Duke of Gloucester named Governor General of Australia
The British Empire faces renewed unity as Duke of Gloucester is appointed Governor General of Australia by Labour Prime Minister Curtin. The selection, welcomed by Australian press, underscores strong Empire ties and the royal family’s public service role. The Duchess of Gloucester is praised for war work and suitability to Canberra’s role.
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British Empire
Duke of Gloucester
Commonwealth of Australia
Curtin
Australia
Labour
Cavalry School
Sandhurst
Eton
France
Belgium
Home Forces
Australis
Empire
Duchess of Gloucester
Britain
Women’s Auxiliary Air Force
Chatelaine
Government House
Canberra
John Curtin
Sydney Morning Herald
George
Dominion
Churchlit
Oneigacat
Angel Fells Drop in Vébezuela Sets World Record
Angel Fells in Vébezuela plunges about a mile, claimed as the greatest fall on record. The daring feat gathers attention from spectators and thrill seekers, highlighting the extraordinary vertical drop in a single descent.
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Angel Fells
Vébezuela
Modest Millionaire Rank Quietly Lived In England
Joseph Rank, a master miller and one of England’s wealthiest men, died recently at his Victorian home near London at age 89. He shunned publicity and rarely appeared in newspapers, leading a life of singular obscurity despite vast wealth.
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England
Great Britain
Joseph Rank
Tina
Winnipeg area war flight training rosters list scattered air crew
A long OCR list names personnel attached to No. 5 and No. 7 Bombing and Gunnery, No. 11 Service Flying Training, No. 3 and No. 1 Central Navigation Schools across Manitoba Saskatchewan and Alberta. Included are set and sergeant ranks with many home towns such as Portage la Prairie The Pas Melville Virden Neepawa Yorkton and Gibbons among others and numerous air observer navigator and bomber designations.
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No. 17 Service Flying Training School
Souris
Man
B. Christenson
Claresholm
Alta
A. Olafsen
Brown
W. V. Warner
Eyebrow
Sask
Wood
Portage In Prairie
J. Banting
Richies
L. B Chapman
Ri Ridgedale
Bask
J. J. Conner
Portage la Prairie
Paulson
P. J. Brandt
Winkler
RH. Fulford
Neepawa
G. L. Langfols
the Pas
C. J. Walker
Stonewall
Air Observer School
Winnipeg
Air Navigatora
J. B. Barker
Melba
J. Dominick
Bet
H. W. Robinson
Ninga
G. Evanus
Melville
J. R. Fichtner
Yorkton
Saak
C. W. Hagen
Forestburg
M. J. Boulet
Dunrea
M. H. Mckay
Fortage la ‘Prairie
A. Cahoon
Leavitt
E. A. Kapaniuk
Carbon
Dafoo
J. C. Rhodes
High Tor
A. E. Soderlund
Prince Albert
Jas Set
I. I. Traquair
EB Milne
Lucky Lake
BE. E. Moore
Prentville
J. McDonald
Kitacoty
J. McMillan
Mewnham
Redcliffe
E Nebozniak
Caliente
Page
Glidden
Kh G. Stevens
Raymond
C. D. Stroud
Boissevain
EB. VY. Taylor
Lacombe
L. W. Toth
Kipling
J. M. Turawick
A H. Wallace
Coronation
J. M. Walah
W. J. Watson
Jasper
E. Woolhether
Dahinda
No. 11
Service Flying Training School
BV. Enellah
Virden
L.N. Dickey
Stoughton
W. Doherty
Consort
Cochrane
Jet
Goughnour
Warner
Alteart
I. Mawson
Vilna
V. le McKinnon
E. B. Mowsad
Holmfield
L.A. Wawryahyn
Tyndall
No. 7
Air Observers School
Portage
Smile Awhile Caricature of Bad Jokes from a Train
A string of local humor lines unfolds on a slowly moving train with passengers trading quips. A conductor boasts seven years on board while exchanges touch wills cremation clerical work golf club cases and a schoolgirl math question ending with a meck punchline.
Legal Appointments at Canadian National Railways Western Region
A. Beatty Rosevear is named head of the Western region legal department and will base in Winnipeg while Norman J. MacMillan moves from Winnipeg to Montreal as a general solicitor. Rosevear, son of the late A. E. Rosevear, joined CN in 1938 and serves as No. 3 Squadron UATC commander. MacMillan, born in Bracebridge, is a University of Manitoba alum who joined CN’s legal staff in 1937.
