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Show Canada's Women Keep 'Em Flying UNIFORMED women of Canada's Army, Navy, Air Force, are Jills of all trade, no lob is too tough for these girls In service to release men for overseas duty. The Battle Dress, of Canadian women wo-men ranges from house dresses and business suits to overalls and service ser-vice uniforms. The number of women engaged directly or Indirectly In war industries indus-tries has increased from 95,000 in February, 1942, to 255,000. In the fiscal year ending March 31, 1944, war industries are expected to use 60,000 more women, and the armed forces an additional 24,000. The youngest women's service organized or-ganized to release men to more active duties, the Women's Royal Canadian Naval Service, had attested attes-ted 3.104 officers and ratings, and called up 2,396 by June 26, 1943, one year after its establishment. Officer members of the W.R.C.N.S. now will hold the same rank titles as men In the R.C.N., and will be referred to as commander, lieutenant lieuten-ant and sub-lieutenant instead of the previous counterpart, chief officer, of-ficer, first officer, second officer and third officer. The Canadian Women's Army Corps was the first women's service to use the same titles as men. Formed In September, 1941, the Canadian Women's Army Corps has enlisted more than 11.500. The first women's service, established estab-lished in July, 1941, the Royal Canadian Cana-dian Air Force (Women's Division) had enlisted more than 12,300 by the end of June. Women In nursing services uniforms uni-forms totalled more than 2.414 at the end of June, with more than 1.714 in the Royal Canadian Army Medical Medi-cal Corps. 276 in the R.C.A.F. nursing nurs-ing service and 16 in the Canadian Navy nursing service. There are also 255 Canadian nurses serving with the South Africa military nursing service. There are 37 women doctors in the armed services, four in the navy, 21 with the army, and 12 with the air force. .. . - vv . f , ' , -?? , - ' - j ' 4 1 Jt ' ' - I ' K i ' - , s ' . . . '.sr c,Vrs 1 t " 'f - - ; - '4 1 A member of the Royal Canadian Air Force (ft omen's Division) checks a 'chute for tears. - Huge aircraft engines hold no secrets from Canada's air icomen. Here the) check the motor of a twin-engined bomber. I 1 - i 'V "A J - , , s ' . . v T.i I f -'I'M t i i III mi. i I I I'wrfw I IfclJ'iliTi imrt iV |