CWAC training and service stories from wartime Canada
War time CWAC reports describe training moves between Vermilion and Kitchener for four week basic courses and the spread of recruits across the country. Montreal CWAC rifle classes draw 30 corps members as enthusiasm rises for military firearms knowledge among Army women. The article highlights Lance Corporal Ann MacDonald, CWAC staffing roles in Ottawa, and the Smith family in Edmonton with multiple sisters in service plus Lieutenant Isabel Chevrier of Winnipeg returning with overseas souvenirs including a parachute bomb fragment used as a keepsake.
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Canada
Kittenener
Ont
Vermilion
Alita
Eloded
Kitchener
CWAC
Montreal
Duke of York Hussars Armnoury
Ann MacDonald
Cw.a.c
Directorate of Public Relations
Ottawa
London
Eng
Ann
C. G. MacDonald
Mont
Thomas Smiths
Edmonton
Alta
Stewart Smith
D.C
R.c.aef
Lelph Margery Smith
Margery
Helen Smith
National Defence Headquarters
Rowena
WAC
Isabel Chevrier
Winnipeg
Man
Isabel
No. 43 Company
Hyde Park
This Week's Pattern By ANNE ADAMS
Anne Adams presents Pattern Ra746 a feminine easy frock with few pieces and front buttons for simple wear at office home or street sizes listed 12 through 44 yardage for size 16 is 5% yards 35 inch fabric send orders to Anne Adams Pattern Rept Winnipeg with note on possible mail delays due to slow delivery.
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Anne Adams
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
MacDermot Ave. E
Winnipeg
Man
Flying fish glide from sea to air about long distances
A report notes flying fish do not truly fly but glide after speed launches them from water. They use wind and momentum to reach notable speeds and cover distances around 800 feet. A yellow flag on a ship’s halyard signals pestilence aboard.
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Mike
A Bullying But Loyal Pair At Doughnut Palace Steak Dinner
Kerrigan recalls years with Mike Casey from the orphanage to the police. Their bond endures through a hospital crisis after a shootout, a near death for Mike, and a plan to have Mike join Kerrigan and Mary for dinner when she marries Mike.
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Mike Casey
Mike
Mary Grady
Mary
Uod
the Palace
Kerrigan
Mister Kerrigan
Marty
Phooey
Kerry
Abe
Measles Serum Shows Protective and Therapeutic Uses
The University of Iceland report notes convalescent measles serum from recovered patients can provide complete protection and also modify disease course. In 1943 Icelandic measles epidemic data indicate milder symptoms, lower fever, shorter illness, and fewer complications when serum is applied.
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Department of Pathology and Bacteriology
University of Iceland
Reykjavik
Iceland
Caterpillar Landing Gear Promises Heavier Load Airliners
Britain moves toward caterpillar tracked undercarriage for post war airliners to permit land base operation with heavier loads. Progress reports cite engineering challenges but confirm advances. Also notes Aleksiano, former Odessa governor under Axis, tops Russians' gallows list as they vow punishment for war crimes.
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Britain
Aleksiano
Odessa
Princess Pats Cookies Delightful Royal Snack
Princess Pats cookies blend eggs brown sugar and butter with All Bran and nut meats. After mixing the dry and wet ingredients bake in a shallow pan at 425 degrees F for about minutes, then cut into bars yielding 32 portions.
Extra Rations Arrangements For Seasonal Farm Help
Wartime Prices and Trade Board approves extra rations for seasonal farm crews across Canada up to five meals per person per day. The rule follows 1943 practice but was underutilized. Applications will note the five meal limit. no additional sugar concessions are planned.
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Prices and Trade Board
Canada
Frontier boundary between Canada and United States is real
Anne O Hare McCormick in the New York Times notes the border is nearly invisible yet crossings face currency and restriction hurdles. The column mocks botanists calling bananas grapes and other fruits berries.
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Ebrockville
Plans for SS to go Underground After German Defeat
Authoritative Naples sourced report says the Schutzstaffel has detailed schemes to remain intact as a secret body with 20 divisions organized in a pyramidal cell system. Five-member cells, three such cells per squad, three squads per group, all to resurrect Neo Nazism after the war.
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Himmler
Schutzstaffel
Naples
Germany
Hitler
Army
Junker
Canada wheat crop records show drought year 1937
Canada harvested 180 million bushels in 1937, the smallest wheat crop in 29 years. The 1928 crop reached 566.726 million bushels, the largest on record. Initial 1942 estimates placed it first, but final estimates place the 1942 crop second at 556.84 million bushels.
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Canada
South America Receives About Twice The Continental Rainfall
A report notes that South America averages rainfall roughly twice that of many other continents, highlighting regional hydrological patterns and implications for ecosystems and climate dynamics across the region.
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South America
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Real She
Sir Charles Roberts
Royal Yeast
Cas
Royal
Russia
Cereals Uc
Kellogg's
MacDonald
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