Fort Du Roule Tunnels Reveal German Supply Fort
An American inspection of Fort Du Roule Cherbourg uncovers vast underground stores of food ammunition weapons and other materiel hidden in cliffside tunnels. Officers describe a main tunnel 200 yards long 34 feet high and four wide with an overhead crane electric lighting and venting. Don Whitehead reports including crates of radios cosmetics cigarettes tobacco and shaving gear scattered in double bunk rooms and corridors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ft. du Roule
Cherbourg
James Bresnahan
Waterbury
Conn
Don Whitehead
From Rommel’s Army to British Naval Service
Felix Cieszynski recalls a circuit of service from German conscripted war worker to E-boat sailor and parachutist, then escape to join the 8th Army, later serving on a Polish ship under a British base in North Africa and London. He notes RAF bombing, a British sub torpedo, shell splinters, and finally fighting with the British.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
8Th Army
North Africa
Germany
Rommel
Royal Air Force
Felix Cieszynski
London Express
Light bulb at Palace Theatre burns 26 years
An electric light in the hall between the stage and dressing rooms at the Palace theatre Fort Worth Texas has burned continuously day and night for 26 years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Palace Theatre
Fort Worth
Texas
North Atlantic Wing Sets Record in Trans Atlantic Air Transport
The North Atlantic wing of the Air Transport Command ferried nearly 3,000,000 pounds in passengers, mail and cargo across the Atlantic and 4,000,000 pounds to other points, a new record for trans Atlantic traffic. It also mentions hundreds of combat planes flown for service against Hitler and notes the command's broader scope linking routes through India, Africa, Persia, Russia, and the Pacific. The report suggests a brilliant future for commercial aviation.
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North Atlantic
Air Transport Command
Atlantic
Hitler
India
China
Africa
Persia
Russia
Pacific
Antipodes
New York Sun
Navy Wins Right to Draw Sovereign to Grave
At Queen Victoria's funeral Royal Artillery horses stampeded up Windsor Hill. Sir Hedworth Lambton's guard of sailors steadied the situation, unhitched the horses, and then drew the gun carriage uphill. Since then the Navy claims the duty to move a Sovereign to the grave.
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Queen Victoria
Royal Artillery
Windsor
Hedworth Lambton
Navy
Speed limit lessons return with postwar traffic
In the House of Commons Noel Baker, parliamentary secretary for the Ministry of War Transport, said a 20 mph limit in built up areas and villages should be taught again after the war until children relearn road safety as traffic resumes. He warned a new generation has grown up with reduced traffic and evacuation to the countryside.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ministry of War Transport
House of Commons
Noel Baker
Ribbentrop to publish memoirs on German diplomacy
The London Daily Sketch reports Ribbentrop intends two volumes recounting his London ambassadorship through the war. The first volume aims for home propaganda and is likely to include many faked documents, according to the sketch.
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Ribbentrop
London
Tibbentrop
London Daily Sketch
Seeds For Europe Seeds Fund Aid Plan For Postwar Recovery
Britain launches Seeds For Europe Fund to supply seed and farming equipment to war devastated European nations. Officials estimate over a million tons of seeds including cereals and potatoes will be needed to restore agricultural productivity after the conflict.
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Britain
Victory Gardens
Europe
Just Another Outrage Concerning Nazi Robot Planes
Dave Boone of the New York Sun condemns German weaponry. He compares it to the 75 mile gun used in World War I and describes Hitler’s new "robot rocket" as a terror device aimed at civilians and urban targets. He predicts retaliation when Germany faces consequences.
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Dave Boone
New York Sun
Germany
Paris
Hitler
Real hardship as monocles vanish from German officers
W L Clark notes in Windsor Star that Allied bombing near Leipzig disrupts monocle production, removing a symbol of German General Staff authority. Once a mark of Prussian status, its loss strikes a blow to German high command's image and morale.
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Germany
W. L. Clark
Windsor Star
Leipzig
Allied transfer of 300 U.S. merchant ships under foreign flags
War Shipping Administration moves 300 U.S. merchant vessels to eight Allied nations due to seamen shortages and surpluses abroad. Vessels will sail under Allied registries and crews while remaining property of the United States and under U S government orders. Nations receiving ships include Belgium Netherlands China Greece Poland Norway Russia and Great Britain with varying totals.
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United States
U.S. War Shipping Administration
Belgium
Netherlands
Chinas
Greece
Poland
Norway
Russia
Great Britain
Lobster Blame Sparks Quay Mischief
A Scotsman strolls beside a lobster basket when a lobster clamps a dog’s tail, sending the collie running. The fishmonger urges the customer to whistle to the dog, while the other man retorts to whistle to the lobster.
Bride-to-be learns fiancé posted missing then a prisoner
On the eve of her wedding Miss Betty Taylor of Barbara avenue Leicester is told her fiancé Flying Officer H B Bryans is missing. The Air Ministry later confirms Bryans is a prisoner of war.
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Betty Taylor
Barbara Avenue
Leicester
H. B. Bryans
Miss Taylor
Air Ministry
Bryans
Bowker’s Channel Spitfire Test Ends With Two FW-190s Down
Canadian pilot FO H W Bowker reports a successful test flight over the English Channel in a repaired Spitfire. He chased two FW-190s at wave-top level, scored hits on one, which collided with the other and crashed into the sea. Bowker marked the wreckage and filed his report as a complete air test success.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
FO. H. W. Bowker
English Channel
FC Bowker
British envoy jokes at Halifax dinner over name change
The British Ambassador introduced Lady Halifax with a quip about her changing surname four times yet keeping the same husband. The King had just elevated Lord Halifax to Earl and the couple attended a celebratory dinner.
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Lord Halifax
Earl
Lady Halifax
Comparisons Between Two World Wars Highlight Modern Warfare
The piece argues that current combat differs from the First Great War with mobile strategies replacing barbed wire defences and minefields serving as delays. It notes reduced use of horses, the rise of air power, wireless news, and the absence of extensive shell craters in France.
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Europe
German Youth Loyal to Hitler, Swiss Writer Says
A Swiss journalist who toured Germany says two thirds of youths aged 10 to 20 are fanatically loyal to Hitler. He notes militarization dominates their ideals, with children in the Hitler Youth idolizing war heroes and strict discipline shaping their behavior.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
So Fangs
Christian Science Monitor
Nagisin
Germany
Fuehrer
Reich
Hitler
Gestapo
Saluting Debate Returns in Britain During War
The Telegraph Journal notes a British MP revived the claim that saluting is undemocratic. Churchill once cited Moscow’s ceremony as vital, arguing these acts boost army morale and effectiveness, a view soldiers understand as psychological.
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Churchill
House
Moscow
Saint John Telegraph-Journal
Britons Buy Five Times More Poetry After War
Publishers report a surge in poetry demand with over 20,000 Rupert Brooke volumes sold in the last year. Men and women in service fuel the craze as readers seek Tennyson, Shelley, Keats, Browning and contemporary poets alongside French and Indian verse.
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Rupert Brooke
Brooke
Tennyson
Shelley
Keats
Browning
British Troops Fought On 22 Fronts In World War II
Lord Croft, Under Secretary for War, said British soldiers have already fought on 22 fronts and faced tremendous odds, inflicting well over one million casualties on their enemies.
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France
Lord Croft
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Normandy
RCAF
Jack Dalgleish
Mademoiselle
Lloyd Plummer
Ont
R.C A.F
E. M. Smith
Lobster
Canadian Army
R. A. Garbutt
Toronto
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