Emergency outfits designed for downed air crews by Canadian, UN effort
Inventive designers and Canadian researchers developed survival gear for crews forced down in remote areas. The program includes a 1000 hour flashing light, two way casualty jackets, waterproof contact systems, medical kits, food pills, and tools to shelter, signal, and stay warm. Equipment is tailored to cold bush environments and adapted for UN use.
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Motional Research
Air Force
Canada
R.c.a.palao
War correspondents join invasion coverage front lines
A Canadian Press despatch from London notes reporters gather in Britain to accompany the invasion army. Large staffs from The Canadian Press AP and British United Press along with American correspondents arrive to cover the European war across fronts with credentials to move freely while balancing security. They risk battle yet relay rapid battlefield progress to readers.
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London
Britain
Europe
Associated Press
United Press
Pacific
Mediterranean
Supreme Command
Western Front
Ottawa Journal
Ode To Spring From A Farmboy Poet
A playful verse from turn of the century Toronto about spring signs. The speaker contrasts poet pretensions with rustic realities such as cattle shedding hair, mud in the barnyard, green grass, sap from dandelion roots, and the itch to plow. Nostalgic tone, rural imagery, and humor pervade the piece.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toronto News
Angie Worma
Hobbies fascinate rulers of the Orient
A English scholar notes that Haile Selassie loves tuna fish, Ibn Saud favors jeeps with machine guns, and King Farouk adores motorcycles, revealing human quirks behind autocratic power. The piece highlights personal tastes shaping public images of leaders in the East.
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Orient
Haile Selassie
Ethiopia
Ibn Saud
Central
Arabia
Farouk
Egypt
Startling Explanation Vicar Delivers Aid on Hill
A kind-hearted vicar helps an old woman push a perambulator up a steep hill. At the top he asks for a reward and is told the baby is not a baby but the old man’s beer, revealing a humorous misunderstanding.
Unusual Job for Canadian Navy Woman Draws Weather Patterns
Sub Lieutenant Helen Rosemary Partridge works in Naval Service headquarters Ottawa as assistant to the meteorology staff. She co relates station reports from airports and observers to form a weather picture affecting ships, cargo, and enemy actions. Though not yet a forecaster, she will soon attend a three month course at Admiralty overseas.
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Helen Partridge
W.R.C.N
Naval Service Headquarters
Navy
Army
Air Force
Ottawa
Helen Rosemary Partridge
Partridge
Lsa
Royal Canadian Navy
Admiralty
Prosperous Alberta District Highlighted By Lethbridge Herald
The Lethbridge Herald reports southern Alberta prospers despite two thirds normal crops. Farmers invest in Victory bonds and prepare for postwar conditions while cleaning debts. Southern Alberta’s 1943 wealth reached 67.2 million with cattle hogs dairy and honey at high levels. Lethbridge city manager J T Watson notes last year’s city debt payoff of 793,681.86 and a 50,000 current account surplus in a city of 15,000.
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Lethbridge Heralds
Alberta
Herald
Ontario
Lethbridge
J. T. Watson
Victoria Rags Drive Boosts Salvage Corps Effort
In Victoria a 40000 pound rag depot drive by the British Columbia Salvage Corps draws praise. A. H. Pease and local groups spearheaded a two week rag collection from Greater Victoria schools. Top student collectors won prizes and blue buttons, with one boy collecting 338 pounds. Visitors hail the corps as a model organization in Canada and North America.
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British Columbia Salvage Corps
Victoria
A. H. Pease
Greater Victoria
Canada
North America
First Woman Becomes Assistant to Staff Officer in Navy
Naval officers hail a historic milestone as the Royal Canadian Navy appoints the first and only woman trusted with the BM staff officer role. Her forecast era marks progress for women across services, inspiring future generations.
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Royal Canadian Navy
Britain Uses Heavy Bombing as Deliberate War Form
The London New Statesman essay defends heavy bombing as Britain's chosen tactic, describing Hamburg's devastation and human costs. It notes industrial targets and civilian harm, argues a second front is essential, and cites Churchill's 1940 shift from trench warfare plans to long-range bombing.
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Britain
Germany
Flanders
Churchill
France
Your Life asserts two original fears govern all others
In Your Life magazine, Lester F. Miles argues humans are born with two fears the fear of falling and the fear triggered by a sudden loud noise. He suggests all other fears are learned after birth through experience and exposure.
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Lester F. Miles
Your Life
Women in Industry to Join Specialized Roles Postwar
Hundreds of women in the Canadian Women's Army Corps will be fitted to enter specialized industry after the war as a direct result of their army training.
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Canadian Women's Army Corps
Canada expands vegetable seed production for 1944 spring planting
The Agricultural Supplies Board reports a remedy to last season's seed shortages with a 1943 spring production program. Hardy varieties of beans peas beets carrots cauliflower cucumbers lettuce onions radishes spinach tomatoes swedes and mangels are planned for 1944. Domestic demand will be met and shipments to the United Kingdom totaling several million pounds are under way with British Columbia leading growth.
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Canada
Agricutural Supplies Board
United Kingdom
British Columbia
Medical Research Group Formed to Track Wounded Canadians
A new medical research group will study treatment methods for wounded Canadians. Members will follow patients from the front line to base hospital, evaluating care and healing techniques.
Take It or Leave It Attitude Wins Most People
A concise reflection on decision making where many claim indifference but prefer the option that offers some benefit. The line suggests a common bias toward choosing action or reward over restraint, illustrating practical psychology in everyday choices.
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Ganatir Force Actentista
United Nations
Prospeross Ceuntry
Review OF Comfitiess
The
Southere Districes
B.C. Salvage Corps
London New Statesman
Nation
Hamburg
Etepert
Berlin
Household Arts Department
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Avenue
Winnipeg
Man
Alice Brooks
Women IN Industry
Caproni-Campini
Secondo Campini
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