Laval as Purge Target in Vichy War Shadow
The Detroit Free Press reports plans in Vichy to purge Daladier and allied government members for steering France into war with the Nazis. Pierre Laval, jailed as vice chancellor under Marshal Petain, is depicted as a calculating, ambitious figure allied with Hitler and Mussolini.
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Vichy
Daladier
France
Pierre Laval
Auvergne
Washington
Hoover
Laval
Hitler
Mussolini
Marshal Petain
Whch
M. Daladier
What Total War Means To Canadian Worker In Film
The Front of Steel, fourth National Film Board release, explains total war in Canada. It shows blitzkrieg concepts from Nazi Germany and how Britain and Canada mobilize industry to convert peacetime production into war material, stressing workers at machines and national unity.
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National Film Board
Director of Public Information
Canada
Germany
Britain
Calling A Big Bluff On Nazi Invincibility
The piece brands Nazi claims of invincibility as a bluff and highlights the Fifth Column tactic and its morale-shortening effects. It cites Runnymede in The Legionary to argue that British and Canadian resistance, air power, and naval action disproved German superiority and stressed maintaining liberty and courage.
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Poland
Denmark
Norway
Netherlands
Belgium
France
Doktor Goebbels
Runnymede
Legionary
Canadian Legion
British Empire Service League
Fifth Column
Hitler
Royal Navy
Goering
Knights of the Air
Dunkerque
Canada
Domesday Book Of British Farms Under Preparation
A Domesday Book of British farms is being prepared in three categories well managed moderate and badly managed. Emphasis will target the badly managed group with potential government advances for livestock or fertilizer purchases. County committees will assist with labor and machinery.
Learning The Language Canadian troops aid Iceland’s guard against invasion
Arni Eggertsson of Winnipeg says Canadian troops win Icelanders good will as they guard Iceland from invasion. A booklet Icelandic for soldiers issued by the Canadian Legion aids dialogue between troops and locals. Eggertsson notes German scientists conducted survey expeditions to Iceland years ago, revealed aswork of the German war office.
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Arni Eggertsson
Winnipeg
Ottawa
Iceland
Canadian Legion
Eggertsson
War Office
Wizard At Camouflage
Richard Lonsdale-Hands, managing director of a design firm, leads 600 workers in round the clock camouflage for government needs. Once making outwardly honest objects now hides true nature. he started at 12 and never took another holiday, hunting boredom. He married in a lunch hour.
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Richard Lonsdale-Hands
Mr. Lonsdale-Hands
London Daily Sketch
Britain announces wartime purchase tax details
The finance bill reveals a new wartime purchase tax imposing about one third of sale value on many goods. Some items like clothing footwear and luxury items will see rates cut to one sixth. Wholesalers collect the tax with an estimated £110 million yearly revenue. It excludes food drink rent tobacco and petrol.
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Britain
Polish School Trick With Cakes Fails to Fool Children
A Polish tale from a Fort William Times Journal recounts a Russian teacher telling pupils there is no God and urging prayers for cakes. The class prayed for Stalin’s cakes. a man with a tray appeared, but the stunt seemed staged and did not deceive the children.
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Fort William
Canadian fertilizer production tops 540 thousand tons in 1939
Production of fertilizers and fertilizer materials in Canada reached 540 302 tons for the year ended June 30 1939, up from 516 459 tons in the prior 12 months. Calcium cyanamide is excluded as figures are not published.
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Canada
Selected Recipes Strawberry Cream Dessert
Heat strawberries with juice and sugar then thicken with corn starch. Cool and fold in whipped cream. Layer in dessert glasses with optional split ladyfingers. Chill and top with whipped cream and berries.
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Durham
Making Orange Jell-O Prune Sherbet Serves 10
Dissolve Jell-O in hot water then add salt and orange rind. Chill until syrupy then whip with ice water until fluffy. Sweeten prune pulp and fold into the Jell-O. Pile in sherbet glasses and chill until firm. Top with whipped cream or custard sauce. Serves 10.
Box Cars For Grain Storage Scarce Requests Flood Winnipeg HQ
Western farmers flood Canadian Pacific Railway requests for obsolete cars for grain storage. Supply is completely exhausted and authorities regret the disappointment from the publicity urging not to destroy these cars because of their storage potential.
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Canadian Pacific Railway
Western Lines
Winnipeg
Hustanton Town Records 8-Year Traffic Safety Milestone
Hustanton England claims an eight year accident-free period with no traffic lights or pedestrian crossings and no one way streets. Each Sunday, about 20 000 people flow through on their way to the coast in a busy regional route.
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Hustanton
England
West End hotel laments lack of luxury foods demand
A West End hotel catering manager says there is no demand for luxury foods with guests showing little interest in caviar fresh asparagus and out of season strawberries indicating soft luxury consumption trends.
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West End
Rich Critics Say Poorer People Happier Yet Share No Aid
A sharp critique notes wealthy individuals claim the poor are happier while refusing to take steps to reduce poverty. The contrast highlights a lack of genuine commitment to addressing economic inequality.
Peru Surpasses Six Million Population Milestone
Peru's population has surpassed six million, marking a significant demographic milestone. Government officials note steady growth driven by natural increase and migration, with urban areas expanding as rural communities experience shifts in employment and services.
Gift Of A Train In Editorial On Dictators
The New York Herald Tribune mused on dictators gifts recalling ancient rulers. It contrasted Hitler sending an armored train to Mussolini for his 57th birthday with sentiment in authoritarian regimes and pondered Mussolini's unlikely response and a possible bullet proof screen for Reichstag speeches.
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The
New York Herald Tribune
Dave
Hitler
Mussolini
I Duce
Herald Tribune
Benito
Adolf
English Channel
Alberta Professor Repeats Crow Migration Experiment
Dr William Rowan of the University of Alberta plans a new crow study to test hormone influence on migration. He will trap 500 crows divide them into two groups apply light treatment to one group and release them after a summer period likely in late November. Traps will be set on fence posts in the Tofield district 40 miles southeast of Edmonton using eggs as bait.
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William Rowan
University of Alberta
Rowan
Tofield
Edmonton
Weather Forecasts Lost War Time Lore From Owls
Lieut.-Col. A Vickers of Ashwells Terling Essex writes to the Times that with official forecasts halted during wartime Britons turn to owls for weather. He states if the wood owl calls more than three times at night rain will come within 24 hours and if the barn owl calls once at night it will be fine for the following 24 hours.
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the Times
A. Vickers
Ashwells
Terling
Essex
To Argue With a Fool Is to Prove There Are Two
A pithy old saying about debate and folly. The line suggests that engaging a fool only confirms there are at least two people involved in foolishness and highlights the waste of argument with unreasonable opponents.
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Rae
Domesday Book of Farms
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York
Alberta University
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Ogder's
Jon
Ogden'’s
Chemie
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Sonny
Appleford Paper Products Ltd
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