Oregon Cave Men Ten Thousand Years Ago Revealed
Dr L S Cressman of the University of Oregon reports that south eastern Oregon hosted early cave dwellers around 7 000 to 10 000 years ago. Pumice from Mt Mazama lays a dated floor beneath obsidian knives and animal bones. Elephants tusks and spear points indicate a distinct Oregonian origin versus the American southwest.
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American Philosophical Society
L. S Cressman
University of Oregon
United States
Paisley Lake
Lower
Klamath Lake
California Line
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American Southwest
When we called the Germans Huns and the moral cost
The London Sunday Chronicle recalls public backlash over wartime labels for Germany and argues the Hun label captures their past deeds. It cites Guernica Almeria and Coventry as examples of German aggression and warns of celebrating murder as a grim precedent for future propaganda.
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Guernica
Almeria
Hitler
Munich
Soap Ration Plans Signal Bastille Regime Return
The report says Frenchmen under occupation and in unoccupied areas will receive only enough soap for weekly shaving. It notes Nazi plans to reintroduce a Bastille regime similar to the ancient prison overthrown in 1789.
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France
Bastille
British merchant officers to meet on postwar ship rehab
Two months after the war ends, British merchant navy officers will convene in London to discuss post war rehabilitation of British shipping according to the Officers Merchant Navy Federation.
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London
Officers Merchant Navy Federation
Canada Estimates 1940 Honey Crop At 22 Million Pounds
Canada projects a total honey harvest of 22,633,400 pounds for 1940. The estimate reflects production in major regions and beekeeping activity across the country.
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Canada
Release of enemy aliens to speed up tribunals
The Earl of Lytton announced faster facilities for releasing enemy aliens interned in Britain Canada and Australia with tribunals here approving applications and the Home Secretary granting freedom. Canadians and Australians require return to Britain after release and no new transfers overseas are expected according to government statements.
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Earl of Lytton
Council On Aliens
Canada
Australia
Britain
Home Secretary
Lord Lytton
Osborne Peake
Home Office
American citizen refuses to return from war zone
A Foreign Service Journal letter to the State Department reports an American man abroad who will not come home. He cites illness, love, marriage, and a bomb striking his mother in law as reasons, seeking guidance on persuading his wife to return while possible.
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The
Foreign Service Journal
State Department
Washington
England
English and American Billion Differences
A note explains the difference in large numbers between English and American usage: in Britain a billion can mean a million millions, while in the United States a billion equals a thousand millions. The statement highlights the divergence in numeric naming conventions.
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United States
Three WWII Ships Sunk Off North Carolina Coast
The record notes that during the last World War three ships were sunk off the North Carolina coast by submarines.
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North Carolina
King jokes with Labour leaders during TUC medal moment
The London Daily Herald describes a scene at Buckingham Palace where Trade Union Congress members waited in the courtyard for the king to receive its gold medal. A deputation member quipped that if he were a worker he would be fined, prompting a light reply from the king echoed by the queen.
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London Daily Herald
British Isles
Trade Union Congress
T.U.C
Buckingham Palace
London Girl Reunites With Father In Cape Town Parade
A British troop contingent marching through Cape Town is joined by a London evacuee girl who runs to embrace a soldier, reuniting father and daughter thousands of miles from home. The officer grants the father a day of leave to spend with his child before the unit departs.
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Cape Town
South Africa
Great Britain
Manchester Judge Hands 5 Year Sentence for Looting
In Manchester England a dock laborer was sentenced to five years penal servitude for looting after an air raid the judge declaring looting a crime that must be stamped out.
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Manchester
Eng
Processionary caterpillars act as weather forecasters
Processionary caterpillars detect approaching storms by their sensitive back hairs and do not leave nests when bad weather nears, serving as natural weather indicators.
No Escape From War Strains Pitcairn Island Food
War pressures extend to Pitcairn Island as supply ship schedules are disrupted, leaving the remote South Seas outpost short of food and essentials.
