Women Employed Increasingly by Canadian National Railways
The Canadian National Railways report a rapid rise in women filling roles once reserved for men. In the Western Region over 80 women have replaced men who joined the armed forces, with assignments mainly as coach cleaners and engine watchmen on lines from Regina to Vancouver.
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Canadian National Railways
Regina
Saskatoon
Prince Rupert
Vancouver
Pacific
Jasper
R Battley
Enire
Canadan National Railways
London University Summer School Organised for Service Personnel
London University has organized a co-educational summer school to help service men and girls from overseas manage eight days of leave. Lectures by famous instructors will run on university lines with morning talks and afternoon visits to places like the Law Courts and the Royal Academy. Canadians Americans Poles and Czechs attended a recent course and the program is open to UK personnel as well.
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London
Thunderstorm Rendezvous at Knowles Inn in Winnset
In 1675 near Winnset a rain-lashed ride to Knowles Inn ends with Jonathan Hale spotting Mistress Jamieson, a London beauty, while a distant lord's arrival and looming danger hint at crossing loyalties. The chapter hints at a perilous journey to America with Faith Meade awaiting.
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Winnset
Jonathan Hele
Hale
Knowles
Jonathan
Grandfather Hale
Thomas Hale
Faith Meade
Jonathan Hale
England
High Seas
Faith
America
Onathan Hale
Southampton
London
Mistress Jamieson
Jamieson
Charles
Your Boys and Girls on Active Service in Canada
The piece highlights Canadian service members across air force navy and coast, naming Lt-Commander Bill Dolmage, Walter Melvin, Vincent C. McCauley, and many other cadets and Wrens. It notes pay increases for Wrens, R.C.A.F. pilots training, and Royal Roads cadets, plus heroic acts by pilots and sailors in battles near Sicily and Crete. It also covers postwar postings for Canadian air crews and the destroyer Huron's commissioning under Lt. Cdr. H. R. Rayner.
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Sicily
Kiska
Air Force
Navy
Stance
British Columbia
Bill Dolmage
Royal Canadian Navy
Lac
Walter Melvin
Webb, Sask
Vincent C. McCauley
Centreville
N.B
D.F.C
Wrens
R.C.A.F
England
Dominion
Alice Trotter
Little Current
Ont
Jacqueline Paynter
Westbrook
B.C
Evelyn Harnseth
Kandahar
Sask
Stoney
Jim Frame
Senate
Jim
Gordon Bennett
Winnipeg
Ruhr
Johnny Loaring
R.C.N.V.R
H.M.S
Fiji
Crete
London
Johnny
Windsor
Canada
William J. McKay
Rothesay
R.C.N
Strathroy
B. A. Campbell
Strathroy Hospital
John Williams
R.c.af
Port Dover
George Hill
Bar
Picton
N.S
M. S. Zimmerman
Preston
Con. Rogers
Ambherstburg
Johnny Johnstone
Selkirk
Man
George Keith
Tabor
Alberta
Alaska
Aleutians
Labrador
Newfoundland
Huron
Huron County
Cdr
H. R. Rayner
D.S.C
Clinton
Through China War Relief Poster by Regina Youth
Danny Yee Clun a 16 year old from Regina Saskatchewan created a powerful poster titled Through China's Eyes highlighting misery and fear in China. He explains the piece is his contribution to the Chinese War Relief Fund urging immediate donations through any chartered bank branch.
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Danny Yee Clun
Regina, Sask
China
Danny
Chinese War Relief Fund
Norwegian Women Form Auxiliary Corps In Britain
More than a thousand Norwegian women have fled to Britain since 1940 and many entered wartime service. The Norwegian Government in Great Britain established educational programs for those needing training, giving rise to the Norwegian Women’s Auxiliary Corps with training in nursing ambulance and truck driving office kitchen and mess work. Some are receiving full army training.
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Norway
Britain
Great Britain
Norwegian Women's Auxiliary Corps
How Lend Lease Works in Allied Supply Chain
U.S. forces in Great Britain receive a wide range of supplies including bombs shells ammunition anti tank mines Spitfires and large food stocks from British reserves to supplement U S Army rations all charged against Lend Lease in reverse.
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U.S
Great Britain
Sky warriors to wear double gold wings with O emblem
Soldiers finishing overseas tour receive a new decoration for the left breast pocket a double gold wing badge centered by an operational O. The program applies to personnel stationed outside Canada.
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Sky Warriors
Canada
Post War Plans Clash With Real World Employment
W L Clark argues in the Windsor Star that postwar schemes for a two hour day and six hour week fail to address cold realities. He warns theorists may snub proposals that real prosperity comes from genuine employment with fair wages rather than legislative prescriptions.
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W. L. Clark
Windsor Star
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Royal
The
Canadian National
London University
Caracas
Beau Jonathan
Bryan
Chapter
Anne
Estelle
Denys
Monsieur Denys
Anne Jamieson
Sirrah
Tall Man
Royal Roads
Canadian Naval College
Vancouver Island
Thos. B. Hebbert
Vernon
D. C. Mather
Tuxedo
Manitoba
L. D. Brander
Wallaceburg
R. J. Dickinson
Comox
International Red Cross
MacDonald
Prisoners OF War Department
Www. Co. MacDonald Inc
P. O. Box
Place d’Armes
Montreal
J. B. Ryan
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