Act Like Adults or Face Gasoline Rationing in War Effort
A Western Canadian business voice urges citizens to curb pleasure driving to conserve gasoline for the war. He argues adults must sacrifice nonessential use or risk gasoline rationing, linking fuel for aviation and Atlantic battles to national survival and Britain.
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Dominion Ail
Hitler
Churchill
Atlantic
Great Britain
Britain
Canada
Western
United States
England
Underground Czech Propaganda Inscriptions Spark Debate In Prague
New York reports a Czech secret group caught inscribing a wall in Prague. The constable reminds that inscriptions must be German first, and the group agrees to comply. The translated inscription reads May Hitler perish. Pedestrians complain of car payments while Elk Island National Park near Edmonton hosts the world’s largest buffalo herd.
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New York
Prague
Hitler
Elk Island National Park
Edmonton
Long Clyde ferryboats reach Turkish waters during war voyage
The Brockville Recorder and Times notes seven Clyde built ferries, each under 140 feet, made a 14000 mile unescorted voyage to Turkish waters. British crews kept them safe as they crossed stormy seas, with 20 day out of sight stretches and three returns due to storms before all arrived in the Bosphorus.
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Brockville Recorder and Times
Clyde
Bosphorus
New York Mayor Backs Bell Alert Receiver for Air Warnings
Mayor Fiorello H La Guardia argues a new bell alert receiver could replace sirens for air raid warnings. The device responds to inaudible signals and rings to summon listeners even when radios are off. David Sarnoff demonstrated the unit for British officials and discussed mass production at about 15 dollars.
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F. H la Guardia
New York
la Guardia
F. W. Jackson
London Fire Brigade
W. B. Brett
London Civilian Defence Ates
David Sarnoff
Radio Corporation of America
London
British built flywheels power South African mines
A giant flywheel system shipped from Great Britain powers electric winders at City Deep mines in South Africa. Each motor generator set includes a forty ton cast steel flywheel for equalization, with drums 36 feet across. The shops also produced turbo alternators for India Canada and Australia and four rectifiers for Natal railways mirroring the Durban Volksrust project, the world’s largest inverted rectifier system.
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Great Britain
South Africa
St. Thomas Times- Journal
India
Canada
Australia
Natal
Durban
Volksrust
Selected Recipes For Simple Cocoa Nut Squares
Cream butter and sugar thoroughly. Add flour and blend well with fork. Press mixture in bottom of shallow pan and bake until browned. Beat eggs with sugar then fold in vanilla salt coconut and rice cereal and nut meats. Drop spoonfuls on crust bake then cut into forty squares.
Cat causes citywide blackout in St. John’s Mid
A stray cat wandered into a high tension wire halting industrial life for hours. The outage disrupted loading docks machine shops service stations and every electrically controlled operation in St. John’s.
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St. John’s
Mid
Wedding notice at Shoeburyness offers male dancers
At Shoeburyness Essex Lance-Bombardier Idwal Joses and Olive Payne wed as girls outnumbered men six to one among guests. A parish hall door notice read Males urgently needed to dance Free beer, solving the crowding by inviting more men to dance and drink.
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Idwal Joses
Olive Payne
Shoeburyness
Essex
No Waste Allowed in Fuel Regulating Case
In Bargoed South Wales a motorist was fined ten shillings for wasting fuel after stopping his car without turning off the engine. The case highlights fuel conservation measures and enforcement in the area.
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Bargoed
South Wales
Have Proved Experts Women Pilots of the British Air
A compact note honors women pilots who proved expertise in British aviation, highlighting their skill and contributions to the Royal Air Force and civilian flying during wartime and peacetime efforts.
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British Air
ARP Teams Respond to Night Storm Fires in North Vancouver
A night electric storm tests North Vancouver ARP squads with swift actions at a sawmill site on Seymour Pipeline Road and two small fires on Mountain Highway. Foresters and ARP crews quickly controlled each blaze with aid from Greater Vancouver Water District units. Chief Warden Capt Bates praised the training as proving the service can handle unexpected emergencies.
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North Vancouver
B.C
A.R.P
ARP
Lynn Valley
Seymour Pipeline Road
Mountain
Seymour River
Greater Vancouver
US shipyards aim to build 5,314,000 tons of cargo in 1942
Washington reports revised 1942 cargo output estimates show U S shipyards poised to deliver 5 314 million gross tons of cargo shipping far exceeding Nazi sinkings this past year though production may lag and ships may arrive late in 1942 time is against Germany in the Atlantic as Britain faces starvation in the next six to eight months observers note the major effort hinges on wartime pace.
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Washington
United States
Britain
Ottawa
Vital Essence Of Sea Power In World War Two
The British Navy demonstrates sea power's vital role in the war with twenty two months of conflict highlighting cooperation with the Army. The navy bears a crushing burden, risking its fate four times to aid the Army, and endures heavy losses in vital support.
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Navy
London
Hospital supplies issued to British troops and hospitals
Over the past 15 months Great Britain issued 9 500 000 medicinal tablets 1 750 006 bandages 3000 miles 34 tons of cotton wool 26 tongs of dressing lint 23 tons of plaster and 26 371 pounds of cough mixture to troops and military hospitals. A young man does not rise in the world until he settles down.
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Great Britain
RAF holds 40 hour minimum flight hours amid pilot demand
The Royal Air Force aims to maintain a 40 hour minimum for pilot flying time, a reduction from 60 hours, to balance the need for efficiency with training requirements. This policy shift seeks to keep enough qualified pilots available while preserving safety and proficiency standards.
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Royal Air Force
Fastest Man On Wings Receives George Medal
Flight Lieutenant Philip Gadesden Lucas chief test pilot for Hawker Aircraft earned the George Medal for a daring test flight in the Typhoon. He described the moment of diving the new 2,300 horsepower fighter and pulling out safely as a grand thrill.
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Philip Gadesden Lucas
Hawker Aircraft Company
George
Lucas
Canadian doctor in Middle East loses registration card
Officials in Ottawa confirmed a Canadian doctor serving with the British forces in the Middle East lost his original registration card during the Battle of Crete and requested a replacement, which the authorities supplied.
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Ottawa
Middle East
Crete
Platinum used by Russia for small value coinage once
A historical note states that the Russian government previously used platinum similarly to nickel for producing coins of low denomination, illustrating a unique approach to currency materials.
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