Substitutes Sought For Motor Fuel In Canada
Canadian officials study alcohol production from wheat and other crops to replace gasoline as surpluses shrink. Wood and mined fuels also examined with producer gas systems. Australia's use of charcoal fuel and wood kilns cited as models for centralized and isolated areas.
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Canada
United Kingdom
Russia
Europe
United States
Germany
Forest Products Laboratory
Mines and Resources Department
Famous War Slogans Shape Morale and Victory
The article surveys historic political slogans from Churchill to Roosevelt and Lincoln, noting how phrases like Blood toil tears and sweat and Never in the field of human conflict were so much owed by so many shaped public resolve. It highlights Churchill as a premier phrase-maker and Roosevelt’s Arsenal of democracy, while criticizing Mussolini and Hitler for their speech styles.
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Churchill
Gen. Cambronne
Abraham Lincoln
Nelson
Trafalgar
England
Roosevelt
Air Force
United States
David Lloyd George
Chamberlain
Lord Halifax Sons Serve in Army Across Regiments
Lord Halifax has three sons serving in the Army. The eldest, MP for York, is in the Horse Guards. the second serves with the Yorkshire Dragoons. the third is in the Rifle Brigade. Lord Halifax is honorary colonel of the Yorkshire Dragoons, while his father was once a captain there.
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Lord Halifax
York
Horse Guards
Yorkshire Dragoons
Rifle Brigade
First Ronayne girl to attend Detroit school in 88 years
Estella Marie Ronayne, age five, enrolled in a Detroit kindergarten, becoming the first feminine member of the Ronayne family to study there since 1853. The article also notes the yucca moth as the first creature to domesticate a flowering yucca and cites an estimate of French Indo-China's population at 20 million.
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Ronayne
Detroit
Estella Marie Ronayne
Mouse-Proof Granaries Prove Simple Yet Effective
The Dominion Experimental Station at Beaverlodge built mouse proof granaries in 1934 with fir floors and walls tight to keep rodents out. A 12 inch galvanized iron band protects the base, and skids keep walls off the ground. Snow removal helps block rodent access while the plan spreads to other granaries. Superintendent Albright warns a tight roof and walls are essential to prevent leaks and frost from invading loose grain.
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Dominion Experimental Station
Beaverlodge
Albright
Squirrels and rifles linked to Yakutia troops promise harm
Moscow radio reports expert Yakut riflemen trained on Okhatsk shore north of Japan plan to kill Germans in the same manner as they shoot squirrels through the eyes to spare fur. The piece also notes golf’s Dutch origin.
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Yakutia
Siberia
Moscow Radio
Okhatsk
Japan
Subway Stations Turned Into Virtual Emergency Hotels
A London report shows the War forced the subway system to become emergency shelters and support hubs. In the past year it sheltered about 16 million people across 79 stations, set up 85 miles of tiered beds for 7,600, and supplied 11 tons of food plus 21 000 gallons of hot beverages nightly during air raids.
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London Passenger Transport Board
Fliers Warm With Stockings Warned By WVS Help
Royal Air Force crews in Sussex wear old stockings on arms and legs to keep warm during flight. Women Volunteers at Hove appeal for stockings to make armlets and leglets for airfields. The Croydon branch idea spreads as Hove reports strong responses and plans expansion.
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Royal Air Force
Sussex
Hove
England
Croydon
New Safety Device Helps Launch Lifeboats In Heavy Seas
The Schat sea skate is added to US vessels entering war zones to launch lifeboats despite listing. The American South African line reports prior ship losses where listing prevented boat launches using standard block and tackle methods.
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United States
Washing colored garments for the first wash
A practical tip advises testing a hidden fabric sample before washing to check colorfastness. Use mild soap and warm water for non boilfast colors, wash and rinse quickly, use fresh suds for each item, and iron while nearly dry with a warm iron.
Rubber yield in Brazil outpaces transport capacity
Analysis notes vast rubber trees in Brazil yielding large yearly quantities but collection and transport are limited. In six months a YMCA tea car in the Dover area covered 5,000 miles visiting military units, illustrating logistical constraints in wartime rubber supply.
