Canada allocates 77 million for UNRRA relief work
Finance minister J L Isley announced Canada would contribute 77 million dollars to the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration for the year ending June 30 1943. The amount equals one per cent of the national income reported by the Dominion Bureau of Statistics at 7 615 million dollars. The United States contribution was set similarly using its estimated national income.
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Canada
United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration
J. L. Isley
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Dominion
United States
Great Service To Humanity By UN Relief Units
UNARA officials outline relief strategy for liberated areas. Food clothing and medical care are prioritized, followed by agricultural implements seeds and household goods to restore normal living conditions. The administration notes ongoing, long term humanitarian work aided by UN forces.
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United Nations
U.N.A.R.A
Need For Food In Many Lands Need For Food In Many Lands
The article discusses European agriculture recovery after German occupation. It notes farmland devastation, refugee training in modern farming methods, and sharing allied agricultural research. Britain funds Seeds for Europe to aid liberated countries, while Canada’s harvest could ease widespread hunger.
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Europe
Britain
Seeds For
Canada
Newspaper boys make best officers say Army general
Major General James Ulio of the U S Army cites field observations from an army doctor in Italy who believes ex newspaper boys make the best officers. The article argues youth paper peddlers develop self reliance and resourcefulness essential to army and business success.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Ulio
U.S. Army
Italy
Kitchener Record
Rosthern rescue net aids sea survivors on escort ships
Canada’s corvettes and destroyers are fitted with the Rosthern rescue net. The device scoops exhausted wreck survivors from the sea, lifting men benumbed by cold or drenched in oil from the water to the deck of rescue ships.
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Canada
Opium Spread Among Japanese Soldiers Alarms Tokyo
The Ottawa Journal recalls earlier reports that Japanese army agents supplied opium to Chinese civilians to weaken resistance. A new Pacific report suggests opium use has reached Japanese troops, provoking alarm in Tokyo. The piece notes brutal wartime actions blamed on Japanese forces and hints at divine retribution.
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Pacific
Tokyo
Ottawa Journal
Red Cross official discusses British dependents flow to Canada
Major General B. W. Browne of Ottawa, assistant national commissioner of the Canadian Red Cross, stated in Winnipeg that the movement of British dependents to Canada is under discussion in an interview. He outlined considerations and potential policy implications for the repatriation and settlement of these dependents.
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B. W. Browne
Ottawa
Canadian Red Cross
Winnipeg
Cana
Compare steel use in toys and weapons across common items
A historical note describes steel in a tricycle forming a shell for a 75 mm howitzer and steel in an average baby carriage capable of making a A5 caliber submachine gun. The statement contrasts material strength with potential weaponization in domestic goods.
Price control and rationing guidance for wartime Canada
Readers ask about sugar coupons and ration books, with advice that F coupons are in No 3 books and become valid at different dates. It covers beef price charts at markets, train food pricing by Wartime Prices and Trade Board, and how to obtain the Re-Make Wrinkles booklet. It notes women saved material through Re-make centers and urges requests to local Wartime Prices offices.
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Prices and Trade Board
Canada
Maurice Thorburn Imitates Hitler Veteran of Two Wars
Maurice Thorburn a 39 year old aircraft worker of MacDonald Brothers Winnipeg served in the Royal Canadian Engineers from 1939 and the Royal Navy in the last war. He created a Hitler imitation that pleased high ranking officers and performed for troops at Aldershot abroad in 1940. He returned to Canada in 1942 to join MacDonald Brothers Aircraft Ltd as procurement supervisor.
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Maurice Thorburn
MacDonald Brothers
Winnipeg
Man
Hitler
Royal Canadian Engineers
Aldershot
Canada
MacDonald Brothers’ Aircraft Ltd
Royal Navy
Canada plans flax crop on 2,069,000 acres this year
A Commons return tabled by A. H. Bence shows Canada will grow about 2,069,000 acres of flax for linseed oil and oil cake. It also lists last year’s flax output at 17,900,000 bushels and notes eight new flax processing plants added in 1943. New plants are in Montreal, Winnipeg, Toronto, Vancouver, Medicine Hat, Hamilton, St Boniface, and St Boniface Man.
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Canada
A. H. Bence
P.C
Saskatoon
Montreal
Winnipeg
Toronto
Vancouver
Medicine Hat
Alta
Hamilton
Ont
St. Boniface
Man
Amazon River Dumps 5 Million Gallons Into Atlantic Each Second
A new estimate shows the Amazon river discharges about 5 million gallons of water into the Atlantic Ocean every second. Scientists note this immense flow influences local salinity, nutrient distribution, and marine ecosystems along the Brazilian coastline.
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Amazon
War Savings Christening of Planes in Vancouver
In a notable ceremony Squadron Leader D L Ramsay presented plaques bearing the R C A P crest to school representatives, marking a christening of war savings surpassing $155 000. Ramsay, recently back from service as a European and Russian fighter pilot, witnessed planes soar over Greater Vancouver after the official christening, allowing children in school playgrounds to see what their savings had achieved.
