British Minesweepers Earn Praise For Clearing Mediterranean Routes
Churchill commends Mediterranean minesweepers for reopening a 600 mile sea lane between May 9 and 21. The crews, many former fishing trawlers, faced constant danger to keep Britain supplied, with 30,000+ men in service and Malta operations by ships including Speedy Hythe Hebe and Rye.
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Andrew Cunningham
Mediterranean
Churchill
Royal Navy
Great Britain
Merchant Navy
Dunkirk
St. Nazaire
Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve
Speedy
Hythe
Hebe
Rye
Malta
A Mother's Prayer by Cora Baker Hall
A mother expresses reluctance to join her son in battle yet entrusts him to divine protection. She notes she cannot shield him or hear his cry but can commit him to God's keeping today.
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Earth
Heaven
Cora Baker Hall
North Africa War Logistics and Aftermath Report
The London Times notes that the Allied supply system in North Africa relied on petrol and lubricants from pipelines 54 and 64 miles long with 700 tons daily capacity. It highlights Axis prisoner handling, battlefield clearing, and medical evacuations including 12 000 cases moved by air with eight urgent U S cases, while praising low death rates from wounds.
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North Africa
Tunis
Bizerte
United States
London Times
Nazi White Book Claims British Bombing Bias
The Dutch and American media summarize a Nazi White Book arguing Britain began civilian bombings and that Berlin was bombed eight times before London. It questions Rotterdam and Warsaw bombings and predicts future German propaganda. Buffalo Courier-Express frames it as deceptive Goebbels-style rhetoric.
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Berlin
London
Marshal Goering
Warsaw
Rotterdam
Buffalo Courier- Express
Weaves Her Own Yorkshire Woman
There is at least one British woman who avoids clothing coupons by designing weaving spinning and dyeing her own cloth. Miss Olive Shackleton of Yorkshire grows dyes and weaves wool from local sheep into garments for her family, a practice she began seriously in the last two years after a long family tradition.
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Britain
Yorkshire
Olive Shackleton
Shackleton
Liabilities Aid Officials Help War Strain in Britain
Under the Wartime Adjustment Act a Liabilities Assistance Officer is appointed in every city to aid anyone in serious financial difficulty due to war, a measure credited with preventing many bankruptcies. The article also notes Ur in Iraq as the world’s oldest city yet discovered.
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Great Britain
Iraq
British Film Star Douglass Montgomery Serves at Vernon
One of the best known young English performers in the United States Douglass Montgomery now serves as a lance corporal at the Canadian basic training centre in Vernon British Columbia. He directs instructional duties and contributes verse to the camp paper Rookie while aiding in entertainment efforts. Corporal Gilchrist Stuart, another English actor, supports Montgomery in Rookie and is set to cast in Rookies Play Hockey described as the poor man Army Show. Buy Yar Savings Stamps Regularly.
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Douglass Montgomery
Vernon, British Columbia
United States
Vernon
B.C
Gilchrist Stuart
Montgomery
Gilchrist
Hollywood
Designer Of Big Glider Towed To Britain
Franklin Dobson, a 34 year old designer from St. Thomas, planned a transatlantic glider flight from Montreal to England. He was described by Franklin Doddson as a remarkable achievement. Dobson, son of Dr. and Mrs. Perry S. Debsor, worked at the Waco airplane plant in Trey, Ohio.
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Britain
Canada
Franklin Doddson
St. Thomas
Atlantic
Montreal
England
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Perry S. Debsor
Aiis
Alma College
Franklin Dobson
Waco Airplane
Trey
Ohio
Crime prevention program urged to curb youth vice
A five year study by a committee of criminologists for The American Prison Association urges expanded social programs for boys and girls, funding from Community Chest, and family and labor protections to guard youth employment and welfare during wartime.
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America
American Prison Association
Mold renames main street Or Cyrd T'Wfedd
The Welsh village Mold renames its main street Or Cyrd T'Wfedd meaning From the Cradle to the Grace. The route runs from a hospital to a cemetery with many structures including a dance hall along the way.
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Flintshire
Mold
Wales
Britain Converts Railings for War Use Amid Rationing
The government reports 580000 tons of railings seized for war production and 400000 tons already repurposed into munitions, tanks, ships, and related equipment as part of wartime mobilization.
Full Of Meaning The Crisis In 1940
Lord Bennett recounts a 1940 crisis summer through a dialogue between an American with a cigar and an Englishman with a pipe. The exchange blends humor and resolve as the American fears a tough spot while the Englishman insists they always win the last battle even if this time could be different.
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Lord Bennett
Treasury Burden From U.S. Air Force Bases Growth
The article notes Britain's treasury has spent over 500 million dollars on airfield and facility construction for the U S forces with maintenance costs in the tens of millions annually. It also states British government wage payments to civilians employed by U S forces average about 250 thousand dollars weekly.
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Britain
Treasury
U.S. Air Force
U.S
Wartime Snoopers Find Breakage Drops After Housewives Work
British Ministry of Information observers note that in many middle class homes crockery breakages fell by about 90 percent once housewives were deprived of domestic help. The finding links labor shortages to steadier daily routines and less mishandling.
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Ministry of Information
Belgian patriots slain Nazi youth head La Noote reported
The Belgian news agency says La Noote head of the Belgian Nazi youth at Wellen Limburg was slain by Belgian patriots. In Ceylon there are 324 rural schools teaching agriculture, house building and carpentry alongside ordinary subjects.
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la Noote
Wellen
Limburg
Ceylon
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