How Nature Shapes Weather and Why We Have Wind Storms
John A. Marsh explains wind generation from tropical heating to polar cooling and the Earth's rotation shaping wind paths. The piece covers gravity, atmospheric circulation, tornadoes, hurricanes, and the electrical nature of thunderstorms with Franklin’s kite experiment and lightning terminology.
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John A. Marsh
Ottawa Journal
Nature
Alaska Air Service Sub-Contract For Whitehorse Fairbanks Route
Trans-Canada Air Lines grants Yukon Southern Air Transport a one year contract to operate Whitehorse to Fairbanks air service. TCA retains rights to operate the route and may renew. either side may terminate with three months notice. Sub-contractor to bear all revenues and expenses.
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Trans-Canada Air Lines
Yukon Southern Air Transport
Whitehorse
Yukon Territory
Fairbanks
Alaska
Whitehorse Fairbanks
Tc.a
Trans- Canada Air Lines
T.C.A
Canada
Britain faces further coal cut to households next winter
Britain will face a five percent reduction in coal ration next winter. Sir Hubert Houldsworth controller general of the ministry of fuel and power said the nation must tighten coal use through rigorous controls to get through the season.
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Ministry of Fuel and Power
Hubert Houldsworth
Royal Navy minelayers fastest ships at sea
The Royal Navy minelayers, 2650 tons with six 4.7 inch guns, hit speeds of 40 knots. Only four built, they served five years, operated as hit and run vessels laying mines close to shore and in Italian harbors. One survived, Malta relief runs cited. newer ships, called Spitfires, expected against Japan.
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Royal Navy
Malta
Japan
St. Thomas
Scarlet Pimpernels of Temps ford RAF missions in WWII
In Bedfordshire the RAF ran two secret squadrons called the Scarlet Pimpernels. Commanded by Group Captain P. C. Pickard until his death, they delivered arms ammunition radio sets and supplies to underground fighters across occupied Europe. They used Lysanders and Hudsons for drop and pickup with improvised landing fields. About 700 resistance leaders completed the trips.
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Tempsford
Bedfordshire
R.af
RAF
P. C. Pickard
England
Europe
Underground
Canned Sandwiches Aims for Army and Civilians
A canner forecasts strong demand for the canned sandwich turning from military use to civilian markets. The initial cheese sandwich targets hunters picnickers and lunch box users with plans for varied fillings. A conference of newspaper food editors endorsed the new product line. Brandon Sun notes a groom should learn cooking for breakfast after marriage. Chile was discovered by Diego de Almagro in 1535.
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Chile
Diego de Almagro
Pollytechnic Builds a Prefab House in England
The poem describes a large field for women in construction with Polly bringing a mobile crane and steel-frame work to assemble a cottage. It narrates weatherproofing walls, plumbing, wiring, and finishings in a precast, rust‑proof home. It ends noting Harriet Quimby as the first woman to fly the Channel in 1912.
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Polly
Harriet Quimby
The Value of Rocket Bombs to Cross the Ocean
An analysis notes that long range rockets would face enormous fuel and cost barriers, questioning feasibility for cross ocean bombing. It contrasts German V-1 and V-2 use with future spaceflight ambitions, and contemplates the limited practical value of trans oceanic rocket bombs in a global conflict.
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Ocean
Simon New
Carlier Tyndall
Edison
New York
Germany
Engla
Mars
Venus
Atlantic
J. W. Campbell
Moon
New Yo Times
Mighty Amazon River and Madeira Tributary Scale
The Madeira River, a major Amazon tributary, flows through South America with a length about 2,000 miles and a basin around 425,000 square miles. Its own tributary reaches roughly 950 miles. The text notes tornado forward speeds from a few miles per hour up to nearly 150 miles per hour.
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Amazon
Madeira
South America
Crochet squares pattern for decorative luncheon table use
Pattern offers petal-stitch edged filet squares for table décor and laundry use. Includes seven charted patterns with directions and stitches. Send 7 cents in coins to Household Arts Department Winnipeg to obtain pattern, with name, address, and pattern name clearly written.
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Household Arts
Winnipeg
McDermot Avenue
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