Political motives cited in Moyne assassination trial
Eliahou Bet Souri and Eliahou Hakim were condemned to death in Cairo for felling Lord Moyne the British resident minister in the Middle East. The two young Palestinian Jews admitted planning the diplomat's murder near his residence last November. Moyne's chauffeur also died in the attack. They said political reasons motivated the crime because Moyne symbolized British Palestine policy they deemed unjust.
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Eliahou Bet Souri
Eliahou Hakim
Lord Moyne
Middle East
Cairo
Palestine
Bacon Carrot Ring Bake from Victory Kitchen
A wartime vegetable ring recipe uses ground carrots parsley onion milk eggs bacon and cracker crumbs. The mixture browns in bacon fat then bakes in a ring mold for 30 minutes before filling the center with creamed peas.
Coal shipments on the Great Lakes reach about 61.5 million tons
In 1944 Great Lakes coal shipments are projected to total roughly 61,500,000 tons. The figure reflects sustained wartime demand and regional industrial activity.
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Great Lakes
Washing Machine Surprise Bridges Farmhouse Gap
Jane in a hard worn home yearns for a Washing machine and finds relief when Jim unveils the gift after a tense dawn. She realizes his care extends beyond the farm as she confronts lingering hunger for better living. Jim hides a remorseful note about the mix up as the household moves toward a small mercy.
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Jim
Rod
Jane
Dehydrated milk intrigues scientist at London talk
Sir Joseph Barcroft, FRS, demonstrated a solid six inch high cylinder of dehydrated milk from an Australian cow. He argued the interior would be usable if the outer layer were removed, noting the milk remains stable indoors without refrigeration due to compression. He advised against household use but suggested potential for large mills to crush it.
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Jane Smith
Billy
Elsa
Jim
Jane
Smiths
Joseph Barcroft
Royal Society
Australia
Sir Joseph
Tropics
Food Education Society
London
Army operates sixteen daily round trip flights to Europe and Pacific
Officials have not announced details publicly but the U S Army maintains sixteen daily round trip flights to Europe and the South Pacific nine over the Atlantic and seven over the Pacific. The service is viewed as a sample of postwar transoceanic air transport. A Siamese farmer puts up a grain field charm to ward off bad spirits.
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U.S. Army
Europe
South Pacific
Atlantic
Pacific
Canada stamps eggs for Britain high quality advert
The Dominion Department of Agriculture announced that 500 million Canadian eggs sent to Britain this year will be stamped with the word Canada in indelible ink. The move aims to advertise Canadian egg quality while placing responsibility on producers to ensure every egg is its own best advertisement.
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Canada
Dominion Department of Agriculture
Britain
Britain Sees Food Supplies Improve But Remain Below Prewar Levels
A combined Britain Canada United States board reports last year’s civilian food supplies improved yet still below pre-war levels for many foods. Meat consumption runs higher in the US and Canada than Britain while Britons eat more potatoes. Calorie fat protein and vitamin A supplies lag prewar, with most foods rationed outside bread vegetables and fresh fish.
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Britain
Canada
United States
United Kingdom
Americans
Canadians
Walking as Exercise Revival in Age of Cars
A Guelph Mercury excerpt promotes walking as a basic, lifelong exercise for all ages. It argues walking combats disease, preserves health, and contrasts the old practice with the rise of the automobile, which reduced reliance on leg use.
Marshalling The Forces CWAC Trio from Borden
The Marshall family of Borden Saskatchewan has five members in uniform in a CWAC group photo. L Cpl Eunice Pte Katherine and Cpl Doris are shown with Katharine the former teacher who enlisted this month. Doris is the first CWAC member from the family and Eunice has served since December 1942 as a driver for a mobile recruiting unit. Their brothers Robert and Jack serve overseas with the army. the parents Mr and Mrs Robert G Marshall now live in Borden.
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Robert Marshall's
Borden
Sask
L-Cpl
Eunice
Katherine
Doris
C.W.A.C
Robert
Jack
Robert G. Marshall
Prince Albert
Selfridge's $50 reward for faulty ads boosts confidence
Honest advertising is praised as a long held practice by merchants. Selfridge & Co in London offers $50 for each misleading statement found in its ads. Since 1933, after a dress dispute, the program has paid out over $9,000, drawing customers and boosting trust in advertising overall.
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Selfridge & Co
London
Goebbels on Hitler World View Sparks Buffalo Debate
The Buffalo Courier Express questions Reich Propaganda Minister Goebbels’s claim that the world would worship Hitler if it knew his message. The piece suggests Goebbels may truly believe in Hitler’s purported virtues or could be manipulating public opinion as the Axis powers plunge the world into war.
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Adolf Hitler
Reich
Paul Joseph Goebbels
Tub Thumper
der Fuehrer
Dr. Gobbe
Grant Ayrpheed patent targets gas savings in cars
J A Grant of British Columbia designed Grant Ayrpheed an auxiliary air admit tance device patented in Canada and the United States. It cuts gasoline flow on downhill runs drawing in air instead and claims fuel and oil savings by steadying combustion chamber pressure. A New Westminster city drive test showed 4.2 miles per gallon improvement.
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Canada
United States
J. A. Grant
B.C
New Westminster
Albert Medal Extended to Dominions Under Royal Warrant
The Albert Medal, established by Queen Victoria in 1866 for acts of heroism at sea or on land, has been extended to the Dominions by royal warrant.
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Queen Victoria
Dominions
Taxing Canadians and Russians: a shared fate
A Vancouver Sun remark compares Russian and Canadian income tax systems noting monthly collection and brackets with a 7 percent bottom rate on 1800 rubles. It cites high brackets, voluntary government donations, war loans, and the link between taxation and capitalism, implying socialism resembles Canada’s system.
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Canada
Vancouver Sun
Churchill Announces War Medal For All British Forces
Prime Minister Churchill told the House that a general war medal will be issued to every member of the British armed forces after the war ends. He rejected extending the 1939 43 Star to Home Guard members, warning broadening the award could include eight to nine million people. Canadians would presumably be eligible as with other British decorations.
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Churchill
House of Commons
Home Guard
Britain
Large-Cut Apron Pattern 4930 Offers Full Coverage
Pattern 4930 for a large cut apron features a bib top and long skirt with stay-put straps in sizes small to extra large. It costs 20 cents with mail order to Anne Adams Pattern Dept Winnipeg and notes potential mail delays. The article also mentions a battleship building project needing 100 tons of ingots.
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Anne Adams
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave
Winnipeg
Man
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