Wartime miracles in Britain during the blitz
A reflection on unrecognized miracles from wartime Britain. The piece cites Dunkirk rescue boats, St Paul’s Cathedral surviving Nazi bombing, Bath, Bristol, and Portsmouth bombings, and the enduring steeples as symbols of divine aid and resilience amid destruction. Viscount Halifax is quoted praising St Paul’s survival.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Dunkirk
Hitler
Russia
Britain
Maidenhead
Channel
Mrs. Miniver
English Channel
Red Sea
St. Paul's Cathedral
London
St. Paul's
Viscount Halifax
Bath
Beacen
Bristol
St. Mary Redcliffe Church
St. Mary
Bow Church
Cheapside
Christ Church
Newgate
The
Gray Friars
St. Nicholas Cole Abbey
Victoral St
St. Mary Somerset
Upper Thames St
St. James Garrick Hythe
St. Vedas
Foster Lane
St. Lawrence Jewry
St. Giles Cripplegate
St. Brides
Lift to Old Furniture Crochet Set
Turn old furniture into new with a filet crochet set featuring a lacy note and a hidden charm for shabby spots. Pattern 7430 includes charts and materials. send twenty cents to the Household Arts Department, Winnipeg Newsppper Union, 175 McDermot Avenue E, Winnipeg, Man. War savings certificates offer 25 percent value at maturity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Household Arts Department
Winnipeg Newsppper Union
McDermot Avenue E
Winnipeg
Man
Franco’s adopted children rebuild Spain’s towns after war
Spain, still in recovery after civil war, has rebuilt hundreds of towns and villages. For 148 towns meeting 75 percent demolition, the state assigns the General Directorate of Devastated Regions to oversee reconstruction. Some towns, like Belchite and Camillo, were moved, leaving ruins as monuments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spain
Madrid
Franco
General Directorate of
Belchite
Zaragoza
Camillo
Teruel
Municipal Journal
London
Wild Horses and War Eagles From the West
Gaston Marsan of the Quebec Belgian Breeders Association cites great herds of wild horses roaming the West and urges immediate conscription for the war. The piece notes East readers’ surprise at western resources and imagines mustangs persisting into modern times.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prairie Provinces
Gaston Marsan
Quebec
Doctors at age thirty face shorter life expectancy
A claim states that doctors reach age 30 with a life expectancy below that of the average person, implying higher early mortality. The assertion contrasts professional status with health outcomes and lacks context or supporting data.
Italians in British camps seek War Savings Certificates
Thousands of Italian prisoners in Britain pressed their camp commandants to allow investment of their earnings in British War Savings Certificates. They argued the funds would be safe and contribute to the war effort, despite officials' protests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Britain
No Bright Finish Curbs Metal Plating in 1943
The Munitions Department announced that metal articles for civilians in 1943 will lack the bright finish of prewar days. Nickel cadmium and cadmium alloys for plating are banned except by permit from the metals control.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Munitions Department
Sicily Chance For World Mastery Role In Air War
Allied dispatch argues Sicily is a decisive cockpit in the struggle for world mastery. It notes its strategic location near North Africa and Europe, its use by Axis forces to support Rommel in Tunisia, and the risk to Allied invasion plans if Sicily remains Axis held.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sicily
John Cahill
North Africa
Royal Air Force
United States Army Air Corps
Middle East
Luftwaffe
Mediterranean
Europe
Italy
Marsala
Cape Bon
Tunisia
Messina
Rommel
Montgomery
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Dunkirk
el Alamein
Tommel
Hermann Wilhelm Goering
Straits of Mensina
Dalmatia
Adriatic
Greece
Norway
France
Hitler
Cyprus
European
Mt. Etna
Bermuda Visit Yields Insane Question Test
An alienist visiting Bermuda encounters a government official who asks how to spot insanity. The doctor says they test by asking a simple historical question. He cites Captain Cook’s three voyages and his death on one voyage to illustrate how ordinary people struggle with such questions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bermuda
Cook
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Alice Brooks
East
Charles de Gaulle
Casablanca
Africa
Reggio di Calabria
Adolf Hitler
Erwin Rommel
Dietloff von Arnim
Bernard Law Montgomery
Eighth
el- Alamein
Tripoli
Aberdeen
Canadian Pacific
Strathmere
Alta
Markham
Ontario
Canadian Pacific Railway
Coaldale
Canada
Calgary
Glenelg
R.A.F
Africa Corps
Afrika Korps
R.A F
Tripolitania
Him
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