Churchill Stance at Oran Bolsters British Resolve
The piece defends Churchill's drastic Oran decision to destroy parts of the French fleet to prevent German and Italian capture. It argues Hitler cannot be trusted, lauds British leadership, and credits Churchill with renewed global confidence in democracy and empire unity.
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Winston Churchill
Oran
Great Britain
Hitler
Mussolini
Germany
Italy
France
Churchill
Empire
United States
Atlantic
Britain
Drake, Raleigh
Wellington
Nelson
Donating Ambulances Upgrading Red Cross Fleet
Rev Richard Upton of Bellevue presented a 5250 cheque to a Canadian Red Cross Society official in Calgary for three fully equipped ambulances. The gift, from citizens and miners union in the Crow’s Nest Pass, follows two ambulances donated earlier with a third promised.
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Canadian Red Cross Society
Calgary
Richard Upton
Bellevue
Citizens and Miners’ Union
Crow's Nest Pass
Parcels For Navy Arrangements At Ottawa
Parcels for navy personnel abroad may be sent at 12 cents per pound or fraction up to 11 pounds, addressed care G P O London Eng. About 500 million pounds cocoa grown annually in Gold Coast Africa. Saskatchewan Red Cross shipped 483 cases field comforts and hospital supplies 68 refugee quilts and clothing 214 blankets to the east for overseas. Additional items include 52 389 pairs socks 5 849 sweaters 14 478 bed gowns 23 560 pyjamas 6 018 children garments 1 485 quilts 7 610 blankets to military units in Saskatchewan 3 394 pairs socks 481 scarfs 30 pneumonia jackets 36 bead gowns 90 sweaters.
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Ottawa
G.P.O
London
Eng
Saskatchewan
Canadian Red Cross Society
Whales and Breath Underwater Fact
Whales cannot breathe underwater and must rise to the surface to inhale air. They rely on lungs for respiration and periodically breach the surface to take in oxygen before submerging again.
Dinner party quip delights London with ambassador remark
At a London dinner, a lady spoke long with Japanese Ambassador Baron Hayashi. Realizing the length of her talk she quipped about liking her own voice, and the baron replied that he knew she enjoyed music.
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London
Baron Hayashi
Ingot Mold Removal Mentioned in Steel Industry Note
In steel industry terms the process of stripping refers to removing ingot molds from ingot 2368. The term indicates a specific manufacturing step tied to a particular ingot and its production sequence.
Italian Gold In London Signals Italian Financial Strain
The Woodstock Sentinel Review reports Britain seized about 50 million dollars in Italian gold held in London. The move highlights Italy’s shrinking gold reserves from 518 million in 1934 to about 144 million by December, with further 42 million sent to the United States to settle trade balances.
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Italy
Bank of Italy
London
Germany
Britain
United States
Spain
Mussolini
Woodstock
Thank You From The Theresa Boyle Crew Rescue
The Granton Scotland trawler Theresa Boyle sunk by a Nazi bomber. Ten crewmen in a small lifeboat endured 50 hours at sea before an RAF pilot spotted them. Two minesweepers recovered all hands and the crew signaled thanks before the rescue plane departed.
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Granton
Scotland
Theresa Boyle
Selected Recipes Rice Krispie Crumb Pie Shell and Cherry Pie
Sprinkle gelatin over cold water and soften it. Cook cherries with juice and sugar about five minutes, add gelatin lemon juice and salt, chill, then fold in whipped cream and fill the crust. Yield one 9 inch pie. Also prepare an Rice Krispie crumb shell from butter sugar and crushed Kelloggs Rice Krispies. Chill before filling. Yield one shell of 8 9 or 10 inch.
Crusted Tomato Salad Mold Recipe Card
Jell O dissolves in hot water with vinegar and salt then chills until thickened. Celery and cucumber are salted, folded into the Jell O, and poured into a mold to chill. Tomato wedges are placed in the mold and more thickened Jell O added. Unmold garnish with cucumber slices and parsley. Serves six.
Pigeons to Carry News on Colorado River Trip
Five carrier pigeons from the Salt Lake City Tribune and Telegram will accompany scientists and writers aboard a boat voyage down the Colorado River. They will deliver pictures and news stones during the expedition.
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Colorado River
Salt Lake City Tribune and Telegram
Sundials Use Across Homes In Past And Present
The text notes sundials tell time by sun shadows, not minutes, varying with season and unusable on cloudy days. It cites uses in cabins and homes, with examples from Arab desert sticks and Indian shadow methods, and describes how to place and test sundials for garden use.
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India
Stained glass master resumes busy London workshop
Reginald Bell, renowned stained glass artisan, reopens his London kiln after eight months of wartime pause. Orders from the United States Canada Rhodesia and New Zealand arrive for church windows including St Paul’s School Chapel Concord and Wycliffe College Toronto. Bell traces craft origins through Europe and Britain noting 14th century glass painting schools and enduring demand.
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London
England
United States
St. Paul's School Chapel
Concord
New Hampshire
Canada
Wycliffe College
Toronto
Salisbury
Rhodesia
St Mary's Church
Wellington
New Zealand
Reginald Bell
Europe
Bell
Britain
Kingdom
Border Lines Limit Growth Of Some Crops In Canada
The Central Experimental Farm warns that sorghum requires warm weather and a long growing season, creating a border line beyond which it cannot be successfully grown. The note highlights crops like corn and soybeans as well.
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Canada
Central
Radio Runs Model Plane At Hout Bay South Africa
Experiments in radio control of model aircraft at Hout Bay yielded a giant seaplane soaring 100 feet above the surf and responding instantly to the radio joystick. A physician notes one in ten people in the United States has some speech defect or voice abnormality.
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Hout Bay
South Africa
U.S
A Happy Omen For English Leadership
The Montreal Star notes Mr Churchill as the first English soldier premier since Wellington and the first cavalry premier since Pitt. The piece calls it a happy omen and references Chatham as England’s great War Minister. It adds Winston’s hat trick pattern as a recurring specialty.
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Montreal Star
Churchill
Duke of Wellington
William Pitt
Earl of Chatham
Chatham
England
Wellington
Napoleon
Winston
For Sale Notices Spur Lettuce Planting in Chelsea Cottages
A row of Chelsea cottages displays numerous For Sale signs while residents plant lettuce across garden soils. The community effort to grow more food stands out amid the sale notices and small garden plots.
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Chelsea
Secret ingredients in milk fat science explodes knowledge
New research adds a big chapter on fats as human food. Nature devises a product named milk or butter fat made from secret ingredients blended by a secret formula. Butter fat has a “something” others lack, promoting better growth and health, though the exact factor remains undetermined.
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Nature
Such Extravagance Wife in Frivolous Wardrobe Spree
A playful exchange exposes a frugal husband and an extravagant wife who bought two spring dresses for a total of one hundred dollars. The wife quips she did not want to waste a nickel by involving him at work.
Dunkirk Retreater Deserves a 1940 Star, Chronicle Argues
The London News Chronicle editorially proposes bestowing a 1940 Star to the Dunkirk retreating soldiers who withstood the first German assault, likening it to the 1914 Star awarded for endurance in the First Great War.
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London News Chronicle
Dunkirk
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