Sir Arthur Harris, The Man Directing Bomber Command
British Air Chief Marshal Arthur Harris leads Bomber Command with relentless focus and punctuality. His early life, rise from bugler to RAF commander, and wartime raids shape a controversial but pivotal figure in Allied air strategy. He champions heavy bomber offensives and believes mass raids can end the war, forecasting close cooperation with American airpower.
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Arthur Travers Harris
Bomber Command
RAF
Axis
Harris
Cheltenham
Rhodesia
Britain
France
Af.c
Royal Air Force
R.A.F
Bert
Germany
Me “A
United States
Hudson
Harvard
Ottawa
Electronic sewing machine to join plastics promises new bonding
RCA researchers under Dr George H Brown at Princeton develop an RF powered device that welds thermoplastics with a solid air and water tight seam. C N Vogler and R A Bierwirth lead the project, demonstrated at the Camden RCA plant, still in development and not in production.
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C. N. Vogler
R. A. Bierwirth
George H. Brown
Radio Corporation of America Laboratories
Princeton
N.J
Distant Paths and Fast Travel From Wolfe to Eden
The piece contrasts Anthony Eden’s rapid 24 hour hop from England to Quebec with General Wolfe’s 13 week voyage in 1759 toward Montcalm’s forces. It notes Wolfe died before steam, rail, or air, and reflects on how air travel shrinks the world and reshapes global conflict.
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Anthony Eden
England
Quebec
General Weelfe
Montcalm
Destiny
General Wolfe
New York Times
American Warships Repaired and Lend-Leased at Bases
A large number of American warships damaged in action have been put back into service at British naval bases. Ship stores fuel oil water harbour and crew expenses are all lend leased to American warships and merchant ships.
New Mathematics Textbook For Troops
Canadian Legion War Services offers Practical Mathematics for Soldiers teaching basic operations, fractions, decimals, algebra, geometry and trigonometry. It uses real military problems such as shell counts and distance comparisons to build arithmetic skills for soldiers and civilians, with notes on money management and English monetary terms.
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Pte
Illsley
Spr
Couchouron
Canadian Legion War Services
Britain
Labour MPs Endorse Public Schools Reform Plan
Mr Muff and other Labour members who toured English public schools report an absence of snobbery and healthy, simple student life. They oppose abolishing the system, aiming to extend access to a larger portion of British youth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muff
Labour
England
Great Britain initiates forest-building plan wartime
Robson Black, vice-president of the Canadian Forestry Association, states that at the war’s crisis Britain has launched a plan to plant millions of acres with timber to secure national safety fifty years ahead. He notes Canada should focus on managing existing forests to ensure a natural succession of young woods.
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Robson Black
Canadian Forestry Association
Great Britain
Canada
Blood Salt Concentration Measured At One Percent
A report notes the blood salt concentration at one percent, a detail cited in medical observations.
CWAC Officers Plan Corps Anniversary With Defence Minister
Senior CWAC officers meet Defence Minister at the National Defence office to discuss the second anniversary of the Canadian Women's Army Corps. Present are Lieut-Col. Joan Kennedy in charge of training, Lieut-Col. Margaret Eaton in charge of administration, and inset Commandant Lieut.-Col. Mary Dover. CWAC, organized in August 1941 at Kitchener, Ont, now an integral part of the Canadian Army serving in Canada the U S and overseas.
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Minister of National Defence
Canadian Women’s Army Corps
Joan Kennedy
Ralston
Defence
Margaret Eaton
Mary Dover
CWAC
Kitchener
Ont
C.w.ac
Canada
United States
Canadian Women's Army Corps Reaches Two Year Mark
On its second anniversary the CWAC numbers over 12 000 with recruits across Canada and abroad. The force grown since 1941 now trains at hubs like Ottawa Kitchener and Vermilion while expanding overseas postings and trades courses. Leaders include Lieut Col Joan Kennedy Lieut Col Margaret Eaton and Lieut Col Mary Dover as training and command staff. Pay and allowances were equalized with men in 1943 and barracks expand in cities and Army camps.
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Canadian Women’s Army Corps
Canada
England
United States
CW AC
Two Men Exchange Ideas Doubling Cognitive Return
A concise aphorism notes that exchanging dollars leaves each with one dollar, while exchanging ideas doubles the value—each person leaves with two ideas, illustrating the power of dialogue over mere trade.
Comrades In Arms Moves To Sunday On CBC Network
The CBC national network will air a half hour version of Comrades in Arms each Sunday at 5 30 p m Eastern commencing September 5. The program covers Canada’s Navy Army and Air Force with updates and future on scene broadcasts planned. A new midweek Ottawa originated program is planned and both series are written by service members and produced by CBC.
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CBC National
Comrades In Arms
Canada
Navy
Army
Air Force
E.C.T
Sicily
Kiska
Ottawa
CBC
Practical Airman Churchill the War Pilot
An Ottawa Citizen comment describes Prime Minister Churchill as a practical airman who flies continent to continent to conduct the war. It notes wartime anxiety in Parliament during the last war over plane safety and praises Churchill’s spirit of adventure and duty.
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United Nations
Churchill
Admiralty
Ottawa Citizen
Lovable Rag Dolly With Yarn Braids
Pattern 7409 offers a four transfer pattern for a rag doll with yarn hair and two piece body. Send twenty cents to Household Arts Department, Winnipeg Newspaper Union, 175 McDermot Avenue BE, Wimpee, Man, with name address and pattern number. allow extra mailing time due to slow mail.
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Household Arts Department
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Avenue
Wimpee
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Young Harris
South West Africa
Royal Flying Corps
Europe
Camden
RCA
Cpl
Fred Egan
Joe
C.W.A.C
Canadian Army
Prairies
Ontario
His Majesty's
Victoria
B.C
Toronto
Calgary
Macdonald College
Ste. Anne de Bellevue
Que
Western Division
Vermilion
Alta
Washington
Comrades
Spirit of Adventure
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