World War II Canadian Legion Runs Global Educational Plan
The Canadian Legion War Services operates the world’s largest educational program for armed forces with 23,263 students. The plan, likened to Khaki College, is funded by the Legion and supported by National Defence and General A. G. L. McNaughton, with courses across math, engineering, languages, and more.
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Canadian Legion War Services
Canada
Fighting Man’s University
Navy
Department of National Defence
A. G. L. McNaughton
Legion
U.S
R.C.A F
Army
The
Norway school strike broadens with Nazi clash
Pupils in Oslo refuse attendance at a Hitler Youth display, prompting 150 storm troopers to raid Vestheim School. They brutal attacked students with clubs. Police arrived late, and a city wide strike lasted a full week. Other Norwegian students threaten further action.
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Norway
Oslo
Vestheim
First Paris to Rouen Auto Race 1894 Showed Speed Limit Skirted
The 1894 Paris to Rouen event drew 102 cars aiming to exceed a 74 percent miles per hour qualifying speed. The race marked one of the earliest major automobile contests.
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Paris
Rouen
France
Electric heater production cited by Census Bureau
The United States Census Bureau reports approximately 900,000 electric heaters produced annually. The statistic reflects national manufacturing activity and industry output for the period measured.
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United States Census Bureau
Sleepless in Ottawa Cleric Recounts Blitz Struggle
Rev Michael Coleman acting vicar of All Hallows London describes sleeping in a bed for the first time since September during a North American lecture tour on The Church Under the Blitz. He helped recover 300 bodies, comforted firemen and ARP workers, and says Londoners still attend church despite the destruction. All Hallows Church is gone except crypt and Roman remains. a temporary room is to be built on the site. Coleman’s vicar Tubby Clayton has been at sea since the war began.
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Michael Coleman
All Hallows Church
London
Ottawa
North America
A.R.P
All Hallows
Tower Hil
Mr. Coleman
T. B. Clayton
Tubby
Revival of Cavalry Spirit in Mechanized Warfare
London correspondent argues that cavalry skeptics misread mechanization as the end of cavalry but it renews the cavalry spirit through armored units. The piece compares modern tanks to a robotic charger and suggests infantry may again rise if a new weapon dethrones the tank.
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London
Ottawa Journal
George V
Jeremiahs
Two 14 Year Old Bellhops Shoot Down Nazi Bomber Aboard Cargo Ship
Richmond Surrey boy Robert Frame and Golders Green London youth David Miller both 14 acted as gun crew on the Aquitania and Empress of Britain era ships. They fired on a Nazi dive bomber during a deadly encounter, claiming to have shot it down in flames and to have avenged the Empress of Britain sinking.
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Robert Frame
Richmond
Surrey
David Miller
Golder’s Green
London
Rockefeller Plaza
Frame
Miller
Britain
Montreal Firm Uncovers 100 Tons Steel Vault
Maj. R. J. Waterous, director of the government salvage campaign, said a Montreal insurance company obtained 100 tons of steel for weapons of war from a 60 year old vault unused for 20 years discovered on its premises.
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Montreal
R. J. Waterous
Pepper urges cooperative democracy to secure peace in the Western Hemisphere
Senator Claude Pepper of Florida urges the world to adopt democratic principles by proving democracy works in the Americas. Speaking to a joint Canadian and Empire club meeting in Toronto, he emphasizes good neighbor principles and unity among 22 Western Hemisphere nations in sickness and health, peace and defense.
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Claude Pepper
Florida
Canadian and Empire Club of
Toronto
Pepper
Roosevelt
Britain
Western Hemisphere
Making It Easy Divorces in Ancient Practice Prompt Sham
An Egyptian woman who divorces and later wants her former husband must first marry and divorce another man, typically an ugly or blind man, to be free to remarry. This can all occur in two to three hours.
New Casein Based Transparent Wrap Debuts
A new material similar to cellophane is made from casein derived from wood pulp or cotton. Special treatment keeps it strong and transparent when wet, enabling reliable wrapping performance.
Three Deadly Poisons and the Isms Difference
War correspondent Leland Stowe asserts the core difference among Communism Nazism and Fascism lies in their methods and efficiency while all threaten parliamentary government and freedom. He warns Americans to study these isms and their impact on our system before time runs out.
