Keep Her Down to Forty War Traffic Plea Audits Safety
The author urges cutting pleasure driving to conserve gasoline for the war effort and reduce highway tolls. A 40 mph limit is proposed. driving at forty saves fuel, lowers accidents, and aids national defense while keeping costs down. Canadian and American 1940-41 data show rising fatalities and injuries, linking excess speed and recklessness to the toll.
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Hitler
United States
Canada
Automove Safety Foundation
U.S.A
Themelves
Dominion
Prairie Provinces
British Columbia
Ontario
Quebec
Prairies
Automotive Safety Foundation
Iran’s share of Britain’s recent imports rises
In recent years about one third of all consumed in Great Britain has from Iran.
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Great Britain
Iran
Conscientious Objector Becomes Merchant Navy Hero
Arnold Baker of Bolton Lancashire kept his vow to pull his weight after 1939 exemption. He died heroically on a merchant ship during an attack, remaining at the wheel until the vessel was doomed. The chief officer praised his Christian character and courage, noting Baker died after leaving the bridge.
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Arnold Baker
Bolton
Lancashire
Merchant Marine
F.C. Burgis
Mancheser Tribunal
Baker
Portable two spindle drill speeds aircraft nut plate work
A British designed two spindle portable tool drills no holes yet spaces and centers fast. Powered by the Mighty Atom pneumatic motor, thousands are in use in Britain, the Empire, and the United States for securing bowlings fairing strips and panels.
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Britain
Empire Countries
United States
Cookie Recipe For Short Sugar Date Balls
Blend shortening and sugar thoroughly. Add egg and beat until light. Sift flour baking powder and salt and add to the mixture with dates. Mold teaspoonfuls into balls, roll in corn flake crumbs, and bake at 325 degrees for about 20 minutes. Yield about three dozen cookies.
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Kellogg’s
Famed Heroine Miss M Jaenes Won Gut Cross for Duty
Miss M Jaenes received the Gut Cross for gallantry after she remained on telephone duty at an A.R.P. post in London for 16 hours. The blast blew in the wall beside her desk and wardens found her under the desk still holding the line.
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M. Jaenes
Girl Guides
A.rp
London
German War Reports Hint at Pen Mightier Than Sword
Fragmentary German World War II notes ponder whether intellect and diplomacy can outpace force. The text cites strategic ideas and rhetorical questions about the pen and weaponry, implying a debate over soft power versus military might.
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Hier
Change for Democracy Warns Halifax Rotary Speaker
Dr Benge Attlee, author and physician, told Halifax Rotary Club that a future Hitler could rise in America or Canada if democracy is not strengthened after the war. He urged unemployment relief, forest conservation, slum clearance, and better schools. He cited 2,000 Halifax houses unfit for Canadians and 100,000 across Canada as a disgrace.
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Benge Attlee
Halifax
Hitler
Germany
Canada
Britain supplies strings to many countries yearly
Five million yards of British music strings are shipped annually from London to distant lands including the Fiji Islands and the Far East. The gut is sourced from Scottish sheep with strong membranes, and seven sheep yield one tennis racquet string. One sheep provides 25 yards for six A strings for violins. British craftsmen also make strings for the tiple, aoud, mandolin, and violin family, with harp strings targeted to Australia. In a separate note, about 4,000 Berlin shopkeepers were fined for Nazi price-law violations in one month.
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London
Fiji Islands
Scotland
Britain
Australia
Ireland
German siege gun and shell cost in Great War
A famous German gun used to bombard Paris in the first Great War could fire to an 80 mile range and required $8,000 for a single shell.
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Paris
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