Hidden Links in a World on the Edge
Detective Jim Carlton and Foreign Secretary Sir Joseph Layton discuss Rata Syndicate threats and a looming financial tension as Harlow surfaces after a burglary. Elk travels to Devonshire for a prison release, while Jim pursues clues about who profits from warlike intrigue and a possible conspiracy.
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Jim Carlton
Whitehall Gardens
Joseph Layton
Britain
Jim
Carlton
Rata
Joseph
Sir Joseph
China
Peru
America
England
Scotland Yard
Elk
Devonshire
Ingle
Aileen
Harlow
Ulster-born Master Strategist Named New British Army Chief
The new British Imperial staff commander is described as a brilliant master strategist with a record of rapid decisions. Ulsterman born on Christmas Day, 58, he rose from captain in 1911 to lieutenant general in 1936 and led forces in Palestine for a year.
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John Greer Dill
Palestine
Dill
Near East
Edmund Ironside
Britain
Cheltenham College
Sandhurst
South Africa
Imperial Defence College
Staff College
Camberley
India
Quetta
Ingle Returns as Inspector Elk Tracks Him
Inspector Elk encounters Arthur Ingle on a Princetown platform as an ex convict boards a train. The moment shows mutual recognition and tension, with Elk pursuing clues in a distant case and Ingle reacting warily to the unexpected meeting.
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Inspector Elk
Princetown
Plymouth
Ingle
Elk
Arthur Ingle
Seven year ahead weather forecast teased by Sir Hubert Wilkins
The Windsor Star dismisses a seven year weather forecast. It notes discomfort with long range predictions and imagines a future where daily forecasts extend far into the years ahead. The piece also mentions a new underfuselage flap for planes and contrasts live sponges with raw beefsteak in appearance.
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Sir Hubert Wilkins
Windsor Star
Migrating swallows sprint at ninety miles an hour
Migrating swallows have been observed flying at speeds up to 90 miles per hour, illustrating remarkable endurance and streamlined flight.
Brave Spirit Albert the French aviator in Luxembourg dies on the field
The St Louis Post Dispatch recounts Albert the French aviator who flew Moselle Valley missions against German defenses. He died in action after years of daring sorties against anti aircraft gunners and sentries, seen by Luxembourgers as a knightly figure.
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Albert
Robert J. Casey
Luxembourg
Moselle
Hitler
Roland
Oliver
Duc Guesclin
Bayard
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Toronto Broker Donates Yacht for RCAF Rescue Work
J Harold Crang, prominent Toronto broker, donates his 38 foot motor yacht Haldo to the Royal Canadian Air Force for rescue duties. Honourable C D Howe, Minister of Munitions and Supply, accepts the offer on behalf of the Government.
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Canada
J. Harold Crang
Toronto
Haldo
Royal Canadian Air Force
C. D. Howe
Prairie Farm Rehabilitation Act wires pasture fences long
A wire fence plan extends from Calgary to Montreal enclos ing one million acres under the Prairie Farm Rehabilitation Act. The massive project aims to define pasturelands and regulate land use across provinces.
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Calgary
Montreal
Red Emma Goldman's life and faded influence recounted
The Detroit Free Press recalls Emma Goldman known as Red Emma, noting her anarchist propaganda once scared Americans, her death in Toronto, and her final years spent in capitalist lands after a failed attempt to remake the world.
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Emma” Goldman
Tallyrand
Napoleon
Emma
Democ
Toronto
Russia
Detroit Free Press
Polish Army Canteens Open In France For Solders
Lady Warrender wife of the Financial Secretary to the Admiralty will deploy two mobile canteens to France for the rebuilt Polish Army. They will sell soap razors chocolate and hot tea at very low prices to aid Polish soldiers with poor pay, complementing BEF canteens.
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Lady Warrender
Admiralty
France
B.E.F
Toronto Telegram
Warrender
Manitoba Red Cross Society May 14th Supply Shipment
The Manitoba Red Cross Society reported 15 additional large cases sent forward containing medical and comfort supplies valued at 1,468 dollars and 77 cents. The consignments included 1,344 abdominal bandages 312 bed sheets 924 triangular bandages 120 dressing gowns 411 pyjamas and 2,160 face cloths.
Home Service Shorthand Promises Well Paid Jobs
Clever girl learns Pitman shorthand at home and gains an advantage over unskilled workers. A 32 page booklet offers step by step lessons with exercises and speed pointers. Send 15c for Self-Instruction in Shorthand to Home Service Dept Winnipeg Newspaper Union. Other booklets listed include tennis, beauty treatments, nursing, swimming, gardening, and ballroom dances.
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Home Service Dept
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave. E
Winnipeg
Man
The
Ench
Gems of Thought Quotes on Quiet Life and Peace
A collection of aphoristic lines on quiet living and inner peace. Drummond pascal and Mary Baker Eddy emphasize stillness, strength from above, and the joy born of divine love. Isaiah and Wordsworth anchor serenity as an outcome of righteousness and love.
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Mary Baker Eddy
Psychiatrists to screen recruits for military emergency
The American Psychiatric Association president Dr William Sandy says every recruit will be examined for nerve and physical fitness. A military questionnaire is being circulated to assess mental readiness, with trained psychiatrists at stations to aid examiners. The plan aims to prevent deserters and shell shock cases from entering the emergency army.
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United States Emergency Army
American Psychiatric Association
William Sandy
Harrisburg
Faith at stake as Nazism challenges Christianity
The Christian Science Monitor states that the fight now centers on fundamental Christian values, opposed by Nazi doctrines. It warns that worship of person and state replaces worship of God, with attacks on free speech, religion, and self government, harming innocent nations and peoples.
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Nazarene
Brotherhood of Man
Christian Science Monitor
Chauffeur Amos Webb Dies After 30 Years Service
Word from Government House Ottawa announces the death at Els field Oxfordshire England of Amos Webb 30 years chauffeur to the late Lord Tweedsmuir Webb came to Canada in 1935 with Lord Tweedsmuir when he was named Governor General He suffered a stroke the day Lord Tweedsmuir fell ill but recovered to accompany Lady Tweedsmuir to England in March
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Government House
Ottawa
Elsfield
Oxfordshire
England
Amos Webb
Lord Tweedsmuir
Webb
Canada
Lady Tweedsmuir
Generosity for Troops Pianos Donated in Ottawa Area
News spread that a C A S F unit in the Ottawa area needed a piano for recreation. Five citizens quickly offered their pianos for the troops for the duration.
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C.A.S.F
Ottawa
Relic from Exeter turret shield joins Imperial War Museum
A First Great War relic arrives at London's Imperial War Museum. The buckled torn steel from HMS Exeter’s turret shield, recovered after the River Pilate battle, marks a rare survivor of naval combat in the Second Great War.
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London
Imperial War Museum
HMS
Exeter
Italians develop a single belt parachute
The Italian design uses a wide belt encircling the body rather than the U shape sling harness common in the United States. The belt system aims to simplify the apparatus and enhance comfort for the wearer.
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United States
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Rata Syndicate
Wall Street
Mr. Carlton
Fotheringay Mansions
Edgar Wallace
CERPO
Eatons
Simpsons
Cerpe
R.c.alp
the Daily Herald
Manitoba Red Cross Society
Great Britain
Home Service
Drummond
Pascal
Willam Wordsworth
U.S
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