Germans Reshape Poland as War News Debates Postwar Frontiers
Reports from neutral observers describe rapid Germanization across Polish lands occupied by the Nazis. Lodz is renamed Litzmannstadt, schools and theatres expand, and German administration replaces Polish institutions as authorities plan new European order. A separate interview with Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps student Lloyd Whiting discusses Japan’s military strength and the hope for postwar reconstruction in Europe.
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Ing
Edward L. Deus
Overseas News Agency
Inc
Lodz
Litzmannstadt
Germany
Salzburg
Europe
Japan
Lloyd Whiting
Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps
University of Toronto
R.C.A.M.C
Sudent Aid
Western Hospital
Lloyd
Dunkirk
Britain
Continent
Melvin M. Whiting
Whiting
Castlefield Avenue
Toronto
Britain Needs Bacon Canada Must Further Increase Hog Production
Canada is well positioned to boost hog production to meet Britain's demand for bacon. Hog marketing rose to 3,147,709 in the first half of the year from 2,593,982 in 1941, but Britain’s needs require continued increases. Producers should plan spring and summer marketing to fit processing and storage limits and improve efficiency.
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Canada
Britain
Ancient Pool Baptism Returns After Seven Centuries
In Taplow England at Bapsey Pool five children were baptised by Bishop G B Allen who spoke to hundreds from an earthen mound the burial site of an ancient warrior. The pool had not hosted such a rite since the seventh century when Saxon yeomen adopted Christianity.
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Bapsey Pool
Taplow
England
Dorchester
G. B. Allen
Wing Commander H. H. Atkinson Takes Senior Role in No 2 Training Command
Wing Commander H H Atkinson arrives in Winnipeg to assume Senior Personnel Staff Officer duties at No 2 Training Command Headquarters replacing Wing Commander S A Terroux who moves to Trenton Ontario to head the Composite Training School. Atkinson brings extensive RAF and Canadian Air Force experience and is married to Eva Webb of Ottawa with one daughter Mary.
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Winnipeg
H. H. Atkinson
No 2 Training Command
S. A Terroux
Trenton
Ontario
Atkinson
Royal Flying Corps
Yorkshire
England
Canada
R.F.C
Canadian Air Force
No. 2 Training Command
Eva Webb
Ottawa
Mary
Told To Eat Potatoes Britain Urges Potatoes For Women
Food Minister Lord Woolton urged British women to eat more potatoes in a patriotic move amid potato abundance. He claimed potatoes would not fatten given their current diet and promised government oversight of women’s figures.
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Lord Woolton
Britain
British Parents Plan Postwar Entertainment of Evacuated Children
A trust fund aims to bring Canadian and American youngsters to Britain after the war. If funds suffice, thousands will be invited to stay in British homes for a year with education and recreation. Lord Gorrell chairs the scheme with Lady Tweedsmuir as vice-chairman. Trustees include Lord Bennett, former Canadian Prime Minister.
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United States
Britain
Lord Gorrell
Lady Tweedsmuir
Lord Bennett
War savings boom and colonial population note
The article reports a large British uptake in War savings with over 15 billion raised, averaging 318 per person, and notes that more than a third comes from small savings. It also gives a fact about the Belgian Congo area of nearly one million square miles and a native population of 14 million.
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Belgian Congo
Wonderful Newsboy Lights Up Lions Convention Scene
A seven or eight year old newsboy at the Toronto Lions Club international convention sells his papers in a Maple Leaf Gardens area restaurant. He passes the same issue from table to table, racking up about fifty sales for 3.89 dollars while keeping his stock. He exits smiling, promising to return tomorrow.
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Lions Club
Toronto
Maple Leaf Gardens
A Defenceless Nation in World Power Struggle
The piece argues that India cannot attain true independence while defenceless as great powers vie for global control. It warns that India could trade British tutelage for Japanese dominance, a path the United Nations cannot allow due to worldwide consequences.
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India
United Nations
Christian Science Monitor
Mobile Dental Clinics Help Canadian Forces Health
The Department of Munitions and Supply reports over 300 mobile dental clinics funded to care for Canadian sailors soldiers and airmen. From July 1 to July 10 orders for medical and dental supplies matched any single month, with kits packed in six trunks and carried in a dental lorry. The setup includes an X ray unit folding chair drill and all components ready in under five minutes.
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Canada
Department of Munitions and Supply
Turned Up New Puzzles Archaeologist Made Many Finds
Sir Flinders Petrie left Egypt in 1924 at age 79 and moved to Palestine after restrictions. In Gaza he pursued the Hyksos era and uncovered temples and artifacts spanning 6,000 years, including earrings made in Ireland. The New York Sun notes his shifts created new mysteries for future archaeologists.
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Palestine
Sir Flinders Petrie
Egypt
Sir Flinders
Gaza
Ireland
Jericho
New York Sun
Navy salvage tugs brave storms in distant waters
Royal Navy rescue tugs earn a reputation in the Atlantic North Sea and Channel. Skipper Tom Gibbons describes their hard work guiding crippled merchants to port. They avoid lowering boats, making fast lines and pulling ships home despite wrecks and abandonment at sea.
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Atlantic
North Sea
Channel
Royal Navy
Tom Gibbons
Canada reverses corned beef flow to aid prisoners of war
The wartimePrices and Trade Board says Canada will pull back every full case of corned beef from 60 000 retailers from Ak lavik to the U S border Vancouver to Halifax into five major importers. The aim is to guarantee Red Cross needs and overseas services while preserving a 5 000 000 pound annual supply. By June 60 000 packages weekly are sent overseas and will double by fall.
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Canada
Aklavik
U.S
Vancouver
Halifax
Canadian Red Cross
South America
Zon ing system in Britain limits product sales by area
A new government zoning plan in Britain restricts manufacturers to selling only in predefined regions near their plants. Biscuit makers may trade within certain territories, a method seen as expanding quickly due to transport hurdles.
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Britain
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