London Places Known to All the World
The article tours central London landmarks from Trafalgar Square to Buckingham Palace and Hyde Park, noting bomb damage and postwar repairs. It recalls Canadian troops at the Canadian Headquarters, the National Gallery, Westminster Abbey, Downing Street, and a Churchill meeting, with reflections on air raids and city resilience.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
West End
Trifalgar Square
Heart of
Weatminater
Parliament
Whitehall
No. 10 Downing Street
St. James Park
Buckingham Palace
Piccadilly Circus
Hyde Park
National
Canadian Pacific
Sun Wife
Beaver Club
Trafalgar Squire
Trafalgar Square
Houses of Parliament
Leicester Square
Piccadill S
Dunklin House
St. Martin's
National Gallery
Trafalgar
Britain
Elf City
East End
West
Flyde Park
Kensington Gardens
Peter Pan
Avenue Road
St. Clair
Torontoy
Park Lane
Oxford Street
Wade
Theoman
Mohn Suantiese
Alan
Thirty Thousand Gun Sights a Week Factory in South London Turns to Medal Makers
A British factory in South London producing 30 000 gun sights and 20 000 other parts weekly switches to medal stamping using mid steel strips. Medal makers repair early bottlenecks, achieving three thousandths of an inch precision. Girls under 16 train quickly and the plant also forges coins and military medals for Free French Forces and other orders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Britain
London
Dominions
South America
Ching
Sim Thes
Royal Academy
Hudson's Has Company
Prmternal
Dors
Odode Hawker
Ciriewe
Wool Gathering? A Curious Historic Textile Tip Piece
A garbled historical note outlines curious wool gathering ideas and care. It mentions reading costs, clothing items like gowns, and hints at processing steps. The text references garments, fabrics, and rustic storage advice, with scattered proper nouns and unclear dates or places.
Canadian royal commission clears officials over Hong Kong expedition
Parliament weighs conscription and the National Resources Mobilization Act as Prime Minister King moves to tax, budget, and defense policy. Chief Justice Duff absolves officials of dereliction after a Hong Kong expedition inquiry, while a new air training agreement extends the Commonwealth plan with shared costs among Canada New Zealand Australia and the United Kingdom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lyman Dutt
House of Commons
Osfey
Mackenzie King
Lyman Duff
Canada
Hong Kong
United States
Royal Commission
George Drew
Ontario
Ottawa
New Zealand
Australia
United Kingdom
Four
Distance Record Set for 18 Hour Coal Train
A historic distance milestone was achieved as a revised coal transport route covered a long haul between Cork and Dion. The effort highlights a notable endurance feat by a dedicated crew.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dulmdlen
Cork
Dion
Nat Mospaedd
Rebuilding Coventry Cathedral Plans by Architect Scott
Coventry rebuilding efforts move forward as Bert Scott, architect at Tav erpool Cathedral, prepares new plans after Caventese Cathedral was destroyed by German bombings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coventry
GCP
Bert Scott
Taverpool
Caventese
Britain uses synchrophone to train troops and aid war effort
Britain's gramophone industry contributes to the war by using the synchrophone to train service men. Recording engineers expand sound ranges beyond ordinary limits, capturing tones three to four octaves above and one octave below normal. The process helps pilots learn engine sounds and guns, while daylight viewing advantages are noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aoomano
Megant
Fay
Britain
ILA
Gramophone
Fat Conservation for Victory and Cooking
The text discusses fat as vital for health and wartime programs, listing sources from canned meats to roast drippings. It describes melting fat in water, straining, and cooling to form a fat cake, then clarifying and re melting for baking, pie crusts, gravies, and frying.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Nations Program For Victory
Neighbors Helped Plow 480 Acres In One Day Tank Battle
Farmer F J Ridgell of Cartwright Co operative Farmers could not seed this spring. Nineteen members of the district co op plowed seeded and harrowed his entire 480 acres in a single day. Spectators from the southwestern Manitoba district watched the 19-tractor confrontation described as a plant tank battle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cartright
F. J. Ridgell
Cartwright Co-operative Farmers
al Wness
Bombs Damage Confined Court Structures Warned
A Royal Architectural Institute report notes bombs in enclosed spaces cause enormous damage to buildings like courts. It recommends multi level fortification with robust roofs and reinforced floors to reduce collapse risk in such scenarios.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Royal Architectural Institute of Canna
Digby Pines in Nova Scotia Promising Seaside Vacations
A readable overview of Digby Pines, a Nova Scotia resort area famed for seaside leisure. Mentions Digby Pines hotel with golf, tennis, riding, fishing and a glass pool, plus accessibility via Canadian Pacific Railway and a Bay of Fundy cruise. Notes regional attractions and historic links in a promotional tone.
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Nova Scotia
Eramiel
Digby
Digby Pines
St ‘Eps
Longfellow
Kenton
Montreal
Saint John
N.K
Bay of Fundy
Yi Railway
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Downing Street
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Pritisah
England
Dunkirk
Ourselven
No. 10
Churchill
Lobonto
Phe Tt
Ail Kaur Warallerre
Ogermient
Anne Soto
Tata
Leta Ingels
Albert Serthaakas
Bydtere
Acton Vree Preea
How Francis
Haveau
Parlament
National Defence Department
Jorge Die Peek
Charlottetown
Fort Walhant
Brantford
Crande
Prairies
Aba
Asay Watt
Wis
Walid
Moe
Iain
Ana Servier
Noril American Life
North American Life
King Street
Plesse
Toronto
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Howard Graff
Rentydie
North
Atenea
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