Britain Rules Out Postwar Food Relief Until Hitler Defeated
Britain will not relax its blockade to allow food through to occupied Europe while Hitler remains in power. After the war, plans reportedly exist for large scale food relief with the Americas to feed Europe, using British naval strength to outlast the German army. The Times and others debate postwar relief schemes, with some backing joint British Empire and American efforts.
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Britain
Europe
Adolf Hitler
Germany
France
Belgium
Norway
Poland
Hitler
Americas
United States
London Times
Herbert Hoover
the Times
Julian Huxley
British Empire
Kerr Describes Occupied Paris On Radio We the People
Former Paris correspondent Walter Kerr spoke on the radio program We the People describing Nazi rule in Paris. He noted posters of German soldiers feeding children, French resistance to occupation, and fear around penalties for defacement, theft, and aiding escapees.
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Walter Kerr
Paris
New York Herald Tribune
Kerr
Czecho-Slovakia
Variety
New York
What Is Truth. Etc. Editorial on a Berlin jail sentence
The New York Times editorial notes a middle aged German woman jailed for three months for questioning German high command communiques. It argues under totalitarian regimes only those who craft lies may question truth and mocks her punishment.
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The
New York Times
Berlin
Roadbound thieves share plunder with a farmer
A Sunday party of drivers robs a farmer of fruit and flowers then, pointing to an unused highway, asks if they should return to the city. The farmer retorts, you’ve got almost everything else, suggesting the road back is theirs.
No Mahogany Forests Found in Jungle Survey
Report notes the scarcity of mahogany trees in surveyed tropical lands as searchers describe luck in locating land with any trees. observers say three or fewer mahogany trees per acre is common, indicating oversupply of barren terrain.
Britain's New Loaf A vitamin B1 fortified bread
Mr Robert Boothby announces a new fortified loaf from Britain's milling industry after four years of research. The bread increases vitamin B1 without altering taste or appearance and is presented as a revolutionary nutritional advance. Tests in mills and bakeries show the loaf delivers the full vitamin B1 to consumers.
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Britain
Robert Boothby
Ministry of Food
Great Bri
Boothby
House of Commons
Caring For Woollens Good Brushing Improves Wear
A guide on brushing woollen items notes brushing after drying fluffs long fibres like angora and restores appearance. It advises raising blanket nap with a whisk broom and suggests weekly outdoor brushing enhances wear, claiming wool pays dividends to those who care for it.
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By &m
Sourdoughs Contribute Toward Ambulance for Red Cross
International sourdoughs at their Yakima convention raise 1100 for an ambulance buy for the Canadian Red Cross as a token of US Canada friendship. The item notes wartime dislocations and cites 7,500,000 Americans aged 65 or older amid ongoing war effects.
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Yakima Wash
Red Cross
United States
Canada
Individuality Of Bretons A Feature Of Brittany History
Brittany remains distinct within France with a strong regional identity and a long Celtic heritage. The region, from Armorica origins to its incorporation in 1491, spans about 190000 square miles with a population around three million. Breton is still spoken in parts, as are other Celtic tongues in a broader linguistic family.
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Brittany
France
Atlantic
English Channel
Southampton
Armorica
Julius Caesar
Britain
Lower
Toronto Star Weekly
Kakapo Owl Parrot Links Owls Parrots Native to New Zealand
The kakapo or owl-parrot of New Zealand links parrots and owls in a unique lineage. It hunts at night feeding on roots berries and small reptiles. Despite full wing muscles it has lost flight and relies on its legs for foraging.
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New Zealand
Canada’s Early History Commemorations Highlight Confederation Figures
A 1939 report from Ottawa notes seven bronze tablets in Charlottetown honoring Fathers of Confederation from Prince Edward Island including George Coles and Edward Whelan. Amherst honors Cumberland County Fathers Sir Charles Tupper among others. A Kingston monument to Sir James Lucas Yeo marks naval service in the War of 1812 14. Winnipeg and St John’s Park memorialize Arctic coast explorer Thomas Simpson.
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Canada
Department of Mines and Resources
Ottawa
Charlottetown
George Coles
John Hamilton Gray
Thomas Heath Haviland
Andrew Archibald Macdonald
Edward Palmer
William Henry Pope
Edward Whelan
Prince Edward Island
Amherst
N.S
Edward Barron Chandler
Robert Barry Dickey
Jonathan McCully
Sir Charles Tupper
Cumberland County
Royal Military College
Kingston
Ont
James Lucas Yeo
Great Lakes
St. John’s Park
Winnipeg
Manitoba
Thomas Simpson
Arctic
America
Britons Laugh at Bomber Crew Story From War Rumor
A faded tale claims a downed German bomber crew saved Britons while Heinrich Himmler allegedly packed Gestapo agents in raiding planes. The crew supposedly pushed a Gestapo member overboard and said they wanted to rid themselves of him. The piece notes 3,000,000 Italians in Argentina and 2,000,000 in Brazil.
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Heinrich Himmler
Gestapo
Tramp Of Soldiers And Drones Soothe Prairie Skies
The report notes a curious tale of a little old woman in San Francisco donating cash for the needy while soldiers and air crews surge to wartime mobilization across western Canada. It describes large-scale recruitment, training camps, and industrial activity from Winnipeg to Regina as ships and aircraft prepare for combat, with extensive manpower and infrastructure expansions underway.
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Mark Cotton
Community Chest Organization
San Francisco
Adjustment Bureau
Cotton
Fort William
No. 2
Brandon
Air Force
Saskatoon
Prince Albert
Regina
Calgary
Macleod
Lethbridge
Medicine Hat
Lakehead
Winnipeg
Canada
Valor Awarded to Lieut Stannard Aboard HMS Arab Near Namsos
Lieut Richard Stannard of HMS Arab received the second naval Victoria Cross for valor in the Namsos defense. Amid five days of enemy air attacks the Arab withstood 31 bombing raids while he moved the ship to safety, evacuated crews, and returned to England with one wounded.
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Richard Stannard
HMS
Arab
Namsos
Lieut
Stannard
Norway
England
Far Northern school draws students from 1000 miles to learn
Miss Hazel Keyes notes children from King William's Land to Eskimo and Loucheaux Indian communities travel up to 1000 miles to attend All Saint's Anglican school in Aklavik Northwest Territories They start at Grade I at age five to 15 the school blends native arts with practical North living skills sewing among girls and mechanics among boys About 100 children attend and Keyes also led a Brownie troop in the northern Girl Guide pack The piece also mentions war fears among natives and a mail uniform change in London and a curious note about an Irishman tagging collars with Ditto and a bird list of dogwoods.
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All Saint's Anglican School
Aklavik
Northwest Territories
Hazel Keyes
King William's Land
Keyes
Civilization
Quote follows Bismarck on civilization over barbarism
A newspaper clippings quotes The Argonaut contrasting Bismarck with Adolf Hitler. It argues Bismarck’s farsighted leadership kept Germany civilized and laments if he ruled during World War I there might have been no war.
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Bismarck
Adolf Hitler
Germany
Earthquake Alarm Clock Sparks Scientific Debate
A scientist envisions an earthquake sounding alarm clock device and discusses broader demand for an alert system styled as a quake. The dialogue ties a safer world for children to the political aim of Great Britain, shaping a moral argument for protective technologies.
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