Deaths rise in Yorkshire collieries and air raids in England
Deaths in Yorkshire collieries this year exceed five year average, while two air raid deaths occur in Woking, England despite 434 bombs. Argentina and Spain miss London trade union conference opening on February 6. Ginger the ship’s rabbit logs 20000 sea miles and survives three invasions. En voy Lawrence Lower dies at age 100 in Ryton. A Tottenham storekeeper buys church pews to place outside for tired shoppers. Glympton village and Glympton Park estate are mostly sold by auction. Allied ships have sunk 475 German U-boats since the war began. A. V. Alexander warns of possible renewed German U-boat attacks.
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Tottenham
Glympton
Glympton Park
Invasion History reveals secret naval war against U boats
The Evening Standard reports Gordon Holman reveals how Canadian and British vessels hunted U boats before D day. The campaign blocked the English Channel, attacked U boats in French ports, and escorted invasion convoys with minimal Canadian losses including HMCS Athabaskan.
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Canada
Normandy
London
Evening Standard
Gordon Holman
Hmcs Athabaskan
Acape
English
Charles Schwab Reflects On Troubles In Court
At age 72 the steel magnate faced a multimillion dollar suit. He defended vigorously and won, then told the court he had long fought for others. He urged youths to be firm yet warned that saying no would bring loneliness and less fun.
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Charles M. Schwab
Great Confession and Growth in Peter's Message in Caesarea Philippi
The lesson centers on Peter's confession that Jesus is the Christ at Caesarea Philippi. It contrasts popular view with divine revelation from the Father. It urges righteous living, patience in the Lord, and salvation through longsuffering, citing Paul and prior scriptures.
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Banias
Mount Hermon
Lebanon Range
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Sea of Galilee
Caesarea Philippi
John the Baptist
Elijah
Jeremiah
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Messiah
William G. Chanter
Christ
God
Simon Bar-Jonah
Jonah
Matthew Henry
Paul
Warning to Germany Proclaims Surrender of Military Gear
The eighth OWI broadcast proclaims to Germans to reject joining underground military groups and to surrender weapons ammunition explosives and radio transmitters as Allied military government plans are explained in the message issued in Eisenhower's name.
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Gen. Eisenhower
Office of War Information
Germany
One heavy debt cited for children’s deaths in France
The death of one million children in France due to malnutrition is attributed to German cruelty during the war. The piece argues Germany can never repay this debt regardless of peace terms.
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France
Germany
Westminster bombings devastate historic center in five years
City of Westminster endured 1200 plus aerial bombs land mines oil bombs and 30 flying bombs. Nearly 30 000 buildings damaged and 300 destroyed in a four square mile district. Civilians killed 1099 with 20 unidentified. The city faced 1955 alerts reported by city librarian Lionel R Mc Colvin.
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Westminster
Westminster Abbey
Lionel R. McColvin
War in Pacific May Not Be Quick Says NY Expert
T A Bisson of New York, an authority on foreign affairs and author of three Far East books, told Calgary interviewers that victory in the Japanese war will be harder and longer than the European war and will not be brief.
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Pacific
Europe
T. A. Bisson
New York
Calgary
Bisson
Far East
Gouldings celebrate diamond wedding on frugal farm life
Mr and Mrs William Goulding of Sherston Wilts reached their diamond wedding on Nov 4 and raised nine children on less than 13s a week. The farm worker recalls doing better on 10s a week than today’s higher wages, noting bacon and a sack of flour were mainstays in their house. They recall those were the best times.
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London Sunday Express
William Goulding
Sherston
Wilts
Goulding
Heat and letters from Burma echo hardship and humor
In Burma the boys push on under extreme heat as Tommy writes to his mother describing 108 degree shade. Months later his mum replies with concern urging him to stay out of the shade. A craftsman offers a makeshift fish scraper from bottle caps attached to wood or a scrub brush.
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Burma
Tommy
Churchill Warns Invading Britain Would Have Defeated Germany
The London Spectator notes Churchills claim in a Paris interview that a German invasion of Britain in 1940 would have beaten the defender and cost Hitler the war. It questions whether air or naval supremacy would have sufficed and cites Churchills authority as former First Lord of the Admiralty and Secretary of State for Air.
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Great Britain
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Hitler
Britain
France
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Air
London Spectator
Immigrant aid plan linked to Garfield Weston
Toronto born magnate and Conservative MP for Macclesfield Garfield Weston announces a postwar immigration program sending 50 Cheshire boys each year to Canada with options to stay or return. He praises Canada as a country for progress. Meanwhile a Great Western Railway special train ships 17,412 cans weighing 420 tons of food to liberated France from a Midlands town.
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Garfield Weston
Macclesfield
Cheshire
Canada
Britain
Great Western Railway
British Midlands
France
Bird Banding Tracks Far-Flung Journeys Across Continents
The article outlines a North American bird banding program started in 1920 with Canada the United States and Mexico. It notes about 2,000 banders attach roughly 300,000 aluminum rings annually, and many bands are recovered informing migration routes from Maine to West Africa and South Africa, including Arctic terns traveling 11,000 miles via Europe and Africa.
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North America
Canada
United States
Mexico
Saskatchewan
Bolivia
Quebec
British Guinea
Maine
Labrador
West Africa
la Rochelle
France
Natal
South Africa
South Polar
Europe
Africa
Dogs Rescue Woman After V-bomb Crash in Southern England
Two trained rescue dogs sniffed the wreckage more than four hours after a V-bomb hit houses in Southern England. They alerted workers to a rubble heap where a young woman, nearly suffocated, was found alive with only minor injuries after digging continued.
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England
Crossword Puzzle Clues From Historical Page
A compact crossword from a historical newspaper page lists across and down clues. It includes Turkish governor of Algiers, bitters and vetch, and a mix of terms such as Linden trees and Roman numerals.
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Algiers
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