Mail Service in North Africa Keeps RCAF Letters Flowing
The Royal Canadian Air Force mail operation in the Mediterranean theater is tightly run from Algiers at a British Army base post office. Flight Lieutenant AL Davies directs a staff of 25 through a rigorous file system tracking each RAF end and updating addresses. airmail is top priority and parcels are registered for protection. The system aims to deliver home mail swiftly to sailors and soldiers across North Africa, Gibraltar, Italy, the Middle East, Iran, Iraq, and India, with occasional delays and no‑record letters returned after 90 days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Clare
RCAF
North Africa
Royal Canadian Air Force
Algiers
AL Davies
Prince Rupert
Davies
Yankees
R.C.A.F
Gibraltar
Italy
Middle East
Iran
Iraq
India
LAC Joe
RAF
Umpteen
Somone
Rlc.a.f
United States
ECASF
Boya
J. V. Jones
Frontenac Apts
Winnipeg
Joe Deaken
Corporal Jones
Western artist Lt Beulah Jaenicke served by Canadian Army
2 Lt Beulah Jaenicke of the Canadian Women's Army Corps contributed her art to recruit promotions at National Defence Headquarters Ottawa. An accredited British Columbia artist, she draughts cartoons for Khaki and has exhibited in BC Artists Annual. She enlisted August 1942 and was commissioned November 1943, plans to teach art after the war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beulah Jaenicke
Canadian Women's Army Corps
Directorate of
Army Recruiting
National Defence Headquarters
Ottawa
St. Jaenicke
Jaenicke
Frank EK
Luseland
Bask
Augus
British Columbia
Vancouver School of Art
Canadian Institute of Associated Arts
Vancouver
Gerald H. Tyler
Henry VIII limits meals to two courses daily
A historical rule by Henry VIII forbids serving more than two courses at any meal, with three courses allowed only on feast days as an exception, restricting dining practices across estates and conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry VIII of
England
Ancient Alaskan Grave Unearths Ivory Sunglasses
Archaeologists uncover a pair of ivory sun glasses from an Alaskan grave. The artifacts, dating back thousands of years, hint at early human adornment and regional trade networks. Further analysis will confirm age and origin.
Proper Procedure for Soldiers Bringing Wives to Canada
Soldiers who brought families overseas or married abroad must apply to immigration authorities for proper procedure. Military authorities report thousands of Canadians married English girls while serving in England. An unrelated note mentions diesel engines ignite fuel by heat from high compression.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
England
Useful Hobby Wife Transcribes Books Into Braille
Mrs. Ray Atherton wife of the U S ambassador to Canada visits the Canadian National Institute for the Blind. She describes learning Braille during the war and using a Stains by-Wayne Braille writer to transcribe technical books. Upon leaving the library she offers to take on transcription work for the CNIB.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S
Canada
Ray Atherton
United States
Canadian National Institute For the Blind
England
British War Guests Return Home in Canadian Uniforms
British War Guests who arrived in Canada at the war’s outset are returning home wearing Canadian service uniforms. Several girls who came to the Dominion four years ago have enlisted in the Canadian Women's Army Corps. The Red Cross operated about 350 clubs and recreation centres overseas. Commercial production tobacco began in 1612.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
Dominion
Canadian Women's Army Corps
The
Red Cross
Do It Now Praise While He Lives
Poem encourages praising loved ones now rather than at the grave. It argues praise strengthens the living, boosts courage, and warms the heart, noting the deceased cannot read tombstones. Author unknown.
National War Auxiliary Services Support Armed Forces
Dozen national groups run war auxiliary services across Canada and in military sites abroad offering sports, entertainment, films, recreation, education, and personal services. Organizations include Canadian Legion War Services, Knights of Columbus Huts, Salvation Army Red Shield, YMCA National War Services, YWCA, and Navy League providing hostels, baths, libraries, courses, and welfare aid for service members and their families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dominion
Army
Navy
Air Force
Canadian Legion War Services, Inc
Canada
Legion
Red Cross
Knights of Columbus Canadian Army
Salvation Army Red Shield War Services
Canadian Legion
Y.M.C.A. National War Services Committee
Y.M.C.A
M.C.A
W.C.A. National War Services Committee
Navy League
Parente
Discovery Claim Sparks New Era in Power Tech
Austrian scientist Prof Felix Enrennalt told the American Physical Society in New York that he has found proof that magnetic currents flow through the universe in addition to electric currents. Fellow scientists at the meeting believed the discovery could usher in a new era of power technology.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Felix Enrennalt
Vienna
American Physical Society
New York
Goldwyn approves cutting old correspondence with copies
The Saturday Review of Literature notes Howard Dietz recounts a secretary's plea to Samuel Goldwyn to destroy correspondence over ten years old. Goldwyn agrees after reflection, adding that copies should be kept. The piece adds a remark that Haiti and Liberia are the only Negro republics in the world.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saturday Review of Literature
Howard Dietz
Samuel Goldwyn
O.K
Goldwyn
Haiti
Liberia
Experiment A Success Machine Planted 15060 Trees In One Day
Quebec agriculture officials report a trial near Berthier where a modified tobacco planter machine, operated by a four man crew and a tractor, planted 15060 trees across ten acres in a single day. The device aims to render moving sand lands productive by creating new forests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Quebec
Quebec Department of Agriculture
Berthier
New Style Shoes From Aluminum Pair Delight Victoria Woman
Mrs William Shearing of Victoria shows off a pair of aluminum shoes with crepe rubber pads and leather lined uppers. The gift, sent by her brother Cpl Ackie Smith of ACAGC while on active service in Italy, echoes similar presents to sisters Caroline Smith and Mrs Stapleton of Edmonton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Shearing
Victoria
Cpl
Ackie Smith
A.C.A.G.C
Italy
Caroline Smith
Stapleton
Edmonton
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Luseland, Sask
Army Paper
Ta Tito
William Jones
Toronto
Ont
Yugoslavia
Henry Maitland Wison
Digby
N.S
Helen Scott
Hamilton
Douglas Jones
Asia
Jones
Josip Broz
Tito
Major William Jones
Long Branch
Household Arts Department
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Avenue
Man
Alice Brooks
Beagle Boys
Speed Servicemen's Mall
Protos
Lac, J. &. MacLean
Pictou
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