Canadian Soldiers Find Life At Goose Bay Labrador
Canadian soldiers stationed at Goose Bay Labrador discover a habitable landscape with gardens hydroponics and a market garden three miles from the base. The camp hosts an orchestra radios movies a library and weekend cabins while a medical officer acts as a country doctor and serious cases go to the Goose Bay military hospital.
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Goose Bay
Atlantic
Labrador
Ottawa
Halifax
Geese Bay
Was Not Trained Terrier Dog Attack Spurs Court Action
A messenger boy in Struer Denmark faced a court summons after his dog, a Scottish terrier, bit three German soldiers. A witness claimed the dog bit Nazis out of blood rather than deliberate training. The judge fined the boy 300 kroner and ordered the dog destroyed.
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Struer
Jutland
Old London Venison Warrant Suspended Since War
A long standing London custom of supplying venison from Royal Forests to City officers has been paused since the war began. Historically warrants arrived each July for twelve bucks shared by the Lord Mayor and city officials, with a December allotment of does. A Christmas venison hope depends on war ending by December.
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Dominion
Labrador
Canada
London
Flame at Arc de Triomphe Unknown Soldier Shrine
Paris keeps the Eternal Flame over the unknown soldier’s tomb as Germans never altered it. Custodians were fined 6,000 francs for exceeding the gas quota allotted for the flame.
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Paris
France
Hours Worked In Britain Revealed For July 1943 Week
The Ministry of Labour Gazette reports average hours for British workers in the first July 1943 week: men 52.9, women 45.9, youths 14 20 48, girls 14 17 45.1, overall 50 hours. Chrystie defended the British embassy in Paris in 1940. He later aided by Goering's failed attempt to enter the embassy and was imprisoned five months.
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Britain
Ministry of Labour
W. R. Chrystie
Paris
Hermann Goering
Chrystie
Saint Denis
Goering
Baron Maurice Rothschild
Maryland firm says clients are mostly men in domestic cases
Maryland's only all women law firm states most clients are men. The firm notes men feel misunderstood by spouses and believe only a woman attorney can grasp their perspective in domestic legal matters.
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Maryland
Eye Tests Shape Air Crew Selection In Canada War Era
Eye tests dominate air crew selection in the RC A F during the war era, with 10 to 14 percent rejected for eye deficiencies. Pilots require perfect binocular coordination while navigators rely on maps, and color vision is crucial. Night vision training in Quebec’s Laurentian mountains uses mock ups and panoramic displays to simulate conditions, teaching red light use and dark adaptation to protect vision.
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Domaine d’Esterel
Quebec
Laurentian Mountains
R.C.A.F
Heat surge at Innamincka hospital thermometer explodes
A nursing sister in Innamincka Australia removed a thermometer from a patient’s mouth as the mercury surged in the sun. Reading showed 135 degrees before removal. A doctor in Broken Hill, 309 miles away, controlled the treatment by radio.
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Innamincka
Australia
Broken Hill
Canadians keep ample egg supply despite rumors abroad
Canadian agriculture officials dismissed rumors of an egg shortage and noted the government bought 20 cars of surplus eggs for Britain to convert into dried egg powder. They added that evaporation causes Southbound cars to have lower mileage than those in the North.
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Agriculture Department
Special Products Board
Britain
German deserter plays mouth organ to avoid being shot
A German corporal with 11 years service, deserter from a British unit in Italy, approached a sentry post playing a mouth organ to avoid being mistaken as an attacker. He surrendered meekly, recounting fights in Norway, France, and El Alamein, blaming his company commander for not promoting him to sergeant and hoping capture would spare his life.
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British East Counties
Italy
Norway
France
el Alamein
Editor Haskett Finds Joy in Rural Support During War
George W. Haskett editor of The Independent Elizabeth City NC notes wartime morale among subscribers. He lists gifts from benevolent readers including watermelons tomatoes roasting ears grapes cream blackberries peaches apples and promises of walnuts and venison.
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George W. Haskett
the Independent
Elizabeth City
North Carolina
Haskett
New York Herald Tribune
Sleepy Pooch Toy Pattern 7244 from Winnipeg union
A playful pattern 7244 offers a floppy cuddly dog toy with transfer pattern and directions. Send twenty cents to the Household Arts Department of the Winnipeg Newspaper Union with your name address and pattern number to obtain the pattern by mail, noting mail delays may occur.
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Household Arts Department
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Avenue
Winnpeg
Man
For Each Dozen Eggs Produced Four Hen Eat
A note states that for each dozen eggs produced four hens consume about seven pounds of feed.
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Venison
Joseph Koenig
Arthur Tedder
Arc de Triomphe
Lancer
Geering
George VI
Herr Hitler
Rigolet
Army
M. Fitch
Montreal
North Carolina Weekly
Sleepy Pooch
Balkans
Alice Brooks
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