Sabotage chase at Bristow plant mystery deepens
Nancy Thorne tails Hugo Blake to a Bristow Company loading yard where crates are swapped and a covert plot unfolds. She learns dies from the Bristow plant are to be replaced, and police close in as she risks discovery during a tense pursuit.
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Nancy Thorne
Iris Bristow
Hugo Blake
John Bristow Company
Nancy
Hugo
Blake
Bristow
Detroit
Tom
Hugo Blake Faces Rage Contorted Expression
A fragment shows a character named Hugo Blake turning to confront a rage distorted face. The line hints at imminent confrontation and unresolved tension as the scene continues.
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Hugo Blake
New Type Barrage Balloon Told To Be Lethal
Col J J Llewellin told the British House of Commons a new barrage balloon type with lethal wire has been developed and would fly higher than earlier models. He said balloons should remain lethal to force aircraft to ground. Maj Victor Cazalet asked about higher altitudes with French balloons noted at 20,000 feet but deemed non lethal.
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J. J. Liewellin
Ministry of Aircraft Production
House of Commons
Col. Liewellin
Victor Cazalet
France
Col. Llewellin
London
Canada's Oil Reserve Claim Sparks Calgary Montreal Talk
Max Ball of Edmonton told the Canadian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy in Montreal that Canada has the world’s largest oil reserve. He cited northern Alberta tar sands in Athabasca as containing several times more oil than all other proved reserves. Ball is president of Abasand Oils Ltd.
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Dominion
Max Ball
Edmonton
Canadian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy
Montreal
Alberta
Athabasca
Ball
Abasand Oils Ltd
Chemistry Helps to Train Canada's Student Bombers Plays
Canadian bomber students at Jarvis School near Lake Erie train in air bombing using eleven and a half pound practice bombs charged with stannic chloride and titanium tetrachloride. The tiny bombs produce white smoke puffs on impact, signaling accuracy to instructors above.
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Empire
Lake Erie
North Shore
Dominion
Jarvis
Commonwealth Air Training Plan
R.C.A.F
Canada
Cheshire Cheese Damage Takes Months to Repair in London
A London letter reports the Cheshire Cheese inn on Fleet Street burned out not by bombing but by an ordinary fire. It survived the 1666 and 1940 fires and will require months to restore. Newspapermen and visitors remembered the famed chair once used by Shakespeare, the parrots, old box pews, sawdust floors, and the doorstep notice about mindful stepping.
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London
Hamilton
Spectator
Fleet Street
Samuel Johnson
Shakespeare
Gems of Thought on Books and Reading
A compact collection of quoted reflections on books and reading from Emerson Paxton Hood McCosh Mary Baker Eddy and Seneca. The notes extol books as constant counselors and instructors urging careful reading and thoughtful engagement with Scripture and literature.
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Paxton Hood
Brits Solve Cincinnati Enquirer Crossword Mystery
Four wartime workers in Watford Staffordshire asked the Cincinnati Enquirer for the puzzle answer from last September. They enclosed a partially completed grid from a shipment note and asked why meat roasted on a skewer is called kabob or city chicken.
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Watford
Staffordshire
England
The
Cincinnati Enquirer
Cincinnati
Enquirer
City
Mechanization Expands on Soviet Farms
A Moscow report states Russia has rapidly mechanized its agriculture with over 500,000 tractors 170,000 harvester combines and 200,000 trucks in use across Soviet fields. The system’s total capacity reaches about 27 million horsepower.
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Russia
Moscow
Farmer Aims to Grow 100-Meal Watermelon at Hope Arkansas
A Hope Arkansas farmer seeks to feed 100 people with a single giant watermelon. He has already produced melons weighing from 146 pounds to nearly 200 pounds. The piece contrasts this with the way British All Stars holdouts are reported in sports pages. Fort Bliss is noted as located at El Paso Texas.
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Hope
Arkansas
Atlantic
Fort Bliss
el Paso
Texas
London’s Civilian Guards Endure 24 Hour Coastal Duty
In Toronto Daily Star reporter accompanies Charley Howard a 40 year old butcher and WWI veteran on a full 24 hour coastal patrol with the civilian home guards. The shift includes dawn to late night drills air raid alerts and midnight fire watching at a cliffside post.
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J. Norman Lodge
Toronto Daily Star
Charley Howard
Charley
Betty
Blankets Promote Health of Older Sheep in Large Flocks
A new idea spreading from Australia and New Zealand to the United States recommends using blankets or rugs on older sheep. The practice appears to yield finer, heavier, and cleaner fleeces by shielding sheep from wind dust and rain.
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Australia
New Zealand
United States
Parrots Known to Live Up to Sixty Years
A note on long lived parrots, mentioning that some birds in captivity have reached six decades. The remark plays with the saying dont worry about others while reflecting on animal lifespans and patience.
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Vicks
Bristow Plant
Herman Goering
C. P. C. Downman
Chambers
Emerson
James McCosh
Mary Baker Eddy
Seneca
Trai BT
Britain
Canada Starch Company Limited
Winnipeg
CROWN
Noth
Ramsay Company
Bain Street
Ottawa
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