British Minesweepers Open Mediterranean Seas Victory Aid
Churchill lauds minesweepers for reopening the Mediterranean by clearing 600 miles of channels between May 9 and 21. Nearly 30,000 men serve in the vital, perilous work, with crews often from fishing trawlers who battle air attack and enemy submarines to protect ships and evacuate troops.
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Andrew Cunningham
Mediterranean
Churchill
Royal Navy
Great Britain
Africa
Australia
New Zealand
Indian Ocean
Arctic
Merchant Navy
Dunkirk
St. Nazaire
Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve
North Africa War Logistics and Aftermath Outline
London Times reviews post campaign challenges faced by the administration. It notes pipelines to sustain supply lines, French petrol support, and the shift to common reserves. It reports 291,000 Axis prisoners to be relocated, battlefield clearance, and 12,000 medical evacuations with eight urgent US cases, plus low death rates.
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North Africa
Tunis
Bizerte
United States
London Times
Cannot Go With Him Across the Ocean
A speaker expresses devotion to a son facing war, unable to accompany him or shield him from danger. They entrust him to the Lord's care, declaring with faith that, though they cannot be beside him, they place him in divine keeping. The prayer-like text ends with a vow of trust in God’s sovereign power.
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Earth
Heaven
Cora Baker Hall
White Book Claim: Allies Bombed Civilians First
The Goebbels style White Book asserts the British began bombing civilians and that Warsaw and Rotterdam were attacked as forts after surrender. Americans are warned not to be gullible, recalling postwar disillusionment after World War I.
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Berlin
London
Marshal Goering
Warsaw
Rotterdam
Buffalo Courier-Express
Full Of Meaning The Crisis In 1940
Lord Bennett recounts a crisis summer 1940 in a brief dialogue between an American with a cigar and an Englishman with a pipe. The American questions if they are in a tough spot while the Englishman insists they always win the last battle, implying resilience despite loss.
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Lord Bennett
Weaves Her Own Yorkshire Woman Designer Powers Her Wardrobe
A British woman, Miss Olive Shackleton of Yorkshire, designs weaves and dyes her own cloth using wool from local sheep. She spins and dyes at home and her mother sews the fabric into garments for the family. Hand weaving is a Shackleton family tradition revived in the last two years by the retired schoolmistress.
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Britain
Yorkshire
Olive Shackleton
Shackleton
Ancient Ur City Crowned World’s Oldest In History
Under wartime measures an Iraqi city, Ur, is noted as the world’s oldest city yet discovered. The report points to its antiquity and significance amid wartime financial strain and acts aiding citizens in serious difficulties.
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Great Britain
Iraq
Movie Star Douglass Montgomery Serves as Lance Corporal at Vernon Camp
English actor Douglass Montgomery, star of Little Man What Now, now serves as a lance corporal at the Canadian Army training centre in Vernon B C. He aids with instructional duties and entertainment, contributes verse to the camp paper Rookie, and works with Corporal Gilchrist Stuart who also helped produce Rookies Play Hockey. Buy War Savings Stamps Regularly.
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Douglass Montgomery
Vernon, British Columbia
United States
Vernon
B.C
Gilchrist Stuart
Montgomery
Gilchrist
Hollywood
Designer Of Big Glider Towed To Britain From Canada
Franklin Dobson, a 34 year old former St Thomas boy and Waco plant designer in Troy Ohio, discusses the Atlantic glider flight from Montreal to England and notes gliders can be airlifted, towed across oceans, and adapted to carry cargo and as many as 15 men. The piece also covers crime prevention policy and social programs for youth.
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Britain
Canada
Franklin Dobson
St. Thomas
Atlantic
Montreal
England
Mr. Dobson
Perry S Dobson
St Thomas
Alma College
Waco Airplane
Troy
Ohio
American Prison Association
Queen's University
Kaiser Wilhem Institute
Gottingen
Germany
Long Island
U.S
Mold renames main street to From the Cradle to the Grace
The Mold village in Flintshire Wales renames its main street Or Cyrd T Wredd meaning From the Cradle to the Grace. The route starts at a hospital and ends at a cemetery with a dance hall in between the renaming marks the town's civic note. The UK government has seized 580000 tons of railings with 400000 tons already diverted to weapons production, including bombs tanks and ships.
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Flintshire
Mold
Wales
Hard costs mount for British Treasury on U.S. air force
Construction costs for airfields and U.S. facilities in Britain exceed 500,000,600 dollars with maintenance running in tens of millions annually. The British Government also pays nearly 250,000 dollars weekly in civilian wages for workers directly employed by U.S. forces.
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Britain
U.S. Air Force
U.S
War-time women snoopers note aid from lost domestic help
The Ministry of Information reports that in many middle class homes crockery breakages fell by about 90 percent once housewives lost domestic help. The observation came from workers touring the country listening to housewives complain about wartime difficulties.
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Ministry of Information
Belgian Nazi leader La Noote slain by patriots
The Belgian news agency reports that La Noote head of the Belgian Nazi youth at Wellen Limburg was killed by Belgian patriots. In Ceylon there are 324 rural schools teaching practical agriculture and carpentry alongside standard subjects.
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la Noote
Wellen
Limburg
Ceylon
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