The Aircrafter
The Aircrafter was the weekly newspaper of the Canadian Car and Foundry plant in Fort William, published from 7 May 1944 to 11 August 1945.[1]
Eight pages long, it was printed "for and by employees" and handed out at the gate; its first managing editor was general works manager J. J. Russell, followed from October 1944 by W. O. Will, and the editor was R. M. Walker, a former Fort William newspaperman who enlisted in 1939 and served three years as a Fort William alderman. Wartime paper rationing meant the plant had to obtain a government permit to publish it. It is the subject of an article by Helen Smith and Pamela Wakewich (1997).[2]
References
- ↑ Helen E. H. Smith and Pamela Wakewich, "Representations of Women and Wartime Work in the Canadian Car and Foundry Company Newspaper, The Aircrafter", Papers and Records, vol. XXV (Thunder Bay Historical Museum Society, 1997), p. 68. Archived: datum.locker.
- ↑ Helen E. H. Smith and Pamela Wakewich, "Representations of Women and Wartime Work in the Canadian Car and Foundry Company Newspaper, The Aircrafter", Papers and Records, vol. XXV (Thunder Bay Historical Museum Society, 1997), pp. 68–69, 76. Archived: datum.locker.