Dutch Deliberate Oil Field Destruction Near Balik Papan
The article argues the Dutch destroyed oil facilities near Balik Papan in Borneo to hinder Japanese access. It notes wells pose technical challenges and that restoration would require vast imports, delaying production and aiding eventual Allied defeat. Balik Papan remains a major but not sole Indies oil source.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Balik Papan
Borneo
Japan
Indies
Pacific
Sumatra
Netherlands East Indies
New York Herald Tribune
Gasoline Demands of Modern Mechanized War Highlighted
Fort Erie Times-Review notes gas use in warfare. Cooking for 1,000,000 men would require about 60 million gallons daily. Tank and vehicle consumption rises with miles, while air forces burn hundreds of thousands of gallons hourly during combat. Petroleum supply could decide the outcome of a prolonged conflict.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Erie
First distress call from East Goodwin Lightship
On March 3, 1899 the East Goodwin Lightship sent the first known distress call from a ship at sea after a freighter rammed the lightship. Tugs aided, and she was towed clear of the Goodwin Sands off England’s southeast coast.
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East Goodwin
Goodwin Sands
England
Australian airman wins RAF entry then serves in Norway
A blind Australian after three rejections joined the Royal Australian Air Force, survived an accident that cost a leg, and flew Beaufighter missions in the Vaagso invasion. He shot down a German Messerschmitt during the operation, marking a notable wartime feat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Royal Australian Air Force
Vaagso
Norway
Tea Industry Requires Vast Labor Force
The annual global tea supply of about 1.9 billion pounds relies on more than 4 million laborers cultivating roughly 4 million acres. The effort spans extensive plantation work to harvest and processing across major tea producing regions.
Final Sacrifice on London Rooftop
In London during wartime, a bomb killed a fellow air raid volunteer on a rooftop as they watched for incendiaries. The elderly scholar, bespectacled and gentle, died after a fragment pierced his stomach, uttering apologies amid the blasts. His death, like others, is a reminder to honor all who sacrifice for freedom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Howard Marshall
Canada to begin Ranger aircraft engine production
R P Bell announces Ontario plants will start manufacturing Ranger trainer aircraft engines. It marks Canada's first full domestic production of aircraft engines, previously engines were imported for fuselage assembly. Chrysler plants in Ontario will produce the engine with a quota of 300 per month.
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Ranger
Ontario
R. P. Bell
Canada
Dominion
Mr. Bell
United States Army
Bell
Chrysler
The Navy Itself Shining in World War Seas
The Navy asserts its unique wartime role and success. It notes that after 1914-18 allied fleets defeated Germany, while in this war Britain alone held the seas against the Axis. It claims control of the Mediterranean and Western Approaches, and dominance of the Channel, praising naval efforts.
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Mediterranean
Mussolini
Atlantic
Channel
Drake
Nelson
the Navy
London
Gloves From South African Sheep Aid Shipwrecked Sailors
South African sheep skins are used to make warm large gloves included in lifeboat equipment. Each sheepskin yields about two and a half pairs, with factories churning out many gloves for the Royal Air Force and leather flying helmets at a rapid rate. The army receives gloves for bayonet drills and boxing gloves are supplied to the forces. glycerine for war materials comes from coconut and palm oils, leaving soap as a by product.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Royal Air Force
Army
Youths in Norway Seek Arrest as Free Denmark Looms
In occupied Norway many wish to be arrested by German authorities to prove loyalty as independence feels nearer. A Bergen boy defies orders, singing and shouting for the king as police arrest others. only a six year old is spared. He proclaims I want to be arrested too. News of Norway reports the incident.
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Bergen
King
Norway
Churchill’s Ancestry Ties to Roman Emperors Explored
An industrious genealogist links Mr. Churchill to a wide array of notable ancestors including Alfred the Great, William the Conqueror, Henry II, the Fair Maid of Kent, Essex, Charlemagne, and Philip the Hardy. The proof is claimed in the Complete Peerage and Dictionary of National Biography. The note adds that the top hat appeared in England in 1796 and sparked a riot.
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Mr. Churchill
Duke of
Marlborough
Alfred the Great
William the Conqueror
Henry II
Fair Maid
Kent
Black Prince
Essex
Elizabeth
Charlemagne
Philip the Hardy
France
Dictionary of National Biography
News of the World
Sabotage at Skoda Armament Works Revealed by Survivor
An elderly crane operator toppled a molten lead bucket onto German engineers below. Fifteen died and eight burned as Gestapo questioned workers under duress. Sabotage persisted as workers confessed techniques, with many sent to Germany before mass escapes and border crossings.
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Skoda
No. 15
Old Vacek
Gestapo
Pilsen
Germany
Essen
No Time For Complacency War Message Urges Shared Sacrifices
A Chicago Sun editorial warns Americans against complacency and hysteria, calling for swift, hard sacrifices combining wealth, savings, earnings, and labor to support total war efforts. It stresses that victory depends on unified, intensified national effort this year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago Sun
Martinique and Kobe: Two Notable World Centers
Martinique, a 385 square mile island in the West Indies, houses about 250000 people. Empress Josephine was born there. Kobe, Japan, stands as a major shipbuilding center and a hub of the country’s matchmaking industry.
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Martinique
West Indies
Josephine
Kobe
Japan
The
Orient
Rationing and Trade of Maple Sugar Among Plains Indians
A Regina historian notes maple sugar was rationed informally by family heads in Saskatchewan about 150 years ago. Plains Indians traded beaver skins for leaf sugar near maple fields east of the plains, stored large chunks in gall bladders, and used sugar for preservation. They dried fruits like Saskatoons and choke cherries, made pemmican, and relied on sage tea and Seneca roots for medicine while salt arrived with Plains trade about 150 years ago.
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Saskatchewan
Amteur
Regina
Texas
Oklahoma
Royal Family to move from Buckingham Palace to central London flat
King George VI and Queen Elizabeth plan to abandon Buckingham Palace after more than a century for a modest West End flat. The move reflects a shift from palace life as staff shortages and a preference for less pretentious quarters. The plan keeps official royal residence listed as Buckingham. The flat is to be built on the fourth floor of a new office building in central London.
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George VI
Elizabeth
Buckingham Palace
London
George
Buckingham
West End
Victoria
Question For Nazis A Strength Through Joy Reflection
A historical reflection links Nazi propaganda to the Strength Through Joy program and the claim of building a new rugged race. It questions what arises from sorrow and the sense of impending defeat after retreat from Russia.
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Germany
Russia
Time Zones and the Moving Start of the Day
The passage explains how every 15 degrees of longitude west of the international date line advances the calendar by one hour. As Earth completes a full longitude loop, a new day begins where the day ends at the 180th meridian.
Forest land largely crown property outside maritime provinces
The article notes that apart from the maritime provinces, about 90 percent of forest land remains owned by the crown. The figure 2450 appears as a figure in the text.
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Maritime Provinces
Crown
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