Faith in Freedom and Courage in War Times
Exhortation in The New York Times praising democratic nations for courage against the Axis. It argues freedom’s faith separates heroic acts from mere bravado, citing British and Allied efforts from the Blitz to Dunkirk, the Jervis Bay, and air raids, as evidence that democracy endures through sacrifice. It asks if democracy is degenerate, answering with lasting sacrifice by famous and unknown alike.
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Graf Spee
Verdun
Dunkerque
Jervis Bay
RAF
Britain
Czecho- Slovakia
Poland
Norway
Netherlands
Belgum
France
China
Greece
London
New York Times
Historic Wright Flyer Sheltered In London Museum Vault
The Wright brothers aircraft, a forerunner of modern warcraft, lies in a deep South Kensington cellar to guard against German raids. Officials say it remains Orville Wright’s plane and has been lent to the Science Museum for an undetermined period, with periodic calls for its return to the United States.
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Orville
Wilbur Wright
Kitty Hawk
N.C
Science Museum
South Kensington
England
United States
Orville Wright
India supplies wartime goods for Allied forces
The BBC reports India now supplies small arms for the Royal Air Force coal for Greece and the Middle East canvas and khaki drill for Australia other cloth for Iraq engineering stores for Malta and large lumber shipments. Leonardo da Vinci described as a strong man bending iron bars. Canada bought 18 million yards of woollen and cotton cloth for its armed forces in the first eleven months of the war.
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India
BBC
Royal Air Force
Greece
Middle East
Australia
Iraq
Malta
Leonardo da Vinci
Canada
Snow line varies from high Himalayas to sea level
The line of perpetual snow ranges from about 19 000 feet atop the Himalaya to sea level in Spitsbergen, illustrating dramatic elevation differences in the Arctic and high mountain regions.
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Himalaya Mountains
Spitsbergen
Queenston Heights tablet honors early Canadian war dead
A bronze tablet listing names of regular army militia and Indian warriors from the Battle of Queenston Heights was unveiled at the Brock Monument on October 12. Detachments from several regiments attended, with remarks by Fred Landon and W F Powless highlighting the ceremony.
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Canada
Queenston Heights
Brock
Sir Isaac Brock
Macdonell
Niagara Historical Society
Lincoln and Welland Regiment
Dufferin and Haldimand Regiment
Argyle and Sutherland Highlanders
Fred Landon
University of Western Ontario
Historic Sites and Monuments Board
W. F. Powless
Six Nations Reserve
Brantford
Germany must undergo a complete change of heart says Vansittart
Rt Hon Sir Robert Vansittart warned in a broadcast that Germany must adopt a new moral code to live peacefully with other nations. He argued the German people, not individuals, must reform and that Germany's warlike history helped prepare the ground for Nazism. the real reformation is yet to come.
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Robert Vansittart
Germany
Hitler
Robert
No Lord Mayor's Show Thrown by London’s New Leader
Sir George Wilkinson the 56 year old newly elected Lord Mayor announced there would be no Lord Mayor's Show and no Guildhall banquet this year. His frugal stance aims to keep expenditures within a £12,500 allowance, noting peacetime costs run over £10,000 from personal funds.
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George Wilkinson
London
Guildhall
Sir George
Menory
George
Farming Fifty Years Ago in Canada Harvest Recalled
Old-timers describe the 1880s harvest with a first bumper crop, few elevators, scarce freight cars, and farm storage limits. Pioneers bought jute sacks for grain and piled them at the siding until reaching the lake head where most grains graded No 1 hard. Leather leg coverings were used before knitting and weaving.
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Lakehead
Closely Guarded Secret Sperry bomb sight praised for accuracy
The Sperry bomb sight, one of the most accurate in the world, was the United States military’s tightly kept secret. It produced extreme precision on small targets from 20 000 feet, making dive bombing unnecessary. After tests, sights were removed and locked in vaults guarded by strict scrutiny.
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United States
Sperry
Norden
Norden Company
Great Buddha curls and naval terms in curious lore
The piece notes the Great Buddha at Karmakura in Japan wearing 830 curls said to be snails protecting the head from sun. It mentions British ships grouped by sx ratings with first rate as a period term. It adds Finland's air force at peak after wartime planes arrived post peace, and closes with a proverb about true worth.
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Karmakura
Japan
Finland
Russia
Demand for Eggs Shipped to Great Britain in 1940
Canadian shipments of eggs to Great Britain in the first ten months of 1940 exceeded 350000 cases or 10500000 dozen. The agriculture department noted that 1939 shipments to the United Kingdom totaled 1024070 dozen eggs and said there remains an opportunity to ship more under British treasury sanctions. It added that higher domestic demand from increased industrial activity will likely grow further in the coming year.
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Great Britain
United Kingdom
Agriculture Department
Treasury
Canada
Department State
Gifts Praised by Beatty and Canadian Red Cross Luncheon
Lieut. Commander Earl Beatty of the Royal Navy thanked Canadian Red Cross volunteers at a Toronto luncheon. He cited gifts praised by sailors and noted woollen comforts sent to minesweepers and contraband control ships in England. Canadian factory sales of iron, ferro alloys, steel and castings rose 27 percent in 1939 to 75,834,451 dollars. The remark about drivers labeled motorists with the worst manners.
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Earl Beatty
Royal Navy
Red Cross
Toronto
Canada
Navy
England
Aluminum foil to end in Canada for wrapping goods
Canada will stop using aluminum foil for wrapping cigarettes and other goods after the new year. A department spokesman said a voluntary agreement with foil makers led to a substitute being used, with aluminum reserved for war needs such as airplane manufacture. Manufacturers will reportedly switch back to tinfoil for wrapping.
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Canada
Department of Munitions and Supply
Department
G. C. Bateman
Metals Controler
Industrial Democracies Hold Long Run Edge Over Germany
The International Labor Review from Montreal cites that democracies enjoy a growing industrial advantage over Germany in the long term. The LABOUR Office of the League of Nations, once based in Geneva, is its parent body. A collection of quirky facts follows including cost concerns, venom potency, and Cuban vegetable prosperity.
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Germany
International Labor Review
Montreal
International Labor Office
League of Nations
Geneva
Switzerland
Salvage Experts Save Ship and Cargo Amid Mine Off British Coast
British salvage crews describe their work after a mine strike near the coast. They refloat vessels to port, salvage cargo when possible, and remove scrap iron if necessary. A captain notes the dangers from ferries while crews battle the wreck in exposed offshore conditions.
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Admiralty
Taking Job For Granted
An unnamed man rises from stenographer to sales force then becomes careless and late. His employer warns him, but he asks what happened then. He is fired after ten years, showing success comes from constant effort and discipline rather than complacency. Thousands face similar fates if they relax their work standards.
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Smith
Fred Smith
Seri
Cowboy Woodworking Creates Interchangeable Cowboy Figure
Pueblo craftsman Wrank Cooper carved a four hundred hour sugar pine piece of a cowboy riding a drone. The rider, hat chaps and spurs, saddle and hackamore detach, making the figure a jig saw style puzzle to reassemble. British scientists note plate glass near a bomb blast within 200 feet has little survival chance.
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Wrank Cooper
Pueblo
Colo
Cooper
Time by Fort Night and Army Life Education
An old saying notes time measured by fort nights and winters, reflecting how military life educates a person. It hints that practical knowledge, even of beans, comes with experience and hardship.
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Rville Wright
Perry
Ment Said
Dintri
Alger
Cuba
Mrs. Smuts
J. C. Smuts
Cape Town
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