Sikorski Sees New Polish Czech Alliance A Step Toward Lasting Peace
Polish leader General Wladyslaw Sikorski addressed Ottawa interviewers praising the Poland Czech-Slovakia accord as a landmark toward unity among neighbors against aggression. He lauded Canadian British and U S cooperation, urged vigilance against Axis propaganda, and affirmed Poland's alliance with England while noting fraternal ties with Canadian forces and airmen for a durable postwar peace.
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Europe
Wladyslaw Sikorski
Free Pol'sh
Great Britain
Poland
Czecho-Slovakia
Montreal
Canada
F. Pav
Churchill
Roosevelt
London
Gen. Sikorski
England
A. G. L. McNaughton
United Kingdom
Protein Rations Urged To Protect Postwar British Youth
W H Mottram, famed University of London nutrition expert, argues in The Lancet that Britain must raise protein intake for children. He advocates more meat milk bacon butter and eggs even if adults must voluntarily sacrifice their own protein rations. He warns of a generation with lower stature after the war unless dairy aid and cheap milk for youths up to 18 are provided.
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W. H. Mottram
University of London
Lancet
Prof. Mottram
Remarkable Boy Johnny Cain Awarded Medal Dies in Tragedy
Johnny Cain a 15 year old coster monger who helped police rescue six men from a burning factory received the George Medal for gallantry that morning. He told his demolition worker father of the honor, but his father died later that night from blood poisoning.
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Johnny Cain
William Cain
Johnny
Reading War News With Caution
Ottawa Journal says readers should treat war reports as unofficial speculation until official sources confirm. Censors pass along plausible stories that may be wrong, and newspapers print them as unofficial reports rather than confirmed facts. The safe approach is to rely on British and Allied official releases.
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Ottawa
Britain
London
Greece
Ottawa Journal
Britain Eyes Canada for Scientific Reinforcements
Sir Lawrence Bragg told the Professional Institute of Civil Servants that Britain seeks Canadian scientists and technicians to operate vital new devices amid war driven scientific expansion. He noted about 5 000 of Britain’s 19 000 researchers are available, praised Lt. Gen. McNaughton for Canada’s National Research Council, and urged readiness against surprise warfare for countering secret weapons. Professor Burke received the institute medal for outstanding research.
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Britain
Canada
England
Lawrence Bragg
Sir Lawrence
National Research Council
Professional
Institute of Civil Servants
A. G. L. McNaughton
Frederick S. Burke
Pensions and Health Department
Professional Institute
Virginian resigns US Army captain to join Canadian forces
William C. Bays, 28, of Virginia, after 12 years in the US Artillery, resigns to enlist as a private in the Survey Wing of the Royal Canadian Artillery. He says the US Army offers no definite action soon and prefers private service in England to a captain’s role with no war prospects in the United States Army.
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United States Artillery
William C. Bays
Survey
Royal Canadian Artillery
Toronto
United States Army
England
Borrowing Trouble Without Security Proves Costly
A proverb warns that debt without security invites heavy costs. The saying suggests lenders charge high interest and penalties, creating a spiral of financial risk for borrowers who lack collateral.
Pumpkins Are Mostly Water Says Study
A report notes pumpkins contain more than 90 percent water and highlights their hydrating composition as a notable fact for consumers and kitchen use.
Bundles for Britain launches blanket drive across U S Cuba
Bundles for Britain Inc has started a fund raising campaign through its 866 branches in the United States Alaska and Cuba to buy 200000 woollen blankets for Britain The American Gifts Committee in London led by Sir Ronald Lindsay says the blankets costing about 250 each will aid British civilians for six months The Lindsay Committee notes blankets are wasted by fires bombings and wrapping injured people on relief ships to the British Isles.