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Pitcairn Island
South Seas
Man of the Year Churchill praised by Time readers
Ottawa Journal notes Time magazine’s pick of Winston Churchill as Man of the Year for 194? highlighting his leadership in the war and his speeches that rally the free world. The piece lauds his role in defending civilization against tyranny and situates him among a few world figures shaping history.
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Time
United States
Winston Churchill
Churchill
London
Free World
Mr. Churchill
Ottawa Journal
Private enlistment rises amid army democracy in Australia
Military authorities report a case of a South Seas planter and trader who left a $12 000 income to join the Australian army as a private earning 35 shillings a week. They say many similar sacrifices prove democracy in the service and rising enlistment after British victories in Egypt and Libya.
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South Seas
Egypt
Libya
Poetic Reflection on Skill and Balance in Motion
A compact aphorism notes that people blend bodies and tools to move. It contrasts feet driving a bicycle, feet guiding an automobile, hands steering, and heads determining how hats rest on the head.
British Columbia Produces Half of Dominion Lumber Output
Approximately one half of Canada’s lumber production comes from British Columbia, highlighting the province’s dominant role in the timber industry and its impact on national supply.
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Dominion of Canada
Province of
British Columbia
Loyal Little Frenchman tales of three Polish officers
London sent dispatch recounts three Polish officers hiding in northern France during Christmas Eve. A courageous 10 year old boy and his 6 year old brother risked exposure to bring food, sharing a moment as the officers saluted the brothers before disappearing into the woods.
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Helen Kirkpatrick
London
Chicago Daily News
France
Poland
Europe
Delayed-action bombs disrupt English publishers in wartime
The article notes that delayed-action bombs in Britain forced evacuation of office buildings delaying book orders. Publishers faced loss of access to ledgers and papers, exile from offices or homes, and disruption to mail, telegraph, and transport. Truck routes and railroad schedules were affected by police orders and wartime priorities.
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Britain
London
Grimsby’s fishing town faces quiet wartime steadiness
One fifth of Grimsby’s population relies on the fishing industry in normal times, a share that tempers the town’s wartime quiet as crews adjust to disrupted markets and patrols.
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Grimsby
England
Tea Dominates Global Beverage Consumption
Tea remains the most consumed drink worldwide, surpassing coffee, soft drinks, and other beverages in overall popularity.
Patient Horse Among Wolves at Our Door
A writer asks which animal is most patient and notes the horse as a patient example while warning of a looming threat described as a wolf at the door. The remark suggests quiet perseverance facing danger.
Old Scottish wedding customs survive in modern Scotland
A Scots village scene shows a bridal couple leaving on their honeymoon while children scramble for coins. Traditional rites endure such as cake breaking over the bride’s head, crossing thresholds, bridegroom carrying the bride, and occasional feet washing, with many pagan origins fading in the last century.
Odor Film Delights New York Audiences with Smell
The Swiss developers Hans E. Laube and Robert Barth previewed the OTP odor film My Dreams in Zurich. Each scene releases a precise scent from tar to coffee as odors ride electro chemical waves, claiming 3 000 to 4 000 scents recorded for future uses.
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New York
Hans E. Laube
Robert Barth
Zurich
Switzerland
Burke Warns That Good Must Unite Against Rising Tyranny
The observant Neal O'Hara cites Edmund Burke who warned that when bad men combine the good must associate to avoid becoming unpitied sacrifices in a contemptible struggle against tyranny. The remark frames present struggles as a call for unity among decent forces to oppose a looming menace.
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Neal O'Hara
Edmund Burke
Burke
Adopted Royal Northern Hospital by Bun Dyes for Britain
The bombed Royal Northern Hospital in Northeast London area serving 70 square miles has been adopted by Bun dies for Britain. The association cabled $10,000 from New York and will dispatch more as needed while supplies are rushed to the hospital.
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Royal Northern Hospital
London
Britain
New York
Seasonal Lengths Between Equinoxes in Hemisphere
The time from spring equinox to autumnal equinox exceeds the interval from autumnal equinox to spring equinox by nearly a week in the northern hemisphere. The statement reflects the unequal lengths of the tropical year versus the calendar year due to Earth's orbit and leap year adjustments.
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