Canadian Lumberjacks Cut Pine in Scottish Highlands War Effort
Canadian Forestry Corps operatives stationed in Scotland since last winter drive 200000 board feet of pine timber daily, supporting Empire arms and ships. Camp crews from British Columbia to New Brunswick work across Highland glens, using US-style gear and all-Canadian mills to turn Scots pine into timber for war needs.
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Canadian Forestry Corps
Scotland
Lord Lovett
British Forestry Corps
France
Highlands
J. B. White
Montreal
Canadan Forestry Corps
British Columbia
Ontario
New Brunswick
Albertan
Quebec
Maritime
Trail
Mission
Nelson
Merritt
Salmon Arm
B.C
Chicoutimi
Murray Bay
Beauharnois
Calumet
Latuque
Gatineau Hills
Long Lac
Fort William
Port Arthur
North Country
Forestry Corps
Women Aviators Press for Expanded Wartime Roles
Miss Helen Harrison of Vancouver, in London Ontario to lead the London Flying club as chief instructor, notes Canadian women’s pilots hold transport licenses and have logged 2400 hours. She argues women are as capable as men, but prejudice and scarce opportunities prevent broad wartime aviation duties.
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Canada
Helen Harrison
Vancouver
London
Ont
London Flying Club
Sweden Orders Weeklong Military Preparedness Course
Swedish authorities require all youths in college and high school ages to complete a one week program in air defense first aid and messenger service. Boys also study marksmanship as part of the curriculum. A distant note mentions the 2300 mile distance from Gibraltar to the Syrian coast across the Mediterranean. A giant kelp plant is described as potentially growing to three times the height of a redwood tree while falconry is touted as the world s oldest sport.
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Sweden
Soldier Poet Wins Prize for Arabic Poem
Emil Fakhouri of Safad wins the first prize in a contest co organized by Cairo Jerusalem Baghdad Kartoum Aden and Singapore stations with Shakespeare as the subject he serves as a 20 year old soldier in the Trans Jordan Frontier Force now with his brother in Syria and was born in Nazareth drafted from Safad with Arabic poetry since age 15.
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Cairo
Jerusalem
Baghdad
Kartoum
Aden
Singapore
British Broadcasting Corporation
London
Spain
Emil Fakhouri
Safad
Shakespeare
Trans Jordan Frontier Force
Syria
Nazareth
Australian WWII POW Milton Boulton Returns to Palestine
Lieut Milton Boulton the first Australian prisoner of war to escape a German camp has resurfaced in Palestine after a long overland trek. He fled from an Athens camp stole a small boat bought a cheap atlas and crossed to Turkey he then hiked to Syria and rejoined Australian forces in Palestine. Afghanis tan staple food is fruit.
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Milton Boulton
Palestine
Athens
Boulton
Turkey
Syria
Machines fear and freedom in a cautious age
A Minneapolis Star Journal reflection contrasts progress with restraint. It notes electric heaters in archives, speed limits on cars, muffled alarms and milk warmed for meals as examples of society curbing its own inventions. The piece envisions an era where innovations must serve without making people cowards or dependents. It cites the vast telephone network as a testament to global connectivity.
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National Archives
Washington
Edison
Ford
Adam Smith
Minneapolis Star Journal
Norwegians Report Limited Readership For Free People
The Quisling newspaper Free People is said to be printed in 20 000 copies but read by few Norwegians. Patriots reportedly use its paper for wrapping parcels including a fish market incident where a man bought four mackerel wrapped in the paper and walked away without a word.
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Quisling
Norway
News of
Desert Trap and War Commentary From Port Arthur News Chronicle
A summary notes that British actions in Libya may have lured Axis forces into favorable positions for Tobruk attacks, claimed to inflict heavy losses and disrupt potential western assaults on Egypt and Suez. A separate quip references a bill collector joke, and a line notes green headlights in Argentina.
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Port Arthur
Exclusive Alice Brooks Design Pattern Offer
An exclusive design promotes a cross stitch transfer pattern in a 15 inch square motif and eight smaller pieces. The pattern number 7081 lists required stitches and materials, with illustrations and instructions available by sending 20 cents to the Household Arts Department of Winnipeg Newspaper Union at 175 Mc Dermot Avenue E. Winnipeg Manitoba. There is no published Alice Brooks pattern book.
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Household Arts
Winnipeg
Union
Dermot Avenue
Man
Alice Brooks
Britain Deploys Acoustic Mines as War Woes Grow
Secret British findings reveal acoustic mines laid by 30 to 40 Nazi planes nightly around Britain. Churchill says the mine problem largely mastered, though details remain secret. A Daily Herald naval correspondent notes early success with an antidote after sailors bravely faced the dangers. Russia's scorched earth policy is blamed for hampering Germany's winter war, with German access to Soviet supplies dwindling.
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Britain
Royal Navy
Churchill
House of Commons
British
Daily Herald
Russia
Germany
United States
Soviet Union
Commerce Department
Aviator Encounters Caribou Forest in North Daylight Flight
Pilot George Gilmour of United Air Services reports a startling night in northern Canada near Point Lake 200 miles north of Yellowknife. He woke at 3 am to find his plane surrounded by a moving forest of caribou and drifted into a small island amid the herd during the autumn migration.
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George Gilmour
United Air Services
Gilmour
Point Lake
Yellowknife
Land of
Little Sticks
Canadian Pacific Bulletin
Incendiary in the scullery turns out to be high explosive
A Merseyside fire station received a caller claiming to need them to deal with an incendiary in the scullery. The man described it as eight feet long and said it was high explosive. He claimed to have slept elsewhere that night and said his brother-in-law’s house was nearby.
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Merseyside
Scott
Leeds
Yorkshire Post
New Nazi Regulations Cut Cigarette Ration and Jewish Professionals
Paris imposes limits reducing monthly cigarettes from 189 to 120 and fixes Jewish doctors and lawyers at two percent of practitioners. Eskimos mainly trade with white fox pelts, and New Brunswick earns the nickname best watered country due to its many rivers.
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Paris
New Brunswick
King and Queen Visit Hull After Air Raids
The King and Queen traveled to Hull to see the damage from recent air raids. Lieutenant General Sir William Bartholomew, Northeastern Regional Commissioner, reported local neglect concerns, prompting royal attention. The monarchs spent three hours in the city, rode 40 miles by royal train, and canceled three other engagements.
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Coventry
George
Britain
Willam Bartholomew
Hull
Bartholomew
Whitehall
Prince Bernhard praises Canada after Atlantic flight
Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands, disowning his German origins for democracy, told London radio reporters of his recent Canada visit. He said he piloted the bomber crossing the Atlantic for a time, calling it a great experience. He praised Canadians for their hospitality and kindness across all walks of life.
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Prince Bernhard
Netherlands
London
Canada
Atlantic
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