Empire's Eastern Hemisphere link drives war effort
The piece details Britain's strategic reach east of Suez, led by Sir Robert Brooke-Popham. It highlights India as a vast supply hub with iron and steel, jute, tea, and armaments, plus growing naval and air forces. It notes South Africa, Australia, New Zealand, and Burma expanding munitions, transport, and defence spending to support Britain.
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South Africa
Rhodesia
Palestine
India
Ceylon
Burma
Honk Kong
Australia
New Zealand
Commonwealth
Robert Brooke-Popham
Far East
China
East Indies
Egypt
Malaya
Suez Canal
Singapore
Great Britain
United Kingdom
Britain
Royal Indian Navy
Red Sea
Indian
Bombay
Hooghly
Indian Air Force
Royal Air Force
Iraq
H. J. van der Byl
War Supplies Board
Canada
United States
Woman leads Ilford ARP district wardens in wartime service
Mrs. Jean Findlay, 30, oversees 800 wardens and 17,000 houses in Ilford's ARP, protecting 54 000 residents. She is the area’s only woman district warden, known for calm under fire and joking about an aging bicycle near a near miss bomb. Hydrogen fact included.
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Iford
London
Jean Findlay
Ilford
Ar.p
Have To Play Safe Was Not A Spy
A London blonde and a known artist visited a restaurant where a deaf woman left a small ear amplifier box. She retrieved it after a phone call, only to be confronted by a police inspector who sought to verify she was not a spy with a portable transmitting set.
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The
London Daily Sketch
London
Family Wins Name Change From De Ribben Trops to Robinson
A Hartford court granted Alvin Arnold De Ribben Trop s and his two young children permission to change their surname to Robinson. The ruling ends the De Ribben trops presence in the world scene by judicial action.
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Ribbentrops
Alvin Arnold de Ribbentrops
Hartford
Conn
Robinson
Return Of The Beaver Boosts Canadian Wildlife Efforts
Mines and Resources reports a strong beaver comeback in James Bay preserves with 8,000 beavers today versus 230 in 1933. Governments and Hudsons Bay Company established sanctuaries and Indian game wardens, with trapping limited until populations exceed 4,000. Beaver efforts include Charlton and Akimiski Islands preserves and a large Rupert’s House area. In RCMP news, famous dog Dale, Alberta born 1932, retired after saving lives and aiding searches, with successor dogs named Tell and Sultan among others.
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Beaver
Canada
James Bay Area
Dominion
Quebec
Ontario
Hudson's Bay Company
Rupert's House
Charlton Island
Akimiski Island
James Bay
Akimiski
S. T. Wood
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Dale
Alberta
How Name Originated From Minute to Minutes
The Pathfinder notes explain name origin from minute char acters in records. Small letters were corrected and engrossed into large permanent form, giving the term minutes its meaning and usage in official record keeping.
Pistol Plant Under Construction For AIF In Sydney
Expected to turn out 3000 revolvers monthly for the Australian Imperial Force a new pistol making plant rises in Sydney New South Wales.
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Sydney
N.S.W
Refugee Doctors Allowed on British Medical Register
Refugee doctors including Germans and Italians may be temporarily registered in the British Medical Register to meet growing wartime medical needs. The move aims to address rising demand for doctors serving in war-related medical roles.
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Germany
Italy
Chrysanthemum Rug Pattern 6896 by Household Arts
Crochet a large chrysanthemum rug using four strands of string or candlewick with two to three colors. Pattern 6896 includes stitches, materials, and color schemes. Send 20 cents to the Household Arts Department Winnipeg Newspaper Union for this pattern.
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Household Arts Department
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
Dermot Ave. E
Winnipeg
Alice Brooks
Atlantic Clippers Open Rapid Transatlantic Air Service
Pan American Airways expands the Atlantic clipper route from New York to Lisbon with a daily service by June. Refugee traffic from Europe floods Lisbon, while new westbound legs via Africa and South America cut fuel needs and boost capacity. The Bolama Port of Call in Portuguese Guinea marks the longest non stop leg at about 3 000 miles, with Willkie aboard the proving flight.
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Africa
South America
Clippers
August Loeb
New York Times
Pan- American Airways
New York
Lisbon
Dixie
Yankee
Atlantic
European
New World
Azores
Bermuda
Europe
England
Tagus
Netherlands
Junkers
Lufthansa
Berlin
Lyons
Marseilles
Barcelonia
Rome
Tus
Bolama
Portuguese Guinea
Strait of Gibraltar
Moroccan
Canaries
Senegal Gambia
Jeba
South Atlantic
Wendell L. Willkie
A Gallant Leader Kent Voted Hero By Poland
A wartime Canadian airman from Winnipeg shown in the Financial Post as Squadron Leader Kent receives honors from the Polish Foreign Minister after volunteering to test balloon barrage cables. He flew with the Royal Air Force, led the Polish Squadron, and earned the Air Force Cross for 18 cable tests.
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Atticus
Financial Post
Winnipeg
R.A.F
Poland
Kent
Campaign funds boost for Indian hospitals in BC plan
Government expands Indian care budget by 37605 to 1442217 to fund tuberculosis work and a new 170 bed hospital at Sardis British Columbia. Dr H W McGill, director of Indian Affairs, notes two year progress since the TB drive began.
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H. W. McGill
Indian Affairs
Sardis
Fort Knox Holds World's Largest Gold Reserves In Vaults
Authoritative reports say eight and a half billion dollars in gold was moved from New York to Fort Knox where the Kentucky vault now contains about four billion in standard bars. The treasure fills subterranean bomb proof vaults and is guarded by mechanized cavalry. The United States owns about twenty two trillion dollars in gold across American vaults, with Fort Knox housing half of all monetary gold.
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New York
Fort Knox
Kentucky
United States
Pharaaha
Egypt
Spain
Bagdad
Treasury
Post Office Department
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Suez
Indian Ocean
South Pacific
George I
Liefs
Washington Post
Constance
Unity
Sask
Tell
Black Lux
Sultan
Tuff
Perky
Egon
Bacchus
Houbemold Apts
Southern
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