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D. L. Ramsay
R.C.A.P
Ramsay
Europe
Russia
Greater
Vancouver
German generals captured at Cherbourg sign US barber’s autograph
Three high ranking German officers, General Schlieben, General Stattler, and Admiral Hennecke, were captured at Cherbourg and sent to England. Schlieben joked he had no money for a haircut and signed an American soldier’s autograph book after receiving the trim. Hennecke quipped about changing captor nations, joking about future captivity.
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Cherbourg
Schlieben
Stattler
Admiral Hennecke
England
von Schlieben
Not Small Affairs
General H. H. Arnold argues air operations are not raids but massive offensives. A single heavy bomber wing with 700 aircraft implies about 7,000 airmen, plus 3,000 more with 600 medium bombers and 1,000 fighters, totaling over 10,000 men. These missions strike deep into Germany, hundreds of miles from bases.
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H. H. Arnold
Oratary
Tina
Osw
Germany
Sea Man Turns Sea Water Drinkable With Four Bags
A stranded seaman in a lifeboat can now obtain potable water by dissolving one chemical in sea water contained in the first bag to remove unpotable elements. The water is then filtered in a second bag to remove salt, treated in a third bag to remove alkali, and finally filtered in a fourth bag to make the water palatable.
Unit in military hospital given boost with new assistant
The lady in charge of a special unit in a military hospital had long begged for help as workload mounted. This week two senior officers inspected the facility and praised the work. One commented on the term unit, and she replied that she had chosen the right word, unit, and the reply proved effective, as she is getting an assistant.
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James
Glasgow Herald
Flying Blue Amazons: Turkey designates women pilots
Turkish air force names female pilots Flying Blue Amazons, signaling formal recognition of women’s roles in military aviation. The designation highlights evolving gender integration within Turkey’s armed forces and reflects broader changes in military policy.
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Turkey
From Hartford to Quebec via South Carolina CWAC enlistment
Pte Pamela Chalmers from Hartford England travels far to join the Canadian Women's Army Corps after visiting an aunt in South Carolina in 1940. Her CWAC interest grew through meetings with recruiting officer Lieut C Kernan from Quebec City. She has a sister Zillah serving with the Women's Auxiliary Air Force in England. The piece also notes Queen Christina Crowell CWAC of Windsor New Brunswick crowned Queen of the Annapolis Valley Apple Blossom Festival with Major General L F Page presiding and CWAC ladies attending. Twin sergeants Carole and Helen Bileski of Saskatoon balance duties at National Defence Ottawa with four education courses including chemistry via Canadian Legion services, algebra tutoring, sewing, and a dramatics course. They plan an Army Administration Course at Brockville.
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Hartford
England
Quebec City
South Carolina
Canadian Women's Army Corps
Pte
Pamela Chalmers
Pamela
United States
Lieut. C. Kernan
C.W.A.C
Pte. Chalmers
Zillah
Women’s Auxiliary Air Force
Sgt
Christina Crowell
Windsor
N.B
Annapolis Valley
Queen Christina
L. F. Page
Atlantic Command
Halifax
CWAC
Pres
Marie Captell
Wolfville
N.S
Mary Perry
Peterborough
Ont
Canada
Carole
Helen Bileski
Saskatoon
Sask
National Defence Headquarters
Ottawa
Canadian Legion Educational Services
Directorate of Education
Brockville
Girl behind CWAC camera a first for War era
Cpl. Margaret Hermesten of Englehart Ontario is the Army Public Relations photographer in Ottawa. She joined the CWAC in October 1941 and became one of the originals. She attended an RCA-F Photographic Course at Rockliffe and hopes to become a fashion photographer after the war. She is the daughter of Mr and Mrs Melvin Hermeston.
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CWAC
Margaret Hermesten
Englehart
Ont
Hermesten
Directorate of Public Relations
Army
Ottawa
C.W.A.C
R.c.a-F
Rockliffe
Ontario College of Arts
Cpl
Hermeston
Melvin Hermeston
Smiles and Jokes From a Wartime Hotel Party
A string of wartime quips and one liners unfolds in a hotel party scene. The talk centers on luck with a ten-dollar cheque, a bank encounter with a debtor bird, and humorous exchanges about food, laundry at sea, and daily routines.
India to produce millions of shoes using reclaimed rubber
In 1944 arrangements in India plan six million pairs of canvas shoes with rubber soles and one million pairs with leather uppers for public sale, leveraging the release of reclaimed rubber supplies.
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India
Egypt's Nile Valley Holds Traces of World History
The article notes Egypt's valley of the Nile as a vast source of history with potential future finds. It suggests that centuries hence historians could uncover remnants of Nazi legions buried beneath shifting sands.
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Egypt
Valley of the Nile
Earth
Months Quintilis and Sextilis Renamed to July and August
In ancient times Quintilis and Sextilis were the fifth and sixth months. The names later changed to July and August, aligning with the modern calendar.
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Wartime Prices and Trade Board
Consumers’ News
Wac
Walter
Lily
Lator
Doctor Niceman
Mr. Henpeck
Dr. Knowall
Mr. Smith
Lydia E. Pinkham
Pinkham
Bae
Foco
Appleford Parte
Fasouers
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