Gibraltar Evacuees Form A London Community Of 12000
Tenants, children, and elderly evacuees from Gibraltar have become a distinct London minority. The Ministry of Health runs 34 centers with sick-bays and child care, the British Council funds secondary and technical schooling, and local clubs stage concerts and provide services.
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Gibraltar
London
Ministry of Health
Women's Voluntary Service
British Council
London County Council
L.C.C
Technical College
Westminster
Central Hall
Winans Quest To Escape Seasickness Ends In Exile
American millionaire Winans sought a ship to conquer seasickness after suffering aboard a 1870 voyage to England. He spent 27 years with engineers and draughtsmen designing models that could avoid pitching or rolling, but he died in exile without completing the venture.
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Winans
England
Manchester Guardian
Cadet Corps to Stay Voluntary in Britain After War
Lord Munster told the House of Lords that pre service cadet organizations of the army navy and air force would be maintained as a voluntary service after the war with government backing. The Duke of Montrose urged military training for youth, while the debate centered on voluntary versus compulsory service.
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Britain
Army, Navy
Air Force
Lord Munster
House of
Duke of Montrose
India
Chrysanthemums Grow Wild in Persia Kingdom
A note on plant distribution reports chrysanthemums thriving in the wild within the Persian realm. The finding highlights local flora as a persistent feature of the region's botanical landscape.
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Kingdom of
Persia
Wood Ash Content Compared to Coal In Efficiency
The report notes wood yields only about 10 to 20 percent as much ash as coal equivalent, indicating lower combustion efficiency and ash production differences impacting fuel comparisons.
Bedspread No. 7 Mix-Up In Perfume Choice
A Toronto man hunted a Christmas gift for his wife and mistook Chanel No 5 for Bedspread No 7. After a puzzled saleswoman suggested many scents he realized his wife’s chenille bed spread gave him the clue.
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Toronto
Toronto Telegram
Anthropometric survey eyed to aid unemployment shifts
Sir Ernest Graham-Little MP predicts British Reconstruction Anthropometry will guide future labor adjustments and imply a national survey board. He argues anthropometry extends beyond medicine to summarize a person’s full history as an animal, aiding war and reconstruction.
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Ernest Graham-Little
Churchill
House of Commons
National
Anthropometric Survey Board
Sir Ernest
Help Wanted Wartime Theatre Job Turns Quicky
A wartime tale recalls a movie theatre manager who hires a young usher who quits after an hour saying he has seen the picture. The anecdote sits alongside a 1941 note that 300 ships operated on a 12 000 mile Cape route to supply British forces in the Middle East.
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Cape
Middle East
Britain Faces Rising External Debt Alarm
Britain’s external debt is growing rapidly and may reach an $8 billion yearly rate, alarming economists. Unlike the U.S. debt, Britain’s borrowings are worldwide, with $6 billion in Lend-Lease obligations potentially waived by the U.S. as a wartime contribution. Britain may need to cut living standards and sustain wartime tax levels to pay debts.
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Britain
U.S
Middle East
Newsweek
Orphans Adopted by Woman in London Suburb
Nine orphans of the blitz begin a new life with a private foster mother at Chapel House Ealing. Dorothy Kerin adopts them, renames them under her surname Kerin in a private chapel, claiming divine guidance for the acts.
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London
Kerin
Dorothy Kerin
Chapel House
Ealing
London Daily Mail
General Cunningham advances 1725 miles to Addis Ababa
General Cunningham's troops in the East African campaign advanced in all 1 725 miles to Addis Ababa in 53 days a staggering achievement. The dark meat of chicken is rich in vitamins and minerals.
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Cunningham
Addis Ababa
English Language Praised By Nicolson In Sweden Visit
Harold Nicolson reports in the London Spectator on visiting Danish Jewish refugees in Sweden. He notes a card index scene, police attention, and refugees relieved by a few English words, calling English a language of peace mercy and protection.
