Iceland A Foreign Land In Brief From Ottawa Citizen
Canadians guard Iceland during war and its capital Reykjavik hosts a mixed parliament. Iceland spans 40 000 square miles with 119 000 people, lands of temperate climate, and a northern daylight regime due to its arc. Notables include Vilhjalmur Stefansson, a Manitoba Icelandic explorer.
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Atlantic
British Isles
Arctic Circle
Great Bear Lake
Iceland
Denmark
Christian
Ireland
Althing
Reykjavik
Progressive Party
Hermann Jonasson
North America
Manitoba
Vilhjalmur Stefansson
Ottawa Citizen
The Immortal Filing Case and Kipling's Manuscripts
A Chicago writer muses on keeping memorabilia and the impermanence of paper. He recalls Rudyard Kipling burning armfuls of unpublished manuscripts and reflects on ink’s permanence versus memory’s fragility.
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Kipling
War boosts piano sales as 1940 predicted best since 1925
War jitters credited with stimulating demand in music as William Howard Beasley of the National Association of Music Merchants in Chicago notes manufacturers and dealers expect to sell between 135000 and 140000 new pianos this year, likely the strongest year since 1925.
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Wiliam Howard Beasley
National Association of Music Merchants
Chicago
Sleeping coaches convert to ten berth compartments in three tiers
A sleeping car company builds coaches that can be converted into sleeping cars featuring ten compartments with berths arranged in three tiers.
Early Iron Bridges in England Linked to Paine Design
The first iron bridges in England appeared around 1787 with Thomas Paine designing castings to span the River Wear at Sunderland. The innovation marked a shift in bridge engineering and industrial progress in the region.
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England
Thomas Paine
Wear
Sunderland
Dominion Cattle Policy Cancelled By Agriculture Dept
The Dominion Department of Agriculture cancels the Feeder Purchase Policy in Western Canada for this year. Information on stock offered for sale remains available at the Production Service office in Calgary and from stockyard agents in Calgary, Edmonton, Moose Jaw, Regina, Saskatoon, Prince Albert, and Winnipeg. Contacts include G. S. Herringer Maple Creek and G. Benson Lethbridge for feeder lambs and breeding ewes.
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Dominion Department of Agriculture
Western
Canada
Calgary
Edmonton
Moose Jaw
Regina
Saskatoon
Prince Albert
Winnipeg
G. S. Herringer
Southern Saskatchewan Wool Growers’ Limited
Maple Creek
Sasker
Benson
Southern Alberta Sheep Breeders’ Association
2Nd Avenue South
Lethbridge
Alberta
Gibraltar and Peace Aches for Certainty
The author argues that true international peace would let Britain abandon Gibraltar to Spain, but as long as totalitarian leaders exist powerful nations back murder and robbery, Britain must keep Gibraltar as a sentry post on the empire’s lifeline. The Gibraltar area has fared better under British rule than under any other sovereignty.
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Britain
Gibraltar
Spain
Canadian War Outfit Production Rates
Munitions Minister Howe announced daily production in Canada for army and RCAF gear. Serge uniforms approach 3,000. boots 4,700 pairs. socks about 6,700 pairs. In a recent week deliveries included 20,000 serge uniforms, 19,300 blankets, 3,000 boots, 19,000 braces, 23,000 field caps, 53,000 comforter caps, 12,000 great coats, 25,000 flannel shirts, 50,000 service shirts, 47,000 pairs socks, and 75,000 underwear pieces.
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Canada
Army
Air Force
Howe
R.C.A.F
Remedy For The Blues Travelling With Circus
Donald Clarke of Hamilton Ontario told a Toronto service club that circus troopers are among the finest people he has met. He said those in the doldrums can learn from their example and keep going regardless of conditions or accidents, living by the show must go on.
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Tion
Donald Clarke
Hamilton
Ont
Toronto
Oslo Hair Shaving Rankles Occupation Attitude
Norwegian officials and civilians impose social penalties on Norwegian girls seen with German soldiers. Hair shaved as dishonor badge reflects widespread aloofness toward the occupation and bans on even friendly greetings.
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Oslo
Elgar’s boyhood prophecy and cradle markings cited
The piece notes a young Edward Elgar telling his name at school and being asked to add Sir. It also mentions Yokuts cradle markings for girls and boys and a prediction about future tires with smaller, flatter, wider treads and lower air pressure by a rubber engineer.
