Hilda Tressingham Fires In Court Curtain
In a crowded dockroom a document theft case unfolds with Baron Barthelemy and Otto von Roon as key figures. Hilda Tressingham draws a revolver and shoots von Roon, ending a dramatic early scene as Miss Linkinshaw and Banister King exit amid murmurs of a larger conspiracy.
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Darlemache
Sir Beda
Bowett
George Ellington
Lord Hartsdale
Miss Linkinshaw
King
Hilda Tresgingham
Colonel Ressingham
Banister King
von Roon
Barthelemy
Mary
Treasury
Bonnie
Ne Ae
Otto Yon Roon
Hilda Tressingham
von Koon
Lydia
von Roda
Long Acre
Oldest Meadow In England Shows Perennial Grassland Yields
At Rothamsted Experiment Station a meadow has never been plowed or reseeded for about 150 years. Top dressing with fertilizers revived grasses and clover while reducing weeds, though one untreated field yielded about a ton per acre with 65 percent good grass, 9 percent clover, and 26 percent weeds.
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England
Rothamsted Periment
Rothamsted
Canada
Australian Wheat to Aid War Effort Reaches Pacific Ports
Washington reports that millions of bushels of Australian wheat will flow into Pacific ports to free American grain for Europe. Negotiations with Japan and Scandinavian nations for shipping are nearly finished, enabling landing of over 1.5 million bushels monthly on the California coast and allowing 3,000,000 bushels to Belgium to ease starvation. Hoover plans 1,665,000 bushels monthly arriving at Pacific ports.
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Washington
Pacific
Europe
Japan
California
Hoover
Belgium
They Still Joke in England Pench Quote
A wartime quip contrasts a caller asking a doctor to visit a London home with the reality that the doctor was killed in an air raid. The exchange highlights the disruption and danger faced during air raids in England.
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England
Not the first shot but the last brings victory
A London Daily Mail excerpt reflects on courage during loss and death, urging fortitude and steadfast effort in a great cause. It quotes Robert Louis Stevenson on enduring misfortune and praises resilience as the measure of nations and individuals.
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Robert Louis Stevenson
London Daily Mail
Britain’s Baby Army nickname for Italian shock troops
When British troops first arrived in Italy locals mistook them for fresh recruits. The Italians, impressed by the officers and the soldiers’ sharp appearance, believed they had come from England and labeled them The Baby Army. In truth these men were seasoned veterans from Ypres.
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Italy
England
Ypres Salien
Prairie coal briquette plant to be built in Saskatchewan
The federal government and the provinces of Manitoba and Saskatchewan reach an agreement to build an anthracite briquette plant in the Estewan district of Saskatchewan. The $490,000 facility is funded by $200,000 from Ottawa and $100,000 from each province, with ownership to transfer to the provinces upon completion and operation planned for next winter.
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Ames
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Estewan
Australia aims to repurpose ranches for rabbit farming
The government seeks to make rabbit ranching a future asset by fencing former sheep and cattle runs with wire netting to breed and raise rabbits. Canadian boys and girls could assist by raising rabbits.
A New Era in Jerusalem Declares Peace and Prosperity
A Jerusalem observer notes four months of occupation bring peace, revived industry, and security for Bedouins and farmers. Roads and a railway to Egypt promise easier distribution of surplus. The Buffalo Express and New York press quote pacifists and the Kit?chner Telegraph on British arms bringing benefits and record gold in the Denver mint.
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Jerusalew
Egypt
Kitchener
Daimler Case Dominates German Press in Wartime
German papers report the Daimler company takeover by the government after the Reichstag discussed accusations of excessive price increases for military orders, obstruction of government book inspection, and claimed profits far higher than the firm admitted. The Dann firm of Stuttgart is a major producer of automobiles and aircraft motors.
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Daimler
Germany
Dann Firm
Stuttgart
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