Russian KV Tank Described As Shell and Fire Proof
American and British observers note the KV tank is exceptionally fireproof and heavily armored. Described as nearly invulnerable to 68 mm anti aircraft shells, the diesel powered KV is larger than a Sherman, weighs over 49 tons, and could extend crew life and action durability in future tank warfare.
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Russia
Libya
Klementi Voroshilov
Defence Committee
Tank Corps
Grant
America
Sherman
Essential War Industry List Applies to Newsmen
War Services Minister Thorson explains that section 15 allows selective boards to list activities essential to the war effort. Newspaper workers such as editors reporters technical staff and others may be designated war industry personnel but not automatically exempt from service. Each postponement request will be considered by the local board on its merits.
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National War Services Regulations
War Services
Thorson
Sign He Accepts The Proper Way To Engage In A Dog Fight
A fragment states that the correct method to confront another pilot in a dog fight is to shake your fist. If the opponent accepts the challenge he will immediately shake his fist in return.
Advertising as the wartime backbone of a free press
The Montreal Gazette cites The New York Times on advertising funding newspapers, calling ads a patriotic, essential wartime industry that sustains the press and wartime cooperation, warning that restricting ads could suppress the free press and hinder war effort programs.
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Roosevelt
The
New York Times
Times
the Times
Montreal Gazette
Laziest Man in Britain Refuses Work, Lands 28 Days
George Imrie, labeled the laziest man in England, served 28 days for refusing to work under an essential works order. Fit for light tasks, he preferred sitting and folding mailbag tags due to fatigue and poor eyesight, saying he could not endure sewing. He left jail exhausted and planned to seek aid from the Discharged Prisoners Aid Society.
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England
George Imrie
Imrie
Walto
Discharged Prisoners Aid Society
Men of character urged by Captain Thomas at Annapolis
Captain William Thomas urged midshipmen to cultivate individual integrity as a basis for character. He said wartime ethics oppose lying cheating and greed and called for a world remade by men of character who abhor jungle tactics and listen to conscience. The piece references platitudes and ends with a note on famous colored diamonds.
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Navy
William Thomas
Annapolis
Captain Thomas
Link Trainer Operator Miss Mackay Guides Student Pilots
Dorothy Mackay of Buffalo operates the Link trainer at United Air Lines in Cheyenne. The 29 year old instructor uses a chart device and radio beam signals to simulate flight while a student pilot sits with hooded view and headphones. She is a member of the Ninety-Nines and the National Aeronautics Association.
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Dorothy Mackay
Buffalo
United Air Lines
Cheyenne
Miss Mackay
Palm Reader Foretells Hess Destiny for Hitler
A German palm reader, invited by Hitler, read two hands behind a curtain to determine which belonged to him. One hand she dismissed, the other she studied and predicted would provoke global chatter. The curtain fell revealing Rudolf Hess as the owner of the significant hand.
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Germany
Hitler
Rudolf Hess
Alfalfa Seed Damaged by Plant Bug Returns
University of Manitoba entomologists study the alfalfa plant bug that reappeared this year after damaging alfalfa seed production last fall. The insect, about one third of an inch long and greenish brown, first appeared on this continent in Minnesota in 1940 and is believed to have migrated from Europe.
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V. Mitchener
University of Manitoba
Minnesota
Europe
Britain
No. 1
Downing Street
Ramsay MacDonald
Edouard Herriot
Stanley Baldwin
Winston Churchil
Vyacheslav Molotov
Churchill
M.P
Air Ministry
Charles Bray
Libya
Air Marshal
Tedder
R.A.F
Essex
Bray
North Africa
Puss And Family Embroidered Panel Pattern Offer
A transfer pattern titled Puss And Family Embroidered Panel shows a cat family with flowers for craft fans. The notice asks send 20 cents to the Household Arts Department, Winnipeg Newspaper Union, with name address and pattern number 7243.
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Kitty
Household Arts Department
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Avenue E
Winnipeg
Man
Chequers: Prime Ministers' Retreat With Storied WWII Ties
Historical Chequers house served as the backdrop for wartime decisions and postwar diplomacy. The Embroidery Association urges lifting a wartime ban on embroidery on utility garments to aid morale and sustain Buckinghamshire cottage workers.
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House of Commons
Embroidery Association
Board of Trade
Phipps
The
Association
Seven Colors for Leather Shoes Under Wartime Board Rules
Louis Daoust of the Wartime Prices and Trade Board issues an order limiting leather footwear styles colors and finishes to seven colors for women five for men two for work boots and restricting steel shanks rivets and metal trim to conserve materials. The regulation aims to cut leather and metal use while keeping current footwear styles. A second note cites Brazil’s 1930s coffee destruction costs and a shift of surplus stock to plastics.
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Louis Daoust
Prices and Trade Board
Military planes to be built in 1942 outpace early aviation era
Statement claims 1942 aircraft production will exceed the total produced from 1909 to last year. Also notes mimus polyglottes is the scientific name for the mock ing bird, meaning many tongue mimic, and a joke about a nickel versus a dima attending church.
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Army
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Baltimore Sun
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Tiffany
Dresden
Chevenne
Palmist
Manitoba
Switzerland
Dr. Ley
Goebbels
Dietrich
Mussolini
London Daily Sketch
Alice Brooks
Chequers
Buckinghamshire
Ance
Viscount Halifax
Edward Wood
Baldwin
India
Lord Halifax
Sir Ronald Waterhouse
Sir Ronald
Thurstan Topham
Canadian National
Canada
Riding Mountain National Park
Clear Lake
Collier’s
Brazil
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