Britain Not Relax Blockade To Allow European Food Passage
Britain pledges not to ease the continental blockade to permit food ships while Hitler remains. After victory, plans under discussion would set up large scale food relief for Europe with Britain and the Americas, leveraging navy strength to outlast Germany and aid hungry Europeans. The Times and biologist Julian Huxley support postwar relief collaboration.
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Britain
Europe
Adolf Hitler
Germany
France
Belgium
Norway
Poland
Hitler
Americas
United States
London Times
Herbert Hoover
the Times
Julian Huxley
British Empire
Kerr recalls Paris under Nazi rule on radio program We the People
Walter Kerr, former Paris correspondent for the New York Herald Tribune, describes Nazi occupation in Paris on radio. He cites posters of soldiers feeding French children torn down, French aid to escaped British prisoners, goose stepping parades, and grim newsreels, noting French silence amid fear.
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Walter Kerr
Paris
New York Herald Tribone
Kerr
Czecho-Slovakia
Variety
New York
What Is Truth in Totalitarian Germany
A Berlin dispatch notes a middle aged German woman jailed for three months for doubting high command communiques. The Times editorial mocks her fate, arguing under totalitarian rule only those who craft lies can question them and that truth is just a force backed by brute power.
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The
New York Times
Berlin
Farmers Laugh At City Folk Thieves
A farmer confronts Sunday drivers who stole his fruit and flowers. They choose an unexplored highway, asking if they should return to the city. The farmer retorts that they already have almost everything else.
Mahogany Forests Spark Searchers’ Tropical Hunt
Explorers in tropical jungles prize land offering mahogany trees, with some areas yielding as many as two trees per acre, signaling rich but scarce timber prospects.
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Acre
Britain’s New Loaf Boosts Vitamin B1 in Bread
Robert Boothby announces Britain's fortified white loaf after four years of milling industry research. Flour mills and bakeries show the bread contains the full vitamin B1, without changing taste or appearance, hailed as a revolutionary nutritional step attracting world attention.
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Britain
Robert Boothby
Ministry of Food
Great Bri
Boothby
House of Commons
Caring For Woollens Brushing Makes Real Difference
A guide on brushing woollen fabrics after washing to restore nap and appearance. Brushing angora fluffs long fibers while blankets benefit from a final nap uplift. Regular brushing reportedly extends wear, with outdoor sunshine preferred for best results.
Sourdoughs Rally For Ambulance At Yakima Convention
International sourdoughs at the annual Yakima convention raised 1.10 to fund an ambulance for the Canadian Red Cross as a token of friendship between the United States and Canada.
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Yakima
Wash
Red Cross
United States
Canada
War Noses Out Football Pools Costing 18000 Girls Jobs
Since the war began England suspended football pools and 18000 girls have lost their jobs. The report highlights economic impact on women workers amid wartime policy.
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England
Aging U S Population Figures Share Of Seniors
In the United States there are 7 500 000 persons 65 years old or older. The statistic highlights the aging population and its implications for policy and services.
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United States
Individual Brittany's Separate Nation Idea Examined
The article discusses talk of Nazi plans to make Brittany a separate state under occupation while remaining tied to France. It notes Breton distinctiveness has long limited full conformity and that secessionist ideas have been literary rather than political. Brittany's Celtic roots and history are outlined.
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Brittany
France
Atlantic
English Channel
Southampton
Armorica
Julius Caesar
Britain
Toronto Star Weekly
Peculiar New Zealand Bird Linked to Owls and Parrots
The kakapo or owl parrot is native to New Zealand and sits between owls and parrots in its relations. It hunts at night and feeds on roots berries and small reptiles. Despite full wing muscles it cannot fly and relies on its legs to search for food.
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New Zealand
Canada Honors Confederation Figures Across Provinces in 1939
A 1939 report from Ottawa notes seven Charlottetown tablets memorialize Fathers of Confederation from Prince Edward Island. Amherst honors Cumberland County Confederation figures. Kingston and Winnipeg unveil monuments for Sir James Lucas Yeo and Arctic coast explorer Thomas Simpson.
