Sheriff Faces Old West Echoes in Smoke Stone Tale
Old sheriff Heartly rails at editorial changes as Smoke Stone shifts from cow town to dude town. A staged arrival of Western dressers culminates in a dramatic confrontation when returning foe Spider Lopez appears, but Heartly outsmarts the bandit and maintains his guns and image.
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Heartly
Panhandle
Circle B Ranch
Smokestone
Spider Lopez
State Pen
Pardner
West
Lopez
Gance
Rear Admiral Gadow says U boats and ships lie at the bottom
The retired German admiral declares the U-boat flotilla and heavy surface ships are sunk and defeated, noting the submarine arm failed in 1943 due to enemy technical defenses. He suggests now a retired air marshal should reveal the fate of the Luftwaffe.
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Richard Gadow
Hitler
Germany
Hermann Goering
Luftwaffe
Montreal Gazette
Aleutian Islands Name Origin Tied to Bold Rock Meaning
The Aleutian archipelago derives its name from a Russian term meaning bold rock, reflecting early explorers’ description of the rugged islands.
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Aleutian Islands
Indian Subadar Subramanian Awarded George Cross
Subedar Subramanian of the Madras Sappers and Miners sacrificed himself to save six comrades near Migani Italy during mine clearance. He flung himself on an anti personal mine to shield others. the blast killed him, but his actions saved six lives. He had previously earned the Indian Distinguished Service Medal in 1943.
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George Croas
Subdedar Subramanian
Madras
Jamadar
Migani
Italy
Subramanian
Subedar Subramanian
North Africa
Indian Information Office
Beaver club in London aids Canadian servicemen abroad
The Beaver club near Piccadilly provides a home away from home for Canadian soldiers. It hosts lounges reading room with papers from 80 towns, facilitates cables home during Mother's Day and Christmas, and was praised by the King and Queen. Opened Feb 19, 1940 and partly financed by the Canadian Y M C A with a London board of Canadian directors.
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Beaver Club
London
Piccadilly
Y.M.C.A
Gift from correspondents in Ike caravan headquarters
A color print gifted to General Eisenhower by four correspondents was purchased when they ducked into a print shop to dodge a bomb. The print depicts the British Army using flying rockets in 1830, about 114 years earlier.
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Eisenhower
Canada to ship beef to Britain 1944 45 under wartime plan
Agriculture Minister Gardiner announced Canada will export a minimum of 100 million pounds of beef in 1944 and 1945 to the United Kingdom, plus surplus supplies. The program notes current shipments of bacon cheese and eggs under two-year contracts and values beef at about 34 million dollars.
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United Kingdom
Gardiner
Canada
Dominion
Canadian Meat Board
Prices Board
United States
Penicillin Plant Set for Full Operation in Dominion
Officials in Montreal announced a government owned penicillin plant managed by Ayerst McKenna and Harrison Ltd will begin full scale operation soon. The facility already produces the drug but will reach top capacity once a group of laboratories on the city outskirts are completed.
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Dominion
Montreal
Ayerst, McKenna and Harrison, Ltd
Typhoon bombers mount 1000 pound underwing loads
The air ministry disclosed that RAF Typhoon fighter-bombers now carry a 1000 pound bomb under each wing, two times their former load and more than double Britain’s early war medium bombers. After dropping, the Typhoon can dive at 400 miles per hour with four 20 millimetre cannons delivering fire.
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Britain
Air Ministry
Maquis Name Explained as Corsican Bandits History
The Maquis, the French underground resisting Germans in southern France, took their name from Corsican bandits called mac kee meaning undergrowth. Prominent Maquis leaders include French army officers who refused to bow to Nazi control via Petain's Vichy government.
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France
Corsica
Petain
New York Herald Tribune
Smiles and Snippets From War Era Banter and Bits
A collage of humorous exchanges and observations from wartime life. Jokes about wills taxes and rationing mix with quips on kindness subtraction lessons and everyday annoyances. The piece ends urging readers to buy War Savings Stamps.
Tragedy of German Smiles Tied to Nazi Rule
In this Halifax Herald excerpt Emil Ludwig argues that German culture under Nazism bans smiles as weakness. Churchill is cited describing Germans as dangerous either pursuing or submitting to power, with Hitler's rise ridiculed as inappropriate in a peace-loving nation.
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Emil Ludwig
Naziland
Berlin
Germany
Churchill
Hitler
Halifax Herald
Toddler Pattern 4834 Offers Sunfrock Bonnet Set
Anne Adams Pattern Dept. lists pattern 4834 for toddler sunfrock bonnet and matching pieces. requires 1 yard 35 inch material. sizes 2, 3-4-5, and 6. send 20 cents with name address and style number to Winnipeg Pattern Dept. Winnipeg Manitoba. expected mail delay noted.
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Anne Adams
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot, Ave. E
Winnipeg
Man
No system turns slothful into provident, says Victoria Colonist
The Victoria Colonist argues that public or private security schemes fail to transform indolence into industry and that such programs are burdened by passive individuals. It likens lazy participants to driftwood and notes the Australian white ant destroys cellulose and infrastructure.
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Victoria Colonist
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