Basic English proposed as international language
Churchill at Harvard noted basic English could serve as a future international language. Devised by Ogden and Richards, it uses about 50 words from a 20600 word English vocabulary. Grammar is simple and a person could learn it in about two hours daily for a month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Churchill
Harvard University
C. K. Ogden
Orthological Institute
Cambridge
England
Ivor A. Richards
English Widely Used Today
The article discusses the long history of lingua franca ideas from Latin to French and notes English rising as a common language amid global conflict. It cites over 200 million native English speakers and suggests English as the basis for an international language to foster peaceful understanding and wider education in liberated regions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Britain
Europe
How to Store Your Summer Garden Produce Safely
Guidelines for home storage of vegetables and fruit after harvest. Details cover storage room features, ventilation, moisture control, sanitation with copper sulfate solution, and year round sorting to prevent decay. Specific temperatures 33 to 38 degrees F for root crops and apples, with air circulation and crating for potatoes and tomatoes. For more information contact the Western Division Health League of Canada in Toronto.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Victory Gardens
Western Division Health League of Canada
111 Avenue Road
Toronto
Secret Weapon Talk Reveals German Air Defense Skepticism
A Berlin report notes Hitler and Goebbels hype a new secret weapon to halt Allied bombing. Analysts say German science has produced capable arms but rarely decisive breakthroughs, citing radar as a proven Allied invention and doubting any imminent game changer from Wilhelmstrasse claims.
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Hitler
Stooge
Goebbels
Ruhr
Berlin
Germany
Poland
Luftwaffe
Wilhelmstrasse
Otta
Cannot Be Destroyed The fingerprint as unique personal signature
John J. Flaherty argues in Inside The FBI that every person carries a ten character fingerprint on the tips of fingers. The print is unique and unforgeable except by amputation, and any single finger can prove identity. Some wear may blur ridges, but rest and change of work restore clarity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John J. Flaherty
United States
Problems Are Proof Memory Peaks in Youth
A London doctor says memory peaks at ages 11 to 14. The Ottawa Citizen notes that if a father doubts this, he should try some problems Willie solved in his entrance exams.
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London
Ottawa Citizen
Willie
Colonel Bogey March Origin Traced to Golf Course Whistle
The tune that became Colonel Bogey began from two notes whistled by Major F. J. Ricketts on a golf course. He matched the two notes with a golfer in the clubhouse and developed the theme into the famed march.
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United States
Sousa
United Kingdom
Bogey
Stars and Stripes
British and Empire Infantry
Kenneth J. Alford
F. J. Ricketts
Plymouth
The
Royal Marines
Rickets
St. Thomas Times-Journal
Livingstone remembered as great man in BBC talk
Margery Perham lauds David Livingstone for solitary journeys, patient endurance, and moral influence. She notes his death by dysentery, his African servants who carried his body home, and his enduring call to end the slave trade and spread Christianity. Livingstone’s legacy spans exploration and humanitarian mission.
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Margery Perham
B.B.C
Livingstone
Westminster Abbey
Central Africa
Rhodesia
Nyasaland
Belgian Congo
Tanganyika
Africa
Fast Transatlantic Flight Time If 720 MPH Arrives In Five Hours
The note explains that at 720 miles per hour a nonstop U S to Great Britain trip would take about five hours. With five hours time difference, a passenger leaving London at noon would arrive in New York at noon local time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Great Britain
London
New York
New York Times
Canadian Army Protects Foot Health With Routine Inspections
Soldiers in the Canadian Army are protected against foot trouble by regular foot inspection before and after each route march.
Meet The Navy thrills Ottawa audiences with wartime stars
Ottawa audience reaction to the Canadian premiere of Meet The Navy is enthusiastic as sailors and Wrens headline a touring wartime show. Lt.-Col. W. A Cripps, Saskatoon native and wartime staff officer, joins the piece alongside RCAF ace Moose Futterm, and profiles of prairie servicemen at sea and in the air are highlighted.