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Canada
Department of Mines and Resources
Ottawa
Charlottetown
George Coles
John Hamilton Gray
Thomas Heath Haviland
Andrew Archibald Macdonald
Edward Palmer
William Henry Pope
Edward Whelan
Prince Edward Island
Amherst
N.S
Edward Barron Chandler
Robert Barry Dickey
Jonathan McCully
Royal Military College
Kingston
Ont
James Lucas Yeo
Great Lakes
St. John’s Park
Winnipeg
Manitoba
Thomas Simpson
Arctic
America
Britons Laugh At German Bomber Rescue Tale
A story from a downed German bomber crew claims Heinrich Himmler hides Gestapo agents in raiding planes. Three crew members allegedly pushed a fourth into the sea and refused to let him aboard their raft. They said they feared the Gestapo member and wanted to be rid of him. The item also cites 3 000 000 Italians in Argentina and 2 000 000 in Brazil.
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Heinrich Himmler
Gestapo
San Francisco Woman Donates 7000 For Needy Children
A little old woman in a shabby coat visited Mark Cotton of the San Francisco community chest with 7000 in currency to aid sick children and the elderly. She insisted on anonymity, saying it is enough that God knows. Meanwhile Western Canada boots war effort with large troop mobilizations and air force training facilities expanding across Manitoba Saskatchewan Alberta and Manitoba as industries shift to support the troops.
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Mark Cotton
Community Chest Organization
San Francisco
Adjustment Bureau
Cotton
C.as.f
Veterans’ Home Guard
Winnipeg
Shilo
Man
Dundurn
Sask
Alberta
Sarcee
Port Arthur
Fort William
Western Army Command
Manitoba
Princess Patricia's
Canadian Light Infantry
19Th Battery
Queen's Own
Cameron Highlanders
Fort Garry Horse
Regina
Regina Rifle Regiment
Saskatoon
Saskatoon Light Infantry
North Saskatchewan
Edmonton Regiment
Northern
Calgary
No. 2
Brandon
Air Force
Prince Albert
Macleod
Lethbridge
Medicine Hat
Lakehead
Canada
Reward For Valor The Second Naval V C Awarded
Lieut Richard Stannard of HMS Arab received the Second Naval V C for gallantry at Namsos Norway aboard the trawler Arab. He manned the bow to push off the wharf fire with no shore water and helped land crews from allied trawlers. He guided the damaged ship to shelter and evacuated men during repeated bombing attacks. The Arab withstood 31 air raids over five days and returned to England with one wounded crewman.
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Richard Stannard
HMS. Arab
Lieut
Stannard
Namsos
Norway
England
All Saint's Anglican School at Aklavik Draws Distant Students
Far Northern Eskimo and Loucheaux Indian children travel up to 1000 miles to attend All Saint's Anglican school in Aklavik Northwest Territories. Hazel Keyes, teaching there four years, notes many arrive non English speaking but quickly learn. About 100 students study a program encouraging native arts and practical North living. Sewing for girls and mechanics for boys are emphasized. Miss Keyes also led the Brownie pack, the northernmost Girl Guide group.
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All Saint’s Anglican School
Aklavik
Northwest Territories
Hazel Keyes
King William's Land
Civilization
No World War If Bismarck Led Germany Today
The Argonaut contrasts Bismarck with Adolf Hitler, arguing Bismarck’s far sighted leadership would have prevented World War I and any war, praising him as a civilizing force while criticizing Hitler and barbarism.
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Bismarck
Adolf Hitler
Germany
Earthquake Alarm Clock Idea Prompts Safety Motive
A scientist proposes an alarm clock that sounds like an earthquake siren for safety. The broader aim argues Britain’s fight is to shape a world fit for children to live in.
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Great Britain
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