The English Channel’s Role in Military History
The English Channel shaped campaigns from Caesar to D day influencing invasion delays and success. It has separated France from England, linked oceans, and served as a formidable barrier whose control altered Europe’s fate in multiple wars.
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Europe
English Channel
Atlantic Ocean
North Sea
France
England
Straits of Dover
Channel
Britain
Imperial Defence Council
Hitler
Dunkirk
United Nations
Julius Caesar
William
Duke of Normandy
William of Orange
Nelson
Napoleon
Lord
Not Just Drudgery British Physiologist Gets New Slant On Housekeeping
Sir Leonard Hill, a 77 year old British physiologist, asserts housekeeping is skilled work. After losing staff, he and his wife structured a daily 6:30 am to 12:30 am routine, concluding housework is a sequence of skilled acts.
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Britain
Sir Leonard Hill
London
Sir Leonard
Synthetic rubber here to stay says chemist leader
Dr. Gustav Egloff of Chicago, president of the American Institute of Chemists and director of research for a U S oil company, asserts that synthetic rubber will be widely used after the war. Hydrangeas bear blue flowers in acid soil and pink flowers in neutral soil.
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Gustav Egloff
Chicago
American Institute of Chemists
United States Oil Company
Piggery on RAF Stations Boosts Camp Funds and Traditions
The West of England RAF pig farms supply meals and funds through surplus pork sold to the Services Institute Fund, aided by YMCA centres saving scraps. Former Alberta MP Fit Lt E C Breton improved yields, turning profits to station amenities. Londoners nickname the Prime Minister Winnie, while formal briefs note Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill and the full style The Right Honorable Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill.
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R.A.F
England
YMCA
Alberta
E. C. Breton
Leduc
Services Institute Fund
Y.M.C.A
Winston S. Churchill
Winston Spencer Churchill
Spencer Churchill
Marlborough
Leonard
United Kingdom
Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill
Winnie
Ottawa Citizen
Price Control And Rationing Information Column Q and A
Wartime Prices and Trade Board offices fix rents for homes used while owners are away and refrigerate summer cottages to 1941 levels. Retail price tag rules now cover clothing footwear and related goods. Keep ration books and coupons for later needs even after using some canning sugar coupons. Summer hotel guests may require detachment of specific food coupons for every two week period.
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Prices and Trade Board
Prices Board
Tire care and risks of under or over inflation
Driving on soft tires weakens side cords and damages the tire raising blowout risk. Over inflation is equally hard on tires. Check pressure at least once a week to protect tire longevity and value.
All-Bran Promises Gentle Constipation Relief
An advertisement extols Kellogg's All-Bran as a natural cereal that safely eases constipation by adding bulk. It contrasts with harsh purgatives and promotes daily consumption with ample water for regular, easy elimination. Available in London and Canada.
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Kellogg's
London
Refugee Center Set Up at Moroccan Camp for Allied Aid
The British and American governments establish a refugee centre at a former U.S. Army camp near Fedala on the Moroccan coast to house Italians? and Spaniards displaced by war. Planned transfers total 800 with potential to reach 2000 as Spaininterned refugees are moved under the UN Rehabilitation Administration.
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Fedala
Mooroccoan
Spain
Poland
France
Low Countries
United Nations Rehabilitation Administration
Heart sound detector could reveal hidden illnesses
The Haskel Laboratory of Industrial Toxicology reports a heart sound detector that uses the heart as a sounding board to pick up tones from the muscular and circulatory systems. DuPont Co. recently disclosed the device’s capability. Millions of Chinese keep grasshoppers as pets.
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Haskel Laboratory of Industrial Toxicology
DuPont Co
Two Western Canadians Win Gallantry DFC and DFM in Air War
FO Lorenza John Bateman of Winnipeg receives the Distinguished Flying Cross for a persistent attack on a U boat despite heavy fire after a long service record. Sgt Robert Alexander Folie of Langham Saskatchewan earns the Distinguished Flying Medal for defending the Friedrichshafen raid, repelling Junkers 88s and assisting the mission with precise evasive orders and steady gunfire. Set. Edie, a 22 year old rear gunner and farmer in civil life, gains the DFM for his role in the same April 1944 operation.
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RCAF
Western Canada
Lorenza John Bateman
Winnipeg
Robert Alexander Folie
Langham
Sask Bateman
Humboldt
Mgt
Edie
Friedrichshafen
King George Encounters Descendant at Fleet Review
An ordinary seaman aboard the royal ship is revealed as Erskine William Gladstone, descendant of a prominent Prime Minister from Queen Victoria’s era. The King remarks that meeting here is history and ponders how their ancestors would view the moment.
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George
Erskine Willian
Gladstone
Smiles and Schemes in Shared Bank Tales and Jests
A string of humorous vignettes and quips about work, banks, and daily life. Jokes involve an Irish foreman, a joint bank account, a banker and wife, a man who fell into fortune, drill sergeants, doctors, preachers, references, and a maid. The pieces play on workplace absurdities and social misunderstandings with light punchlines.
CWAC volunteers' service across nations noted
The record honors Pte Williamina Dow of Kinross Scotland and CWAC members serving in Canada and the United States. Dow worked social service among Fingland evacuees before the blitz and lectured on post war Britain in Denver. Dow later joined CWAC in Winnipeg. daughters and pets called Cwoots symbolize CWAC morale.
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Scotland
Fingland
United States
Britain
Denver
Colorado
Pte. Dow
Cw.a.c
Corps of
Military Staff Clerks
Winnipeg
Man
Nessie Dow
Kinross
CWACs upbeat drill routines and cottage getaways described
The article highlights CWAC training with precise drill sessions and a sense of camaraderie among female soldiers. It notes wellness and morale through informal routines, beauty regimens at army establishments, and weekend retreats at summer cottages in Collin's Bay and Dawn Lake.
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C.W.A.C
Kingston
Ottawa
Collin's Bay
Ont
Dann's Lake
Que
Kingston War Services
F. W. Atack
Dawn Lake
Joseph Richardson
Gems of Thought and Moral Maxim Quotations
A compact collection of aphorisms from Seneca Browne Eddy Plato Lavater and Browning. It urges restraint from overreacting to offenses and stresses inner fortitude and cheerful resilience while ending with a call to buy War Savings Stamps.
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Premier Churchill
Consumers' News
Moorocco
Shade
Freddie
Tom
Frankie
Bhrother
Mrs. Blow
WAC
Pte Wil- Hamina
Don
C.W
Churchill
Fort Osbsorne
Warner
Agnes Johnson
Fort William
Cwacs
CWACG
Miss Canada
CWAC
Nabisco
THE
Canadian Shredded Wheat Company
LTD
Noegoro Falls
Canada
Santa
Seneca
Thomas Browne
Mary Baker Eddy
Plato
Robert Browning
Lydia E. Pinkham
Pinkham
Appleford Paper
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