Commonwealth Forces Move to Action Across Global Fronts
The article notes Commonwealth troops from Canada, Australia, New Zealand, India and Africa joining the British war effort in deserts, seas and skies. It highlights RAF and RAAF actions, naval patrols, and diverse empire crews mobilizing for total war, with plastics expanding from wood pulp in manufacturing.
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Sons of the Seven Seas
North Atlantic
South Sea Islands
Indian Ocean
Timor
Antarctic
Red Sea
King Orders Flax Grow At Sandringham For Ulster Linen Supply
The King has ordered Canadian pedigree flax seed to be sown on several score acres at Sandringham to support a Norfolk industry started by his father. Ulster linen exports to the United States and Greece remain strong, with war-time needs for fustanelia and related garments continuing to depend on Ulster linen.
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Sandringham
Norfolk
Northern Ireland
Belgium
Holland
Ulster
United States
States
United Kingdom
Greece
French Trucks Use Burma Road With Frequent Repair Stations
Most of the trucks travelling the Burma Road are French and French repair stations have been placed every 100 miles.
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Burma Road
Phantom Bomber Rumors Strike Goering Overwork Claim
A London article discusses a rumored German bomber called invisible using a new transparent material named mika. It suggests the craft could be unseen at low altitudes, with Goering focused on Luftwaffe research, and notes dangers to crews and potential A A defenses. The piece blends satire and warning about Nazi deception.
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Goering
Luftwaffe
Germany
Hitler
Third Reich
London
A.A
Manchester Guardian
Wage-Earners Reach All-Time Life Expectancy High
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company reports that industrial wage-earners in Canada and the United States averaged almost 63 years last year due to favorable health conditions. The article also notes the Portuguese introduced the folding fan into Europe from India and the Far East in the 16th century and its rapid spread across Europe.
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Canada
United States
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company
New York
Europe
India
Far East
Camel ancestors as small as rabbits millions of years ago
Fossil evidence shows early camels reached rabbit-sized bodies in ancient epochs, redefining assumptions about size evolution in the camel lineage. The find highlights rapid divergence in body plan long before modern species emerged.
Carter's London Barber Shop Closes After Century of Fame
The Strand landmark Carter's, long favored by Lords Chiefs and journalists, is closing due to wartime needs. Once famed for Prince Henry's Room and American visitors, it modernized with electric clippers but will cease operations, preserving its storied Fleet Street gatehouse legacy.
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Carter's
Strand
Law Courts
London
K.c.’S
Carter
Baconian Society
Dr. Johnson
Fleet Street
George Cross Award Noted in London Gazette
The London Gazette announces the George Cross for gallantry under fire. The royal warrant expands eligibility to all ranks in the services and civilians in the dominions or colonies or under British protection.
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Canada
London
Great Britain
Dominions
Allied forces raise £17000 for British air raid victims
Allied armies and air forces in Africa contributed 17000 pounds to aid Britain’s air raid victims. The donation expressed pride and admiration for the courage and tenacity of the civilian population.
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Africa
Britain
Tale Of Success Lauwers Builds Congo Shoe Fleet
Lauwers 28 left the United States penniless eight years ago as a cook aboard the Statendam. He returned to Leopoldville Belgian Congo to place a 1 000 000 machinery order for his factory producing shoes knapsacks shirts and shorts for British Free French and Belgian forces. He rose from bootblack at Zlin to head of a Bata factory after hitchhiking through Europe and working with Jan Bata. He arrived on the President Adams and spoke to reporters about his rise.
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Charlies Lauwers
United States
Statendam
Leopoldville
Belgian Congo
Lauwers
President Adams
New York University School of Journalism
Bank of the United States
Netherlands
Czecho-Slovakia
Bata
Zlin
Jan Bata
Africa
Government Milk Control and Asset Seizure in Germany
The article notes women milk reform is centralized under government in Germany with village girls helping when needed. Milk and farm products are weighed at state stations and farmers must repurchase household needs. shortfalls trigger government takeover. It adds wartime bomb damage to London’s science museum and states the astronomical light year as about six million million miles.
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Germany
Filet Crochet Pattern for Chair or Buffet Set
Pattern 6880 provides instructions and charts for a butterfly themed filet crochet chair or buffet set. Includes stitch illustrations and materials list. Send 2 cents to Household Arts Department, Winnipeg Newspaper Union, 175 Mc Dermot Ave. E. Winnipeg for pattern.
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Household Arts Department
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave
Winnipeg
Alice Brooks
Winter Navy Duties Hit Hard By Weather And Threats
Bitter winter conditions complicate Royal Navy tasks across sea lanes and convoy routes. Small ships face rough decks and increased workload while destroyers and cruisers guard coastlines and defend convoys against German commerce raiders and potential invasions, with coastal command intensifying vigilance.
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White Ensign
R.A.F
Fleet Air Arm
Britain
Coastal Command
Kipling
Reich
Cape Wrath
Hitler
Baltic
Royal Navy
Kidl
Wilhelmshaven
Germany
Frank H. Shaw
The
Navy
London
Thetis Resurrection Sinks Italian Submarine in War Tale
Willis Thornton reports a bizarre World War II episode as Thetis, raised after sinking with 99 lives, is recommissioned as Thunderbolt and reportedly sinks an Italian submarine, a feat the author calls unprecedented and surreal.
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Thetis
Irish Sea
Wavell Seen as Genius For Moving War Forces
General Sir Archibald Wavell commanding British forces in Egypt is praised for movement and surprise in defeating Italian troops. He is credited with outwitting a numerically superior foe with minimal losses, described as a brain worth several army corps.
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Archibald Wavell
Egypt
First Canadian built Harvard passes tests and delivered
Munitions Minister Howe announced that Canada’s first built Harvard trainer has passed all test flights and been delivered to the Royal Canadian Air Force. Production of Harvards is rising with more on the assembly line at Noorduyn Aviation Limited's Crown plant. Regular deliveries will begin shortly.
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Royal Canadian Air Force
Howe
Canada
Noorduyn Aviation Limited
The
Crown
Mr. Howe
No Treating Law Bans Paying Drinks in South Africa
Government Gazette from Pretoria announces a no treating law banning a man from having a drink paid for by another person in the Union of South Africa and South-West Africa. Luncheons or dinners and private room drinks have limited concessions. Women are exempt. Fines up to £25 for violations.
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Union of South Africa
South-West Africa
Pretoria
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Newfoundland
Malta
Cyprus
West Indies
Commonwealth Countries
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Forest Products Laboratories
Department of Mines and Resources
England
New York Times
War Forces Historic Barber Shop
America
Science Museum
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St. Paul's Cathedral
Paternoster Row
Wilkie
Ludgate Hill
Blackwood
Longman and
Nelson
Amen Corner
Canon Alley
Panger Alley
Stationers' Hall
Stationers’ Company
Stationers’ Hall
British Isles
St. Thomas
Willis Thornton
General Wavell
Air Force
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