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London Spectator
Harold Nicolson
Sweden
Vancouver businessman to inherit 300-year-old British title
Clement Cave of Cave and Co., Ltd. in Vancouver, born in Winnipeg, expects to inherit a 300-year-old baronetcy after a London cable. He moved to Vancouver in 1904, is son of the late Edward Cave-Brown Cave, and his wife Dorothea Owen of Chicago now has family in New Orleans. They have a son, Robert. Buy War Savings Stamps Regularly.
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Clement Cave
London
Vancouver
Cave and Co., Ltd
Cave
Winnipeg
Clement
Edward Cave-Brown Cave
Lady Cave
Dorothea Owen
Chicago
New Orleans
Robert
Mask For Airmen Protects Faces At 65 Below Zero
An anti frostbite mask designed for bomber gunners to withstand temperatures of 65 degrees below zero was developed by 26 year old flight surgeon Capt. William F. Sheeley at a U S bomber base in Britain. He and assistants sew masks by hand between duties caring for wounded airmen, learning to become seamstresses for the work.
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North Atlantic
R.c.a-F
Sunderland
J. M. Rutherford
Douglas Mesey
R.A P
Art Bellis
D.F.C
Prince Albert
Sask
Paul T. Sargent
Toronto
Chester B. Steeves
Elgin
Steeves
Sargent
W. F. Beals
D F.C
Vernon, B.C
U.S
Britain
William F. Sheeley
Grand Island
N.B
Swansea crew defies superstition over number 13
The Royal Canadian Navy frigate H.M.C.S. Swansea embraces the number 13 with pennant, boiler, messes, electric fans, and other counts all totaling 13. Able Seaman Don Paterson of Windsor, Ontario, laughs off the superstition and says the number will be unlucky for Hitler.
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Royal Canadian Navy
H.M.C.S
Swansea
Don Paterson
R.C.N.V.R
Windsor, Ont
Hitler
Housing plan for Australia to cost over seven hundred thousand
A national housing scheme in Australia backed by labor and materials will start within five years, aiming to begin late 1944. The plan estimates the cost at upwards of $700,000 and features a milestone note on steel sheets capping a monument to Admiral Peary in Northwest Greenland, erected ten years ago.
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Kower Wilhelm
von Reuter
Baden
Great Britain
Italy
France
Germany
Republic
Australia
Admiral Peary
Greenland
The Importance of a Balanced Diet in Wartime Canada
Dr L P Pett of Nutrition Services outlines eight food groups for wartime diets. Five major groups supply vitamins minerals and proteins and energy while three minor groups provide energy and palatability. Extras aid psychology and variety. wise selection uses foods from all eight groups daily.
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L. P. Pett
Nutrition Services
Canada
Pett
Physical Perfection Predicted For 2043
London Free Press summarizes Dr James Shelby Thomas a former Clarkson College of Technology president and Chrys ler Institute of Engineering economist predicting humans reach physical perfection within 100 years. He foresees six foot three inch stature, no greying or obesity, and average life expectancy of 125 by 2043 due to advances in medical chemical and dietary sciences and better living.
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James Shelby Thomas
Clarkson
N.Y
London Free Press
Gems of Thought on Change and Progress
A compact compilation of aphorisms on imperfection and change. Felthom and Herrick note shifts in times and things while Burke and Parker tie progress to fitting minds and sentiments. Eddy and Ezekiel offer contrasting visions of upheaval and divine authority shaping history.
MacIntosh Claims Status In Taxi Fare Dispute
MacIntosh confronts a taxi driver over owed fare. The man with the meter speaks loudly and harshly, prompting MacIntosh to declare his identity and demand respect. The driver retorts that he will enforce his rights regardless.
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MacIntosh
Anzacs Food Nicknamed Tucker by the 254 Percent
A note refers to Anzacs food as tucker and mentions a 254 percent figure in relation to the term. The context suggests military or historical usage of the word tucker among Anzacs.
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Berlin
Associated Press
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Fifth Army
Roccamonfina
Teano
Herrick
Burke
Theodore Parker
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Heaven
Mary Baker Eddy
God
Ezekiel
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