India's War Effort Strengthens Allied Resolve Across Empire
Sir Girji Shankar Rapal, Agent General for India to the United States, reports India's war effort has surged from 170000 troops at the war's start to over a million with potential to reach eight million. India now produces five hundred fifty million yards of cloth annually for the British army, a vast jute output for sandbags, one and a half million pairs of shoes yearly, and large steel and coal shipments feeding artillery needs. Political disputes are quieted as labor is united for victory, and India pledges to grow its army as equipment arrives from the Empire and the United States.
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Commonwealth
Sir Girji Shankar Rapjail
KB E
India
United States
Canada
Sir Girfi
Sir Girji
Suez
United Nations
Washington
Far East
Ban on Civilians Leaving Batavia Amid War Work Duty
A government decree in Batavia enforces a stay put order for all civilians in civil war work and related vital roles. Penalties include up to five years in prison and fines up to 10 000 guilders. The order covers workers in civilian war effort, essential industries, non military duties, and air raid or Red Cross volunteers.
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Red Cross
Labor Shortage Forces Firm to Defend Theft Ring
A works manager testifies at police court that skilled workers charged with theft are essential to the firm's war effort and cannot be easily replaced. He says the firm would welcome their return if not jailed and plans to drive them back to restart their jobs. The case ends with fines.
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Birmingham Post
Brule Alberta Salvage Project Strips Ghost Town
Brule Alberta once thriving coal town 178 road miles southwest of Edmonton is now deserted as government tearing down buildings and salvaging metals and lumber to support war needs.
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Brule
Alberta
Edmonton
The Individual Citizen's Army
The piece argues Canadians misusing Army terms like K P and A W O L in press reports. It explains proper Canadian terms cook house fatigue and A W L and stresses the Individual Citizen's Army as a key national investment affecting freedom and life.
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A.W.O.L
U.S. Army
United States Army
Halifax mosquito fleet drives taxi boat boom in harbor
In Halifax a thriving taxi boat service nicknamed the mosquito fleet ferries seamen ashore and supplies ships in port. About 260 boats operate for pay per passenger and distance ranging from $1 to $5, with some vessels upgraded with cabins and automobile heaters for warmth.
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Halifax Harbor
James
Halifax
Middle Harbor
McNab Island
Outer Harbor
Inner Harbor
Bedford Basin
Neighbors Harvest 3300 Bushel Corn Crop At Lenz Farm
In Holstein Iowa last fall neighbors gathered at widowed Mrs. Ella Lenz home with corn pickers tractors and teams to harvest a 3300 bushel crop. Women prepared a fine dinner and the scene underscored a lesson on kindness and good will in community life as urged by moral writings and Romans XIV 7.
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Ella Lenz
Holstein
Iowa
Charles Fletcher Cole
Selected Recipes and Bolivia Bird Discovery
A bean dish combines navy beans bacon onion tomatoes brown sugar syrup and mustard with a slow bake to serve six. A Bolivian jungle sighting reports a turkey like bird with a three inch horn protruding from its forehead.
Muscovy as a Former Name for Russia
A concise note explains that Muscovy refers to historical Russia before the term Russia became common. It notes that Muscovy denotes the medieval state centered on Moscow and its evolving rulers.
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Russia
Norway Maintains Large Merchant Marine Despite Losses
An Associated Press compilation as of December 14, 1941, notes Norway has lost 24 ships to sinking since the war began. About 80 Norwegian merchant ships, totaling roughly 5.5 million tons deadweight, remain in Allied service, a size exceeded only by Great Britain and the United States.
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Norway
Associated Press
Great Britain
United States
Italian Tank Captured in Libya Has Odd Gear
The tale describes a captured Italian tank in Libya with three reverse speeds and one forward. A British commander playful asks why the forward gear exists, and the Italian replies that it may need to move if attacked from the rear. The note mentions Halley’s comet as the first periodicity prediction dating from 1704 with verification in 1759.
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Libya
Halley
Fine Enough Anyway Yet Knew His Job Inaccurate Arithmetic
A Canadian editor visited a precision tool shop and asked tolerances of a lathe operator. The worker quoted one five thousandth of an inch, then puzzled over how many five thousandths make an inch. His neighbor guessed there are millions, illustrating rough arithmetic in a highly precise trade. Haleakala on Maui is the world’s largest known dormant volcano.
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Haleakala
Island of
Maui
Hawaii
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