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United States
Alaska
Cuba
Bundles
Britain, Inc
New York
American Gifts Committee
London
Sir Ronald Lindsay
Women's Relief Organization
Lindsay
British Isles
Helmet straps save lives in bombing areas says record from overseas
Lance Corporal W J G Dunn of Toronto writes his wife from overseas about close calls in bombing zones. He notes helmets are often tossed high by blasts and warns that straps must be undone to avoid head injuries.
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Lance-Cpl
W. J. G. Dunn
Toronto
Dunn
Wild canaries live only on two remote islands
The text notes that wild canaries exist in only two locations on earth: the Canary Islands in the Atlantic and the Midway Islands in the Pacific, highlighting their restricted natural habitat.
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Earth
Canary Islands
Atlantic
Midway Islands
Pacific
Picturesque Phrases from Churchill Refer to Axis Fury
The Toronto Star notes Churchill habit of vivid phrases in speeches. He described the Axis reaction to Yugoslavia’s resistance as a boa constrictor with its prey freed, a striking comparison to Hitler and the Nazi leaders.
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The
Toronto Star
Churchill
Duke of
Aosta
Ethiopia
Yugoslavia
Hitler
Goering
Ribbentrop
Canada’s Banff to Jasper highway carries 30000 cars
The new Banff to Jasper mountain highway was used by more than 30 000 automobiles in the 1940 summer season. An estimated 100 000 tourists visited the region, once accessible only by saddle and pack train, according to the Department of Mines and Resources.
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Canada
Betwen Banff and
Jasper National Parks
Department of Mines and Resources
Nemec Urges Britons to Register for War Service
M Francis Nemec minister for social affairs and home secretary in the London Czech Slovak government calls all able bodied Britons to register for war service. A former railwaymen's union leader and now a Czech Legion lance corporal, Nemec's escape from the Gestapo is recounted by a London writer who notes his striking presence and likely loss of his rank.
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M. Francis Nemec
London
Great Britain
M Nemec
Czech Legion
Gestapo
Kipling
M. Nemec
Treasures Stored in Sydney Warehouses from Saloon Loot
Naval crews stored art treasures in Sydney warehouses, seized from the saloons of former British, French, Dutch and Polish liners now used as troopships under British orders. Valued over 500000 dollars, items include sculptures paintings carpets and tapestries. A 50 ton iron meteorite was unearthed near Bacuburito Mexico.
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Sydney
Australia
English Readers Prefer Dickens Over War Tales In Bombed Britain
In wartime Britain readers crowd libraries and shops for affordable books as demand shifts from recent battle reports to classics and practical volumes. Dickens and Trollope outsell modern war novels, with five million London volumes destroyed last December. Christina Foyle notes daily sales around ten thousand, while staff handle twenty thousand letters amid bomb damaged offices.
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France
London
Atlantic
Pickwick Papers
Christina Foyle
Miss Foyle
Lined Up With Nazis Reflects Balkan War Claims
The Ottawa Journal notes a Balkan conflict where Yugoslav and Greek air strikes hit Bulgarian Romanian and Hungarian targets as Berlin cites military violations. It accuses Bulgaria Romania and Hungary of aiding Hitler and aiding the German war effort by surrendering railways airports harbors and food supplies.
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Berlin
Belgrade
Royal Air Force
Sofia
Bulgaria
Rumania
Hungary
Hitler
Greece
Yugoslavia
Britain
Germany
Ribbentrop
Ottawa Journal
One Globular Star Cluster Light-Year Travel Time
A distant globular star cluster lies so far that light takes about 200000 years to reach Earth. The sentence notes the light speed of 186000 miles per second and the vast cosmic distance involved.
Bridges Painted Bright Colors Gains Favor With Engineers
In colonial days pumpkin beer was a popular beverage while engineers favor a bright color scheme for bridge painting.
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Tank Committee
Banff
Jasper
Bacuburito
Mexico
California
Mary Pickford
Miss Pickford
Dickens
Anthony Trollope
Charing Cross Road
Balkans
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