Sam‘s Army
Vancouver
Canadian Women’s Army Corps
Edna Mitchell
Shirley Granger
Kimberley
B.C
Santa Monica
California
Canadian CWAC officer Therese Vanier posted to Paris
The account highlights 2nd Lieut Therese Vanier of Montreal being posted from England to Paris as one of the first CWAC officers there. It covers her reunion with her father Major General George Vanier, her escape from France in 1940, and prior service in the Mechanized Transport Corps and Fighting French before transferring to CWAC in 1943. It also notes a London Ontario CWAC visit revealing army barracks pets including Muddles and Peachy among plush and yarn figures on beds.
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Therese Vanier
C.W.A.C
Montreal
England
Paris
C.w.ac
George E. Vanier
France
Lieut. Vanier
Mechanized Transport Corps
London
Cwaccom
CWAC
Ont
Carrot Leaves Worn By Elizabethan Ladies In Hair
A historical note recalls that carrot leaves were once thought decorative enough for English ladies in Queen Elizabeth I’s era to wear in their hair as substitutes for feathers.
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Queen Elizabeth
Britain and France After War Struggle Said Unequal in Devastation
A London correspondent for the Ottawa Journal argues that Britain bears heavier wartime casualties and physical ruin than France, while France holds a strong gold reserve and may recover faster economically. The piece contrasts Paris largely intact with London in ruins and warns against underestimating Britain’s losses.
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France
Britain
London
Ottawa Journal
Paris
Great Britain
Astronomer Royal Replaces Clocks With Quartz Chronometers
Sir Harold Spencer Jones replaces pen dulum clocks at Greenwich Royal Observatory with quartz crystal chronometers accurate to 1 in 109000 part of a day. The new timing method aids work at Greenwich and in checking service instruments. Wireless time regulators are now controlled by it.
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Harold Spencer Jones
Greenwich Royal Observatory
Greenwich
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