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Ottawa
Canada
Kingston
W. A Cripps
Saskatoon
University of Saskatchewan
Saskatchewan Horse
Saskatchewan
Prairies
Germany
Europe
Moose” Fumerton
D.F.C
Bar
Royal Canadian Air Force
Joseph Rett
Labrador
Water loaded on food ships to England triples to three million tons
Analysis notes that before dehydrated foods were shipped to England, three million tons of water accompanied the cargo across the Atlantic. The observation highlights the burden of carrying moisture with food shipments from the Continent.
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England
Atlantic
Porkopolis Cincinnati and its prewar pork trade
Cincinnati earned the nickname Porkopolis before the Civil War due to a large pork packing industry, reflecting the city’s prominent role in meat processing and related commerce.
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Cincinnati
Wells Named Cooperative Assistant at Trans-Canada Air Lines
Gets new position formerly assistant to the operations manager at Trans-Canada Air Lines Winnipeg as co operative assistant tasked with fostering employer employee cooperation and aiding in developing co operative committees. Wells piloted the first mail plane in the company’s Vancouver Seattle service and is well known throughout the west.
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Trans-Canada Air Lines
Winnipeg
T.C.A
Wells
Vancouver
Seattle
West
British hotel for U S sailors under reverse lend-lease
A Cardiff hotel in former civilian use now serves U S merchant fleet crews under reverse lend-lease. The facility houses 60 men, offers American coffee and Coca Cola, and employs five British staff and 15 women. The arrangement keeps rooms, meals, bar service, and medical aid while Britain supplies docks, repairs, coal, and petroleum to aid the Allied fleet.
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Britain
U.S
Cardiff
U.S. War Shipping Administration
United Kingdom
United Seamen's Service
War Shipping Administration
Gems of Thought on Sincerity and Truth
A collection of aphorisms from Confucius Kant Bovee Mary Baker Eddy Colton and James Russell Lowell praising sincerity as the basis of virtue conscience and religion. Each line argues that genuine integrity pervades the whole being and defeats duplicity and pretense.
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Confucius
Mary Baker Eddy
Colton
James Russell Lowell
Textile Loss Through Bleaches Proved By Ottawa Lab
A National Research Council study from Ottawa shows misusing Javelle water or sodium hypochlorite bleach causes significant textile loss. Overbleaching weakens fabric. use bleach only after other methods fail and follow manufacturers’ directions. Use lower concentrations than labeled when possible.
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National Re Search Council
Ottawa
Learn to Weave at Home Lockstep with War Time Craft
A wartime home craft feature promotes weaving as a useful pastime. It highlights reviving home-made textiles due to scarce fine wools and urges readers to obtain a 32 page booklet, How To Weave Useful Novelties, from the Home Service Dept. Winnipeg Newspaper Union.
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Home Service Dept
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDerrot Ave. E
Winnipeg
Man
Catering for American Troops Brings New Word Habits
A London restaurant manager notes servicemen in Britain introduce new terms. Staff adapt by serving crackers for biscuits and syrup or honey as molasses. Marmalade with breakfast becomes a common substitute to accompany bacon and kipper orders.
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Britain
Daily Sketch
London
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Ottawa Observer
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Sault Ste. Marie
North Atlantic
Naval Headquarters
Cook Jim Aylong
Camrose
Alberta
Stoker
Robert Kettwell
Prince Albert
Sask
George Baggott
Dauphin
Clarence Johnson
Simmie
basynSooh
Margaret Mackie
Victoria
B.C
Wrens
Italy
W. A. Bishop
V.C
Windsor
R.C.A.F
H. H. Richardson
Roblin
L. M. McKinnon
Revelstoke
Rockies
H.M.C.S
Fraser
Bordeaux
France
Wallace B. Creery
Royal Canadian Navy
Naval Staff
Navy
Malta
Halifax
Clyde
E. P. Wells
Occupy
Vjicks
Vaporus
Home Service
PtoeRn
Appleford
Appleford Paper Products
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