Canadians on Burma front meet India’s animal life
Public Relations Officer Flight Lieutenant K G RB Wright recalls Canadian Air Force crews adapting to India while stationed on the Burma front. They sleep in straw huts and contend with mosquitos, snakes, elephants, jackals, kites, vultures, monkeys, bulls, buffalo, goats, and more. Many creatures are tolerated or feared, yet the locals and airmen share humorous observations and tall tales once home.
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K G RB Wright
India
Bay of Bengal
Burma
Prairies
Calcutta
Carta
Camels Indias
Iee
Valuable Training Being A Sea Cadet Is Wonderful Thing For Boys
The Welland Tribune extols sea cadets as a vital wartime initiative sponsored by the Navy League. It praises training in navigation, arms, and seamanship for boys aged 15 to 17, with two weeks at camp and seasonal uniforms. It projects Canada becoming a major sea power after the war and notes careers for cadets.
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Forral Canadian Navy
Navy League
Patriotic Citizens
Canada
Welland Tribune
Indian linguistic diversity and low English literacy cited by UK office
The United Kingdom Information Office notes India has seven racial divisions, 225 spoken languages, and 17 written languages, with under two percent literate in English. The statement frames the challenge for governing the British Empire amid world upheaval, praising past governance as wise.
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United Kingdom
Hanging Gardens of Babylon Dated to 600 B.C.
Historical note places the famous Hanging Gardens of Babylon around 600 B.C. While legend surrounds their exact location and existence, ancient sources and archaeological debates place their origin in Mesopotamia possibly near Babylon, underscoring early architectural ambition.
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Babylon
Winnipeg CWACs join Canadian parachute unit as riggers
Private Marjorie Perry of St. Boniface becomes the first woman attached to the Canadian Parachute Training School at Camp Shilo. She will train as a rigger to pack and maintain chutes, freeing men for other duties. Training to pack takes about two weeks. complete upkeep roughly a month. Major Routh says women fill a real field by handling silk bags and chute maintenance.
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Winnipeg
Camp Shilo
Marjorie Perry
St. Boniface
Man
Perry
Canadian Women's Army Corps
R. F. Routh
Cwacs
Saved Boy's Life With Fresh Orange Juice Aid
A 10 year old boy, Christopher Hutt, teetered toward death from a rare abdominal disease in Newbury Berkshire. Doctors needed fresh juice and American airmen financed and arranged a supply route from a northern airport. An airman fetched juice and two days later a crate of oranges and lemons from Tunisia reached the hospital and the boy recovered.
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Christopher Hutt
Newbury
Berkshire
England
Christopher
Tunisia
Britain follows prize law for captured Axis ships
An official confirms that international law governs captured ships and cargo. A writ in prize is published in the London Gazette, then Admiralty court action decides lawful ownership. Six ships plus two Italian docks, found at Massawa in Eritrea two years ago, face court claims with potential German defence via Switzerland.
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Britain
London Gazette
Admiralty
High Court
Massawa
Red Sea
Italian Eritrea
Tools Supplied To Blind Workers Across Empire
The National Institute for the Blind launches a scheme guaranteeing every blind person access to necessary tools and special apparatus free of charge. Applicants obtain a form and the equipment list from the institute, with items including piano tools, chair-caning, shoe-mending, carpentry gear, Braille shorthand machines, tape measures, thermometers, and watches.
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British Empire
National Institute For the Blind
Lst
Colonel Catches Two Fish Flying Over Egypt
The B B C bulletin reports Colonel H J Orford of the South African Medical Corps hooked two eight inch fish at 10,000 feet after a bird struck his plane over Egypt. He landed the craft with the fish on the wing and claims a record for the tallest fishing tale.
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B.B.C. Bulletin
H. J. Orford
South African Medical Corps
Egypt
The Cleverest Bird and Coastal Command Courage
A critic praises The Snow Goose and notes geese as clever birds, then details Coastal Command tales of air gunners who risked lives to defend aircraft. Examples include an air gunner fire-fighting a petrol tank blaze, saving a Wellington, and a first engagement where a gunner’s precise shots saved the mission.
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Hans Andersen
Massingham
Coastal Command
Wellington
Arados
Lilacs And Pansies Pattern For Linen Decor
Brighten linens with lilacs in lazy-daisy stitch and lively pansies. Pattern 7563 includes six motifs about 4% by 11% inches, stitches, and materials. Send twenty cents to Household Arts Depart ment Winnipeg Newpaper Union for pattern 7563.
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Household Arts Department
Winnipeg Newpaper Union
McDermot Avenue E
Winnipeg
Man
Was Honest About It Will Rogers Lecture in Washington
Will Rogers planned a Washington lecture and invited President Coolidge to attend. Coolidge asked about the show, Rogers described a two to three hour talk with a singing quartet. Coolidge agreed and added that he liked singing.
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Will Rogers
Washington
White House
Coolidge
Wil
Iike
Blitz Hero Boy Bravely Lifts Stone To Save Family
A twelve year old boy, John Robson, from a northeast English town, sheltered his back under a huge stone as a bombed apartment collapsed burying his mother and five others. He and rescuers later freed all victims unharmed.
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John Robson
John
Troops praised for good rations and nutrition study
Lt Col Ralph H Webb returns from overseas noting Canadian troops receive ample essential rations and high morale. He cites growing focus on scientific food prep with nutrition and catering courses for all ranks and schools for cooks and officers. British bread remains a mainstay, rich in nutritive value.
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Ralph H. Webb
Bricklayers set new national production shield record
A Bristol bricklaying gang formed the British government target by laying 30 bricks per hour per man. They rolled up their sleeves and won the national production challenge shield by setting a record of 91 bricks an hour and maintaining it.
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Bristol
Greeks Seek Sun for Golden Hair Belief
In ancient Greece, people believed sun exposure could turn hair golden. The practice reflected cultural ideas about beauty and light.
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Canada House
Elliott
Alice Brooke
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