An Ally in War Effort Warns Against Forest Fires
A Canadian Forestry Association warning urges vigilance to prevent fires that devastate timber. Campers and smokers contribute to thousands of preventable blazes annually, harming wartime resilience and acting as inadvertent allies of Hitler by starving resources. The piece calls for individual duty in timbered areas to protect a national asset.
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Canada
Canadian Forestry Association
Forestry Association
Dominion
Dominion Forestry Association
Hitler
New Uses of Everyday Items and Wartime Map Seizures
The article notes Hopi bending foods with brooms for straining soups and as a multipurpose tool for hair combing and sweeping. It recalls early cannon projectiles from rounded stones. Dutch officials seize maps from 700 German women and children aboard the Asmara Maru voyage from Batavia to Kobe. An optimist eats apples in the dark, a pessimist does not.
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Netherlanas Colonial Omciais
Islands
Batavia
Netherlands East Indies
Kobe
Bravery of Two Belgian Girls Aboard Lifeboat Story
Two Belgian sisters aged seven and eleven endured eight days at sea in an open lifeboat after their freighter Mercier sank from a torpedo. Surviving crew faced hunger, thirst, sharks, and near collapse, while the girls remained calm. After eight days the ship was spotted, survivors reached a tanker, then Canada aboard a naval craft.
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Mercier
Charlotte
Jeannette Bialogora
A. Bialogora
Canada
Facts And Figures About The United States B 19 Bomber
Facts and figures describe the B 19 bomber with wingspan 212 feet fuselage 132 feet and height 42 feet to the rudder top. It lists weight and capacity 82 tons empty 41 tons bomb lead 18 tons top speed 210 mph cruising 186 mph landing 69 mph range 7500 miles ceiling 22000 feet power four 2000 hp Wright duplex cyclone engines fuel 11000 gallons maximum normal crew 10 sleeps eight cost 3500000 insurance 1000 dollars premium rates given. Rudolph Diesel credited with inventing the diesel motor and first operation in 1898 at St Louis. The note adds California hosts extreme points and heat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
California
Canada weighs power alcohol from wheat as wartime plan
Officials discuss industrial alcohol from wheat and sugar ice in Canada to expand farm markets and cut foreign exchange drain. A Polish technician consults with government on power alcohol feasibility, but the chemurgic committee says subsidies may be required. Pilot plants and use of lower grade wheat are considered to ease surplus wheat and save dollars.
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Canada
National
Chemurgic Committee
Canadian Chamber of Commerce
National Chemurgic Committee
United States
Vimy Memorial Still Standing Amid War Damage Reports
Flying Officer Jack Charles of Lashburn Saskatchewan, 22, reports from 10,000 feet over northern France that the Canadian memorial at Vimy Ridge remains intact. He says the two pylons appear clean and undamaged, noting shadows from the sun. Earlier reports claimed damage during the German invasion, but no definite confirmation was available.
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Air Ministry
Jack Charles
Lashurn
Sask
Royal Air Force
France
Vimy Ridge
Royal Flying Corps
Confusing York Nebraska Nuptial Report Distorts Names
A garbled York Nebraska wedding notice leaves Judge Edgar Thompson unable to parse names. The groom is listed as Martin J. Gieas, 22, and the bride as Eather Green, 2, with unclear parentage for both.
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Lane Marae Omer A Sutton
Edgar Thompson
York
Ames Martin J Gieas
Gran Sr
Lydia Griese
Eather Green
Scioes Anther Tethers Saare Nano
Chriguna Griena
Tasetha Gries
Ced Seenb
To Be Expected Chemist Says Nazis Would Take Food
Lars Moen an American chemist who was in Belgium during the early occupation asserts in his newly published book that no controls can stop Nazi seizure of food sent to Europe. He claims much of the 1914-18 food distributed under Hoover fed the German army and doubts Allied relief workers would be allowed in Belgium.
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Europe
Hoover
Lars Moen
Belgium
America
Mr. Moen
Canadas March of Dimes Fueled by Local Drive
Ken Rupert Moncrieff of Corn-1 Ont. was rejected by an army medical board yet volunteers to aid the war effort with Canadas March of Dimes. Six months in, over 47 000 dimes collected, moving toward 11 000 000 dimes to buy 50 Hurricane fighter planes.
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Army Medical Board
Ken Rupert Moncrieff
Ont
Army
Canada
Tisley
Ottawa
Palestineans from Germany settle as early North Carolina pioneers
Palestinian Germans who settled near Bath became the first permanent settlers in North Carolina, establishing the early community and laying groundwork for subsequent colonial growth.
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Germany
Bath
North
Caroina
Minister Writes Out His Servant As A Longer Path
A minister reflects that writing out a servant’s length reveals more about service and restraint. The note explores humility and duty in a concise, period style consistent with church discourse.
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Ogden
Ogden's
Rudolph Diesel
St Louis
Vimy Memorial
Nebraska
Griess
Nyo
Limree
Wilton Joe
Montreal
Toronto
Winnipeg
Regina
Saskatoon
Calgary
Edmonton
Vancouver
Ilson
Dom
Filson
Hamilton, OT
Lydia E. Pinkham
Venient
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