Cavalry to Modern Tanks The Modern Warframe and Namesake
In a New York Times critique Major General E. W. Sansom leads mechanized forces crossing from Canada to Britain and proposes the Rough Riders as a tank division name. The piece contrasts historic cavalry glory with armored warfare, noting the loss of romantic heroism in mechanized battle.
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E. W. Sansom
Canada
Britain
Rough Riders
London Dispatch
Ottawa
Theodore Roosevelt
San Juan Hill
New York Times
Great Readers Bring Books to War Fronts Across Maritime Canada
Nora Batesin leads the Canadian Legion war services library in Halifax supplying thousands of service members. Debert camp holds 1,000 books. Aldershot 600. Newfoundland 1,000. Halifax and Sydney dockyards about 2,000. Halifax military hospital 15,000 for patients. Additional camps in Sussex Moncton Charlottetown Summerside and outposts across the Maritimes receive reading material.
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Canadian Legion War Services Library
Halifax
Canada
Debert
Aldershot
Newfoundland
Sydney
N.S
Sussex
N.B
Moncton
Charlottetown
Summerside
P.E.I
Maritime Provinces
Dust recycling from wood flour via centrifugal method
University of Washington professor Frederick K. Kirsten reveals a process that uses centrifugal force to reclaim wood flour dust from the air for plastics. He notes wood flour forms the base of most plastics and says smaller dust filter units will soon be produced for automotive carburetors.
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University of Washington
Frederick K. Kirsten
School of Aeronautical Engineering
Norway
Sweden
Case of a Hirdman and Quisling's cause in Norway
A fragment from Fritt Fol notes the social ostracism faced by a young man who joined the Hird, facing cold glances and frigid politeness as Norwegians unite against the barbarians. A friend, a mother, and others call him a traitor, urging him to endure shame for country and family.
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Hirdman
Quisling
Fritt Fol
The
Hird
News of
Norway
New United States Stratosphere Gun Unveiled
Brig Gen G M Barnes announced a 4.7 inch anti air craft gun designed to reach into the stratosphere above 30 000 feet. Trials are set for Aberdeen Maryland next month with a streamlined projectile built by army ordnance and an unspecified stratosphere limit. The design follows a 90 millimetre gun now in production and would exceed its diameter by over an inch.
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United States
American Society of Mechanical Engineers
G. M. Barnes
Industrial Service Engineering
Army Ordnance Department
Washington
Paris
Barnes
Army Ordnance
Aberdeen
Plague of Hate Compared to Black Death by Dr Levy
Dr David M Levy, a Detroit psychiatrist, argues that hatred harms society as a plague on par with typhoid. He says the present spread of hate is more malignant than medieval plagues, arising from deliberate human connivance rather than medical ignorance.
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David M. Levy
Levy
Detroit Free Press
Canada and US historical ironies in mineral and land deals
Canada sources all platinum and allied metals from Ontario's Sudbury nickel copper ores. The United States purchased Louisiana from France in 1803 for 15 million dollars, and Alaska from Russia in 1867 for seven million two hundred thousand dollars forty four hundred forty two.
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Canada
Ontario
Sudbury
United States
Louisiana
France
Alaska
Russia
Resumption of North Atlantic air route eyed for spring
Authority considers restoring empire air service linking Canada and Great Britain via Montreal Foynes Shediac and Newfoundland with Pan American and Imperial Airways cooperation. By next spring more four engine aircraft may be available to support two way passenger transport.
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North Atlantic
Montreal
Foynes
Fire
Shediac
N.B
Newfoundland
United States
Canada
Eire
Great Britain
Imperial Airways
Pan-American Airways
South Atlantic
Empire Air Service
Penalties Hit For Price Overcharges In London Report
A London item notes stiff penalties after small price overcharges. A butcher paid £100 for two pence extra and a grocer £5 for an extra farthing. Also mentions Braemar as the coldest town, the first printing date of Robinson Crusoe, and the Eskimo self name Inuit.
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London
Prefixes and Names in Libyan Wartime Towns
Arabic toponym prefixes signal leadership with Sidi Ras Balmaster and El meaning the. Exceptions include mers a harbor and pir a well or spring. Also notes gauchos in Argentina and the rapid digestion of sugar.
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Mersa
Sidi
Bal
Huband
Manager of Halifax sailors home earns worldwide respect
W G Schwartz the Halifax sailors home manager has quietly aided vast numbers of Allied merchant seamen. The Canadian press profile notes his work feeding clothing and shelter to eighteen thousand sailors in ten months, and twenty nine thousand meals, spanning diverse crews from many ports with equal courtesy. He avoids reformer zeal and accepts sailors’ occasional shore leave as part of their duty.
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Halifax
Seven Seas
Schwartz
Prince William Henry First Royal Visit to Canada in 1786
Prince William Henry later known as William IV became the first royal representative to visit Canada arriving in 1786 establishing royal presence in the colonies and marking a notable early royal tour of North America.
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Prince William Henry
William IV
England
Canada
Revolution in infantile paralysis treatment gains notice
The American Foundation for Infantile Paralysis reports a new approach by Sister Elizabeth Kenny of Australia, now at Minneapolis General Hospital, using hot packs to loosen rigid paralyzed muscles and teaching patients to imagine movement to reestablish nerve connections. Researchers like Steindler and Solandt support the idea that immobility harms muscles and that mind over movement aids recovery.
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American Foundation For
Elizabeth Kenny
Australia
Minneapolis General Hospital
Minneapolis
Arthur Steindler
University of Iowa
Donald Young M._ Solandt
University of Toronto
Kenny
Wintering Cattle on the Prairie Boosts Autumn Prices
Dominion Experimental Farm Brandon Manitoba urges prairie farmers to improve wintering by supplying shelter extra roughage and bedding. Use on-hand feeds to mix hay and straw with grain, provide water and salt, and offer quality calves to lift market cattle quality and consumer demand for beef.
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Dominion Experimental Farm
Brandon
Mani
Signs spark Nazi complaints across Dutch towns
Free Dutch weekly Vrij Nederland reports that Nazis complain about carved signs on church pews in Dutch towns. Protests target slogans such as Long live Wilhelmina and Bravo Churchill amid wartime era tensions.
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Vrij Nederland
Netherlands
Oldtimer and Aztecs Show Quirky Facts Across Lands
The text notes Aztecs credited one god with many assistants and defines an oldtimer as one who recalls every time an airplane motor was heard. It also cites Canada’s forest land where about half of 492 million acres yield timber of usable size and compares prewar German populations in France to those in German colonies.
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Canada
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Nora Batesin
Kentucky
Jupiter
RCAF
Boston
Royal Canadian Air Force
Charles River Esplanade
Atlantic
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British Isles
Braemer
Robinson Cruse
Argentina
Sailors’ Home
Frank Lowe
W. G. Schwartz
Borden Hospital
Camp Borden Military Hospital
Barrie
Toba
Mexico
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