Unity and vigilance against fifth column threat during World War II
Burma's Bishop George West warns that internal disunity and treachery help the enemy as much as bombers. He urges national unity, rejects gossip and defeatism, cites Nazi propaganda, and calls for unwavering Allied resolve to defeat Axis powers and preserve freedom.
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George West
Rangoon
Pearl Harbour
Burma
Far East
Wort
Parma
Singapore
United Nations
United States
British Commonwealth
Sambos Busy Business Patter Ends With Rapid Swaps
Sambo boasts of a quick chain of trades from mule to bicycle to mangle iron to bedstead and back to a $10 sale. Rastus counters with disbelief, while Sambo defends the value of his turnover and the hustle behind the deals.
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Sambo
Rastus
Generals Decorated by King George of Greece
The Greek King awarded the Military Cross first class to Gen. Sir Archibald Wavell commander in India Gen. Sir Henry Maitland Wilson head of the 9th Imperial Army in the Middle East Gen. Sir Thomas Blamey head of land forces in Australia and Gen. Sir Bernard Fryberg of the New Zealand army, as reported by the BBC.
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British Broadcasting Corporation
George
Greece
Archibald Wavell
India
Henry Maitland-Wilson
Imperial Army
Middle East
Thomas Blamey
Australia
Bernard Fryberg
New Zealand
The Individual Citizen's Army Expands On Canadian Home Front
Col Ralston announces Pacific Coast Rangers as a form of citizen service. The Reserve Army, led by Major-General Browne, offers part time training and home defence preparation for men 17 to 50 and those exempt from conscription, with broad participation across ages and sexes.
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Col. Ralston
Ottawa
Pacific
George
Great Britain
King
Sam" Browne
BR. W. Browne, Dso
Spring Poetry From Moscow Radio Headlines German Offense
The Moscow radio cites papers from German troops showing a spring poetry offensive. It includes lines predicting future peace in Berlin when Gestapo be jailed and Hitler retires, followed by a return to smiling and singing.
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Moscow
Gestapo
Hitler
Berlin
Gardening Focus Encourages Nutritious Planting
Canadians are urged to emphasize maximum nutrition and conserve seed tools and time. A neighbourly policy promotes sharing tools dividing seed packets and exchanging produce. The guide lists vitamin rich crops tomatoes lettuce cabbage kale onions beets carrots potatoes peas parsnips and advises careful seed spacing and delaying cultivation to protect soil.
Mountie Pilots Spitfire for Canadian RAF Squadron
A Spitfire, presented to a Canadian fighter squadron led by Sqdn Ldr C N Campbell DFC, is to be flown by PO Gordon Hoben of Ottawa. The plane carries a silver plaque and Ontario Police Association sponsorship, with donations from US and Canadian police departments. Sir Philip Game and Air Vice Marshal Harold Edwards oversee the handover. A Canadian coat of arms replica bears the inscription and a providence quote.
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Ldr
Campbell
D.F.C
Royal Air Force
Canada
United States
Gordon Hoben
Ottawa
Philip Game
London Metropolitan Police
R.C.A.F
Harold Edwards
R.cm.p
Ontario Police Association of
Windsor
Ont
Sir Philip Game
Scotland Yard
British Navy quietly ferries Australians homeward
The text praises the Royal Navy for safely transporting most Australians back to their homeland without incident, highlighting the efficiency and ongoing valor of the Silent Service ships. It envisions future grand reader-worthy epics about these maritime actions.
Cheese’s Ancient Roots Traced to 1400 B C
The article notes cheese as one of the oldest foods with origins as early as 1400 B C, highlighting its long history and enduring role in diets across civilizations.
Ability Recognized in Royal Canadian Air Force Officers Commissioned
The Minister of National Defence for Air Hon CG Power announced the commissioning of RCAF officers including pilots Linton Wolseley Lask Strouts Hansley Sask R G Mullen Radville Sask I A Miller Grandview Man and observers K W Holtby Wetaskiwin Alta G Vivian Neepawa Man The move honors exceptional ability and courage of RCAF personnel with field commissions for overseas gunners and wireless operators.
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Royal Canadian Air Force
CG Power
National Defence
RCAF
QOM Linton Wolseley Lask H RR
Strouts Hansley Sask
R. G. Mullen Radville
Sask
K. W. N. Holtby
Wetaskiwin
Alta G
Wartime Price Board ban on civilian rubber product ads
An order from the wartime prices and trade board bars retailers from displaying or advertising civilian rubber goods in windows or catalogs issued after July 15 1942. The list covers erasers bath toys rubber capes and more with limited mail-order listing allowed. Other notes describe Allspice and waterspout terminology and a 1941 car having 86 plastic parts.
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Prices and Trade Board
Giving Little Help Czechs Find Ways To Resist Nazis
German papers in Prague say Czech people believe enemy rumors with credulity. When reports claimed bed-sheets would be confiscated for German soldiers, Czechs began cutting sheets into undergarments to avoid aiding Germany.
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Czechoslovakia
Prague
Germany
Nazi code of justice targets Poles and Jews in occupied Poland
The Nazis have drafted a code of criminal justice to be applied in occupied eastern Poland. It imposes the death penalty for acts deemed violent against Germans. The plan underscores harsh enforcement in territories under German control.
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Poland
Canada’s first corvette Charybdis loaned for training
Canada received its first corvette the wooden steam vessel Charybdis on loan from Britain for training purposes. The ship served to prepare Canadian crews in naval operations under the imperial agreement.
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Canada
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