Malta’s Garrison and People Stand Up to Heavy Bombing
Lieutenant General Sir William Dobbie hails Malta’s resolve as it endures more air raids than any other holdout. Paul Norton notes Malta’s rock shelters, stone construction, and coastal defenses that limit damage, with casualties rare and a rising determination to become a spearhead for counterattack against Italy and Nazi forces.
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Malta
William Dobbie
Italy
Dobbie
Paul Norton
London
Sicily
Maita
Crete
Isle of Wight
Greater London
Britain
No Questions Asked Politician Gets Chinese Consular Post
Richard Olney, then Secretary of State under Cleveland, refused appointing diplomats unless they spoke the local language. A hopeful politician boasted he would answer a Chinese question. Olney challenged him with a Chinese question. the man responded in Chinese and secured the consul post.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Olney
Cleveland
Olney
Australian Navy Chief Lauds Postwar Expansion
Australia’s Vice Admiral Sir Ragnar Colvin, the first naval member of the Commonwealth Naval Board, says the Australian navy is now three times its pre war size. He notes every ship has trained and fired its guns and asserts the navy has had its chances and the results are clear.
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Ragnar Colvin
Britain
Commonwealth Naval Board
Unconventional Pulpit Stunts Amid London preacher’s recalls
Remembrances of a famed preacher in Spur geon's Tabernacle Newington Butts London recount his unorthodox methods in the pulpit. One tale describes the preacher illustrating Heaven and Hell by crawling up the stairs and sliding down the banisters to dramatize entry and descent.
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Spurgeon
Tabernacle
Newington Butts
London
Heaven
Hell
Promising Roles for Women Recruits at Government Training Centres
In London instructors report barmaids hairdressers and charwomen are among the strongest recruits for women engineers. Barmaids will learn capstan lathes while hairdressers adapt to precision instrument work and charwomen tackle heavier tasks such as painting and cleansing large castings removed from moulds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Britain
Gallant London Amid Blitz Courage Recalls Normality
A reader reflects on London during the Blitz, noting the calm, determined resolve of residents and the unexpected normality amid destruction. The piece contrasts resilient shop signs and public spirit with wartime hardship.
Kansas City Basement Fire Sparks Probe
In Kansas City a basement fire at Tom Lipari’s home prompted a fire department report by John Hall. The investigation cites a gas leak search that involved a match, which led to the blaze.
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Kansas City
Tom Lipari
John Hall
Nazis Punish Kindness to Prisoners in War Policy
The Nazis punish Germans who show kindness to prisoners of war including bread to French POWs. Reports from Kasseler Post and Essener Allgemeine Zeitung describe four month jail terms for a 20 year old German girl and two others for aiding POWs. The practice extends to replying to prisoners and mercy shown by a baron and his daughter, with ten and two months respectively.
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Kasseler Post
Essener Allgemeine Zeitung
Prague
Diodorus Siculus
Athens
Syracuse
Thucydides
Diodorus
Augustus
Manchester Guardian
Prince Michael Petrovich Opposes Montenegro Regent Plan
The Serb prince declares loyalty to Montenegro and rejects regent role for a puppet state, calling himself a loyal subject to the Montenegrin crown. German authorities promptly intern him after the proposal.
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Peter
Michael Petrovich
Elena
Italy
Nicholas
Montenegro
Restored War Demand Lifts Egg Drying Industry Abroad
Wartime demand for shelf stable egg powder revives a 60 year old American industry. Egg drying, once sent to China in 1915, is projected to far surpass 1939 output of 10,037,000 pounds as the Department of Agriculture urges doubling production to ship 100 million pounds to Britain within a year.
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China
United States
Department of Agriculture
Britain
A Soldier's Uniform and Its Hidden Costs
The piece reflects on the scope of gear needed for soldiers from boots to laces. It cites large depots with over 70 million square feet of storage and mentions how supply chains multiply with army strength. It notes Canadians keep lands acquired for the Commonwealth Air Training Plan as government property after the war.
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London Daily Sketch
Gay fruit motifs trend in textile embroidery
Pattern 7006 offers a transfer design featuring a 15 inch central motif and eight smaller ones for tea cloths or scarves. Includes stitch illustrations and color schemes with materials needed. Send 20 cents to the Household Arts Department Winnipeg Newspaper Union 175 McDermot Ave Winnipeg Man for pattern. No Alice Brooks pattern book published.
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Household Arts Department
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Avenue
Winnipeg
Man
Alice Brooks
British Tanks Factories and Courage in Africa Drive
A British factory making the Covenanter cruiser tank employs a diverse crew and reports a record monthly output. Bravery awards in the Keren Eritrea campaign honor 2nd Lieut. James Cochrane and Lieut. Charles Liewellen, with other decorations for bravery by Royal Armored and infantry units.
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Britain
Afrin
London Gazette
James Cochrane
Queen's Own
Cameron Highlanders
Keren
Eritrea
Cochrane
Charles Liewellen
Royal Armored Corps
Hussars
Fort Capuzzo
Lieut Liewellen
Capuzzo
Stanley Gray
Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders
Dennis Reid
5Th Mahratta Light Infantry
D.S.O
Gray
Reid
Major J B Glubb Killed Report Debunked as Rumor
The News of the World in London reported Major J B Glubb of the Arab Legion Desert Patrol killed but later notes it as wishful thinking. Glubb spent 20 years among Arabs restoring order among nomadic tribes and fostering peace in the region.
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J. B. Glubb
Arab Legion
Rak
Arabia
Irak
Treasjordan
Ibn Saud
Iraq
Transjordan
Glubb
Frederick Ghibb
Second Army
Proved Identity Sudbury Daily Star Snippet
A Sudbury Daily Star fragment notes a dialogue where a Canadian Sentry orders another to recite the second verse of O Canada, which is refused. It adds a claim about snakes lacking voices and describes their hiss as air rushing from the throat when lungs deflate.
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Canada
Abusing Red Cross Sign in German Army Immunity
In Berlin Diary William L. Schierer reports German forces in Belgium and France misusing Red Cross symbols on oil trucks and ambulances near a Paris area fuel dump. He notes a German officer spotted him observing the deception and hurried the group away.
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Berlin
William L. Schierer
Gestapo
Belgium
France
Red Cross
Paris
Mountbatten Survives Two Narrow Escapes Off Crete
Lord Louis Mountbatten recounted two close calls at sea in nine months after his destroyer was lost off Crete. He previously stood on the bridge of the Kelly during a torpedo attack last winter and saw the torpedo strike the ship’s hull.
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Louis Mountbatten
Crete
London
Kelly
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Schabler
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United
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Edward W. Beattie Jr
United Press
England
Dora
St James’ Palace
Wilmington
Hitler
Major Glubb
Sudbury Daily
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