British World War II Happenings Briefly Noted
Government funded restaurants now serve 2,082 venues with 582000 meals daily. British Merchant Navy rescued 5661 seamen from lifeboats over four years nine months. Ireland paid 41.6 million in bomb-damage compensation. A Hendon firm fined 16.2 thousand for selling goods above price. Robert Shaw, 73, pioneer of the gramophone in Canada, dies in Winnipeg. Canadian frigate Waskesiu earns nine awards for anti submarine actions. Cholesterols at Chesterfield park during Holidays at Home include 300 diffusers for sea air. Post war aviation policy urged to train long distance fliers within the British Empire.
Oradour-sur-Glane Massacre Described by French Sources
French and London reports detail the July 10 slaughter of the Oradour-sur-Glane villagers by German SS troops. Survivors recount men shot in barns while women and children perished in a burning church after a large case exploded in the building.
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Oradour-sur-Glane
London
Neue Zuercher Zeitung
Oradour-sur- Vayres
Lisieux
Vimoutiers
New York Times
Wide angle lens aids postwar mapping and reconstruction
Dr. LE Howlett of the National Research Council says a new wide angle camera lens, abundant from wartime efforts, will boost Canada’s detailed mapping in peace. He notes the lens expands a photographed strip from 9 000 to 15 000 feet and that wartime aerial surveying will guide peacetime reconstruction and exploration.
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Canada
LE Howlett
National Research Council
Ottawa
Howlett
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Dr. Howlett
Self-Discipline and Wisdom in Sunday School Lesson
A devotional outline links self control and discipline to biblical instruction. It cites I Corinthians 9 and Proverbs 1 7 10 and Jeremiah 35 5 10 highlighting reverence for God parental guidance and resistance to evil. The lesson compares athletic training to Christian striving for an incorruptible crown with references to Ephesians 6 10 20 and 1 Peter 5 4.
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Corinthians
R. Wm
Jeremiah
Temple Court
Jonadab
Paul
Peter
Britain not broke says Bevin as war debts loom
Ernest Bevin asserts Britain will recover from wartime strain despite being financially broke. He argues the nation's spirit to stay free outlasts Hitler and Napoleon, and foresees renewed prestige and prosperity after the war. The Detroit Free Press frames this claim as confidence in Britain's resilience.
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Ernest Bevin
Britain
Bevin
Hitler
Napoleon
Europe
Detroit Free Press
Napoleons Route Markers Hint at War’s Toll
A fragment describes Nazis fleeing through Wilni Poland reading on a tablet Napoleon Bonaparte passed this way in 1812 with 400000 men and another side claims 9000 men The piece contrasts conquest and retreat with a statistic about eyelid activity in a lifetime and mentions ancient Greek light signal systems for city messaging.
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Wilni
Poland
Napoleon Bonaparte
Napoleon
Doctor explains why skin disease became his chosen field
A physician explains he chose dermatology for three reasons: patients never wake him at night, they never die, and they never get well. This humorous reply reflects a dry, professional outlook on his specialty.
Cherbourg Harbor Tales From Victorian Ambitions
A London correspondent recalls Cherbourg’s long history with Britain from 1295 to 1858. Naval works cost £8,000,000 and Queen Victoria attended the opening, but later advances like large guns and bombs changed naval scale beyond Victorian forecasts. Cherbourg and Le Havre as Atlantic ports are noted. Buy War Savings Stamps regularly.
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Cherbourg
Yarmouth
London
Ottawa Journal
Napoleon III
Louis Philippe
Queen Victoria
le Havre
Busy Post Office Women On Staff In House of Commons
A London Post Office inside the House of Commons serves MPs and Westminster officials. Once all male workers, nine of the original 12 clerks are now at war or replaced by women. the office handles heavy Education Bill correspondence and telegrams across 20 posting boxes. It remains one of London's busiest offices with deliveries to over 100 points.
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London
House of Commons
Palace of Westminster
London Evening Standard
New Crossword Puzzle Preview and Clues
The page lists horizontal and vertical crossword clues with many entries including New shoot Native-born negro in Louisiana Pact Seaport Artificial language Platform Symbol Or calcium Palm leaf French river Male Hawk like bird Burmese demon Sound made while breathing In existence Degrees Mother of Peer Gynt Tropical blackbird Small triangular surfaces Freight boats Article Sodium chloride Lettuce genus To ascend Prevarica Part of to be An addi tional French preposition Plastered Evaded Property Church councils Blox Ove detailed Note of scale Cereal grass South west ern Indiana Despot Sings Lineage Kiwi Onslaughts Pertaining to necro mancy Makes com fortable Irish songs To yield Indo- Chinese Front of a building Scents Stepped Entanzles Omitted War horses Colloquial success The dill Hard to grisep Sleevelagg Farment Tally in baseball Low note To accom plish
Railways rush of special trains aided D-Day buildup
In the two months before D-Day British railways ran 24,459 special troop ammunition and store trains. Of these, 1,100 carried 250,000 soldiers and 12,000 tons of baggage. Stores and heavy equipment included 7,000 vehicles, with 8,000 more special trains or over 3,000 freight cars. Over 5,000 water loads of supplies were sent by ordinary freight trains.
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British Railways
Britain
Ratskin Leather gains footing in tanning process
The Axis press reports ratskins tanned in a Hungarian tannery to produce leather for women's and children's footwear. Potential uses include fancy handbags and belts, with a finish resembling ordinary kid skin.
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Axis Press
Foreign Commerce Weekly
No Longer Free Air and Resources Under Costly Rules
The Fort William Times Journal notes that air, like land and water, is no longer free. It argues that international arrangements and ongoing charges will govern access to air and urban services, reflecting cities’ experience with taxes and municipal costs.
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Fort William
Penmanship on geography yields humorous definition
An eleven year old girl impressed examiners with a witty geography definition. She described a peninsula as a landmass with three sides of water and a gulf as three sides of land with one body of water.
French Pioneered Balloon Use in Warfare
The article notes that the French are believed to be the first to employ balloons in military action. It highlights early experiments and perceived strategic advantages of aerial observation and bombardment during conflicts.
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