All That Glitters Chapter II A Georgia Office Confrontation
Dick Sheridan confronts Ransome Todd over a broken contract plot tied to Randolph and Major Towne. Todd presses Sheridan to rewrite terms while plans for revenge and romance unfold amid a sunlit Georgia town and a looming pivotal meeting.
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Dick Sheridan
Ransome Todd
Randolph
Major Towne
Ransome
Tam
Todd
Orena
Emory
Jobias
Sheridan
Tahlahneka
Ranny
Knox Randolph
Sue
Selby
Tamar
Chestatee
de Soto
Miss Crane
Deliberate Japanese War Aims Hint at Global Conquest
A 1927 Tanaka Memoir and a 1932 Araki statement surface, showing Japan’s leaders openly planning world dominance and conflict with the United States. The Ottawa Journal argues Japan chose war, not as a German puppet, but by its own deliberate, coldly rational course.
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Japan
Britain
United States
Washingon
Tanaka
Tokyo
China
United States of America
Russia
America
Araki
Seven Seas
Globe
Trees For Farmers Seedlings Stored For Spring Distribution
About 8,000,000 deciduous tree seedlings and cuttings and 388,000 evergreens are in winter storage at the two Dominion Forest Nursery Stations in Indian Head and Sutherland Saskatchewan ready to be distributed to western farms for spring planting.
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Dominion Forest Nursery
Indian Head
Sutherland, Sask
Norwegians flee to Britain in growing numbers
Swedish dispatches report increasing flows of Norwegians escaping German occupation by sea, with some routes taking boatloads to Britain. The article notes rising numbers seeking sanctuary as wartime movements intensify across Nordic regions.
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Britain
Britain to Seek Extra Credit For War Spending
Chancellor Sir Kingsley Wood told the House of Commons Britain has spent about £8.2 billion on the war and will ask for a further £1 billion credit. A new special security will be issued in £25 denominations and may be used to pay certain taxes. Britain is spending about £83 million weekly and plans £4 billion in credits for the year, including around £300 million to be spent in the United States before March 31 for unleased supplies.
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Emery
Ranny
Cricket Hill
Todd
Ron
Sheridan
Ransome
Kingsley Wood
House of Commons
Britain
Kingsley
United States
Might Be His Turn As Bret Harte Delivers In Richmond
A fragmentary reminiscence recounts Bret Harte in Richmond Virginia about to lecture suffering a severe headache. The city’s famed claims of health and a local native chairman are noted with a punch line about daily death rates in Richmond.
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Bret Harte
Richmond
Virginia
Harte
America
Paper Order Encourages Wrapping Economies Across Shops
Edinburgh Scotsman reports mixed views on a new Paper Order restricting wrapping to food items only. Some shops welcome the rule as a public nudge toward conserving paper, while others note existing habits of customers bringing their own wrap or plates. The measure, though unevenly applied, is seen as helpful and salutary for extending domestic paper savings.
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Edinburgh Scotsman
Air Power Reigns Over Naval Might In War With Japan
The New York Times argues that modern warfare with Japan is won by air power not sea power. Land based air superiority blocks invasions and dominates battleships, with sea power only effective when augmented by air forces.
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Japan
New York Times
Gems of Thought on Cultivation and Character
A collection of quotations on intellectual growth culture virtue and refinement from Novalis Powys Beecher Eddy and Coleridge. The sayings emphasize inner self mastery sympathy moral and spiritual culture and a well ordered mind as true refinement and virtue.
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Novalis
Henry Ward Beecher
Mary Baker Eddy
Seed potatoes to be selected with care, experts warn
Stock seed potatoes should not be mass selected from storage bins or field rows at digging. Experts say too much depends on unknown parent plants, making the method unreliable for maintaining stock quality.
Government orders cap 2.9 million for armed forces
In one week the Department of Munitions and Supply placed orders for 2.9 million caps for the armed forces amid wartime production. The figure underscores scale of materiel ramp up and supplier obligations.
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Department of Munitions and Supply
Armed Forces
Home Plant Care Made Easy for Busy Living Rooms
Easy to grow house plants adapt to low water bowls and low light. Chinese evergreen philodendron dracaena sansevieria survive with minimal care while astilbe and Jerusalem cherry add color with steady watering and sun. A 32 page booklet covers care and growing indoor plants and a 15 cent pamphlet list offers other titles from the Winnipeg Newspaper Union.
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Home Service Dept
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave
Winnipeg
Man
In House Churns For Votes A Laid Back Farm Visit
In a heated legislature race a candidate canvasses a farm home. He trims wood on the porch while declaring he will take any job. The housewife humorously remarks that voters face a choice between him and Mr. Smithers as he churns on the back porch.
British mother aids Canadian war effort as metrology expert
Constance Arregger, a meteorologist for the National Research Council, aids the war effort in Canada. A British mother of three, she holds an M Sc from Liverpool and the Sir Oliver Lodge Fellowship for magneto optics. She works in the Metrology lab testing gauges to millionths of an inch, focusing on time length and weight standards for munitions.
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Constance £. Arregger
National Research Council Laboratories
Arregger
England
John
Marion
Susan
University of Liverpool
National Research Council
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