Britain and United States Plan Big Air Raids Against Germany
The piece argues that sustained large scale air attacks by Britain, supported by the United States, will deter doubters of Britain as an air power. It notes Britain’s access to fuel, the need to conserve gasoline, and credits British planning and crews with launching the raids, aided modestly by American-made planes in disrupting German airports.
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Germany
Britona
Goering
Church
Coventry
Britain
United States
Mashal Harris
Rhineland
King George Declares No Whipping of His Horses
The King forgoes whipping in horse racing as his Big Game misses a Derby win after Sun Chariot captured the Thousand Guineas and Two Thousand Guineas. Critics say the practice heightens race drama but the King’s stance could shape future rules.
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King
George
Sun Chariot
St. Thomas Times-Journal
Soldier Visits Club to Hold Three Month Old Baby
The New York Sun recounts a young American soldier who, longing to remember home, asked to cradle a three month old infant in a US service club. Though not seeking coffee or games, his request was fulfilled despite the challenge. The piece notes wartime bomb promises and their shifting implications.
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New York Sun
New Airplane Under Construction in Canada Aims High
Air Vice Marshal Harold Edwards praised Allied aviation progress in Canada during a tour of plants including Research Enterprises Ltd at Leaside. He cited Canada England comparisons and noted the Canada U.S. pooling efforts with Col. G M Taylor of the U S Ordnance Office.
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Canada
England
Harold Edwards
Edwards
United Nations Air Conference
Ottawa
Research Enterprise Ltd
Leaside
Col
G. M. Taylor
U.S. Ordnance Office
Washinon
Col. Taylor
United States
Monkey outsmarts rivals for sugar at London Zoo
A ringtailed monkey in a London Zoo cage with a Brazilian wild dog and a coati outwits the others over sugar. The monkey dips the sugar lump in water, swallows it, and returns for more before the dog and coati can finish their portions, proving a form of reasoning.
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Ditmars
South Africa
Wandering Gipsies Move Through Canadian Towns
The piece describes nomadic Gipsies seen in Alberta and Ontario, noting their tinkering trade, horse trades with farmers, and wary reputation. It cites a Calgary city council response, mentions wealthy individuals who posted bail on bonds after a $20,000 theft case, and ends with trivia on eclipses and a Turkish raisin stockpile.
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Chatham
Ont
Raleigh
Lethbridge Herald
Nova Scotia airman recalls Java fighting and jungle escape
Sgt Donald Keith of Waterville N S describes wartime enlistment as an airman, five German planes downed over England, moved to Singapore, and arriving in Java before the fortress fell. He joined Dutch forces in a makeshift infantry unit, fought bayonet battles, and later survived jungle guerilla warfare, then sailed toward India on a Chinese junk before being picked up by a merchantman.
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Nova Scotia
Donald Keith
Waterville
N.S
Java
Royal Air Force
Keith
England
Singapore
Netherlands
India
Ceylon
French Workers Mobilized for German Factories
Pierre Laval drives to shift French labor into German industry as 80 German workers are freed for service. Recruiting extends to occupied and unoccupied France after 1300 French industries closed, releasing 20,000 workers due to raw material shortages.
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Pierre Laval
France
Rioting in Hamburg Signals Civil Strife Not Home Front Collapse
A large scale food riot in Hamburg results in seven police deaths and hundreds of arrests as civilians clash with authorities over rations. The event, while not proving collapse of Nazi control, shows civilian anger over shortages and recalls Hamburg’s historic mutiny at the outbreak of 1918.
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Hamburg
Gestapo
Home Front
Buffalo Courier- Express
Farm Safety Urged To Cut Farm Accident Toll
Dominion Agriculture officials urge farmers to regularly check for hazards on the farm to prevent accidents. They cite hay loft doors, ladder rungs, and similar dangers as easily avoided, stressing safety to maintain manpower for wartime production.
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United Nations
Dominion Department of Agriculture
Air Crew Applicants 1 Qualify Under Lower Vision Standard
Regulation revision allows Royal Canadian Air Force pilot applicants with prior vision deficiencies to qualify under a lower standard. Qualified individuals receive aviation goggles and spectacles with corrective lenses. Re-examination is encouraged for those previously deemed unfit. Scrap metal from the 1918 scuttled German fleet funded construction of the Queen Mary and Queen Elizabeth.
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Royal Canadian Air Force
Queen Elizaeth
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