Britain’s Airfields In World War II Offensive
Britain has become a vast airfield network to support the Allied air offensive against Germany. Paved runways and hard standings cover 160 million square yards, with 30 million tons of ballast and cement, 336000 miles of cables, and 18 million cubic feet of timber. In 1942 the airfield program consumed one sixth of peacetime national budget and included U S Army Air Force bases built under Lend Lease reverse.
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Europe
Britain
Malta
United States Army Air Force
Suitable Soil for Britain's Airfields During War
Britain faced a dense population and swampy peat land complicating airfield site selection. Dry level terrain was essential, yet food crop cultivation and limited labour and transport posed hurdles. The Air Ministry works department overcame these to complete airfields that back the offensive.
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Britain
Air Ministry Works Department
Kellogg's All-Bran Claims Constipation Relief
An advertisement touts Kellogg's All-Bran as relief for constipation caused by lack of dietary bulk. It promises natural elimination within two weeks and suggests daily servings with milk or muffins, along with ample water.
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Kellogg’s
Marvelous Technique British Gunners Down Nazi Plane
British anti-aircraft crews have sharpened their skills since 1940 through intense gunnery training. An Me 410 crossing the coast north of London at night was shot down in pitch darkness from over four miles up, using only 30 rounds.
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London
Fighting on all fronts across the globe by British Army
The British Army has fought in numerous theaters including Norway France Holland Belgium Egypt Eritrea Abyssinia Somaliland Madagascar Syria North Africa Persia Sicily Italy Greece Crete Malaya Burma and Hong Kong in a declaration of global military reach.
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Globe
Norway
France
Holland
Belgium
Egypt
Eritrea
Abyssinia
Somaliland
Madagascar
Syria
North Africa
Persia
Sicily
Italy
Greece
Crete
Malaya
Burma
Hong Kong
Detroit man grades from wrecks to watchmaker work
Pte. Ted S. Malin of Detroit, repairing 45 watches weekly from a maintenance truck, uses plastic glass salvaged from wrecked Japanese planes to make watch crystals. He honed a jeweller’s skill in civilian life and treats the salvaged material with hacksaw, emery, and polish to produce usable parts.
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Southwest Pacific
Ted S. Malin
Detroit
Malin
Brandon Sun
Price Control And Rationing Information
Consumers’ questions and answers about tin tube recycling for toothpaste tins, holding No 3 ration books for sugar canning, prohibition on carton bottles for Coca Cola, and how to handle lost or surrendered ration books with guidance to contact Wartime Prices and Trade Board offices.
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Wartime Prices and Trade Board
Consumers’ News
Prices and Trade Board
Step In Agriculture And The Rise Of Farm Industry
Dr. Howard Doane of St. Louis predicts a postwar shift where farmers become industrialists and raw material producers. He envisions fixed and movable processing plants near farms to extract dehydrate refrigerate concentrate and fabricate farm commodities. Vertical diversification will focus on a single profitable crop processed to near consumer readiness.
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Howard Doane
St. Louis
Farm Journal
Doane
Scientific American
Britain’s War Losses Highlight Air and Navy Toll
Britain has suffered 38,300 pilots and aircrew killed with 10,400 missing and over 10,000 aircraft lost. Since the war began, 41,000 Royal Navy officers and men have been lost, amounting to about 30 percent of pre war strength.
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Britain
British Isles
Royal Navy
Gems of Thought Across Faith and Feeling
A collection of short maxims on work, understanding, charity, encouragement, attitude, scripture, and prayer. Notable lines include a judge of praise, the nobility of offering water to a disciple, the value of encouragement, God guiding through attitude, patience from Scripture, and prayers for liberation, comfort, and heaven.
Inventor Nancy Johnson Creates Early Ice Cream Freezer
Philadelphia resident Mrs. Nancy Johnson develops an early ice cream freezing device credited with patent number 3245. The device uses a manual crank to churn ingredients, enabling smoother texture and easier home production.
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Nancy Johnson
Philadelphia
Women volunteers train on 16mm projectors in Regina centre
The WVS Centre in Regina trains volunteers to operate 16mm film projectors in cooperation with the National Film Board. Seventeen volunteers completed the course with 39 awaiting, enabling more daytime showings for women and inspiring centres elsewhere to adopt similar training for consumer films.
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WVS
Regina
1St
National Film Board
Women’s Voluntary Services Division
Department of National War Services
Ottawa
Peterborough
Ontario
W.V.S. Centre
Edmonton
W.V.S
Edmonton Public Library
Weed Prevention On Farm Through Clean Seed and Rotation
Old adage that prevention is better than cure applies to weed control on farms. Clean seed and well drained fields ready for cultivation promote a vigorous crop capable of fighting weeds. Using crop rotation and early cutting or cultivation reduces weed maturing and lowers later hoeing needs.
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Herbert Groh
Division of Botany
Dominion Department of Agriculture
Polish refugees find haven in Uganda
Five thousand seven hundred fifty Polish refugees have found a haven from persecution and war in Uganda, British East Africa. The majority are women and children who have become agriculturally self supporting.
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Uganda
British East Africa
Smuts Urges Peace but Opposes German Colonies
Prime Minister Jan Smuts of South Africa said it should be possible in peace to avoid the mistakes of the last war and provide for the vanquished, but he opposed granting colonies to Germany.
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Jan Christian Smuts
South Africa
Germany
Ancient sharks towered over today’s sea predators
Fossil records show ancient sharks reached lengths over 100 feet, dwarfed by modern species. The enormous size highlights dramatic changes in marine ecosystems through deep time.
Good Seed Certification Under Canadian Seeds Act
Certification and registration of seed in Canada ensure field inspections, purity, and freedom from weeds and seed-borne diseases. Seed sold as registered or certified is tagged and sealed after passing field, purity, and germination tests under the Seeds Act.
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Plant Products Division
Dominion Department of Agriculture
Seeds Act of Canada
Dominion
W. H. Wright
Humorous Snippets and Quips From an Old Page
A collage of jokes and witticisms: musical delays, hat prices, barbershop trips, pranks and miscommunications. The snippets feature a puzzled concertgoer, shop talk about hats, soldiers trading barbs, and a reference to Daniel Webster warning nations about Hawaii.
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Daniel Webster
Hawaiian Islands
Concert Singer Ishbel Mutch Tours Britain With RCAF
Section Officer Ishbel Mutch of the Royal Canadian Air Force Women’s Division is in Britain continuing her concert work for service personnel overseas. A former Regina student who studied music in Europe and sang in New York’s concert and radio scenes, she debuted in Berlin before the war and hopes to perform there again before returning to Canada.
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Ocean
Ishbel Mutch
R.C.A.F
Britain
Regina
Europe
New York
Canada
Mutch
Berlin
Moone's Emerald Oil Promises Quick Eczema Relief
A vintage ad urges readers to buy Moone's Emerald Oil from drugstores, claiming rapid relief from Eczema itching and eruptions. It touts the product as a concentrated antiseptic that penetrates without staining or greasing skin, with complete satisfaction or money back.
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Moone
British plan trials for wartime broadcasters in postwar courts
Deputy Prime Minister Clement Attlee told the House of Commons that Lord Haw Haw and other Britons broadcasting for Germany will be tried in British courts after the war. They will not be labeled war criminals but will face charges for offenses against British law in appropriate courts. Columbus in 1492 described sweet potatoes as resembling carrots with a savor of chestnuts.
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Lord Haw Haw
Germany
Clement R. Attlee
British Commons
Ernest Lloyd
Columbus
Western Hemisphere
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