Résultats

 Pearkes, Major-General George R., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 1946), 29 Nov 1945, 122-134     One or two thought-provoking ideas which the speaker hopes the audience will ponder over. Canada's Defence Departments now fully occupied in repatriating the soldiers, sailors and airmen from overseas and demobilizing those that they have brought back from Europe and from the Far Eastern theatre. The repatriation policy. Problems with …

 Puddester, Sir John, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1945), 8 Mar 1945, 328-350     Adverse publicity in the Canadian press regarding Newfoundland. Some Newfoundland history. The lack of knowledge of Newfoundland by people in other parts of Canada, with some illustrative examples. A Newfoundlander's experience in other parts of Canada similar to the Canadian experience in the United States. A description of Newfoundland under …

 Fauquier, Air Commodore J.E., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 1946), 22 Nov 1945, 107-121     Exploits of the Royal Canadian Air Force Bomber Group. First, something of the larger organization, Bomber Command of the Royal Air Force. A short history of the organization and how it was operated. How raids were planned and executed. How different bomb loads were chosen for different cities, with example. …

 Innes, Major A.W., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1945), 26 Apr 1945, 446-459     An informal chat about the speaker's experiences in Burma, in order to give an overall picture of what is going on out there. A brief outline of the campaign to date, then an idea of the general conditions in the campaign, the country, and how the speaker and his regiment …

 Somerville, Sir James F., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 1946), 1 Nov 1945, 72-81     The speaker's personal and professional background. His impressions of Canada some 50 years ago. Some words on the tensions between those in the new country, and those in the old, and how they view each other. The disappearance of these "little frictions and distempers" when we fight "side by side …

 Whitteker, Byng, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1945), 8 Feb 1945, 266-281     Broadcasting. An appreciation of the background effort in broadcasting news. The news gathering facilities of the British Broadcasting Corporation. Radio News Reel as an integral part of BBC's news service. Some operating details about the news service and about the Radio News Reel. Programme details. The background of correspondents. The …

 Carney, Ralph W., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1945), 19 Apr 1945, 427-445     A summary review of the situation over the last few years, and now in terms of the war with Germany and the war with Japan. The speaker's belief that this year will see Germany complete defeated, but not Japan. The independence and freedom of China as our common problem, and …

 Drew, The Honourable George A., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1945), 4 Jan 1945, 205-218     Questions to ask: What is our peace target for tomorrow; what is the real goal for which we are striving; what is our real vision of our own future. Canadians' desire for jobs and personal security. Much thought, writing, discussion and constructive action being directed toward these goals in Canada …

 Thomson, Roy H., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1945), 12 Apr 1945, 409-426     Conditions in Great Britain and in France. The speaker's observations during his few weeks in the United Kingdom and France, with many anecdotes and illustrative examples. An understanding of what the people of Britain are going through today and of what they have gone through in the past five and …

 D'Harcourt, M. Emmanuel, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1945), 18 Jan 1945, 230-242     Contributing to the maintenance after this war of the team spirit which Field Marshal Montgomery has defined as a condition of victory. Philosophy of the German Menace. The German people in General de Gaulle's words. The consequences for France in terms of money and people, from the Bismark invasion of …

 Livingstone, Sir Richard, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 1946), 20 Sep 1945, 1-12     Adult education meeting the needs of three classes of people: those who left school early; those who stay in school until the age of 18 but don't get much out of it intellectually; the people who have worked well at school and University, and have got a lot out of …

 Puckle, Sir Frederick, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 1946), 9 Oct 1945, 30-41     A concern with the problems which lie in wait for Western powers in those countries of Asia, which they at present hold as dependencies. The general problem summed up by Mr. Walter Lippmann in "United States Foreign Policy." Some quotations from that book. Some reflections on the text. A look …

 Birchall, Wing Commander Leonard, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 1946), 18 Oct 1945, 42-60     A telling of the speaker's experiences in the war. The necessity for some information not to be conveyed, in particular war atrocities and war crimes committed in Japan, due to the fact that the war criminals in Japan have not yet been brought to trial and it would be detrimental …

 Staermose, Robert, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1945), 29 Mar 1945, 381-392     The story of Danish resistance against the Nazis in Denmark. Sabotage on factories working for the German war machine, on military corps, on German airfields, on railways and on other targets which started on a large scale in the summer of 1943. Reasons why this resistance didn't show itself before …

 Livingstone, Dr. Leslie D., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 1946), 25 Oct 1945, 61-71     An idea of the Northland, the native inhabitants and the speaker's work among them. The speaker's arrival in North Baffin Land on the 18th of August, 1922. His introduction to the most primitive of the Eskimo: a description. The first introduction to these Eskimo of the practice of medicine. Stories …

 Sanderson, C.R., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 1946), 13 Dec 1945, 152-166     Why the British book practically disappeared from the Canadian market during the war. The stimulus this gave to Canadian book publishing. The delegation to Britain, in which the speaker took part, and its dual purpose: to discuss with the British publishers what could be done to ensure the re-entry of …

 The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 1946), 20 Dec 1945, 167-170     Christmas Meeting, including the ladies. Entertainment by The Dickens Fellowship of Toronto and The Malvern Collegiate Mixed Choir.

 Vijayaraghavacharya, Sir T., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 1946), 15 Nov 1945, 95-106     To begin, some personal words about the speaker feeling at home in Canada, and why. The speaker's belief that there is a great and subtle bond which connects England, India and Canada together. India: an old country and an old civilization. Bonds which connect with a more recent civilization, like …

 Dobbie, Lieut.-General Sir William G.S., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1945), 22 Feb 1945, 298-310     The siege of Malta. How Malta came into association with the British Empire. Why Malta had to be held during the war. Malta's strategic geographical location. Malta as an effective military base. Consequences if Malta had not been held. Military facilities. The declaration of war on the British Empire and …

 Mooney, George S., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 1946), 6 Dec 1945, 135-151     A look at the situation across Europe from the Baltic on the north to the Black Sea on the south, and Poland in the east and northwest Europe. Included in the descriptions are some of the programs being carried out by the UNRRA. First, the situation in France in terms …