Canada’s Naval Power Rise Shifts World Ranking
Canada has expanded the Royal Canadian Navy from about a dozen ships and 1,700 personnel to hundreds of ships and roughly 100,000 sailors. It is now rated the fourth largest sea power, with Britain the United States and Japan ahead, and Canada poised to move to third as Japan’s influence declines. The growth spans ships bases shipyards and all required naval infrastructure.
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Royal Canadian Navy
Canada
Britain
United States
Japan
Record Is A Splendid One
The Royal Canadian Navy has a storied record in combat. Mr. Macdonald reports 109 Canadien ships joined the Invasion of Europe with 10,000 sailors. A 150 ship convoy moved the largest ocean crossing, carrying over a million tons of vital materials. North Atlantic duty was wholly Canadian last summer, with 13 surface ships and 16 submarines sunk and 17 enemy ships captured or damaged. The navy also aided Allied fleets in destroying many enemy craft.
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Royal Canadian Navy
Macdonald
Europe
North Atlantic
Fine Tradition Has Been Made by Canadian Navy
Canada has built a strong navy in wartime and aims to maintain it post war with plans for 8000 to 15000 sailors and a fleet including two aircraft carriers two cruisers and eight destroyers. The Naval Minister says a 50 million dollar annual peacetime cost is possible but to be decided later. Canadians can take pride in the navy’s role against Axis powers.
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Canada
Axia
Father and son share Bible from war service reunion
Master Sgt. Galan Swank of Conyers Wyoming and Staff Sgt. Marcell Swank of Minneapolis met at a camp of the Port of Embarkation. The son presented his father a bloodied Bible his father carried in the Argonne. The Bible witnessed Marcell’s nine hours at Dieppe and his shrapnel wound.
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New York
Embarkaton
Galan Swank
Conyers
W.Y
Minneapolis
Swank
Dieppe
North Africa
el Guettar
Tunisia
Sicily
Salerno
Italy
Cooperative buys Gregg Manufacturing plant in Winnipeg
Implementing firm Canadian Co-operative Implements purchases the machinery and farm hardware factory run by Gregg Manufacturing Co in Winnipeg. The price is about 406000 with potential prairie government financing of 250000. The Canadian Co-operative Im ple ments is formed by farmers from Manitoba Saskatchewan and Alberta.
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Canadian Co-operative Implements, Ltd
Gregg Manufacturing Co
Winnipeg
J. B. Brown
Netherlands contributes over two million tons to UN shipping pool
The Netherlands has added more than 2,000,000 tons to the United Nations shipping pool, boosting shared global shipping resources. The contribution underscores the country’s ongoing support for international collaboration in maritime logistics and relief efforts.
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Netherlands
United Nations
Smile Awhile: Jokes and gag lines from old humor page
A collage of quips about marriage, money, and mischief features Hobin and Smith discussing a wife’s method, a would be trumpet gift, a hat with a black patch, a fading date with a fool, camouflaged gun, and a maid's wry remarks. The humor centers on misunderstandings, social roles, and light domestic absurdity.
Price Control And Rationing Information Q A
Readers query which coupons in ration books remain valid until December 31 and how tea and coffee serving rules apply after restrictions lifted. The answer notes certain coupons in book three stay valid, second servings may be offered with limits on cream and sugar, and milk may be provided. It also covers automobile age change date and baby ration book applications without birth certificates if a statutory declaration is signed, plus where to send questions or request “Consumers' News” or the Blue Book.
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Consumers’ News
Prices and Trade Board
Trained in Canada trains over 200000 air force personnel
Canada has trained more than 200000 air force personnel under the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan, with at least half designated as highly skilled air crew members.
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Canada
All Bran proves a simple constipation aid
A reader praises Kellogg's All Bran as a daily, bulk fiber remedy for constipation. The cereal is promoted as delicious and nutritious, not a medicine, with advice to eat it daily and drink water. Suggested uses include as a cereal or in muffins, offered by Kellogg's in London, Canada.
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Kellogg’s
London
Canada
Canadians Drop Badges Before Italian Offensive
A wartime photo shows Canadian regiments without Canada badges as security strictness lifted after a period of isolation near Cassino. Troops then surprised the German defenders near Florence, breaking the Gothic Line. Officials reported towns during the ban were off limits to Canucks.
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Italy
Canada
Cassino
Florence
Bounda
James Gordon Bennett’s Christmas Morning Misstep
James Gordon Bennett, famous New York newspaper publisher, rewarded a Delmonico’s waiter with a roll of six $1,000 bills. The waiter brought the money to his employer, Delmonico, who revealed the error. Bennett insisted the money be returned, declaring he never makes mistakes.
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James Gordon Bennett
New York
Delmonico’s
Bennett
Butter Fat Spread Aiding Troops In Pacific Campaign
The tropical butter fat spread made from creamery butter in Australia and New Zealand resists melting below 105 degrees Fahrenheit. If it does melt, it can be re incorporated by stirring. The spread has proved a boon to troops in the Pacific theater.
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Australia
New Zealand
Pacific
Canada to press on with war in Pacific after Germany
The article argues Canadians will still face hard fighting post Germany victory. It notes Allied leaders agreed Canada will join the Japan war proportionally and that sailors, merchant seamen, and trainees will continue operations in the Pacific, with the Navy League urging ongoing support through supplies and care for seamen.
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Germany
Japan
Canada
Pacific
Navy League
CWAC Guests Visit Santa Monica Camp in California
Two Vancouver CWAC members Sgt Edna Mitchell and Pte Shirley Granger were the first CWACs to visit the U S Army Recreation Camp at Santa Monica California. Americans gave lavish hospitality during their 14 day holiday enjoying palm trees beaches and proximity to the film industry.
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Uncle Sam's Army
Vancouver
Canadian Women’s Army Corps
Edna Mitchell
Shirley Granger
Kimberley
B.C
Santa Monica
California
CWAC Officer Vanier Reunites With Father in Paris Return
Second Lieut Therese Vanier of Montreal, a CWAC officer, moves from England to Paris, marking one of the first CWAC arrivals and reuniting with her father Major General George P Vanier, Canadian ambassador to the French provisional government. She had previously fled France in 1940 and served in the Mechanized Transport Corps and Fighting French before transferring to OWAC in London in 1943. Army pets report notes CWAC barracks in London Ontario display plush and yarn crafts among the troops.
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Therese Vanier
C.wa.c
Montreal
England
Paris
C.W.A.C
George P. Vanier
France
Lieut. Vanier
Mechanized Transport Corps
O.W.A.C
London
Cwacdom
CWAC
Ont
Carrot Leaves Worn By Elizabethan Ladies In Hair
In Elizabethan England carrot leaves were once thought decorative and worn in hair as an alternative to feathers by English ladies. The note reflects a historical belief about fashion and botany in the period.
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Queen Elizabeth
Britain and France: contrasting war burdens and futures
A London correspondent for the Ottawa Journal argues that France endures four years under German control with Paris largely intact while Britain bears heavier civilian and military losses. He notes Britain’s depleted overseas credits and gold reserve versus France’s strong reserves, warning against any illusion about postwar realities.
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France
Britain
London
Ottawa Journal
Paris
Great Britain
Astronomer Royal Upgrades Clocks at Greenwich
Sir Harold Spencer Jones replaces pendulum clocks at the Greenwich Royal Observatory with quartz crystal chronometers accurate to one hundred ten thousandth of a second per day. The change aids Greenwich work and serves to check service instruments as wireless time regulators are now controlled by the new system.
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Greenwich Royal Observatory
Astronomer Royal
Harold Spencer Jones
Greenwich
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