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Edward Elgar
Motorists Boost Public Revenues Says Winnipeg Free Press
The article notes Canadians paid for motor vehicle registrations and gasoline taxes totaling 79.9 million in 1939 up from 67.2 million in 1938. It expects a similar 1940 revenue harvest while acknowledging motorists’ views vary. The piece ends with a wry remark on dodging cars and grinning.
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Canada
Winnipeg Free Press
Phalanx of the Companions of France Formed in Vichy Plan
A Vichy dispatch reports creation of a semi military phalanx of French youths aged 15 to 20 to be quartered in state camps. The group, named the Phalanx of the Companions of France, is sponsored by Jean Barnegeray and modeled after totalitarian youth movements. It targets students workers and apprentices. Thousands of homeless youths are to be enrolled amid exodus before the German invasion.
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Vichy
le Petit Dauphinois
Grenoble
Jean Barnegeray
Petain
Companions of
France
Two New Air Schools Open Under Commonwealth Plan
No. 2 service flying training school opens at Uplands near Ottawa with Prime Minister Mackenzie King and ministers attending. An air observers school opens at Edmonton to train in aerial photography reconnaissance and navigation, the second of its type beside Malton. W R Wop May appointed general manager of the Edmonton school operated by a civilian firm to run the program for RAF crews.
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Uplands
Ottawa
Mackenzie King
Power
Edmonton
Royal Air Force
Air Observer
Malton
Toronto
W. R. “Wop” May
General Man
Washington silent on French fleet protest message
Leonard Lyons reports that the French Embassy appealed to the U S government to protest Britain’s capture of the French fleet. The diplomat delivered the message, received no reaction, and repeated it hoping for an American protest. The American spokesman doubted French freedom, prompting the diplomat to say the message comes from Paris via Berlin and will be reported back to Paris in the same way.
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Leonard Lyons
New York Post
Washington
Britain
America
France
Paris
Berlin
New Reich Marshal Uniform For Hermann Goering
Reichsmarshal Hermann Goering unveiled a new field marshal uniform after Hitler elevated him to the rank. His costume features a burnished eagle gripping a swastika on crossed batons and an exclusive baton tipped with the Imperial orb, replacing the ordinary field marshal’s baton.
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Hermann Wilhelm Goering
Reich
Hitler
Reichsmarshal
Santa Clauses Cool Express Men in Heat Wave Parcel Mystery
A Timely Hint reports two railway express workers in Brantford Ontario cooling under a heat wave as they handle two parcels marked Do not open till Christmas. The boxes were bound for Hay River Northwest Territories and were sent early to reach the final summer boat from Waterways Alberta into the far north.
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Santa Claus
Brantford
Ont
Hay River
Northwest Territories
Alta
Teachers Arrested in Marseille Propaganda Trial
The German radio reported three women teachers in Marseille France were sentenced to five years each for spreading propaganda against the new French government in schools. John Bull maintains the French fleet to pressure Hitler to honor his pledge not to use it.
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Marseille
France
John Bull
Hitler
Red Cross Help Brings Relief to Missing Canadian Airmen
The article explains how the Red Cross locates missing Canadian airmen, notes Geneva conventions require prisoner registers, and details Red Cross food and clothing parcels, inspections, and the wartime role of funds. It cites Mr Justice P H Gordon as Red Cross War Service Committee chairman.
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RAF
War Department of the Red Cross
Red Cross
Germany
Geneva
International Committee of the Red Cross
Canadian Red Cross
Berne
Copenhagen
London
Switzerland
International Committee
Justice P. H. Gordon
Red Cross War Service Committee
Italians abroad split in anti Mussolini sentiment
The Niagara Falls Review reports that thousands of Italians worldwide do not back Mussolini. In Egypt about 150 000 Italians join the Egyptian army to oppose him, with similar sentiment seen in Canada and across the hemisphere.
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Mussolini
Niagara Falls
Duce
Egypt
Canada
Lord Farngdon Fined for Defence Regulation Plough Order
English Lord Farngdon of Buscot Park was fined £40 for failing to comply with a Ministry of Agriculture order to plough land on one of his farms within a specified time. The order was issued under British defence regulations.
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Lord Farngdon
Buscot Park
Ministry of Agriculture
Gil Guides of Carlisle Egg Collection Totals 5522
The Gil Guides of Carlisle England collected 5522 eggs for troops.
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Gil Guides
Carlisle
England
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Chicago Daily News
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Uplands Airport
Ager
Groats
Goering
Matey
International Red Cross Committees
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