Sabotage plot unfolds around Bristow plant
Nancy Bristow races to the Bristow plant after Pat Thorne is injured in a suspected sabotage. Iris Bristow and Nancy uncover a planned crime by Hugo Blake and others, with Tom Cantwell implicated. Nancy schemes to stop the plot before the 7 PM truck departure.
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Nancy
Madge Fletcher
Tom Cantwell
Pat
Bristow
Iris Bristow
Thornes
Iris
John Bristow Company
Hugo Blake
Grimshaw
Britain can maintain present food rations despite sea war
The United States agriculture department reports Britain can sustain current essential food rations even if imports fall to 40 percent for fats and 30 percent for bacon and sugar. It notes bread milk and cheese are not rationed in Britain, eggs consumption less restricted than Germany, and overall health not impaired by current limits.
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Britain
United States Agriculture Department
Great Britain
Germany
United Kingdom
Air Raid Casualties and Odd Historical Facts
Civilians in Britain suffered 23 081 air raid deaths in seven months of blitz and 32 296 injured. England Wales and Scotland recorded 563 600 deaths from all causes in 1939, excluding military losses in last four months. A 34 pound lobster was caught in 1897 at Atlantic Highlands. The human body uses about 520 muscles to move.
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Britain
England
Wales
Scotland
Atlantic Highlands
Has Its Good Points Meet In Friendly Way People Afflicted With Bad Cold
Edward Charlwood reflects on the common cold's impact and the solace found in illness quiet during winter. He notes Lisbon as a cosmopolitan hub with diverse foreigners, language gaps, and hidden undercurrents of intrigue beneath its surface gaiety.
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Lisbon
Edward Charlwood
New York Sun
Gems of Thought and Motivational Maxim Fragments
A collection of quoted maxims on merit, self-improvement, and striving from various authors. Emphasizes merit leads to high position, practice creates musicians, pursuing ideals changes circumstances, progress comes from individual effort, and the importance of striving to advance.
British-born wives of Italians seek to regain nationality
British-born wives of Italians apply to the home office for nationality restoration. Home Secretary Herbert Morrison has begun considering such cases. In 1940 about 800 applications came from British-born wives of Germans, with more than half granted.
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Home Office
Home
Herbert Morrison
First Continuous Rolling Mill Installed for Wide Strips in 1926
In 1926 the steel industry saw a landmark installation with the first continuous rolling mill for producing wide strip sheets. The development marked a milestone in metalworking efficiency and production capacity for broad strip outputs.
Sock-knit helmets and mitts aid wartime toil
In the first great war a soldier's jingle inspired knitters to repurpose old socks into helmets and mitts. Imperial Order Daughters of the Empire workers and Junior Red Cross units now convert old hosiery into emergency headgear and hand coverings.
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Imperial Order Daughters of the Empire Workers
Red Cross
British minister claims Britain causes fifty times more industrial damage than Germany
Arthur Greenwood, minister with out portfolio, told industrial leaders in Scunthorpe that Britain inflicted fifty times as much industrial damage on Germany as Germany did on England. He stood by the claim despite past accusations of wishful thinking.
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Arthur Greenwood
Scunthorpe
England
Germany
Not Very Tasty Report From Brussels Food Sale
Nazi occupied Brussels region reports describe dog and cat meat sold for food in various forms. Some is ground with linseed oil and canned. Food control agents arrest a merchant for adulterating flour with gypsum.
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Brussels
Belgium
Food Control Bureau
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No. 9
Miss Bristow
Ducky
Tom
Miss Thorne
Bobby
Legion
MacDonald
Poser
Oversess
Overseas Department
W.L. MacKenzie & CO. Ltd
Bannatyne Ave. East
Winnipeg
Canada
W. H. Jones
la Rochefoucauld
Mary Baker Eddy
James Lane Allen
Clarence Army
Jingle
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