War News Briefs From Allied Fronts and Home Front
The Canada Gazette notes TS army base at Porpoise Harbor near Prince Rupert on the B C coast. An admiralty communique reports 20 to 40 enemy ships sunk or damaged by mines in the Tunisian campaign. Britain lists scrap iron output at 5 280 000 tons yearly with railings yielding 1 900 000 tons. Canada and the United States agree on jointly programming reports for shared war effort. Luminous windows made from lumarith plastic are used in US war plants. Anti freez e production is restricted to permit basis. A Czech innkeeper near Prague is executed for listening to BBC and letting villagers hear it.
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The
Canada Gazette
TS Army
Porpoise Harbor
Prince Rupert Harbor
B.C. Coast
London
Prague
BBC News
Playtime Wardrobe Pattern 4366 for Children
Anne Adams offers pattern 4366 with rompers overalls and a sunsuit for children sizes 2 4 6 8. Size 6 requires yardage 145 yards 35 inch for rompers and 24 yards 35 inch for overalls and 14 yards 35 inch for sunsuit. Send 20 cents to Anne Adams Pattern Dept Winnipeg Newspaper Union 175 McDermot Ave Winnipeg Man. Mail delays may occur.
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Anne Adams
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave. E
Winnipeg
Man
Barred From Serving Illiterate Draft Prospects Highlighted
Dean William F. Russell of Columbia University told a statewide conference in Sacramento that about 650000 men of draft age are physically fit but so illiterate that no military branch will accept them.
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United States
William F. Russell
Columbia University
Sacramento
Cal
Sewing and home craft classes for boys urged
A British National Council of Women committee recommends that school boys join girls in classes in sewing mending laundering and home nursing to broaden practical skills and gender roles.
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British National Council of Women
The Climate of a Place Is Its Average Weather
An article explains climate as the long term average of a location’s weather patterns. It discusses how temperature precipitation and wind shape regional climate classifications.
Mosquito: The Fastest Fighter and Bomber of World War II
The Mosquito serves as a long range day and night fighter intruder and day and night bomber. It carries four 20 mm cannons and four .303 machine guns in the nose and can deliver 2,000 pounds of bombs with a fuel range reaching most of Germany. Built from wood with rapid development from drawing board to combat in 22 months, it is widely produced via hundreds of sub contractors across Britain Canada South Africa India Australia New Zealand and South America.
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Germany
Tion
de Havilland Aircraft
Britain
Canada
South Africa
India
Australia
New Zealand
South America
Replacements Scarce As Farm Equipment Needs Care
Replacements are scarce and care of farm machinery is vital. Equipment taken from winter storage should be maintained to prevent destruction from neglect. Keep feed grinders milk coolers pumps and large machinery well lubricated and engines clean with light oil.
Pleasant Little Gadgets From Tunisian Booby Traps
The War Department lists new Nazi booby traps used in Tunisia. Devices include a silent whistle that explodes when blown, a vib rating pea detonator, thermos bottles that trigger when full, and earphones that explode when connected to current.
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Tunisia
War Department
New York Herald-Tribune
Ingenuity in Wartime Factories Highlights Women Workers
A wartime article notes women in factories saving time and cutting waste by applying domestic tricks. A worker used flour between hot rubber rings to prevent sticking, saving thousands of hours. another cut eleven painting steps to eight hours per plane. The piece praises housewives for ingenuity.
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Christian Science Monitor
Suffer for Well-Doing, Not Evil Doings, I Peter 3
Sunday's lesson centers on I Peter 3 13 17 urging believers to endure suffering for good deeds rather than for wrongs. It emphasizes gentle defense of faith with reverence toward God, readiness to explain beliefs, and living with a clear conscience to witness to others.
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Peter
Christ
James Moffatt
Jesus
God
No title available for the theater worker family claim
A resident family of janitors lives eats and sleeps in each Brazilian theatre.
New Cap Badge for Canadian Infantry Corps Debuts
National Defence Headquarters announces a bronze cap badge for all ranks of the Canadian Infantry Corps featuring two crossed rifles, a double ellipse with three maple leaves, the Imperial Crown, and a scroll reading ACER. The badge will be issued to reinforce ments in Canada until soldiers join their battalion or unit and adopt the regimental badge.
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Canadian Infantry Corps
National Defence Headquarters
Canada
Good Saving Plan and Bond Buying Confidence
The Fort William Times Journal notes postwar curiosity about how much Canadian war loan money will mature or be withdrawn. It observes growing bond ownership and compares saving habits to cash reserves with a general reluctance to withdraw, unless markets or purchases demand it. It adds a historical sidenote that spices were known in China by 2000 B.C.
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Fort William
Why British Sailors Were Called Limeys in Wartime
The Bel Fast News Letter explains nautical nicknames from the age of sail. Limey for British sailors came from daily lime juice to prevent scurvy. It notes other epithets like Yankees for Americans and Dago for sailors from the Mediterranean, with Norse, Dutch, and Blueno se nicknames also listed.
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Mediterranean
Belfast
Rationing Boosts Goldfish Demand in Britain
Food shortages push Britons to replace large dogs with goldfish as pets. Goldfish prices soar with some sizable specimens costing up to 22.50 dollars, reflecting tighter supplies and higher living costs.
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London
Britain
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