The Park Lane Mystery continues at Harrow visit
Aileen Rivers arrives in rain with a fortune in two suitcases and envelopes at Park Lane, meeting Mr. Ellenbury who plans to hide the money while arranging a Harrow meeting. Ellenbury fears betrayal as he escorts her to the Harlow estate and locks the money in a furnace room for safety.
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Aileen Rivers
Ellenbury
Stebbings
Alice Harlow
Mr. Stebbings
Park Lane
Mr. Ellenbury
Harlow
Princetown
Stebbing’s
Harrow
Rata
Two Cities London and Paris in Wartime Contrast
A New York Times piece contrasts London and Paris during war time. London lies in ruins with bomb craters and death, while Paris remains largely untouched and serene. The article notes London’s somber stateliness versus Paris’s airy elegance and cosmopolitan calm.
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London
Paris
Hyde Park
Kensington Gardens
Thames
Richmond
Tuileries
New York Times
Calvary recruit waits for horse by bit and colt
A recruit at the cavalry post is told to bridle a horse. Ten minutes later the sergeant major discovers the recruit holding the bit near the horse’s head and asks what he is waiting for. The reply, Until he yawns, shows the recruit’s misunderstanding.
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Calvary
Slave-Maker Ant Raids and Halley’s Comet Factoid
The text explains slave-maker ants raid nests and force cocoons to work for captors. It also notes Halley’s comet as the first plotted comet and states US farm equipment exports were $9,555,833 in May, up 46 percent from last May.
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United States
Fifty Acre Orchard Hidden In Grass
A short farmer dismisses a tall man’s forest of trees planted in fifty acres of grass. The tall farmer recalls his family's work shaping the farm and argues future generations may reap the benefits of long term effort.
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Mebbe
Gems of Thought on Home and Happiness
A collection of quotes on home love and domestic peace. Thoughts from Goethe Henry van Dyke Mary Baker Eddy Holland Montroster and Christopher Harvey praise home as heart’s center and nation’s bulwark, linking home life to safety and personal growth.
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Henry van Dyke
Mary Baker Eddy
Holland
Montroster
British assets praised by Fletcher in praise of resolve
Lt Commander R Fletcher praising British spirit and leadership cites the King and Queen Prime Minister Lord Beaverbrook and his men as symbols. He lauds aircraft quality navigator skill a strong fleet merchant service Commonwealth resources and dedicated workers plus voluntary response. He closes with we have a good cause and will not be beaten.
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R. Fletcher
A. V. Alexander
The
Admiralty
Lord Beaverbrook
Britain
Women on Soviet Railways Reach 107000 Operators
Soviet women now number 107000 working on the railways with Zinaida Troitzkaya leading the state system as the first woman train driver. Many youths measure a future by owning an automobile capable of eighty miles per hour.
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Zinaida Troitzkaya
Russia
Night chase ends with RAF Blenheim downing Heinkel over sea
A Royal Air Force Blenheim pilot pursued a Heinkel across Britain from the Midlands to the Yorkshire Coast. After a long vigil the Blenheim closed in and fired a final broadside as ammunition ran low, sending the German bomber crashing into the sea.
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Britain
Royal Air Force
Midlands
Yorkshire
Blenheim
There'll Always Be An England Emerges As War Rallying Song
In March 1939 Manchester residents Ross Parker and Hughie Charles wrote the words and tune for There'll Always Be An England. The song, initially rejected, gained prominence with the approach of war and Nazi threat, becoming a universal rallying cry of the Commonwealth.
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England
Manchester
Ross Parker
Hughie Charles
Commonwealth
Real Picnic for 477 British Schoolchildren in Australia
Four hundred seventy seven pupils from Great Britain visiting Australia were greeted with celebrations at each port. At a stop described as a picnic, the group consumed 300 oranges 1000 apples 2000 ice creams and 300 pounds of candy amid warm receptions and official hospitality.
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Great Britain
Australia
New Platform Light Aids Night Boarding On London Transit
A platform light for London buses trams and trolley buses is developed to ease boarding during blackouts. Horned toads reflect sunlight by day and absorb it at dawn and dusk. A soap fragment placed in rodent holes repels rats and mice with a disgust response.
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London Buses
Trams
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Miss Jones
Postum
General Foods, Limited
Cobourg
Ont
Yanan
Orree Mamade
Stratford Harlow
Aileen
Ostend
Steb
the Conservatories
Elsenburg
Tale of
Two
Vicks
Ber
Goethe
God
C Christopher Harvey
Speaker
Edwardsbur
Zee
S Aitken
Cooking Authority
Canada Starch
Canada Starch Home Service Dept
Montreal
Canada Starch Company Limited
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