The Economic War Drives World Conflict Now
The piece argues the current war is primarily economic and diplomatic, not pure combat. It highlights blockades, currency pressure, and neutral diplomacy as decisive tools, with naval power enabling resource flows while Germany faces a two way sea blockade and Britain sustains supply lines.
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North Sea
Germany
Balkans
Scandinavian
Holland
Belgium
Italy
Britain
France
Russia
Discovery of silver’s germ-killing power highlighted
Dr Alexander Goetz of California Institute of Technology reported to the American Philosophical Society in Philadelphia that a single atom of silver can kill a living cell. The finding challenges prior estimates that 1,000,000 to 10,000,000 silver atoms were needed to kill a germ.
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American Philosophical Society
Philadelphia
Mt. Everest
Alexander Goetz
California Institute of Technology
Pasadena
Canada holds world’s largest forest lumber reserve for Britain
Canada’s forests now form the largest lumber reservoir for Britain as wartime curtailments hit Scandinavian and Baltic shipments. The forest products industry is organizing with the British Timber Control, while UK officials survey Canadian sources of supply.
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Canada
Britain
British Timber Control
United Kingdom
Alexandre Dumas Ends Career With Recipe Book
Renowned author Alexandre Dumas famed for The Count of Monte Cristo concluded his literary life by compiling a book of recipes. The work reflects his broad interest in cuisine and culinary writing.
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Alexander Dumas
Count of
Monte Cristo
Asleep At The Wheel Rule Broadens Gross Negligence
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court rules that motorists who knowingly drive while drowsy can be grossly negligent. The ruling upholds a Bristol County verdict in which a driver who fell asleep injuring his father, mother, sister and brother in law was found liable.
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Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Bristol County
Eden Defines Allied War Aims as Progress
Anthony Eden states the Allies fight to preserve the possibility of progress, ensuring works go on to greater things. He contrasts this with Hitler’s aim to force a return to the dark ages, outlining the essential difference in aims.
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Anthony Eden
Hitler
The Moon's Orbit Expands Around Earth
Scientists report the Moon's orbital distance from Earth is increasing gradually. The study notes measurable drift in its path over decades, with implications for tidal effects and orbital dynamics.
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Earth
West Indians reaffirm loyalty to empire amid wartime tensions
An editorial in the Daily Gleaner Jamaica emphasizes unwavering West Indian loyalty to Britain despite local disturbances. It notes Jamaicans and Trinidadians would answer a call to service, showing age and obligation outweigh inter-empire differences in serving the empire's cause. Harvard plans a high altitude Corona graph observatory at Climax Colorado.
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Gleaner
Jamaica
Trinidad
West Indies
England
Rians
Harvard University
Fremont Pass
Colorado Rocky Mountains
Western Hemisphere
Fooling Fish With Nylon Leaders And Flies
Vic Baker writes in C I L Oval that over a thousand artificial flies exist to lure fish. Since 450 years ago in the Boke of St Albans humans have continually devised new methods. Nylon fishing leaders are among recent innovations, nearly invisible in water.
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Vic Baker
St. Albans
Wynkyn de Worde
Caxton
Westminster
Saskatchewan Red Cross funds used for Taplow hospital
Saskatchewan division of the Red Cross reports receipts since last October amounting to 237000 dollars. Commissioner F W Marshall states that 100000 dollars of these funds were sent overseas to build and equip a 600 bed hospital at Taplow England.
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Saskatchewan
Red Cross
F. W. Marshall
Regina
Taplow
England
France’s War Industry Becomes a Gigantic War Machine
The Times reports France unites war and work as a vast industrial force gears up for victory. Six months of hardship yield a transformed, speeding factory system with output of arms rising beyond earlier hopes though more is needed to reach peak military demand. An English king’s 1375 oyster law is noted as early resource protection.
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France
Times
London
Pattern 6675 Kitten Embroidery Pattern Overview
Pattern 6675 offers a transfer design of a 15 inch kitten picture with a color chart stitch illustration and materials list. To obtain the pattern send 20 cents to the Household Arts Department of Winnipeg Newspaper Union at 175 McDermot Ave E Winnipeg. No Alice Brooks pattern book exists.
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Household Arts Department
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave
Winnipeg
Alice Brooks
Wing Commander Lawrence Led 14 Month Hudson Strait Survey
Wing Commander Thomas A Lawrence directed the Hudson Strait expedition for the Royal Canadian Air Force, supervising 40 personnel across 14 months of all weather surveys to map ice, weather, and navigation for potential Hudson Bay navigation. Notably no one was lost though two aircraft failed and one officer endured a 14 day disappearance before reaching camp after a Walrus hunt and arduous walk.
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Canada
Hudson Strait
Thomas A Lawrence
Royal Canadian Air Force
Lawrence
Hudson Bay
Atlantic
Atlantic Ocean
North
Labrador
Petrol cookers fuel hot meals for frontline troops
Canadian forces equip the Dominion's First Division with petrol cookers and insulated carriers to supply hot meals up to six hours in front line trenches. The flame torch device cooks 25 gallons or 50 filets mignon at once, with flame-guarded grills and insulated carrying boxes for delivery.
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Dominion
Life long diet and steel output figures compared
The passage notes a lifetime bread intake of about 400000 pounds and eggs 12000, plus 200 hundred weight of meat and 600 hundred weight of potatoes. It also states the steel industry produces around 70000000 tons of ingots annually or about 1328000 tons weekly.
Admiralty Buys Yacht Yolanda for Five Dollars
The British admiralty disclosed it bought the yacht Yolanda for five dollars from G. J. Guthrie Nicholson of Newport, B.I. The 25 year old vessel, once armed in the Great War, was in British waters last fall and was modernized recently. Mrs Nicholson’s eldest son Moses Taylor Jr. was killed in the first war.
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Admiralty
G. J. Guthrie Nicholson
Newport
B.I
Bermuda Aquarium Expands Coral Reef Tank Habitat
More hormone like tropical fish swim in tanks at the Bermuda government aquarium. Each tank replicates a reef section where specimens were collected, with coral, anemones, and sponges growing to mirror the native habitat.
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Bermuda Government Aquarium
Pressure at Earth’s Centre Measured At 22 000 Tons In²
Scientists estimate the pressure at Earth’s core at roughly 22 000 tons per square inch, illustrating extreme interior conditions. The figure highlights the vast forces present far beneath the crust and informs geophysics models.
Fox hunting costs about $50,000- 000 annually in England
Fox hunting incurs an annual expense around fifty thousand pounds in England, reflecting costs for fields, labor, and ceremonial aspects. The note outlines budget considerations and potential policy debates affecting rural sport funding.
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England
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