CANADA’S WAR EFFORT
REMARKABLE FIGURES Rugby, Feb. 1. ‘ Remarkable figures concerning Canada’s war effort were given in a postJ script to the 8.8. C. Sunday night news i by Mr L. W. Brockington, who is now i on his return to Canada. "I got a telegram the other day,” he 'said. "It told me a few facts. It said | there were in the armed forces of ; Canada to-day 387,000 men ready to go , anywhere—26o,ooo in the army and 127,000 in the navy, and 100.000 in 1 the air force. "When the war began we had about 113 ships and 1400 men. We now have 127,000 men and nearly 400 ships. We j have an air force of 100.000. Under the air training plan there are 90 air schools and 130 air establishments. They arc flying aircraft a million miles a day. Since the war began, excluding Hong Kong. 2614 Canadians have been killed. We have built factories where 100.000 men and increasing thousands of women are turning out munitions of ’ We have enough wheat to keep you for two years. The wheat is already j in storage. We are sending you butter, ! milk, bacon and cheese. By July ol ! I last year we had already sent you j 1 2,000,000.000 pounds of food."
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume 77, 3 February 1942, Page 2
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