Pan American expands South Pacific service amid war ties
The article reports Pan American Airways plans to extend a round world link via Auckland leading to a fortnightly San Francisco Auckland service with stops at Honolulu Canton Island and Noumea. It notes expansion despite wartime disruption and links to a global network, plus a test flight from Auckland to Suva as part of a proposed Pacific route. The piece also contrasts life in Canada with Central Europe, urging appreciation of democratic freedoms to counter totalitarianism.
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Pacific
Auckland
Airways
trans-Tasman
Key
England
Australia
Empire Air
New Zealand
Pan-American Airways
San Francisco
Honolulu
Canton Island
Noumea
Pan-American
Americas
Atlantic
Europe
Globe Pan-American Airways
South Pacific
Aotearoa
Czecho Slovakia Rights Urged After War End
Allied aims center on restoring full territorial rights and civil liberties to Czecho Slovakia, with priority over other nations. The piece argues Germans brutalized Czechs, calls for non revenge terms, and notes British Times support for rebuilding freedom in Europe.
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Derfuehrer
Gestapo
Penalties Under Michigan Laws Hit Drunk Drivers Hard
Detroit News reports Michigan laws keep order on roads. Over 9,000 former drivers lose driving rights after DUI convictions. Property-damage cases see licenses forfeited for nonpayment of judgments. More than 2,450 lose car use via enforcement, and over 1,150 are disqualified for felonies or related offenses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michigan
Detroit News
Liston earthquake of 1755 impacts Lake Ontario waves
A historical note describes the 1755 Liston earthquake generating seismic waves felt across Lake Ontario and influencing nearby shore observations. It documents the event's reach and potential effects on local waterways.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Liston
Lake Ontario
Dig Up Cannon Balls From HMS Swiftsure Found in Garden
Major JS Matthews identifies a cannon ball unearthed by P C Hardy in his Vancouver garden as from HMS Swiftsure likely lost in 1882 or 1883 while the ship practised gun crews off English Bay near Point Grey. Hardy reports this is the second find on his property in four years with four balls found in the Point Grey district to date.
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JS Matthews
Vancouver City
Fred
HMS Swiftsure
P.C Hardy
Hardy
Major Matthews
Swiftsure
English Bay
Point Grey
West Vancouver
Rhode Island grasses for shady spots highlight best options
A brief note ranks Rhode Island bent, creeping bent, and Canadian bluegrass as top grasses for shady areas. The guidance urges perseverance, noting that failure comes first and puccens last in the sequence.
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Rhode Island
Common Canary Audiences Swing to Music Reactions
The report notes domestic canaries react to piano music and popular tunes with lively jitterbug-like movements. John W. Prescott of the Western New York Fair cites strong responses to swing and band music. Los Angeles enforces a law about turkey handling, while a single federal law protects the American flag from desecration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John W. Prescott
New York
Fai
Kindly Censor Opens Letter From Fiance in English Envelope
A Danish girl found inside the note from a British censor a letter from the fiance. He discussed topics not his concern, so his letter was destroyed. The censor assures the recipient he is well and sends loving greetings. The note urges future letters to keep to love content. Roasted butterflies are eaten by natives in the Bugong mountains of Australia.
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Czecho-Slovakia
Poland
Hitler
Baron von Neurath
Frank
Gestapo
England
Bugong Mountains
Australia
Work Of Mine Sweepers in The Hazardous Navy
A wartime report from a British minesweeper detailing dangerous duties and near misses. The crew faced multiple fouled sweeps and a mine detonation close to the ship, culminating in the drifting float being blown up by a fifth mine as the flotilla's senior officer ordered withdrawal.
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Bern
London
Etter
Ard Stubbs
Message From A Firman Scruimgrou In Angland
A fragment from Poland written on plywood reports a message referencing the Fuehrer his wife a peasant a baker and a butcher. The note appears to comment on conditions in the third reich with bleak phrasing about bread meat and pigs.
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Fiman Scruimgrou
Angland
Poland
Third Reich
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