The Park Lane Mystery Reads Aileen Comes Home
In a perilous lair Ellenbury and Jim Carlton stage a daring escape from a hidden vault behind a wardrobe. They pry through brickwork in a hydraulic lift shaft seeking Mrs Edwins and Aileen Rivers. The bearded lawyer obsesses over principles as Jim discovers Aileen safe at last.
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Elk
Jim
Jim Carlton
Ellenburg
Jims
Harlow
Aileen
Carlton
Mrs. Edwin
Aileen Rivers
Untitled British Pilot Story From Dr Thomas Talk
A Calgary service club heard a tale from Dr Bertram Thomas about a British RAF pilot in Egypt ordered to photograph enemy concentrations over Libya. Unarmed after stripping gear he dived on an Italian bomber, watched seven crew bail out, then returned to ground level to photograph the crash for proof.
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Bertram Thomas
O.B.E
Calgary
R.A.F
Egypt
Libya
RAF
Cairo
Dr. Thomas
Boy Scouts Fight Blazes After Air Raid in England
About 168 incendiary bombs hit a large Boy Scout camping and training ground in England during a recent air raid. Some bombs fell in fields and hedges others on houses and outbuildings. Scouts in pajamas armed with shovels and buckets kept all fires under control by daylight while other lines shift to a second topic about whales and their breathing fins.
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England
Evzones Hold Off Italians On Greek Mountain Front
Report from the Pindus mountains describes Greek Highlanders, the Evzones, repelling Italian Bersaglieri with bayonets amid snow. A wounded sergeant recalls peasants joining with hunting guns and slings to resist, while the unit earns its storied fame and fans Balkan War legend.
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Pindus Mountains
Greece
Bersaglieri
Europe
Secret Polish Paper Network Printer Sentenced At Poznan Trial
A Poznan special tribunal condemned two Poles to death for printing fake German passports and documents used by anti German saboteurs. The Polish agency noted a secret organization supplying identity papers to Poles aiding escapes to Warsaw and the government general region. The group also produced over 200 membership cards to infiltrate German party and trade union networks.
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Occupied
Poland
Poznan
Polish Telegraphic Agency
Warsaw
The Way Of The Motorist Versus Railroad Crossing
A Vancouver Sun excerpt notes a motorist who halted a train at a crossing after an engineer refused to cooperate. The piece mocks reckless driving and the danger of misjudging railroad operations, contrasting it with engineers daily caution. It also mentions long shipment of New Zealand wool to Britain for military uniforms.
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Vancouver Sun
New Zealand
Britain
London expert notes vast potato variety range
A London expert states there are over 1,000 varieties of potatoes. He criticizes mail order catalogues for their appeal rather than helping build local economies.
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London
Camouflage Push Urges Rapid Industrial Covering in Britain
A sub-committee on national expenditure reports Britain must speed up camouflage of vital industrial sites and fortified posts. It criticizes ineffective designs and notes private firms failed. calls for a single, ministry‑run organization with its own research staff to oversee camouflage nationwide.
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Britain
Select Committee
Ministry of Home Security
Gems of Thought on Gifts and Character
A collection of aphorisms and quotations on generosity, forgiveness, conduct, and the motives behind giving. Notable references include Balfour, La Rochefoucauld, James, Eddy, Lessing, and Luther, exploring how true worth lies in intent and examples set for others.
Meteorite collection heads to classroom study at Mines
Colorado School of Mines wins 180 meteorites donated by three alumni enabling university classroom analysis. Students will examine meteorites from nickel iron to stones and relate findings to weather forecasting, aeronautics and ballistics, a first for the United States.
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United States
Colorado School of Mines
Golden
Colorado
Hand Made Gift Novelties From Home Service
A home craft feature offers a log cabin pillow project using red blue and beige fabrics with nine squares and French knots for centers. It also suggests a sewing stand from a cheesebox and promotes a 32 page booklet plus other 15 cent booklets available from the Winnipeg Newspaper Union Home Service Dept listing titles and prices.
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Home Service Dept
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave. E
Winnipeg
Man
British Refugee Children to Arrive in Canada After Winter
R Keith Jopson, British representative in Canada for the children's overseas reception board, says thousands of British war guest children will come to Canada once winter Atlantic storms pass. Only 1,500 have arrived so far, with official estimates showing foster homes for 10,000 to 15,000 children. Britain has 24,000 lined up plus a quarter of a million applications, so Canadian homes ready for children should not be disappointed once transport is solved.
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R. Keith Jopson
Canada
Children’s Overseas Reception Board
Atlantic
Britain
World's Largest Bee Farm Sells Sting Capsules for Rheumatism
A German bee farm employing 3,000 people markets bee sting capsules as treatments for rheumatism and arthritis rather than honey. The operation emphasizes pharmaceutical uses of stings and positions itself as the largest in the world.
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Germany
Eratosthenes' Early Estimate of Earth's Circumference
The ancient Greek scholar Eratosthenes in Alexandria during the third century B C est imated the earth's circumference at 24 000 miles, a close figure to today's equatorial measurement, differing by 902 miles.
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Eratosthenes
Alexandria
One-Third of Earth’s Thousand Canoes Are Active
About one third of the roughly 1,000 canoes on Earth are still in active service. This indicates a sizeable idle fleet alongside ongoing use in communities reliant on watercraft.
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Earth
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Ellenbury
Marling
Littl
Elk's
Boy Scouts
Balfour
James
Mary Baker Eddy
Lessing
Martin Luther
Holy Land
Home Service
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