Firth of Clyde Emerges as Britain Atlantic Air Terminal
In London Calling PT RE, A C Wallace notes Firth of Clyde, especially Prestwick, became a key terminal port for trans Atlantic and world air traffic. Scottish pilots in the 1930s, including the Duke of Hamilton and Group Captain MacIntyre, shaped plans for near Iceland refueling and northern routes, leveraging Scotland’s industry and weather advantages to support a future air travel network.
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Firth of Clyde
Britain
A. C. Wallace
London
Burgh
Prestwick
Empire Air Training Bcheme
Atlantic
Heme
Montreal
Ayrshire
New York
Scotland
Hebridean Islands
Ayrabire
Duke of Hamilton
Marquis of
Clydesdale
MacIntyre
Mount Everest
Great Britain
America
England
North America
Europe
Iceland
Firth
United Nations
Canada’s Wheat Exports Rise Despite US Slump
Canada plans steady wheat shipments abroad as the United States retreats from the market. Australia and New Zealand become key destinations due to a crop disaster there, with millions of bushels likely headed southward if shipping capacity allows.
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Canada
United States
Australia
New Zealand
Saskatoon Star
Mysterious Disappearance on London to Glasgow Express
Gov Robert Nele Engstron of the Canadian Army vanished from the Glasgow bound train at speed, waking uninjured in an empty Warwickshire home after claiming he wandered through a door. Police found him asleep upstairs at a nearby house twelve hours later.
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The
Daily Mail
Robert Nele Engstron
London
Glasgow Express
Warwickshire
Gar. Engstron
Glasgow
Nores
Gnr
Engstron
Canadian Wrens Visit Lang House in Scotland
Canadian Wrens arrived at Lang House near Glasgow and were warmly welcomed by British Wrens who quarter them. The girls toured the country estate said to be haunted and planned a 36 hour leave for Edinburgh. On New Year’s Eve they joined the U S Navy crew, boat lost in fog, asking port ships for directions before welcoming the new year aboard.
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Lang House
Glasgow
Scotland
Naner
Canada Has War Output To Wow The World
A Drumheller Alberta letter notes Canada produced vast wartime totals in steel armor ships planes missiles and other tech while farmers boosted crops to a record cash income of 1.75 billion dollars. A Windsor Star column jokes about the overabundance of cold remedies and home cures during wartime.
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Canada
Meracientista
Drumheller
Alta
Mail
Windsor Star
Churchill's tactful stance at Middle East conference
Prime Minister Churchill avoided his cigar during talks with Arabian rulers. The gesture pleased King Ibn Saud as smoking is deemed sinful in the region. Churchill's restraint drew attention for his diplomatic sensitivity.
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Churchill
Arabian Peninsula
Ibn Saud
Bees and hair dye joke stirs chatter in Ottawa Citizen
A radio commentator drifted from war talk to bees noting that bees sometimes dye their hair or go bald. The Ottawa Citizen quips a bee would be furious to find a comb useless in the hive.
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The
Ottawa Citizen
Rail Cars Become War Vets
Special facilities for serving refreshments and entertainment to Canadian servicemen en route through Montreal have been arranged at the Canadian National Railways Point St. Charles Coach Yard. Trains are inspected and serviced with restaurant and waiting-room cars equipped with tables for card games and other amenities.
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Montreal
Canadian National Railways
Point St. Charles
German Preparations Under Versailles Restrictions Recounted
The St Thomas Times Journal recalls how Germany evaded Versailles limits after 1919 by covert training, secret military programs, and industrial manipulation. It argues that by 1939 millions were trained, industries repurposed for war, and Allied oversight failed to curb drive toward another global conflict.
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Yalta
Germany
Cardinal Pointe
Versailles
Hitler
Winston Churchill
Junkers
East Prussia
Japan
St. Thomas
Prince Robert Gun Cruiser and Bananas Save Lives At Sea
The Canadian anti aircraft cruiser Prince Robert carries shells and bananas aboard for mission needs. After long voyages she saved a dying child by sending bananas to a London area town, and later provided oranges and lemons to a Belfast hospital patient.
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Prince Robert
London
Robert
Belfast
Worked In Reverse Canadian Provost Corps Built Cage Around Five German Prisoners
L D Cameron of Prince Albert in the Canadian Provost Corps detailed a prisoner of war compound behind the front. He found a dead German officer and a hidden group of five soldiers in a cellar beneath a wrecked house. They surrendered when confronted, and Cameron and others finished building the cage.
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Canadian Provost Corps
L.-Cpl
L. D. Cameron
Prince Albert
Lask
Cameron
Mun
Across The Line Detroit Praises Canada Fighting Men
Detroit Free Press lauds Canadian soldiers for consistent heroism in World War I battles like Ypres Cambrai Passchendaele and in the Dieppe Caen Normandy and Goch campaigns as they live up to a great wartime tradition.
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Detroit
Canada
Dominion
Ypres
Cambrai
Passchendaele
Dieppe
Caen
Goch
United Nations
Froea Press
Filet Crochet Apron Pattern 7436 Offered by Winnipeg Union
Readers can obtain pattern 7436 for a filet crochet apron with a directional chart. Send twenty cents in coin to Household Arts Department, Winnipeg Newspaper Union, 178 McDermot Avenue, Winnipeg, Man. Include name and address and pattern number clearly. Mail delays may extend delivery.
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Household Arts Department
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Avenue
Winnipeg
Tunnel Hospital Built Under White Cliffs of Dover
A tunnel hospital carved 159 feet beneath the chalk cliffs near Dover provided a safe work space for doctors during wartime. Described as a modern “hospital in the country,” the facility offered a quiet, secure environment away from aerial threat and disruption.
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Dover
Britain
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