Courage Shown By Airmen Who Ride The Limitless Skies
A byline piece recounts Royal Canadian Air Force crews at a coastal command station sharing tales of dangerous convoy missions over the North Sea. Pilots describe flak, deep dives, and the nerve needed to strike enemy ships while camaraderie and ritual calm the room.
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John Clarke
Rlc.a.f
Royal Canadian Air Force
North Sea
RTE Omy
Toronto
Smitty
Regina
Montreal
R.C.A.F
Gandhi the natty dresser and political ascetic
William J. Brittain recalls Gandhi as a young barrister who prized appearance, especially the shine of his top hat. Gandhi later led resistance in South Africa and India, adopting fasting and silence as tools, with asceticism shifting from religion to politics per Sir Alfred Watson.
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Gandhi
William J. Brittain
Great Britain and the East
India
South Africa
Sir Alfred Watson
Polish woman pilot flies Spitfires for RAF largely untried
Anna, 27, daughter of a Polish officer, is one of four top Polish women pilots in the Air Transport Auxiliary. She has flown reconnaissance missions, escaped through Romania and Yugoslavia to France, and now ferries Spitfires Hurricanes Mustangs and bombers from UK factories to RAF bases. She trains to handle heavy bombers like the Wellington.
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Anna
Air Transport Auxiliary
Polish Telegraph Agency
Fies
United Kingdom
Poland
Rumania
Jugoslavia
France
Paria
Rue de Rivoli
Mier
Great Britain
Inerland
Pauline Gower
Air Transport Auxillary Service
Royal Air Force
Swiss audience boos Dieppe film halts screenings
A German propaganda film about the Dieppe raid was removed from a Zurich cinema amid immediate Swiss heckling. The National Zeitung called the film fake German propaganda aimed at a protesting Swiss public while the projector paused and a different film was shown. Eight Canadians serve in the British Parliament.
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Dieppe
Zurich
Switzerland
National Zeitung
Killing Dutch Cattle For Nazi Food Drive
The Windsor Star notes W. L. Clark reports that Nazis plan to slaughter 100,000 Dutch cows to boost Germany’s fat supply. 187,000 acres of pasture will be sown to rape seed for vegetable oil, a move seen as harming Dutch dairy herds but serving German needs with long term consequences.
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Netherlands
Saya W. L. Clark
Windsor Star
Germany
Reich
Europe
Canada Hosts Allied Training Grounds During World War II
Canada provided training facilities for allied forces including Norway Belgium Poland and the Netherlands. Norwegian airmen trained in Ontario Toronto and Gravenhurst while Belgian Dutch Polish recruits attended camps in Quebec Ontario. Royal families and exiled governments also maintained residences in Canada during the war.
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Caraia
Becomig
Netherlands
Luxembourg
Norway
Poland
Belgium
Anc
Royal Air Forcs
Ontario
Toronto
Gravenhurst
Muskoka
Canada
Britain
Juliette
Que
Hitler
Windsor
Ont
Owen Sound
Royal Netherlands Army
Juliana Barracks
Stratford
Europe
Juliana
Wilhelmina
Ottawa
Grand Duchess
Charlotte
London
Washington
Montreal
Royal Family of
Quebec
Changing London as the city’s spirit is erased
Almey St. John Adcock reflects on how every generation loses the London of youth. He recalls the Great Fire of 1666, Dickens’ London, and the railway’s reshaping, then laments that the current London has been ruthlessly destroyed before our eyes. War scars blot streets yet many façades mask total ruin inside.
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London
Almey St
Guide To Britain okiet Issued For Use Of American Troops
London Spectator praises a compact pocket guide issued for American troops in Britain. It features a clear map of the British Isles, a bilingual glossary addressing common pitfalls, and imagery of military insignia. The author, formerly a New York publicity agent, delivers a practical, saleable handbook for soldiers and locals alike.
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Great Britain
British Isles
Navy
New York
London Spectator
Odd Footnotes From A Drug Store And Antarctic Fact
A psychologist notes that about one quarter of drug store shoppers pause at the fountain before departing. A separate claim states whaling is the sole industry on the entire continent of Antarctica.
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Antarctica
Pattern 7383 Offers Fourteen Gift Accessories
A vintage notice describes Pattern 7383 with directions for fourteen different attractive accessories. It lists required materials and designs and instructs readers to send twenty cents in coins to the Household Arts Department in Winnipeg, Manitoba, with name and address clearly written.
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Household Arts Department
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Avenue
Winnipeg
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Prices and Trade Board
British Board of Trade
John H. F. Turner
Prices Board
Turner
Dominion
Guide To
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