Woman Driver Earns Man's Pay In War Truck Service
Cynthia Anderson, dubbed a "wonder girl," drives from three to eight ton lorries across Britain for the Ministry of Supply aided by a team of women. She and colleagues inspect, load, unload, and repair vehicles and equipment shipped from America to armament factories, logging long days with overtime and weekend calls.
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Trimute
Grivers UN Pel
Frms
Britain
Stich
Ministry of Supply
Machine Tool Central
America
Cynthia Anderson
Andy
Riviera
French Alps
England
France
Great North Road
Miss Anderson
Hod The Saving Habit How A Scotch Boy Lived On A Hundred Dollars A Year
A former bank manager recalls a Scottish clerk in Montreal who saved $500 on a $600 salary. He lived frugally by free room above a shop, no tram fare, free light, and helped the shopkeeper with evening bookkeeping. The manager learns the boy saved by thrift rather than luck.
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Canada
Toronto
Hoovers Divining Rod Patent Uses Seismic Waves
Herbert Hoover Jr. secures patent for a new divining rod using artificial earthquakes to locate mineral deposits. The device emits controlled blasts creating seismic waves, recorded by sensors to reveal subsurface layers and oil presence. Utah is noted with reference to Utes Indian history.
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Herbert Hoover Jr
Hoover
Yankee ingenuity speeds war plant conversions
A War Production Board report details how a midwestern plant shifted to gun turret and shell booster production by improvising tools from existing assets. Workers buried holes in shell boosters with a home-made machine using a dentist burr, then built a dual-hole roamer and an air operated arbor press. A binding-clerk worker was retrained to run the new equipment, eliminating delays from scarce machine tools.
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Washington
War Production Board
Just a Veneer on Japanese Religion and Warlike Shinto
The author argues that Buddhism in Japan is only a veneer, with many mistaking the Japanese as Buddhists. They claim Shintoism is the real driving force, likening it to wartime ideologies and contrasting it with perceived peaceful Buddhism.
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Japan
Pacific Ocean Measurements Mislead Maps
A reader notes a claim that the Pacific Ocean spans 300 miles in length and 10 000 miles at the equator. The figures are inconsistent with standard geography and appear numerically erroneous.
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Pacific Ocean
The Will To Win
The Navy reports two enduring encouragements amid distress and danger. First, a single undoubted signal of final victory has emerged above the bedlam of noise. Second, victory will rest with us, as citizens ready to fight to the end rather than bargain with the enemy.
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Navy
London
The Real Essentials and War Time Shopping Habits
In a Lethbridge Herald reflection the author notes how wartime packaging and delivery habits trained consumers to expect frills. They predict a return to unwrapped retail life with essentials like crackers and coffee, and suggest such training may be beneficial. The piece also contrasts the Suez route shortening journeys and describes the West Indies as peaks of a submerged range.
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Lethbridge Herald
An Excellent Idea News from St Vital Soldiers Mail
A monthly mimeographed newsletter from St Vital Winnipeg area gathers news for about 60 service members overseas. Originated by L Beer, a WWI veteran, the letter comes from his basement editorial room and covers community life, witty items, editorials, and minister messages. It funds paper ribbons and postage through neighborhood sales.
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St. Vital
Surburb
Winnipeg
L. Beer
Glass for Albany church memorial endured torpedo scares
Two torpedo attempts to ship a memorial window to St. Pauls Episcopal Church in Albany New York failed after each vessel was hit. The first ship was torpedoed but beached and the cargo saved while the glass was then loaded on a second vessel that was torpedoed. A third attempt succeeded delivering the wet packing case labeled Great Britain Delivers the Goods. The dialogue about a returned bank check follows.
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Britain
St. Paul's Episcopal Church
Albany
N.Y
Atlantic
Great Britain
Canadian Oil History From Discovery to Turner Valley
The piece traces early Enniskillen Township oil finds in 1830 to the first flowing well of 1861 by John Shaw, notes 1861–1864 export totals of 2.29 million gallons, and cites Turner Valley Alberta as Canada’s principal field with about 180 wells. It also mentions later production in Moncton District and Norman, Northwest Territories, and a memorial at Oil Springs.
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Canada
Enniskillen
Lambton County
Ontario
Ou Springs
J. H. Willams
Hamilton
Williams
John Shaw
Shaw
Sir William Logan
Turner Valley
Alberta
Moncton
New Brunswick
Norman
Northwest Territories
Oil Springs
Department of Mines and Resources
Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada
Norwegians Cross North Sea to Britain in Small Boats
More than 4,300 young Norwegians, pre-selected by underground committees, sailed the North Sea to Britain in small boats last year to serve abroad. The managing editor of the Norwegian information office in London notes the youths’ readiness, with a light exchange about a boy named Tommy and his father’s calls.
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North Sea
Britain
Norwegian Information Office
London
Malta fights back as Axis raids pound its defiant isle
Malta, the most-bombed spot in the world, endures nonstop air raids since December 5 while striking back at Axis raiders and North Africa supply lines. The island reports 199 German planes destroyed or damaged since December 19, with Maltese gunners downing 74 planes by April 1 and 30 probables.
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Malta
Mediterranean
Italy
North Africa
F Erwin Rommel
Afrika Korps
African
Sicily
Mayer
Red Cross
Daring RAF pilots return after grave injuries
Sgt William Smith from Vancouver, 21, and Sgt Harry Gill of Southampton, both long odds survivors, rejoin their unit after severe crashes. Smith healed from skull fracture and leg breaks, Gill survived a 1000 foot fall. both shown as miraculously active. Paris Eakins of Minnedosa joins RCAP Spitfire squadron. Fellow flyers include Wallace McLeod Regina Jack Long Saint John Dennis Connolly Benton.
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William Smith
Vancouver
Royal Air Force
Harry Gill
Southampton
Paris Eakins
Minnedosa
Man
R.C.A.F
England
Winnipeg Free Press
Air Force
Wallace McLeod
Regina
Jack Long
Saint John
N.B
Dennis Connolly
Benton, N B
Dehydrating Tomatoes For Britain's Market
H. J. Moore of Islington Ontario has developed a method to dehydrate tomatoes and powder them for shipment to Britain while preserving quality and vitamins. He notes that a ton of fresh tomatoes dries to about 125 pounds and yields about 2000 quarts of soup. Magnesium for airplane engines largely comes from veran water.
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H. J. Moore
Islington
Ont
Britain
Mr. Moore
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