Keep Her Down to Forty Promotes War Fuel Safety
The essay argues gasoline use restrictions aid the war effort and reduce highway disasters. It cites 1940 US and Canada traffic tolls, urging pleasure driving curb to 40 mph, claiming lower speed cuts fatalities, injuries, and fuel waste while supporting the war economy and drivers' economy.
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Hitler
United States
Canada
Automotive Safety Foundation
Us.a
Dominion
Prairie Provinces
British Columbia
Ontario
Quebec
Prairies
Miss M Riches Wins Gilt Cross for ARP Post Duty
Miss M Riches earns the Gilt Cross the highest Girl Guides award for gallantry for staying on telephone duty at an ARP post in London for 16 hours after a bomb shattered the wall beside her desk. Wardens found her under the desk still operating the telephone. Elephants like onions as well as they do peanuts.
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M. Riches
Girl Guides
London
German Soldier Talks With Copenhagen Ducks
In Copenhagen a German soldier sat on a park bench by a pond and spoke to the ducks, astonishing Danish passers-by. A passerby asked why he talked to the birds, and the soldier replied that there was no one else in Copenhagen who would talk to him. Separately, the article notes that about one third of Britain's oil consumption in recent years came from Iran.
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Copenhagen
Great Britain
Iran
Nazi oppression of Czech churches described in 1940 report
The publication Two Years of German Oppression in Czechoslovakia details Gestapo raids on Bohemia and Moravia priests, concentration camps, confiscated church property, and bans on pilgrimages. It notes torture after March 1939 and the 487 priest arrests on Sept 1 1939, with clergy including Mgr. Stasek. Protestant leaders faced similar suspicion, while the church name was changed to Czechomoraviian by decree on April 9 1940.
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Bohemia and
Moravia
Czechoslovakia
Gestapo
Bohemia
Mgr. Stasek
Prague
Dachau
Marinu
Olomuc
Europe
Volksdeutsche Zeitung
Bee knees and pollen push new nutrition idea
A Vancouver Province opinion piece notes the bee knees once signaled excellence and reports a scientist finding the bees collect pollen rich in vitamins for young bees. It describes a device to flick pollen from bee knees and suggests much pollen could aid human nutrition instead.
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United States
Vancouver
Conscientious objector kept promise dies a hero
Arnold Baker of Bolton Lancashire, exempted in 1939, joined the merchant marine. On a ship attacked near shark-infested waters he stayed at the wheel after offering to take over, urging crew to act, and perished after the bridge was shelled. The chief officer praised his courage and fulfillment of duty.
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Arnold Baker
Bolton
Lancashire
E. C. Burgis
Mancheser Tribunal
Baker
Portable two-spindle drill speeds aircraft assembly
A two pound portable tool drills two holes at once for nut plates used in cowlings, fairings and panels. Designed in Britain and powered by the Mighty Atom pneumatic motor, it speeds production across Britain, the Empire, and the United States.
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Britain
Empire Countries
United States
Dates and Corn Flake Cookies From Selected Recipes
Blend shortening and sugar until light. Add egg then mix. Sift flour with baking powder and salt, fold in with dates. Roll teaspoonfuls into balls, coat with corn flake crumbs, flatten on greased sheet. Bake at 325 degrees for about 20 minutes. Yield about three dozen cookies.
Canadian sailors return from six months Atlantic convoy duty
Two Toronto sailors Alan Shedden and Eddie Badger report Britain leads in the Battle of the Atlantic after six months aboard a convoy. They describe submarines sinking during their last crossing and confirm the sub sinkings. Shedden notes that a sub is doomed once within range, detected by echo in earphones.
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Alan Shedden
Eddie Badger
Toronto
Atlantic
Britain
Shedden
Hitler Pens War Reports as Germany Reports Progress
The article notes Adolf Hitler taking to document war efforts, signaling a shift from direct combat to strategic writing. It suggests propaganda aims and the regime’s emphasis on narrative control as German forces advance or respond to fronts.
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Hitler
Firemen Perfect Device to Suffocate Fires With Fog
Reported invention allows fire crews to deploy artificial fog around a blaze to smother flames. The method aims to cut off heat and oxygen, potentially reducing water use and damage in difficult structural fires.
Need For Change For Musical Instruments Demands Britain Supplies Strings
Dr. Benge Attlee warned Halifax Rotary that without improving democracy and conditions in Canada and the United States a Hitler-like rise could occur. He urged forest conservation, slum clearance, and proper schools, citing tens of thousands of homes unfit in Canada. He noted British string production for instruments and global trade in gut from Scottish sheep, detailing violin strings, harps, and specialty instruments, and Asia-Pacific harp demand.
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Benge Attlee
Halifax
Canada
Hitler
Germany
London
Iceland
Fiji Islands
Scotland
Britain
Australia
Ireland
Untold Money Genius and a World War Gun Speculation
A talking child questions what it means to be a financial genius and a narrator jokes about wealth. A reference notes a famous German gun used to bombard Paris in the first Great War with a bizarre claim of limitless range and a single shot cost of $8000.
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Paris
Origin of the pot shot from early colonial hunting
In colonial days the Pilgrim fathers hunted to fill an empty pot and a successful shot became known as a pot shot, shaping the modern expression.
Canada to Produce Millions in Machine Tools This Year
Canada forecasts output of 23 million dollars in machine tools for the current year, contrasting with 10,821,949 last year and 1,548,419 in 1939. In a separate report, nearly 4,000 Berlin shopkeepers were fined in one month for breaching Nazi price regulations.
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Canada
Berlin
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