Canadian Girl Guards Allied Air Traffic in Britain
Nora Da Conta a 26 year old Canadian born nurse turned clerk and later Aircraft-woman First Class commands operations at a major eastern England air station. From a high map room she guides fighter movements and aircraft returns, aided by loudspeaker voice and balcony telephone links. She met her husband Squadron Leader Tony Da Costa at the station. they wed in uniform in a service wedding with celebratory fireworks and a champagne reception, then a brief train honeymoon.
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Nora da Conta
Eyite
Porton
England
Ines
Deak
Nora Bolton
Tacoma
Washington
Nanaimo
British Columbia
Jubilee Hospital
Victoria
B.C
Kent
Claus
R.A.E
Tony” da Caste
Glasgow
Herr-Self
Tony
Knight ‘Tamplars
Temple Balsall
WAAF
Giraffe Tongue Length Cited in St Thomas Times Journal
A short blurb in the St Thomas Times Journal remarks that the giraffe tongue is about 18 inches long while noting the animal does not utter. The brief item blends witty gossip with a zoological jab, reflecting local column humor.
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St. Thomas Times- Journal
Endurance Feats Of Animals And Man Across Records
The Manchester Guardian surveys historic fasting feats from a cat that housed four kittens after a 41 day voyage to a 25 foot python in London Zoo that survived 18 months without food. It notes a Madagascar boa, a Galapagos marine iguana, a Liver pool dog, and the famed Proteus blind newt with staggering hunger spans. The piece also cites a human record of 60 days without nourishment.
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Animal World
Liverpool
Galapagoa Islands
London Zoo
Paris Jardin Des Plantes
Manchester Guardian
Mail rush planned to boost troops morale overseas
The Windsor Star notes government plans announced by Hon. C. G. Power to speed mail to troops overseas. It asserts no service will be more appreciated by soldiers than prompt home correspondence, as letters and parcels bring happiness despite delays and old news.
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C. G. Power
Windsor Star
Gandhi Keeps False Teeth For Meals Only
Indian leader Gandhi carries his false teeth but uses them only when eating, a behavior noted in reports describing his personal habits and discipline.
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Gandhi
Wise Young Man From the Canadian High Commission
An exchange from the office in London recounts a young man calling to ask who the Governor General of Canada is and how many provinces it has with their capitals. The caller then identifies himself as Jenkins saying he is doing his homework.
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Grant Macdonald
Canada
Robert Thom
Canadian National Railway
Canadian National
London
the Inquirer
Jenkins
Trip cured him a former Bund leader says
A former German American Bund leader claims a trip to Germany cured him he did not like Nazism. The Buffalo Courier Express notes other Bund leaders may have chosen to stay abroad to avoid stirring trouble in the United States. The piece also mentions a chimpanzee as an animal meat analogy.
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Bund
Germany
Buffalo Courier-Expresa
Battlefleet gap after Crete hints at larger victory risk
Admiral Sir William James warns in Army and Naval Journal preview that Britain’s Mediterranean force numbered only three cruisers after Crete. He notes Italian action could have decided the war if engaged, and suggests Mussolini’s fleet might have opened routes to Soviet Russia and Japan. Also cites Canada’s tuberculosis death ranking dropping to seventh.
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Crete
Mediterranean
Sir William James
Navalt
Admiralty
Army and Naval Journal
Mussolini
Gibraltar
Red Sea
Soviet Russia
Indian Ocean
Japan
James
Plastics in Canada Aid War Effort with Military Uniforms
Canada leverages plastics to replace metal in buttons insignia and other military gear. Nylon gains use in parachutes ropes gun brushes and fabrics while new forms test coils tubing bearings and window screening. Postwar prospects envision nylon returning to civilian roles including stockings dresses and brushes.
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Navy
Army
Air Force
Postwar plane talk fades as helicopters lag in development
The article notes public belief in immediate helicopter use after the war clashes with conservative views. It argues private planes will stay yacht-class and helicopters will take years to develop, while airlines expect postwar growth and freight shifts away from roads.
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Newsweek
Lifelike Rag Doll Pattern 7621 Comes Affordable
A pattern describes a soft fabric doll with yarn hair and moveable limbs titled Lifelike Rag Doll. It includes a transfer pattern and clothing instructions and costs twenty cents to obtain by mail from the Household Arts Department in Winnipeg.
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Household Arts Department
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Avenue E
Winnipeg
Wan
Telling the Sergeant Turns on Birching Missteps
In a humorous wartime vignette a recruit recalls how a sergeant’s bluster breaks during rifle practice. The sergeant quips about a fine night while the recruit retorts with a comic image of a huge boat packed with sergeants blazing far at sea, 400 miles from land amid a hurricane.
Westminster Abbey to honor Battle of Britain pilots
After World War II, Westminster Abbey will enshrine 375 R.A. pilots who died in the Battle of Britain, including several Canadians, honoring their sacrifice as Sir Winston Churchill declared that so few owed so much to so many.
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R.A
Britain
Churchill
Westminster Abbey
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