World War II Briefs and Wartime Notices
A British agriculture ministry warning warns farmers of potential attacks on crops. Violinist Fritz Kreisler, 66, has been discharged after injuries from a truck crash. Australia exports rabbit skins to America for military felt hats. New Zealand opens 25 000 acres to flax cultivation and 11 factories employ 600 workers. Britain compensates Sweden for a wartime ship damage mistake. Lt Cmdr George W Grove of the naval reserve is missing since June 13 on a joint RAF flight. An automatic bomb sight plan is submitted to Britain and the U.S. Army. Australian Army Minister Spender says home guard strength will rise to 47,800 veterans trained. Manitoba Legion backs mobilization of manpower and resources for the war effort.
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Agriculture Ministry
Fritz Kreisler
Roosevelt Hospital
Australia
America
New Zealand
London
Italy
United States Navy Department
George Wilson Grove
Naval Reserve
Royal Air Force
Iroq
Combat of Iquique memorialized in South American press
The May 11 1879 clash saw the Chilean corvette Esmeralda sunk by the Peruvian ironclad Huascar after a four hour fight. Captain Arturo Prat died boarding the enemy ship. Grau led Peru to victory and is honored in Peru and Chilean memory. Peruvian and Chilean observers attend joint commemorations in Lima and Santiago.
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Iquique
Huascar
Arturo Prat
Grau
Lima
War tips by Viscount Simon at Eastbourne
Viscount Simon the Lord Chancellor outlined three key win-the-war tips. He said the war would not be decided in the Near East or the Mediterranean and stressed facing facts maintaining proportion and redoubling home effort to counter the Atlantic battle and potential invasion.
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Eastbourne
Viscount Simon
Near East
Mediterranean
Atlantic
Soldiers pool funds for tuxedo at Boston base
Soldiers at a Boston army base pooled money to buy a shared tuxedo for men on leave. The garment is kept in a guarded supply room and must return wrinkle free or spotless. A separate note mentions a new wood treatment that allows moulding oak and welding timber.
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Boston
Aircraft makers pool facilities to boost flying fortress output
Boeing, Douglas, and Vega join to create four plants for four motor bombers. Four plants will assemble the aircraft with dual sources of parts and standby tools. Boeing provides blueprints and templates as engineers draft a consolidated production program under War Department guidance. Sixty technicians have begun preliminary work.
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Boeing
Douglas
Vega
United States
Great Britain
War Department
Army Air Corps
Becoming Dress Has Hip-Yorke Feature For Slim Hip Shape
Anne Adams Pattern 4772 offers a deep hip yoke to smooth hips with a long waist line. The bloused bodice and front panel skirt create slim, casual lines. Sizes 34 to 48 priced at 20 cents, order to Winnipeg Pattern Dept. Winnipeg Manitoba.
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Anne Adams
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave. E
Winnipeg
Man
Burma Road Traffic Hopes Rise to 900 Tons Daily
About 300 tons of munitions and 300 tons of other goods pass the Burma Road daily. Chinese planners expect to reach 900 tons per day as road improvements and newly ordered trucks come online.
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Burma Road
One Man Controls Nearly Half of Bolivia's Tin Riches
A Bolivian report notes that about 50 percent of the country's tin deposits are controlled by a single individual. The disclosure highlights a concentration of mineral wealth and potential impact on local markets and policy.
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Bolivia
Wright recalls early flight as power grows and war looms
The Dayton inventor Orville Wright, nearing age 70, reflects on the 1903 Kittyhawk flight and the 1 700 horsepower Wright motor, noting how the airplane has evolved from a humble machine to a potent war tool while acknowledging potential abuse. The piece also notes Egypt's population along the Nile.
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Orville Wright
Wilbur
Dayton, O
Kittyhawk
N.C
Wright
Wright Aeronautical Corporation
Lockland
Canada Makes Up Half of North American Continent
A reader’s note asserts that Canada constitutes half of the North American landmass. The claim is presented as a geographic statement with emphasis on Canada’s vast area relative to other nations in the region.
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Canada
North American
Never Blame a Reporter for What Appears in Paper
A Brandon Sun column defends reporters as hardworking professionals who follow a challenging calling. It cautions against bribery and notes editors decide what goes to print while reporters serve the community with integrity.
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Brandon Sun
Diamonds Burn When Heated Beyond Threshold
A concise note explains that diamonds can burn if exposed to sufficient heat, clarifying the conditions under which diamond combustion occurs and the implications for handling and storage.
Immature Corinthians Face Foundations in Christ
The lesson centers on 1 Corinthians 3 1 15 urging believers to build only on Jesus Christ as foundation. Paul contrasts spiritual maturity with carnality, notes four church factions reduced to Paul and Apollos, and warns that each will be tested by fire, rewarding durable materials like gold and silver over combustible wood hay and stubble.
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Paul
Ephesians
Corinth
Apollos
Cephas
Peter
Christ
Jesus Christ
Jesus
Moore-Brabazon and aerial photography pioneer Moore Brabazon
Henry Longhurst writes in the London Sunday Express about John Theodore Moore-Brabazon M P the new Minister of Aircraft Production. He notes Moore-Brabazon was the first British pilot to receive a certificate and credits him with inventing aerial photography for reconnaissance doubling a flight image count to 75 in WWI earning £600 after the war.
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Henry Longhurst
London Sunday Express
John Theodore Cuthbert Moore-Brabazon
Moore-Brabazon
Buses in Chungking smell like stew from cabbage-seed oil
Dr Robert S McClure a Canadian back from China says Chungking buses burn cabbage seed oil giving off a stew like odor. He notes American Burma Road trucks face conversion difficulties to charcoal burning use.
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Robert S. McClure
China
Chungking
Burma Road
Health study links refined foods to tooth decay across cultures
A Health article argues nearly all Canadians suffer defective teeth and links the problem to refined white flour and sugar. It cites diets of Swiss, Eskimo, Polynesian, Maori groups and notes jaw maldevelopment and decay rise where refined foods spread. Britain weighs nutritious flour standards as wholemeal options emerge.
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Canada
Britain
Health League of Canada
British teachers to take United States history courses
The British board of education will offer short courses on United States history and current problems for teachers across all schools. The move follows the board’s belief that British children are less informed about U S history than American children are about Britain.
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British Board of Education
United States
Britain
United States of America
Great Britain
Oxford Union Offers Historic Dispatch Boxes for Repaired Loss
The Oxford Union Society plans to replace bomb destroyed dispatch boxes with facsimiles once used by Gladstone and Peel at Oxford. Capt. E A Fitzroy, Speaker of the House, endorses the restoration project. Strawberries reportedly contain as much iron as spinach and a tonic may be taken in a shortcake form.
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Oxford Union Society
E. A. Fitzroy
House of Commons
Gladstone
Peel
Oxford
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Manitoba
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Chile
Hip-Yorke
C.P.R
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Victoria Glacier
Gale Storm
Houston, Texas
Betty Ann Anderson
Canadian Rockies
Egypt
Nile
Royal Navy
Prince of Wales
J. C. Tovey
Bismarck
French
Germany
Ceme
Tery
Ty Ropics
U.S
Mickie
JOE
Cali
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