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A. Beatty Rosevear
P&c
Canadian National Railways
Western Region
Gilbert M. Hall
K.C
Rosevear
Winnipeg
Norman J. MacMillan
Montreal
Agsiate Jant
A. E. Fairweather
A. E. Rosevear
Grand Trunk Pacific
University of Manitoba
U.A.T.C
No. 3
Royal Air Force
Mr. MacMillan
Bracebridge, Ont
C.N.R. Legal Department
Bible from Civil War hid in chimney found in Blitz
A soldier returning home brings a 124-year-old Bible, one of the war’s most unusual souvenirs. Hidden in a North Devon manor chimney during the English Civil War, the huge leather volume survived 800 years in hiding until German bombing uncovered the hiding place. The four inch thick book, with thousands of pages in fine handset type, is remarkably well preserved with wood-cut illustrations and content still clear. only two brass clasps are missing.
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North
Devon
England
Charlottetown Guardian
Kellogg's London Canada Product Ad Claims Better Way
Ad copy touts a cleaner drinking option and calls it a better way. It promotes Kellogg's produced in London Canada and contrasts with rivals like ALL-BRaw in two convenient sims.
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Kellogg‘s
London
Canada
Infant Welfare Clinics Expanded in Britain During War
Dr. Dorothy Taylor of Britain's Ministry of Health told a Toronto meeting that Britain has greatly expanded infant welfare clinics since 1940. Follow-up by health visitors after birth is stressed, with home visits and free social services aiding mothers until children reach school age. England and Wales operate 2,555 clinics with 813 maintained by voluntary groups. prenatal attendance and infant clinic visits rose during wartime.
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Britain
Dorothy Taylor
Division of Maternal and Child Welfare
British Ministry of Health
Toronto
Taylor
England
Wales
Health League of Canada
Dr. Taylor
Birmingham
Roman Cemetery Curator Westell Dies In Hertfordshire
W Percival Westell 69 curator of Letchworth museum and supervisor of 1925 excavations that uncovered a Roman cemetery at Baldock in Hertfordshire died recently. The graveyard spanned about 1000 square yards and yielded 320 grave groups including a Yeaden tablet with nine holes said to show the curse’s power to paralyze and drain life.
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W. Percival Westell
Letchworth Museum
Hertfordshire
Baldock
Gems of Thought Bible Quotations Collage
A collection of biblical quotes from Woodrow Wilson Ulysses Grant William Lyon Phelps Mary Baker Eddy and Lady Jane praising scripture as a guide to heart happiness duty and understanding. The excerpts emphasize faith study spiritual understanding and trust in God as ultimate preparation for joy and liberty.
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Woodrow Wilson
Ulysses
Grant
William Lyon Phelps
Smallest War Factory Hidden in English Countryside
An elderly English couple operates Britain's smallest war factory in a cottage near a forest edge. They manufacture gauges accurate to ten-thousandths of an inch for rifles Brens Stena and anti-tank guns. The couple, led by "Mr. Smith" an inventor for nearly fifty years, have produced about 3 000 gauges and crafted a miniature car for Prince Olaf of Norway.
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England
Britain
Ministry of Supply
Mr. Smith
Prince Olaf of
Norway
Skin Eruptions Remedy Advertised in 19th Century Ad
An antiseptic ointment promises rapid relief for skin eruptions and open sores. It claims to soothe itching from eczema, rashes, and inflammatory skin disorders, drying eruptions, and scales. Sold in original bottle with satisfaction guaranteed or money back.
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Moone
Visit of Fourth Indian Division to London
Representatives from the Fourth Indian Division visited London with members from the 6th Rajputana Rifles 2nd and 5th Gurkha Rifles 1st and 16th Punjab Regiments 10th Baluchistan Regiment and 5th Mahratta Light Infantry and 11th Sikh Regiment. British officers and other ranks from the Royal Sussex and Essex Regiments and the Camerons joined the party. On an East End visit some Indians were decorated with flower garlands.
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London
Rajputana Rifles
Gurkha Rifles
Mahratta Light Infantry
Sikh Regiment
Royal Sussex
Essex
Camerons
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