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Brazil
Y.M.C.A
Dover
England
Pig aware of his bowl in farmer milk incident
A man at a farm is offered milk and notes a pig watching him. The farmer explains the pig knows the bowl is his, not the visitor, highlighting a simple domestic humor in an unusual moment.
UC Professor Claims Fast Readers Retain More Material
A University of California professor states that faster readers remember more of what they read than slower readers, suggesting speed enhances long term retention and comprehension.
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University of California
New Salve Developed To Shield Skin From War Gases
A new salve protects human skin against mustard and other war gases. It is prepared by reacting wood pulp or cotton with a reagent obtainable from rancid butter.
Destructive Power Of Four Cannon Hurricanes On RAF Sweep
Gordon Webb recalls a decisive RAF fighter sweep over the Channel against Messerschmitts and a French railway target. The formation of Hurricanes and Spitfires engages in a high tempo battle at 17000 feet, firing four cannon and machine guns, causing German planes to crash and a railway locomotive to derail the convoy. The action ends with regrouping over the sea and a promise of tomorrow's patrol.
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Channel
Messerschmitts
Gordon Webb
London Daily Sketch
Messerschmitt 109
Paddy
Messerschmitt
Two German airmen escape POW camp and steal trainer
Two German airmen prisoner of war escaped from a camp and flew a trainer aircraft from an R A F airdrome in northwest England. Lacking petrol they landed in East Anglia where they claimed to be Dutch. Suspicions arose from wooden button badges. A warning alerted airfields and the pair were recaptured and returned to prison.
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R.A.F
England
East Anglia
London Times
Paris and rulers from Romans to Germans through history
The text recalls Paris being captured in turn by Romans, Franks, Danes, English allied with Germans, and Germans twice more. It also defines Bird's-eye maple as a sugar maple wood with eye-like markings from wavy grain and notes King Gustaf V of Sweden does embroidery as recreation and gifts handiwork to family.
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Paris
Gustaf V
Sweden
Commonwealth Air Training Plan Service Flying Schools Names
List of personnel assigned to No 12, No 10, No 5, No 14 Service Flying Training Schools and No 4 Bombing and Gunnery School across Brandon, Dauphin, Brantford, Aylmer, Fingal and other stations. Names include LAS Robert Arthur Hayden, LACs Evert Hermanson, Reginald Rawlings, Edwin Skene, Cyril Trask, Bruce Walker, LAC L. D. Crozier, C. O Harle, J. E. R. Lavigne, R. L. McCartney, D. W. McLachlan, H. A. Stackhouse, A. W. Sterrenberg, W. B. Thompson, R. M. Westman, L. W. Woolf, and more across Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta, Ontario, and Alberta stations.
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Service
Brandon
Man
Robert Arthur Hayden
Rimbey
Alta
Evert Emanuel Hermanson
Buchanan
Sask
Reginald Clarence Rawlings
Glenboro
Edwin Austin Skene
Deloraine
Cyril Randolph Trask
Meadow Lake
Bruce Douglas Walker
Kisbey
Dauphin
L. D. Crozier
Carnduff
C. O Harle
Simmie
J. E. R. Lavigne
Melfort
R. L. McCartney
Lamont
D. W. McLachlan
Virden
H. A. Stackhouse
Holden
A. W. Sterrenberg
Consort
W. B. Thompson
Service Flying Training
Aylmer
Ont
Lac
W. V. Tobias
Morden
Fingal
C. B. Gowrie
Tramping Lake
B. B. Hutchinson
Wapella
Propellerless Rocket-Propelled Aircraft Described in Patent
A recent patent outlines a propellerless aircraft that travels like a rocket. The design emphasizes jet or rocket propulsion with minimal moving parts to reduce mechanical complexity.
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Mussolini
Hitler
Maligne Lake
Jasper National Park
Alberta
Household Arts Department
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Avenue
Page Man
Alice Brooks
RAF
Goering
Commonwealth Air Training Plan
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