Railways In Wartime in Canada
An account of Canada's railways forming a wartime backbone for transport of troops, raw materials, and goods. Canadian National and other lines prepared for increased demand, achieving 50 percent more capacity than 1914 18 with better cooperation among systems. The public is urged to support rail efforts to maximize essential service despite shifting transport to roads.
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Canada
Dominion
Mrr
A. A. Gardiner
Canadian National Railways
Eastern Canadian Service Club
Gardiner
United States
Nature
J. F. McCreary
Health Magazine
Henry ©. Sherman
Food Chemists
Western Division Health of Canada
Avenue Road
Toronto
Ontario
Reserve Army camps reveal keen recruits and hearty rations
A Canadian Reserve Army camp described by Alas Maurice Irwin shows young volunteers aged 17 to 19 and older men 35 to 50 embracing training with enthusiasm. They fired Bren guns, learned battle drill, bayonet basics, and enjoyed unexpectedly substantial meals, reflecting a civic duty beyond “Saturday night soldiers.”
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Dominion
N.C.0
Reserve Army
Versatile Hawker Hurricane Adapted for Long Range Missions
The British aircraft Hawker Hurricanes now carry auxiliary wing tanks enabling longer flights into Europe. Once a prime Battle of Britain fighter with eight machine guns, variants included twelve guns or four 20 mm cannons, and even bomber configurations with bombs. The aircraft has operated from ships, been catapulted, and adapted for diverse climates from tropical sun to Russia’s snows.
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Europe
Britain
Russia
British Industries Bulletin
Commonwealth Air Training Plan Graduates Listing
A compiled list of graduates from British Commonwealth Air Training Plan programs. From No 5 Bombing and Gunnery School Dafoe Saskatchewan and No 1 Central Navigation School Rivers Manitoba, names include LAC Carruthers Biggar Sask Cpl Cooper Etzikom Alta LAC Haddleton Climax Sask LAC W M Lee Donalda Alta, HAG Marshall Sutton Sask. LAC Anderson Palmer Sask LAC L R Arps Tisdale Sask LAC D B Bennett Onoway Alta LAC A W Bermel Ermine Sask LAC J G Roother Edmonton Alta Ser J S Briegel Olds Alta LAC A BR Brock Lacombe Alta Sat W Broome Calgary LAC Noom Campbell Cessford Alta LAC C Carder Stetler Alta Ser H Clendening Edmonton Alta Set 8 T Cook Red Deer Alta LAG A G Edmunds St Vital Man LAC J J Fleming Crossfield Alta LAC M G Gordon Regina Sask LAC J E Hardy Twin Butte Alta LAC F E V Lee Morwayne Alta Set R W Link Congrose Alta Set C R Locke Irma Alta 7 Ro McCormick Moose Jaw Sask McDonald Edmonton Alta Martell Edmonton Alta T Ommonor Dayton Sask N Pettis Calgary Alta H Pusher East Coulee Alta Rach Nokomis Sask G Rudd Bashaw Alta pac HOM Rudeen Parkber Sask LAC HW B 7 Sargent Calgary Alta Set A K Whebe Vermilion Alta Sat FL A Wilkins Edmonton Alta Sgt 8 J Woodman Edmonton Alta
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No. 5
Dafoe
Sask
Lac
HO OA
Carruthers
Biggar
H. T. Cooper
Etzikom
Alta
Haddleton
Ciimax
W. M. Lee
Donalda
HAG
Sutton
Central Navigation School
Rivers
Man
Anderson
Palmer
L. R. Arps
Tisdale
Lacombe
Sat
M. G. Gordon
Regina
Bask
J. BE. Hardy
Twinbutte
V. Lee
Morwayne
Set
R. W. Link
Congrose
C. R. Locke
Irma
Alte
Ro McCormick
Moose Jaw
Dayton
N. Pettis
Calgary
H. Pusher
East Coulee
Rach
Nokomis
A. Wilkins
Edmonton
J. Woodman
Gems of Thought Fortitude and Duty Across Quotes
A collection of brief inspirational lines from Locke Lincoln Eddy Galatians and Stevenson. The passages emphasize fortitude faith duty perseverance and inner strength guiding character and conduct amid adversity.
Britain eases wartime art shopping with coupon rule change
Britain removes canvases from clothing coupons for artists, easing supply during wartime. Other snippets note old stethoscope origins, a Chinese railway fatality leading to track removal, a puzzled boy at hymn 222, and gasoline evaporation differences between aluminum and black tanks.
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Britain
Board of Trade
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Soma
London
Citizen’s Army
Alas Maurice Irwin
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Kunming
Yunnan Province
China
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Abraham Lincoln
Mary Baker Eddy
Henry Theodore Tuckerman
Robert Louis Stevenson
Clem Els Ad Coane
Wilson
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Thea
Hamilton
Ont
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Laennec
Ak Hrissie’s
Bran
George Morin
Grande- Baie, Quebec
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