Air Training Plan Proves Key To War Effort In Canada
Deputy Minister James Duncan praised the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan as Canada’s vital war contribution. He noted 29 schools active with 19 more opening, doubling prior year output, and stressed training’s role in building an invincible air force.
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James Duncan
National Defence
Quebec City
Canada
Dun
England
Air Force
Germany
France
Britain
Bren Gun: From Brunau to Enfield and Beyond
The Bren gun originated in Czecho Slovakia where its operation was first devised. Czechs and British authorities refined it at Brunau and Enfield, producing a light versatile weapon adopted by Commonwealth armies since 1935 as standard equipment.
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Czecho-Slovakia
Brunau
Enfield
England
Brunau-Enfield
Toronto
British Commonwealth of Nations
Flower bulb shipments from Abbotsford adapt to war conditions
Shipments of 900 000 bulbs from Abbotsford in the Fraser Valley to Toronto show flower growers adapting to wartime conditions. When Holland may export again, it could be difficult to regain trade with Canada and the United States.
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Abbotsford
Fraser Valley
Toronto
Holland
Canada
United States
Death of Nelson Tune Sparks Street Talk
A street musician claims his accordion refrain was The Death of Nelson. An urchin asks the tune and the player explains the title. The piece ends with a quip on death and discipline tied to Eskimo tribes and social manners.
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Nelson
Urchin
Dutch Bulb Industry Comes to England Amid Air Raids
In wartime Britain 6000 acres of Lincolnshire daffodils tulips and hyacinths are under cultivation as English growers eye the Dutch bulb export trade. UK buyers are offered 40 million English grown bulbs as the Netherlands’ bulb crop was disrupted by Nazi occupation and destruction. The story notes Dutch bans and crop destruction while England seeks to capture a lucrative global market.
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England
Lincolnshire
United States
Netherlands
Ottawa Journal
Churchill praised as Washington pact’s vivid statesman
Ottawa Journal lauds Churchill as a master of language describing the Washington agreement as mutual aid between friendly nations in confidence and goodwill. It cites his bold line about taking danger by the throat before U.S. shores are endangered and quips about sirens and duty.
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Churchill
United States
Ulysses
Hotland's First Roman Dikes Traced to Early Builders
Archaeologists trace Hotland's early coast defense to Roman era engineers who built the first dikes, establishing flood protection and settlement patterns. Excavations reveal stone foundations, drainage channels, and dating clues placing construction in ancient times.
Sunbonnet Girls Linen Pattern for Easy Stitchery
Sunbonnet girls offer colorful linen motifs for tea cloths towels pillow cases and scarves. Pattern 6766 includes six transfers about 5 by 7 inches with stitch illustrations color schemes and materials. Send 20 cents to Household Arts Department Winnipeg Newspaper Union 175 McDermot Ave Winnipeg to obtain. no Alice Brooks pattern book published.
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Household Arts Department
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave. E
Winnipeg
Alice Brooks
Generous War Pensioners Lead Canadian War Effort
Honlan Mackenzie praises 1914 18 war pensioners for aiding the empire and national war effort. More than 8000 pensioners asked to deduct portions of pensions for Canada's war chest, with total war savings subscriptions at 732000 yearly and many donating outright gifts over 1000 annually.
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Canada
Dominion
Honlan Mackenzie
Ottawa
War Chest
Mackenzie
Rand mine water sales outpace coal profits
A Johannesburg report shows the Rand coal mine, though inactive, yields water sale revenue. The mine holds a government coal rights lease and continues pumping water, making it more profitable than the coal itself.
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Rand
Johannesburg
Radio sets with dual dials for stations and power switch
Radios are described as having one dial to change stations and another to turn the unit off. The feature highlights a simple two dial system for common radio operation.
First Sleeping Car Built in Brantford, Claim by Fred Williams
The First Sleeping-Car author argues the sleeping car originated in Brantford Ontario not the United States. He notes a Special car for the Prince of Wales in 1860 and a 1859 60 palace car with bunks built by Buffalo and Lake Huron Railway shops under Thomas Burnley. He says George M Pullman began designs after visiting Brantford.
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Fred Wiliams
Toronto Globe and Mail
United States
Brantford
Ontario
Prince of Wales
Edward VII
Canada
Thomas Burnley
Buffalo & Lake Huron
Williams
George M. Pullman
French cities fined by German occupation for sabotage
Nantes was fined 5,000,000 francs for cutting a telephone line used by German officials on the night of Sept. 6-7. Earlier Nantes faced a 2,000,000 franc penalty for a similar act, and Rouen was fined 3,000,000 francs after a German sailor was slain. The German occupation keeps France under heavy daily costs estimated at 400,000,000 francs.
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France
Nantes
Rouen
Military threat estimate on Nazi population targets
Analysis suggests that wiping out a tenth of the British Isles population would require about 1,000 deaths per day for 13 years. While this represents a severe potential, the Nazis have achieved only fractional progress toward that grim target.
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British Isles
Air training plan boosts Canadian wartime air force numbers
The article notes Canada’s British Commonwealth Air Training Plan expanding with 4 500 trainees enrolled and 7 500 in service roles. It reports 83 training establishments planned, 29 operating now, 33 by Sept 20, and 48 by year end as London and Allied air crews prepare for combat.
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Canada
Royal Canadian Air Force
Name Change Planned for Petain Station on CPR Line
Railway officials announce the main line station 87 miles east of Vancouver will drop the name Petain in 1918 honor of Major General Victor W Odlum commander of the second Canadian division in England The Verdun defender for whom the station was named will be replaced by Odlum name change.
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Petain
Canadian Pacific Railway
Vancouver
Odlum
Victor W Odlum
England
Verdun
Szyk Says Hitler Not The Only Enemy Of Germany
Arthur Szyk, Polish artist in Toronto to arrange an exhibition, says Britain faces a mad nation not just a Hitler problem. He compares Germany to a mad dog and says he feels bound with England as a Pole. Szyk fought Bolsheviks in the Russian army. his son serves in General de Gaulle's army in England.
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Arthur Szyk
Toronto
Hitler
England
Szyk
General de Gaulle
Cats And Clover in England Share Farmer Warnings
Clover farmers in London warn that a short cat population may harm the clover crop. They argue cats curb field mice which in turn protect humble bees that pollinate purple clover. Fewer cats could mean less clover yield.
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England
London
Wellington man bakes ton of fruit cake for NZ forces
A. Wii gon of Wellington began baking a large fruit cake to honor his two cousins serving overseas and continued until he stored about a ton of cake for New Zealand forces abroad, turning an act of tribute into a national effort.
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Wellington
N.Z
A. Wiigon
New Zealand
Glove For Corniusker Has Unusual Hand Count
A corniusker’s glove features four fingers and two thumbs, a unique design noted in local gadget lore. The item sparks curiosity about anatomy inspired fashion and specialized wearables.
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