Lifeboat Volunteers Risk All In Wartime Rescue Efforts
British Lifeboat Service volunteers face constant peril as they rescue merchant seamen from U boats and Nazi aircraft. In the first 14 months of war they saved about 3,500 lives, with 71 saved in a single 24 hour period before last Christmas. The service runs 157 lifeboats manned by 2,000 volunteers, with only motor mechanics earning fixed wages. Coxswains receive about £15 yearly honorarium, while others are paid after each service.
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Britain
Girdie
Lifeboat Service
Atlantic
Berkeley Square
London
Titusville USA
Theo de Bry
United States
Titusville
Philadelphia
Road Bathders Reinforcements For Canadian Eng ineers To Go Overseas
Reinforcements for Canadian Engineers overseas are planned as the Royal Canadian Engineers prepare to send sapper units. Sixty personnel will complete a two month course learning gas shovel operation and road building with Ontario construction firms. Major Denley reports his unit in Regina is over half strength while more skilled tradesmen remain needed.
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United Kingdom
National Defence Headquarters
Royal Canadian Engineers
Ontario
J. K. Lawson
WE. Denley
R.C.E
Regina
Husky
Onion essence production replaces restricted perfume output
A Scottish perfume maker converts stockpiled perfumes into onion essence for home use. Officials say thousands of pounds of scent were stored and sell limits forced a new product. Workers bottle and label onion essence as demand for onions rises.
Burma gains modern war materials from Britain in Far East reinforcement
Rangoon reports large quantities of modern war materials including fighting vehicles automatic weapons and motor transport arriving in Burma from Britain as part of Britain’s Far East buildup centered at Singapore War demands affect civilians with some youths offering sacrifices while in Romania only women with a gainful occupation can vote.
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Rangoon
Burma
Britain
Far East
Singapore
Romania
Time Crucial in Murder Trial Dialectic
A murder trial hinges on timing as a witness recalls meeting the defendant. The lawyer presses the witness about exact time and whether he asked the defendant for the time on a lonely road with no clocks.
Birds Stay Behind In Canada During Winter Observations
Volunteer observers counted 36 000 birds of 111 species across 14 Canadian centres from Nova Scotia to British Columbia. Most wintering birds clustered along British Columbia coast, southern Ontario and southern maritime coasts with Hamilton recording over 11 000 birds.
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Dominion
Canada
Nova Scotia
British Columbia
Maritime Provinces
Ontario
Hamilton
Gallantry of Chief Justice Chase in Reconstruction Remark
Chief Justice Salmon P. Chase famed for gallantry. During a postwar tour of the South a woman mocked Reconstruction. Chase replied with a courteous quip that reconstruction would be blasphemous in her case.
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Salmon P. Chase
United States
Lincoln
South
Chase
Canadian Soldiers Benefit Rose Fund Initiative
In Minneapolis an effort titled For Canadian Soldiers Everyone Chance To Help collects donations through bowls of roses placed in buildings hotels stores and clubs. Passers-by take a flower and donate in a box. Funds support soldiers in Canada as reported by the Victoria Times.
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Minneapolis
Canada
Victoria Times
Conscientious Objector Applies for Exemption in Wales
Willam George of Criccieth Wales nephew of Lloyd George applies for unconditional exemption as a conscientious objector to continue work as a tenant farmer. The text notes a road grade percentage as the rise over horizontal distance.
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Willam George
Criccieth
Wales
Lloyd George
Edmonton RCMP win open revolver championship of Canada
A K division RCMP team from Edmonton captured the open revolver championship of Canada with a 1941 score out of 2000. Saskatoon city police placed second with 1886. Winning team members were Cst. Blair, Cst. Waters, Sgt. Mighal, Cst. Eaton and Sgt. Ford.
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Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Edmonton
Canada
Dominion
Saskatoon
London’s Nevill’s Court House Blasted to Debris
A London correspondent notes blitz destruction erases historic sights. Keir Hardie’s old home at No 10 Nevill’s Court lies in rubble, once part of a patrician estate dating to 1222. Fleet Street area cottages from 1664 lacked front gardens and claim to oldest London houses are hard to verify.
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London
Ottawa Journal No More
New England
Keir Hardie
Nevill's Court
Labor M.P
Labor Party
Nevill’s Court
No. 10
Fleet Street
Fetter Lane
Moon Beliefs Tie Moon Phases to Mental and Health Effects
The text reports that in the Middle East exposure to moonlight is said to cause nightmares and headaches, while in the Far East a morning thick head accompanies these symptoms. In Burma a belief links mental storms in the insane to the phases of the moon, and urges action over contemplation.
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Middle East
Far East
Burma
Loyal naval lieutenant aids Dunkirk rescue mission
Old Andrew, a Royal Naval Reserve lieutenant, remains in Dover with a broken knee and a sole mission to help bring soldiers home from Dunkirk and to be ready for Britain’s next invasion repatriation. He endures dangerous Dover patrols and long shifts, vowing to stay on duty until victory returns to France.
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Andrew
Royal Naval Reserve
Navy
Dunkirk
Andrews
Dover
Laddie
Buckingham Palace
Scotland
Britain
United We Stand from Canada War Effort Rally
The Simcoe Reformers praise weekly papers from across Canada showing wartime unity. They highlight Victory Loan Recruiting Queen's Canadian Fund Red Cross and Salvage drives and note similar efforts in Australia New Zealand South Africa and Crown Colonies. The piece asks if Hitler can withstand such global resolve.
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Simcoe, Ont
Canada
British Columbia
Maritime Provinces
Queen's Canadian Fund
Red Cross
Australia
New Zealand
South Africa
Hitler
Europe
Warning of Nazi invasion attempt on Britain urged
Lieut General A G L McNaughton warns invasion of the British Isles may come very soon. The Brantford Expositor notes his cautions are practical and not alarmist, saying Hitler must attack here to gain progress.
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A. G. L. McNaughton
Britain
Hitler
McNaughton
Wolf
Brantford
Camera War for Rocky Mountain Sheep Sparks Photo hunts
The Rocky Mountain sheep, once near extermination in Canada, now thrives in national parks. Hunters range from the mountains with cameras, not rifles, as parks act as sanctuary spaces preserving the species for future hunts in permitted areas.
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Rocky Mountain
Canada
New Screw and Screwdriver Marketed as Foolproof
A new screw features a recess head instead of a slot and a matching screwdriver fits the recess. The article notes the innovation could streamline fastening work and boost efficiency for users who adopt the system.
Seaweed Silk Turns to Light Textile for Ladies
Professor J B Speakman at Leeds University announced a new rayon from seaweed named seaweed silk. The fabric, suited for stockings and underwear, arises from two years of experiments and is described as inflammable and usable in knitted and woven goods, with fashion potential for English women.
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London
J. B. Speakman
Leeds University
Canadian farm commodities value climbs to 1940 estimate
The value of commodities produced on Canadian farms in 1940 is estimated at 1 235 714 000 dollars, up from 1 224 618 999 dollars in 1939, indicating a gain in agricultural output and market activity across the country.
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British Lifeboat Service
Noel Barber
The
Overseas Deily Mail
Bathders
Great Britain
New York World-Telegram
U.S
Royal Canadian Mounted Police of
Navajo Lake
Utah
Gibraltar
Fense
M.P
Moon
Francis Kellam
Edith
Eingland
France
British Commonwealth
Isles
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