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Leland Stowe
Europe
Chicago Daily News
Paris to Extend City Limits to Six Suburbs
The prefect of the Seine department said Paris will expand its city limits to include six major suburbs. French officials claim the move would make the occupied capital the third largest city in the world, with Greater Paris population listed as 4,933,855, behind London, New York, and Tokyo.
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Seine
Paris
Greater
London
New York
Tokyo
Denmark Imposes Limits on Butter and Cream Consumption
Denmark has announced restrictions on butter and cream use, enforcing curbs on intake across households and institutions. Authorities cite supply concerns and dietary controls as the basis for the measure, outlining phased compliance among retailers and public kitchens.
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Denmark
China Uses the Lancelot Sea Creature as Food
Report states that China employs the lancelot, a transparent sea organism, as a food source. The article notes its preparation and possible cultural significance within local cuisine.
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China
Lancelot
Greet Spring With New Tea Cloth Pattern 6926
Colorful cross stitch design features eight motifs per inch with fruit and lows, usable on scarfs. Pattern 6926 includes a 15 by 15 inch transfer and four 4 by 0.4 inch motifs plus four 2 by 3 inch pieces, with stitch illustrations and materials. Send 20 cents to Household Arts Department Winnipeg Newspaper Union 175 McDermot Ave E for this pattern.
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Household Arts Department
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Avenue
Wees
Brooks
Chief Tool Designer Florence Laing Shapes Naval Gauges
Florence Burnett Laing of Ottawa leads as chief tool designer for a firm making naval precision instruments and gauges. She analyzes blueprints, calculates material needs, and directs tool construction to manufacture shells and fuzes with one thousandth inch accuracy. Her work supports the British navy and Canada’s war effort amid warnings of a former Cambridge student turned Nazi raider.
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Florence Burnett Laing
Ottawa
Graf Spee
Florence Laing
Miss Laing
Grimsby
Charles B. Laing
John Laing
R.C.A.F
Canada
Enviable War Honors For G S N Company Crew
The Port of London Monthly notes the General Steam Navigation Company the world’s oldest steamship line has achieved a remarkable war record. Honors awarded include four Distinguished Service Orders seven Distinguished Service Crosses two Orders of the British Empire two British Empire Medals two Distinguished Service Medals and 17 Commendations to masters officers engineers and crew.
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Port of London Monthly
General Steam Navigation Company
Queen Elizabeth Rivets Steel Plate in Scottish Shipyard Visit
Queen Elizabeth visited a Scottish shipyard and operated a hydraulic riveting press to drive three red hot rivets into a steel plate. The King watched as foreman Bob Thompson demonstrated riveting and the Queen immediately applied the technique herself.
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Elizabeth
Scotland
Bob Thompson
No Fish For Fishermen In Northland Nor way
The Northland provinces of Norway face a rare shortage of fish for local consumption as Nazi demands divert the whole catch to Germany. Fishermen, already hard pressed, confront higher prices for fuel bait and equipment after being cut off from normal supplies and funding.
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Norway
Europe
Germany
Notting ham Schoolmaster Strapped After Gas Mask Absence
A Nottingham elementary school master was strapped by the largest boy after forgetting his gas mask. He had warned students that anyone missing a mask would be strapped, and he conceded to the punishment when faced with the same omission.
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Nottingham
Ragweed's Latin name Ambrosia defined as delectable pollen
The entry explains that Ambrosia, Latin for delectable, is the botanical name for rag weed and describes its extreme sweetness as a figurative note.
Green Mouse Raised After Fifty-Year Experiment
Dr. Rosslyn Bruce rector of Burst Monceaux Sussex and descendant of Robert Bruce bred a green mouse after sixty generations. He previously directed Birmingham Zoo and now maintains a private menagerie with jumping fleas pink rats and snakes. His garden includes an apple tree grown from a pip given by the ex Kaiser in 1912.
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Rosslyn Bruce
Burstmonceaux
Sussex
Robert
Priests in Chains in German Occupied Poland
Gestapo arrest Poles suspected of resistance across occupied Poland. Two priests jailed for patriotic sermons were chained to a wall and taunted by guards who told them they could bark as much as they liked.
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Poland
First dynamo built by Michael Faraday in 1831
A note recalls that the first dynamo ever constructed dates to 1831 and was made by Michael Faraday.
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Michael Faraday
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