Women Heroines Of Britain In War Time Courage
The New York Times salutes British civilian women in wartime, highlighting heroism across shelters, air raids, and rescue work. Sonia Shaw, 19, wins the George Medal for staying with injured crisis victims after a bomb wrecked a shelter. Alice Pearson, in the Women’s Auxiliary Air Force, helped drag a wounded pilot from a burning plane. Mrs. Horton of Lancashire calmed frightened women in a six hour East London shelter, while a night shift teleprinter operator kept the service going during a raid. The escritoire illustrates a broad, anonymous chapter of bravery shared by many unnamed heroines in a total war.
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Great Britain
London
Sonia Shaw
Alice Pearson
Women's Auxiliary Air Force
Mrs. Horton
Legion
New York Times
Mills of God quoted by Churchill and Roosevelt
Ottawa Journal notes Mr. Churchill’s reading of Longfellow’s lines from the poem The Building of the Ship and the related translation by F von Logan. It recalls Roosevelt’s letter and the shared sentiment of national fate, ending with praise for the leaders who evoke poetry in times of strain.
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Mr. Churchill
Longfellow
F. von Logan
George Herbert
Churchill
Willkie
Roosevelt
Union
Women urged to discard love letters for war effort
Actress Evelyn Laye says women should sacrifice treasured letters for cartridges. She notes she would give up personal letters and urges others to do the same as wartime duties demand.
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Evelyn Laye
Canadian hunting season welcomes foreign sportsmen under RCMP permits
The article notes that almost 9,009 sportsmen from the United States entered Canada with permits issued by the RCMP during the 1940 hunting season. It explains wartime travel rules for bona fide tourists from Allied or neutral countries to import firearms for hunting or club use. It highlights conservation measures, game laws, and the role of reserves and parks, inviting hunting guests who follow regulations and ethics.
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United States
Canada
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
British War Time Food Fads and Fears
The Wayfarer notes Britain faces shortages as lemons bananas and raisins become scarce while households hoard staples. Amid war talk residents discuss grocers and onions as scarce but anticipate a frugal scientifically fed Britain with thrift becoming a national habit.
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Great Britain
Wayfarer
Overseas
The
Overseas League
Britain
War Savings Certificates as Patriotic Duty in Canada
The piece urges every Canadian to support the War Savings Plan by buying certificates. It notes that governments seek big money from employers and the wealthy, but wage earners must also lend ten million dollars monthly. It argues war financing relies on taxation plus individual sacrifices to keep the war from reaching Canadian shores.
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Canada
Dominion of Canada
Potatoes Advocateed By Scottish Institute Leader
John Boyd Orr of the Rowett Institute in Aberdeen argues potatoes yield twice as much food per acre as wheat and other cereals. He urges higher potato consumption for health, noting the Irish longevity as supporting evidence.
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John Boyd Orr
Rowett Institute
Aberdeen
Scotland
Plastics From Cactus In Mexico Develop Similar To Bakelite
Researchers in Mexico developed early plastics similar to Bakelite from cactus material. The new composition shows potential for durable, heat resistant polymers and could expand substitution for traditional phenolic resins in industrial use.
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Cactus
Mexico
No Scientific Report on Anti Aircraft Gunners
The New York Sun notes that anti aircraft gunners know when an enemy plane is destroyed by the tangible result of planes shot down. British batteries claimed 444 planes destroyed in 1940, naval guns 151, Dutch Norwegian Polish vessels 11, Norway batteries 14, armed merchant ships 16.
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British Isles
Norway
New York Sun
Rock poised on cliff top of Pueblo Bonito breaks loose
A 30,000 ton rock toppled from a New Mexico cliff and crashed into the abandoned Indian village of Pueblo Bonito above the valley. No casualties. The site had been uninhabited for about 1,000 years due to fear of the rock.
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New Mexico
Pueblo Bonito
Minneapolis Star Journal
Profile of Joe Goebbels Before Hitler Emerged
The article notes Joe Goebbels as a minor writer who struggled to sell his work prior to aligning with national leadership and propaganda. It highlights his early career and modest reputation in the literary scene before prominence.
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Joe Paul Goebbels
Hitler
War Prisoners Receive Parcels From Red Cross
Norman Sommerville, chairman of the Canadian Red Cross, says parcels are being delivered to prisoners of war in Germany and cites cooperation with the German Red Cross. He notes unopened parcels for dead prisoners and letters praising contents. International Red Cross visitors and a Lisbon route via Gibraltar and Marseille to Geneva are described.
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Red Cross
Norman Sommerville
Toronto
Canadian Red Cross
Winnipeg
Germany
Sommerville
Red Cross International Committee
Kenya
Africa
Lisbon
Gibraltar
Marseille
Geneva
Germans Build Second Line of Defence Near Warsaw
Polish Telegraph Agency reports Germany is constructing a new defence line about 30 miles east of Warsaw along the German Russian border inside Poland. Rumors say Maginot line installations are being moved from occupied France to the new fortifications.
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Poland
Warsaw
France
Mars Flight Time at 120 Miles Per Hour
A NASA style estimate suggests a journey to Mars would take forty five years if travel could be sustained at a constant speed of 120 miles per hour. The note frames the immense distance to the red planet and the impracticality of such a pace.
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Earth
Mars
Impressive Canadian Farm Implements List Across Regions
A dense overview details numerous Canadian made tillage and planting machines. It lists mould board ploughs horse and tractor drawn varieties, disc harrows, land rollers, and seed drills. It notes threshers, binders, hay equipment, fanning mills, grain cleaners, manure spreaders, and wagon tools among many other farm implements.
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Canada
Invasion of Butterflies Flutters Through Buenos Aires Streets
Thousands of vividly colored butterflies descended on Buenos Aires in an unexplained event. The insects formed swarms in the streets as scientists offered no clear explanation for the phenomenon.
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Buenos Aires
Civilians urged to obtain tin hats for wartime defense
The appeal calls on British civilians to secure tin helmets for protection and notes Canadian civilians should also equip themselves or invest in War Savings Stamps to support the war effort.
No Time To Waver War Savings Push by Canadians
Ottawa Journal urges Canadians to buy war saving certificates as a civic duty not a choice. It argues mass participation funds aircraft guns ships and other war needs, stressing sacrifice and unity to defeat Germany and support the British Empire.
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Germany
Albania
Afria
Hitler
British Empire
War romance linked to Arctic tragedy births baby in England
A Canadian lieutenant Pat Baird marries the widow of his best friend Reynold Bray, who died after Bray’s boat was swept away in Hudson Bay. A daughter was born in London two years earlier, and now the couple celebrate the birth of a son in England as war threads unfold.
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England
Patrick Baird
Reynold Bray
London
Bray
Hudson Bay
Baird
Ponds Inlet
Eastern Canada Artillery
Pat
Gill Baird
Mennonites Aid British War Relief From Canada
At Coaldale Alberta an annual meeting reports Mennonite communities collected 11870 in cash and 4719 in clothing for London bombed area relief in 1940. Most funds go through Save the Children Fund with Quaker help. 3000 Bibles and Testaments were sent to German POWs in response to their request. Future plan is to send 2500 monthly from Canada to London for relief.
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Canada
England
Coaldale
Alberta
London
Save the Children
Germany
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Boston Harbor
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Brazil
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You
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